Crash Kills 21 as DC-3 Charter Plane Goes Down
Twenty-one people died when a DC-3 charter airliner with 36 aboard crashed in swampy land near Melbourne Florida shortly after 4 50 a m The flight was Newark to Miami with 31 Puerto Rican passengers and a crew of five Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators arrived at the scene but offered no findings as officials face multilingual naming confusion and a rising death toll with 12 un identified and 13 injured two in critical condition.
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Melbourne
Fla
Newark
N. J
Miami
Florida
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Jacksonville
Augusta
Tobin’s Teamster Propaganda Attacks Unions in Print
Westbrook Pegler critiques the International Teamster and Dan Tobin's editorial control. He cites roving power, biased coverage of Roosevelt’s 1944 campaign, and a bloody Washington banquet incident as evidence of labor press manipulation.
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New York
International Teamster
Dan Tobin
Old Tobin
Roosevelt
Statler
Washington
Ahhance
City Desk
Tobin
Bove
Fay
Tob‘n’s
Crsonel
Thenternational Teamster
Old Dan
Louisiana State University board chair faces internal dispute
Baton Rouge July 14. James M. McLemore, LS U board chairman, says he is not concerned about a board member threatening to remove him. J Y Fauntleroy from New Orleans condemned the method of selecting a new president and questioned last Mondays meeting. Eleven of thirteen board members expressed unanimous support for McLemore and questioned Fauntleroy’s legality claims. Dr Harold W Stoke, elected to fill the vacancy, was said to be unconcerned. The open meeting is planned for August 2.
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McLemore
Harold W. Stoke
University of New Hampshire
W. B. Matcher
Stoke
Dr. Stoke
Fauntleroy
Beath Blamed On Flying Disc Prank
A flying disc prank is blamed for a fatal shooting at a Lake Charles area night club. John Blackburn, 19, of Port Arthur, died after a package labeled dangerous exploded into a china plate and a gun discharged during a scuffle with a club employee. An inquest is scheduled in Lake Charles.
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Orange
Tex
John Blackburn
Port Arthur
Calcasieu Parish
J. Smith
Sabine River
Blackburn
Louisiana
Hackburn
L. Clement
Lake Charles
Greek Attack Is Beaten Off At Konitsa Near Albanian Border
Greek officials report a 1000 man force attacked Konitsa yesterday and was driven back to the Albanian border. Guerrillas around Konitsa appear split, with fighting continuing near a second village two miles from the frontier. Saranta river bridge at Borozani reportedly recaptured by government forces. A UN Balkan commission team from the United States Russia Brazil Australia and Syria flies from Salonika to Konitsa for spot investigation into an alleged invasion by an international brigade.
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Konitsa
Napoleon Zervas
Saranta
Borozani
United Nations Balkan Commission
Salonika
United States
Russia
Brazil
Australia
Syria
Greece
Albania
U. N
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Two ex sergeants to be tried for A bomb secret cases
Government officials say trials will proceed in Pittsburgh and Chicago for Alexander Van Der Luft and Earnest D. Wallis accused of removing and concealing records and photographs from the Los Alamos A-bomb project. Conviction can bring up to three years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
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Washington
Los Alamos
N. M
Alexander van der Luft
Princeton
U. S
Pittsburgh
Earnest D. Wallis
Chicago
Justice Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Kaiser Ordered Mental Evaluation After Bricker Shooting
William L Kaiser former capitol policeman is ordered to undergo a mental examination at Gallinger Hospital for the shooting in the Senate subway that targeted Senator Bricker Republican Ohio. He faces assault with intent to kill and carrying a deadly weapon charges and will be held without bond until a hearing August 14. Bricker did not attend today’s brief hearing and said officers have all needed information.
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Washington
Allen K. Raedy
William L. Kaiser
Capitol
Senator Bricker
Republican
Ohio
United States
John B. Diamond
Kaiser
Gallinger
Raedy
Diamond
Senate
Capitol Force
Bricke
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Ed Hankinson
Associated Press
Russia seeks destruction of all atomic bombs at once
At Lake Success July 14 the Soviet Union urged the United Nations to endorse immediate destruction of all finished and unfinished atomic weapons. American sources say the move challenges the U S plan calling for disposal after a worldwide atomic control treaty. Gromyko's proposal aims to bar turning weapons over to a U N police force and relies on vague timing.
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Larry Hauck Lake
Russia
United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Poland
Gromoke
Britain
Canada
Brazil
China
Australia
Gromyko
U. N
U. S
Three Candidates Announced for Louisiana Legion Commander
Three Legionnaires vie for state commander as the Louisiana Ameri can Legion selects officers at the Monroe convention July 18 20. Victor Kennedy Raymond Hamilton and Walter Lanier lead a field with Kennedy and Hamilton WWI veterans and Lanier as the first WWII veteran contender.
