Dike Workers Battle Floods Near Portland as Crest Nears
Flood crest from the Columbia River drives 2000 volunteers and troops to shore up dikes from Portland to Kelso. Debris-filled waters slam weaknesses at Troutdale opposite Reynolds Aluminum. Vanport as 59000 homeless, 27000000 to 100000000 in damages. relief delayed for days.
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Portland
Columbia
Vancouver
Reynolds Aluminum
Troutdale
S. B. Hall
Kelso
Wash
Army
Elmer Fisher
Weather Bureau
Vanport
British Columbia
Multnomah County
West Virginia Climate Sets New Records
Parkersburg West Virginia June 2 The weather bureau reports 1947 had extreme reversals with record heat and cold. It notes January among the warmest on record February cold March frosts May chill August hot and humid and December unusually dry. The bureau calls August unusually hot given July's severe cold.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West
Buerau
Rail Peace Efforts End in Failure Amid Rail Labor Crisis
Washington June 2 A White House effort to mediate the rail labor dispute collapsed after three weeks of meetings. John R. Steelman said no more talks will occur until both sides reach common ground. Union leaders paused on questions of a strike as they prepared their next move. President Truman had seized the railroads May 11 and obtained a court order preventing a threatened walkout. About 190,000 locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen form the key operating force. The current restraining order lasts until June 11 with a June 10 hearing before judge T Alan Goldsho for a permanent injunction.
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Washington
White ‘House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Truman
Renuervice
T. Alan Goldsho- Trough
David Findling
Winthrop Johns
Welly E. Hopkins
M. Boiarsky
Southern Association
NLRB
Lewis
Goldsborough
Hopkins
Joseph EB. Moody
Southern Group
Southern Coal Companies
Moody
Tariff Bill Fees Push Campaigns
Workers and business groups clashed over a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act. Secretary Carey warned the measure would revive old log rolling tariff bickering while Clem Johnston urged extending the current law to June 12, 1951. Administration backing seeks veto power over tariff cuts beyond tariff commission limits. The president now can implement reductions up to 50 percent without Congress approval.
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Washington
CIO
James B. Carey
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Tariff Commission
Bethlehem Steel rejects shipyard pay boosts
The Bethlehem Steel Company rejected union wage increase demands for more than 40,000 shipyard workers in nine East Coast plants after a negotiation session with CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America representatives. The union warned that if no agreement is reached by July 23, a no strike clause could become inoperative. the contract runs to June 23, 1949. The company said increases would be inflationary and unwarranted given two years of doldrums in the shipbuilding industry.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Worker of America
Bethlehem Steel
Truman Appeals For Legislation
President Truman pressed Democratic leaders in Congress to pass three programs this session housing reciprocal trade and federal aid to education He met with House Democratic Leader Rayburn Senator McGrath Democratic National Chairman and the two party whips to discuss strategy Rayburn noted Truman would outline further remarks on a cross country tour beginning Thursday night The housing bill remains stalled in the House while a discharge petition seeks to move it and the education measure moves through Congress The West Coast trip is described as non political and Truman will inaugurate his tour with a Chicago dinner Friday night
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
House
Rayburn
Texas
McGrath
Rhode Island
Lucas
Ilinois
Rep
McCormick
Massachusetts
Senate
GOP
Banking Committee
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D-Celis
Banking
Taft
Ohio
National Committee
Mr. Truman
Chicago
Martin Kennelly
Judicial Council Appointments Made in West Virginia
Governor Meadows announced six year terms on the West Virginia Judicial Council. Robert B. McDougle of Parkersburg was reappointed to a seat on the Supreme Court panel and Frank C. Haymond of Fairmont was named to succeed William T. Lovins of Huntington.
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Charleston
W. Va
Judicial Council
Meadows Tony
Robert B. McDougle
Parkersburg
Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Fairmont
William T. Lovins
Huntington
Bevin Defends Arab Legion Invasion in Palestine
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons he did not view Trans-Jordan's Arab Legion action in Palestine as aggression. He said the Legion was invited into territory by Arab peers and was not invading, operating in Palestine territory allocated by the U N to Arabs.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Palestine
Holy Land War Surges Amid Unclear Cease Fire Plan
Reported bombing shelling and infantry attacks spread across multiple Palestine sectors despite the United Nations cease fire plan. Both sides blamed each other as Israel threatened major operations and Arabs strengthened positions around Jerusalem and Trans-Jordan towns.
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Cairo
Palestine
United Nations
Israel
Tel Aviv
U. N
Jerusalem
The
Holy
Alabama Delegates Walk Out Threat Emerges at State Caucus
Alabama Democrats voted to walk out of the national convention if Truman is nominated or if a strong civil rights plank is adopted. They repudiated Governor James E. Folsom, who had been a rival for the nomination, and left one delegate race unsettled after the runoff.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Presiant Truman
James E
Kissing Jim
Senate Ratifies Four International Pacts
The Senate tonight ratified four international agreements including treaties of friendship commerce and navigation with Italy and China. Also approved an international telecommunication convention and a U S France convention aiming at a new and more equitable pattern for French American tax problems.
