Oklahoma tornadoes kill two injure twenty five across four towns
Tornadoes struck northwest Oklahoma with two deaths and 25 injuries. Canton Longdale and Blackwell suffered heavy property damage as storms damaged businesses and homes. Affected areas reported collapsed buildings, downed trees, and widespread debris amid torrential rains.
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Anton
Okla
Oklahoma
Canton
Longdale
Blackwell
Enid
SRT
Ty Ana
Larry Arnold
Charles Stowers
Stowers
Arnold
Court Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Senator
In Birmingham Alabama a Circuit Court judge refused to dismiss senator Glen Taylor's disorderly conduct conviction. Judge Hailes overruled defense claims that Taylor was denied free speech and assembly. The appeal concerns a May 1950 police court ruling fining 50 dollars and suspending 180 days jail.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
George Lewis Hailes
Taylor
Mine Floats Ashore Kills 30 in Nadachi West
A Japanese fishing village Nadachi on the west coast, about 20 to 30 persons were killed when a mine floated ashore and exploded. The incident occurred today as workers and residents were going about daily duties, with authorities confirming casualties and beginning inquiries. Local rescue teams and government officials cordon off the area to aid survivors and assess damage.
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Tokyo
Nadachi
Bank vault theft. assistant manager missing in New York
Police seek Richard H. Crowe, 41, assistant manager at National City Bank in 195 Broadway, after $690,000 in cash and bonds vanished from a vault. Crowe, reported missing by wife Honore from Staten Island, had returned to work after a nervous breakdown. The bank notes a loss of $190,000 in cash and $500,000 in negotiable bonds. authorities say the vault was found open and empty. Crowe, a former messenger and Nazareth Hill Military Academy and University of Miami graduate, left a note claiming Buffalo business travel.
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New York
Richard H. Crowe
Crowe
National City Bank
Broadway
Grover C. Brown
Honore
Staten Island
James J. McNamee
McNamee
Hme
Buffalo
N. Y
Crowes
Bank
Nazareth Hill Military Academy
Nazareth
University of Miami
General Bissell Faces Probe of Doings in London T
Gen Clayton L Bissell once Air Chief in Europe faces charges being investigated for possible court martial. The alleged acts date from May 1946 to July 1948 while he served as military and air attaché at the U S Embassy in London. The Air Force withheld specifics. Major General Edwin B O Lyon leads the inquiry with special counsel John E Hughes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Clayton L. Bissell
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Bissell
United States
London
Air Force
John E. Hughes
Chicago
Washington
Edwin B.O' Lyon
India
Air Force Staff
iL A Meat Packers AFL Union Center
In Los Angeles on March 30 negotiations were held between Independent meat packers and AFL butchers in a last-minute effort to secure a new contract before the current pact expires at midnight.
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Los Angeles
Independent Meat Packers
Pickets Egg Bevin as Western Ministers Arrive in New York
In New York on March 30 Western Europe foreign ministers arrived aboard the Queen Mary to sign the North Atlantic Treaty with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko present but noncommittal. Pickets, brandishing placards from the Joint Committee to Combat Antisemitism, hurled eggs and tomatoes at a Bevin carriage. Three arrests followed a push and pull clash as Bevin boarded for Washington. He defended the pact as a solid step to deter war and insisted it complements the United Nations.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ernest Bevin
Pennsylvania
Washington
Britain
Israel
Gromyko
United Nations Assembly
Bevin
Paul-Henri Spaak
D. A. Stikker
Luxembourg
Joint Committee To
United Nations
Snyder Sees Healthy Economy With Inflation Aiming Drop
Washington March 30 Secretary of the Treasury Snyder stated that recent economic adjustments have been healthy and helpful. He predicted continued prosperity and said inflation reduction has been the goal for three years, urging calm as prices edge toward stabilization.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Rent control law analyzed
A brief note outlines the analysis of a rent control statute. The item indicates coverage appears on Page A-2 with cross references to related sections and wider town coverage. It signals an editorial snapshot rather than a full article.
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Plassitiee
Southern Pacific Walkout Delayed by Truman Action
In San Francisco on March 30 a strike set for April 2 against Southern Pacific was delayed at least 60 days as President Truman formed a three member emergency board to probe the Isbor dispute. About 3500 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen members would be affected across six western states and Texas.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Co
Truman
Isbor
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
P.s
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Texas
el Paso
C. W. Moffitt
Brotherhood of Firemen
Southern Pacific
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
S. P
Western
Brotherhood
Moffitt
Adjustment Board
William F. Mitchell
National Mediation Board
Race Wires Severed Near Washington in Bookie Clampdown
Washington officials cut off all horse race wire services within a 20 mile radius as they clamp down on bookie business in the capital.
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Washington
Compton Fire Kills One Three Burned at Whisenhunt Home
A fuse socket incident at 607 N Willowbrook Ave sparked a midnight fire killing nurse John Miller and injuring three others in Compton. Wylie Whisenhunt, Captain Clyde Shaw, and officers aided in the rescue as flames enveloped the room. One victim died of asphyxiation. others, including James Whisenhunt, remained in critical or improving condition. A recovered travel cash stash worth 98.97 was found among debris.
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Compton
James Clark Miller
N. Rose St
N. Willowbrook St
James Whisenhunt
Willowbrook Ave
John Clark Miller
Clyde Shaw
Illake
Fire Department
Miller
Moreland
Burbank
Gardena
Arthur Miler
General Hospital
R.C. Connell
Whisenhunt
J. E. Greenland
Man Held for Aiding Friend Kill Self
NEW YORK March 30 P Frederick Burwick 60 year old restaurant worker was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the death by his friend's action of a 65 year old cancer victim Joseph Ziakowski a watchmaker found dead this morning with a bullet hole Detectives said Burwick admitted furnishing a gun at his friend's pleading because he thought it was the only human thing to do.
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New York
Frederick Burwick
Joseph Ziakowski
Burwick
Ziakowski
Stock-purchase Orders Flow in on Steady Market
New York on March 30 reports a steady stock market with strong buy orders keeping prices close to the prior close. Large blocks moved on a crowded ticker tape as lower margin rules allow 50 percent cash purchases, yet progress slowed by short selling and profit-taking from Tuesday gains.
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New York
Train Presents Girl with Cat in Small Louisiana Town
In XFORD Louisiana a rail line halted an 18 minute stop to present 13 year old Marlene Wendt with a black cat replacing her previous pet killed by a locomotive. Engineer William Hargrove retrieved the cat from a special cage as officials watched and Marlene offered cake at her father's store.
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Xford
UPA Railroad
Louisiana
Marlene Weeny
Marlene
Texas & Pacific Railroad
William Ray Hargrove
Forth Worth
Hargrove
W. H. Wendt
Cinder
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Southern Negro Youth Congress
C. L Bissell
Gotham
West Europe
U.S
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