Missouri River Flood Swamps Pierre Ft Pierre
Flooding from the Missouri River forces about 1100 residents from Pierre and Ft Pierre, South Dakota, as water tops 25 feet. Coastguard ferries 10 boats, two amphibious ducks and a helicopter to transport evacuees and sandbagging continues to save the municipal power plant. Relief centers open, mass feeding sites prepared, and Red Cross disaster crews mobilize.
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Pierre
Ft. Pierre
Coastguard
Philip
Onida
Gettysburg
Miller
Carman H. Staley
Stanley County Red Cross Disaster Committee
Eagles
Odd Fellows
Fargo Flood Peril Wanes
The Red River threatens Fargo Moorhead with rising flood waters after breaching banks Tuesday while the weather bureau reports a slowing rise this morning. Missouri River floods subside across North Dakota as mopping up begins in several areas.
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Associated Press
Fargo-Moorhead
Red River
Weather Bureau
Fargo
Wahpeton
Fargo Weather Bureau
U S Aid Approved for Milk Missouri Victims
The Reconstruction Finance Corp. declared Montana and the Dakotas disaster areas enabling government loans to Missouri and Milk River flood victims. RFC loans will be available through Minneapolis for North and South Dakota and Spokane for Montana. The move expands RFC disaster lending to tornado and flood areas including Arkansas Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Tennessee.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Montana
The
Dakotas
Missouri
Milk River
Harry A. McDonald
RFC
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Spokane
Wash
Arkansas
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Military Seizes Power in Bolivia
In La Paz an army police and civilian revolt toppled the government. Gen Hugo Ballivian’s military administration, installed last May, was arrested and freed. Revolt leaders include National Revolutionary party MNR figures Victo Paz Estenssoro in exile in Argentina. Hlimani radio claimed success as dawn shooting erupted in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Hugo Ballivian
National Revolutionary Party
MNR
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Argentina
Hlimani
Two Children Die in Farm Blaze in Jacobson Minnesota
Fire at a Jacobson farm home killed Virginia Lindman age 22 months and her sister Betty Ann 4, while six other Lindman children were saved. Parents Leonard and Mrs Lindman were injured and hospitalized in Grand Rapids. The blaze began around 2 am on the second floor where the family slept.
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Jacobson
Minn
Grand Rapids
Virginia Lindman
Betty Ann
Leonard Lindman
Lindman
Commissioners Deny School Transfer Petitions
County board of commissioners denied petitions by Carl Fred ricks Will J Kraft and O A Kennedy to move farms from the Dexter school district to the Elkton district. A separate Braaten petition from Corning area to shift from district 79 joint to district 72 joint was held for further consideration.
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Carl Fredricks
Will J. Kraft
O. A. Kennedy
Dexter
Elkton
County Board of Commissioners
T. H. Braaten
Corning Area
Ten Draft Examinees Summoned in Minneapolis
The selective service office issued pre-induction calls for ten men to report to the Federal office building in Minneapolis on May 5 for physical examinations.
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Selective Service Office
Federal Office Building
Minneapolis
Two Planes Collide Over Otis Bomb Range
OTIS AIR FORCE BASE MASS two planes collided over the Camp Edwards bombing range three miles from the base. Fire and wreckage spread over a wide area. All 12 men aboard were believed dead. An F 94 jet fighter carried two crew and a C 47 transport carried ten.
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Otis Airforce Base
Mass
Robert W. Stephenson
Camp Edwards
Falmouth
Bourne
Cape
CIO Phone Strike Set
Washington CIOs Communications Workers union ordered a nationwide strike against the Bell Telephone System with picket lines to start at 1 p.m. local time. About 300,000 workers could be affected, including Western Electric staff and Bell employees in four states, with 43 states experiencing strikes. Beirne said 200,000 to 225,000 more workers would not cross the lines, though most remain unofficially not on strike.
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Washington
CIO
Communications Workers Union
Bell Telephone System
Bell
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
Western Electric
Bell System
Beirne
Mill City Bell Workers Meet Today Amid Strike Warnings
Minneapolis Northwestern Bell says mass meeting urged for today from noon to 5 pm in a CIO hall as operators consider walkout that could affect long distance service. Earlier, two cables serving 216 phones near Lake Street and 31st Avenue South were cut, eight feet above ground with a hacksaw. Pickets from the CIO strike at Western Electric look on at a Bell garage where repair and installation work is handled.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
CIO
Northwestern Bell
Lake Street
31St Avenue South
Communication Workers of America
Western Electric Co
Western Electric
Rail Foreman Held in Knife Slaying of Wife
In Kent Minnesota 51 year old Olaf Eldavick a Great Northern railway section foreman is jailed after his wife Selma Eldavick needlessly slain with a butcher knife Tuesday night. A tavern operator reported Eldavick entered barefoot with blood on his hands around 9 30 a m. The body was found in bed with throat cut. Eldavick claimed recent nervousness and desire for hospital. The couple had three children and recently moved from Kindred North Dakota.
