Floods Crest as Kansas City Faces Massive Destruction
The nation s costliest flood reached its peak in the Kansas City area and moved east into Missouri as thousands flee homes. Four industrial districts flooded. fire and water cripple transportation and power. More than 75,000 displaced. 17 deaths reported. Obama? No. President Truman requested funds. National Guard, Red Cross, and military services deployed to aid flood relief efforts across Kansas and Missouri.
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Canada
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Congress
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Reds Fulfill Agreements and Open Kaesong Site Talks
MUNSAN Korea AP reports cease-fire negotiators made some progress on a working agenda for armistice talks after 55 minute sessions. UN delegates said communists fulfilled neutrality of the conference site with no personnel observed and both sides appeared harmonious as talks continued.
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Korea
Inn Ways
Kaesone
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner
Joy
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Conference House
Four year old Pamela Sue Cochran dies after Route 17 crash
Pamela Sue Cochran four dies after being struck by a trailer truck on Route 17 three miles east of Point Pleasant. Driver William Grice forty six was cited for negligent homicide and released on bond. Funeral services set for Church of Christ in Christian Union.
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Pamela Sue Cochran
David Cochran
Route 17
Here
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R. W. Eschenaur
William Grice
Flint
Mich
Bluefield
W. Va
Pamela
National Safety Council
Church of Christ In
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J. P. Keefers
Sun Crest Cemetery
Madison Ave
Cicero
Illinois National
Briton Urges try Red Dean for Treason
In Parliament Sir Waldron Smithers urged that the red dean of Canterbury Dr Hewlett Johnson be tried for treason and hanged publicly. Johnson, famed for communist sympathy, recently received Stalin’s peace prize in Russia. The Attorney General did not respond to the demand.
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Red Dean
Canarbury
Waldron Smithers
House of Commons
Hewlett Johnson
Russia
Waldron
Frank Soskice
Canterbury
Soskice
Ohio Turnpike Report Scheduled for July 24
The Ohio Turnpike Commission set July 24 to hear the highway director’s recommendations on engineering reports for the proposed 300.9 million dollar toll turnpike across northern Ohio. The meeting is slated for 1 p.m.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio
King Leopold III abdicates throne to Baudoin in Brussels
King Leopold III relinquishes the throne after a 17 year reign in Brussels Royal Palace. Prince Baudoin signs as chief of state with Prime Minister Joseph Pholsen and crown notary Ludovic Meyersoen witnessing. About 200 officials attend as Leopold appeals for unity and the new king is proclaimed.
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Belgium
Leopold III
Prince Baudoin
Brussels Royal Palace
Joseph Pholsen
Ludovic Meyersoen
Leopold
Police Use Riot Guns Quell Rock Throwers
State police troopers armed with riot guns dispersed about 400 rock throwing demonstrators near the Narragansett police station. The crowd protested the arrest of Richard Lenoir, 21, of Providence after a bar fight near headquarters.
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Narragansett, R. L
Richard Lenoir
Providence
Red Attack Predicted If Cease Fire Fails
Allied officers at the Eighth Army base in Korea warn a breakdown of cease-fire talks could trigger a massive Soviet style offensive. A pooled dispatch from Munsan base cites Reds ready to throw 72 divisions at the Allies, each about 9000 to 10,000 men.
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Korea
Munsan
Philippine Groups Hit Japanese Treaty Draft
Officials and allied groups in Manila voiced strong protests over the omission of Philippine reparations from the proposed Japanese peace treaty. One organization announced plans to burn John Foster Dulles in effigy as U.S. State Department adviser heaped criticism on the draft.
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John Foster Dulles
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U. S. State Department
Truman to fly over Missouri Kansas flood area
President Truman will fly from Independence around 11 a.m. to survey the flood region from the air and return by night. He will be joined by Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret and may land briefly at Grandview airport. The trip follows a morning emergency conference with Governor Forrest Smith and Missouri lawmakers.
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Jackson County
Kansas
Star Makes death by own action
New York actress Joyce Mathews former wife of Milton Berle slashed her wrists in a suicide attempt with showman Billy Rose in his Midtown apartment. Berle visited the hospital where she was described as not seriously hurt. Mathews said through her manager she feared losing custody of her daughter and that she loved razor blades.
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Joyce Mathews
Milton Berle
Billy Rose
Berle
Miss Mathews
Saul Richman
Miss Mathew
Rose
Richman
Bodies of War Dead Returned to U.S.
In San Francisco the Furman Victory carried two Ohio Valley servicemen home for burial. Cpl. Russell D. Stewart of Gallipolis and Pfc. Milon Edward of Ravenswood were among 451 American remains aboard the ship.
