Tornado toll climbs as Detroit area hit hard
A June tornado swept from Detroit across the Windsor region causing at least 17 deaths and over 100 injuries. Searchers probed a hundred foot debris path through Ontario as Ford Rouge plant workers faced devastation and millions in property damage. Local hospitals reported several critically injured as dawn cleared the wreckage. See COUNT page 3.
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Michigan
Ontario
Canada
Windsor
Detroit River
River Rouge
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Sandwich
Swett
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Squabble over Spanish issues dominates UN debate
Charles A Grumich reports from New York that Australia France and Mexico oppose Britain’s plan to seek a UN Security Council report on Spain without a recommendation and to consult the International Court of Justice. As the council reconvenes delegates including Hershel V Johnson and American aides resist delay while Russia pushes for action against Franco Spain.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
Australia
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Spain
General Assembly
Court ‘of International Justice
Alexander Cadogin
France
Mexico
Herschel V. Johnson
Herbert V. Evatt
Andrei A.myko
Goes To Work Every Day at 99 in Pittsburgh
A 99 year old man, Frank Horner, goes to work daily in Pittsburgh and says a doctor predicted his heart would last 100 years. He turns 100 next March, eats well, sleeps soundly, and neither drinks nor smokes. He credits a stout heart for longevity.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Horner
Horner
Fire on Buses Strikes Paintsville Route. No Injuries
Two Conley line buses were ambushed today along the Paintsville to Logan route near Buffalo Kentucky with eight bullets hitting a bus and three holes found in another. A relief driver was struck in the seat back but no one was injured. The incident occurs amid unionization shifts as employees vote AFL- CIO and several remain on strike.
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AFL
Local Boy Makes Tent Home in Pittsburgh Suburb
In East Liberty Pittsburgh Charles Dalton 22 a housepainter and his family live in a green $36 Army tent pitched between locust trees on a vacant lot with his wife uncle a large Great Dane a de odorized skunk and two guinea pigs. He says they cannot continue living like this and may move back to Grafton West Virginia.
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East Liberty
Charles Dalton
Grafton
W. Va
Army Reveals Metal Jet Weapon Aimed at Space Threat
Washington June 15 The Army disclosed a molten metal jet weapon reaching nearly five miles per second that could defend against atomic rockets or armored space craft. Still in research, Army ordnance experts are enthusiastic about its potential applications.
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Washington
Army
Army Ordnance Department
Two Big States in Primary Today See Governing Nominations
Michigan and Massachusetts voters moved to approve nominees for governor and Congress after a quiet Maine primary. Republican Horace A. Hildreth won renomination by about two to one. Democrat F. Davis Clark beat Leland Currier for the state senate seat. All three favored a veterans cash bonus. Hildreth will let the legislature decide on the issue next month.
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Associated Press
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Massachusetts
House
Senate
Maine
Horace A. Hildreth
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Hildreth
F. Davis Clark
Milo
Leland C. Currier
Len’ Town
Fernald
Clark
Currier
Tojo defends war actions citing self defense at trial
In a Tokyo prison cell interview, Hideki Tojo argues Japan reserved the right to fight in self defense including attacking without warning. He contends the Kellogg pact allowed such defense, and says Japan was not bound by Hague rules when entering war. The defense aims to frame Pacific conflict as compelled self defense.
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Russell Brines
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Japan
Tojo
United States
Saburo Kurusi
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Jackson Denies Resigning as War Crimes Prosecution Chief
Justice Robert H. Jackson denied reports he would resign as chief American war crimes prosecutor in Nuernberg. He said in an interview that he would leave around July 15 for the United States because his job would be completed, but stressed it was not a resignation.
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Robert H. Jackson
United States
Cauliflower Boom Reported in Canaan Valley
Tucker County Agent A. L. Kidd announced a bumper cauliflower season with 10 000 to 15 000 crates expected, tripling normal yields. Under his guidance 110 000 plants have been set by farmers and Four H club members in the valley.
Fritz Kreisler Improves After Appendectomy
New York June 18. Veteran violinist Fritz Kreisler aged 71 remains in critical condition but shows some improvement after an emergency appendectomy Sunday night. He suffered an acute attack of appendicitis at home Sunday morning and peritonitis was found during surgery.
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New York
Fritz Kreisler
Kreisler
Morgantown youth injured in scaffold fall at power plant
Harold Smith, 17, Route 4 Morgantown, was admitted to City hospital after falling from a scaffold at the new power plant in the B&O yards. He suffered a fractured left arm and right arm lacerations, was in shock, and cannot recall the accident. He may be employed by L A Hauser Contractors of Philadelphia.
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Route 4
Morgantown
Smith
Bartlet
T. W. Heironi
Mus
L. A. Hauser Contractors
Philadelphia
Campbell Wins $115000 Award For Imprisonment
Albany June 18 Bertram M Campbell a Floral Park bookkeeper who served 40 months in Sing Sing for forgeries later confessed by another man won 115000 from New York state for humiliation loss of liberty and earnings The Court of Claims ruled he was a victim of a mis carriage of justice Campbell who was convicted in 1938 and pardoned last August after Alexander L Thiel confessed the crime Governor Dewey urged legislation to allow a damages suit The award covers loss of liberty humiliation and part of earnings after a May court suit set aside his full requested sum.
