Midwest Floods Sweep Iowa Illinois River Levels Rise
The Mississippi crest reached 22.7 feet in Dubuque, flooding 80 blocks and surpassing the 1880 record. Dike breaches risked Sabula and Clinton as towns mobilized sandbags, with Dubuque and Davenport seeing large evacuations and levee protection efforts across Rock Island and Muscatine.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Clinton, Town-Fulton, Ill
Sabula
Mississippi
Clinton
Ed Loftus
Fulton
Inl
Rock Island
Drury
New Boston
Ill
Muscatine
Port Luisia
Davenport
Bevan Warns On Rearmament And Health Service
Bevan denounces the new budget as inflationary and protests cuts to health and social services. He accuses Hugh Gaitskell of abandoning restraint while warning that rearmament could harm living standards and invite Soviet influence. He defends the national health service and lights a probe at Conservative policies.
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America
Soviet Union
United States
Bevan
West
National Health Service
Hawaii Island Described as Roughly Triangular
A description notes that the island of Hawaii has a rough triangular shape. The observation emphasizes its geographic outline and notable point angles, presenting a simple geometric view of the landmass.
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Island
Hawaii
Markets 12 O'Clock Market Quotations
New York stock quotations from Merrill Lynch and others list prices for many issues led by Maytag, Allied, Motorola, American Can, Natl Biscuit, Chrysler, Dow Chemical, United Aircraft, Union Pacific, and Westinghouse among numerous railroads, oils, steels, and utilities. The spread covers domestic rails, coal, steel, oil majors, and blue chips with frequent percentage changes noted.
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New York
Amer Can
Motorola Inc
Mueller Brass
Murray
Ats
Amer
Nash Kelvin Ae
National Acme
Natl Auto Fibrae
Am Home
Natl Biscuit
Natl Can Corpani
Smelling
Am Steel
Nat Seine
Tel & Tel
Natl Distillers
Genoa
Tai Iny Central
Ashland
North Nat Gee
Assoc
North Pac RR
Baldwin
Silver Gore
Balt & Ohio
Bendy
Avia
Pitt Screwa Bolt
Canad Pac
Plymouth
Proca
Carrier Corp
Pullman Inc
Case Com
Pure Oil Co
Caterpillar Tr
Radio Corp Celanese Corp
RK Pictures
Celotex Corp
RK Theaters
Central SW
Certainteed
Reo Motors
Ches & Ohio
Republic Avia
Chicago Corp
Republic Steel
Chio RI Pac
Revere C&b
Chrysler Cp
Rexall Drug
Climax
Reynolds
City Service
Richfield Oi
Clinton Foods
Safeway Stores
Colo Puel
Irn
St Joseph Ld
Columb Gas
Stl-Sf
Shell Oil Co
Crane Co
Simmons Co
Crue
Sinclair Oil
Cub Am
Socony-Vac
Amer Gold
Decca
Dist Corp
Southern Ry
Dome Mines
Sparks-Within
Doug Aker
Sperry Corp
Dow Chem
Schiegel Inc
DuPont de N
Square D Co
Eagle-Picher
Eastman Rod
Stand Gas
Stand Oil Cal
Stand Oil NJ
Erie Railrd
Eversharp Inc
Sterling Drug
Firth Carpet
Stewarteeto Flintkote Co
Stone
Foster Whir
Studebaker Co
Freeport Sui
Sunray Oil Co
Fruehauf Co
Sunshine Bis
Swift & Co
Genl Foods
Syming Gould
Tennessee Co
Texas
Gillette
Tex Gulf
Pac Coal
Tex Pac Lander
Tidewater Oil
Goode Etch
Tim ‘Det Axle
Grt Nor Pfd
Grt West Sue
Tyg 38m Corp
Greyho Cp
20Th Cent Fox
Gruman Aire
Tnion Carbide
Gulf Oil Car
Union Ol Cal
Halliburton
Union Pacific
Heyden Chem
United Aircrft
Homestake Mi
United Airline
Houston Oil
United Carbon
Howe Sound
United Corp
Hudson Met
United Gas Co
Il Central
Unit Merchants
Inspiral
Interlake Iron
Intaral Maree
Libby McNeill
Westingh
Elec
Lion Oil Co
West Penn el
Lockheed Air
White Motors
Star
Cmson
Lorillard Co
Woolworth Co
Louis & Nashy
Youngs Sheet
Mack Trucks
YoungstaStar
Glen L Martin
Zenith Radio
Carr Amer Maracab
Kaiser Fraser
Arkansai Gas
Kingston le Atlas Plywood
Lone Star Gas
Burma Corp
la Land&Expl
Catalin Corn
Na Bellas Hess
Cessna Airerft
Nat Puel Gas
Corron Rey Co
Niles B Pond
Golden Petrol
Northrop Avia
Cuban Alt Sage
Pacific
Sonotone Corp
Hazeltine Corp
Technicolor
Keeane
Tex East
Coeeeere Ltta
Texas Gas
Southern Union Gas
Chicago
Uhlmann Grain Co
Kansas City Livestock Prices April 23 Report
