Dutch Attacks Prompt Soekarno Plea to Security Council
President Soekarno radioed for UN Security Council aid as Dutch forces attacked the Indonesian Republic by land air and sea. Dutch planes hit airfields in Java and Sumatra while artillery fired near Batavia and assaults spread toward Semarang Bandoeng and Soerakarta.
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Indonesian Republic
Security Council
Batavia
Java
Soekarno
United Nations Security Council
Sumatra
Republican
Bandoeng
Tasik Malaya
West Java
Soerakartasraden
Hubertus J. van Mook
Antara
Ford Foremen Hold Strike as Trump Card
The Foremen Association of America pressed legal steps to reinstate 32 discharged Ford Motor Co foremen. After a 47 day walkout and a recent setback, union leaders urged a renewed plant-wide organizing effort and threatens to use a strike as leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Motor Co
House Group Approves Oil Export Block
The House Merchant Marine Committee approved a bill to block petroleum shipments to foreign countries unless the secretary of commerce certifies no interference with national defense or civil supplies. The measure targets gasoline diesel bunkers and lubricating oils with monthly reporting to Congress.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Secretary of Commerce
House
Russia
Sec
Congress
Father Walking to Son Is Injured on Highway
Rocco Fana of Cleveland, 60, was struck by a car on Route 3 south of the Franklin Pickaway line and critically injured while walking to help his crippled son Fred, 28, who was being taken to a bus stop. Fana planned to visit his son at Orient State Farm, then return home for the annual family visit.
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Columbus
Rocco Fana
Cleveland
Franklin-Pickaway County
State Highway Patrol
Fana
Fred
Fann
Orient State Farm
Owens
United States
Argentine Army Plane Crash Kills 36 Near Buenos Aires
An Argentine Army transport plane crashed near El Palomar airport with initial reports of 36 dead. The air secretariat promised an official communique later, and a planned air demonstration over the capital was canceled.
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Buenos Aires
el Palomar
Air Secretariat
Aerial Tests On Emergency Ditching Conducted
Dayton reports the Air Material Command and Air Proving Command test ditching a B 17 near Eglin Field on June 6 as part of a Gulf of Mexico exercise. Ten planes will be dropped in the 20 month program to study safest ditching methods and positions.
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Dayton
Air Materiel Command
Air Proving Command
Materiel Command
Eglin Field
Gulf of Mexico
Funeral Rites Slated For Perry Native
Victor A. Ketcham Sr. 63, OSU speech professor since 1913 and author of The Seven Doors of the Mind, died Sunday. Born in Perry County. Services set for Wednesday with burial in New Lexington.
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Columbus
Victor A. Ketcham, Sr
Ohio State University
Perry County
New Lexington
Highway Crash Claims Life Near Washington Court House
Raymond Mechlin aged 23 of Blanchester Ohio died after an auto crash on U S 62 near Washington Court House last night.
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Washington Court House
Raymond Mechlin
Blanchester
Ohio
U. S. ‘Highway 62
Here
House GOP Defies Poll Tax to Vote on Federal Elections
The House Republican leadership moved to bar poll tax collection as a prerequisite to federal election voting. The action requires a two thirds majority to send the bill to the Senate, where passage seems unlikely. Rep Rankin pressed for a roll call to force a quorum amid Southern opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Police Discover Two School Employes Slain in Baden
Two elderly men employed as farmers at a boys school in Baden, Pennsylvania, were found slain over the weekend. State police said the killings occurred two days apart and that a third man, Magana's roommate, was being questioned. The victims were Joseph Neugebaue, 72, and Matthew Magana, 69.
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Baden
Ralph A. Cole
Joseph Neugebaue
Matthew Magana
Magana
Coast Guard Finds Second Body From Lake Erie Boat Crash
The Coast Guard recovered the body of Andrew Kris, 25, of Elyria, the second victim in a June 10 boating accident four miles offshore in Lake Erie. William Varga, 21, of Cleveland, also drowned in the incident.
