Two Crashes Worst in US History
A chaotic disaster spread across 24 hours with crashes in Maryland Port Deposit and New York LaGuardia, part of a global spate of air incidents. At least 170 dead worldwide, 3 missing, 30 injured, numerous crews and passengers cited in memorial day and Alaska flights.
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Globe
Japan
Iceland
Netherlands
Alaska
Port
Maryland
United Airlines
New York
LaGuardia Field
Priday
Avinca Airlines
Nea
Bogota
Colombia
M A Ford Airliner Crashes Near Port Deposit Killing 53
A four engine Eastern Air Lines DC4 plunged from 1600 feet into a wooded hillside near Port Deposit Maryland killing all 53 aboard. The disaster, the worst in U S commercial aviation history, left mutilated bodies along improvised trails to Bainbridge naval training center. Searchers and officials prepared to begin identifying the dead under coroner supervision.
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Deposit
M—Orlin
Newark
N. 1
Bainbridge Naval Training Center
J. S. Schmidt
Bainbridge
I A
Cecil County
R. C. Dodson
Eastern Airlines
Woons
Maryland
Susquehanna
Port Deposit
Americas
W. E. Culley
Spi
J. P. Novicki
State Police
Knight Announces City Street Department Changes
San Antonio street commissioner James W Knight outlined a trial basis for appointments in the street department. Veteran staff Nauschuiz, Soul, Quintanilla, Garriga, and Sessions were named to key posts, with several transfers and new superintendent appointments announced as the administration adjusts personnel.
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Tom Gogrid
Paul Walls
Chutz
James W. Knight
San Anetonio
Nauschuiz
Raymond Soul
J. Louis Quintanilla
F. B. Garriga
Em- Moye
Smith
Rny
Ney Satirjay
Bill Sessions
Manny Maybrick
Eaneressman
Lyefiie Wilson
Lonealone Sessions
Hevious Watson
Stuhning Sanchex
Knight
Oscar Holékainy
Sanehrz
West Side
Harmony Progress
Mrs. Truman Still Favorable After Day’s Care
Grandview Missouri May 31 Brig Gen Wallace Graham said Mrs Bess Truman the 14 year old mother of President Truman remained favorable after a day in which she held her own and could sit by her bedside chair while her physician reported progress through Title complications and rest.
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Grandview
Mar
Truman
Wallace Graham
New York Crash Toll Reaches Forty in DC4 Disaster
The death toll from the United Air Lines DC4 crash near LaGuardia rose to 40 as Charles J. Shannon, 27, of Elmhurst, died in Queens General Hospital after rescue from the flaming wreck. Eight survivors remain in hospitals. Investigators attribute the tragedy to a freak wind gust and the plane’s failure to land safely before the crash in swampy marshland next to Grand Central Parkway.
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New York
UNS
United Air Lines
LaGuardia
Charles J. Shannon
Elmhurst
Queens
N. Y
Queens General Hospital
Shannon
Grand Central Parkway
Civil Aeronautics Board
C.A.B
Ex Navy Boxer Admits Attack in Gruton Conn May 31
Cedric Carpenter a 27 year old former navy boxer has confessed to being the nude attacker who beat and seriously injured a clergyman his wife and daughter in Gruton Connecticut. He cannot explain his actions according to State Police Lieutenant William MacKenzie.
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Gruton
Conn
Cedric Carpenter
William MacKenzie
Disaster at Port Deposit plane crash shocks nation
PORT DEPOSIT Md May 3 large crowds viewed wreckage from a giant airliner crash. Officials described extensive carnage with dozens dead or missing, with unburned items like fountain pens and a bridal veil among scattered debris. Seaman Hagadorn witnessed the scene and recalled a terrifying sight.
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Wayal
Arthur Hagadorn
Utica
N. Y
Bainbridge Naval Base
Novicki
Governor Jester Delivers Commencement Address in Corsicana
Beauford H. Jester returned to the Corsicana high school he graduated from 36 years ago to deliver two commencement addresses to 117 graduates and present diplomas to his youngest daughter, Joan. The governor said no Texas speaker this year would feel more happiness at graduation than he.
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Corsicana
Beauford H. Jester
Tinloms
Joan
Texas
Wold
Killed in Chinese Outbreak Shocks Sim Yat Sen Students
Reports from Canton say five dead as a no civil war parade sparked tension. In Shanghai, 37 arrested in a Friday roundup of Communist agitators, including Chinese students and reporters. Protests, strikes, and petitions followed martial law and rumored nationwide uprising.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Sim Yat Sen University
Shanghai
Ins
K. C. Wu
Pedessora Ar Ures Universidies
National Freh Tan University
Megai
Three Juveniles Escape From Bexar County School For Boys
Police sought three juveniles who escaped Friday afternoon from the Bexar County School for Boys. The pursuit continued Saturday as authorities urged the youths to surrender and return to custody.
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Bexar County School
London Heat Wave Bets May Record As Isles Sizzle
London residents endure a heat wave with temperatures around 87 degrees Fahrenheit on May 31. The unusually warm spell follows several sunny days as crowds adapt to the warm weather. A local woman complains of disrupted routines and melting margarine as the mild climate shifts.
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London
England
Italy to Have First Non Socialist Government in Five Years
Rome May 2 designates De Gasperi to form his fourth cabinet composed of Christian Democrats and independents. The government, approved by President Enrico De Nicola, awaits two officials to complete the lineup and is to take office after the oath tomorrow.
