Aircraft crash kills 28 near Los Angeles in fog
A nonscheduled North Continent Airlines liner carrying 25 passengers and 3 crew crashed and burned in North Whittier Heights after last radio contact at 3 33 a m. Most passengers boarded at Cleveland. Pilot Louis Powell 44 Copilot Charles Waldron 37 Stewardess Toni Bradford 21 among crew. Authorities reported radio trouble and no immediate cause.
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Los Angeles
Whittier Heights
Cleveland
Civil Aeronautics Administration
North Continent Airlines
New York
Ohio
Amarillo
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
CAA
Norman D. Kessler
Houston
March
Los Angeles International Airport
la Habra
Louis Powell
la Crescenta
Calif
Charles Waldron
Toni Bradford
Burbank
Powell
Aiyo Lines
Long Beach
All Defenses Put on Alert by ADC
Newburgh New York April 18 All agencies of the national military establishment were placed on special readiness after a pattern of unknowns appeared potentially dangerous The Air Defense Command said the unknowns were detected in the northeast and northwest and the alert was called off once identified No further details were provided by the command
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Newburgh
N. Y
Air Defense Command
Eastern Defense Command
Stewart Field
Father Pays 15200 for Boy in Hoax Abduction
Wealthy Miami father Daniel Richter paid 15200 in jewels and cash to secure his 6 year old son Richard Richter, whom police say was used in a hoax kidnapping. State Attorney Glenn C Mincer said the case could yield a kidnapping indictment and potential death penalty for unidentified plotters who never touched the boy. The child rode in a taxi from a private school to Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables as authorities pursued a genuine threat while the plotters used the school taxi firm and hospital as dupes.
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Miami
Fla
Glenn C. Mincer
Richard Richter
Daniel Richter
Mincer
Grand Jury
San
FBI
Miami Beach
Doctors’ Hospital
Coral Gables
California Flood Threats Grow As Thaw Advances
Washington dispatch reports record snow packs across the western states and British Columbia threaten new flood surges beyond the Missouri River while California faces its greatest runoff since snow surveys began. The Agriculture Department cautions potential overflows in Idaho Oregon Washington Utah and Wyoming but notes increased irrigation water supplies and reservoir storage may follow.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Missouri River
British Columbia
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Colorado
Evada
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Silence After Federal Parley on Steel
Washington April 18 AP Secretary of Commerce Sawyer who oversees the seized steel industry met separately today with industry leaders and CIO President Murray but refused to discuss the talks. Officials warned of potential wage deal plans for 630,000 steelworkers while no return to private ownership appeared likely. Other major mediations in tolls disputes saw Western Union and Western Electric strikes with limited progress and a CIO Annheuser Busch brewery walkout in the New York New Jersey area over wages.
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Washington
Sawyer
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
AFL
Western Union
Western Electric
CIO Communications Workers of America
New York
Annheuser-Busch, Inc
New York-New Jersey
11 000 Volts Shock Man Hartsack In Accident
Glen M Hartsack 24 of 2392 Lemon Ave recovering in Seaside Hospital after minor shock from a live 12 000 volt cable he was cutting in a man hole at the west end of El Embarcadero Edison Company worker believed the current was off when he cut into the cable with a hack saw causing the shock and injury to his hand and arm The incident occurred yesterday afternoon and is under investigation by the company and local authorities
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Lemon Ave
Seaside
Edison Company
Hartsack
el Embarcadero
Two Canadian planes crash off Nova Scotia in training
In Halifax N S April 18 UP two Canadian Navy planes crashed into the Atlantic during a training attack on the cruiser Quebec about 70 miles off Nova Scotia. Seven men aboard were missing early today. The Quebec led a surface flotilla that found wreckage but no survivors. Bad weather halted further air search.
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Hauifax
N. S
Atlantic Ocean
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Army of workers still holds dikes against Missouri flood
Omaha and Council Bluffs fight the Mighty Missouri crest as engineers and volunteers toil through the night to shore up levees and dikes. More than 24 thousand people join soldiers to pile sandbags while the river tops the 30-foot mark and threatens farms, airports, and city streets.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Omaha Council Bluffs
Heme Force
Offutt
Eld
Truman Warns Defense Cuts Threaten Nation Security
President Truman assailed a $6 billion House defense cut as terribly dangerous noting it undermines air forces tanks and guns. He warned of holes in defense and possible attacks by aggression stressing Congress must not slash military funding ahead of the 1950s budgeting cycle. He spoke while dedicating a new Amvets headquarters urging veterans to help block the cuts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Amvets
Mother of Nine Offers Care to Flood Orphans
A Sauk Rapids woman with nine children writes Gov. Anderson offering to adopt three to six flood victims. The letter states she wants to shelter and care for children displaced by the flood, noting gratitude for blessings and willingness to help, though the name remains withheld.
