Western flood leaves tens of thousands homeless in Columbia valley
Flood waters from the Columbia river basin devastate Portland and Vancouver areas. By dawn 24 dead and about 50,000 homeless are reported with losses exceeding 100 million dollars. Vanport City sits submerged as 18,000 residents flee. Federal aid is authorized and Red Cross relief funds rise to 1 million.
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Ore
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Pacific Northwest
Vancouver
Columbia Valley
Oregon
Columbia River
Vanport City
Lower Columbia
Broad Pacific
Coweeman
Kelso
Kelso-Longview
Woodland
Wash
Truman
National Red Cross
Willamette River
Pa Newe Observes Pa Newe Observes Employer of the Pennsylvania Power Company
The Pennsylvania Power Company crew used a machine to erect new poles for a street lighting system on Washington Street drawing a crowd on Tuesday near Mercer Street. Resurfacing on several north hill streets nears finish and residents faced traffic issues including car parking on Delaware Avenue. The National Safety Council warns sun exposure risks and advises against sun naps as sunburn can be dangerous.
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Pennsylvania Power Company
Washington Street
Mercer Street
North Hill
Delaware Avenue
National Safety Council
Weather statistics for today and past year
For the 24 hour period ending this morning the maximum temperature reached 78 degrees and the minimum 43 with no precipitation while the river stood at 5 feet. A year ago the low was 45 and rainfall amounted to 0.06 inches.
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United States
Tractor Accident Claims Life Of Warren Voeste
HONESDALE Pa June 2 Warren Voeste 19 of Dreher township Wayne county died when a tractor he was operating upset and gasoline tank exploded. Coroner Vernon Walsh said Voeste was pinned beneath the machine as it rolled over a stone wall.
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Honesdale
Warren Voeste
Dreher Township
Wayne County
Vernon Walsh
Voeste
Seven Nazi Doctors Executed for Euthanasia Program
On June 2 in Landsberg Germany seven doctors including Dr Karl Brandt Adolf Hitlers personal physician were hanged for their roles in the euthanasia program. They were condemned by a US tribunal at Nuernberg last August for crimes linked to non German and German victims in human experiments.
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Landsberg
Germany
INS
Karl Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Brandt
Hitler
Nuernberg
Karl Gebhardt
Rudolf Brandt
Wolfram Sievers
Victor Brack
Waldemar Hoven
Joachim Mrugovsky
Free Swimming Campaign Starts At Y June 7
The central branch of the Y M C A announces a free swimming campaign beginning June 7 at 1 30 p m. Open to all boys with parental permission, the program offers expert instruction from beginner to advanced levels at no charge to participants. The effort aims to reduce summer recreation drownings in the county and state.
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Y.M.C.A
Mrs W W Davis Dies At Grove City Home
Mrs W W Davis of 210 Edgewood avenue Grove City died at her home Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 oclock after an extended illness Survivors include four children among them Mrs Jack Dye formerly Miss Elsie Davis a Croton school teacher Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock D S T from the late residence Friends may be received tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock
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W. W. Davis
Edgewood Avenue
Grove City
Friends
Jack Dye
Elsie Davis
Croton
Friends S
Garfield Avenue Resurfaced and Related Road Work
Interstate Amiesite company began resurfacing Garfield avenue with bituminous material between Highland and Delaware avenues today. Leasure avenue between Delaware and Highland has been resurfaced recently but needs trimming before opening. Sheridan avenue between Highland and Neshennock boulevard and North Mercer street between East Washington and North streets are slated for resurfacing. L. R. Berkheimer Jr of Philadelphia spent Memorial Day with his parents at 305 Hazelcroft avenue.
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Interstate Amiesite Company
Garfield Avenue
Highland
Delaware Avenues
Leasure Avenue
Delaware
Highland Avenues
Sheridan Avenue
Highland Avenue
Neshennock Boulevard
North Mercer Street
East Washington
North Streets
L. R. Berkheimer, Jr
Philadelphia
L. R. Berkheimer, Sr
Hazelcroft Avenue
Belief Arab Armies Operate Under Master Plan in Palestine
A June report from Jerusalem cites Jewish military officials who claim Arab forces act under a unified master plan led by King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. They say the campaign has moved beyond skirmishes to coordinated offensives, with Jaffa targeted to seize a needed port, and Egyptian and Arab Legion forces moving from the south and center.
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U.S
Jerusalem
Palestine
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Haganah
Arab Legion
Jaffa
House Committee Votes Six and a Half Billion for Armed Forces
The House appropriations panel approved an extra six and a half million for the Army and Air Force amid warnings of a possible war with Russia. Total for 1949 would reach about twelve and a half billion, with Navy funding near four billion awaiting Congress action. Army and Air Force personnel would rise to 1,250,000 by June 30, 1949, boosting Army numbers to 805,500 and the Air Force to 444,500. Army Secretary Royall cautioned war is not imminent but affirmed faith in avoiding conflict.
