Twister Hits Missouri and Illinois Towns in Outburst
A tornado tore a quarter mile wide swath through Farmington Missouri then hit Evansville Illinois about 35 miles away. Another funnel struck Kane Texas injuring at least one person and damaging homes while cutting power and phone lines for hours. The storms also caused snow slides in California and flood threats in the Southwest.
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Mississippi Valley
California
Farmington
St. Louis
Evansville
Kane
Strink
Like It or Not Rain Expected to Touch Down
Gray transient clouds move into San Francisco and nearby areas with scattered showers. The weather forecast expects a slight shower on inland pavement, clearing to blue skies by late afternoon. Temperatures in Long Beach range from 45 to 60 degrees with light winds, except in nearby mountains. Yesterday’s high reached 62 and the record low was 47.
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San Franco
Long Beach
Truman Withdraws From California June 3 Primary
Sacramento dispatch reports California Democratic leader says President Truman will be withdrawn from the June 3 state primary after word from National Committeeman Frank McKinney. Assemblyman William Rosenthal of Los Angeles serves as treasurer.
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Sacramento
Mar
California
Truman
Frank McKinney
William Rosenthal
Los Angeles
United Press
Panta
AFL Fights Communism Editorial Profile of Irving Brown
Time magazine highlighted the AFL's anti Communism effort in Europe. Irving Brown, the AFL's representative, spent six plus years aiding European labor unions after World War II. The piece praises his work against Communist influence and notes European resistance remains partly due to his actions. Continued on Page 16.
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AFL
Time Magazine
APL
Europe
Irving Brown
Fragmentary political note from California letter to congressman
A terse, garbled note from a McKinney correspondent to Congressman Sheppard expresses a request aligned with the President’s wishes to keep his name out of presidential preference primaries. The incomplete text mentions TreMan and a Tubman style pledge without clear context or dates.
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Dumaeccatic Party
California
Harry Rh. Sheppard
Calify
McKinney
Ins
Ser Treman
Write-in Ballots Creating Upset in Minnesota Primary
In Minneapolis on March 19, preliminary returns from 1653 of 3769 precincts show Harold Stassen leading Eisenhower in the Republican primary with 81,429 to 72,012. In the Democrat contest, Hubert Humphrey, a Stand-in candidate, figures in the race for President.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stussen
Eisenhower
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
Fstes Kefauver
Humphrey
Kefauver
Bradshaw Mintener
Minnesotans-for-Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Marl Warr
California
Taft
Warren
Three Hurt in Ship Blast Aboard freighter SS Howard Olson
San Francisco March 18 Three seamen were seriously injured tonight in an ammonia explosion in the engine room aboard the Olson Steamship Company freighter SS Howard Olson en route from Los Angeles to Coos Bay Oregon. Coast Guard said the vessel was docking at Humboldt Bay to transfer the injured ashore for medical treatment. The blast occurred shortly after dark aboard the freighter operated out of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Howard Olson
Los Angeles
Coos Bay
Ore
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Olson Steamship C
Humboldt Bay
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