Tornadoes and Floods Hit Louisiana and Mississippi
A severe storm system killed two and injured about fifty across Louisiana Mississippi and neighboring areas. Tornadoes and winds damaged cabins churches barns and schools injuring and killing residents including a 10 month old in Humphreys County Mississippi and a 60 year old railway agent in Tioga Louisiana. Five other incidents including a drowned driver near Monroe and a dropped automobile with three Negro occupants followed by scattered injuries round out the day’s wreckage.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Jackson
Yazoo City
Humphreys County
H. L. Deeson
Fair Oak Springs
Brookhaven
Miss
Tioga
A. P. Colvin
Missouri Pacific Railway
Monroe
Helen ‘Acton
Chatham
Charles Acton
Texarkana
Hockley
Plane crash victims in good condition at Maryville
Five people escaped death in a Great Smoky Mountains crash near Maryville and may leave the hospital today. Attendants report their conditions as good after four rescue flights by helicopter pilot J N Newcomb. The group was en route to Miami from Detroit when the plane went down following three days in rugged terrain.
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Maryville
Tenn
UPI
Great Smoky Mountains
Here
East Tennessee
J. N. Newcomb
Glendale
Calif
Newcomb
Miami
Detroit
Spring Cold Front Brings Mixed Weather to Nation
A weather mix hits the country with freezing rain sleet and snow in the midwest and north central regions while temperatures fall below freezing in New England. Spring days arrive in parts of the Mississippi Valley but lists of warm spots show 72 in Indianapolis and Louisville, with Chicago at 65. In Oregon and California rain falls as the year’s highest readings are logged elsewhere. Sam Atkins cuts beer to five cents saying demand will cover losses on small beer profits while liquor sales remain stronger.
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Midwest
North Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
New England
Michigan
Iowa
Oregon
California
Indianapolis
Louisville
Chicago
Sam's Bar and Grill
St. Mark's PL
Sam Atkins
Court Fight Over Custody in Pueblo Baby dispute
In Pueblo Colorado a custody dispute unfolds as Sylvia Lou Orebaugh 21 seeks to block an adoption petition by Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann for their infant daughter Karen Kay. The hearing is set for April 12 after the mother admitted taking the baby from the Hofmanns’ home. The Hofmanns fear for the child's welfare while the mother defends her care and diet choices.
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Pueblo
Colo
Sylvia Lou Orebaugh
Karen Kay
David W. Hofmann
Hoffman
Five-cent Beer Draws Downtown Customers in New York
A downtown New York cafe is attracting crowds with a nickel seven-ounce beer. Neighbors, unused to beer priced under ten cents, marvel at the promotion. The notice of the sale has drawn curious patrons and word of mouth spread quickly.
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New York
Miners Pinch Amid Two Week Wage Strike
Miners face two weeks idle under John L. Lewis led stoppage east of the Mississippi. Unofficial figures cite at least 30 million in lost pay for miners and 3 million for idle railroaders, with some mines closed in West Virginia as roving pickets operate.
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Ittsburgh
Maroh
Mondey
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mississippi
West Virginia
Cat Travels 150 Miles Home From Tyler to Waco
In Waco Texas on March 22 a bright yellow cat owned by Mr and Mrs Fritz Smith Baylor University students returned home after traveling from Tyler about 150 miles. The cat disappeared a month after being left with friends in Tyler earlier in the year prompting the unlikely journey back to its owners.
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Waco
Texas
Fritz Smith
Baylor University
Tyler
Smiths
Mothers Favor Sex Instruction in Local Schools
In Mamaroneck New York a jury of 350 mothers at a council sponsored institute voted overwhelmingly for sex education in elementary and high schools. Officials said they would continue the current program after viewing two films Human Growth and Human Reproduction by Eddie Albert and McGraw Hill.
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Mamaroneck
Marmaroneck-Larchmont
Parent+ Teacher Council
Eddie Albert
The
University of Oregon
McGraw Hill
Bandit Wounds His Companion in Robbery
Miami police report two armed men robbed banana importer David Shore of about $2000 in cash. During the escape one bandit shot the other in the foot, injuring his partner as they fled in a car. Shore described the men and the cash but names were not released.
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Miami
Fla
David Shore
Shore
Police Vehicle Stolen and Recovered in Lewiston
Lewiston police reported a prank theft of a police vehicle that vanished for about five hours yesterday. The car was found undamaged near a Lewistown public school after officers left ignition keys in the vehicle while investigating another stolen car report.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Lewistown
103 year old Mrs Trinidad Lastra dies in Phoenix
Funeral services were arranged today for Mrs Trinidad Lastra a 103 year old native of Sonora Mexico who traveled to Yuma Arizona in a covered wagon in 1879 before settling in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Trinidad Lastra
Sonora
Mexico
Yuma
Ariz
Visa Granted To Briton For World Peace Conference
British philosopher Olaf Stapledon was issued a U S visa after earlier denial of 12 delegates to the world peace conference in New York. Shapley announced the other visa refusals while opponents questioned the conference finances and the presence of Soviet agents among the rival delegation. Shostakovich and other delegates from the Soviet bloc were set to fly to New York, with the American Law for Intellectual Freedom criticizing the event’s openness and funding.
