Tornadoes lash nine states killing forty six people
A weekend of tornadoes and related accidents across nine states left 46 dead and at least 229 injured. Missouri Illinois and Indiana suffered the most losses with dozens of homes destroyed, while Washington Red Cross officials set aside 500000 for relief.
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American Red Cross
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Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Iowa
Maryland
Cape Girardeau
Clarksville
Bessville
Cabool
Shelburn
Terre Haute
Clay City
Ralph C. Werner
Red Cross
Wood River
Palestine
Mississippi
St. Louis
Stomeset
Eddie Cantor Quits Sponsor Over TV and Radio
NEW YORK AP Eddie Cantor ended his three year radio sponsorship with Pabst Brewing Company. Cantor says moving to both radio and television forced the split, while Pabst announces the Life of Riley as the new radio and TV program next fall.
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Eddie Cantor
The
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Cantor
Life of
Riley
Complete inquiry urged into AEC attitude and Lilienthal
Senator Vandenberg calls for a full inquiry into the Atomic Energy Commission and Chairman Lilienthal over security issues. A Senate committee is already probing the AEC, with Hickenlooper demanding Lilienthal resign. Vandenberg warns against education of Communists at public expense and questions Lilienthal’s handling of security clearances.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Lilienthal
AEC
Senate House Atomic Committee
Nationalists Hold Shanghai Line In Fierce Battle
Nationalist forces faced intense Red assault across the Whangpoo River as fighting raged for hours near Shanghai. Government communique says Reds were halted at the main defense line while reports placed enemy progress toward Hungjao golf course. Fire and bombings lit the scene as observers watched from city streets and high towers.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Hungjao
Famed German Composer Hans Pfitzner Dies at 80
AP reports Munich born composer Hans Pfitzner, 80, died in Salzburg after wartime financial blocks left him penniless. A ward of the Vienna Philharmonic, he had a late life home in Munich and Vienna. His opera The Rose from the Garden of Love was among his favorite works. His will asks burial near Beethoven Schubert and Mozart at Vienna Central Cemetery.
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Schubert
Mozart
Train and Auto Crash Kills Six Near Northwood
An Iowa farm family en route to church was wiped out in a railroad crossing collision three miles north of Northwood near the Iowa Minnesota line. Six people died: Marvin A. Holstad 27 Mrs. Holstad 26 and their three children Marlyn 4 Montie Lou 3 and Donavan 18 months plus Diane Leidal four, daughter of Milford Leidal a Northwood area farmer.
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Alfred E. Kime
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St. Clairsville
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Albert Ebierman, Jr
Sandusky
Allen J. McKee
Lakewood
Cleveland
Hugo A. Primaresi
Lake Erie
Arthur C. Bell
Toledo
Mary Ann
Paul Hohly
Frank H. Randall
Portsmouth Central Presbyterian Church
Seaman
Adams County
Paul H. Shepard
Sunbury
Delaware County
Clarence A. Neate
Upper Sandusky
Clarence Shellenberg
Union City
Ind
Blanchester
Clinton County
James Blackwell
Columbus
Mount Vernon
Northwood
Iowa
Church
Iowa Minnesota Line
Marvin A. Holstad
Holstad
Marlyn
Montie Lou
Donavan
Diane Leidal
Milford Leidal
Leidal
Holstads
Show successful Cleveland AFL union industries show draws crowd
Cleveland AP reports the five day AFL union industries show drew about 200 000 visitors as officials announced today.
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AFL
Berlin Issue First as Big Four Convenes
The Big Four Foreign Ministers Council meets in Berlin amid rioting to press Russia for urgent consideration of Germany's future. This is the first meeting since the London deadlock on a German peace treaty 18 months ago. Russia lifted the Berlin blockade May 11, and Dean Acheson, Robert Schuman, and Ernest Bevin were to meet Andrei Vishinsky. The agenda centers on Germany with possible talk on Austria. Western ministers aim to keep Berlin divided as a prerequisite for any wider settlement. The railway strike and two-currency issue in Berlin are linked to the blockade and may influence discussions.
