Show NEWS RE REVIEW VIEW tornadoes W reak Havoc blast kills eight miners TORNADOES path of destruction devastating tornadoes cut a wide swath through midwest em and eastern states leaving a wide path of destruction in their wake striking in a thickly populated rural area south of fairmont N C a high riding twister killed at least one person left an estimated homeless and caused severe damage to tobacco crops the death toll from a tornado which leveled the communities of bright water and garfield in northwest arkansas was placed at nine the 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 C buo cuo where ox extensive property dam damage a ge resulted but no loss of life was reported narrowly averting the heavily populated city of dallas tex a tornado smashed briefly to earth on the cites eastern outskirts then bounced skyward and disappeared in iii its wake two persons were dead and four our were injured two other texas twisters caused less damage MINES another tragedy disaster struck again in the ever dan dangerous gerotIs coal mines an underground explosion in the small spring hill mine near terre haute ind snuffing out the lives of eight miners three others survived the blast the 11 miners were repairing anti and improving the ventilating system of t the e mine to prepare it for federal inspection cosed closed since the general safety shutdown of april 1 the mine had tailed failed to pass the first federal inspection the disaster was the fourth serious 0 us mine accident of the year ma jor catastrophe was the centralia ill explosion of march 25 which took a toll of 0 ill lives ten miners were killed april 10 in a 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 the pennsylvania railroads middle pennsylvania division in three months killed tour 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 freight train the impact ripping a tremendous hole bole in the side of the fourth car of the ahe american and damaging the engine mall 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 just like the th e movies just like in the movies film actor E errol flynn was the gero hero of a real life rescue of tom dandrea DAn dred another actor who was thrown from his horse the actors were galloping in the battle of awe gettysburg Y with the she union payroll J when he dandreau DAn IYAn dreas horse stumbled on in a gopher hole and threw him flynn grabbed abbed him from under the he flying i hooves boves to provide a ta typical kal movie ending neither was in injured if ared screen husbands and wives must sleep in twit twin beds one loot foot apart m in films shown for the british public british censors ruled that thai they explain discourages cuddling because censors spotted a scene ho m my aly awful wife in which Fran franchot chos tone and lucille ball snooze in twin awin beds rushed pushed together the scene must he be re shot cost coil freight derailing its engine and tender fender the con collision sion occurred at moyer ridge near huntingdon not far from sites site S of the previous red arrow and sunshine special train wrecks both of which also were in the predawn pre dawn hours PALESTINE explosive issue the explosive palestine question was marked by the usual wrangling and contusion confusion in action before the e steering committee of the united U 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 laiq land dr oswaldo aranna aranha of brazil assembly president failed to effect a compromise before the crucial committee m meeting e e ti ag the arabs denied cel that their proposal called for immedi a t e independence tor for palestine they insisted they merely wanted a full discussion of the dr aranha problem and recognition by the assembly of the principle of ultimate independence ALEMAN cordial welcome first mexican chief executive ever to make a state visit to washington pres miguel aleman was given a cordial reception on his trip to the nations capital 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 in speeches before the pan amer ican union and congress president aleman 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 |