Reds attack as civil war escalates along Yangtze front
April 20 report from Nanking describes Communist offensives across the Yangtze with engagements at Pukow Kiangpu Wuhu and Hsiaokan amid government rejection of Red peace terms Premier Ho Ying-chin argues the terms suit a victor and threaten a quick nationalist collapse while the British sloop Amethyst sustains damage from shore fire near Rose Island triggering fears of further clashes.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Ho Yingchin
Pukow
Kiangpu
Wuhu
Here
Hsiaokan
Hankow
Red 43Rd Army
Yangtze
Peiping
Rose Island
Chinkiang
State Wide Hunt For Missing Girl
Vera Plunkett, 12, a Woodrow Wilson Junior High student, did not return home Tuesday after school. State police issued a statewide alert as her bicycle was last seen leaving the school at 3:20 PM. Her father, William Plunkett, kept vigil at police headquarters. Capt. Frank Riddle noted she is five feet five inches, blonde, in a yellow sweater, blue jacket, and red shoes.
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Vera Plunkett
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
William Plunkett
South Thirteenth Street
Frank Riddle
British sloop Amethyst crippled on Yangtze river
Communist shore artillery crippled the sloop Amethyst on the Yangtze while the destroyer Consort fought shore batteries for hours. Amethyst with at least 20 wounded or dead grounded on Rose Island 60 miles northeast of Nanking. The frigate Black Swan provided aid as the British cruiser London prepared to arrive Kiangyin with more wounded aboard.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Amethyst
Rose Island
Nanking
Kiangyin
Black Swan
London
Adm
A. C. G. Madden
Illness spreads as Donora tests smoke fog link
Donora Pa April 20 government tests into smog conditions suspected of causing last fall's 22 deaths report more than 90 ill today. Hoarseness sore throats and coughs noted as zinc plant fumes drift toward Webster across the river.
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Donora
Public Health Service
Governor
American Steel & Wire Co
William Rongaus
Webster
Monongahela River
Webster Society For Better Living
Allen Kline
Kline
Pilot plummets 4000 feet in Alaska death on C 47
In Alaska a pilot, Dave Huycke of Los Angeles, was sucked out of a C 47 carrying 10 passengers about four minutes after takeoff from Annette Island near Ketchikan. The Seattle office of Sourdough Air Transport said he died while attempting to check a draft near a door. The flight was en route from Annette to Anchorage.
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Seattle
Alaska
Sourdough Air Transport Company
Dave Huycke
Los Angeles
Annette Island
Ketchikan
Fred W
Identify Christen in murder trial at Fort Wayne
In Columbia City Indiana on April 20 two witnesses named Robert G Christen 38 a former Fort Wayne druggist as a companion of Mrs Dorothea Howard the night she was beaten to death in March 1945 Mrs Gladys Hill a Fort Wayne rooming house operator and Charles Dodson of Memphis Tenn a Baer Field soldier testified Christen was with Mrs Howard during the assault and getaway Dodson had earlier been tied to Christen in the case Lobaugh Kokomo pleaded guilty to one of the related counts but later denied it and awaits a state investigation after a death sentence was imposed but suspended.
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Columbia City
Ind
Robert G. Christen
Fort Wayne
Dorothea Howard
Gladys Hill
Charles Dodson
Memphis
Ralph Lobaugh
Kokomo
Weather Summary From the Local Station
The report notes cloudy and warmer conditions with a noon reading and evening high temperatures. It lists sunrise at 5 07 and sunset at 6 32, river stage 4 7 feet stationary. Previous day highs and lows are given as 58 and 34 with precipitation at 6 units.
Forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity by region
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight with a low around 42 degrees. Indiana forecast notes increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. Thursday will be considerably cloudy and mild with temperatures around prevailing readings from 38 in the morning to 62 in the afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Highway Issue Hearing in Terre Haute showdown over US 41 route
Indiana State Highway Commission held a hearing to decide if US 41 should be relocated south of Terre Haute near Paul Cox Field. The airport opponents led by Fred R. Waldron warned they will pursue court action to stop the highway from crossing the airport, as about 200 citizens and officials attended. The panel, chaired by S C Hadden, heard evidence and opened discussion on the relocation plan amid strong local interest and aviation concerns.