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Foreign Ministers Council
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
London
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Vishinsky
Austria
Prelim coal talks begin in Bluefield West Virginia
Coal operators and union leaders met separately today before bargaining on a new soft coal contract. The current agreement expires in June. Last year John L. Lewis bargained with a broad committee. this year negotiations open with the Southern Coal Producers' Association, which supplies about one third of the nation's soft coal. Talks to start Wednesday in Bluefield West Virginia at an altitude of 2600 feet, a city of 20,641 in 1940, near Pocahontas Coalfield.
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Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Pocahontas Coalfield
Drowns In River Near Gallipolis Dam
Gallipolis Ohio AP reports George M. Ritchie 38 of Eureka drowned when his boat overturned in the Ohio River near the Gallipolis dam. His son Robert 15 was rescued and could not explain how the accident happened.
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Eureka
Ohio River
Gallipolis Dam
Robert
Allied Help Sought In Berlin Rail War
In Washington Senate leaders back a bill to unify the Army Navy and Air Forces to cut peacetime defense costs. In Berlin Western railway workers press for Allied intervention in a civil war with Soviet controlled Reichsbahn demanding removal of Soviet police and occupation by Allied forces to safeguard wages.
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D-Ill
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Tydings
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House
Two American GIs say they were beaten in Czech prisons
FRANKFURT, GERMANY(AP) Two US soldiers George Jones of Owensboro Kentucky and Clarence Hill of Pampa Texas released after six months in Czech prisons for alleged espionage describe beatings and threats. They say at times they were manhandled and kept moving between jails in Pilsen and Prague. They faced possible Army court martial for absence without leave.
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Germany
George Jones
Owensboro
Clarence R. Hill
Pampa
Tex
Klement Gottwald
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Charles Y. Tal
Col. Talbot
Czechoslovakia
West German constitution proclaimed as basic law
Bonn Germany AP reports the West German constitution was proclaimed basic law for 45 million Germans. Formal signing by 11 states completed as four power council meets in Paris to press for a German settlement. The move strengthens West Germany in Paris talks and sets stage for a government by mid July.
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Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Lost toddler feared dead in bear country search
Two and a half year old Larry Conners of South International Falls was believed lost today in wild brush and swamp lands near INTERNATIONAL FALLS Minnesota. About 200 men searched a wilderness area about a mile and a half long and three quarters of a mile wide described as bear country without finding a trace of the boy.
Forrestal's Death Sparks War Chief's Suicide Notes
Navy secretary James Forrestal, 51, died by jumping from Bethesda Hospital after years of wartime service and postwar strain. President Truman ordered half staff flags as a naval inquiry investigates the circumstances while friends note his devotion to country.
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Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Defense
Navy
Elton C. Fay Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Florida
Sophocles
Ajax
Bathesda
Hiss Trial Set to Open Amid Delays
Alger Hiss, 44, former State Department official, is scheduled to stand trial in New York on a perjury indictment by a federal grand jury. The case stems from his denial of turning over classified documents to Whittaker Chambers and includes a second count. delays since February have exhausted many postponements.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
U. S
Robert F. Murphy
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Rites Tuesday for Wilmington Businessman J W Den ver Williams
Funeral services for J W Denver Williams age 56 prominent Wilmington businessman will be held Tuesday morning at St Columbkille Catholic Church with burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery Williams died of a heart attack Saturday He had served as a director of several companies in the city.
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Wilmington
J. W. Denver Williams
St. Columbkille Catholic Church
Sugar Grove
Williams
House committee trims Truman foreign aid request
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a total 182.3 million cut from the 6.321 billion Truman foreign aid request. The revised ECA allotment is 4.0159 billion, with 1.074 billion for the final quarter, plus 50 million for Greece and Turkey and 949.6 million for occupied areas. Republicans flag deeper cuts possible in floor debate.
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Truman
House Appropriations Committee
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Ford Strike Talks Reach Impasse In Detroit
DETROIT AP Negotiations to resolve the 18 day Ford strike stalled with both sides pausing for a cooling off period. Mediators remained confident talks would resume soon despite a late night collapse and continued factory idle while roughly 65,000 Ford workers in two plants are out.
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Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
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Tine Son
Barber’s garage bombing under investigation in Cleveland
Police probed a garage blast at the Cleveland home of 59 year old barber Andrew Balchak. Balchak said he refused to sell property to several buyers, suggesting a possible motive. The explosion blew off the garage door and shattered 10 windows in two houses, but no injuries were reported.
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Andrew Balchak
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