Floods Displace Over 100 Families Across Pa and Ohio
Torrential spring rains triggered flash floods in parts of northwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio. More than 100 families fled homes from Conneautville to Kerrtown as water rose toward second-floor windows. A derailment near Cambridge injured eight, with three treated in Meadville. In Ohio floods forced about 80 more families from Snyderville and areas north of Dayton.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cambridge
Erie Railroad
New York
Chicago
Meadville
Conneautville
Kerrtown
Dayton
Miami River
Snyderville
Springfield
Miaimi Valley
British Government Announces Transfer of India to Indians
London reports the British government will transfer power in India almost immediately and allow the Indian people to choose single or dual governments. In New Delhi Nehru says major parties accept a plan for partition with a boundary commission to define Pakistan and Hindustan. Attlee deems the plan temporarily helpful. Churchill warns of potential bloodshed and questions details.
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London
India
Thlee
House of Commons
Lord Mountbatten
New Delhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Parkistan
Hindustan
Churchill
White House awaits fate of 4 billion tax cut bill
Congress passes a 4 billion annual tax cut bill with rates from 30 percent for small earnings to 10.5 percent for the largest incomes. Senate backing 48 to 28 and House 220 to 99 send the measure toward President Truman who may veto. Knutson predicts Truman will let the bill become law.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Congress
Truman
House
Chairan Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Hungary recalls envoys as new communist government forms
Informants report Hungary’s new communist dominated regime will recall ambassadors abroad, including Aladar Szegedy Maszak in Washington, Paul Auer in Paris, and Ferenc Gordon in Bern, to report to the government. Premier Lajos Dinnyes names two communists to head the office press department.
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Budapest
Huncen Oes
Aladar Szegedy- Maszak
Washington
Paul Auer
Paris
Hungary
Ferenc Gordon
Bern
Ferenc Nagy
Switzerland
Lajos Dinnyes
Weather Summary for Carolina June 4 1947
Considerable cloudiness with warmth and scattered showers in the east. Localities marked as fair to slightly cooler, with mild and pleasant conditions. Wednesday forecast shows fair skies and moderate temperatures across regions.
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Carolina
Mass Man Hunt Under Way for Negro Slayer and Attacker
In Columbia South Carolina sheriff T Alex Heise says a mass man hunt is underway for a Black man suspected of slashing and stabbing a white woman who said he had tried to rape her last week. The victim was found seriously injured at about 9 am after escaping from a screen door intrusion. Neighborhood residents armed with rifles and pistols are assisting deputies as they search Edgewood for the assailant who fled a tied stalker incident.
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Columbia
8. C
T. Alex Heise
Richland (Columbia
Edgewood
Truck Wreck Near Moncure Sparks Explosion Fear
A heavy trailer tractor unit, believed loaded with explosive chemicals, overturned at Moncure on June 3. The state highway patrol rushed to the scene to keep spectators away and prevent a disaster similar to previous incidents.
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Moncure
State Highway Patrol
Two Kannapolis Men Injured In Truck Crash Near Deep River
William F. Ewing aged 32 and Harold Powell 27 from Kannapolis were injured when their pickup overturned about 280 feet beyond Deep River bridge in Moncure. They were pinned in the truck and freed by local undertaker E. E B. Walden. They were taken to Lee County Hospital in Sanford for treatment. hospital authorities offered no injury details.
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Moncure
Kannapolis
William F. Ewing
Harold Powell
Chatham County
Deep River Bridge
E. E B. Walden
Lee County Hospital
Sanford
Truck overturns near Smithfield in fatal blast
In Chatham county a truck loaded with explosives overturned near the Sanford highway center of town killing several spectators. The truck, owned by Miller Express of Charlotte, burned after overturning about half a mile from town. The driver was rescued unconscious, helper believed unharmed, and no immediate names were learned. The fire likely started from the engine battery.
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Smithfield
E. E. Walden
Chatham County
Miller Express
Charlotte
Sanford Highway
Hearing on Universal Training Ordered by House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee ordered public hearings on universal training after Karl T. Compton called the international situation too serious to delay. Compton, head of Truman’s advisory commission, warned that intrigue backed by force may still be used for national aggrandizement and cautioned about ongoing evidence in some quarters.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Karl T. Compton
Compton
Truman
Building Row May Handicap Rent Decision
Senator Buck said a dispute over building restrictions could block final congressional action on rent controls. The Senate conferees aim to reconcile differences between the Senate bill and the House version extending controls beyond June 30, 1947 with no broad ceiling increases.
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Washington
Buck
R-Del
Senate
House
Tobey
R-Nh
Banking Committee
Taylor
D- Daho
Kilgore
DW. Va
Hawkes
Mrs Wallace Wade Dies At Her Duke Coach Husband
Mrs Wallace Wade wife of Duke University football coach died at her Durham home early last night She was formerly Miss Frances Bell of Pittsburgh They wed in July 1917 Funeral services planned for Duke Chapel tomorrow morning Dr Kelsey Regan of First Presbyterian will lead Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Robert W Clark of Winston Salem and a son Wallace Wade Jr
Salisbury To Get 28-Unit Apartment Complex
Greensboro reports E. D. Kuykendall Jr announced FHA approval of a 28 unit rental housing project in Salisbury. Leo Wallace Jr will construct two story buildings with a mix of 3 and 4 room units.