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Cleveland
Coast Guard
Andrew Kris
Elyria
Lake Erie
William Varga
Kris
May flies halt three freight trains in Pennsylvania impact
Swarms of May flies halted three freight trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad line between Port Deposit Maryland and Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Crews labored hours to clear millions of insects blanketing boxcars and shorting equipment. Trainmen complained of the nuisance as the ephemera swarmed overhead power lines.
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Peach Bottom
Port Deposit
Harrisburg
Athens man and passenger die in Toledo crash
James A. Person 26 of Athens and Paul N. Price 36 a former Athens Countian were killed when a Taylorcraft plane piloted by Person failed to pull out of a low turn over Price’s Toledo home. The crash injured none else. both were wearing belts snapped in the impact. Person, an OU graduate flying under the GI Bill, had not yet earned a pilot certificate to carry passengers. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 4 p.m. with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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James A. Person
Athens
Paul N. Price
Taylorcraft
Price
Toledo
Forrest Price
H. T. Olson
Ohio University
Olson
Grand Rapids
Ralph M. Smeck
Mich
Person
Smeck
States
First Christian Church
Joe B. Maffett
W. Union St
Jagers Funeral
Vote Fraud Case Pushed For Decision
Senate pressed toward a decision on vote fraud charges tied to last year’s Democratic primary in Kansas City. Senator Kem insisted the resolution for a formal investigation into Attorney General Clark’s handling be heard, while Wherry warned of an all night session to finish the issue. Taft pledged a clear field as Republicans prepare to line up votes.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas City
Kem
R-Mo
Clark
Wherry
R-Neb
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
URW to Seek New Pay Hike From Big Four
Cleveland report states the CIO United Rubber Workers International Policy Committee will demand another 1947 raise from Goodyear, Goodrich, U S Rubber and Firestone. Using a contract reopening clause, the union seeks to cover living cost increases since January 1947 and align with other wage patterns.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Rubber Workers International Policy Committee
Goodyear
Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
Firestone
Big Four
URW
L. S. Buckmaster
Court to Act on Offer To Buy PRR Station
A court hearing opens today on the State Highway Department offer of 87000 for the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger station in Youngstown. The purchase aims to clear the way for a 1500000 spring bridge over the Mahoning River, railroad men call the offer grossly inadequate.
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Youngstown
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spring Common
Mahoning River
Burglars Hammer Open Safe at Oak Hill Garage
Police report burglars used a sledge hammer to open a safe in an Oak Hill garage and steal 75 dollars over the weekend. A second money box in the safe was left untouched.
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Oak Hill
Jackson
Security Forces Double Guard In Palestine Today
In Jerusalem and across Palestine security forces kept a double guard after yesterday’s violence left two dead a British soldier and a Jew and sixteen wounded Police said the unrest followed the deportation of uncertified immigrants aboard the Exodus 1947 ship The British Army ordered 90000 Jerusalem Jews under curfew from dusk to dawn amid clashes and tracer fire examples of the ongoing unrest.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Army Reports Raft Crossing of Lake Michigan Success
The Army marked its first mass life raft crossing of Lake Michigan as a success. From Sheboygan at 10 a.m. Saturday, nine of 11 motor-driven rafts reached Ludington Harbor by 4:20 a.m. Sunday, 18 hours 20 minutes after departure, testing Army survival gear and radio equipment.
