Airline crash inquiry continues as CAB probes scene
Witness accounts describe a violent in‑flight fight aboard a plane that later crashed near Long Beach. Officials say the aircraft was on course but too low. altimeter worked and no sign of structural failure. Pilot White and co pilot Tucker were among the deceased as investigators plan a multi day on site hearing.
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Teo
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Lawrence
Birmingham
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Fone
Thieves' Friend Pug Fails Twice as Watchdog
Hollywood July 13. UK actress Lois Andrews reports her pug Pug failed to guard valuables a second time in a week. Thieves stole $50,000 in jewelry from Miss Andrews, then $500 in motion picture costumes from actor Jack Kelly's car during a visit.
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Flooding Hits Hankow and Inland Areas 600 Miles Inland
Reported areas wind Haxikow 600 miles inland were said to be under water while Hankow itself faces flood pressures from dikes and higher surrounding ground. No reliable figures on homeless numbers in Huang He path. Great distress reported from Horan Anhwel and north Kiasngsu provinces as floods drive hundreds of thousands to higher ground.
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Anhwel
Kiasngsu
Youth 16 Begins 99 Year Sentence in Virginia
In Richmond Virginia a 16 year old, Lee Scott, began a 99 year term after killing Dana Marie Male at a Christ Episcopal Church. He entered the state penitentiary at 1 00 p.m. to start the long sentence saying he would read the Bible. He will be eligible for parole in 12 years. Dana Marie was a classmate at Jefferson High School.
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Jefferson High’ School
Christ Episcopal Church
Glendale bride and plane survivor recounts rescue
A veteran stewardess recalls saving her unborn child during a plane crash where she gave up her seat to a man who was killed. She described suffering fractures while tending the woman passenger and crediting maternal instinct for protecting the baby. The couple, Capt and Mrs Zeladorf, wed last February and live at 25% Orizabe le, Glendale Avenue.
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Pilot's Wife Learns Husband Killed In Air Crash
Mrs Harold Tucker of 839 Carson Street faced a shattering afternoon as she learned her husband, a co-pilot for Standard Air Lines, had died in a crash yesterday. The couple wed in February and had moved to Long Beach from Santa Ana. He served as a Navy patrol plane commander and trained at nearby bases before joining Consolidated Vultee.
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Tucker
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Wean Oal Flight Manly
Consolidated Vultee Air
Erat Co
Divine Forces Ordered Killing Continues On Page Four
A husband says he was commanded to strangulate his wife after she rolled from the bed. Police found a towel but he insists he throttled her with his hands. He remained on the bed and faintly resisted as witnesses described a brief struggle and a failed recitation of the Lord's Prayer.
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Eald Mather
Wai
Ted
Mons
Movie Actor Gary Grant Hospitalized in Baltimore
The daily report states that actor Gary Grant was admitted to a Baltimore hospital on July 24 as a patient. The hospital has not disclosed the nature of his illness.
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Teatca
Gary Grant
Criter
German War Bride Dies After Leap in Pittsburgh
A 24 year-old German war bride fell from the eighth floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building. Identified by friends as Mia Eva Henkes formerly of Oberlin near Munich, Germany. She had been married to Charles Renkes of St Clairsville Ohio while he served in Germany.
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Mia
Eva Henkes
Oberlin
Munich
Germany
Charles Renkes
St. Il Clairaville
Ohio
Starlet heroine saves life in dramatic air crash tale
A Hollywood starlet recounts surviving a New York to Hollywood flight crash after a pane shattered during landing. She credits an unknown fellow female passenger who grabbed her arm and dragged her from flames, describing a deafening roar and blazing wreck as she lay dazed. The survivor, hospitalized with mangled injuries, vows to thank her savior.
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TS of Lebanon
New York
Aviation's darkest day in two years recounts fatal crashes
A historical aviation roundup recalls Memorial Day week crashes from 1947 and 194x era disasters. It notes 82 dead and 2 missing in one B-24 or airliner incident near Chatsworth California, and cites other major crashes including Eastern Air Lines DC4 at Port Deposit and United Airlines DC-4 at LaGuardia, with numerous private plane losses.
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New York
Royal Dutch Air Eeree Bs
Chataworth
Calif
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Port Deposit
United Air Lines
la Guardie’ S
Crash Survivor Recalls Plane Wreck Fight and Escape
Mrs Frost, flying in from Kansas City with her husband and 16 month old son Steven, described crawling free after unfastening her belt as the plane lurched and caught fire. She and a seat companion escaped through the side as six others did the same, with injuries including a missing portion of a foot. They reached a road where helpers arrived. The husband had just secured work with Slick Airlines in Burbank and had filed an airline application last month. The family plans to reunite in Burbank. the baby remains with the wife’s mother.
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Ecards Bay
Petri's Sanitone Dry Cleaning Plant Featured
Sanitone is a prepared detergent system licensed for exclusive use by Petri's in its dry cleaning process. The license ensures high cleanliness and sanitation as garments are cleaned at a rate of 5000 gallons per hour. Petri's operates its own trucks and plant at 1250 Orange Avenue, offering direct service only.
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