Floods and twisters devastate midwest and northeast
Across a four state area the Mississippi flood crest and tornadoes left 22 dead and about 12,000 homeless. Levees failed near Wapello and Canton while Ottumwa reported seven deaths. Red Cross cites 12,000 displaced in Iowa Nebraska Missouri Illinois with extensive property damage.
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NEW YORK
Mississippi River
Ottumwa
United States
United States army
Mississippi
Wapello
Louisiana
Alexandria
Hannibal
Missouri
Canton
W. M. Leaf
Rock Island
Keokuk
Pike City
Leat
RED CROSS
St. Louis
American Red Cross
Iowa
Nebraska
Dinois
Dlinois
Des Moines
Quincy
Til
Dalles
Ore
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Warren
London transport secrets reveal wartime plans
The London Transport Board era reveals in Charles Graves book “London Transport Carried On” that a German bomb breached the Tube but floodgates saved central London. It notes evacuations plans for D-Day, government moves, and wartime casualty figures among LPTB staff and vehicles during the Blitz. The Labor party gains Harold Nicolson as a rare political asset, with Nutown’s decision looming as Conservative prospects rise.
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London Transport
Charles Graves
London
Ottawa Journal
LPTB
Graves
Strand-Charing Cross
Eton
Manchester
Labor party
Harold Nicolson
Nutowon
Nisson
Bank Bandits Sought After Watchman Slain Near London
In Hamilton on June 9 police hunted a gang blamed for killing a bank watchman at Ailsa Craig near London Ontario. The robbers, linked to a Waterdown bank attempt foiled earlier, were traced after a stolen car connected to the gunmen was found in the area.
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HAMILTON
Ailsa Craig
London
Ont
Waterdown
France Faces New Labor Strikes Near Paris
Paris and surrounding regions grapple with a fresh wave of labor action as public utility workers in plants near the capital walk out over pay and job classifications. Rail tensions persist, with government plans to broaden substitute transport and calls for arbitration.
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PARIS
France
St. Etienne
Montlucon
Paul Ramadier
Paul Grunebaum-Bailin
Grunebaum- Bailin
Ramadier
subway
Public Service Federation
subway workers’ union
Vincent Auriol
National Railroad Workers’ Federation
transportation ministry
Air France
line
Communist party
Tabor
Jacques Duclos
Vacation House Swap Pairs Polk Couple With Idaho Family
Polk Neb June 11 1920s notice describes a vacation house exchange between Mr and Mrs Carl Steelquist Polk and Mr and Mrs Otts Anderson Caldwell Idaho. Steelquist family vacationing in Caldwell while Andersons stay at Steelquist home. Mrs Anderson and Mrs Steelquist are sisters.
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POLK. Neb
Carl Steeiqust
Polk
Otts Ancerson
Caiwell
Idaho
Catéwell
Anderon
Ancions
Steelquist
More Poles Set Sail For Canada
London reports 130 soldiers of Polish origin have left British camps for Canada. The latest voyage aboard the Aquitania carried 240 men, part of a group that departed the front weeks earlier. Many worked on farms in the Dominion and served alongside Allied forces during the war.
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LONDON
Canada
Dominion
Aquitania
India Independence Plan Accepted by Moslems in Tumultuous Session
In New Delhi the Moslem League voted to establish Moslem India as a new nation, approving a plan for an independent Pakistan after a preliminary British dominion period. The session turned tumultuous as police fired tear gas at opponents and four Khaksars disrupted the meeting shortly after the vote.
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NEW DELHI
league
Pakistan
Jinnah
M. A. Jinnah
Pak- in
Bengal
Punjab
All-India Congress party
India
Mosems
Lenge
All-India Congress committee
Delhi
Braden Raps Communists' Threat to Democracy
Spruille Braden former assistant secretary of state testified before a house appropriations sub-committee on Latin American Communists as a greater peril to democracy than Nazi propagandists He linked their aims to chaos and revolutions and noted his resignation from the State Department effective June 30.
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WASHINGTON
Spruille Braden
Latin America
house of representatives
Braden
Institute of Inter-American affairs
inter-American educational foundation
pulic
State department
Argentina
More Miners Join Strike in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Nearly 10 000 miners participate in a day of stoppage across 14 mines in southwest Pennsylvania’s bituminous fields. Captive pits operated by major steel firms idle as United States Steel, Weirton Steel, Jones and Laughlin, and Republic Steel face production cutbacks amid a federal anti strike injunction upheld by the Supreme Court. Andrew S. Rayner warns workers and the government plans to relinquish jurisdiction on July 1 when mines revert to private owners.
