10th Flood Victim Found as Waters Recede in Texas
A 36 year old Black man Quilla Robinson was found dead on a road as Trinity River floods receded in Fort Worth and Dallas. Guardsmen police and other forces patrolled stricken areas while a pass system kept looters out. Fort Worth faces over 6 million dollars in property losses and water supply challenges persist as pumps and distribution points are set up. Tornadoes hit the Panhandle amid ongoing flood recovery efforts.
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Jpallas
Fort Worth
Trinity River
Dallas
Quilla Robinson
Nationa
Air Force
Army
American ‘Legion
W. O. Jones
Beauford
State Highway Patrol
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wilmer
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Byrd calls for firing 500000 federal employees
Senator Byrd urged economy by cutting the federal payroll by at least 500,000 civilian workers in the executive branch. He noted payroll growth and argued reductions could proceed without impairing any office as Congress debates a 5 percent cut to an Agriculture Department funding bill and other measures.
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Washington
Byrd
D-W. Va
Truman
Senate
Sen
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Agriculture Department
Joint Committee
Virginian
United States
Executive Branch
Syria closes border with Lebanon amid tense relations
Damascus reports closure of the Syria Lebanon border after an official says Lebanon acted unfriendly by refusing something tied to a controversial case. The report notes a suspect and three others accused in the killing of a Lebanese subject.
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Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Sleuth Tells Knife Threat to Rutledge
In Cedar Rapids Iowa May 19 AP private detective Byron Hartman testified that Hartman had a knife and threatened to use it on Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr of St. Louis last October. The case concerns a murder charge in the December 14 Cedar Rapids hotel room death of Hartman. Hartman demanded $2000 to go to California and leave the Rutledges alone.
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John Wilkerson
Cleo Mueller
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wilkerson
Muailer
Associated Press
Byron C. Hartman
Rutledge
Hattman
Allied Detective Agency of
Dr. Rutledge
Rutledges
Emerson
Siaid
S. Br
Hartman
Ford Renews Offer as UAW Rejects Strike Talks
Ford Motor Co renewed its appeal to lift the two week old strike affecting 97,000 of 102,000 workers. UAW President Walter Reuther, back from Washington, oversees negotiations with Ford President John S. Bugas present. Two Rouge and Detroit Lincoln Mercury buildings remain out of production amid union charges of a speedup.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford View
John S. Bugas
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Washington
Bugas
U.A. W
Ford
Big Rouge
Dearborn
Detroit
Shanghai Garrison Shuffles Troops Amid Ominous Moves
Reported drizzly siege in Shanghai as Nationalists shift forces from Hung Jao Road toward weaker points while Red forces press near Pootung and Woosung. Curfew and possible Bund closure add tension. Lungwha airfield hears mortar-like fire as speculation on air support swirls.
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Shanghai
Poo Tung
Whangpoo River
Hung Jao Road
Bund
Lungwha
Pootung
Luihang
Yangchang
Woosung
Quit Dipping Into Till to Pay Reds Tuition Caution
Senators tight on funding for the Atomic Energy Commission face a stormy hearing. E Lilienthal, witness, warns against using funds for education of Communists while AEC seeks 1.09 billion for the coming year. Senator McKellar pressed questions as Hans Freistadt fellowship drew scrutiny.
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Lilienthal
Atomic Energy
AEC
Daviden
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Lill
California Federation of Women's Clubs gathering in Long Beach
Long Beach hosts 1500 delegates this week for the California Federation of Women's Clubs. Speakers discuss both local and national social problems. Full coverage appears on pages B-1 and A-3 with convention photos. Other sections listed for navigation across the paper.
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Long Beach
California Federation of Women’s Clubs
Confusion Ends as Russians Lift Blockade on Berlin Trucking
In Berlin on May 19 the Soviet authorities ended their two day trucking dispute by removing restrictions on German trucks traveling the Helmstedt Berlin autobahn. A British protest had been filed just beforehand. Soviet officials gave no full explanation beyond saying the confusion has ended. The move followed reports of German trucks seized near Berlin.
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Erlin
Berlin
Helmstedt Autobahn
East
Belin
Helmstedt
Herlin
Helmstedt - Berlin
Harbor Butcher Slashes Wife Then Kills Self
A San Pedro butcher killed his wife Nellie Delmata and then slashed his own throat. Paul V. Delmata, 61, left a note in Russian blaming the marriage, and the couple were found by son-in-law Sam Soulas at 3:30 am. The note stated they died together out of love. Police and coroner reports describe fatal abdominal wounds to Nellie and a self-inflicted throat wound on Paul. The bodies were taken to McNemey Mortuary.
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San Pedro
Polica
Paul V. Delmata
Kerckhoff
Delmata
Nellie
Sam Soulas
Elberon St
McNemey Mortuary
San
Pickets Bale Parts Delivery At Bendix Plant
Pickets squatted blocking truck entrances at Bendix Aviation in South Bend Indiana as 16 replevin trucks attempted to move dies and automotive parts amid ongoing negotiations. Sheriff Hipsak, carrying writs for Willys Overland and Nash Motors, drove through the line and most trucks passed while about 50 pickets remained on duty. the strike began in April over production and pay in the brake shoe component and 47 workers were fired on slowdown charges.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corp
Stephen C. Hipsak
Willys-Overland
Nash Motors
Uty
Tec. 1. OU. A
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