Floodwaters Roar Through Central East. Fatal Toll Rises
Raging Susquehanna flood sweeps north central Pennsylvania and southern New York causing at least six deaths and widespread damage. Cities like Williamsport and Towanda face isolation. Elmira reports mains district flooding. Red Cross seeks aid as roads and railways stay blocked.
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Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania
New York State
Bradford
Lock Haven
Towanda
Wilkes-Barre
American Red Cross
Elmira
N. Y
Emora Strachen
Louis Mosher
Hemlock
Lancaster
York
Ship Strike Peril Grows More Acute
The CIO National Maritime Union rejects a 12.50 monthly raise offered by steamship operators as talks stall. NMU members vote 3,500 against the deal and demand a 30 percent wage increase with overtime and retroactive pay. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach plans Washington talks with all seven Maritime Unity unions.
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CIO National Maritime Union
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Manhattan Center
Joseph Curran
Gulf Coast
Curran
Maritime Unity Committee
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Schwellenbach
Washington
Man Trapped Two Weeks in Rail Car Near Seattle
Alfred J. Degutis, 43, said he was imprisoned without food or water for more than two weeks after entering a railroad refrigerator car at Auburn on May 9. He weighed 196 pounds then and 142 now. a warehouseman freed him after hearing him kick the door. He boarded the car when it was connected to a train and brought from Auburn across the Cascade mountains. Degutis is reported in good condition at a Seattle hospital.
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Alfred J. Degutis
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Seattle
Auburn, Wash
Northern Pacific Freight Office
Cascade Mountains
Auburn
Aide Says Settlement Not Known by Truman
The White House said President Truman learned of the railroad strike settlement after starting his address to Congress. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mr. Truman was prepared with an alternative inaction to use if a settlement had not been reached.
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White House
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Barkley
CIO Steel
CIO Auto
Lewis
MVA Backer Concedes Plan Dead for Present
Senator Murray concedes the Missouri Valley Authority plan is dead for this session of Congress. He says he will reintroduce it as one of his first acts when the new Congress meets in January.
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Sen
Murray
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Missouri Valley Authority
Congress
Egyptian Pref Sidku Pasha Objects to Suez Guard Rights
London dispatch reports Egyptian Prime Minister Sidku Pasha stated Britain should not receive rights to guard the Suez Canal in peacetime. He underscored concerns over sovereignty and security implications for Egypt amid postwar arrangements.
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Canadian seamen extend strike to east coast with unrest
Canadian seamen broadened their strike to the maritimes as police in a dozen ports guarded against violence. Thirty six arrests followed and 12 ships were abandoned in Maritime ports with 57 vessels crewless in lake ports. Montreal saw the worst clashes as a mob of about 100 overpowered five officers and attacked non union sailors, injuring three.
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Canadian Seamen’s Union
Maritime Provinces
Great Lakes
Victoria Square
London dock strike resumes after earlier call off
Seven thousand London dock workers walked out again despite a decision to end the walkout over Britain’s food and supplies shortage. Twenty ships were held up as workers enforce demands including restoring prewar rights for sons to inherit their fathers’ jobs.
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London
INS
Britain
Allies Deadlocked On German Disarmament Probe
Berlin AP report says the Allied Control Authority could not reach consensus on a four power probe into German disarmament and dropped the issue from its agenda. The American proposal backed by Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay was not stated which power blocked the inquiry.
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Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Coordinating Committee
United States
Lucius Clay
Byrnes
Shoe Production Falling Sharply in June Forecast
The National Shoe Manufacturers Association warns June output may dip below 24 million pairs if the OPA does not grant promised price relief to the tanning industry. March and April produced about 47 million pairs. executives say leather shipments have been anemic since Geoffrey Baker indicated tanners deserve a price increase.
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New York
National Shoe Manufacturers Association
OPA
Association
Geoffrey Baker
Solon Urges Strike Truce and Withdrawal of Truman Plan
Murray proposes a six month strike truce in exchange for veto of the Case bill and withdrawal of draft testing. He cites union-friendly senators in talks. Senate debate on emergency powers continues with sharp exchanges as factions clash over the president's plan and labor draft issues.
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Washington
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Truman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Carter Glass Dies Unreconstructed Rebel of Virginia
Washington, D C veteran statesman Carter Glass D Va died at 88 after a long illness. A longtime public servant since 1901 he served in the house until 1920 and then in the senate until his death. He was known as the Unreconstructed Rebel and opposed many New Deal measures though backed foreign policy during wartime.
