Vanport flood devastates Portland area and inland reaches
Flood crests sweep past eastern Oregon and Washington as Vanport remains missing in action. Army engineers battle dikes and salvage efforts expand through Portland, Vancouver, and downstream towns while Red Cross estimates rise toward tens of thousands affected.
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Portland
Vanport
Northouth
Oregon
Portland Easing Authority
Red Cross
Clatskanie
Rainier
Woodland
Kelso
Longview
Kalama
British Columbia
Fraser River
Columbia River
Umatilla
Columbia
Union Station
Salem
McMinnville
Northwest
Bonneville Dam
Grand Coulee
Ustomers
Columbia Basin
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Cascade
Washington
Pasco-Kennewick
Hanford
Dalles
Sandy River
Vancouver
Wash
Nine Marines aboard Kearsarge launch amid task force delay
Thomas A. Rowe, boatswain, 3rd class, attached to the transport Randall, aboard the Kearsarge launch, is described as being in fair condition after an incident. Survivors were rescued by small boats. naval tugs and patrol craft were sent to the scene as the task force's sailing was delayed indefinitely. The Kearsarge carries 200 officers and 2,100 enlisted, not counting 1,000 marines. Other ships include Fargo, Huntington, Juneau, and several destroyers plus Marquette.
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Thomas A. Rowe
Randall
Consolation
Coast Guard
Naval Station
Kearsarge
Fargo
Huntington
Juneau
Putnam
Henley
W. Keith
Pedigree for Her Beau Stirs Nordic Inquiry
A northern Sweden district police chief received a letter from a young girl seeking a full pedigree of her steady beau. She asks about his past family and character, framing it as a request for his background and qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Sheriff Grant is Installed In Monroe Parish Office
The newly elected Monroe Parish Sheriff Grant received a solid gold badge from L. V. Tarver, with his deputies named to head the criminal department and civil staff. Attending the installation were state and city officials as they began serving court summons and warrants.
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R. Dean Farr
C. D. Meredith
Grant
David I. Garrett
Sheriff's Department
George Johnson
O. J. Horn
R. H. Terrell
Paul Cowan
Frank Kirby
Frank Jones
Kenneth Holt
E. L. Walker
Katie Renaud
Raymond Knowles
Sheriff Grant
Cerely
L. V. Tarver
Mr. Tarver
Monroe Police
Tarver
E. L. “Pop” Walker
Monroe
West Monroe
Bill Knowles
D. Meredith
Roosevelt Era Nuisance Figures With Wallace Circle
The piece criticizes figures tied to Henry Wallace and the Roerich cult, labeling them perverse and un-American. It cites the Dies committee and its successor the Thomas committee, praising investigators like Rob ert Stripling and J. B. Matthews for exposing Soviet influence and criticizing Roosevelt officials, Eleanor the Great, and media complicity. It notes shifts in support over time, including Philip Murray and the C S defending Bridges, and contrasts past denouncements with current patriotism.
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Wallace
Agriculture
Board of Economic Warfare
Roerich
Washington
Henry Wallace
New York
Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Thomas Committee On
House of Representatives
Robert Stripling
J. B. Matthews
United States
Eleanor the Great
Philip Murray
C. S
Harry Bridges
Presbyterian Assembly Debates Church Council Withdrawal
The 8th general assembly rejected withdrawal from the council by 274 to 108. Meridian Presbytery and Reid Memorial Church elders urged exit over social and political focus. Supporters defended the council as Protestant unity, noting non-segregation aims and opposition to Catholic influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian, Miss
Reid Memorial
Augusta
Meridian Presbytery
Southern Presbyterian Church
L. E. Faulkner
Hattiesburg
Miss
Assembly
FEPC
Frank Barker
Kansas City
Frank C. Brown
Dallas
Rare Polish Poem Volume Sealed in Tiny Pages
The Soviet Moldavia reports a rare three volume work by Polish poet Adam Mitzkevich housed in Dr S I Carnatze vich Toumen library. Published in Warsaw in 1897 the set occupies about 1000 pages and measures so small that two volumes fit in a match box. Reading requires a magnifying glass as print is nearly invisible.