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Ludington
Mich
Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
Wis
Ludington Harbor
Dewey Campaign Drive Gains Wyoming Sentiment
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination drew notable Wyoming feeling as Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio emerged as a rival. Senator Edward V. Robertson of Wyoming said there was considerable support for both Dewey and Taft while Dewey stayed as guest at Robertson’s ranch.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Wyoming
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Edward V. Robertson
Taft
President Truman Warns of Prosperity Faces Inflation Risk
President Truman declares unprecedented prosperity while urging vigilance against inflation. In a mid year report to Congress he cites 225 billion dollar annual production, notes four key pressures coal corn construction and commerce overseas, and outlines steps for price stability and foreign aid.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
John le. Lewis
42 000 Pound Bomb Put Through Early Tests
The Army Air Forces are developing a 42 000 pound non atomic bomb and expect to test it in months. It is described as a general purpose block buster for heavy bombers such as the B 36. Earlier plans for 100 000 pound bombs were shelved.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
AAF
RAF
Farge
Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Revelations Promise Witness Promises Communist Penetration Claims
Walter S. Steele of the American Coalition says hearings will reveal startling Communist penetration into nearly all areas of American life and names of alleged communists who held key WWII armed forces posts. He cites many now in reserve and loyal to the Soviet Union and backs the War Department’s move to counter laxity.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Walter S. Steele
National Security Committee
American Coalition of
Steele
United States
Soviet Union
War Department
Hughes Flying Boat Probe Targets Roosevelt Papers
The Senate War Investigating Committee subpoenaed papers of the late President Roosevelt to learn who authorized a wartime contract to Howard Hughes for a large experimental flying boat. The subpoena was served on Roosevelt estate representatives as the panel plans hearings after adjournment on war contracts involving Hughes Tool Co and the Kaiser-Hughes Corp.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Brewster
R-Me
Congress
Hughes Tool Co
Kaiser- Hughes Corp
Ohio National Guard Begins Training at Camp Perry
Officers and men of the Ohio National Guard 37th Division began a two week basic training program at Camp Perry. General Leo M. Kreber commands about 3 000 guardsmen gathered from across the state for the opening day.
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Camp Perry
Ohio National Guard
Leo M. Kreber
Hillsboro Murder Trial Opens in Clinton County Court
The first degree murder trial of Owen W. Shaw, 45, charged with the March 29 slaying of Simeon Hurley, is set to open in Clinton County Criminal Court with Judge George W. McDowell presiding in Hillsboro.
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Wilmington
Owen W. Shaw
Simeon Hurley
Clinton County
George W. McDowell
Hillsboro
John Owens Praises Lewis at Hocking Valley Miners Tribute
Several hundred Hocking Valley miners gathered at Chauncey Sunday to honor John L. Lewis and hear district officials laud the wage agreement. John Owens, District 6 president, brandished the contract and praised Lewis as the greatest labor leader, outlining higher wages a shorter workday and welfare funds as benefits.
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John Owens
Lewis
Hocking Valley
Chauncey Sunday
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
District 6
Adolph Pacifico
Thomas Price
H. T. Rainey
Trimble Division
UMW
Ted
Robert Morris
Glouster
Chauncey- Dover
John Lewis
Owens
Judge Backs Liquor Buys In Department
Columbus report shows Supreme Court Judge Robert M. Sohngen, then state liquor director, declaring large liquor purchases by his administration as made in good faith. He sent a letter defending the actions to current officials and copies to former Governor Lausche and local prosecutor Bartlett. Governor Herbert warned Ohio may miss profits on liquor operations this year without industry cooperation.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Supreme Court
Robert M. Sohngen
Sohngen
Dale Duniton
Lausche
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
OPA
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Death Claims Newsman Edison Williamson at 65
Edison Williamson former managing editor of the York Dispatch in York Pennsylvania died Sunday at age 65 in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Edison Williamson
York (Pa
Dispatch
Sunay
Fireman's Tip Extends Search for Ex-Convict Kirkorian
Fire Lieutenant Jack Sammon said a man matching ex convict Arthur Kirkorian’s description asked for the best route to Akron yesterday morning. The tip extended the search on the fourth day of Kirkorian’s disappearance from Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland. The man walked with a limp and favored his right side.
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Cleveland
Arthur Kirkorian
Akron
Huron Road Hospital
Jack Sammon
Kirkorian
Summer of 1947 Offers Cool Notes Across Mason County
The writer notes a notably cool summer with no 100 degree days, several June and July cool mornings, and August nights that promise relief. Preparations for the new school term proceed, coats are advertised, crops grow with a good harvest ahead, and local coal mining ensures warmth next winter despite fickle weather.
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Kenneth Vannest
Pueblo
Colo
T. C. Perry
Abraham
Sarah
Soedirman
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Semarang
Republic
Buitenzorg
Dandoeng
Ford
Natalie Wood
Los Angeles
NEA Telephoto
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Perry
House Gop
PRR
Hughes’ Flying Boat
Senate Rules Committee
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Thomas Sweeney
Sam Simmons
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