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Washington
Carter Glass
D-Va
Virginia
W. A. Bloehorn
Rixey Smith
Lynchburg News
Lynchburg Virginian
The
Advance
Glass
Senate
Roosevelt
Pauley Admitted To Soviet Korea
United States Reparations Commissioner Edwin W. Pauley gained permission to enter the Russian occupied zone in northern Korea with nine specialists. He announced an 11 car special train from Seoul that will depart for Pyonganung Wednesday to begin a war reparations survey under guard and billet assurances from Col. Gen. I. M. Christiakov.
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Seoul
Korea
United States
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Pyonganung
I. M. Christiakov
Labor Leader Bites Back at Truman Emergency Plan
Philip Murray, in a telegram to all senators, denounces what he calls a hysterical move to destroy labor and condemns President Truman’s emergency strike control as well as the Senate version of the Case bill.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Truman
Senate
Rochester Strike Grips City Life Amid Union Walkout
Rochester New York stalls as AFL CIO unions stage a six hour walkout with about 25 000 workers participating. The protest targets city government’s refusal to allow municipal workers to unionize and engages 13 000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Picket lines formed, transit halted, city departments closed, elevators downtown disabled while hotels and dining rooms mostly operate.
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N. Y
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CIO
Joint Strategy Committee
AFL Municipal Workers
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Spain Defends Right to Investigate Atomic Energy
Spain says it has a perfect right to investigate atomic energy and cannot accept UN competence in its internal matters. A foreign ministry spokesman described notes distributed May 23 and asserted Spain’s right to provide itself with adequate means, rejecting external investigations.
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Spain
United Nations
Climater
Foreign Ministry
Five Objectors for Forced Feeding Enter Second Day
Five conscientious objectors remain on a 17 day hunger strike and are forced to take nourishment for the second day Tuesday as authorities seek to end the protest.
Petrillo Defies Lea Bill with Radio Strike in Chicago
President James Caesar Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians leads a strike against WAAF Chicago in defiance of federal law. DA J Albert Woll will confer with station lawyers to probe the action as Petrillo warns of possible penalties and vows to take the case to the Supreme Court. He blames Congress and hits the National Association of Broadcasters and Wall Street as supporters of the law.
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WAAF
United States
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Petrillo
Lea
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Supreme Court
Feder
National Association of Broadcasters
Big Business
Wall Street
Coal Strike Settlement Near After Key Talks
An official said major provisions of a new contract between the government and John L. Lewis have been agreed. Secretary Krug reported progress toward a formal agreement to end the coal stoppage as talks with Lewis continued and a draft contract was anticipated.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Washington (Ap
J. A. Krug
United Mine Workers
Krug
Sailors Beatings Alleged Over Sakawa Damage Admission
Honolulu reports two Navy enlisted men Larry Lajoie and Stanley Berrent claim they were beaten and kicked to force confessions of sabotaging the Japanese cruiser Sakawa. They say officers witnessed the abuse amid charges of wilful damage on a voyage from Japan to the Marshall Islands.
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RINS
United States Navy
Navy
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
Larry Lajoie
Chicago
Stanley Berrent
Baltimore
Japan
Marshall Islands
Lajoie
Star-Bulletin
Wright rails at war department over pension error
Olympia AP reports veteran Robert Wright, a world war veteran, was recorded as killed in action when he applied for a pension. His widow was told to apply, but Wright is alive and unmarried. He seeks correction of the erroneous status.
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Olympia
Wash
Robert Wright
War Department
Wright
Washington
Two V Bombs Sighted Over Southern Sweden
London report cites Stockholm dispatch saying residents in southern Sweden saw two V bombs overhead at great height. The missiles were visible to thousands of people according to eyewitness accounts filed Tuesday.
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London
Sns
Stockholm
London Daily Mail
Traffic Tip: Rainy Roads Require Caution
Wet pavement reduces tire grip and increases stopping distance. Slow down and maintain extra following distance during rain to prevent slips and collisions.
Thunderstorms Loom Over Memorial Day Outlook
The Cedar Rapids weather section notes a warm spell with highs around 82 to 85 degrees on Tuesday and Monday. Thundershowers are forecast for eastern Iowa Wednesday and Memorial Day, with the forecast sounding increasingly uncertain as the week progresses.
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Iowa
Chambers- Inkeep
Army crackdown on misusing military postal money orders
The War Department announced a Tuesday crackdown on using military mail to ship funds for scandals to soldiers overseas, intended for foreigners. A spokesman said such packages and funds will be returned, and civilians may use commercial facilities in all coins except Germany and Japan.
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