Backlog of Bills Threatens Early Aecess for Congress
Washington AP reports a thick stack of must bills threatens to delay Congress beyond its planned adjournment on June 18. Senators may extend hours and add night sessions to push through controversial measures, with a filibuster risk from southern Democrats over a possible anti poll tax amendment.
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Senate
Agriculture Department
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Wife and two children witness pilot's fatal crash
Benjamin W. Bennett, a filling station operator, died during a solo takeoff at Sioux City Municipal Airport. Witnesses, including his wife and two children, watched as the plane fell from about 100 feet and exploded in flames after the test flight led to the fatal crash. Mrs. Lucy Bennett and a son and daughter stood near a hangar.
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Sioux City
Benjamin W. Bennett
Walter Betsworth
Bennett
Lucy Bennett
Carroll Couple Found Dead in Suspected Murder Suicide
The Heaton couple, aged about 75, were found dead in their Carroll home. Coroner J Lawrence Cochran labeled it murder and death by own action. Sheriff Tom J Finegan said Henry N Heaton slashed his wife's throat then hanged himself. Son Roy discovered the bodies. no note or motive is known. Heaton had been in good health. Mrs Heaton recently had an operation.
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Rered
J. Lawrence Cochran
Tom J. Finegan
Henry N. Heaton
Roy
Finegan
Heaton
Olmstead Elected Iowa UFW Head
Des Moines George Olmstead was elected president of United World Federalists of Iowa Inc at a banquet. Cord Meyer Jr UWF national president urged the United States to lead revising the United Nations charter to empower world law and force compliance.
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George Olmstead
United World Federalists of Iowa, Inc
Cord Meyer Jr
UWF
United Nations
United States
U. N
Man and wife die in nine story fall in Chicago
Attorney Harry Grundy 49 and his wife Laurena 48 of Taylorville Ill fall from a north side hotel room at 2757 Pine Grove Ave. They struck the sidewalk in front of the Commonwealth Hotel after crashing through the window and screen. Police say Grundy suffered a mood-related issue and there was no sign of a struggle. his wife may have tried to stop him.
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North Side
Harry Grundy
Laurena
Taylorville
Ill
Commonwealth
Grundy
More Rain Foils Drought as Floodwaters Rise Across Northwest
The Associated Press reports heavy rain drenched the Pacific Northwest with rivers overflowing and many areas flooded. A tug with two men vanished in the Columbia River while floods caused dike collapses at Bonners Ferry Idaho and water breaches in Grand Forks B C. Army engineers from Ft. Lewis aided dike defense as 450 families faced homelessness.
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Columbia River
Weather Bureau
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Grand Forks
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Kootenai
Montana
Plane crash injuries improve for two farmers near Lawton
The two farmers hurt when a hunting plane crashed into a hillside on the Erwin Ludwig farm near Lawton Ia showed some improvement Monday at Methodist hospital. Adolph Vohs 27 of Sioux City owner and pilot suffered fractures of both legs a crushed foot and bruises. Jay Horsley 24 Lawton farmer had cuts and bruises and a fractured vertebrae.
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Lawton
Methodist
Adolph Vohs
Jay Horsley
Wellington Records Twenty Earthquakes In 24 Hours
Twenty earthquake shocks, most slight, were recorded in Wellington during a 24 hour period ending this morning. R C Hayes, acting director of the Dominion Observatory, announced. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand on the southern tip of North Island.
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New Zeland
R. C. Hayes
Dominion Observatory
New Zealand
North Island
GM offers wage raise easing Chrysler strike deadlock
Gov. Kim Sigler brokered a hotel bargaining restart as GM reportedly offered a wage increase of over six cents an hour to the UAW CIO. Chrysler talks also resumed with the governor coordinating a four‑way meeting to push a settlement. Analysts expect GM could settle around 10 cents. The UAW CIO had demanded 25 cents from GM and 30 from Chrysler.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Kim Sigler
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Sigler
Emil Mazey
Cadillac
Norman Matthews
Robert Conder
John Leary
Brannan Named Secretary of Agriculture and Hennock to FCC
President nominates Charles F Brannan to be secretary of agriculture succeeding Clinton Anderson who resigned to run for the senate in New Mexico Brannan is currently assistant secretary Frieda B Hennock of New York City named to the Federal Communications Commission replacing Clifford J Durr and becomes the first woman appointed to the commission for a seven year term starting July 1
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Charles Franklin Brannan
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Senate
Colorado
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Frieda B. Hennock
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
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Clifford J. Durr
Meat Workers Return to Work Ends Strike at Most Plants
CIO meat handlers resumed work at a majority of major packing plants including Wilson and Company Cudahy Kansas City among picket lines at seven sites. About 90,000 of 100,000 union members ended the 10 week strike with a nine cent wage rise. disputes at Wilson and Co and Cudahy persist over seniority and reemployment terms.
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Cudahy Packing Co
Kansas City
Wilson
Wilson Gates
United Packtinghouse Workers Union
Bath Packing Co
Waterloo
Morrell
Ottumwa
Kan
George Cool On Prospects For Truman
Senator George of Georgia urges voters to elect a strong one term president to curb deficits and taxes. He questions Truman as leadership and weighs Ike and party platforms while noting potential shifts in Eisenhower support and Stassen delegate strength.
