Midway sailors missing after Riviera launch crash
An officer and seven sailors from the U S aircraft carrier Midway are unaccounted for after a launch capsized off the Riviera near Hyeres. Authorities in Toulon report 15 bodies recovered. sea was rough and exact cause unclear.
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Hyeres
France
U.S
Midway
Riviera
Nearhe Toulon
Cartier
Toulon
London
U. S&s Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
U. S
Mediterranean
Richard Tl. Connally
Conally
Soilors
Marseille
Cannes
Toulson
Senate House Committees At Odds On Extension Of Rent Control Bill
Senate and House committees clash over extending rent controls as February expiry nears. Senate Banking Committee favors 14 month extension with changes. House leans one month as talks target a compromise by February 29. Cain explains how freezes and boosts would apply under the new terms.
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Senate
House
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Cain
Prices Rise on Butter and Meat in the East
Prices gained for butter and several meats as Eastern chains began marking up items. Porterhouse and sirloin steaks rose to 73 cents a pound in one chain, while wholesale butter advanced three to four cents per pound. Economists warned meat price dips may be short-lived due to fewer animals and steady demand. The New York Safe Way Stores cut prices on 105 meat items by 2 to 10 cents, and railroads faced new rate alerts from the State Commerce Commission.
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Porterhouse
Chicago
New York
New York Exchange
Ays Aly
Agriculture Department
Washington
Safeway Stores, Inc
Nncr State Commerce Commission
FBI Probing Complaints On Wet Housing
FBI agents are reviewing thousands of complaints about substandard housing tied to a housing law. A Justice official said major numbers come from Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York, New Orleans, Miami, Dallas and Chicago. Morris Verner cited 26,000 veterans contacting his division. contractors allegedly altered room layouts to maximize houses per block. The compliance unit oversees builders and sellers to secure regulation adherence.
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Justice
Los Angeles
Baltimore
New York
New Orleans
Miami
Dallas
Chicago
Morris Verner
Capetiner
Verner
Compliance
Wallace Strength Receiving Test in Bronx Special
The Third Party movement led by Henry A. wae faced a test in a Bronx special congressional election. Em Migsy Wallace and Act party backing Wallace were central as a four candidate race unfolds in the 24th district, with ALP and New York state party support.
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York
Henry A. Wae
Liam
Bronx
Aes
ALP
New York
Wa Yeee
Aac Wallaceee
Congress
Lidete
Lee Bacson
Palestine Plan To Fail Unless Backed By Army Group Predicts
The Palestine Commission warned the UN partition plan will fail without armed support. It urged the Security Council to authorize an international force before May 15 to replace the British mandate and secure the transfer of authority by October 1. The five member group expects debate on Palestine to start within a week.
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Palestine
United Nations
Security Council
Arong
Council
Naah
Law
Oder
General Assembly
Taxicab Driver Slain In Strike In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a Yellow Cab Company driver was killed by a pistol shot during a three day taxi strike. About 1,100 drivers walked out seeking 4 percent of meter receipts, up from 45 percent, a move the company said it could not fund. The victim, Louis E., was described as a 28 year old with World War I history. Police labeled the incident murder accessory and said the shooting occurred at Smithfield and the Boulevard.
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Pittsburgh
Steel City
Louis E
Dilembo
Peter Connors
Smithfield
Boulevard
Arab Attack Kills 32 in Tirat Tsevi Clash
Report from Jerusalem says a force of 500 Arabs attacked the Jewish settlement Tirat Tsevi. the Palestine government cites 31 Arabs and one Jew dead, while Jewish sources claim 57 Arabs killed and many wounded as British troops dispersed the clash. overall UN partition death toll tallies 1,246 with Jews 524, Arabs 647, British 56, Americans 3 and others 20.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Government
Tirat Tsevi
United Nations
Palestine
16 Month Old Boy Deported From United States
A 16 month old boy born to an American citizen father in Chicago is sent to Denmark to avoid deportation. Under the 1940 act a child lacking five years residency after turning sixteen cannot claim citizenship. The boy will live with his maternal grandmother in Denmark and may return as a Danish immigrant later.
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New York
Denmark
Neils Francis Rebholz
United States
Chicago
William Jr. Rebhole
Huge radio tower to be constructed near Des Moines
Westinghouse officials announce a 153 foot tower near Des Moines Iowa to house a new FM transmitter and beam broadcasts 120 miles. They claim this would become the world’s tallest structure surpassing the Eiffel Tower by several hundred feet.
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Baltimore
Des Moines
Westinghouse
C. J. Burnside
Paris
Fire destroys implement store and damages five buildings
A fire last night destroyed an implement store leaving four families homeless. Fire Chief Henry Sewert estimated losses at $100000 as flames spread to five adjoining buildings. About 50 firefighters with six trucks fought the blaze after it was discovered at 540 p m in the five story area above the store.
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Henry Sewert
Plane Lands In Tree No Injuries Reported
MASSILLON Ohio AP Bill Montgomery and Wayne Vater were uninjured after their plane landed in a tree and they climbed down a short time later. Both men escaped unharmed and were assisted by responders who arrived at the scene.
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Massillon, C
Bill Montgomery
Wayne Vater
Lawrence Moorhead dies from Saturday traffic accident injuries
Lawrence A Moorhead, three term Harrison County legislator in the 1930s, died from injuries in a Saturday traffic accident. He had served in the state legislature and was reported injured before succumbing to his wounds.
