Truman Drives Westward As Aides Seek Big Crowds
President Truman pushed campaign westward aboard the presidential train to Sun Valley Idaho as aides fine tuned plans to maximize crowds. In Omaha 2000 attended a farm policy speech and 150000 to 165000 lined a 35th Division parade. Republican senator Vandenberg led resistance to full ERP funding, arguing for the originally authorized sum.
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Truman
Sun Valley, Idaho
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben
J. J. Isaacson
35Th Division
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lester Hunt
Wyoming
Lee Knous
Colorado
William Ritchie
Ritchie
Negotiations Face Possible Strike At Goodrich
Philadelphia AP reports CIO United Rubber Workers Union representing 17 000 B F Goodrich employees says a strike could occur around July 11 after two weeks of talks. Workers seek a 30 cent an hour raise from about 1.50, while Goodrich offers eight cents to lift average pay to about 1.63. Plants span Akron Los Angeles Oaks Pa Cadillac Michaloosa Ala and Miami Okla.
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Philadelphia
B. F. Goodrich
L. S. Buckmaster
CIO United, Rubber Workers Union
Buckmaster
Goodrich
Akron
Ohio
Los Angeles
Oaks Pa
Cadillac
Michaloosa
Ala
Miami
Okla
Fisherman Missing After Wave Incident Returns Home
John Stull, a 33 year old fisherman missing since a high wave swept western Lake Erie beaches last Friday, admitted his absence was caused by the fish biting in Pittsburgh. He told his mother he met two fishermen who persuaded him to go to Pittsburgh for angling.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
John Stull
Mary Stull
Plane crash probe opens at Muroc base
The YB-49 flying wing bomber crash at Muroc Proving Grounds killed five and triggered Air Force investigations. Col J C Moore named a probe board with experts from Wright Field Dayton to determine the cause. The eight jet engine craft, built by Northrop, crashed Saturday near the base after failing to signal distress.
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Muroc Air Base
Cal
Air Force
Col
J. C. Moore
Muroc Proving Grounds
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Dayton
Muroc
Northrop Aircraft
Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated
Senate Shelves Segregation In Draft Measure
The Senate rejected a bid to bar race segregation in armed services by a 67 to 7 vote. The move aimed to block a filibuster risk while pursuing final action on the two year draft bill. Senator Langer proposed a broader ban on race, color or religion discrimination in inductions.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
Congress
Germany
Japan
House
Washington
Senate
Department of Defense
Army
Avy
Air Force
Langer
R-Nd
Armed Services
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Truman
GOP House Member Dies in Bethesda Hospital
Rep. Thomas L. Owens of Chicago died at 50 after a heart attack on May 23. A Republican serving his first term, he was born December 21, 1897, in Chicago. Owens specialized in labor law and served on the House Labor and Education Committee, contributing to Taft-Hartley era labor policy.
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Washington
Thomas L. Owens
Chicago
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Owens
House
Illinois
House Labor and Education Committee
Congress
Western Powers Agree on German Program and Ruhr Control
Western powers unveiled a five point plan for a separate western German federal government after a six nation London conference. They seek western German state elections, a constituent assembly, and a draft constitution with eventual ratification. An international Ruhr control plan was also agreed, aimed at limiting industrial power while allowing Ruhr coal, coke and steel to support European cooperation. The measures face opposition in Russia and a likely hard fight in Paris.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
London
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Low Countries
Paris
Ruhr
United Kingdom
Benelux
Havana Goal Of Feminine Aerial Pilots
Miami AP report says 25 women aviators aimed for Havana after Key West, navigating in lead planes across Florida straits. Two Miami entrants won featured races, with Kay Menges and Mary Tracy taking top spots. other events highlighted Landry, Bayley, Skelton, and Nolde associates winning aerobatics and cross-country derbies.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Key West
Florida Straits
Kaddy Landry
ATG
Mary Tracy
Kay Menges
Hackensack
N. J
Frances Nolde
Bricker Heads Ohio GOP Team for National Convention
Ohio Republicans named a four member team to lead 53 delegates to the Philadelphia convention. Bricker is delegation chair and to present Taft, Herbert serves as vice chair, Brown is Taft floor manager, and Johnson handles delegation secretary duties and midwestern duties. Delegation mirrors Taft support with nine for Jessen and 44 for Taft. Brown and Mrs Kennedy Brown were reappointed to the national committee. convention committee assignments followed.
