Valley in Misery as Missouri Crest Threatens Omaha Area
Missouri River flood surges toward Omaha and Council Bluffs with a crest near 31.5 feet while defenses rise. Army engineers estimate 14,600 workers and 34,000 evacuated in Council Bluffs and 5,000 in Omaha as President Truman plans a midday visit to review relief and discuss safeguarding homes and lands downstream.
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Omaha
Nebr
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Truman
Missouri
Mississippi
Omaha Council Bluffs
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Red River
Illinois
Red Cross
Court Deliberates on Truman Steel Seizure
The U S district court hears arguments on the constitutionality of President Truman's steel mills seizure. The Justice Department argues the action was lawful under inherent presidential powers and supported by precedent dating to 1812. Five steel firms seek a permanent injunction against the seizure.
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Washington
Truman
Justice Department
U. S. District Court
Holmes Baldridge
United States
Army
Lincoln
Annapolis
Congress
Judges Attack Electoral Vote System In Supreme Court
Justice Jackson called the electoral college mystifying and distorting and said it opens the process to local corruption. The 5-2 ruling upheld that presidential electors may be required to pledge support for their party’s national ticket and reversed a Alabama Supreme Court decision to place Edmund Blair as a Democratic elector amid party protests.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Douglas
Alabama Supreme Court
Edmund Blair
Ben F. Ray
Fire kills child as mother saves other children
In Wintersville a fire sparked by an oil stove and ignited curtains claimed the life of five year old Catherine Grimes. Her mother Mrs Mary Grimes 26 rescued five other children aged two to eight and suffered severe arm burns.
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Steubenville
Elues
Here
Wintersville
Catherine Grimes
Mary Grimes
Senate Group Plans Sharp Budget Cuts
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens its closed door review of President Truman's 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill. Chairman Connally predicts at least a one billion dollar cut, with most members expected to trim. Officials say 16 days of testimony helped defend the program and garner support.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
Capitol
Bid Declined By Stevenson
SPRINGFIELD Illinois Gov Adlai E Stevenson said he could not accept the Democratic nomination for president He issued a statement before a flight to Omaha to confer with President Truman on flood conditions He reiterated he is a candidate for governor of Illinois and has no other ambition
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Omaha
Truman
Illinois
U S Planes Break NK Rail Lines and Hit Bridges
U S shooting stars and Thunderjets breached the North Korean rail line between Kum and Huichon in 38 places. North of Haeju four warplanes destroyed two bridges and killed 10 Red soldiers in the open. Fighter bombers pressed the attack under cloud cover with F 86 Sabres guarding. Allied artillery barrage followed Red probing jabs on the western front.
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Seoul
U. S
Kum
Huichon
Haeju
North Korea
Soviet General Sergei Surin Dies at 49
Moscow report states Maj. Gen. Sergei Surin, 49, has died, the Soviet Army journal Red Star announced. The obituary confirms his rank and age without detailing the cause or location of death.
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Moscow
Red Star
Soviet Army Journal
Sergei Surin
Doak Leads Third Riot at New Jersey Prison
A life term convict August Bernard Doak and 67 followers continued a riot at 10 a.m. in the New Jersey state prison print shop. They barricaded four employees as hostages, demanded an impartial prison investigation and warden removal, while guards kept watch with machine guns outside. Two hostages were reported to have heart trouble.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
State
Bernard Doak
Doak
William H. Carty
Veteran Envoy Murphy Slated For Jap Post
President Truman plans to send to the Senate Robert Murphy nomination as ambassador to Japan. Murphy, 57, has a 31 year diplomatic career including Belgium and Germany, and has been briefing at the State Department on postwar Japan relations.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Robert Dnas
America
Japan
United States
Murphy
Belgium
Europe
State Department
Bell Service Near Normal After Picket Action
Ohio Bell operations largely resumed normal levels across Cleveland and major cities after pickets left the exchanges. In Canton Toledo Akron Columbus Youngstown and Dayton CIO communications workers kept protesting in full force. Statewide staffing neared three fourths of normal as Western Electric employees, on strike in 43 states and D C, are tied to the Bell system.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell
Canton
Toledo
Akron
Columbus
Youngstown
Dayton
CIO Communications
Western Electric Co
Bell
District of Columbia
Truce negotiators seek progress in brief exchanges
Korean truce supervision delegates at Munsan again failed to advance talks as they exchanged 27 words and 20 seconds of discussion. They agreed to reconvene tomorrow, with six sessions totaling just four minutes and 20 seconds.
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Munsan
Pilot Sitdown Strike Probe Opens Before Senate Panel
Air Force top spokesman will testify on airmen who refused to fly and extra hazard pay. Admiral Fechteler and Secretary Finletter are expected to discuss Navy submarine crews and other pay. Gen Vandenberg and Air Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg lead off with sitdown strike testimony at Randolph and Mather bases.