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Louisiana Department of the American Legion
Legion
Monroe
Victor H. Kennedy
New Orleans
Raymond B. Hamilton
Shreveport
Walter I. Lanier
Thibodaux
Kennedy
Hamilton
Injured climber rescued from Cathedral Spire in 13 hours
A climber with both legs broken was rescued by 13 Yosemite park rangers after a 13 hour ordeal on upper Cathedral Spire. Al Baxter of San Francisco fell 40 feet while others, Ulf Rammerson and Larry Taylor, helped lower him. Two rangers were injured during the rescue.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Park
Cathedral
al Baxter
San Francisco
Ulf Ramm- Er Cson
Stockholm
Larry Taylor
Oakland
Baxter
Rangers
Byrne Packard
Homer Robinson
Prices near peak say Ney as prices may ease
Jerome M. Ney, chair of the American Retail Federation, told a congressional panel that prices are probably near or past their peak but warned about train prices and meat costs rising. He proposed a benchmark goal of 58 million employed and $185 billion in national income.
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Washington
Jerome M. Ney
American Retail Federation
Ney
J. C. Wilson Harder
National Federation of Small Business
Harder
Congress
Justice Department
Arthur R. Upgren
University of Minnesota
The
Minneapolis Star
Hunt for accused strangler widens to three states
Ex convict Edwin D. Young, 39, is sought in Kentucky Pennsylvania and New York for the alleged murder of Zora Gerbes 25 whose nearly nude body was found in a country churchyard. Prosecutor filed first degree murder charges as the manhunt extends beyond Ohio where Young had ties to previous inmates and places of shelter.
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Marion
Edwin D. Young
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
Leroy Retterer
Young
Zora Gerbes
Ohio
James E. Reed
Tuscara
John MclIntosh
Herman Walton
New Philadelphia
Mansfield
Western Germany Could Join European Recovery Plan
Paris dispatch reports that France Britain Italy Norway and the Netherlands were named to supervise the Marshall plan’s European recovery. A rules committee drafted organization plans and outlined four technical committees on food and agriculture steel and iron transport and fuel and power. Dutch sources urged inclusion of western Germany and a possible merging of occupation zones, with a plenary session set for the next day.
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Paris
France
Britain
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
U.S
U. S
Denmark
Greece
Eire
Iceland
Luxembourg
Turkey
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Austria
Sweden
Germany
Europe
Spain
Russia
West Monroe to Name Mayor in Election Race
West Monroe voters will select a mayor among five candidates C C Bell Jr Marlin Hattaway J N Cuz Rogers Jack M Russell and Charles G Wail Jr Polls open 6 am close 7 pm with 3750 eligible voters in Ward 5 A second primary possible on July 29 if needed.
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West Monroe
D. C. Golson
C. C. Bell, Jr
Marlin Hattaway
J. N
Cuz) Rogers
Jack M. Russell
Charles G. Wail
Petersen Resigns Assistant Secretary Post
Howard C. Petersen resigns today as assistant secretary of war. President Truman accepts the resignation effective July 31 with genuine regret. Petersen cites inability to stay in government service for family reasons after six and a half years in the War Department. No successor announced.
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Washington
Howard C. Petersen
Truman
Petersen
War Department
Governors push to curb federal tax power at meeting
At a Utah governors conference, Ohio republican Thomas J. Herbert urged limiting federal taxing power to preserve local responsibility while Secretary Marshall may outline Europe aid plans. Florida's Caldwell and Texas’ Jester joined discussions on taxes, highway safety, and housing amid Dewey Taft-Eisenhower mentions.
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Jack Bell
Salt Lake City
Marshall
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Republican
Washington
Herbert
Secretary of
United States
Eurpe
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Amercan
Congress
Truman
Caldwell
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
New York
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Dwight D. Esenhower
Truman and Congress Agree No Fall Special Session
Senator Vandenberg said President Truman and Republican leaders agree no fall special session is needed. They foresee possible quick action on European reconstruction and a later return in January, with tax bill considerations and wage proposals under discussion.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Truman
Republican Congress
Congressional
Vandenberg
Congress
Europe
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
House
McClellan Sees Fighting Chance To Beat Tax Bill
Senator McClellan of Arkansas claims a fighting chance to block final passage of the $4 billion tax cut in the Senate and then rally a House fight. He says he has a minimum of 37 votes for a community property amendment and hopes to swing more to send the bill back to the House before any veto showdown. The plan aims to allow husbands and wives in all states to split their incomes for federal tax.
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Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Senator McClellan
Arkansas
White House
McClellan
Senate
House
Truman
Millikin
Prison parolee admits seven rapes in San Francisco
Frank Avilez a 24 year old prison parolee said he was tired of staying home at night and admitted robbing and raping seven women at knife point and attempting rape of others. He was captured beneath a car near his home in the Mission and held on charges of rape robbery and attempted rape. Avilez told reporters he did not expect to be released and expressed concern for his wife Genevieve 17. His family plans to hire counsel and he had prior offenses including a 1944 robbery.
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Frank Avilez
Mission District
City Prison
Sacramento
Genevieve
Avilez
Preston Industrial School
Chino
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