Six Die as Gas Blast Levels St Marys Church
A butane gas explosion tore through St Marys Catholic Church in Marion South Dakota before Palm Sunday mass killing at least six worshippers and wounding more than 40. Witnesses said two altar boys lit matches for candles triggering the blast. Fire marshal Arch Odell said a basement furnace leak filled the building with gas. The roof collapsed and walls buckled as rescuers searched for victims. About 30 injured were taken to area hospitals and nearby residents assisted at the scene.
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Marion
S. D
St. Mary's Catholic
Arch O’dell
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Mitchell
W. E. Heib
Henry Berreth
Joseph Zimmerman
Palm Sunday
W. W. Brady
Bobby Lounsberry
Kenneth Wagner
Red Cross
William O. Brady
O'Dell
Palm Sunday Church Explosion Injures Many at St Marys
Joseph A Weiland and his wife May survived a church disaster in Marion South Dakota as a Palm Sunday mass at St Marys Catholic church exploded. He describes the blast like a cannon shock shattering pews and plaster. They were both pulled from rubble and treated for injuries.
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Joseph A. Weiland
United Press
Marion
S. D
May
Joseph Zimmerman
Spring Fever Days Forecast in Pocatello
Weather outlook for Pocatello predicts fair warm days with highs around 65 to 70 and lows near 35. Sunday’s high reached 66, indicating continued mild temperatures with no precipitation on record.
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Pocatellans
Zion Lifts Blue Laws Allowing Sunday Movie and Bowling
Zion residents attended the first Sunday movie in history as blue laws eased after a 1579 to 1564 vote. The town, founded by John A Dowie in 1901, shifted to permit dining pork and broader commerce, ending strict rules on smoking dancing and skirts.
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Zion
John A. Dowie
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Pocatello Couple Entering Show with French Bulldog Pups
Pocatello residents Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Etzrodt enter their two blue-blooded French Bulldogs Toni and Panda in upcoming Denver and Salt Lake City shows this summer. The dogs descend from Laurelwood lines of Van Nuys California with Petite Laurelwood as their dam. Panda, Toni, and Petite Laurelwood are highlighted as prized examples in local canine circles.
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Panda
John Ave
Pocatello
Gate City
Jeep
Laurelwood Kennels
van Nuys
Calif
H. E. Etzrodt
E. Whitman
Etzrodt
Petite Laurelwood
Petite
Phoebe
Directoire
San Francisco
Laurelwood
Soule
Local Amateur Astronomer Sets Moon's Eclipse
Pocatellans may witness a total lunar eclipse Tuesday night starting at 7 28 p m as the moon enters Earth shadow and lasting until the total phase at 8 28 p m The event is explained by Blaine M Lyon of 1617 S Third and will end at 9 54 p m with the moon moving out of shadow
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Pocatellans
Pocatello
Blaine M. Lyon
Lyon
Fiery Bridges Faces Battle for ILWU Leadership Post
In San Francisco, Harry Bridges seeks reelection as president of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union after its sixth biennial convention. Thomas George of Portland challenges in the race for international officer, while J. R. Robertson meets William S. Lawrence for the 1st vice presidency. second vice president Germain and Goldblatt run unopposed. Delegates closed the six day convention with about 20 resolutions, including a controversial foreign policy measure that urged a reassessment of U S policy for peace and dialogue, drawing criticism from James Kearney who labeled it a sell-out to Russia.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremens and Warehousemen’s Union
Thomas George
Portland
George
International First
J. R. Robertson
William S. Lawrence
ILWU
California
Germain Aerte Eee
Louis Goldblatt
U. S
James Kearney
Russia
Mine injures monk during Palm Sunday palm gathering
Brother Bruno Clement, a French monk, was critically injured yesterday after stepping on a mine near the Damascus Gate while collecting palm leaves for Palm Sunday. The device was planted about 100 feet from an Israeli outpost.
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Jerusalem
Bruno Clement
Damascus
Gate City C of C Plea to Join Pocatello Chamber
Membership in the Gate City Chamber of Commerce offers a hand in building Gate City and southeastern Idaho. The Retail Merchants Bureau led by John R. Terrell drives local retail development with wide participation and community activities. Join the Chamber of Commerce now.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Gate City
Idaho
Retail Merchants Bureau
John R. Terrell
Bureau
Chamber of Commerce Now
U S Troops Disperse Munich Anti Russian Protest
American military police used tear gas to break up a march of more than 4000 displaced persons in downtown Munich. refugees including Ukrainians Baltic nationals and Poles faced MP barricades and a confrontation near the old Russian mission. Four demonstrators were arrested and no injuries were reported.