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Columbus
Lawrence
Moorhead
Harrison County
1000 Persons Evacuating In Path Of Flood
Cincinnati residents in the east end began evacuating as the Ohio River rose toward a 55 foot crest. Red Cross workers moved belongings and provided shelter in refugee centers while basements and first floors were set to flood. A barrier dam at Millcreek protected Millcreek Valley from backwater up to 83 feet.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Red Cross
Millcreek
Millcreek Valley
Huntington
W Va
Portsmouth
Maysville
Twelve Hurt As City Bridge Collapses In Flood
In Knoxville Tennessee a 30 foot span of a bridge collapsed dumping about 60 people into the flood swollen river. Twelve were hospitalized and six suffered minor scratches while thirty were reported to have fallen about 10 to 30 feet into the water after the disaster near an automobile plunge from a parallel bridge.
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Knoxville
Tenn
I AP
Additn
Police Chief Resigns in Sandusky After Ill Health
Ron ald G Bravard longtime Sandusky police chief since 1937 resigned yesterday effective March 7 citing ill health as the reason.
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Sandusky
Ronald G Bravard
Senator Thomas Declares Senate Probers Raided Office
Senator Elmer Thomas charges that Senate investigators raided the office of a business associate during the inquiry into his commodity trading. He condemns the probe as harmful and calls on Senator Ferguson to either request more information or close the investigation.
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Thomas
Senate
Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Duke Cullum
War Vet Saves Wife and Children As Home Burns
William Lash, a Bataan death march survivor, escaped a fire at his Cleveland area home when a kerosene stove exploded. He rescued his wife and two young children as the dwelling burned, with the wife badly burned and the home and all contents destroyed.
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Cleveland
William Lash
Bataan
Lash
Story
Lake County
Burke Presents Bill To Sponsor Wright Memorial
Rep Raymond H. Burke introduces a bill to make the Orville Wright home in Dayton a national aviation memorial. The government would buy the house for about 100000 dollars and keep the Kitty Hawk plane there if approved. The Wrights' first heavier than air machine is housed in a London museum.
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Washington
Raymond H. Burke
Ohio
Orville Wright
Dayton
National Museum
Burke
Arouna
London
Industrialist dies in Marion in line with firm history
Alva W. Newby, Marion industrialist and former president of the eee Manufacturing Company, died in Emery Hospital. He served as president from 1908 to a later period, then as vice president and director. Surviving are son Hayes A. Newby of Palo Alto California and daughter Nannette Messenger of West Lafayette. Funeral services will be held here Thursday.
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Marion
Alva W. Newby
Emery Hospital
Eee Manufacturing Company
Hayes A. Newby
Palo Alto
Cal
Nannette Messenger
West Lafayette
Ind
Russians claim Britain and U S sought separate peace with Germany
Moscow reports Russia accuses the United States and Britain of conducting secret talks for a separate peace with Germany in mid World War II. A Soviet statement cites alleged documents showing discussions in Lisbon during 1941 42 and 43 and names John Foster Dulles and the son of Lord Beaverbrook as participants.
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Britain
U.S
Germany
Moscow
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
U. S
W. Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Lord Beaverbrook
France
Gams
Lisbon
Dulles
White House
Bull
the Petit
Five American fliers detained by Poland on trespass charges
Five U S Navy airmen attached to Templehof Audrome in Berlin were arrested at Okecie airport after entering Poland without clearance and lacking visas. They were held four hours, then detained in a Warsaw hotel under guard as embassy officials negotiated their release.
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Warsaw
Stanton Griffis
London
Poland
Okecie
John Egan
Richard Eaton
Lyle Maurer
Robert L. Belcher
Templehof Audrome
Berlin
Griffis
Washington
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Belin
Fire Chief Dies After Return From Gibson Furniture Blaze
Philadelphia AP reports Battalion Chief Howard A Stewart collapsed while changing clothes at his fire station after responding to a Gibson Furniture Company fire. The incident follows the earlier flame that felled 107 firemen due to smoke inhalation and illuminating gas, with six firemen hospitalized.
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Philadelphia
Gibson Furniture Company
Howard A Stewart
Glass Eating Convict Faces Stomach Ailment at Ohio Penitentiary
Joseph H Barkesdale, 37, claims a ten year diet of glass and razor blades while serving a 20-25 year term for unarmed robbery and kidnapping at Ohio Penitentiary. A prison hospital X-ray found his innards intact with only minor stomach irritation. Barkesdale previously said he worked for circuses and was paid $35 weekly. doctors deem the illness not serious.
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Columbus
Joseph H Barkesdale
Ohio Penitentiary
Barkesdale
Esdale
Bartow
Fla
Yank Officers Manhandled In Korea Report
In Seoul a U S Army team escorting a parade was taken into custody by North Korean authorities with Russian observers present. The two Americans were released unharmed about 30 minutes later after their cameras were taken. Costello reported a civilian pointed a pistol at him and he protested to Soviet authorities. The incident was reported to the Army and State Department.
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Seoul
Costello
John R Mote
Ohio Pilot Rescued After Forced Landing Near Pearl Harbor
Navy fighter pilot Lt. J. M. Scarborough of Granville escaped injury after forcing a Hellcat to ditch 20 miles southwest of Oahu. He fired flares as rescue boats circled the scene and was pulled to safety. he holds the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Pearl, Harbor
Oahu
J. M. Scarborough
Granville
Truman Urges Women to Fight High Living Costs
President Truman told a Labor Department conference of women leaders that householder purchasing power can curb the high cost of living. He noted women control much of the nation's wealth and urged collective use of consumer power alongside broader civil rights goals.
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Truman
Washington
Labor Department
Movement For Women Rights
Rubber Output To Meet World Demand
Akron AP report quotes Goodyear chairman P W Litchfield praising wartime government investments in rubber plants. He says synthetic rubber facilities will keep elastic and ready to meet global demand and national security needs for years.
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Akron
P W Litchfield
Litchfield
Goodyear
Latchfield
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