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J. Paul
Minn
Sauk Rapids
Confessed killer studies mind as wife shuns Phantom
Los Angeles April 18 AP the wife of Evan Charles Thomas accused phantom gunman said she will not aid him Hester Thomas 29 an expectant mother with two children sequestered at home in Los Nietos her father Paul Arnett said they aim to stay calm while ashamed and stand tall authorities probe the 29 year old railroad switchman who said he got a thrill firing a .22 at women He was taken into custody after a bullet hit but did not strike neighbor Mrs Joan Frances Hiles 22 He was born in Akron Ohio spent nearly four years in the Air Force and had no prior trouble Thomas is charged with murder in the shooting of Nina Marie Rice 25 He said he aimed at a coffee cup she held in her hand Rice was hit in the head Authorities say he also fired at Lois May Kreutzer 21 Ellen Bryant 10 Irma Megidle 40 and Audrey Murdock 42 wounding them He faces assault with a deadly weapon charges as the sniping began last August while his wife and children visited her mother He spent most of yesterday under questioning by district attorney and sheriff officials reenacting the shootings County jail physician Dr Marcus Crahan questioned him for an hour and planned further talks
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Los Angeles
Evan Charles Thomas
Hester Thomas
Los Nietos
Paul Arnett
San Gabriel
BR ES
Ae Sen
Thomas
Joan Frances Hiles
Akron
Ohio
Air Force
Nina Marie Rice
Lois May Kreutzer
Ellen Bryant
Irma Megidle
Audrey Murdock
Attormey's
Marcus Crahan
Harriman Endorsed by 45 NY County Leaders for President
U W Averell Harriman, director of Mutual Security Administration, won unanimous endorsement from 45 New York State county chairmen as the party’s candidate for the Democratic nomination. His name recommended to 94 state delegates for the Chicago nominating convention as NY leaders vow an all out effort. A dinner with other aspirants marked the boom launch as NY prepares 90 delegates at the primary next Tuesday.
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New York
U. W
Harriman
State Committee
Weather outlook with clouds and mild temps
Night and morning low clouds linger with mostly sunny after noon tomorrow. Temperature shows little change, keeping near current levels with a slight rise expected later in the day.
Truman hints at seizure powers during news conference
President Truman suggested a hypothetical power to seize newspapers and radio stations if it served the nation, drawing sharp editor concerns of dictatorship. White House press secretary Joseph Short said there would be no amplification or comment on the remark, leaving the question unresolved after editors at a meeting with 520 reporters.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Joseph Short
United States
Prison Riot at Rahway Prison Farm Rages in NJ
More than 200 convicts at Rahway State Prison Farm seize a dormitory wing and hold guards hostage in a coordinated rebellion linked to a four day mutiny at Trenton State Prison. Guards, aided by state police, retake the ground floor after a barricade breach. One inmate claimed release as incentive. officials declined comment.
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Rahway
N. J
Rahway State Prison
Trenton State Prison
New Jersey
Trenton
Mother and five children die in Mapleton Depot fire
In Huntington Pennsylvania on April 18 a mother Helen Banks 27 and her five children Donna Mae 5 Mary Catherine 6 Althea Margaret 4 Bonnie Lou 3 and Carol Ann 8 months perished when a mountain cabin burned. Firefighters cited a single entrance and high casement windows. The father Robert a railroad laborer reportedly started the stove fire and left for work.
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Huntington
Mapleton Depot
Helen Banks
Donna Mae
Mary Catherine
Althea Margaret
Bonnie Lou
Carol Ann
Robert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Three Put to Death in South Carolina
South Carolina carried out three executions in half an hour at the state electric chair. The first to die was William Perry Blassin game Jr, a 31 year old Spartanburg County textile worker convicted of a fatal sex assault on a 26 year old woman. The Priester brothers J P and John H Priester, Beauford County, were sentenced for fatally slaying a rural storekeeper. John Friester was 24 and J P was 20.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
William Perry Blassingame,Jr
Spartanburg County
J. P
John H. Priester
Beauford County
Negro Brothers
John Friester
Inside Page Directory Listing For The Daily Bulletin
A brief index lists where to find sections across the paper. It notes Beach Cambing on Page B and various departments including Editorial on A-14, Obituaries A-13, Sports A-19 to A-21, and Weather on Page B-9 with other features spread through A-15 to B-7.
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Boyle
Right of Criticism Upheld Dixon Acquitted in Defamation Case
Ken Dixon, managing editor of the Lake Charles American Press, was acquitted on defaming Calcasieu Parish officials during a gambling crackdown editorial campaign. The judge ruled Dixon had a right to criticize officials amid the crusade, part of a wider indictment involving five newspapermen and three gamblers.
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Lake Charles
Kenneth Dixon
Melvin Wetherill
Wetherill
Oean Dixon
Calcasieu Parish
Dixon
Cocke
Thomas Shearman
Hugh Shearman
James Norton
Carter George
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la Habra Falls
ADC
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
San Francisco
Paramount
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Ocean
Army OF Workers
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Neb
Weather Bureau
Sodden
Mother of Nine
Press-Gebaram
N.Y
Democrats
Boom Harriman
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