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Munich
Germany
Isar River
M.p.’S
Army
United Nations
Sun Spots Blank Radio Pacific Links For Hours
Transpacific radio communications were blanked for two hours and 12 minutes due to sun spot disturbances. Spokesmen for Press Wireless Mackay Radio and Radio Corporation of America reported fadeouts from 12 58 p m to 3 10 p m PST with advance notice from the bureau of standards.
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San Francisco
Press Wireless
Mackay Radio
Radio Corporation of America
Pacific
Orient
Bureau of Standards
Red Armies Set Attack Across Yangtze near Nanking
The Communist radio says four Red field armies mass to cross the Yangtze in a push that could decide China's fate. Nationalists repelled a crossing at Huayang 175 miles southwest of Nanking as artillery sank 10 Communist junks. Half a million nationalist defenders hold the south bank awaiting a crossing. A 10 000 strong Red spearhead is within 11 miles of Nanking, threatening the rail line to Shanghai and a potential blockade. The assault jeopardizes stalled Peiping peace talks after Mao promised leniency.
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Nanking
China
Communist
Yangtze River
Huayang
Yangtze
Nanking-Shanghai
Mao Tze-Tung
Peiping
Leaders of Nazis to Learn Fate in Final Trial Verdict
In Nuremberg allied judges begin reading an 800 page judgement that will decide the fate of 21 top Nazis after three years of war crimes trials. Sentences may include death by hanging for key planners of Hitler's aggression with verdicts likely by Thursday or Friday. Baron Ernst von Weizsäcker leads the defendants into the courtroom alongside diplomats bankers and military advisers.
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Mernberg
Germany
Hitler
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Vatican
Foreign Office
Weizsaecker
Herman Goering
von Ribbentrop
B-13 Plane Crashes Into Spectator Car Kills Woman
Beckley West Virginia A B-13 army training plane crashed into an automobile filled with spectators near Beckley Mt Hope airport killing a 64 year old woman and injuring five others. Pilot Eddie Lilly 19 suffered head injuries and cuts while engine trouble and loss of control led to the fatal impact. Three of the five passengers were in serious condition.
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Beckley
W. Va
Beckley-Mt. Hope
Eddie Lilly
Sprague
Cuttie Webb
Pine Knob
Lilly
Ex Governor Osborn Fights Death After Surprise Marriage
Poulan Ga reports ex Michigan governor Chase Salmon Osborn, 89, rallied in a fight against death after a dramatic marriage to a devoted woman he had adopted. Doctors described a remarkable improvement after blood plasma and glucose, though Dr J J Crumley warned the philanthropist may not survive long despite the late ceremony.
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Poulan
Chase Salmon Osborn
Michigan
Osborn
J. J. Crumley
Sylvester
Stop the Music winner ponders elephant prize
Mrs. Anthony J. Perry of Donora Pennsylvania won more than 8000 pounds in prizes by naming St Pauls steeple as the mystery tune on Bert Parks show Stop the Music. She described the flood of awards and joked the four ton circus elephant would not fit in their small rented house or tiny yard.
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Donora
Anthony J. Perry
St. Paul’s
Bert Parks
CIO Leader Attacks Bill Denouncing Labor Substitution
CIO President Philip Murray denounced a House bill as a foul concoction and more repressive than Taft-Hartley. He said southern Democrats back the measure as a substitute for repeal, framed by enemies of American workers. Rep John S Wood, Ga sponsors it to tighten labor management law while leaving the existing act on the books. Dixie lawmakers claim Republican support to adopt it as a substitute for administration repeal and Wagner act revival.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
House
John S. Wood
Dixie
Well Tomb For Tot Ends After 50 Hours in Abandoned Well
Kathy Fiscus died after 50 hours trapped in a 14 inch iron well casing in San Marino California. Dr Paul Hanson announced the child's death saying she had likely been dead since about 6 30 pm Friday as thousands watched the rescue attempt.
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San Marino
Cal
Kathy Fiscus
Paul Hanson
Hanson
Kathy
David H. Fiscus
Alice
Robert McCullock
Fiscus
MacCullock
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pasadena
Headless Rooster Claims Healing Powers Inspires Court Fight
Mrs. Martha Green owner of Lazarus the headless rooster says dozens of people report cures after viewing him yet she denies supernatural powers. She faces a lawsuit from the SPCA seeking return of the bird or damages with a court hearing set in San Antonio township.
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Los Angeles
Martha Green
Lazarus
Green
Pullman-Porter
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
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