Mississippi Flood Surges Toward Record Crests Across Midwest
The Mississippi River and tributaries push toward record heights as floodwaters devastate Iowa Missouri and Illinois communities. Hundreds are homeless with evacuations in Hull Til Canton and Hannibal while Red Cross shelters aid displaced residents and levees face renewed strain along a 60 mile Say Levee stretch in Pike County Illinois.
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Mississippi
Midwest
Hannibal
Iowa
Missouri
Hannibal-Quincy
Ill
Illinois
Say Levee
Pike County
Hull
Til
Kinderhook
Red Cross
Clifford Windsor
Alexandria
Canton
Lexington
Boonville
Oakville
Wapello
Iowa River
O. D. Johnson
Ottumwa
Keokuk
A. A. Kowert
Quincy
Lil
Hamburg
Nishnabotna River
Missouri River
Lausche Silent on War Department Offer to Germany
Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche declined comment as the War Department confirmed an offer to discuss a top civilian post under General Lucius D. Clay in Europe. The specific job was not named but director of internal affairs and communications was noted as a vacancy. A source said Lausche might travel to Germany Monday to consider the offer.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
War Department
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Europe
Clay
Internal Affairs
Lausche
Mine Superintendent James Woods Dies at 63
James D. Woods, 63, longtime superintendent of the Cambridge Collieries Co. mine at Senecaville, Ohio, died yesterday. He led the Cleveland-owned operation for years and was a prominent figure in local mining circles.
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Cambridge
James D. Woods
Cambridge Colleries Co
Senecaville
Ohio
Sam Simmons On Unions And Truth In Public Perception
A local man paid 17.50 to work on a small job but the project was shut down amid alleged union management conflicts. He was asked to pay another 17.50 for a second job, which he could not. The speaker urges union leaders to disclose the truth to counter rumors and protect the innocent.
Sisters Slain in Colorado Mountain Cabin
A dragnet searched for Fred Lundy after Emily Griffith 65 and Florence Griffith 67 were found shot dead in a mountain cabin 30 miles northwest of Denver. Lundy, a former Denver teacher linked to the Griffiths, fled with $350 and a note requesting his body be sent to Roscoe, Illinois.
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Pinecliffe
Colo
Emily Griffith
Denver
Florence
Donald Moore
Boulder County
Fred W. Lundy
Lundy
Griffith
Illinois
Florence Griffith
R. O. Buck
Cleveland
Norman Howe
Roscoe
Ill
Roy Cummings
Boulder
Fred Lundy
Pardoned Man Plans Spending of 24000 Windfall
Joseph Majczek 39 will receive 24000 from the state after Gov Green approves the bill. He says his mother will take a long vacation and visit relatives in the West. He plans to fund his son's education, pay off the family mortgage, and start a small business in Chicago's West Side.
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Chicago
Joseph Majczek
Green
Majczek
Majezek
Tillie Majczek
The
Chicago Times
Joseph, Jr
West Side
Firestone Ford Ready Final Wedding Plans
Akron amid an old car pageant Martha Parke Firestone and William Clay Ford completed pre nuptial ceremonies as 250 guests attended a dinner dance honoring the couple. Two antique Ford automobiles and a horse and buggy saluted the lineage of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone Sr. at the event ahead of their marriage tomorrow.
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Akron
Ford
Marrtha Parke Firestone
William Clay Ford
Henry Ford
Harvey S. Firestone
Two Ohio Counties Invoke Dog Quarantine
Springfield and Zanesville reported rabid dogs on the loose and Clark and Muskingum County officials imposed quarantines to guard against possible rabies outbreaks in central Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Zanesville
Clark
Muskingum County
Slain Baby Relatives to Face Lie Detector Tests
Arrangements are under way for voluntary lie detector tests of Rosemary Morton's parents and an uncle. The baby girl died after being found in City Hospital the night of June 6, with Stark County Prosecutor D Deane McLaughlin reporting the plan.
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Massillon
Rosemary Morton
City Hospital
Stark County
D. Deane Mclaughin
Nelsonville Shoe Strike Ends Indicated
Walter Tigner president of Local 146 United Shoe Workers reports an early agreement likely after talks with George Martin CIO regional director and Norman Bartlett CIO district council vice president. A local meeting was set for this afternoon.
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Nelsonville
William Brooks Shoe Co
Walter Tigner
United Shoe Workers
Tigner
George Martin
CIO
Norman Bartlett
CIO District Council
M. Robert Herman Dies at 53 Former UJA Director
M Robert Herman national field director of the United Jewish Appeal and former advertising and sales promotion executive died on Thursday. He was 53.
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New York
M. Robert Herman
The
United Jewish Appeal
Priests Enter Church Fire To Save Relics
Fire damaged the 102 year old St. Peter the Apostle Church in Chillicothe. Visiting Dayton clerics entered the blaze to rescue sacred vessels from the altar tabernacle. Damages estimated at 250000 dollars. Investigators consider wiring or vigil lights near a draped statue as possible causes.
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Chillicothe
Loren Gant
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Dayton
Elizabeth Helmuth
F. J. Kreuskamp
George Schorr
Columbus
William J. Goldschmidt
Carl Will
Francis P. Kemper
S. J
Gant
Second Degree Verdict Returned in Slaying
Cleveland jury convicts Steve Calcavecchio 27 of Otto Lonbardo 21 in the fatal March 16 shooting. Defendant faces life imprisonment under second degree murder verdict by common pleas court.
