Eleven Killed When Army Plane Crashes
A missing storm torn Army B 29 crashed into Hawks Mountain near Springfield Vermont killing all 11 aboard. The plane had refueled at Pittsburgh and was en route from Tucson to Bedford when it disappeared from radar and struck the mountain after circling at low altitude. Major Miller and civil air patrol observers noted lights flashing before impact and efforts to identify victims continued as bodies were found amid wreckage and scorched brush.
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Springfield
Lonely Hawks Mountain
Joseph Lionti
Tucson
Ariz
Cause of Capital Airlines crash still undetermined
Leesburg Va June 15 The discovery of the aircraft's instrument panel offered no determination of the disaster cause as investigators launched a broad inquiry. An airline official cited a 2000 foot altimeter reading but later said he could not confirm the reading or its accuracy. An Airline Pilots Association investigator said the crash cause remains conjecture possibly mechanical or due to a downdraft, with instrument panels sent to Civil Aeronautics Board specialists. The last of 50 bodies were recovered, with some likely unidentifiable due to the force of the crash and fire.
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Leesburg
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountain
Airline Pilots Association
The
Pilots’ Union
Civil Aeronautics Board
William Frazer
London
Russia rejects protests over Hungary coup amid regional tensions
Lt. Gen. V. P. Sviridov refuses US demand for three Power probe into the Hungarian coup. Molotov denounces British protest as interference. In Romania, Bulgaria regimes push economic reforms. Bulgaria cuts bread rations. Vienna says Austrian democracy can curb radical trends with elections forthcoming.
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London
U.P
Russia
United States
Hungary
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Budapest
Sviridov
Moscow
Viacheslav Molotovas
Britain
Romania
Bulgaria
Bucharest
George Gheorghiu- Dej
Romanian Communist Party
Vienna
Karl Renner
Presidents blue ribbon board to study air safety
President Truman named a five member blue ribbon board to study commercial air safety after recent crashes that killed 146 people. The appointees include James M. Landis Milton W Arnold Jerome C Hunsaker Theodore P Wright and H B Cox. The group will meet Tuesday to review accidents and advise on equipment changes and possible legislation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Milton W. Arnold
Air Transport Association
Jerome C. Hunsaker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Theodore P. Wright
Civil Aeronautics
H. B. Cox
Lomita
Calif
American
Revenue seeks penny tax from Lawrence J. Reffert
Pittsburgh report notes the Internal Revenue Service sent Lawrence J. Reffert a bill for one cent of income tax. The item highlights Uncle Sam's pursuit of every due amount.
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Pittsburgh
Sam
Department of Internal Revenue
Lawrence J. Reffert
Home Fire Kills Girl. Family Hurt In Montana Ranch Loss
Sheriff Beaudry reports 15 year old Doris Archer died in a blaze that destroyed a ranch home near Pablo Montana. Eight other family members were critically burned and treated at St Ignatius hospital. coroner's inquest planned as explosion fueled the fire.
Fire destroys Davenport Packing plant in six buildings
Davenport Iowa June 15 Fire swept through six buildings of the Davenport Packing plant at the western edge of Davenport late Saturday night and completely destroyed the plant. Owner Rudy Lipkowitz built in 1943 estimated damage at 150000 dollars and said more than 200000 pounds of beef stored in the plant cooler were lost in the blaze.
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Davenport
Iowa
Rudy Lipkowitz
Ottumwa Flood Threatens Water and Power Plants
Floodwaters reached rooftops in Ottumwa as four states face renewed floods. About 10,000 Ottumwa residents fled, 20,000 homeless across the region, with property and crops sustaining an estimated 40 million dollars in damage. The city fought to keep the hydro electric plant operating as levees held and water receded slowly.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
U.P
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
One Dead and 22 Hurt In Bay Area Bus Collision
A Pacific Greyhound bus collided head on with a car on Bayshore highway in Burlingame killing Alfred M Delgado 23 of San Francisco and injuring 22 others. Bus driver Gordon M Jones 27 San Jose helped extinguish a gasoline fire saving many lives. Four seriously hurt hospitalized at Mills Memorial in San Mateo.
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Burlingame
Calif
U.P
Pacific Greyhound
Gordon M. Jones
San Jose
Alfred M. Delgado
San Francisco
Bayshore Highway
Mills Memorial Hospital
San Mateo
Wallace Says US and Britain Would Fight Russia Over Turkey Oil Area
Wallace warned that the United States and Britain would fight if Russia expands southward into Turkey near the Arabian oil fields. He said Russia should be told there is a limit beyond which it cannot go and emphasized US Navy readiness to defend Saudi oil access. He noted no current proof of imminent Turkish threat and called Greece and Hungary moves chess play between powers.
