Plane Crash Kills 23 on Flight to Newark Elizabeth
A rain swept Convair plunged into a crowded Elizabeth New Jersey district at 3:45 p.m. killing all 23 aboard including former War Secretary Robert P. Patterson and injuring residents as flames engulfed nearby homes. The Buffalo to Newark flight, airborne in heavy fog, narrowly missed Battin High School and exploded into a three story building, with bodies recovered as rescuers battled the blaze and residents sought missing relatives. President Truman called Patterson a great American and nation mourned.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Robert P. Patterson
Convair
Buffalo
Williamson Street
Newark
New York City
Patterson
Washington
Truman
John F. Chester
Carrier Air Conditioning Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Chester
Associated Press
Battin School
Albert Ragone
James
James T. Kirk
Newark - to-Florida
Joseph C. Fluet
Civil Aeronautics Board
New Jersey
Hendrickson
Smith
Fleet
Battin High School
Tragic plane crash devastates Frederick neighborhood
Witnesses described a horrific explosion as a Northeastern two engine plane crashed at 20 Williamson Street. Rescue crews worked amid mangled debris while residents watched floodlights illuminate the wreckage and help transport victims. The craft had stopped in Rochester and Syracuse before its Newark approach.
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Frederick
Reid
Williamson Street
Ann Worth
Rochester
Syracuse
Newark
la Guardia Field
East River
New York City
Internal Revenue Collector Guilty in Tax Case Verdict
Denis W Delaney former Massachusetts Tax Collector was convicted on six counts in two indictments accusing him of accepting 7500 to influence tax decisions and falsely certifying 180497 in tax liens as paid. The jury deliberated seven hours fifteen minutes and judge Wyzanski postponed sentence after probation report.
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Boston
Denis W Delaney
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Delaney
Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr
Patterson On KP Duty When Called To Cabinet Post
New York January 22 Robert P Patterson was on kitchen police duty at Plattsburgh New York when President Roosevelt called him to become Assistant Secretary of War in 1940 He left a $12 000 a year lifetime judgeship for a $10 000 temporary job He rose to Undersecretary of War and then War Secretary Henry S Stimson trusted him as the strong right arm Patterson urged lend lease early in 1941 and warned after war to maintain military strength Born February 12 1891 in Glens Falls New York Patterson served in World War I and later sat on the U S District Court of Southern New York before rising in wartime leadership.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Roosevelt
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Patterson
Army
Henry S Stimson
Truman
Stimson
United States
England
New York State
Glens Falls
Union College
Schenectady
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Hoover
U.S. District Court of
Southern
William Patterson and Margaret Winchester Family Note Found
In 1920 Patterson married Margaret Winchester of Baltimore. The couple, later connected to Judge Sue Becona Bourt of Appeals, had four children: Robert Jr, Aileen, Susan, and Virginia, with the 1930 reference signaling a notable family lineage.
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Sue Becona Bourt
Policeman Acknowledges Grey Market Auto Dealing
Washington detectives questioned Lt. Jacob Wolf chief of the auto squad about six years of grey market car dealings from 1946 to 1951. He testified he bought cars from retailers and sold them to used car lots at higher prices, noting no law barred such outside channel transactions.
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Washington
Jacob Wolf
District of Columbia
Wolf
Welker
Idaho
War era car access and court accounts noted
In a discussion, Chairman Neely criticizes car availability during war years, citing seven cars for the era while crippled veterans received none. In Orphans' Court, two final accounts are approved: Elizabeth Cramer estate net $29,101 and Walter A. White estate net $12,632.32 with a trust for Jacqueline J. White. An unrelated line notes Iceland's historical independence before joining Norway.
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Orphans’ Court
Wilson Cramer
CIA
Elizabeth C. Cramer
J. Henry Cramer
Bradley T. J. Cramer
Western Maryland Trust Company
Walter A. White
Jacqueline J. White
Army closes guardhouse at Chemical Center stockade
On January 22 the Army announced the closure of the guardhouse and stockade at the Chemical Center here noting no recent use. The decision saves 50 gallons of oil and 200 pounds of coal weekly and reduces the post guard by six men. ACS reserves the right to use the Aberdeen proving ground if needed.
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Edgewood
Chemical Center
ACS
Aberdeen
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