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UNIONTOWN
congress
United States Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Republic Steel
United Mine Workers
A.P.L
Andrew S. Rayner
supreme court
Clarification of Soviet policy to Hungary sought by Britain
The British ambassador in Moscow has been instructed to obtain clarification of Soviet policy toward Hungary, the House of Commons was informed. Minister McNeil said it would be premature to judge recent changes, hoping they would not depart from parliamentary democracy. He warned that such developments could affect Anglo Hungarian relations.
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LONDON
Moscow
Hungary
house of common
Iiector McNeil
Maurice Peterson
Wune tary
foreign office
Britain
Washington
United States
Rusa
Wall proms
Aftican- Rusian-Britih
OWL COMPANY
BUDAPEST
comepany Mnort
Agendy
inforant
Hanks
industry
Russia
Rusia
Matzatal
weime
ellite
Pame
Ferenc Nagi -totk
als oped
Matyas Rakes
arta
Maortsky
Lift Price Controls From Dairy Pro Products
The Finance Minister announced removal of price ceilings and rationing from dairy products including butter, cheese, evaporated milk, and ice cream, plus honey and jams. Seasonal peak production allows lifting with minimal price risk, and restaurant meals also free from control.
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TAWA
G.P
Abbott
the commons
United States
Canada
Woman Slain in Tokyo Area Is Identified as Miss Brocha Lyova
The body of Miss Brocha Lyova, 33, a war department civilian employee and Russian-born American citizen from New York, was found near a road six miles from central Tokyo. U.S. investigators untangle motives while relatives in Toronto and Harbin provide background on her life in the United States and Japan.
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TOKYO
Canada
United States criminal investigation division
CLD
Allied
war department
United States army
Brocha Lyova
New York
C.S.D
SISTEX EN
TORONTO
Miss Lyova
Mynne Pasternick
L. Moseson
Harbin
Manchuria
Japan
International prosecution station
headquarters’ economic and scientific section
U.S
Levoff
Russia
Truman Warns US Growing Weaker In Ottawa Trip
President Truman, returning from Kansas City, urges a militarily and economically strong United States to aid world peace. He plans an Ottawa stop with wife and daughter, addressing wartime buddies of the 35th Division and stressing Canada United States defense cooperation and joint power and water projects on the St Lawrence Seaway.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Kansas_ City
United States
Kansas City
Ottawa
France
Canada
St Tasyence seaway
Mayors Call For Subsidized Low Rental Housing
Ottawa conference ends with a three day session urging subsidized housing and a coordinated program across municipal provincial and federal levels. Delegates seek a mediation to align responsibilities and advance home construction.
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OTTAWA
Mask and Reeves
Weather Dampens Holiday Cheer Across Canada
A Canadian Press survey notes cool drizzly weather spoiled outdoor events for King's Birthday across most provinces. Saskatchewan kept offices open with banks and financial houses operating. Schools closed. Ottawa held a Carillon recital at noon. The King nears year ten of reign. birthday falls December 14 and Britain’s official celebration June 12.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Great Britain
One Million Acres Ontario Unseeded
Heavy weekend rainstorms across Ontario hampered spring planting, with Agricultural Minister T. L. Kennedy reporting at least 1,000,000 acres left unseeded and a projected shortfall of several bushels of oats and barley.
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TORONTO
Ontario
T. L. Kennedy
Federal aid urged for Alberta road network
The Alberta Motor Association board called for federal aid to build main provincial highways linking with national parks. Citing sparse population and long gaps between settlements, the directors also resolved that gas oil supplies and mechanical services be available to travelers at all hours.
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CALGARY
C.P
the
Alberta Motor Association
Government caps dairy butter imports and price control ends
Ottawa reports that the Prices Board will not accept any more dairy butter from retailers and wholesalers, revoking the plan in force since March 1, 1945. In Rome, Prime Minister Acide de Gasprri appeals for confidence and U.S. aid to save Italy, pegging needs at £350,000,000 for 1947. New York notes Standard Oil received a possible offer to buy Hungary oil properties but cannot comment. London coverage shows Liberal and Conservative peers opposing Labour measures to nationalize road, rail, and canal transport. Lomontos reports Alberta Legion Convention approving price controls and food subsidies, urging limits on freight rates and expanded veterans’ care.
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C.P
Prices Board
GASPERT
U.5
ROME
A.F
Acide de Gasprri todar
constituent assembly
tee
United States
Utatlon
Italy
Christian Democrat
NEW YORK
Standard OU Company
New Jersey
LOMONTOS
Jones
Mberia Command
Canadian Legion
Dominion
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