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Washington
Senate
Italy
China
United States
France
Israel Orders Troops To Resume Firing: Peace Date
Tel Aviv reports Israel's government ordered troops to resume firing until a definite ceasefire day is fixed by a U N mediator. A misread 3 am Palestine summer time deadline was clarified as a four week truce discussion. The U N secretary council tasked Count Bernadotte to consult Arabs and Jews and set the exact start time within three days.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U. N
Palestine
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
U.N. Secretary Council
Count Bernadotte
Mock Air Raid Tests Defense at Selfridge Field
Detroit June 2 The strategic air command’s mightiest attacking force since the war, about 350 planes, staged a mock bombing raid over Selfridge Field. Some 200 B-29 bombers and 150 P-51 fighters attacked from 25,000 feet as Selfridge pilots with about 50 jets defended the area. Interceptors engaged near Goshen Indiana. mission described as successful with planes returning to nine bases.
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Detroit
Strategic Air Command
Selfridge Field
56Th
Selfridge
Goshen
Ind
Stuart McLeod
David C. Schilling
56Th Fighter Group
Waritime Combat
Spokane
Wash
Tampa
Fla
Air Asault
New York City
UN Seeks To Fix Cease-Fire Date
The United Nations Security Council urged Palestine mediator Count Folke Bernadotte to set the hour for a four week armistice accepted by Arabs and Jews. Russia and Soviet Ukraine abstained from approving the instructions. Israel held a third cease-fire lapse and said it would resume fighting unless the mediator acts, with no official timing given.
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Lake Success
Security Council
United Nations
Palestine
Warren R. Austin
United States
U.N. Secretariat
Middle East
Council
Tel Aviv
Aubrey S. Eban
Jewish Agency
Folke Bernadotte
Russia
Ukraine
U.N
Big Sea Turtles Wash Up Near Norfolk
Seven dead sea turtles weighing 300 to 500 pounds each washed ashore at east Ocean View Norfolk on June 2. They floated on their backs with no visible injuries. The cause of death remains a mystery and may relate to navy underwater explosion tests conducted in upper Chesapeake Bay on hulls of three ships.
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Norfolk
East Ocean View
Chesapeake Bay
Huge Defense Measure Wins House Okay
The House approved the largest peacetime budget for the army and air force, totaling 6.5099 billion dollars, with a navy bill of 3.6867 billion dollars set for debate. Combined, defense spending for the coming fiscal year reaches about 14 billion dollars, supporting a total force of 1,234,500 Army and Air Force personnel and 552,000 Navy and Marine Corps, amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Marcantonio
Isacson
American Labor Party
New York
Benne
Addiiion
Congress
U. S
Air Force
Truman
O Briens Lead Unchanged After Kanawha Recount
Charleston dispatch reports the Kanawha county recount left O Briens 380 vote statewide margin intact for the Democratic secretary of state nomination. In seven Cabin Creek precincts Chilton lost one vote while O Briens total stayed the same. Officials estimate up to three weeks to finish recounts of sheriff and secretary of state ballots.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
D. Pitt O'Brien
Sam B. Chilton
O'Brien
Cabin Creek
Chilton
Chase P. Loury
Carson Richards
Ohley
Judge Halts Coal Strike Guidance Amid Talks
Washington reports Judge T Alan Goldsborough postponed a ruling on issuing a Taft Hartley injunction to force John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association. He urged immediate talks in his chambers, cautioned a June 30 contract expiring strike could be a national tragedy, and pressed both sides to reconcile before Friday.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Goldsborough
Congress
Lsbor
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Association
National Coal
Moody
Association
Hopkins
Bolarsky
Findling
Johns
Senate approves refugee measure in vote on immigration plan
Washington June 2 The Senate after 11 hours of debate passed a bill to admit up to 200000 European war refugees in two years starting now The measure favors refugees with farming ties and origin from Estonia Lithuania Latvia and Eastern Poland The bill sets priority for displaced orphans those who fought against the axis and other eligible displaced persons It also limits admission to at least half from annexed regions and faces House action next The debate touched on alleged discrimination against Jews and concerns over communist entry.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Judiciary Committee
Kem
RMO
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
Poland
Nies
Pepper
D-Fia
Taft
Ohio
McGrath
D-Ri
Brooks
Baldwin
R-Conn
Revercomb
Congress
Attorney General
Germany
Austria
Italy
Ferguson
R-Mich
R-W. Va
Eastland
D-Miss
Russell
D-Ga
America
Dewey May Get Most Of Carolina GOP Votes
Raleigh June 2 Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York is set to win the largest share of North Carolina delegates for the Republican presidential nomination. An AP poll of 26 delegates shows eight backing Dewey while two votes each go to Joseph W. Martin Harold Elas sen and Robert A Taft and one to Arthur H Vandenberg. Three delegates were undecided and eight did not reply. The National convention opens in Philadelphia June 21.
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Raleigh
N. C
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
North Carolina
Associated Press
Dewey
Joseph W. Martin
Harold E. Elassen
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Giant Forest Fires Rage In Canada
Massive fires scorch northern Ontario covering over 125000 acres. Two large blazes near Chapleau Blind River road and Mississiagi forest approach within 10 miles of each other. Travel ban imposed across 50 million acres from Manitoba border to Quebec border. Normal resort traffic largely unaffected.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mississiagi Provincial Forest
Sault Ste. Marie
Provincial Lands Department
Manitoba
Quebec
Canadian National Railways
Northern Line
North Bay
Algonquin Park
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West Virginia
Bevin
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Arana
Transjordan
Dead Sea
Ghor Es Safi
el’ Kerak
Land of
Kaab
Legion
Sodom
el Kerak
Trans- Jordan
King Abdullah
Navy
Marine Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Appropriations Committee
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Louise E. Denfeld
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Peppery
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Lawyers For the Union
Moody Grins
Carolina Gop
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