Kansas City market notes show Pi-Cattle at 16,000 with calves strong, slaughter steers up 25c, cows steady to firm, vealers unchanged, stockers brisk. High choice prime steers sold 38.50 to 39, and heifers 32.50 to 36.50. cows ranged 24.50 to 30.50. Sheep 2,000 lively with lambs from 36.50 to 37.00. hogs 3,000 active with 21.25 to 21.75 for typical loads and sows 18.00 to 18.00.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Prices See Gains Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago livestock markets April 23 show broad gains with hogs 25 to 40 cents higher, cattle and calves active and steers and heifers up 50 to 75 cents, prime loads at 40.50 to 42.00 for 1,100 to 1,440 pounds, and sheep steady with western fed lambs at 39.25. No. 1 skin lambs around 35.00 with wooled offerings near 38.50.
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Chicago
Belgian-born wife awaits news of Vogeler return from prison
In Vienna on April 23, the wife of American business executive Robert A Vogeler, Belgian-born, anxiously awaits updates on his release from a Hungarian prison where he has spent 17 months. She fears last minute developments could prevent his return.
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Vienna
Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
Mobster Vogeler Seen Freed as Budapest Promises Expulsion
The whereabouts of Bob Vogeler remained unclear as sources said he would be freed and expelled by Hungary in exchange for certain Hungarian claims. The 39 year old ICT vice president was imprisoned in Budapest after a 1950 espionage conviction and was last reported aboard the Trans European Express with Austrian border officials noting no sign of his arrival. Mrs Vogeler said she was cautious but hopeful, while a Brussels contact reported Hungarian authorities notified his wife that release was imminent. The Hungarian foreign ministry confirmed plans to free and expel him, with details of the claims undisclosed.
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Budapest
Bucharest
Vienna
Paris
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nathaniel P. Davis
Bob
Lucille Vogeler
West Germany
Will Discuss Housing Units
Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce plans a Washington trip to press for rehabilitation of federal housing at Pantex Village and the nearby air terminal project. There are 470 units at Pantex and 185 at the air terminal, with at least 200 unoccupied awaiting repair authorization. About 250000 dollars is available if approval is granted. Baxter will also attend US Chamber meetings in Washington.
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Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Washington
Baxter
United States Chamber of Commerce
Plasterer Cashes $15,000 in Hot Checks in Amarillo
A 48-year-old former Veterans Hospital patient from Borger hit five Amarillo auto firms with more than $15,000 in worthless checks Friday. He obtained a 1951 Chrysler Convertible from Meyers Motor Company for $3,500 and drew a $3,500 draft from a Waterloo bank while the deal was pending. He also paid $2,900 at Witt Motor for a Nash Ambassador, $3,000 at Coffey Pontiac for a Pontiac, $2,700 at Garner-Randall for a Lincoln Zephyr, and $3,500 at Harvey Southworth's for a Packard. The man, on a hospital leave, was to report back May 4 and is wanted in Borger for theft by conversion. No charges filed yet locally.
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Veterans Hospital
Amarillo
Potter County
Sheriff's Department
Meyers Motor Company
Murphy Hurd
Waterloo
Iowa
Witt Motor Company
Coffey Pontiac
Pontiac
Garner-Randall
Harvey Southworth
Packard
Borger
Hurd
Air Search Continues With CAP and Ellington Involvement
Air search continues for a missing plane with Civil Air Patrol units authorized by Col. E. O. Jay of the Dallas Texas Wing and Ellington Field Houston. Ellington Field plans to send a search plane and CAP members coordinated from the terminal report progress. Mayor Carol Ner of Grants notes highway patrol involvement as the hunt proceeds over Amarillo Tucumcari region terrain is rolling and brush light, aiding spotting efforts.