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Cleveland
Steve Calcavecchio
Common Pleas Court
Otto Lonbardo
Village Employees Win Retroactive Pay Hike
Lebanon Ohio reports village employees received 10 to 15 percent retroactive raises to June 15 after an emergency ordinance passed by the council. Mayor Clyde C. Collins announced the action.
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Lebanon
O.—P
Clyde C. Collins
Corn Soars In Chicago Stock Trade
Chicago futures push the July corn contract to near 1919 highs as prices hit 1.99 a bushel amid strong cash demand from grain houses and export sales to Britain and Belgium. Rain and flood effects and dwindling Midwest harvest prospects bolster prices while exports may rise.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Great Britain
Belgium
Gerat
Britain
Agriculture Department
Attorneys Ask Curley to Show For Committal
Boston Mayor James M. Curley, sentenced to six to 18 months for mail fraud, is ordered to appear in district court next Thursday for committal at 10 a.m. EDT June 26. U S Attorney Sidney S. Sachs said the action follows a court notice to Curley’s defense lawyers and bondsmen to bring him to jail. Curley, ill with diabetes and hypertension, is in Cohasset hospital.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Boston
U. S
Sidney S. Sachs
Curley
French Cabinet Pushes Tough Tax Plan to Save the Franc
Paris report says the cabinet approved a stringent save the franc tax program to balance the budget as strikes press on the economy. Premier Ramadier reportedly dropped a wage freeze and price decree tactic.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
GI Bill To Put Many Private Pilots in Air
George Palmer of Columbus told closing sessions of Ohio's Second Annual Aviation Clinic that more than 500 000 veterans may become flight students under the GI Bill educational program. He said the flight training benefits likely would produce more private pilots than history has seen.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
George Palmer
Columbus
Veterans’ Administration
New-Born Twins Weigh 17 Pounds at Jewish Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Sutter announced the birth of heaviest twins at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati The boy weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces and the girl 7 pounds 3 ounces The parents were told the twins weigh a combined 17 pounds 3 1 2 ounces as facial features and names were not given in the report.
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Cincinnati
Robert Sutter
Train hits truck driver at crossing in Ashtabula
Robert Hackathorn aged 22 was killed when his truck was struck by a Nickel Plate Road freight train at a crossing in Ashtabula Ohio last night. The fatal crash under investigation.
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Ashtabula
Robert Hackathorn
Bevin Pledges Swift Action on European Aid Effort
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin vowed no delays in the European recovery plan under the Marshall aid framework. He said speed would guide talks, noted Moscow talks lagged, and awaited Soviet reply while Britain and France prepared to proceed with or without Russian participation.
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Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
House of Commons
Europe
House
U. S
Britain
France
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Harvard University
Georgi Zarubin
Communist Daily Worker
Wilberforce College Chief Wesley Backed by State Board
The Ohio state board of trustees endorsed Dr. Charles H. Wesley to continue his work at Wilberforce University, despite his dismissal by the church trustees. A three member committee was named to survey the situation with the aim of sustaining Wesley’s program and a summer school.
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Wilberforce, CO
Charles H. Wesley
Wilberforce University
M. E. Church Board of Trustees
State Board
Wesley
Wilberforce
Wilberford
Taft to Address Radio Audience on Taft Hartley Bill
Senator Taft of Ohio planned a radio speech at 9 45 pm on Mutual Broadcasting to discuss the Taft Hartley labor union control bill. Jack Martin, Taft's secretary, confirmed the arrangement with the Senate Republican Policy Committee chairman.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Jack Martin
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Solon Urges Oil Export Halt
Rep Mc Cregor of Ohio urged immediate stoppage of petroleum product shipments to Russia in a House speech. He argued exports persist despite concerns from President Truman and Interior Secretary Krug and warned the policy could sustain shortages and keep living costs high.
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Washington
Rep
McCregor
Ohio
Russia
House
Truman
Krug
United States
Re Trial Plea Expected In Manslaughter Case
In Cleveland Mrs Rose Nagy 41 faces a possible new trial after being found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the death of her 14 year old son Rudolph Sutoris. The verdict followed 11 hours of jury deliberation and was called eminently fair and merciful by Common Pleas Judge Samuel H Silbert.
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Cleveland
Rose Nagy
Rudolph Sutoris
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Store Chief Succumbs
Nathaniel Spear died last night at 79. He rose from a $5-a-week clerk to head a department store chain serving Pittsburgh and the New York metropolitan area.
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Pittsburgh
Nathaniel Spear
New York
Truman veto blocks Taft Hartley bill as Senate to vote
President Truman vetoes the Taft Hartley labor bill and the House quickly overrides it. The Senate faces a late vote with expectations of an override, amid Truman’s radio address and a White House lunch with Democratic leaders.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
House
Congress
White House
White House Congress
Carroll Reece
Rep
Harteley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Army Jet P80 R Regains U S Speed Record
In a Mojave Desert run near Muroc Army Airfield Col. Albert Boyd piloted the P80 R to 623.8 mph average over 1.86 miles and up to 632.5 mph with the wind. The record awaits Federation Aeronautique International certification, marking the first U S top position in 24 years.
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U.S
Muroc
Calif
United States
Mojave
Muroc Army Airfield
Albert Boyd
Asheville
N. C
Federation Aeronautique International
Paris
Col. Boyd
Air Forces’ Air Materiel Command
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