Floods devastate three Midwest states amid rising deaths
Seventeen dead or missing as floods from rain swollen rivers strike North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska. Red River driven evacuations affect Manitoba with about 25 000 homeless or evacuations. Nebraska losses include seven bodies recovered near Unadilla and Auburn car drownings. Red Cross sets up cots for Floodwood and Winnipeg shelter efforts.
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Minnesota
Nebraska
Manitoba
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Lincoln
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Fred G. Randahl
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Truman Signs Measure To Bolster Atomic Strength
President Truman signed the National Science Foundation Act to keep the United States ahead in scientific development and peace while warning the cold war may endure. McCarthy said he may name an envoy accused of being a foreign agent if Senate committee resistance forces him to present the case on the Senate floor.
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Pocatello
Idaho
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Truman RFC Plan Draws Mixed Senate Reaction
President Truman proposes stripping the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of independence and moving it to the Commerce Department with a federal home loan role. The plan drew mixed reactions from influential senators, while two other proposals to shift Fannie Mae and RFC housing loans to HHFA faced less opposition. Taft urged abolition of RFC leadership and standby status.
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Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce Department
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Fanny May
RFC
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Fannie May
Truman’s cross country trip to continue amid firemen strike
President Truman’s continental train journey appeared unharmed by a firemen and enginemen strike that began today. David B. Robertson said union members received special instructions to move the presidential train safely and expeditiously. The train was in Idaho and headed toward a Chicago speech on May 15.
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Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Idaho
Soviet Arrest Three Women and Two Americans in East Berlin
Soviet sector police detained three women from the United States and Northern Ireland along with two American men in East Berlin while taking photographs near Inter-Den-Linden. The detainees, all linked to the American Friends Service Committee and IRO, had film confiscated and were held at a German police station as authorities sought word from Moscow.
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Inter-Den-Linden
Anne Bennett
Maumee
Ohio
Marilyn Scofield
Seattle
Wash
Marie Douglas
Lisburn
Northern Ireland
American Friends
Quaker
United Nations’ International Refugee Organization
IRO
GOP economy drive tests House fate on defense cuts
In Washington the Republican economy push faces a supreme test as the House weighs trimming about one billion dollars from a nearly thirty billion appropriation bill. The panel increased the total by 451 million, largely for national defense including warplane procurement and anti tank and anti submarine programs. Despite the shift, the drive to cut spending stalls as defense needs outpace requests from President Truman.
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Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
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Heer Trial Deliberations To Begin In Ohio Murder Case
A jury of 10 women and two men will begin deliberations in the first degree murder trial of James D. Heer, 21, Euclid, Ohio. Closing arguments were winding up as Heer faces possible death, life imprisonment, or lesser verdicts for the shooting of Jack T. McKeown, 21, Norwood, Ohio, a Campus Daily managing editor and Delta Tau Delta member. The incident followed a homecoming party near the fraternity house and club. Evidence included testimony about drinking and Heer being urged to surrender a .45 pistol. Closing arguments started yesterday afternoon.
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Ohio State University
James D. Heer
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U. S. Marine Corps
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
Campus
McKeown
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Eer
French plan to pool Europe's coal and steel
France proposes a Franco German coal and steel pool starting in Lorraine and Saar and Ruhr under a common authority. The move aims to knit Germany into the Western alliance and ease tensions with France. Adenauer welcomes the step and says West Germany will consider joining Council of Europe.
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Ooe
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Britain
Tomorow
Hillsboro County Medical Society Drops Dr Hermann N Sander
Dr Hermann N Sander was expelled from the Hillsboro County Medical Society after a meeting attended by about 100 of 175 members. The action followed the state Medical Board's revocation of his license in April. Sander, 41, was acquitted March 9 of murder in the death of cancer patient Mrs Abbie C Borreto and plans to seek reinstatement after June 19.
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Hillsboro County Medical Society
Lloyd L. Wells
Manchester
State Medical Board
Canadia
Inez
Abbie C. Borreto
Sander
You Made It Your Very Own Creation
The text emphasizes pride in personal creation across many crafts and media. It celebrates individual effort in making things, from building and painting to writing and music. It notes satisfaction in doing one's best, accepting both success and failure as personal achievement.
Taft and Wherry Clash on FEPC Cloture Timing
In Washington Taft and Wherry clash over when to move to limit Senate debate on the Fair Employment Practices Commission plan. Taft supports a Monday cloture push with a midweek vote, while Wherry argues the debate must be thorough before any cloture attempt.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Lucas
GOP
Rail strike halts Middletown passenger and mail service
A railroad firemen strike shuts down most traffic in Middletown except for three Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains daily that stop only when flagged. NYC and Pennsylvania services are canceled into the city, mail and air mail deliveries are delayed, and offices close as officials assess the impact.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio
West Middletown
Middletown
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Frank Zink
Nyc
Ohio State Limited
Cincinnati
Hilbert H. Martin
Dayton
Rail firemen strike hits four major railroads
About 18 000 firemen walked out at 6 am local time on four large rail systems as federal mediators sought a settlement. The strike affects eastern and central lines including Pennsylvania west of Harrisburg and paths through New York and Buffalo regions, with 50 000 to 100 000 workers idle nationwide if it widens. The dispute centers on requiring a fireman on all diesel multiple unit locomotives, a cost roads estimate at 40 million dollars annually.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomtive
Pennsylvania Lines
Harrisburgn
New York
National (Railway) Mediation Board
O'Neill
Jacobs Plans to Subpoena Lewis in Hearing Tie
Washington AP reports Rep Jacobs seeks to summon John L. Lewis for a hearing on alleged undemocratic union practices tied to last winter’s soft coal strike. The House Labor Committee, led by Lesinski, moved to abolish the labor subcommittee, then backed reinstating it. Jacobs vows to proceed if reinstated.
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Jacobs
John L. Lewis
Jaceobs
Lesinski
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Eet
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Velde
R-Til
Witenesses
Lewis
Data on about 420 seized slot machines to be reviewed
Columbus AP report says the State Liquor Department planned a complete inventory of roughly 420 slot machines seized in a raid on the Minerva Moose Lodge. Board Chairman Krebs pressed for the machines as evidence. enforcement chief Rutkowski cited crowded basement storage.
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State Liquor Department
State Liquor Board
Frank M. Krebs
Minerva Moose Lodge
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Rnly
Oscar L. Fleckner
Liquor Department
Fleckner
Rutkowski
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