Show NE NEWS ITS RE REVIEW VIE W tornadoes wreak Havoc 01 ol tati tta i ayr B eboch kills 04 lillo eight bl B l A miners TORNADOES path ot of destruction devastating tornadoes cut a wide swath through midwestern and east eril em states leaving a wide path of destruction in their wake striking in a thickly populated rural area south of fairmont N C a high twister killed at least one person left an estimated homeless and caused severe damage to tobacco crops the death toll tall from a tornado w which leveled the communities of bright water and garfield in northwest arkansas was placed at nine tha business section of bright water population was virtually destroyed most destructive of the twisters was one which tore through small towns in missouri and iowa causing 13 casualties in the small town of worth MO more than 50 others were injured and property damage was estimated in the thousands of dollars the same tornado lashed on across into iowa striking at clio where extensive property damage resulted but no loss of life was re ported narrowly averting the heavily populated city of dallas texi tex a tornado smashed briefly to earth on the cites eastern outskirts then bounced skyward and disappeared disappear cd in its wake N ake two persons were dead and ap other tex as t 14 tors caused less damage MINES MINE S an another oiher tragedy disaster struck again in the ever dangerous coal mines an underground explosion in the small spring hill mine near terre haute anute ind snuffling out the lives of eight miners three others survived the blast the 11 miners were repairing and improving the ventilating system of the mine lo 10 prepare it for federal inspection closed since the general safety shutdown of april 1 ae the mine had failed to pass the fir first st federal inspection tho the disaster was the fourth serious mine accident of the year ma jor catastrophe was the centralia Con trails ill explosion of 0 march 25 which took a toll of lives T ten en miners were killed april 10 in a 0 gas explosion at exeter pa and 15 lost their lives january 15 at plymouth pa WRECKS third for pennsy in the eerie predawn pre dawn hours the third wreck on tho the pennsylvania railroads middle pennsylvania division in lr three months killed four persons and injured 34 eight seriously the american new york to st louis flyer jolted into rods of sheet steel protruding from the sides of two gondola cars of a moving dofing freight train the impact ripping a tremendous hole in tho the side of th the e fourth car of the american and damaging the engine mail car and another coach no cars were derailed A moment later another freight train ripped into the sheet steel protruding from the other side of the freight derailing its engine and tender the collision occurred at boyer ridge near huntingdon not far from sites of the previous red bed arrow and sunshine special train wrecks both bogli of which also were in the predawn pre pro dawn howa hours PALESTINE explosive issue the explosive Pa palestine lesine question as marked by the usual wrangling an lin and contusion confusion in action before the steering committee of the united nations general assembly the 14 nation steering committee rejected requests from the arab countries for the assembly to debate at this session the question of canceling the british mandate over palestine and freedom tor for the holy land dr D r oswaldo aranha of brazil assembly Is president failed to effect a compromise before the crucial committee m e e ting 4 rk JS the arabs denied 1 that their proposal called tor for immell ate a t e independence tor for palestine they insisted they merely wanted a full discussion discuss ion of the lr till aranha ranha problem and recognition mt a by the assembly of the prin cip leof leaf ultimate independence ALEMAN cordial welcome first mexican chief executive everto ever to make a state visit to washington pres miguel aleman was given a cordial reception on his trip to the n nations a t I 1 ons c capital a p I 1 t a L As the personal guest of president truman the visiting dignitary participated in a full schedule of events arranged in his honor by the state war and navy departments and mexican embassy officials als in it speeches before the pan arner amer ic ican an union and congress president afeman urged western hemisphere republics to assure the independence of each nation through the solidarity of all the mexican chief executive utilized the visit to begin preliminary discussions on an american loan |