Flood fears ease as Missouri river crest nears Kansas City
Kansas City optimists note levees are strong while some industries move equipment from Fairfax district. River forecasts show Missouri at about 400 000 cubic feet per second at Omaha with no heavy rains in sight, yet warnings persist that unexpected rain could raise danger. Craig Missouri fights to hold back the river as volunteers reinforce two miles of dikes. Everett Thompson says the next 24 hours are critical but faith remains in the levee.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas Cities
Kaw
Kansas
Omaha
Fairfax
E. C. Corkill
Midlands
Craig
Rule
Neb
Everett Thompson
Red Cross Disaster
St. Louis
U.S. May Suspend Credit Controls
Officials reviewed the consumer goods regulation and suggested it might be dropped temporarily as sales lag in appliances. Inflationary pressures have eased, but the Fed reserve would delay action until Congress renewal of the Defense Production Act.
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Reserve Board
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Moody
D-Mich
Faces liquor charge against Willie Massey arrested
Willie Massey aged 43 of 37 Union Square was arrested at 10 am yesterday for allegedly selling liquor without a permit. He is held at police headquarters in lieu of a $500 bond pending city court arraignment. The Night Patrol and Vice Squad made the arrest.
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Willie Massey
Union Square
Night Patrol
Vice Squad
Crackdown urged on GIs in Japan after war
Mrs. Uyemura voices alarm over American soldiers and prostitution in occupied Japan. She cites Tachikawa and Iwakuni bases, estimates 70 000 to 80 000 prostitutes earning around 200 million dollars, and 200 000 occupation babies. She calls for police actions and moral responsibility, noting her YWCA leadership and pioneering postwar travel.
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Gan
Tachikawa
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
Iwakuni
Honshu
Mme. Ridgway
Yomiuri
Uyemura
U. S
Wellesley College
United States
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Japanese Ywca
World Federation of the Ywca
A Test Includes Parachute Drop and Safety Rules
The Defense Department and the A Test include a parachute drop while asserting atom soldiers remain safe in shelter shelters built by army engineers to atomic warfare specs. They caution remembrance of safety rules derived from prior test blast measurements.
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Defense Department
CD Leaders to View A Bomb Test in Nevada
LAS VEGAS, Nov. April 20 AP The nation's civil defense leaders including 80 governors will view an airburst test named Operation No Panic observing 2,000,000 volunteers across states and territories. The planned 50 kiloton blast 10 miles away demonstrates safety measures and radioactivity risks.
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Las Vegas
Japan
President silent on bid to argue seizure legality
The letter from Philip B. Perlman states the issue is before the courts and not suitable for presentation to a legislative body. Senator Knowland allies push a Senate vote to veto the seizure via a rider requiring two thirds, while Douglas criticizes heated talk and Trump’s claims on steel profits.
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Philip B. Perlman
Justice Department
Sawyer
Knowland
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Truman
Bishop Dedicates St. Ann's Church in Hartford
The ceremony marked the third building on the St. Ann's site with an 900 seat early English Gothic church designed by Phelan and Thompson. Clergy from nearby parishes officiated and mass officers included deacon Rev. Joseph E. Farrell and subdeacons from New Haven and East Hartford. Coffee and bananas account for 87 percent of Central American exports.
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Joseph E. Farrell
West Hartford
William J. Mean
New Haven
St. Ann’s
John F. O'Mara
East Hartford
St. Ann's
Raymond J. Mulready
John J. Toomey
Bridgeport
Thurifer
O’brien
Henry J. Coleman
Wallingford
John A. Sullivan
St. Augustine’s Church
Father Coleman
George B. Curtiss
Danbury
Leo J. Picher
Bloomfield
J. Gerald Phelan
Fletcher Thompson, Inc
E and F Construction Company
Dozens of Connecticut Fires Ravage Towns and Woods
A massive blaze spree struck Hartford West Hartford Newington and surrounding towns. The Wood Pond area fire burned about 50 acres while another NAugautuck blaze scorched 100 acres near the Middlebury line. Additional fires hit Coventry North Coventry Bolton and Glastonbury with property damage mainly to woodland and a single tobacco shed. State officials warned of a critical forest fire period and urged caution with campfires and cigarettes.
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Millville
Naugatuck
Middlebury
Windsor Locks
Glastonbury
Strickland Street
Boy Rescued From Fire Drowns Later in Lake Erie
In Buffalo New York a nine year old boy Calvin Smith was rescued from a residential fire with his mother and five younger brothers. He later slipped into Buffalo harbor while throwing stones in Lake Erie and drowned a few hours after the fire.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Calvin Smith
Buffalo Harbor
Calvin
Prison mutiny at state prison ends after hostage seizure
200 felons riot and seize four hostages in a Michigan prison. Hyatt Ward and Mennen Williams are cited with long armed robbery sentences. The mutiny began at 7 20 p m with threats to kill and ended as authorities mobilized 100 state police and surrounded the cell block. No firearms were found among prisoners. Assistant Warden Bacon was summoned as guards remained inside.
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Bacon
Jackson Post
Mutineers In New Jersey Prison Do or Die Stand
At Rahway prison farm 231 convicts defy authorities for a third day with hearings of heated arguments heard behind barricades. They vow victory or death and have cut water and food supplies to hostages while eight guards remain captive. A hostage guard was released after a heart attack. Sanford Bates says waiting them out is the safest end to the riot.
