Four Killed as B 29 Crashes Near Meridian Texas
Four crewmen died when a B 29 Superfortress crashed into a hillside near Meridian, Texas, during a training flight from Carswell Air Force Base. Eight others parachuted to safety as the ship exploded. Col. Alan D. Clark and other survivors were recovered, with an inquiry board to be appointed by Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Meridian
Carswell Air Force Base
Alan D. Clark
Seventh Bombardment Group
Eighth Air Force
Brazos River
Texas
Col. Clark
Harry E. Goldsworthy
Spokane
Wash
William S. Kern
Pasadena
Cal
Julian F. Moffat
Barksdale
Miss
Frank H. Riggs
Orange
Frank M. Worley
D. W. Aslin
William W. Weaver
Falmouth
Police Probe Thefts At Five Local Buildings
Police investigated five break in cases including Dr Pepper bottling plant at 20 North Sixteenth street where a window was pried and the safe handle broken. Haymarket Tavern at 201 South Third saw a rear door forced and money taken from the juke box and cash register. Thompson School at Twelfth and Ohio had $5.20 stolen from a milk fund. Graham Grain Company south of the city reported two add ing machines stolen after burglars moved trash to reach a window. Dix Lumber Company at 945 Ohio street had a roof entry and three desks rifled with a nickel taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sixteenth Street
Robert Carroll
North Fifteenth
Street
Collins and Flowers
Haymarket Tavern
South Third
Sankey and
O'Leary
Thompson
Twelfth
Ohio
John Keet
J. Thompson and
Yountz
Graham Grain Company
Harry Miller
Dix Lumber Company
Ohio Street
Security Council pauses Palestine talks for 24 hours
The United Nations Security Council delayed action on Palestine partition for a day, sparking lobbying as delegates prepare for a decisive round. All eyes turn to Andrei Gromyko and Soviet positions amid expectations of criticism of U.S. enforcement methods and Greece Korea and earlier assembly verdicts. Two formal resolutions remain: a U.S. plan for a big five committee and Colombia’s call for a special GA session to revisit partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Security Council
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Council
Gromyko
United States
Britain
U.S
U.N
U. S
Greece
Korea
Little Assembly
Soviet Union
Palestine
Colombia
General Assembly
Fire destroys Carl Roach Electric & Sporting Goods Store
Linton Ind Feb 26 Special Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Carl Roach Electric & Sporting Goods Store on South Main street Thursday morning. Total loss to building and contents was estimated at 35000. The blaze was discovered at 7 am and fought by local firemen with aid from Crane Ammunition Depot and Lyons before control was achieved after several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
Carl Roach Electric & Sporting Goods
South Main Street
U. S
Crane
Lyons
Two Joyride In B 17 Bomber From U S Caribbean Command
Two American sergeants Glen Woods and Theodore Havens allegedly took an unauthorized 1700 mile joyride in a B 17 Flying Fortress. They claimed no trouble at the controls during the across the Andes flight from Galapagos to Caracas and then to Balboa. Woods cited prior flight experiences in Europe. Havens mentioned service in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Canal Zone
Glen D. Woods
Muncie
Ind
Theodore S. Havens, Jr
Washington, N. J
U. S. Caribbean Air Command
Caracas
Venezuela
Andes
Galapagos
Woods
Europe
Havens
Air Force
New Guinea
Kills Kin in Family Row Shocks Illinois Mining Town
Jeffe Ivy, 52, a coal miner from Kortkamp Illinois, told police he shot and killed his brother in law Alfred Dudley, 37, of Cadillac Michigan, after a family dispute. Ivy said his wife Emily attacked next and he wounded her, then surrendered and is jailed without charge. Doctors fear loss of sight in one eye for Mrs. Ivy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kortkamp
Ill
Jeffe Ivy
Ivy
Montgomery County
Leo Gilliland
Emily
Alfred Dudley
Cadillac
Mich
Dudley
Gilliland
Hillsboro
Oil and gas shortage seen easing this year says expert
Howard W. Page of Standard Oil predicts an 8 to 9 percent supply rise with demand up 6 to 7 percent. He notes refinery capacity of 5.5 million barrels daily, expanded transport and pipelines, and higher imports from Venezuela and the Persian Gulf, explaining last year’s 11 percent demand spike caused the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Financial
New York
Howard W. Page
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Page
Middle West
Venezuela
Persian Gulf
Figures Tell Soviet Gains From War to Occupation
An Associated Press overview details how Russia expanded control before and after World War II. It lists territories seized or gained through invasions, armistice terms, and treaties, naming Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and East Prussia among others, with hundreds of thousands of square miles and millions of people affected.