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Moscow
Moldavia
S. I. Carnatzevich
Toumen
Adam Mitzkevich
Warsaw
Hearings Set On Tax Bills In Louisiana Senate
Baton Rouge June 1 A plan to back Gov Earl Long faces hearings as the senate finance committee schedules 1 30 p m sessions on beer tax five cents a bottle and a two cent gasolene levy increase The hearings open the week on four tax items while severance and gas gathering tax bills await tomorrow The bill actions also include abolishing the department of institutions and separate administrations for hospitals and institutions run by the agency and forming a five member committee with broad powers to probe state agencies Meanwhile committees approved boards to operate Louisiana Training Institute Monroe State Industrial School for Girls near Alexandria and State Industrial School for Colored Youth Baker A $30 000 000 toll bridge plan New Orleans to St Tammany parish and 10 000 000 lakeshore highway from New Orleans to Hammond were noted The House committee on education approved abolishing the LSU board of supervisors and placing higher learning institutions under a board of regents The judiciary B committee backed six juvenile measures including renaming terms and defining who is subject to the juvenile court law and shifting language away from neglect references
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Department of Institutions
Earl Long
Dudley J. LeBlanc
House
Judiciary
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
State Industrial School For
Alexandria
Baker
New Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
Hammond
House Committee On Education
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Board of Regents
Civil service changes face modifications after protests
Baton Rouge lawmakers heard from religious educational and labor leaders as objections mounted to proposed civil service changes. A legislative committee deferred action and plans a future vote without more public hearings amid federal questions over standards for agencies receiving funds.
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Federal Security Agency
C. C. Applewhite
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S
Vincent J. O'Connell
Catholic Committee of the South
L. N. Stuckey
Baton Rouge
Father O'Connell
Stuckey
Methodist Conference of
Louisiana
R. L. Tullis
Louisiana State University Law School
Fred Pieper
A. E. Gearey
E. H. Williams
State Federation of Labor
Sheriff stops motorist for tail light failure
Grand Island Nebraska sheriff Herbert Hann halted a driver who claimed the tail light was burning five minutes earlier. Evidence showed the light lacked a bulb, contradicting the driver's account.
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Grand Island
Nebr
Herbert Hann
UN Truce Bid Pierces North Palestine Front
Arab leaders plan a meeting in Amman as UN deadline looms for a four week cease fire. Iraqi troops reportedly near Tel Aviv and Natanya claim unconfirmed coastal cutoff. Jews defend convoys to Jerusalem while Arabs shell Jewish posts and seize arms. Tunisian Arabs head to Palestine. Egypt restricts exit visas to 500 applicants.
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Are
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Amman
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
United Nations Council
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Fascha
Arab Higher Committee
Cairo
Natanya
Tulkarm
Jerusalem
Bab el Wad-Latrun
Holy City
Abdullah
Legion
Haganah
Jenin
Nablus-Jenin - Tulkarm
Palestine
Isdud
Israel
Malkieh
Kajesh
Lower Galilee
Christian Union In
Tunis
Interior Ministry
400 Dead drownings and miscellaneous causes tally
A compiled state by state tally shows totals of drownings and related causes across the United States, listing state by state figures in three columns. States such as California, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania record notable counts, with many others contributing smaller totals.
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Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Senate panels push partisan agenda amid wartime draft talk
Amid a crowded senate agenda APPOINTEES and other measures loom. The 19 to 25 draft bill faces long debate as Langer amendments to curb race segregation in the armed forces stir opposition. Vandenberg seeks to pave way for defense alliances under the UN. In the house, Mundt Nixon bill targets subversive Communist activity while finance panel weighs extending the reciprocal trade act. Taft foresees farm program action and housing measures stall in the house banking panel, risking campaign influence.
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E. S
Revercomb
R.W. Va
D. P
Langer
Taft
Ohioan
Russell
D.-Ga
Knowland
Millikin
R.cole
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
United Nations
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
House Banking Committee
Spence
Storks Near Extinction Warned in Switzerland
In Zurich the Ornithological Observer warns storks may vanish from Switzerland as only eight nests produced five broods last season. One chick died from a high voltage line and at Schlattingen a stork family faced attacks from other birds, with one aggressor killed.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Schlattingen
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Multnomah
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Thomas E. Rilea
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Wesley S. Shafto
Ouachita National Bank
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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Bernheim Distilling CO. Inc
Louisville, KY
Stripling
White House
Hanns Eisler
Eleanor
Department of Commerce
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Earl K. Long
Ex-Lax
Jack Young
Patricia Roc
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