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Col
E. O. Jay
Dallas
Texas
Ellington Air Jrch and Rescue Squadron
Ington Field
Houston
Ellingto Field
Jim Pierce
CAP
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Long Toms Rage Across Front As UN Forces Hold
War raged along a 15 mile front from Korangpo to north of Inje as 155 millimeter artillery roared. An Eighth Army communique said Chinese Reds pushed the Allies back in key sectors while UN forces withdrew in good order. Allied air power logged a heavy toll over the Imjin River as Communist forces attacked in strength from regiments to divisions. Washington reports place Chinese and North Korean strength near 700,000. Front officers called the situation serious yet believed the Eighth Army could stem the tide.
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Eighth Army
Korangpo
38Th Parallel
Inje
Imjin
Washington
Korea
City Manager Receives Threatening Letter in San Angelo
City Manager N. V. Moss received a crudely printed letter mailed from a San Angelo hotel. The note, signed Coy Keeling US Deputy Marshal, warned of kidnapping robbery and narcotic charges and claimed the federal government cannot be whipped. The sender noted a federal court opening in San Angelo.
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N. V. Moss
San Angelo
Coy Keeling
Bair
Mr. Moss
Ephemeris Guide Used by Surveyors for Boundaries
The Ephemeris, an astronomical guide published by the US Bureau of Land Management, aids surveyors in determining precise land boundaries using celestial data and ephemeris tables.
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US Bureau of Land Management
Slaughter Owes $22 Down in Financial Notice
Financial notice shows Slaughter owes twenty two dollars as down payment while the Financial Industrial Fund reports an asset value of 2.4954 and notes an offering price to be set. The terse filing highlights a balance due and an asset valuation used for pricing.
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Financial Industrial Fund
Government to boost tungsten supply andRubber stockpile plan
Dr. Boyd described a five year government program to raise domestic tungsten production with a $63 per short ton unit guarantee for unsold ore. He noted China previously supplied about 80 percent of tungsten and warned military demand will rise. The Bureau of Mines, with 126 offices, oversees science serving industry seven regions. Amarillo heads Region 6 under Director Dr. C. W. Seibel.
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China
Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Amarillo
C. W. Seibel
Britain Swaps Oil For Argentine Beef Trade Pact Signed
Argentina and Britain announced a one year trade agreement to swap 200000 tons of beef annually for 4 million tons of oil. Prices range from 330.40 to 408.80 per ton for beef. Negotiations had been ongoing for months and the pact was to be signed that afternoon in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.P
Britain
Dumas Mai Fined On Checharge
Dumas Mai was fined one dollar and costs in county court this morning on a bad check charge. The check was allegedly passed to Peasant Valley Feed and Lumber Company on August 5, 1950. In a separate action, Joe Wormley pleaded guilty to aggravated assault against Tom Deaver last Thursday and was fined twenty five dollars plus costs.
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Campbell
Peasant Valley Feed and Lifer Company
County &T
Joe Wormley
Cafeeme
Tom Deaver
Cot
Moody Named US Senator for Michigan in Williams Pick
Lansing April 23 Blair Moody Detroit News Washington correspondent named by Governor Williams to fill the late Arthur Vandenberg seat Moody 49 served as war correspondent in World War II and has worked in Washington since 1933 His appointment gives Democrats a four vote Senate edge and Moody is described as a New Dealer from the start.
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Lansing
Mich
Blair Moody
Washington
Detroit News
Mennen Williams
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Moody
News Washington
The
News
North American
Alliance
Williams
Senator Vandenberg
Frank Murphy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sheriff and J Northcutt fill third shift jailer post
Maggard denied issuing a public statement on his resignation and said cost of living was a factor. Cotter and Maggard resigned after a raid on a cafe tied to slot machines. Sheriff Gaither denied a rift, while Cotter had privately criticized his attitude toward gambling. The deputies sought legal advice from Dist. Atty. Pipkin on obtaining a search warrant to force locks on cages.
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J. Northcutt
Cherry
Maggard
Gaither
Cotter
North Fillmore
Dist. Atty
Herman Pipkin, Jr
Pipkin
Old Soldier Reenlists at 18 in Korea War Return
FORT DEVENS Mass April 23 James J Avis 18 of Hartford Conn reenlists in the Army after previously dodging the 17 year age minimum with a borrowed birth certificate. He was discharged last January and now holds the Bronze Star Purple Heart CIB and Korean campaign ribbon. Scholars note the iron axe tech aided Scandinavian shipbuilding and raids on Europe.
