Colleges May Have to Refuse About 500000
Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine told the General Federation of Women’s Clubs that about 500000 college applicants including 290000 veterans will be turned away this fall unless broader action is taken. He urged measures to aid schools with surplus property and expansion while stressing a program for youth to prevent juvenile delinquency and noting 900000 servicemen lack a high school diploma. Illinois federation won first for music scholarships funding.
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Chicago
Graves B. Erskine
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Erskine
Department of Labor
RRA
Illinois State Federation
Chalmers Union Resume Negotiations In Progress
Negotiations between United Auto Workers Local 248 and Allis Chalmers resumed yesterday with federal conciliators in Boston and Springfield. Talks at La Crosse plant expected to continue today as union and company committees meet to resolve the strike.
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Milwaukee
United Auto Workers Union
CLU
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Boston
Springfield
Allis Chalmers
United States Conciliation Service
la Crosse
New Republic of Cochinchina Formed as Autonomous Republic
New Republic of Cochinchina, shown in black on the map, is established as an autonomous republic within the Indo China federation and the French Union. France's Cochin Commission says the republic must decide by popular referendum whether to join Viet Nam or the Annamese republic recognized by France in March.
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Cochin
China
French Union
France
Cochin Commission
Viet Nam
Annamese
Tornado Area Hits Detroit and Ontario Floods
Victims rise as residents begin rebuilding after a tornado tore through the Detroit River region. Flood damage across southwestern Ontario is pegged at 5 million dollars with half of 9,000 acres in Essex and Kent counties underwater. Windsor reports 16 dead including Marlo Beaman and Ida Upam. Michigan also sees crop losses, notably 300 thousand dollars in Macomb County.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Ontario
Essex
Kent
Windsor
Marlo Beaman
Riverside
New Brunswick
Ida Upam
Sandwich
Michigan
Macomb County
Short Strawed Wheat Crop Is Shaping Up
Minneapolis, Minn. Cargill Crop bulletin notes a potential billion bushel short straw crop as harvest returns in Texas and Oklahoma exceed expectations. Reports say many fields have short straw with large berries and well filled heads, while frost damaged western Kansas lags. Moisture remains scarce in Montana and the Dakotas as spring wheat nears critical growth. Oats may surpass last year’s record. barley is low and corn stands well. A black market in corn arises from price controls with normal channels drying up.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cargill
Southwest
Texas- Oklahoma
Kansas
Montana
Dakotas
Northwest States
Bulletin
Smallest known book crafted by Sergeant Howman
Sergeant M Howman of Dartford England created a volume about the size of a matchstick, considered the world’s smallest book, and presented it to the British Museum for public display and preservation.
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M. Howman
Dartford
England
British Museum
Hatching Tune Planned for Blessed Ostrich Birth
Professional screwball Jim Moran planned a hatching tune for a blessed event as he prepares to father an ostrich egg. Lou Bush, pianist and composer, is arranging a woodwind quartet to accompany the hatch. Moran aims for the egg to hatch by Independence Day.
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Los Angeles
WUP
Jim Moran
Lou Bush
Janet Blair
Moran
Traffic Deaths Rise In Wisconsin Five Months
Wisconsin's traffic toll for the first five months reached 259 lives, 63 more than the same period in 1945, according to the State Motor Vehicle Department Safety Division.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department Safety Division
Poisonous Cloud Danger Largely Groundless Says Admiral
Vice Admiral Blandy, commander of the Atomic Task Force, said new high altitude studies reduce the projected danger from radioactive particle precipitation during the Bikini test. Weather reforms suggest a better bombing window, with potential days rising from seven to eleven in July, aiding the second full scale rehearsal by army and navy aviation units.
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Mount McKinley
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Atomic Task Force
Army
Navy
Final Dress Rehearsal by Task Force Ships and Planes
Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner, commander of army planes in the atomic test, said Sunday’s rehearsal by ships and planes of the task force was excellent with a very good bombing plane hit.
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William E. Kepner
Herriot Offered Cabinet Post In Bidault Government
Former Premier Herriott said President Bidault offered him a cabinet position in the new French government. He would consult his Radical Socialist party before accepting and did not reveal the portfolio. Bidault’s allies expected an inclusive cabinet with at least one moderate, while he would keep the foreign affairs post. Domestic political troubles rose.
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Paris
Édouard Herriott
Radical Socialist Party
Georges Bidault
Herriot
Bidault
Bidault Eyes Cabinet Talks as Opponents Plan Citywide Strike
The article notes Bidault's departure from the Big Four foreign ministers conference to meet opposition leaders while leftist groups organize a citywide strike in response to demonstrations against the government. Protesters attacked Communist headquarters Tuesday night shouting Gen. Charles De Gaulle's name.
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Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Flood Control Bill Passes House Amid Pork Barrel Claims
A controversial $900 million flood control bill was approved by the House by a 202 to 38 vote. The decision followed a standing vote, drawing criticism from one congressman who labeled it pork barrel.
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Washington
House
Classified Act Authorization Without Immediate Funding
The text notes that the legislation authorizes the work but does not provide funding or appropriation. It states Congress may provide the money later and clarifies no record of individual votes is kept. A call to action mentions dialing a classified act number.
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Congress
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