Tornado Rips River Rouge Windsor Area Killing and Wounding
The freak storm leveled more than 100 homes from River Rouge to Windsor crossing the Detroit river. It killed Waldo Beaman and his wife, the Beaman child, and injured dozens while cutting power and water. Rescue work faced heavy rain and debris as officials battled looting and searched rural zones.
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Windsor
A. J. Brian
City Utilities Commission
Detroit River
Weather Bureau
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Swist Regiment
River Rouge
Canada
Waldo Beaman
Raymond Fox
Beaman
John R. Fisher
Thomas Verellen
Detroit
Briton Beach
Ont
Sandwich Road
YMCA
Windsors
Detroit Edison Company
Charles J. Ellison
Ellison
Grace Hospital
Christopher Paget
Paget
David Bordeaux
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tornado Leaves Windsor Area in Ruin and Panic
A tornado ripped through Wind sor and Windsor causing complete destruction of Little River homes and unroofing the Michigan Central round house. A Pace train derailed and several wagons overturned while River Rouge faced about 250000 dollars in Canadian losses. Police and officials reported no confirmed deaths and noted the storm’s path narrowly avoided Detroit and Windsor.
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A. L. Moor
Windsor Public Parks
Little River
Michigan Central Railroad
Windsor
River Rouge
Data on Family Savings and Postwar Financing
A federal survey shows two fifths of American families hold about $40 in liquid assets while 40 percent own only a tiny share of savings. The next 30 percent hold 11 percent, the top 30 percent hold 74 percent with at least $1,100 per family, and the top 10 percent average $10,500. Borrowed money drives rising postwar purchases as high cost items become available.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal Reserve Board
Council Approves Naval Armory Salary Review Measure
City council votes favorably on a salary measure for Board of Review members tied to the naval armory item. Letters from L A Wilcox and Daughters of Union Veterans thank the city for hospitality during a Kenosha encampment. Debates on taxi regulations continue with a proposal to repeal front seat bans, referred to next meeting. A street extension inquiry, harbor lease to Kenosha Yacht Club, and routine permits and projects are also noted with referrals to committees.
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Board of Review
L. A. Wilcox
Grand Army of the Republic of Wisconsin
Kenosha
Daughters of Union Veterans
73Rd Street
13Th Avenue
Sheridan Road
City Plan Commission
Board of Public Works
Campbell Awarded 115000 for Miscarriage of Justice
Bertram M. Campbell a Floral Park bookkeeper who served 40 months in Sing Sing for forgeries and later confessed by another man received 115000 from New York state. The claim court deemed him a victim of miscarriages and awarded damages for humiliation loss of liberty and earnings. He had been convicted in 1938 and imprisoned at Sing Sing and was on parole after 1941 release.
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Albany
N. Y
Bertram M. Campbell
Sing Sing
New York State
State Court of Claims
Floral Park
Campbell
Wall Street
New York City
Arrest Two Germans On Spy Charges In Peiping
Shanghai reporters note two Germans Siegfried Fallkrug and Walter Heissig were arrested in Peiping by U S Army headquarters for spying for Japan. The pair were key operatives of the Ehrhardt Bureau, the German high command's Far East intelligence network, active across China.
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Shanghai
Germany
China
Peiping
U. S. Army
Bureau Ehrhardt
High Command
Far East
Army
Siegfried Fallkrug
Walter Heissig
Ehrhardt
Patterson Gives Merger Support
The War Department pledges wholehearted support to Truman's plan to merge the armed services. Secretary Robert P. Patterson responds to a June 15 letter from the president and Secretary Forrestal, endorsing an economical and effective postwar military reorganization.
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Washington
White House
Patterson
Truman
Secretary of the Navy
War Department
Four British Officers Seized by Extremists in Palestine Attacks
Sunday night attacks across Palestine left rail bridges destroyed including the Yarmuk gorge and Allenby span. A British officer and two soldiers died in mine and clash incidents. British troops detained 62 Beth Haawara residents along with 12 men and 2 women under arrest. Haganah claimed responsibility. Palestine Post condemned the violence.
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Palestine
Beth Haawara
Dead Sea
Haifa
Haganah
Tel Aviv
Palestine Post
Syria
Transjordan
Yarmuk
Jordan
Bubbles Delivers Mail Pouch in Armstrong Minnesota
The postmaster dies as a police dog named Bubbles carries the mail for his master in Armstrong. Daily at 5 15 p m the dog leaves the post office to meet the Milwaukee railway mail train whistle. The pouch is delivered to the station and returned to the post office.
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Armstrong
Minn
Bubbles
Olson
Milwaukee Railway
Kenosha Chamber Publishes 10 Page City Booklet
The Chamber of Commerce issues a ten page booklet describing Kenosha city features. The cover shows a panoramic aerial view looking northwest from Lake Michigan and includes a mid booklet map to help visitors and newcomers. The committee for promotion of Kenosha directed publication and distribution with R. S. Kingsley as chairman and members Elmer Hanak Arnold Hewitt Harold Long Sam Block R. B. Whyte and Harry Mayer. Dial 5121 for your classified ad.
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Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Committee For the Promotion of
Chamber of Commerce
R. S. Kingsley
Elmer Hanak
Arnold Hewitt
Harold Long
Sam Block
R. B. Whyte
Harry Mayer
Attlee Says UK in Close Contact With U.S. Over Palestine Situation
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the Commons that Britain is in close touch with the United States on the Palestine issue and could not make a statement at present. Conservative Oliver Stanley urged a government decision and debate in parliament amid grave recent events.
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London
U.S
Clement R. Attlee
Commons
United States
Palestine
Oliver Stanley
Attlee
Typhoon Near Luzon Moves Toward Philippine Coast
The navy reported a typhoon moving toward Luzon from a point 350 miles east of Mindanao, a major Philippine island to the south. The disturbance is tracked as it approaches northern maritime areas.
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Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
Big Philippine Island
Wisconsin Coroners Association Holds Inaugural Convention
Dane county coroner Ace Fischer, president of the Wisconsin Coroners Association, announced that the first annual convention will be held in Madison this Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Coroners’ Association
Ace Fischer
Dane County
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Arthur J. Reaume
GOP
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James Kemper
Chicago
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M.D.R
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Call
Council
Naval Armory
Juraj Slavik
Dr. Slavik
Czechoslovakia
America
Robert P. Patterson
Yellow Cab Co
Midwestern
Wisconsin Improvement & Supply Co
W. National Ave
Mitchell
Minnesota
Chamber
U. S
Wisconsin
Kenosha Airport
American Legion
Legion Club
Kor Ses
Coroners’ Association
Victory Cleaners
Mike DiCello
Mike Asta
Roosevelt Road
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