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New York
Gvorld
U. S
Olaf Stapledon
London
Stapledon
Harlow Shapley
Americans For Intellectual Freedom
Shapley
For World Peace
Russia
Secret Police
Ivani Rozhansky
A. A. Fadeev
Union of Soviet Writers
Dmitri Shostakovich
The
A. L
Sidney Hook
New York University
George S. Counts
Teachers College
Columbia University
Bergman in Rome Amid Riot at News Conference
Ingrid Bergman faced a hostile press mob in Rome while attempting a hotel news conference. About 300 reporters, photographers, and gate crashers swarmed the scene, leaving her frightened before she met them in small groups and continued collaboration with director Roberto Rossellini on a film project.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Miss Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Youth Crushed by Automatic Elevator in Los Angeles
A 10 year old boy, Paul Carbahos, was killed in an east side Los Angeles professional building when a self service elevator trapped him between its doors and crushed him against the shaft. The moving elevator pinned him as his playmate fled the scene.
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Los Angeles
Paul Carbahos
Sailor to tell tale of seizure and Shanghaing ordeal
MOFFETT FIELD March 22 Sailor Patrick Ryan 23 says he was kidnapped into the French Foreign Legion after missing his ship the destroyer Dicks on a drunken wander from San Remo Italy. He claims torture and forced enlistment before escape and eventual return to U S Navy headquarters. He travels to Washington to meet Navy and State Department officials for questions and a medical checkup.
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Moffett Field
James
Patrick Ryan
French Foreign Legion
Washington
Navy
Ryan
San Francisco
State Department
Bluejacket
San Remo
Italy
France
Nice
Forreign Legion
Africa
French Indo- China
China
U. S. Navy
Tsinghao
Oilman Tom Rico Missing After Flight Near Lebec
Bakersfield dispatch reports air and ground teams searching rugged terrain east of Lebec for petroleum engineer Tom Rico missing since yesterday after a flight to Burbank. Rico, a Los Angeles resident and Richfield Oil Co. employee for over 20 years, was sighted near Lebec by a United Airlines plane. a sheriff's posse is probing the isolated area for clues.
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Bakersfield
Lebec
Tom Rico
Ito
Burbank
Rico
Los Angeles
Af Richfield Oil Co
United Air Lines
Dixiecrats Welcome Truman Gesture With Skepticism
Washington March 22 UPI Southern Democrats greet President Truman’s soft approach as a test of cooperation. Senators Maybank Sparkman and Fulbright back a rent central bill while Dixie lawmakers warn they will support the administration only partially. They control key committees and foresee resistance once Taft-Hartley labor law repeal reaches Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
Sen. Lucas
Illinois
Lucas
Maybank
D.S. c
Sparkman
D.ala
Fulbright
D.ark
Senate
House
Dixie
Congress
Nation Sees Shorter Industrial Work Week Ahead
Washington March 22 The country will have an average work week under 40 hours this year says Labor Statistics commissioner Ewan Clague The drop will come mainly from overtime elimination not union driven 30 or 35 hour schedules He notes February’s average was 39.4 hours with wartime peak and 1948 40.1 hours and 44.2 in 1944 The main cause is overtime elimination, with impacts on contract talks across unions.
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Faor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Collague
Clague
Mayors Weighing Road Funds Plea
Washington March 22 UP The United States Conference of Mayors debated doubling the federal highway funds for cities to curb traffic chaos. Maj Gen Philip B Fleming urged immediate blueprints for rapid motor traffic movement and linked them to federal aid. He noted 673 million authorized since the war is a small fraction of city needs and pressed that at least 50 percent of next year's 450 million highway aid be earmarked for cities, up from 25 percent.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works
Fleming
FWA
William E Kemp
Kansas City
Flying Disc Mystery at Artaban Roof
Dr William T Sinaleree a director at Artaban Apartments alerted police after a 30 pound circular steel disc fell from a water tank atop the Artaban roof at 10 Atlantic Ave near Atlantic Ave and Ocean Blvd The disc landed on the pavement near Jer ash and was later identified as the tank top removed during repair Trespassers are believed to have tossed the 24 inch disc to the ground from the roof
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Atlantic Ave
Ocean Blvd
Palm Springs
William T.sinaleree
Artaban
Singleton
Last of Barker Outlaw Family Slain by Wife in Denver
Denver dispatch reports Jennie Barker, frail widow of Lloyd Barker, shot him as he approached their suburban home. Lloyd, linked to Ma Barker’s gang, had a long criminal history and served time before reform. Mrs Barker pleads innocent by reason of insanity as prosecutors consider the case.
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Denver
UPI
Ma Barker
Denargo Grill
Lloyd
Red) Barker
Southwest
Liard
Kate
Ma) Barker
Fred
Arthur
Barker
Jennie
First District 1
Clarerice Hackenthal
Charles Klein
Leavenworth
Ma” Barker
U. S
Baxter Springs
Kans
Barkers
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Chicago
Alcatraz
Fred Barker
FBI
Florida
Herman
Ft. Custer
Mich
Eileen
Michael
Van Nuys Chevrolet Plant Strike Ends
Van Nuys march 22 workers at General Motors Chevrolet plant who struck unexpectedly Saturday returned to work and normal production resumed, plant management said. The walkout followed a suspension of Local President William Lewis by the United Auto Workers. The strike was due to speed-up and substandard wages.
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van Nuys
General Motors
Chevrolet
United Auto Workers
William Lewis
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