Final Plans For A Bomb Test Listed
The article outlines joint army navy plans for the Bikini atoll test set for July 1. It details 40,000 personnel traffic, weather checks, moving ships, safety protocols, drone operations, air and sea rescue readiness, and a multi stage sequence of aircraft and monitors to observe the atomic explosion from nearby ships and distant bases.
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U.S. S. Appalachian
Bikini
Vice Adm
W. H. P. Byways
Testiay
Ganger
Woodrow P. Swancutt
la Crosse
Wis
Kwajalein
Blandy
France Backs U S Atom Plan At UN
France indicated in principle approval of the United States plan for atomic control and outlawing the bomb. Alexandre Parodi called Baruch s proposal a generous contribution toward a global solution while urging world judges to outlaw the bomb as a weapon of warfare.
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New York
Alexandre Parodi
France
United Nations Atomic Aecommission
United States
Parodi
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyko
Pravda
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Communist Party
Weather forecast for La Crosse area cool relief
Clearing and cooler tonight with a low around 60. Wednesday stays fair and cool with afternoon highs near 78.
OPA Agreement Nears Final House Vote
Chairman Spence predicts Truman will sign the OPA compromise after a joint Senate House conference. The measure renews some controls but trims others, leaving meat butter cigarettes and gasoline price ceilings intact for a one year period.
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Washington
Spence
OPA
House
Senate
Truman
Twenty two plead guilty in Detroit car price conspiracy
Twenty two of thirty one defendants pleaded guilty to a three million dollar conspiracy to buy used cars above ceiling prices. Seven others pleaded not guilty as Judge Koscinski began their trial.
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Detroit
Arthur Koscinski
OPA
Murray
Cairo
Ill
Kentucky
Koscinski
Soviets Reject U S Protest on Romania News Ban
Acting Secretary of State Acheson said Moscow flatly rejected Washington's protest over Romania's news freedom suppression. Reuben Markham of the Christian Science Monitor was expelled, and Markham left Romania June 22 to seek asylum in Athens after being ordered out by Soviet authorities in Bucharest.
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Washington
i/P
Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Markham
Moscow
Bucharest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kremlin
Stalin
Truman
Altice
Athens
State Department
Susaikov
Cool Weather Forecast With Lower Temperatures Expected
Local meteorologist A. D. Sanial predicts clear and cooler conditions tonight with a low of 60. Wednesday brings fair skies and continued cool temperatures with highs around 78 to 80. Overnight low was 65 and the 24 hour high 87. A storm that moved from Wyoming into upper Michigan is described with showers and thunderstorms across North Dakota Minnesota Missouri and extreme southeastern Kansas. The Mississippi River levels are expected to fall for 24 hours then rise by Thursday with near flood levels on the lower Chippewa by Thursday afternoon and near thankful stage in the upper Wisconsin through Wednesday. The Wisconsin below Portage may rise over the weekend.
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Trafic
Eniwetok
Eniwetok Field
A. D. Sanial
Steen
Wyoming
Upper Michigan
North Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Mississippi
Trempealeau
Dam No. 10
Lake Pepin
Chippewa
Wisconsin
Merrill
Wisconsin Rapids
Portage
Five Rescued From Lake Winnebago
Five persons in a disabled motor boat were rescued after drifting for 25 hours on Lake Winnebago. A police launch rescued Mr and Mrs T B Russell of Fond du Lac and Mr and Mrs William McCoy and a daughter of Racine. A flotilla of 27 boats and 13 planes had sought them.
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Neenah
Wis
Lake Winnebago
T. B. Russell
Fond du Lac
William McCoy
Racine
Sole Survivor Recalls Lake Tragedy Last Hours
Patricia Smith, the sole survivor from the Green Bay sailboat tragedy, describes battling breakers during a sudden squall that capsized the 38 foot Half Moon. She recounts her father Leather D. Smith diving to save others and her efforts to reach shore with Mary Loomis as the search paused amid worsening conditions.
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Patricia Smith
Patricia
Leather D. Smith
Sturgeon Bay
U. S
Elton Washburn
Howart Hunt
Smith
Mary Loomis
Winnetaka
Mary
Boy Seized by Driver Reported as Put in Trunk
In Nashua New Hampshire police investigated claims a motorist grabbed a boy in Chestnut Street and stuffed him in a car trunk. Fireman Herbert Duprey and another firefighter John Malloy supported the sighting describing a trunked body with Massachusetts plates before the car sped away.
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Nashua
N. H
Chestnut Street
Herbert Duprey
Massachusetts
Duprey
John Malloy
Plane Crashes In Mexico City Runway Crash In Mexico
A four motored DC4 of Mexicana Aviation crashed near the Mexico City airport end of the runway. Forty two passengers and four crew escaped with only minor injuries. Chief Pilot Capt. Marcial Huerta Jones led the flight bound for Los Angeles. Fire halted as travelers exited and two planes continued to Los Angeles.
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Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Company
Los Angeles
U. S
American Air Lines
Marcial Huerta Jones
Major Wermuth Visits Traverse City in Bataan Army Fame
Maj Arthur Wermuth known as the one man army of Bataan arrived in Traverse City with his wife Jean on a Pennsylvania Central plane. He had been touring the middle west with the Flying Tigers aerial circus for public relations and left promptly for home after a brief meeting with his wife. He stated they had several things to discuss and had nothing further to say.
