Flood Crest Threatens Pacific Northwest as Rivers Rage
A massive flood surge from the Columbia and Fraser rivers presses against dikes across Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Canadian and U S crews reinforce levees as death toll rises and thousands remain homeless amid widespread damage to farms and infrastructure.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington
Big River
Pacific
Columbia
Snake River
Barnston
Hatzie
Northwest
Fraser
Idaho
Lower
Lower Columbia
Clatskanie
U. S
Truman Train Begins Swing Around Nation
President Truman launches an 18 state grass roots tour aboard a special train heading westward for Chicago. He promises messages to reporters while avoiding public party signals and plans major speeches in Omaha Seattle Berkeley and Los Angeles with stops in Gary Fort Wayne and Chicago Stadium marking the 100th Swedish immigration anniversary.
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Chicago
Truman
Washington
Jacob M. Arvey
Democratic Central Committee
Fort Wayne
Gary
Arvey
Palmer House
Edward J. Kelly
Martin Kennelly
Democratic National Committee
J. Howard McGarth
White House
Union Station
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Clark
Agriculture Brannen
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Midwest
Europe
Omaha
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
Los Angeles
Court Orders Lewis To Bargain In Coal Row
Federal court orders John L. Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association. Lewis agrees to meet for contract talks as the UMW faces a June 30 expiration. Judge Goldsborough rejects the union’s push for a single representative for 99 units and urges negotiations with the 14 associations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Thern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW
Lewis
Saturnn
Ins
T. Alan Golds
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Goldsborough
Joseph Moody
Southern Association
Southern Producers Association
Moody
Association
Man Overcome By Gas Revived In City Home
Sidney Hetland, 23, of 503 South 16th street, is recovering in hospital after being overcome by gas while helping his wife with laundry in the basement of their home. A gas heater leak caused the incident and misaddressed calls delayed responders.
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Sidney Hetland
South 16Th Street
Hetlandad
South Sixth Street
North Sixth
South 14Th Street
Hetland
Republican by day Democrat by night Marion Taylor noted
Sarasota report profiles Marion Taylor as secretary to Roger Flory a Republican alternate delegate to the national convention while her husband Frank O Taylor serves as a Democratic national convention delegate. The piece highlights cross party involvement in a single household.
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Sarasota, Fla
Marion Taylor
Roger Flory
Frank O. Taylor
La Crosse Area Weather: Mild Tonight with Local Showers
Mostly cloudy and mild tonight with locally developed thundershowers by Saturday morning and continuing into the forenoon. Saturday afternoon sees continued unsettled conditions. Low tonight 64 degrees, high Saturday 84 degrees.
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la Crosse
Russia To Cancel Half Finland War Debt
Premier Mauno Pekkala says Moscow will cancel about 70 million dollars of Finland's remaining war reparations debt. A formal note from Moscow confirmed the move after three Finnish ministers had urged a reduction. The original bill was 300 million dollars, with roughly 160 million paid to date.
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Helsinki
Finland
Mauno Pekkala
Russia
Pekkala
Moscow
Giant Halo telescope opens new era in astronomy at Palomar
Palomar Mountain California hosts the 200 inch Halo telescope dedication marking a doubled light-gathering capacity. The instrument with a 14 ton mirror and rotating dome will later photograph deep space reflections and study prisms at Caltech under early Safron era leadership.