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George
D-Ga
Georgia
Dixie
Truman
Stassen
Connecticut
Raymond E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Karen Ash Recovers After Mayo Clinic Heart Surgery
Four year old Karen Ash is recovering after a delicate heart operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. The procedure, performed at 730 am Saturday, aimed to block a channel between the heart and lungs. The family learned of the progress by telephone from Rochester and Karen remains in an oxygen tent as she heals.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Kiwanis Club
Grandview Avenue
Harold Ash
Karen
United States
Muscatine
Colonial Hospital
First Avenue
Northwest
Eight-Year-Old Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge
In Seattle a boy aged eight named Charles Rogers died after a squirtgun imitation led to a real pistol firing during a play session at Billy Comyn's home. Billy Comyn, age seven, told police he and Charles were playing with a squirtgun when the pistol, kept by the Comyn family, discharged, striking Charles in the chest. Charles died before reaching a hospital. his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rogers and the Comyns are mentioned in the account.
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Charles Rogers
E. L. Rogers
Billy Comyn
Billy
Jack G. Comyn
Charles
Comyn
Rogers Youngster
Scientist Wong-Wen-Hao Confirmed Premier of China
Wong-Wen-Hao, a 59 year old leading scientist and former minister of economic affairs, was confirmed today as premier by the Chinese congress. The vote was 489 to 94 and Chiang Kai-shek’s nomination marks a pivotal challenge to internal power factions.
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Wong-Wen-Hao
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Chang Chun
Wong
Kuomintang
Government Party
Arabs Seek 36 Hour Extension on Palestine Cease Fire
Faris El Khoury of Syria said Arabs would ask the United Nations for a 36 hour extension after the noon EST deadline passed without acceptance. He reported Arab plans to consult in Amman Trans-Jordan and said the appeal arrived too late for prior discussion. Egyptian and Arab League officials signaled possible conditional pauses, while U S Britain talks eyed stability in the Middle East and American casualties mounted.
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Arab League
Council
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Lewis Douglas
London
Whitehall
Middle East
Britain
Trans
Embarrassed deputy loses purse to street theft
Los Angeles reports Deputy Sheriff Louise M. Coffman stopped at a traffic signal when five youths milled around. One grabbed her purse, took $80, her identification card and badge, and tossed the rest back.
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Los Angeles
Louise M. Coffman
Truman to deliver five major speeches on cross country trip
President Truman plans five major speeches during a June cross country train trip. Topics include foreign policy, conservation, displaced persons and defense with a Seattle and Berkeley stop among others, plus brief platform talks en route.
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Greater
Gary, Ind
President Truman to skip Iowa campaign stops in June
Democratic leader Jake More of Harlan said President Truman will not make Iowa stops during a cross country speaking tour early in June. Plans for Iowa City and Oxford stops were abandoned due to night travel, as the president will pass through Iowa at night en route from Chicago to Omaha.
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Jake More
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Iowa City
Oxford
More
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Omaha
Release Attorneys in Jap War Trial
Most American lawyers who defended ex-Premier Hideki Tojo and 24 co-defendants in the Tokyo war trials have been released before verdicts. Army officials cited completed duties and the reduction of prosecution staff, noting five defense counsels still receive Army pay. Final arguments ended April 16 and verdicts may come mid June. Owen Cunningham of Des Moines was among those released.
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Hideki Tojo
Owen Cunningham
Des Moines
Complaint Filed Against John L Lewis and UMW
Unfair labor practice charges were filed against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers by Robert N Denham top counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. The charges stem from refusal to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association and coercion in choosing a bargaining representative. A hearing is set in Washington June 8 to pursue the case.
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Washington
Denham
Highway Mishaps Claim Six In Iowa Over Weekend
A weekend spate of Iowa traffic crashes killed six people and added to the year’s toll. Victims include William V. Kincaid in Chariton, Berniece Jones near Ottumwa, and Elmer Simmons near Pisgah, with multiple other injuries reported across Emmetsburg, Sergeant Bluff, Storm Lake, and Des Moines areas.
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Milo Reinders
Mallard
Emmetsburg
Berniece Jones
Bloomfield
Highway 63
Ottumwa
Elmer Simmons
Pisgah
Sergeant Bluff
Storm Lake
Dianne Kelsey
Reed Kelsey
Des Moines
Joel Wood
le Roy Wood
West del Mi
Authorities Probe Fraternity Prank Investigated by Iowa State officials
Ames residents report an investigation into an alleged fraternity prank that abducted James C. Greer of Detroit. He was driven 300 miles and dumped near Warsaw Missouri after a risky ride. M. D. Helser promises a thorough inquiry by the college government committee.
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M. D. Helser
Peresonnel
Iowa State College
James C. Greer
Detroit
Mich
Warsaw
Mother Charged in Baby's Death in Fort Madison
County Attorney Robert Johnson said Kathryn Kisling faces murder charges for smothering her two year old daughter Karen while under the influence of an overdose of sleeping pills. Kisling reportedly took the pills Saturday in a spell of despondency over ill health. Karen would have turned two on July 10.
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Robert Johnson
Johnson
Kathryn Kisling
Karen
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