Danish liner Krobenhavn hits mine sinks with 400 aboard
A Danish passenger vessel carrying 400 persons struck a mine in the Kattegat near Aalborg and sank within ten minutes. By mid-morning about 250 passengers and crew had been rescued, leaving 150 unaccounted for. The liner was en route between Copenhagen and Aalborg when the disaster occurred.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kattegat
Kroebenhavn
United Steamship Company
D.F.D.S
Dangulf Lube
Kjoebenhavn
Copenhagen
Aalborg Bay
Two Escapes Still Missing From Ohio Reformatory
Two of four escapees from Ohio re formatory remain at large after breaking out in fog before dawn. Rudolph Limauro and Louis Stanley were captured nearby later. Charles Fetzer and Albert Connors have not been seen since the escape through a wall tower, bricks knocked out in a sealed window.
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Mansfield
Ohio Reformatory
Ashland
Rudolph Limauro
Lynn
Mass
Louis Stanley
New Orleans
Charles Fetzer
Toledo
Albert Connors
Cleveland
Arthur L. Glattke
Dry Ice Used To Fight Fire in Ontario Forest Blaze
In Gogama area northwest of Adbury dry ice was reportedly used to induce rain to help combat a forest fire. The experiment aimed to aid a fire burning since May 25 across broad timberlands in northern Ontario and Quebec as part of ongoing firefighting efforts.
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Toronto
Ontario
Gogama
Adbury
Quebec
Fairless Appointed to Wooster Board of Trustees
Wooster college trustees announced the appointment of Benjamin F. Fairless, a U S Steel executive and Wooster alumnus, to the college board. He attended Wooster before transferring to Ohio State, where he graduated in 1913.
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Fairless
Twe Wooster Board Wooster
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Coronation
Wooster College
Wooster
Butater
Ohio
Themn
Auto workers idle for one day as GM and Ford cut shifts
Ford plant workers nationwide shut down for a day while General Motors imposes a weeklong layoff for about 200,000 workers. Packard extends a 13-cent hourly raise to 10,000, with prices raised $75 to $200 on all cars. GM cites steel shortages from a coal strike as the cause of layoffs, with 50 to 60 plants affected.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Ford
Packard Motor Car Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Packard
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Michigan
Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Ae Ga
Long Beach
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Pleasure Ride Ends In Death In Bucyrus Ohio
A motor ride deadly accident in Bucyrus left 13 year old Carol Kiesy of Greenville dead and 16 year old William Hawk of Bucyrus seriously injured after a crash with two autos. Hawk had borrowed the motorcycle. Kiesy was visiting her grandmother in the city.
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Bucyrus
Carol Kiesy
Greenville
William Hawk
Hawk
House Plans Quick Action On Draft Act
Washington AP report on House Republicans pressing for a peacetime draft bill with a quick floor path to President Truman. Senate debates shaped life of the draft, two-year service and military strength goals, and provisions including alien recruitment considerations and poll tax ban. Ohio senators Taft and Bricker split on the bill.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
House Rules
Leo E. Allen
R-Ill
Rules Committee
Foreign Legion
Armed Services
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Slaying Suspect Arraignment Due Tomorrow
Mrs Marie Conn Abbott 40 and Cyril Gordon 26 year old farmhand are to appear for arraignment in Judge Fred B Cramer s Common Pleas Court tomorrow morning after a disturbance at the Butler County jail. Abbott fell ill but jail physician Dr E J Keating said condition is not serious. They are charged with murdering her husband slain June 1 on his farmyard and his body placed on railroad tracks near his home.
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Marie Conn Abbott
Cyril Gordon
Fred B. Cramer
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Abbott
E. J. Keating
Indictment in Ohio liquor probe hits chief permit examiner
A. E. Oppenheimer, chief permit examiner of the State Liquor Department, and two Portsmouth figures, Hugh M. Ruel and Tracy Pack, were named in bribery indictments by the Franklin County grand jury. Oppenheimer faced charges of soliciting and accepting bribes totaling up to 2,300 dollars from tavern and hotel operators. Arraignment set for on or before June 21. probe to continue beyond the indictments.
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Columbus
Oppenheimer
Ruel
Pack
Franklin County
John King
Howard McCall
Springfield
Gilbert Shively
London
Shively Hotel
Oppenheimer, Ruel and
Shively
Three Wallace Backers Tied to Communists, Court Told
Ohio Secretary of State told the Ohio Supreme Court that three Wallace campaigners in Cleveland were Communists. Zahm, Zazrivy, and Lindell were named from FBI and Cleveland Police files as Communist Party members or supporters, with others signed affidavits denying subversive ties. The case centers on Wallace petitions to stay on the ballot.