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Ohio Valley
Cpl
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Ele Stewart
Fourth Ave
Gallipolis
Pfc
Milon Edward
Roy H. Rardon
Ravenswood
India Accuses Pakistan of War Preparation
Pakistan Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan charged yesterday that 90 percent of India's army is poised on Pakistan's borders and accused India of inciting war. He said he had warned India's Prime Minister Nehru and Western powers to remove the threat and would appeal to the United Nations Security Council.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
Liaquat Ali Khan
Jawaharlal Nehru
United Nations Security Coun
Warehouse Destroyed in Syracuse Fire
A three story food warehouse and its contents were destroyed by a fire in Syracuse early today. Officials have not determined the cause of the blaze and damages are estimated at 650000 dollars.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Creed For Federal Civil Servants Sets Guiding Creed
Washington reports a two year old idea on ethics has become The Federal Employes Creed of Service. It declares civil servants will serve the American people with fairness, courtesy, integrity, and understanding, and improve efficiency. The Civil Service Commission released the creed, saying it should aid federal workers and apply to state and local employees.
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Washington
Federal Personnel Council
Civil Service Commission
Control Fight Is Continued In Congress
Washington report notes the House returns to debate economic controls with administration forces regrouping after last week’s setbacks. A late showdown is expected on price rollbacks including a ban on future farm product rollbacks and killing a 10 percent beef rollback. The amendment to extend the Defense Production Act has strong GOP and Southern Democrat support, with some backing a ban on industrial rollbacks as well.
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Washington
House
Parkersburg Hit by Fire Leaves $520000 Damage
A large blaze in Parkersburg West Virginia caused about 520000 in damage to two buildings United Dispatch freight terminal and Vulcan Welding Company. Owner estimates place losses at 500000 and 20000 respectively as fire threatened rail facilities and heavy smoke hindered early morning travel. Firefighters revived off duty crews and Vienna volunteers aided the response.
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D. T. Brooks
Newell Cochran
Baltimore and Ohio
Lloyd Layman
Parkersburg
Vienna Volunteer Department
Ohio River
West Virginia
W. Va
United Dispatch, Inc
Vulcan Welding Company
Accidents Claim Nineteen Lives in Ohio Weekend
The Associated Press reports a midsummer weekend toll of at least 19 deaths in Ohio from traffic, drownings, and other accidents. Eleven died in traffic, five in drownings, and three in miscellaneous incidents, with additional fatalities in Chicago-area incidents outside Ohio.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Martial Law Proclaimed In Tehran
Tehran declares martial law after rioting leaves between four and 16 dead and more than 150 injured. Police detain over 200 leftists as clashes erupt in parliament square amid oil nationalization tension and Tudeh Communist activity. W Averell Harriman visits Mossadegh after the unrest.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Mossadegh
Harriman
Shah
Shah Reza Pahlevi
U.S
Parliament Square
Tudeh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Farm Bureau Calls for Cut in Farm Payments
Cincinnati report notes Allen Kline head of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged reducing federal payments to farmers to curb inflation. He said the group seeks more than 150 million dollars cut from the Agriculture Department budget, including 135 million from Agriculture Conservation Program payments, urging a bill the nation can pay.
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Cincinnati
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allen Kline
Farm Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Conservation
Kline
Burning Crosses Start Investigations in Florida
Miami Orlando Lakeland and Fort Myers police and the Dade County Sheriff office opened probes into the weekend arson of crosses and K symbols and the distribution of anti semitic literature. Four giant K s were burned in Miami and Orlando, three in Lakeland, two in Fort Myers. In Miami and Orlando literature carried anti Jewish remarks. Sheriff Jack Henderson said investigators would not tolerate provocation.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Orlando
Lakeland
Fort Myers
Dade
Jack B. Henderson
Gen Almond to head U S War College in Carlisle Pa
Lt General Edward M Almond bid farewell to the U S 10th Army at Inchon ten months after leading the units ashore for Korea's first allied victory. He praised the troops and passed command to Major General Clovis E Byers before taking command of the War College at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania.
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Korea
Edward M. Almond
U. S
Inchon
Clovis E. Byers
Almond
War College
Carlisle Barracks
Moscow Heat Wave Keeps City in High Temperature Range
Moscow endures a heat wave with daytime temperatures lingering in the middle to upper range. Officials urge hydration and caution for vulnerable residents as heat persists across the area.
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Moscow
Red Dictator's Daughter Wed Amid 900000 Splendor
Reports claim Svetlana Stalin wed Mihail Kaganovich, son of a Politburo member Lazar Kaganovich, in a lavish ceremony reported by the London Sunday Express and Italian outlets. No mention of her previous marriage or child beyond noting a prior 1945 marriage.
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Russia
Stalin
Svetlana
Politburo
London Sunday Express
Geneva
Mihail Kaganovich
Politeburo
Lazar Kaganovich
Ne 27
U S Expels Hungarian Diplomats in Retaliatory Move
Washington orders two Hungarian diplomats to leave, including acting chief of the legation, in retaliation after Hungary expelled a U S official and a heads of the information service. The notice names Lajos Nagy and Peter Konyi as the departing diplomats.
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United
Hungary
Legation
W. Sherer, Jr
Ruth Tryon
U. S. Information Services
Erment
Lajos Nagy
D’affairs
Peter Konyi
NAACP Founder Dies in Newton Mass at 36
In Newton Massachusetts a founder of the NAACP died at a sister's home. The obituary notes the individual was 36 and references the alvenmhanar ored People. Further details are unclear from the fragmentary passage.
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Mary White
Newton, Mass
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