Taft backs curbs on flood control funding
Senator Taft of Ohio urged trimming the large rivers and harbors bill. He criticized the $708,586,666 total, saying public works should be toned down. He joined others pushing to cut $200 million and force the Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize projects.
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Truman
Reed
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Army Corps of Engineers
Angeleno Accused in Death of Wife
Los Angeles police booked Pi Meiers, 40, on suspicion of murder after finding his wife Harriet Meiers, 36, dead in a room littered with liquor bottles. He claimed they had been on a two week drinking spree and that she fell often. A sister of the deceased called police.
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Newhall
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Dirksen
Los Angeles
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Desert
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Marie Hangl
O. K. Stephens
Pi Frank Meiers
Harriet
News High Lights a Present rubbish disposal site to be filled
Navy investigates death of man from poisoned alcohol. Year’s biggest crowd thronged speech Sunday. Group will campaign out of state for Werren. British labor asks cooperation to end danger of war. Treasury backs repeal of US taxes on coal.
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Werren
Treasury
U. S
Union Will Ask Wallace to Quit
The United Hatters union calls on Henry A. Wallace to drop his Presidential candidacy describing his third party as serving reaction and the Communists. President Max Zaritsky read the report on the eve of the union’s biennial convention with mayoral speakers listed for the opening session.
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IA. P. L
Henry A. Wallace
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
Max Zaritsky
Zaritsky
William O'Dwyer
Vincent J. Murphy
Newark
N. J
Wallace
Would Be World's Biggest Ship To Enter Navy Fleet
A House armed services subcommittee approved a bill to clear the way for a 65 000 ton giant aircraft carrier. Navy officials say it would be the largest ship ever built and could base Arctic operations. Construction could take up to four years and funds would divert about 229 million dollars from unfinished ships.
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Arctic
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Hess
Ohio
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Budget Bureau
Senate
Martin
R.-Mass
House Rules Committee
Armed, Services Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Bates
R-Mass
Alaska
Philippines
Hawaii
Canada
Newfoundland
Guam Braces as Typhoon Approaches from Southwest
Guam prepared for a typhoon with center winds of eight knots about 375 miles southwest and moving toward the island. Apra harbor closed to incoming traffic while ships departed two or three at a time. The Navy shut Agana airfield. A search was ordered for 18 Yap natives blown at sea in canoes and rafts 400 miles southwest of Yap in the Carolines.
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Agana
Carolines
Atomic tests crown progress at Eniewetok Atoll
The White House announced three atomic weapons of improved design succeeded in tests at Eniewetok Atoll in the Pacific. The Atomic Energy Commission briefed President Truman on results described as a milestone in atomic development with 10,000 people involved.
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Eniewetok Atoll
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Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
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House Atomic Energy Committee
House
Joint Committee
Radio Station Cable Slashed in Sabotage
Philadelphia officials report WFIL main cable cut last night in a deliberate sab- otage, interrupting the station for 90 minutes. The incident follows a May 1 shutdown when 43 engineers from the American Communications Association left their posts.
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WFIL
American Communications Deanciation
UN Atomic Talks End With Global Control Vote
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission voted 7 to 4 to end discussions on a world atomic control plan. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine opposed suspending talks while the U S Britain and France favored suspension. Gromyko pledged continued push for a Soviet inspection system.
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Ukraine
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France
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Andrei.a. Gromyko
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
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Gromyko
U.S
Dewey and Stassen to Debate in Portland Tonight
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen square off in Portland over radio networks about outlawing the Communist Party. The debate airs at 6 p.m. on Mutual NBC and ABC with Dan Lee’s Los Angeles outfit. Oregon’s GOP primary campaigns run hot as voters count down to Friday election day.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Harald E. Stassen
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United States
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Stassen
Dewey
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ABC
Dan Lee
Los Angeles
Truman
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Three Navy Carriers Anchored in San Diego Port
Three Essex class carriers U.S. S. Princeton Tarawa and Antietam are berthed in San Diego harbor with a fourth the Boxer due Thursday from Pearl Harbor. The globe circling U S S Valley Forge is en route after visiting New York.
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U.S. S. Princeton
U. S. S. Tarawa
U. S. S. Antietam
Griswold Expected Back From Greece Aid Talks
The State Department announced Dwight Griswold, chief of the American aid mission to Greece, is due to arrive in Washington Wednesday for discussions on aid problems. He will resume his post in about a week to ten days.
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State Department
Dwight Griswold
Greece
Griswold
Cener
Michael J. McDermott
Walkout Threat Grows in GM Chrysler Pay Dispute
Amid a six day Chrysler strike, GM workers threaten a nationwide walkout unless a pay increase is reached before May 28. Police battle picket violence flares in Highland Park as Governor Sigler weighs National Guard as Ford proposes wage cuts. UAW rejects and hints 107,000 GM workers may join Chrysler’s 75,000 strikers. White House says railroad wage talks resume tomorrow.
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White House
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John R. Steelman
Luther Youngdahl
Minnesota
C. I. O. Packinghouse
Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Arab Forces Pouring Over Jordan River
Arab forces drive into Palestine with Egyptian troops advancing toward Tel Aviv while Jews claim seven miles into Lebanon and a bridge is destroyed. Damascus reports Arab surges across the Jordan as battles widen. Power plant near the Yarmuk joins the Jordan front. Tel Aviv bombed for a third day. Haganah claims Lebanese cross and bridge wreck. US and UK weigh arms shipment bans. Taft calls UN action. Cairo reports Egyptian air force seizes four CA7 transports sold to Saudi Arabia.
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Lebanon
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Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
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Emanuel Shinwell
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Trans World
Saudi Arabia
U S to U N Order Truce in Palestine
Lake Success May 17 The United States urged the United Nations Security Council to order an immediate cessation of war in Palestine The American resolution declares the conflict a threat to peace and calls for a ceasefire directed at both Israel and the Arab states as urgent action is sought.
Six Teenage Boys Die in Auto Train Collision at Ivor
Six teenage Negro boys died when their car was struck by the eastbound Powhatan Arrow passenger train near Ivor in Southampton County Virginia. The accident occurred late last night and involved the Norfolk and Western line.
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