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Palomar Mountain
Calif
California
Saturn
California Institute of Technology
Corning
N. Y
California Institute of Technology Optical Laboratory
Pasadena
Here
George Ellery Hale
Battle Over Marshall Plan Fund Cuts Heats Up
Washington reports a GOP push to join Democrats against the House Appropriations Committee cuts to the Marshall Plan. Rep. Dirksen says a substantial GOP bloc will back restoring funds as Chairman Taber notes a near one billion dollar reduction.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
State Marshall
Rep
Dirksen
Rayburn
Texas
Marshall
Congress
Europe
Harvard University
Appropriations Committee
Taber
R-Ny
Truman
Western
Greece
Turkey
China
Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Republican delegates jockey over first ballot at convention
Backers of Taft Dewey and Stassen dispute early totals for the first convention ballot. Taft claims 306 votes, Dewey rivals say 281 with 149 for Stassen. 548 needed. Dewey's Brownell predicts Dewey leads on opening, while Stassen foresees 340. Taft alive with Illinois 56 votes and other states in play.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Herbert E. Brownell
New York
Philadelphia
Brownell
Stassen
Des Moines
Illinois
Dwight Green
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Connecticut
May Amend Military Bill Amid Draft Debate
The senate struck from a two year draft bill a provision for compulsory training for 18 year olds while keeping a voluntary option. The bill would register men 18 to 25 with immediate call for unmarried non veterans 19 to 25. Some 161,000 18 year olds could enlist for one year or wait for two years.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
Capehart
R-ind
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
U. S
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Rail Unions Consider New Pay Demands
Wage and rules committee of two railroad brotherhoods will meet in Chicago on June 14 to consider new pay demands for railroad carriers. The unions are the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. An official declined to name himself.
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Cleveland
Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Wisconsin Faces Dual Threat of Drought and Fires
Rain began to dampen parts of Wisconsin but the state remains under a growing threat from drought and fires. Officials warn that every dry day raises disaster risk while crews monitor for new blazes and may expand bans on campfires and permits.
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Milwaukee
United States
Howard J. Thompson
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Wisconsin Rapids
Neil LeMay
W. J. Aberg
Bernadotte Seeks Clarity On Palestine Truce Interpretations
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte aims to resolve conflicting Arab and Jewish readings of the four week Palestine truce within a day or two. Fighting continues across northern Palestine and along the Tel Aviv corridor with both sides claiming gains. Jewish forces reportedly entered Jenin and bombed Nablus, while Jerusalem endures sporadic shelling and sniper fire. Arthurian terms not required.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Jenin
Isdud
Jerusalem
Boy Critically Hurt By Unloaded Gun in Madison
James Ross, 13, of Deerfield, was in critical condition in a Madison hospital after an accidental discharge of a gun described as unloaded by District Attorney Edin Wilkie. The incident underscores dangers of false safety claims with firearms.
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Madison
Wis
James Ross
Deerfield
Madisox
Dist
Edin Wilkie
Drought Extends Across Coulee Region With 18 Days No Rain
County agents warn crops face decline as heat and dryness bite. Weather forecast by A D Sanial calls for scattered showers late Friday night with cooler conditions Saturday. Grain and corn remain in decent shape but late plantings need moisture. pastures suffer and hydro plants feel strain in Chippewa Falls area.
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Wisconsin
Superior-Duluth
Superior
Chippewa Falls
Rice Lake
Coulee
Picure
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Dakotas
Minnesota
Santa
Vernon County
Wayne Hanson
Houston County
Vern Hendrickson
Buffalo County
A. D. Begley
Monroe County
Begley
Jerome Riedy
States To Snare Soldier Home Funds
Twenty six states will share a $1,101,200 annual boost for state-operated soldiers homes. A new law doubles the federal payment per veteran to $500 for aid through June 30, 1951. About 5,506 veterans in 28 homes in 26 states and 14,749 in 12 VA homes qualify. Michigan 273, Minnesota 271, Wisconsin 193 are listed among benefiting states.
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Washington
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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Canada
Hatzie Islands
British Columbia
Port Kells
Bush
Laber
Longview-Kelso
Snake
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Mr. Truman
Baltimore
Tom Sawyer
Arthur
Raymond B. Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
By Jack Bell
Associated Press
le May
Nicolet National Forest
Rhinelander
Oneida - Lincoln District
State Conservation Department
Holy Land
Amman
Tans-Jordan
Nablus
el Aviv
Tulkarm
Israel
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