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Paul Cox
Terre Haute
Indiana State Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Ralph Tucker
Paul Cox Field
Fred R. Waldron
Banks of the Wabash Association
Citizens’ Committee
S. C. Hadden
Tucker
City Aviation Commission
Pilots’ Association
Russians Tighten Berlin Blockade
In Berlin the Russians tightened the blockade by closing additional streets along the border of the Soviet sector to increase pressure. US air force officials dismissed rumors of a quick end and said the airlift would continue even if the blockade ends.
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Berlin
Chile Quake Kills At Least 30 In Nine Cities
A series of strong earthquakes struck central Chile killing at least 30 inmates when a jail collapsed in Traiguén. Santiago Concepción and Angol suffered severe damage with hundreds of buildings destroyed and communications disrupted across Temuco Los Sauces San Rosendo Valdivia and Chillán.
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Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
Pacific Northwest
United States
Traiguen
Angol
Temuco
Los Sauces
San Rosendo
Valdivia
Chillan
Cain urges local vote on public housing programs
Senator Harry P. Cain urged the Senate to require local voter referendums for any public housing project. The amendment aimed to curb rapid city expansion while protecting communities from undue pressure. Final action on the housing bill seemed likely after a potential late session vote.
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Washington
U.P
Harry P. Cain
R-Wash
Senate
Cain
Francis J. Myers
Senate Banking
Burnet R. Maybank
Ds.c
Workers Vote for Lincoln Ford Plant Strike Action
United Auto Workers at Ford Motor Lincoln plant seek International executive board sanction for a strike after Local 900 members approve by 484 to 15. A Rouge plant vote among 65,000 UAW-LOCAL 600 workers also awaits final tally with production rates the central issue.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Corporation
Lincoln
International Executive Board
U.A.W
UAW
Ford Rouge
Belle Gunness Linked To Early Lonely Hearts Slayings
La Porte Indiana April 20 old timers recall Mrs Inez Brennan and two sons admitting killings of two Dover Delaware suitors a tale echoing Belle Gunness of La Porte who was blamed for at least fourteen murders on her farm after a 1908 fire unearthed bodies and a headless woman in ashes Lamphere the hired hand later claimed Gunness escaped aided by him and the remains were planted with grisly details of poison ax blows and dismemberment and loot including a tin box of cash and jewelry
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LA Porte
Ind
Inez Brennan
Dover
Del
Belle Gunness
Belle
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Lamphere
Woman Saves Child in 18 Foot Well in Des Moines
Des Moines authorities credit housewife Norene Jamison with saving 4 year old Betty Johnson from an 18 foot well after Betty fell through a loose cover. Neighbors and a man named Martin Vasser helped as Jamison bound a rope to her waist and descended to free the child. Firemen later lifted both to safety with a rope. Betty suffered only bruises and scratches.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.P
Betty Johnson
Kathy Fiscus
Norene Jamison
Betty
Mrs. Jamison
Marshall Vets Win Local Option Vote
Marshall, NL April 20 Special Marshall remains wet after yesterday's local option election. The 444 vote majority upheld continuation of alcohol sales in the city as over 1700 ballots were cast, the largest in years. Emery Bloodworth, independent, elected mayor by a 993 plurality over Percy Stanfield. Other officials elected include Frank F Pearce city clerk, John McCauley treasurer, Wayne Hollenbeck alderman first ward, John Geheb alderman second ward, Hubert Ferris alderman second ward to fill vacancy, and Richard G. Junker alderman third ward.
