Californian Sets Record for First Lap
Indiana race notes show Rex Mays setting a first lap mark at 123.102 mph while Ted Horn leads at 100 miles with 121.798 mph. Horn and Mays pace the field in the Memorial Day 500 with 33 starters, seven eliminations, and expected crowd near 175000 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Mauri Rose
Duke Nalon
Ted Horn
Tony Bettenhausen
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Bil Cantrell
Lee Wallard
Hal Robson
Tommy Hinnershitz
Paterson
Indianapolis Speedway
Horn
Glendale
Calif
Mays
Wilbur Shaw
Harry McQuinn
Paul Russo
Kenohia
Wis
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Chicago
Mike Salay
South Bend
Ind
Merrill
Doc) Williams
Detroit
George
Connor
Los Angeles
Sam Hawks
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
16Th St
Purdue University
Indiana American Legion
Atomic Crews Ask Cash Boost
Oakridge Tennessee May 3 UPY workers at an atomic research laboratory restrained by a government injunction from striking before June 7 have increased their hourly wage demands from 15 to 26 cents.
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Oakridge
Tenn
UPY
Atomic Research Laboratory
Long Beach Building Projects Total 57 365 000
News highlights show Long Beach spending 57 365 000 on construction with a 2 000 000 allocation for schools. City pays homage to honored dead. Voters prepare to list polls tomorrow. Other items include flood scenes in Oregon and anti Red Czech votes.
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Long Beach
South Korea
Oregon City
Monny
Arabs Seem to Encircle Tel Aviv in siege claims
Arab armies of Egypt Iraq and Trans-Jordan appeared to encircle Tel Aviv with reports of proximity nine to twenty miles away while Ras El Ain clash and alleged Iraqi advance near Latrun fed claims of strategic pressure. Diplomats UN armistice talks and Latrun lull shaped a tense front as Jeru salem remained under siege and Arab claims of victories circulated.
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Associated Press
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Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Irgun Zyai Leumi
Ras el Ain
Cairo
United Nations
Folke Berna- Gotte
S. N
Haifa
Arab League Jeaders
Amman
U. N
al Zemane
Latrun
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Trai
Palestine
Near East Radio
Kfar Yona
Nathanya
Arab Legion
Trans
Trgun Zvai Leumi
Russia
Ambassador greets ERP ship James Bowie arrival in Genoa
In Genoa on May 31 Ambassador James C. Dunn greeted the first European Recovery Program vessel to reach Italy. The S S James Bowie carried 900 tons of grain and marked the first ERP ship though the seventy first direct aid cargo since UNRRA ended.
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Genoa
U.S
James C. Dunn
Italy
S. S
James Bowie
Dunn
United States
Light Vote Seen in Tomorrow's Primary
California voters face a light turnout in a crowded primary with 23 U.S. House seats, 20 State Senate seats, and 80 Assembly seats on the ballot. Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan projects about 48 percent of 4.63 million registered voters will cast ballots amid holiday travel, while a large field of 103 candidates contest the congressional posts and Independent Progressive candidates seek nominations in several districts.
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AN Francisco
California
U. S. House of Representatives
State Senate
State Assembly
Fr. Warren
Truman
Frank M. Jordan
Feroys
Independent Progressive Party
Holiday Death Toll Exceeds Safety Council Forecast
The Associated Press reports the nation's holiday week end fatalities rose to 269, surpassing the National Safety Council's 225 estimate. Traffic deaths total 159, drownings 42, and miscellaneous accidents 68, with state tallies listed for Alabama to Wyoming.
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Delaware
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Texas
Utah
Leaders Cancel Ruhr Walkout
DUSSELDORF Germany May 31 G Union leaders canceled today a strike of 100000 Ruhr metal workers which was to have started at midnight. The strike was to have protested the appointment of Herrmann Rensch prewar German steel magnate as chairman of a committee on Ruhr steel production.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Herrmann Rensch
Robeson Refuses to Answer Communist Party Question
Washington May 31 Paul Robeson the Negro singer refused to tell a Senate committee whether he was a member of the American Communist party He said he would go to jail rather than answer Ferguson asked him if he had a Communist card or membership He criticized the Mundt Nixon bill and noted the jail terms faced by others for similar refusals prompting applause and hissing from the audience
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Washington
Paul Robeson
American Communist Party
Robeson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Communist Party
America
Fergusson
R.-Mich
Congress
House Committee On un-American Activities
Ferguson
Michigan
Flooded Anport residents defy evacuation as floodwaters rise
In Anport Oregon May 31 police forced some residents to flee floodwaters with drawn guns while others refused to leave. Horns sounded when the railroad embankment collapsed but many did not hear them. Rescue workers reported boats breaking into second story rooms and possible victims. Deputy said four people crushed in a car beneath a floating building. A man hanging to a log was knocked loose. Children seen swept away by debris.
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Ihe
Portland Housing Authority
Martin Pratt
Father of Dead Hero Joins Band for Memorial Day
Westminster Maryland May 31 Oscar Sell longtime town trombonist joined the Memorial Day parade at the cemetery. He suffered a heart attack during the ceremony while the band played. Three weeks earlier he reburied the body of his son, a Marine sergeant killed in the Pacific.
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Westminster
Oscar Sel
C. L. Billingsiea Eee
Pacific
Tragedy at Lake Henshaw Two Drown On Trip From LB
Mrs. Ruth Varney and her nephew Thomas Humphrey drowned when a motorboat capsized in rough Lake Henshaw waters during a weekend outing. Owner Robert Brain and Mr and Mrs Humphrey survived as authorities prepared for an inquest. Varney's body remained unrecovered and will be released after the inquest. Varney had lived in Long Beach for 25 years and worked for South Pacific Canning Co.
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Ruth Varney
E. Mountain View St
Thomas David Humphrey
el Monte
Lake Henshaw
Robert S. Brain
Long Beach
Howard Humphrey
Escondido
Varney
South Pacific Canning Co
Brain
Canadian Army massed sandbags to fight western floods
Canadian forces accelerate relief as hemp sandbags move by train and plane toward flood struck districts on the west coast from Montreal. The movement underscores a broad mobilization to reinforce levees and assist affected communities amid rising water and swollen rivers.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
Vanport Flood Wrecks Oregon Town and Injures Many
The Columbia River flood devastates Vanport Ore destroying 18 700 apartments and leaving numerous people missing. Rescue workers patrol the ruin seeking victims as Governor Hall declares a state of limited emergency and President Truman proclaims a disaster area across Washington Oregon Idaho with relief measures including surplus war property. Portland hospitals report many injuries while red cross commits 250000 for immediate relief.
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Columbia
Vanport
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Portland
John Hall
Oregon
National Guard
Washington
Truman
Northwest
Williamsburg
White House
Idaho
Columbia River
Kootenai River
War Assets Administration
Philip B. Fleming
Basil O'Connor
The
Red Cross
Speeding Dentist Delivers Baby After Police Escort
In Baltimore May 31 three police officers stopped Dr Frederick Rudo for speeding then helped escort him and his wife to the hospital for the birth of their second child. Mother and daughter are reported to be fine.
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Baltimore
Frederick Rudo
Thomas Mooney
Vincent Serio
William M. Hogan
Rudos
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Irush
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