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Bricker
Ohio Gop
Columbus
Ohio
United States
U. S
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Fred H. Johnson
Zanesville
Philadelphia
Fourty
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Jassen
Minnesota
Mit
Taft
Herbert
Brown
Johnson
Stassen
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Republican National Committee
Ed D. Schorr
Cincinnati
Margaret E. Baker
Springfield
Frances P. Bolton
Cleveland
Congressman Bender
Rules and Order of Business
John E. Galvin
Lima
William Schneider
Franklin County
Truce plans presented to six Arab nations
Count Folke Bernadotte delivered his armistice timetable and conditions for Palestine to six Arab nations. Fighting continued as the Arab League committee delayed meetings and tensions rose over immigration terms. The mediator urged approval, while Arab and Jewish negotiators debated terms and possible fates of a four week halt.
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Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Arab League
Oly Land
Tel Aviv
Tulkarm Jenin-Nablus
Bernadotte
United Nations
Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Yemen
Alvis Named Prison Warden at Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus AP reports Ralph W. Alvis is named warden of the Ohio Penitentiary by State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood. Alvis, who had been acting warden, took full control February 23, succeeding Frank D. Henderson who resigned under pressure after eight and a half years. Henderson’s departure followed claims of lax administration though health was cited as the official reason.
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Columbus
Ralph W. Alvis
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles L. Sherwood
Alvis
Sherwood
Frank D. Henderson
Henderson
Fire destroys Copa Cabana nightclub in Miami Beach
Fire swept the Copa Cabana in Miami Beach early today. Fire Chief D C Kennett estimated losses at about 200000 dollars after an explosion preceded the blaze that gutted the club, leaving only an outside wall standing. Owner Array Weinger, after buying out a partner, was reportedly in New York arranging acts for next season.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
D. C. Kennett
H. L. Perdue
Array Weinger
Ben Slutsky
New York
Army and flood clash on Columbia River front
In Washington John L. Lewis blasted coal operators as fat cats and urged concessions in talks for a new soft coal pact, while in Portland engineers battled a third flood crest on the Columbia River, with 26 dead and 60,000 homeless as crews rushed to reinforce dikes along 100 miles of threatened riverfront.
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Ore
Columbia River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Canadian Rockies
Elmer Fisher
Army Engineer Corps
Great River
Fort Belvoir
Columbia
Fraser
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Canada
British Columbia
Itland
Vancouver
Long Range Weather Forecaster Moseley Dies at 83
Edwin Lincoln Moseley, Bowling Green State University biology professor emeritus, died at 83. He argued weather cycles recur every 904 years, using tree rings and station data to forecast droughts. Born in Union City, Mich., he taught in Sandusky before joining BG, and his funeral is planned for tomorrow.
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Bowling Green, O
Edwin Lincoln Moseley
Moseley
Bowling Green State University
United States
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Union City
Mich
Benes Resigns as Czechoslovak President
Prague AP desks report President Edvard Beneš has resigned. Cabinet accepted his resignation at a special meeting. Beneš, first elected December 1935, had previously served since 1946. his career included terms amid Munich and postwar turmoil and a Communist coup. The resignation follows disputes over the peoples democracy charter and single ticket elections.
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Prague
Benes
Kelement Gottwald
Munich
London
Thomas G. Masaryk
Masaryk
Charles Nash Dies at 84 Auto Magnate of GM
Charles Warren Nash 84 longtime industrialist and founder of Nash Motor Company died at his Beverly Hills home after a long illness. Orphaned young, he rose to president of General Motors before later leading his own Nash firm. Survived by two daughters Mae Brenton and Mrs. C H Bliss.
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Cal
America
Charles Warren Nash
Nash
General Motors
Nash Motor Company
Une
DeKalb County
Illinois
Mae Brenton
C. H. Bliss
Grosse Point Farms
Mich
Fiery Comet Appears Above Cleveland Sky
Dr J J Nassau of Case Tech Observatory reports a bright naked eye comet with a giant tail visible over Cleveland at dawn. The amateur Japanese astronomer Honda is credited with earlier discoveries. the new sighting may last weeks as it moves northwest across the sky from the northeast horizon.
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Case Tech
J.J. Nassau
Case Tech Observatory
Honda
Nassau
Harvard University Observatory
Ohio
Dayton
Cineclunati
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