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Rome
Afcige de Gaspert Fineishers
Italy
Enrico de Nicola
Christina Damocrat
Wold
Lye
Rent Increase for Improvements In Wallington
Wallington rent controls announce a new rent raise policy allowing nine dollars per month for each hundred dollars spent on dwelling improvements, effective tomorrow. The allowance rises from four dollars per month since December 1946 to reflect higher construction costs.
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Wallington
Office of Rent Controls
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Weekend
In San Antonio the forecast calls for clouds showers and cooler air over the weekend. The low will be about 68 Friday and rise to the mid seventies Saturday and Sunday with a high near 74.
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San Antonio
Name It n Take It May Had It May Weather Summary
Weatherman reports a May with wide swings across the nation. Drought in some areas, frequent rain in others, and record highs and lows. Tornadoes, clouds, and frosts occurred while snow fell up to 12 inches in the Midwest. Crop damage and delays followed varying rainfall.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iran
Solons Map National Readiness Plan For Defense
Seven Republican senators unveiled a national readiness plan to meet the threat of modern warfare. The eight point program covers civilian mobilization, manpower training, defense production skills, swift industrial mobilization, selective service records, volunteer forces, reserves and guard, and intensified military science research.
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Wasitngton
Congress
Lan
Brewster
Bridges
Wherry
Ned
Fergusen
Mich
Hawkes
N. J
Dwarsdale
Idaho
Wiley
Wis
E. Berry
Senate
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Love Needs No Language in Galveston Marriage
GALVESTON May 3.47 Mrs May Tsipas formerly Mrs May Henricks Beaumont niitzo says love needs no language Yesterday she was married to Panagialis Talpas Greek seaman and veteran of seven years of cucula warfare in his native country She can't speak Greek he doesn't understand English
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Galveston
May Tsipas
May Henricks
Beaumont Niitzo
Panagialis Talpas
Hein Stil Proposes Revenue Plan for Garbage Salvage
Cen poset Henny Kei Saturday continued study of a program to raise revenue in Parks and sanitation department. The chief hope is a plan to sell salvage rights to garbage collected by the department to provide substantial income and curb the sanitation problem caused by incensed garbage pickers downtown.
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Cen Poset
Henny Kei
Paren
Court Clerk Named Mayor Elect Alfred Callaghan
The court clerk announced Saturday the appointment of Frank Fellie as clerk of the corporation court. Fellie has served as back tax collector in the city tax office.
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Alfred Callaghan
Frank Fellie
Feilie
City Tax
Weather Forecast With Weekend Showers Possible
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional showers expected Saturday afternoon, night and Sunday. Highs around 84 on Saturday and 68 on Sunday with a low near 67 Friday night. Forecast from local weather service.
Auto crash injures child and adults in city
A five year old girl was struck by a car and two adults plus another passenger were injured in a collision at Alamo and Martins streets. Eddie Gonzales from San Petra reportedly drove one car. Clarence Robbins and Vicente Garza were other drivers. Mrs J L Hunter was injured by a parked car on West Woodlawn Avenue.
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Struc
Vicente Garza
Alta Vista
Alamo
Martinus
Mra
J. L. Hunter
Bandera
Stray
West Woodlawn Avenue
Two Saved by Plane Off Cleveland
A man and boy drowned but two other boys were saved when an Army B-4 crew from Selfridge Field Michigan spotted a capsized boat three miles offshore Lake Erie near Cleveland. Distress signals were sent as the bomber circled the wreck and a rubber raft dropped but landed a quarter mile away. Baron George von Trapp, 67, father of the Trapp family singers who fled Austria, died May 21 in Stowe Vermont.
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Cleveland
IINSA
Lake Erie
Selfridge, Field
Mich
von Trapp
Ifes Stowe
George von Trapp
Trapp Familly
United States
Hungary In Turmoil After Cabinet Resigns
London reports Hungary faces a political crisis as the cabinet resigns after failed talks to form a new government. President Zoltan Tildy to name a new premier following consultations, while leftist and socialist leaders convene. Border patrols on the Austro-Hungarian frontier tighten amid uncertainty.
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London
INS
Budapest
Reutters
Zoltan Tildy
Politiical Commission of the
National Assembly
Vienna
Imre Oltvanyi
Oltvanyi
Jefe
Syanilholders
Hos Lgnen
Berve
Buda- Peal
Matyas Rakost Toray
Asion
Tildy
Exiais
Premnior
Words Lead To Trouble At Hill's Grill Altercation
An argument at Hill's Grill on Hill’s Grill led to bookings for liquor intoxication and aggravated assault on a woman named Mrs Ruby Steb of 820 Broadway. Violet injuries were treated at a hospital. William Holman faced charges for disturbance and curfew violation. Mrs Clara H Hill was booked for curfew violation.
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Hill's Grill
Broadway
Viola Mong
Robert
Hill
maha_r
Ruby Steb
Robert Bo Green “Hospital
William Holman
Thoraan Jefferson‘ Drive
Clara H. Hill
iFimston Place
India Tense As Freedom Nears
In New Delhi on May 31 the Viceroy Viscount Mountbatten prepared to meet Indian leaders to discuss the British plan to hand power to Indians. Fear of Hindu Muslim clashes rose as details of the plan neared publication. Troops moved to strategic areas while Delhi imposed a jeep ban and Calcutta prepared defensive measures to quell disturbances.
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New Delhi
India
Viscount Mountbatten
Burma
Delhi
Calcutta
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