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May 30, 1947

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Wild V-2 Rocket 'Invades' Mexico; Backtracks in a White Sands Test; ERRATIC ROCKET FALLS IN MEXICO

By Hanson W. Baldwinspecial To the New York Times

Ger V-2 backtracks and lands near Juarez, Mex

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Fire, Mud and Rain Impede Rescue Crews at the Disaster; FIRE, MUD AND RAIN SLOW RESCUE WORK

By Unknown Author

Working in the glare of huge searchlights set up by the Police and Fire Departments, rescuers trudged through thick mud and pelting rain last night to reach passengers inside the DC-4 plane that crashed and burned near La Guardia Field.

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STOP 'INTERFERING' WITH TRANSIT BODY, GROSS TELLS MAYOR; Demands Respect for Board's Autonomy if It Is to Run City's Lines Efficiently O'DWYER REPLIES CURTLY Responsibility Will No Longer Be His, but Commission's, He Says--TWU Hails Break STOP INTERFERING, GROSS TELLS MAYOR

By Paul Crowell

Gross scores O'Dwyer interference in bd affairs, lr to O'Dwyer; O'Dwyer comments; text; TWU hails action; situation discussed; bd denies IND slowdown repts

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Australia to Punish Defense Boycotts

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Labor party approves bill to punish labor boycotts of defense projects

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List of Passengers And Crew in Crash; List of Passengers And Crew in Crash

By Unknown Author

A list of the crew and passengers of the United Airlines DC-4 that crashed last night follows: CREW Captain Benton Baldwin, pilot, 31-32 Eighty-third Street, Jackson Heights, Queens. R. B. Sands, co-pilot, 30-01 213th Street, Bayside, Queens.

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Notable Births

1947Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (died 2021)^[†]

Jocelyne Bourassa, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who had a distinguished amateur career. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour in 1972, and ended her career with one victory on the tour.

Notable Deaths

1947Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880)^[†]

Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. After naturalisation to US citizens the family name was changed to 'Trapp' without the 'von'.