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New Jersey State
Rahway
N. J
F. Lovell Bixby
Gard
Marlin Dunn
Dunn
Trenton State Prison
Sanford Bates
Devon Brush Fire Skirts 800 Houses Near Milford
Fire volunteers under Ballation Chief James Stewart stationed across the area fought a grass blaze threatening 800 homes and the Kramer Motel. A child Vincent Torento was burned. several firefighters injured but all treated at Milford Hospital. Fire control relied on water from a local pond as flames pushed near the New Haven railroad and Post Road.
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Coventry
North
Boston
Andover
Columbia
Lebanon
Anne Minicucci
South Street
George Garbarini
Hartford Times
Devon
Opal
Rowe Streets
Bridgeport Avenue
Schoolhouse Road
David Toomey
Toomey Lane
Bolton Center
Andover Fire Department
Bolton
New England Inn
Winsted
Wallens Hill
Chaplin
Ballation
James Stewart
Vincent Torento
William Torento
Peak Avenue
Milford Hospital
Walter Kruzewski
Robert Williams
Albion Gadd
Red Cross
Milford Water Company
New Haven
Elm City
Post Road
Kramer
Victor Nucitello
No. 4 Hose Company
Grady Wilson
Jack Smith
Wadhams Chosen Pastor After Pastoral Move In 1935
The Rev. Wadhams was chosen pastor of the Church of the Resurrection on December 30 1935 with duties starting January 25 1936. Formerly an assistant at Grace Church Newark he previously served at Grace and St Peter's Baltimore. He was born in Litchfield attended Phillips Academy Andover and Yale graduating in 1926. He studied at the General Theological Seminary New York and was ordained deacon in 1933 and priest later by Maryland’s Bishop Helfenstein. The two seminarian names slated for ordination with him were not announced.
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Charles C. Liggett
Wadhams
Church of the Resurrection
E. Russell Bourse
Grace Church
Newark
N. J
Grace
St. Peter's Church
Baltimore
Litchfield
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Yale University
L’ecole Normale D’evreus
France
General Theological Seminary
New York City
Fiske
Central New York
Helfenstein
Maryland
Hazard Bonus Row Delays Pay Boost for Armed Forces
A dispute over hazard bonus pay for airmen submariners parachutists and other specialists threatens to delay a broader pay raise for all armed forces. Senator Hunt forecasts the May 15 deadline cannot be met and calls for a civilian expert commission to study the issue. Douglas seeks steep cuts in flying pay and other specialty allowances while veterans and service leaders urge protection of current pay levels.
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Washington
Sen
Hunt
D-Wye
Douglas
Senate
Armed Services
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Polling Place Change For Primary District Wide
A polling site switch was ordered during primary discussions. Shelton school was rejected as too far a boundary point by Mc Gee, while Madison school was later designated as the centrally located polling place to serve about 1,200 registered Democrats in the district.
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Shelton
McGee
Coles Group
Madison School
Two Children Run Away From St Michael's School
Evelyn and Albert, pupils at St Michael's parochial school, left Friday fearing punishment for poor marks. They slept in a truck and a building rear on North Avenue, enjoyed riding horses near North Main Street, and were seen attempting to steal milk near Sgt. Harold Sherwood's home and George's Hot Dog Stand. State Police and juvenile authorities recovered them and detained them at Gilbert Street Detention Home. Police planned to question the children and their mother and aunt, after extensive citywide searches and a nine state alert. The father is deceased and the mother is ill.
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St. Michael’s Parochial School
North Avenue
North Main Street
White Line Bus Company
Harold Sherwood
Woodside Avenue
George's
Main Street
Louis Marchese
Westport Barracks
Bridgeport
Gilbert Street
Theresa Petrini
Doctor 80 Cancels $38,852 in Bills on Birthday
Parrish Alabama AP reports country doctor Dr John Wesley Simpson marked his 80th by forgiving $38,852 in medical debts owed since World War I. He left his birthday celebration to treat two patients and said he has not pursued medicine for money. He began practicing in 1906 and remains active with night calls.
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Parrish
Ala
John Wesley Simpson
Simpson
Coast Guard Helicopter Delivers Baby On Sea Voyage
In Salem Massachusetts on April 20 a Coast Guard helicopter assisted an expectant mother, Mrs. Nancy L. Feehily, visiting Baker's Island five miles offshore. The helicopter evacuated her to Salem Hospital where she delivered a daughter and both mother and child were reported fine.
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Salem
Mass
Coast Guard
Nancy L. Feehily
Baker’s Island
Lodge Praises Baldwin as GOP State Leader
Governor Lodge commends Cappy Baldwin for honesty and leadership while noting no rival candidate yet for the post. Other names floated include Francis Danaher and Charles P. Harper as possible contenders. The state central committee will select the chairman after the May 26 27 convention.
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Republican Party
Lodge
GOP
Baldwin
Cappy Baldwin
Francis Danaher
Meriden
Charles P. Harper
Middlebury
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Harper
New State Central Committee
Injured Pedestrian Improves at Bridgeport Hospital
Willie Marston, 55, of 1288 Boston Avenue, remained in serious condition after being struck by an auto at 10 40 p.m. Saturday on Boston Avenue near Bond Street. He is treated for fractures in both legs head injuries and a fractured jaw. The driver, Herbert G Trumpfeller, 28, of 400 Boston Avenue, said he was proceeding west when the pedestrian walked into the path of the car. No arrest was made.
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Bridgeport Hospital
Willie Marston
Boston Avenue
Bond Street
Marston
Herbert G. Trumpfeller
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Korea
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