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Greensboro
E. D. Kuykendall, Jr
Federal Housing Administration
Salisbury
Leo Wallace, Jr
No Success In Hunt for Two Attackers
Williamston police report no success in locating two Black suspects after an incident involving a 15 year old white girl last Saturday night. Sheriff C B Roebuck said eight Black people had been taken into custody for questioning.
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Williamston
Martin County
C. B. Roebuck
Father seeks state help in assault case in Williamston
J Edward Corey, father of a 15 year old girl, asked Governor Cherry to send state bureau of investigation agents and FBI aid after local authorities failed to locate a suspect in an alleged attack on Louise Corey. A suspect, named Jody, was questioned and released. In Rich Square a 17 year old bride, Mrs. Allen Davis Byrd, faced an attempted attack with three black men arrested and held in undisclosed jails.
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Williamston
J. Edward Corey
Cherry
State Bureau of Investigation
Corey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jody
Louise Corey
Rich Square
Allen Davis Byrd
Walnut Cove Principal Elected Stokes County School Superintendent
Danbury June 3 R M Green principal of Walnut Cove schools was elected superintendent of Stokes County schools effective July 1. He will succeed J C Carson of Germanton who resigned after 28 years at a board meeting here yesterday.
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Danbury
R. M. Green
Walnut Cove
Stokes County
Board of Education
J. C. Carson
Germanton
United Nations Grapples With Atomic Control Showdown
Lake Success N Y June 3 The United Nations works to bridge American and Russian views on atomic control. David Lilienthal says the United States will keep its leading role in atomic energy until a world agency can enforce checks. Delegates debate veto use in the Security Council if an atomic crime occurs.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
United States
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
World Agency
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Security Council
Taft Promises Hearings On Price Situation
Senator Taft asserts the Truman administration shifted from price containment to abroad spending. He says a Senate-House committee on the economic report may order public hearings on prices and current economic conditions. He backs the Greece-Turkey aid program reluctantly, hoping for a swift wind-up.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate-House Committee On the Economic Report
Joint Committee
High Point WHPE Broadcast Opens With City Leaders
WHPE 1070 AM in High Point began broadcasting at 10 this morning with Mayor Earl N. Phillips and other leaders speaking. The program featured High Point College Quartette, pianist Robert Gayle, and a Chopin piece during test reception reports from several East Coast cities.
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WHPE
High Point
Earl N. Phillips
High Point College Quartette
Robert Gayle
Enterprise Building
North Main Street
Phillips
North Carolina
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
High Point Ministers' Association
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Joe A. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Gayle
Chopin
Gloucester
Mass
Hartford
Newark
N. J
Parkville
Clarence Bummham
Glouces
CAB Probing Crash Cause
CAB investigators pursue a structural failure theory in the tail of an Eastern Airlines jet that killed 58 aboard when it broke up in level flight near Port Deposit Maryland. No engine or propeller fault found. further work at Bainbridge naval depot ongoing.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Airlines
CAB
James M. Landis
Port Deposit
Freight Car Industry To Be Probed
Attorney General Clark announced a district grand jury investigation into alleged anti trust violations in the rail freight car building sector. He cited restraints of trade and asked for documents from freight car makers railway and building trade associations and others amid a long national shortage.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Signals Heard From Enterprise Station Across States
Hartford resident Ter and Phillip R Nichols report strong signals testing early Saturday while James H Booth in Birmingham notes clear reception with minor Dallas interference. Brooklyn and Newark listeners report strong signals Sunday afternoon along with a list of Enterprise Station programs heard.
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Ter
Phillip R. Nichols
Hartford
James H. Booth
Birmingham
Ala
WHPE
Dallas
Charles J. Martin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Koppelen
Newark
N. J
Hubert Montalet
Elberon
Enterprise Station
Vandenberg Urges Fast Ratification of Postwar Treaties
Senator Vandenberg urged swift Senate ratification of peace pacts with Italy Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to enable action on Germany and Austria pacts. He warned delay could hinder a unified Europe and endanger future peace as Hungary faces Soviet influence and withdrawal of occupation forces. Bridges plans opposition to Italy treaty upon return from New Hampshire.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Hungary
Bulstria
Romania
Germany
Austria
Italy
Bridges
Democrats Seek Truman Veto On Labor Bill
Democratic members of the House labor committee plan to ask President Truman for a veto of the compromise union curbs bill. Rep. Madden and others said they would pursue White House access as Congress schedules action on the measure. The bill, crafted by Republicans Hartley of New Jersey and Taft of Ohio, aims to curb strikes and union activity with votes due this week.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Truman
Madden
Dmnd
Lesinski
D-Mich
White House
Kelley
Dpa
Kennedy
D-Mass
Powell
Klein
D-Ny
Renee
Senate
Hartley
RNJ
Taft
Ohio
Senate Committee
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Raleigh
Walter B. Bruce
Hubert L. Bobbitt
N. C
Civilian Air Patrol
Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Wallace Wade
America
Enterprise
Amos R. Kearns
General Alumni Association
Duke University
Toda
Crown Hosiery Mills
Gurney H. Kearns
Charles Kearns
Duke
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