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Traverse City
Mich
Arthur Wermuth
Bataan
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Jean
Wermuth
Middle West
Flying Tigers Aerial Circus
World Champion Cow Dies Bearing Calf
Seattle reports the death of Carnation Ormsby Madcap Fayne a world champion Holstein Fresian cow at Carnation Farms. She died giving birth to a 95 pound bull calf her ninth calf. The cow previously set a 1942 milk record of 41 943 pounds and 1392 pounds of butterfat.
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Seattle
Carnation Ormsby
Madcap Fayne
Carnation Farms
United States faces UNRRA funding tied to press access
President Truman said American reporters cannot enter two Soviet republics to report UNRRA activities. Lawmakers push for no money to go to countries barring press access. The final UNRRA allotment reaches 465 million dollars, lifting US total to 2.7 billion.
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Washington
Russia
UNRRA
Truman
Moscow
Soviet Republics
United States
Clarence Brown
Ohio
House
Brown
Congress
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Five Kenosha youths treated after auto fire injures passengers
In downtown Kenosha a car carrying five youths struck a parked vehicle and burst into flames in the rear seat. Three girls were pulled free and doused while the remaining front seat occupants escaped. Injuries include burns and lacerations to Gloria Aiello Jean Orlin and Margaret Prell with Ole Jensen and Lorna Prell also listed among the injured. Joe Stehlik escaped unharmed.
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Kenosha
Wis
Ole Jensen
Joe Stehlik
Lorna Prell
Gloria Aiello
Jean Orlin
Margaret Prell
Stehlik
Mine Food Probe Opens Over Shortages in Mining Areas
The agriculture department authorized an investigation into reports of acute food shortages, especially meats, in soft coal mining regions of eastern states. Miners in these areas have threatened to quit unless supplies are increased.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Flood Swamps Ashland as 1 000 Homeless in Wis
Floods from Bad river release inundate Odanah and surrounding areas in Ashland county leaving about 1 000 homeless. Arvid Maki found dead in his car near a washed out bridge. Roads opened while rail connections remained cut off and repairs begin.
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Ashland
Wis
Ashland County
Odanah
White River
Mellen
Superior
Bayfield
Arvid Maki
Oulu
Port Wing
Iron River
Here
Plan Racine Income Tax To Replace Property Levy
Racine considers replacing real estate taxes with a city income tax Alderman George Due sponsors the measure and asks City Attorney Greenquist to rule on legality. Greenquist aims to issue an opinion by the July 2 council meeting addressing constitutional permit and collection authority questions.
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Racine
Kenneth L. Greenquist
George Due
Greenquist
Fatal Accident Claims Kin of Racine Doctor in Kenosha
Kenosha Wis April report states Jay Richards Hammond 18 son of Dr D F Hammond a Racine physician died at St Catherine's hospital after an auto crash on Highway 42 near Kenosha last night. Companion Charles Stark 18 also of Racine was critically injured deputies said vehicle lost control and struck a large pole.
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Kenosha
Wis
Jay Richards Hammond
D. F. Hammond
Racine
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Here
Charles Stark
Induction Bill Passes House Extends Draft to 1946
The house approved compromise legislation extending the draft until March 31 next year and barring 18 year olds from induction. The bill, 259 to 110, allows non fathers ages 19 to 44 and limits service to 18 months while capping armed forces size and permitting current fathers to seek discharge after August 1, 1946. The measure follows a war department note that no one will be drafted in July or August.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Department
Army
Wisconsin House Vote on Draft Extension Names Participants
Wisconsin congressmen split on a draft extension to enroll 19 year olds while barring 18 year olds. Biemiller Wasielewski Byrnes Keefe O Knski Murray Smith Hull Henry Stevenson voting patterns listed.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Biemiller
Wasielewski
Byrnes, Keefe
O’konski
Senate approves compromise on draft and pay raise
The debate centers on suspending inductions before October 15 and banning drafts for 18 and 19 year olds while the senate had favored drafts for 18 and 19 year olds. A compromise bill calls for a draft exit June 30 and a pay raise for all service personnel. Secretary Patterson said July draft calls are not planned and an all volunteer army is preferred if pay increases attract enough volunteers.
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Senate
House
Rep
Thomason
D-Tex
Patterson
Dwight D Eisenhower
Yanks Beat Reich Parents Refusing Date With Daughter
German police say three American patrol troopers stabbed and beat a Frankfurt couple when they refused a midnight rendezvous with their daughter. One trooper dropped his cap during the scuffle as the soldiers fled the Calow home. Bernhad Calow was stabbed twice and his wife struck on the head.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bernhad Calow
Calow
Lie Calls on Critics to Back United Nations
Dr Trygve Lie secretary general of the United Nations urged patience with the world body at Yale Universitys 245th commencement luncheon. He noted the UN remains a creature of necessity and admitted the San Francisco charter was not perfect in the eyes of any nation.
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New Haven
Conn
Trygve Lie
United Nations
World Organization
Approve Housing For Lancaster Wis
The regional office of the federal public housing authority authorized construction in several localities. Dismantling and removal of 14 residential buildings from Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin and re erection in Duluth to provide 112 veterans emergency family dwellings. Lancaster Wisconsin dismantling and removal of five metal army barracks from Baton Rouge Louisiana and re erection and conversion to provide 10 veterans emergency family dwellings.
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Chicago
Federal Public Housing Authority
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Duluth
Lancaster
Baton Rouge
Nine Alarm Fire Destroys Ferry House Staten Island
A nine alarm blaze roared through the Ferry house at St. George Staten Island Tuesday afternoon. One woman died while two others were injured, according to police headquarters.
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New York
St. George
Staten Island
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