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Wallace
America
Britain
Russia
Turkey
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Europe
Middle East
Truman
Greece
Hungary
Press Club
Hoover Warns U S Has Reached Limit of Foreign Spending
Former President Herbert Hoover warned Congress that the United States has reached the limit of its foreign spending. He urged rationing aid to non Communist nations that cooperate with postwar reconstruction and cautioned against overburdening the U S economy. He proposed a reciprocal aid program excluding Russia and allied states, with commitments from recipients to work with the United States on world recovery.
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Hoover
U.S
Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Congress
United States
California Statesman
Europe
Asia
Styles Bridges
RN. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Truman
Russia
World Shaking Crisis Looms in Europe Warns Acheson
Dean Acheson warned in a Weselyan University speech that the Soviet Union is disorganizing eastern Europe and Europe faces a severe financial crisis next year. He labeled Hungary a coup and accused Moscow of fomenting trouble in Europe the Middle East and the Orient. He urged continued U.S. policy and cited lend lease aid and cross channel actions as evidence of American goodwill.
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Middletown
Conn
U.P
Dean Acheson
Soviet Union
Europe
Acheson
Russia
Middle East
Orient
Manchuria
Korea
Iran
Wesleyan University
Hungary
United States
Attempts to Settle Dispute Bog Down
Oakland labor talks over the Key System transit strike stalled in a negotiators holiday as 500000 Bay Area residents faced fifth day without service. A peace conference on reduced wage demands by two AFL transit unions paused for weekend recess. Federal Conciliator William Curtin said there is still hope for a Monday settlement.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco Bay
William Curtin
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Partly cloudy Monday morning with increasing clouds and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mild overall with a 70 degree forecast for the next 24 hours. Montana areas expect partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms and highs from 70 to 80.
Maritime Workers Walk Off Ships Across U S Ports
The United States saw 200000 C. S. O maritime workers strike after contracts expired, shutting down port activity from New York to the Gulf and West Coasts. Officials estimate up to 250 ships affected on the East Coast as negotiations failed to resolve a lockout dispute.
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New York
U.P
U. S
Gulf
West Coast
Customs House
British Police and Army Put on 24 Hour Alert in Palestine
British police and army in Palestine were placed on a 24 hour alert as the UN Palestine commission opened hearings in Jerusalem. Reinforcements from Trans-Jordan were summoned amid fears of renewed underground violence after a verdict in the Acre prison raid trial. A general Arab strike and quiet diplomacy followed as the Arab Higher Committee prepared informal meetings with the UN mission.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Zval Leumi
Tel Aviv
United Nations Commission On Palestine
Acre
Irgunists
Stern Gang
United Nations
Jamal el Husseini
Crash Kills Ten On Junkers Plane Pact Route
Ten persons including four children were killed and two critically injured in a Junkers plane crash on the Saigon Delat route Saturday, dispatches from Indo China said Sunday.
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Paris
Junkers
Saigon-Delat
Indo- China
Five Die as Police Fire on Moslem Processions in Cawnpore
In Cawnpore on Sunday police opened fire to disperse officially banned Moslem processions. At least five people were killed and many injured. Troops were later deployed and a 24 hour curfew was imposed.
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Cawnpore
India
Balkan Issue To Be Discussed By United Nations
The United Nations Security Council prepares to discuss the Balkan situation after a Balkan inquiry commission placed primary Yugoslav blame for Greek guerrilla fighting, with Bulgaria and Albania also cited. The commission will present its findings next week and a meeting is set for Monday to plan UN actions ahead of a June 23 discussion.
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Security Council
United Nations Balkan Inquiry Commission
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Balkan Commission
Balkan
United States
Balkans
Hungary
United Nations
Russia
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Ahepa Conclave Opens in Butte District Session
Business sessions begin at 10 this morning for the Order of Ahepa district convention in the Finlen hotel. Gus Marinos, district secretary treasurer, welcomes about 150 delegates and guests from District 18 Montana and northern Wyoming, while J. K. Valenas, district governor from Great Falls, delivers the responding address. The Daughters of Penelope meet in the Finlen Gold room with Mrs. Peter Paul introducing district governess Mrs. Roy Granoulis of Great Falls.
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Order of Ahepa
Finlen Hotel
Gus Marinos
Butte
Butte Lodge
Montana
Wyoming
J. K. Valenas
Great Falls
Daughters of Penelope
Peter Paul
Roy Granoulis
Great Palls
Army Transport Crashes at Fort Knox. 20 Aboard Escape
An Army C-47 transport crashed on landing at Godman Field Fort Knox Kentucky injuring none seriously. About 20 to 25 aboard including three crew escaped before the aircraft burned prosecutors said. Passengers were taken to Fort Knox hospital as investigators planned.
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Fort Knox
Godman Field
James F. Duesler
Fort Knox Hospital
Duesler
Langley Field
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William R. Higginbotham
By James J. Strebig
U. N
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Army Air Forces
School of Mines
Associated Press
Max
Min
Billings
Belgrade
Khoi
Barzani
Maku
Araxes River
Iraq
Mullah Mustafa el Barzani
Army
Robert Miller
Council
Commission
John A. Parks, JR
Lake Success
Ahepa
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