Destructive Pacific Northwest Earthquake Strikes Puget Sound
A major earthquake hit the Pacific Northwest just before noon on a Wednesday, killing at least several people and injuring many across four states and British Columbia. In Olympia Percival Bisson a steam fitter died at a veneer plant site. at Lowell School and Castle Rock injuries and deaths occurred from falling bricks and building collapse. Capitol damage reported in Olympia with three injured taken to hospital. many structures including the old capitol were affected and thousands felt the tremor.
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Olympia
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Cw. West
Kregman
Lowell School
Castle Rock
Jack Roller
Northwest States
British Columbia
Puget Sound
World Fliers Honored Here
George Rosenberg reports U S air force awarded Distinguished Flying Cross to Lucky Lady II crew and ground team from Davis Monthan. Ceremony at Carswell AFB honors Maj. Gen. Ramey and Cols Selser Jr and Eubank Jr as the world around flight is recalled with crews and families present.
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Roland B. Bonner
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
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Patrick
Bonner
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William F. Caffrey
Earl L. Riger
Glenn E. Hacker
Robert Davis
Arthur Neal
Donald Traugh
Robert McLeroy
James G. Gallagher
Roger M. Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Gallagher
James H. Morris
James C. Selser Jr
George Rosenberg
U. S
Air Force
William E. Eubank Jr
High Air Force Command
Philippines
DFC
Carswell Air Force Base
Ft. Worth
Tex
Norway Acknowledged for U S Bases Plans
Pravda features a report that Norway will grant American military bases, citing a Tass Helsinki dispatch based on Finnish papers and Oslo sources. The claim notes a so called American transport delegation studying Norwegian territory and ports for naval and air bases.
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Pravda
Norway
United States
Tass
Helsinki
Tyokansan Sanomat
Vapaa Sana
Democratic Press Bureau
Oslo
North Atlantic Alliance
Washington
GOP names members to national policy committee in 1950 drive
Rep Joseph W Martin selects Leonard Hail Francis Case and Donald L Jackson for the policy group under GOP national committee while Senate picks Owen Brewster Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and Hugh Butler. Governors may name Alfred E Driscoll Frank Carlson and Langlie or other westerner. Truman visits Capitol Hill and praises efforts.
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Joseph W. Martin
Mass
House
Republican National Policy Committee
Capitol Hill
GOP
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Martin
Leonard Hail
New York
Francis Case
South Dakota
Donald L. Jackson
California
National Committee
Omaha
Senate
Owen Brewster
Maine
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Alfred E. Driscoll
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Arthur B. Langlie
Scott
Congress
National
Truman
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
White House
Roosevelt
Four Killed In Georgia Storm
A Georgia windstorm sequence killed four people and injured 32 on April 13. In Manchester a family of two children died when their house collapsed. The Red Cross reported additional injuries as power lines and trees fell, and several buildings were damaged.
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Georgia
McDonough
Red Cross
William
McLemore
Ween
Two Americans Seized in Guatemala Revolt Plot
Two Tucson men identified as Robert Ramage and Harry Rothe are jailed in Guatemala City amid an abortive revolt against President Juan Jose Arevalo. They allegedly posed as buyers and joined rebel forces in the 19th uprising, with Ramage claiming brick factory ties and Rothe as an employee and husband.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Associated Press
Robert Ramage
Harry Ronald Rothe
Rothe
Mabel A. Rothe
E. Linden St. Rothe
San Marcos
Juan Jose Arevalo
Ramage
Douglas Is Reported In Same Condition
Southampton reports U. S. Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas remains in the same condition after a fishing accident left his left eye injured nine days earlier. Three doctors including King George's personal oculist examined the eye but would not say if vision is impaired.
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Eng
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
King George
Two Men Electrocuted on Arizona Telephone Line
In Casa Grande Arizona on April 13 two workers were killed while repairing a telephone line near Eleven Mile corner. John H Ward 23 of Flushing New York died instantly and Lewis Mason 25 of Pueblo California died later at Casa Grande hospital while on a respirator.
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Eleven-Mile Corner
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30 Year Old Mother Of 8 Seeks Another Husband
Salt Lake City April 13 Mrs Elena Le Baron a 30 year old divorcee with eight children seeks a new husband. She is tall wants a sober man who loves children and can provide stability the applicant must bid for her heart as well as hand. She offers painting and wood burning skills a $2000 down on a four room home and photographs should be submitted with qualifications. Her address is 763 Axton Avenue.
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Salt Lake City
Elena le Baron
Parelius Sentenced To Life In Prison
Arthur W. Parelius a 22 year old war veteran was given life imprisonment by a federal judge for the murder of Curtis D Shoemaker a 48 year old coworker at Ft Shafter. The shooting occurred during a barracks room brawl on January 19 and a jury convicted Parelius after two hours of deliberation.
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Arthur W. Parelius
Curtis D. Shoemaker
Parelius
East Milton
Mass
Shoemaker
Ft. Shafter
Laurel
Miss
Parellus
Yanks May Be Sent Overseas Under Treaty
Washington April 13 administration congressman asserts the Atlantic pact grants European A bomb bases to win a war with Russia. Cannon says hit Moscow within a week of war start with land based planes. urges funding shift to long range bombers. Lucas says senate must decide if more U S troops should back the pact. hearings set for April 25 with June floor debate expected.
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Russia
Clarence Cannon
Owt
Perearr Propriations Committee
Moscow
Cannon
Appropriations
House
Naval Aviation
Navy
Scott W. Lucas
Senate
Europe
Lucas
U. S
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Dean Aches
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Briton Sees Japanese As Still War Minded
Melbourne Australia April 13 W MacMahon Ball former British commonwealth representative of the Allied Control Council in Japan warned Wednesday of danger the Japanese will rise again as an aggressive power He said there has been no basic change in how the Japanese feel and think and that at the moment it suits them to play along and pose as pre American.
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Melbourne
Australia
W. MacMahon Ball
British Commonwealth
Allied Control Council
Japan
Wedaece
Ball
Endurance Fliers Near Record Mark
Fullerton California April 13 Endurance fliers Bill Barris and Dick Reidel face a final push to beat the world endurance record. They must keep the Single motor Sunkist Lady aloft until 5 45 p m Thursday to reach the 726 hour mark set in Long Beach California in 1939. The pilots, weary from hours aloft over the desert, aim to stay aloft 1000 hours after their nonstop round trip.
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Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Reidel
Long Beach
Barris
Reidel
Contractor To Rebuild Pledges Full Responsibility For Substandard Paving
Wakefield improvement district reaches a settlement with the Sen Xavier Rock and Sand Co promising full replacement of faulty curbs and sidewalks at the company's expense to meet contract terms. Edward O. Earl and attorney Clifford Fall outlined the firm's position while engineers noted concrete strength fell short of 3,000 psi.
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Memphis Embezzler Financed Two Wives and Teams
David Prager, a 29 year old Memphis coal company cashier, confessed to stealing about $19 000 to support two wives and two amateur basketball teams. He was arrested on arrival from Los Angeles after revealing his finances to his Memphis wife who alerted the employer.
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Tenn
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M. A. Hinds
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Hinds
Hunt-Berlin Coal Co
Annie Prager
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