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Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Nathan R. Zahm
Elsie Zazrivy
David I. Lindell
Cleveland
Leland S. Dougan
Hummel
Supreme Court
Zahm
Zazrivy
Lindell
George S. Houston
Secretary of State
Dougan
FBI
Cleveland Police Department
Houston
Wallace
Communist Party
Progressive Citizens Committee
Communist Progressive Citizens
Lakewood
Paul
Herbert Wright
Leonard H. Hinds
Shaker Heights
Young Communist League
Cleveland Public Hall
Calvin S. Hall
Wilson Mills Road
Western Reserve University
Louis Hahn
Political veteran Peter J. McGuiness dies in Brooklyn
Peter J. McGuiness aged 59, a colorful Brooklyn political figure from Greenpoint, dies. A former alderman, sheriff, Kings County register and assistant commissioner of borough works, he led local politics through the Greenpoint Democratic organization and once backed a proposed ordinance banning women from smoking.
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NEW York
Peter J. McGuiness
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
Kings County Register
Borough Works
McGuiness
Greenpoint People’s Regular Democratic Organization
Committee OKs housing measure in split committee vote
In Washington AP eleven Democrats with three Republicans seized control of the 27 member House Banking Committee and approved by 14 to 13 the major provisions of the Senate passed Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Europe
U. S
Senate
United Nations
United States
Brussels
Security Council
Foreign Relations Committee
House
House Banking Committee
ERP Leader Seeks Fund Restoration
Washington AP reports Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G. Hoffman urged restoring the ERP funding to 5.3 billion dollars. He warned House cuts would erase Europe recovery plans by slashing machinery shipments and productive capacity, while Senators consider restoring most of the reduced funds.
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Washington
House
Europe
Paul G. Hoffman
Senate
Hoffman
Congress
Youngster Drowns in Cleveland Pond
Cleveland AP reports 11 year old Neil Broad drowned yesterday in Horseshoe pond. Local authorities investigated the incident and cautioned on pond safety as a memorial gathering was planned.
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Cleveland
Neil Broad
Horseshoe Pond
Flooding breaks dike near Portland flooding ten mile lowland
The Columbia River breaches another dike on Portland’s outskirts flooding rich lowland an area extending about ten miles east. Portland area residents brace for rising waters as authorities monitor further breaches and potential evacuations.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Troutdale
Army
Sheriff's
Vanport
Portland Meadows
Reynolds Company
Truman Plans Aerial Tour In Flood Area
President Truman suspends bombardment of Congress to fly over Columbia River flood area as record waters threaten Portland and surrounding towns. He accuses Congress of favoring lobbyists, warns voters about policy choices, and outlines a cross country trip ending with Red Cross speech in Portland. Authorities evacuate thousands and race to shore up dikes and protect critical sites.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Congress
Columbia River
Sylvester Park
Bremerton
Tacoma
Seattle
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Interior
Krug
Mon C. Wallgren
Northwest Rivers
McChord Field
Independence
Salem
Ore
Portland
Red Cross
Strike Settled After Wage Boost Ends 4 Day Walkout
In Cincinnati, a 21 cent hourly wage increase ended a four day strike by 2,100 hod carriers and building laborers. Union officials signed a three hour agreement after talks. Workers will return to their jobs today.
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Cincinnati
Four-Week Armistice Starts in Palestine Amid Sirens
Associated Press reports a four week armistice and arms embargo take effect at 1 a m EST. UN mediator Folke Bernadotte aimed to resolve partition as violence flared near Latrun and Jerusalem. Reports noted limited damage and no casualties from Damascus bombs while Britain refused to recognize Israel during the truce.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Damascus
Latrun
Tel Aviv - Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Trans- Jordan
Holy
Great Britain
Israel
Rare Condition Halts Operation On Blue Baby
Chicago report says 12 year old Roberta Foster of Ohio cannot have corrective surgery for blue baby condition at Children's Memorial Hospital after doctors find she has no pulmonary artery. Only eight of 115 blue baby cases show this, robbing her of lung blood flow. she hopes to return home in a week to resume piano practice.
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Chicago
Ill
Ohio
Roberta Foster
Coshocton
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Roberta
First outside naturalization hearing held in district court
In Cleveland, a federal judge and officials conducted a citizenship hearing at the home of Erma Noll, 42, an invalid since 1919, marking the first time such a proceeding was held outside the courtroom. The German-born woman came to the United States at age five. her mother and brother became citizens in 1944. Judge Freed used a law passed last year allowing outside hearings for disability cases.
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Cleveland
District Federal Court
Emerick B. Freed
Erma Noll
United States
New York Plans Big Celebration Parade to Mark 50 Years
New York will begin a big celebration tomorrow with a parade down Upper Fifth Avenue led by Mayor William O'Dwyer in a tally ho. Bicycle police in old-time costumes will escort the march showcasing the city’s life and progress since the consolidation of the five boroughs into modern New York City fifty years ago.
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New York
Rain of Shine
Upper Fifth Ave
William O’dwyer
Five Boroughs
New York City
Youngster Killed by Car in Cincinnati Street
AP reports an unarmed five year old, Van Hoosin, was killed last night when a car struck him on a Cincinnati street. Authorities investigated the accident and urged caution for pedestrians and drivers in the area.
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Kille
Cincinnati
van Hoosin
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