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Fort Devens
Mass
James J. Avis
Hartford
Conn
Avis
Korea
Bids Sought for Texas U Tuberculosis Hospital
Bids on a 625000 tuberculosis hospital at the University of Texas Galveston medical branch will be opened May 17. Regents will review bids May 25 26 in Austin or El Paso. Funding includes 325000 bequest from Rosa and Henry Ziegler and 300000 Public Health Service grant. The hospital will be named for the Zieglers.
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Austin
University of Texas
Red Callers Target Wife of Missing G I in Korea
Huntington Park California April 23 The wife of Sgt James D McRoberts missing in Korea reported to the FBI telephone calls from Chinese Red sympathizers After her husband was listed as a prisoner of war in a Peiping broadcast she received visitors urging support for stopping the war and siding with the Chinese The couple has two small children
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Huntington Park
Cal
Korea
FBI
Ernestine McRoberts
War Department
James D. McRoberts
Disputed Blood Helps Ailing Tor
CHICAGO April 23 Cheryl Lynn Labrenz 12 day old infant given a blood transfusion despite her parents objections today was reported doing very well at Michael Reese Hospital Doctors said the infant would die of an RH factor blood condition without the transfusion given last Wednesday They said she probably will need no more transfusions Her parents Mr and Mrs Darrell Labrenz both members of the Jehovahs Witnesses sect objected on religious grounds They argued that a transfusion would violate Biblical injunctions against blood eating The state went to court and had a probation officer named guardian He authorized the transfusion.
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Chicago
Cheryl Lynn Labrenz
Michael Reese Hospital
Darrell Labrenz
Jehovah's Witnesses
Guardian
Babs Hutton Still On Hospital List
New York April 23 Barbara Hutton remains in LeRoy Sanitarium with no new details available. She was first reported on April 11 recovering from a virus infection. A sanitarium spokesman described her condition as satisfactory and declined to say when she might be discharged while she appeals a Mexican divorce suit from Prince Igor Toubetzoy.
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New York
Barbara Hutton
LeRoy Sanitarium
Prince Igor Toubetzoy
Sage Political Advice From Japan
Tokyo voters face city elections today as a major newspaper offers cautionary editorial counsel. It urges care to avoid electing officials who are likely to be spoken ill of or criticized behind their backs in the near future.
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Tokyo
Tragic Tanker Crash Probed Off Louisiana Coast
Survivors of a Gulf ship disaster were questioned as to how two Standard Oil tankers collided about 200 miles south of Morgan City. The Esso Greensboro towed to Galveston and the Esso Suez limp ed into Mobile after the crash. The Coast Guard began sworn statements ahead of a formal probe, and radar use was a major question.
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Mobile
Ala
Greensboro
Galveston
Morgan City
Coast Guard
Quake Signals Possible Resumption Of Kilauea Eruptions
A strong Hawaii Island quake at 2 53 PM shattered windows in downtown Hilo and sparked speculation that Kilauea may erupt after 16 years of dormancy. Scientist Dr Thomas A Jaggar warned such quakes often precede activity and noted the crater Haemauma u was shaken by a landslide. The US Coast and Geodetic Survey placed the epicenter under Mauna Kea or Mauna Loa, which erupted last year.
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Honolulu
Big
Hawaii
Kilauea
Hilo
Thomas A. Jaggar
Jaggar
Haemaumau
US Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mauna Loa
Outlook Brightens At Big Four Parley
London reports that prospects at the Paris conference of the Big Four foreign ministers deputies are very promising says British delegate Ernest Davies. He spoke before leaving for Paris where US Russia Britain and France deputies begin their eighth week of talks to set the agenda for a ministers conference.
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London
Paris
Ernest Davies
Davies
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Stricken Petain Shows Improvement on Island Prison
On April 23 in Port Joinville Ile d Yeu France Marshal Philippe Petain aged nearly 95 showed slight improvement as he took nourishment after three days without solid food. An official bulletin said the pneumonia patient began improving last night and continued today on the island prison off Nantes after being ill for almost two weeks.
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Port Joinville
Ile D'Yeu
France
Marshal Philippe Petain
Petain
Atlantic
Nantes
One Way To Get Rich in a Maine Gully
Amedee Goberl in Auburn Maine expands a gully he filled with rubber composition scraps two years ago turning the site into a valuable resource. The ground now yields material worth about 80 dollars per ton and has uncovered two freight car rails.
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Maine
Amedee Goberl
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