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Kent, Minn
North Dakota
Selma Eldavick
Olaf Eldavick
Great Northern Railway
Kent
Breckenridge
Harry Matheson
Eldavick
Wilkin County
Taft Wins Big Margin in Illinois Republican Primary
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio captured a sweeping victory in the Illinois GOP presidential primary, leading Harold Stassen and Dwight D. Eisenhower by wide margins as more than two thirds of precincts reported. Kefauver led the Democratic side with large votes for unopposed Estes Kefauver, while write-ins for Stevenson appeared. Delegates: Taft poised to command 48 of 50 national convention slots, with party factions showing clear preferences.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Illinois
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Stassen
Eisenhower
GOP
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Stevenson
Republican
Bender
MacArthur
Warren
Democrat
Kefauver
Truman
Russell
Douglas
Allied Troops Foil Red Trap West of Mundung Valley
Allied UN forces repelled a Communist trap west of Mundung Valley on the Eastern Korean front. Although outnumbered, the unit withdrew on orders and then counterattacked to reclaim its frontline post. The engagement marked the heaviest on the UN front that morning. The USS Iowa shelled Red rail lines along North Korea's east coast, delivering 145 tons of shells.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Mundung
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S
Iowa
North Korea
Tremor Jars South Oklahoma City and Surrounding States
An earthquake rattled South Oklahoma City shaking desks in offices and felt across parts of Oklahoma Texas Kansas Iowa and Missouri. The quake disrupted daily activity and prompted warnings from local authorities. No serious injuries reported and aftershocks were monitored by seismologists.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Canadians Sell Liner for Scrap
The Empress of Australia once the pride of Canada’s Pacific fleet has been sold for scrap to a British steel company. Built in 1914 in Stetten Germany and originally named Tirpitz she weighed 21 833 tons. Surrendered to the Allies in 1919 she was acquired by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co in 1921 and after two decades as a passenger liner based in Vancouver spent her final years as a British troopship.
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Montreal
Canada
British Steel Corporation
Stetten
Germany
Canadian Pacific Steamship Co
Vancouver
Peru ratifies peace treaty with Japan
Peru's congress ratified the peace treaty with Japan Tuesday night, marking a formal parliamentary endorsement of the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Japan
Broken Mankato Dike Patched: 50 Homes Saved From Flood
The Minnesota river rose to 25 feet 3 inches at New Ulm, the highest in 71 years, threatening Mankato 25 miles downstream. A dike breach endangered about 50 homes and a Lutheran old peoples home until earth hauled to seal the patch. Basements filled and the New Ulm sewage plant was knocked out, but most residences remained dry as crews pumped basements and kept highways 14 and 15 in view.
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Weather Bureau
St. Pierre
Mobridge
Associated Press
Minnesota
New Ulm
Mankato
Mound ‘Avenue
Sibley Park
New Ulm City
Eagle Roller Mill
Snow and sleet and slush mark early spring weather
In mid January style the area saw rain thunder and lightning with sleet and snow. The temperature fell from 34 to 28 as Easter vacationers watched a dreary day unfold. Children abandoned outdoor play for sleds while merchants noted the seasonal mood shift.
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Austin
Mercury
Merchants of Fashion
Passenger's Arm Bruised in Collision
Mrs. Delbert Anherst of 512 S Franklin suffered a bruised arm in a collision at Chatham and Maple this morning. $150 damage to a truck driven by William Gaughran of 604 E Allegheny and $175 damage to the Soli car driven by Mrs Emmet Soli of 500 Millfield. Mrs Anherst was a passenger in the Soli vehicle.
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Delbert Anherst
S. Franklin
Chatham
Maple
William Gaughran
E. Allegheney
Emmet Soli
Millfield Drive
Anherst
Soli
Truman Seizes Steel Mills as Congress Receives Special Message
President Truman sent a special message to Congress offering to cooperate on legislation establishing terms for government operation of seized steel mills. Steel companies faced court challenges to seizure while major mills remained closed and unions threatened lockouts amid wage disputes. Officers announced plans to operate plants under government control, with some firms delaying operational decisions as defense production remained uncertain.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board C
WSB
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
CIO
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Big Six Idle as Nation's Steel Seizure Enters Daybreak
Pittsburgh dispatch reports most of the nations 650000 steelworkers idle as the big six firms largely observe President Truman's seizure order. Some plants reopen for maintenance, others stay closed amid conflicting court actions. U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin deny policy delay while Republic Steel warns operation not feasible until clarity comes. Maintenance crews report. many workers turned away at gates.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Gates
Chicago
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Cleveland
U. S. Steel and
Jones & Laughlin
Republic
U. S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Blaze destroys St. Paul synagogue on eve of Passover
Fire at Temple Aaron, 744 Ashland Ave, St. Paul, caused by a blaze that began in the basement and spread rapidly. Four alarms summoned half the city's fire equipment. Rabbi Herman M. Cohen values the total loss at 150000 dollars, noting many original manuscripts stored in the basement. First alarm at 12:46 a.m.
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ST. Paul
Temple Aaron
Ashland Ave
Herman M. Cohen
Cohen
Write-ins Ruled Out in Maryland
Annapolis Maryland voters won't have a write in ballot in the May 5 primary. A Baltimore judge previously allowed write ins after suits by Eisenhower supporters. The Maryland Court of Appeals, in a split decision, held that under present election laws there is a right to write in names at the primary.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Court of Appeals
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S. D
Niels P. Jensen
Hughes County
Sioux County
Mill City Bell
Gautier Division
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Co
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
St. Paul Synagogue
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