Pilot's Skill Saves Many When Prop Hits Car
At La Guardia Field a plane on approach struck an Army car carrying four soldiers a German woman and her infant. Pilot Capt Roderick Cote swerved saving the car. a propeller blade ripped the vehicle but no one was seriously hurt. The woman and baby were hospitalized then released and left on an American Airlines flight.
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Loudon
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Bos
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Armerican Airlines
Ex ambassador Robert Clive dies at 70 in Sussex
Sir Robert Henry Clive, 70, former British ambassador to Japan and Belgium, died at his Forest Row home. He joined the diplomatic service in 1902 and served in Rome Tokyo Cairo Berne Stockholm and Peking.
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Nearly the Whole Carrizozo Mobilizes to Fight Fire
In Carrizozo New Mexico a dramatic town turnout of 150 volunteers joined sheriff Nick Vega as 50 trucks sped to protect 1600 acres burning in Cibola National Forest. U S Forest Service official A R Kalious praised the splendid job by the volunteers who worked a day and a half to contain the blaze.
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Forth
Vergal
Vega
A. R. Kalious
U. S. Forest Service
Carrizozo
Weather Across Regions Brings Rain and Snow
Rain fell in scattered eastern and western sectors with a heavy snow in Butte Montana where the mercury stood at 20 above. A rain belt stretched from southern New England through New York and Pennsylvania to West Virginia and Ohio. Light showers reached from the Dakotas to the Pacific. Cooler in the Tennessee Valley to southern New England, warm in Florida and the far southwest. Skies cleared in much of the north central area as temperatures rose toward seasonal norms.
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Annual Battle Over Time In Lincoln May 14
Logan County farmers press to abolish daylight time and revert to standard time while merchants urge keeping current practice and letting voters decide next year. The courthouse clock stands still after three days, serving as a neutral symbol.
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Lincoln
Change of Plans for New York Safety Patrol Team
Four of New York’s standout traffic safety patrol boys were to visit Washington for school safety ceremonies but the trip was canceled. Organizer William J. Gottlieb cited segregation practices that could isolate four Black patrol members, prompting the decision to stay in New York and attend a ball game instead.
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Washington
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The
Automobile Club of
Art Cache from Berlin Museums Arrives at Metropolitan
An Army guard delivered 143 masterpieces from Berlin museums to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a four week display starting Monday. The works, part of a salt mine cache found in Merkers Germany after the war, were previously shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which attracted nearly one million visitors. The collection will tour the United States before being returned to Germany.
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Pravda Attacks U S Policy on Talks with Russia
Pravda accuses U S policy makers of deceiving the public by signaling talks with Russia while Truman and Secretary Marshall insist policy remains unchanged. The piece notes Pravda and Tass criticize State Department handling and bias in press coverage of the Russian reply.
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Walter ‘Bedell Smith
State Department
United States
Young and Virginia Mc Curdy Wed in Secret Elopement
Hollywood announces the elopement of radio and movie comedian Alan Young 27 and night club singer Virginia Mc Curdy 25 after their return from Tijuana Mexico.
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Alan Young
Virginia McCurdy
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