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Washington
Air Force
Senate
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Navy
Finletter
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Randolph Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Mather Air Base
California
Armed Forces Face Shortage of Dentists
Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrow says the armed forces will call up Priority Three dentists by July 1 as the pool of Priority One and Two dentists shrinks. Many dentists were trained at government expense and have not completed required military service after training.
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Milwaukee
Louis Renfrow
Renfrew
Selective Service
Strike Idles 1350 at Libby Glass Division
A quick strike by Libby Glass Division workers of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. idled 1350 employees on Tuesday. The walkout affected the Toledo area plant and halted production briefly as negotiations continued.
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Toledo
Libby Glass Division
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
Eisenhower Nets Clear-Cut Victory in New Jersey
Eisenhower secured a large margin over Taft in New Jersey boosting his campaign case. Backers say the win suggests he can ease into the convention with limited campaigning and still secure the nomination. Taft salvaged delegates and aims a three day Massachusetts tour before the April 29 primary.
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N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Jersey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Army
Chicago
Taft
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Oregon
John D. M. Hamilton
Ohioan
Eisenhower Wins New Jersey Primary With Edge Over Taft
Eisenhower defeats Taft in New Jersey by about 60 percent to 37 percent with at least 31 of 38 GOP delegates secured. Stassen trails, Kefauver leads Democrats in the preferential vote as 163 districts remain to report. Delegates viewed the result as morally binding though officially unpledged.
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Newark
N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Taft
Harold FE. Stassen
Stassen
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Alfred E. Driscoll
Detroit
Michigan
John D. M. Hamilton
Paris
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Illinois
Driscoll
King Size Day for Fan Ends in Park Lockout
James McElhaney, 30, slept through the late innings of Cincinnati’s game with Chicago, woke to a locked park, used a payphone to reach his hotel, and escaped by climbing the left field wall after the Cubs won in 10 innings. Police provided a stepladder to help him out.
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Cincinnati
Ballpark
Chicago
James McElhaney
McElhaney
Cubs
U S Prepares To Grant Steel Union Pay Boosts
The Truman administration considers a wage boost for CIO steel workers led by Philip Murray. Industry lawyers seek a court order to block higher wages from industry funds amid a looming legal clash between government seizure and the steel unions. Industrialists pledge cooperation but oppose the move. Ellis Arnall will argue against any more than a $3 a ton price rise under stabilization rules. Government talks with the union followed collapsed negotiations.
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Washington
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers
VU. 8&. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Murray
Commerce Sawyer
No Progress Stalls Phone Strike Pacts
An all-night federal mediation over the nationwide telephone strike adjourned with no progress reported. Francis L. Maher said talks would resume this afternoon, with CIO Communications Workers of America and Western Electric in continuous session aiming for an agreement.
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New York
Francis L. Maher
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Company
Ohio dairy and processing firms face pollution permits
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board ordered 183 canneries dairies and meat processing firms to obtain waste discharge permits by September 27. The board found practical means exist to prevent pollution and set a public hearing for the electro plating industry in Columbus on June 24 led by Dr. John D. Porterfield.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
John D. Porterfield
Polio antibody tests eyed for summer to fight epidemic
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Yale report a blood based antibody approach to prevent polio in children this summer. Antibodies from human blood could neutralize the virus before nerve damage occurs with support from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
David Bodian
Johns Hopkins University
Dorothy M. Horstmann
Yale
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bodian
British Agree To Army Pact
Britain agrees to automatic and immediate military aid to any of six nations in the proposed European army if attacked in Europe. The six continental powers promise to aid Britain if she is attacked in Europe. The pact extends British pledges to West Germany and strengthens commitment to defend Italy. The agreement awaits ratification of the European Defense Community and its unified army.
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London
Britain
Europe
West Germany
Italy
European Defense Community
EDC
Akron Transit Strike Ends After 15 Days
A 15 day walkout by Akron bus drivers and 100 mechanics ended after Mayor Charles E. Slusser helped negotiate a settlement. Drivers receive 12-cent raises to 1.60 dollars per hour and mechanics 12 cents to 1.70. At the start drivers sought 30 cents and mechanics 42 cents more. the company had offered seven cents.
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Akron Transportation Co
Charles E. Slusser
Ohio Gas Firms Seek Break on Heating Customer Freeze
Ohio gas companies told the state utilities commission they can supply 75,000 more homes and businesses with natural gas for heating by next winter. They asked the commission to relax the freeze on new space heating customers as a hearing continues.
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Columbus
Ohio Gas Companies
State Utilities Commission
Weather forecasters predict cooler east and warmer west next month
The Associated Press reports a 30 day forecast showing near normal readings in New England and the upper Great Lakes while the eastern half remains cooler than seasonal and the West warmer than normal. Rainfall should be above normal from the Appalachians eastward. In Texas, a dairy farmer is killed by a bomb wired to his pickup truck starter.
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Midwest
Weather Bureau
Washington
Nore Mal
New England
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Great Lakes
Appalachians
Plains
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