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Bertram M. Campbell
Sing Sing
New York State
State Court of Claims
Floral Park
Campbell
Wall Street
New York City
Lewey
New York
Alexander D. L. Thiel
Dewey
Legislaturr
Court of Claims
Woman Claims Statement Signed Under Duress
A Philippi hearing reveals Mrs. Margaret Loughry signed a statement admitting beating six-year-old Wesley Leroy Loughry under duress during a phone call with authorities. She remains charged with the May fatal beating and was moved from Barbour County jail to Philippi for proceedings as defense and prosecution argue the case.
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Margaret Loughry
Ranfay Cbuos
Barbour County
Wesley Leroy Loughry
Prison and jail study begins in West Virginia
Charleston June 18 A U S Bureau of Prisons official said a survey of the state's prisons and county jails was nearly ready to start. W C Hammack discussed the plan with the legislature's education committee during a two day meeting. The panel awaited a starting date while officials prepared the study. A Children’s Bureau spokesman urged transferring four delinquent institutions from the board of control to the public assistance department.
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U. S. Bureau of Prisons
West Virginia
W. T. Hammack
Bureau
Senate
Arnold Vickers
W. C. Hammack
U. S. Children's Bureau
Board of Control
Public Assistance Department
Pruntytown
Salem
Lakin
Huntington
DPA
Alice Scott Nutt
Children's Bureau
Galloway Foremen Seek Bargaining Election News
Four new petitions from supervisory mine workers for bargaining agency elections were filed with the NLRB Pittsburgh office, increasing total petitions to 19 from about 750 workers. The WV filings include Kelly's Creek Collieries Maidsville Pursglove Mining Canyon Coal Simpson Creek Galloway with 35 41 19 32 workers respectively.
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NLRB
West Virginia
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Maidsville
Pursglove Mining Co
Pursglove
Canyon Coal & Coke Co
Monongalia
Simpson Creek Collieries Co
Galloway
Russians more lenient in their feelings of Italy
Paris dispatch reports signs of a compromise on Italian reparations as the big four foreign ministers focus on Italy joining with the Nazis in the war. Molotov signals a lighter burden on Italians and proposes a ceiling on damages to allied nationals, amid talks on Trieste and colonies. See RUSSIANS page 3.
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Russia
Italy
Trieste
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Permanent Registrants Can Vote In City Elections
The supreme court ruled that only voters listed in permanent registration records may vote in municipal elections. The decision upheld Mingo county circuit action canceling 53 disputed ballots and certifying People's party winners in Gilbert on June 5 1945. The suit was filed by J L Dotson and others against the town council.
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Supreme Court
Mingo County
People’s Party
Gilbert
J. L. Dotson
Eggs set to rise in 32 WV counties counties affected include Barbour Harrison Marion Preston Taylor Tucker
Increased prices in certain grades of eggs will go into effect Thursday in group 1 and 2 stores across 32 West Virginia counties. The price hikes include a one cent ceiling increase for ungraded eggs and 1 to 5 cents for extra large large medium grade A and large grade B eggs. Higher grades remain unchanged.
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District Office of Price Administration
Barbour
Harrison
Marion
Preston
Taylor
Tucker
Hatch Democrat Seeks Quick Floor Vote On Hobbs Labor Bill
Senator Hatch of New Mexico said he will move soon to bring the Hobbs anti racketeering labor bill up for a final vote as backers anticipate rapid senate action after the measure was moved from the judiciary committee. He warned against amendments and indicated plans to press for early action.
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Senate
Hatch
D.-N.m
Senate Judiciary Committee
Four British Officers Kidnapped in Tel Aviv
A reliable informant reports four British officers were kidnapped today from the Tel Aviv officers club by masked assailants believed to be Irgun members. The abduction follows a night of violence in Haifa with nine Jews killed and a string of railwayyard explosions raising casualties. The British Sixth Airborne Division searches for the captors and hostages.
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Palestine
Haifa
Irgun Zvai Leumt
Irgun
Yakon
War Office
London
Reuters
Sixth Airborne Division
Coal car shortage prompts railroad reply from B&O official
Fairmont June 18 A Baltimore and Ohio spokesman issued the answer to northern West Virginia coal car shortages. Vice President C W Van Horn cited four causes including unreturned empties, post strike slowdowns, delayed new cars, and the Lake Port strike, which left about 7 600 loaded cars idle. About 320 000 tons of production were lost since mines resumed. At the peak last week 81 mines with 6 000 men were idle, now 4 000 miners remain idle. The B and O added 1 100 cars today though mines had ordered 3 300.
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Northern West Virginia
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
C. W. van Horn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lake Port
van Horn
Baltimore and Ohio
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