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Russia
Associated Press
Hitler
Germany
Soviet Union
Communism
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Poland
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Yalta
Kuriles
Sakhalin
Romania
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Moscow
Carpathian Ruthenia
East Prussia
Europe
Polish Committee of National Liberation
London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Brewers Urged to Save Grain Amid Supply Shifts
Chicago Feb 26 UPI A Pillsbury Mills official says wheat and flour shortages eased while Agriculture Secretary Anderson urges brewers to join a voluntary grain-saving program. The plan aims to save 250000 bushels monthly in scarce grains, with brewers gaining access to about 100000 bushels more each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clinton P. Anderson
A. B. Sparboe
Pillsbury Mills Flour Milling Division
Sparboe
House
Anderson
Mayor Humphrey denounces court suit to end city teachers strike
Minneapolis February 26 United Press Mayor Hubert H Humphrey urged settlement by negotiation not injunctions as lawyers seek a court order to stop a 1100 teacher strike that has closed 92 schools and left 75000 students without classes. The teachers demand higher salaries and a longer school year with a shorter vacation. The judge set March 4 for a hearing on the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Minneapolis
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Arthur T. Nelson
District Court
American Federation of Teachers
D. E. LaBelle
Gudrun H. Jensen
Nelson
Jensen
India vows to end caste system in new constitution
New Delhi February 26 India’s constituent assembly unveiled a draft constitution pledging to abolish untouchability, free 60 million Hindus from caste stigma, and punish caste based penalties by law. It outlines a federal republic with a president, two houses, and reserved powers for states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Dominion of
India
Mohandas K. Ghandi
Weather summary and river stage report
Mostly cloudy forecast with temperature readings across the day. Record values show 41 at 9 am, 49 at noon, 54 at 2 pm, sunrise 6 27, sunset 5 39, and the river stage at 4.4 feet and falling. The data comes from the A and8 Weather Bureau.
Local Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Local conditions at 6 30 a m show temperature 41 with yesterday’s high 49 and last night’s low 39 and .26 inches of precipitation. Terre Haute area to be mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change and a low near 38. Indiana expected fair to the north and cloudy to the south with slightly colder air in the north, Friday cloudy and mild. Illinois: fair in the north and central parts, cloudy in the extreme south tonight, Friday mostly cloudy then light rain at night with little temperature change. Other local reports note street thermometer readings at 42 this morning and 55 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Parker Loses Court Round In First Degree Murder Trial
In Vigo Circuit Court Judge H DeWitt Owen overruled a defense motion for directed verdict in the Arthur E Parker case over the disappearance and alleged death of Lillian Marie Johnson on April 7 1943. The motion cited insufficient proof corpus delicti and death status among reasons. A recess was granted until 1 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Parker
Lillian Marie Johnson
H. DeWitt Owen
Vigo
N. George Nasser
Winfield Fox
Indiana
Lillian Johnson
Lilian Johnson
Three powers condemn Czech communist takeover
The United States Great Britain and France denounce the Czechoslovak communist coup as a disguised dictatorship jeopardizing liberty. They warn of disastrous consequences for the Czechoslovak people and note potential financial and diplomatic fallout, including possible denial of a $350 million loan and cut in exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
London
Paris
National Union
Link Meyers to Air Deals in Senate Probe
Washington February 16 Maj Gen Bennett E Meyers top army air forces purchasing agent is accused in a federal case of pressuring witness B H Lamarre to misstate facts. Lamarre testified Meyers planned major corporate decisions at Aviation Electric while guiding operations from Wright Field to Washington. He said Meyers told him to run the firm and write daily reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Aviation Electric Company
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Lamarre
Senate
Aviation Electric
Wright Field
Dayton
Air Force Purchasing
Wife Urges Suspects To Surrender In Police Shooting
In Chicago on February 26, a wife, Alice Lesh, urged her husband Llewellyn Lesh and accomplice Louis Jazbinchek to surrender after a shooting wounded Officer Hoban. The two men, sought since Monday night, are tied to a fatal robbery and a separate killing of Cornelius Allison. Hoban remains gravely injured but is on the path to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice Lesh
Llewellyn
Lesh
Louis Jazbinchek
William Hoath
Warsaw
Ind
John Warren
Jazbinschek
Hoban
Cornelius Allison
Warren
Allison
Six Killed in Korean Riots Across Police Stations
In Seoul on February 26, a communist style demonstration allegedly aimed at ousting U S troops led to attacks on seven police stations and the destruction of a bridge. A mob of about 1 000 clashed with police at Hong Duk Gun in Cholla Patka province, killing one policeman and one demonstrator. Sixteen arrests were reported, with wires cut before assaults. U S authorities cited police reports. the South Korea Labor Party and a communist coalition were said to sponsor the disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United States
Hong Duk Gun
Cholla Patka
U. S
U. S. Army
South Korea Labor Party
United Nations Commission On Korea
John R. Hodge
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Roger Ramey
Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Benes
Republic
Woodrow Wilson
Larry Hauck
Babe
Luis Noli
Elmer C. Walter
Ike
Ft. Myer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Army
International Soundphoto
Robert W. Hefty
Newborn Republic
James Michaels
Council of States
House of the People
Weather Bureau
3 Nations
Parker
Owen
BIG
Link Meyers
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