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Marshall
Marshall City
Emery Bloodworth
Percy Stanfield
Leon Garwood
Bloodworth
Frank F Pearce
John McCauley
Wayne Hollenbeck
John Geheb
Hubert Ferris
Richard G. Junker
Congress for Peace Opens in Paris’ World Assembly
Paris April 20 communist sponsored world peace congress opened with a call for global peace committees. Frederic Joliot Curie head of France’s atomic energy commission told 1800 delegates from 52 nations that war could not be decisive and warned against warmongers. The meeting held in Salle Pleyel used translation, had no anti communist pickets, and aimed to form a permanent rally of peace partisans to end a war if one starts.
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Paris
Frederic Joliot-Curie
France
Atomic Energy Commission
New York
Salle Pleyel
Institute
United Nations
Naval officer Kay becomes Moscow ambassador in Washington
Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk was named ambassador to Moscow by President Truman. He will leave the Belgium post where he also served as minister to Luxembourg and succeeds Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith. Kirk, 60, Navy veteran since 1909, helped lead amphibious operations in Sicily and naval support for the cross channel invasion.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Walter Bedell Smith
1St Army
New York
White House
Truman
Moscow Post
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Naval Academy
Navy
Sicily
France
Parents Starved Tots Reported Dead in Chicago
Three King children died from malnutrition and a fourth suffocated in a Chicago basement apartment. A coroner's jury urged manslaughter charges against Martin King, 42, and wife Eileen, 35, and recommended exhuming two other King's children for further inquiry. An infant Kathleen, three months old, died with no food in the stomach. conditions were described as shocking. Theresa was placed in a juvenile home. Continued on Page 2.
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Chicago
U.P
Martin King
Eileen
Kathleen King
King
Theresa
Herman N. Bundeson
Oil Leases Sought Under Terre Haute Airports
The Terre Haute aviation board advertised bids for mineral rights beneath city owned airports and landing fields. While not naming Paul Cox Field, attention centers near the Rouse farm just south of the airport where a recent successful drilling occurred. Possible oil under Rea Park golf park is also noted as a remote possibility. City official calls a windfall if oil is found.
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Board of Aviation Commission
Terre Haute
Paul Cox
Rouse Farm
Rea Park
Chinese Civil War Flares Up Along Yangtze After Peace Talks Fail
AP analysis notes renewed fighting between Chinese nationalists and communists along the Yangtze. Nationalists reject unconditional surrender as Red forces renew hostilities. British cruiser Consort engages shore guns near Kiangyin, while Amethyst was crippled earlier. Outcome hinges on new peace negotiations and global stakes. Churchill warns the cold war context frames the crisis.
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China
Yangtze
Red
Kiangyin
Incident echoes Panay sinking in Chinese conflict
The two British warships in today’s crossfire of the Chinese civil war recall the 1937 Japanese attack on the US gun boat Panay. The Panay was hit by air attack near Nanking, killing crew and injuring many aboard three oil ships. Japan apologized and paid $2,214,007 in compensation.
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China
Panay
Nanking
United States
Japan
Chinese nationalist ships sighted near Amethyst
British authorities could not contact the party responsible. Admiral Madden said his course would be decided later. Travelers from the Chinkiang district report four nationalist warships in the Yangtze vicinity of the Amethyst. The item continues on page 7, column 1.
Death of Rabbi Stephen S Wise in New York
World famed liberal Jewish leader Dr Stephen S Wise dies at Lenox Hospital after operation for malignant stomach ailment He will lie in state at the Free Synagogue he founded and funeral services are set for Friday in Carnegie Hall Wise led the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress and backed a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Wise
Palestine
Boy Dies in Fire at Koontz Lake Cottage
An 11 year old boy Raymond Winkelman died when his family's cottage at Koontz lake in northeastern Starke county burned in the early hours. State police said he slept on the first floor while two brothers and a sister escaped from the second floor.
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Knox
Ind
U.P
Koontz Lake
Starke County
Raymond Winkelman
Sesvet
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Raymond Bower
Thomas MacDonald
Jap Jones
James Hallet
Lonely Heart’ Slayers
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Marshall Vets
Congress For Peace
Warmongers
Kirk Moscow
DeWitt MacKenzie
Asia
Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Associated Press
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