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Washington
INS
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Air Force
Bradley
Russia
Navy
America
Royall
New Injunction May Be Granted
Federal Judge Goldsborough signaled he may issue an injunction forcing the United Mine Workers to bargain with the Southern Coal Operators Association as ordered by the National Labor Relations Board. He warned that a national coal walkout at the miners conference expiry on June 30 would be a national tragedy and said the court could act without a current emergency if a strike threat exists.
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Washington
INS
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Operators Association
National Labor Relations Board
Goldsborough
M. E. Boiarsky
UMW
Stassen Proposes U S Navy to Palestine
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen urges sending the U S Navy to Palestine to back a new Holy Land policy. He calls for a bipartisan leaders conference to shape policy and asks the United Nations to deploy a land police force in Palestine.
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Philadelphia
INS
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Palestine
Minnesota
U. S. Holy Land
Stassen
United Nations
Commerce official David Lasser resigns amid Congress criticism
David Lasser a Commerce department official and former president of the Workers Alliance has resigned his government post. He served as a labor consultant with the Office of Industry Cooperation and faced attack from some members of Congress.
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Washington
INS
David Lasser
Commerce Department
Congress
Workers Alliance
Lasser
Office of Indutry Cooperation
Chaim Weizmann Arrives in Paris to Warm Welcome
President Chaim Weizmann of Israel arrived in Paris from the United States to a tumultuous reception. Jewish delegations greeted him at the station as his boat train rolled in. He looked tired and ill and declined to speak.
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Paris
INS
Chaim Weizmann
State of Israel
United States
Weizmann
Guarantees Sought by Arabs in Palestine Truce
In Cairo the Arab governments told the United Nations that any Palestine truce without guarantees to the Arabs would provoke more violence. The nine stipulations demand a set start time, continued Jewish immigration ban, Arab participation in order maintenance, and guarantees of political unity and security.
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Cairo
INS
United Nations
Palestine
Arab Nations
Security Council
Eighteen Circus Employes Jailed In Pittsburgh
Eighteen Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey workers were jailed on vagrancy charges after a sit down strike at the Pittsburgh camping grounds. They said they were promised $75 a month and “keep” in Birmingham but were told they would receive $50, while circus officials denied any pay cut and said the men wanted a free ride.
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Pittsburgh
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
Birmingham
Ala
Navy Reserve Enlistment Drives Open Wednesdays
The U S Navy recruiting office at the Post Office will enlist veterans and non veterans in the naval reserve starting tonight and each Wednesday evening. Lt Walter Kieler and Yeoman Second Class R G Mortimer will swear in applicants and veterans should bring their original discharge papers. The office will be open from to 9:30 p m.
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Naval Reserve
U. S. Navy
Walter Kieler
R. G. Mortimer
RUNS NAIL IN FOOT
Ralph Sheen age eleven of 208 Green street was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital Tuesday for a puncture wound in the left foot after stepping on a rusty nail that ran through the foot.
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Ralph Sheen
Green Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Westminster College Hosts 94th Commencement Week
Westminster College in New Wilmington opens a nine day event with Alumni Day May Queen crowning and 94th commencement on Monday at 2 p m South Terrace. General Assembly delegates arrive for Pre Assembly Conference June 8 in the United Presbyterian church. sessions run through June 14. Dr Jesse Bader to address open session, Dr Robert E Lee cancels due to new duties.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Westminster
South Terrace
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
College Chapel
Jesse Bader
Department of Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches of
New York City
Robert E. Lee
Memphis, Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Elwood Wolves Charter Tonight at Ellwood City
The Ellwood City Wolves club receives its charter tonight at 7 o'clock in the Catholic Center. Local president Nicholas Casalandra will present the charter to new president Attorney Michael Barletta during a dinner and program attended by over 100 people and well known speakers. The group becomes Den No. 2 of the Wolves club.
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Wolves Club
Ellwood City
Nicholas Casalandra
Michael Barletta
Ellwood City Wolves Club
den No. 2
Accord Reached on Western Germany by Six Powers
The State Department announced that a full accord has been reached on future control of western Germany by the six powers in London talks. Participating nations include the United States United Kingdom France the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Germany
London
United States
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Stassen Denies Duff Vice Presidential Notion
Harrisburg June 2 Harold E Stassen dismissed speculation that Gov James H Duff would receive the vice presidency on the Stassen ticket after a brief Capitol conference. Duff and Stassen left the meeting in apparent agreement while Duff called the speculation extreme and unfounded.
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Stassen
Harold E Stassen
Duff
State Capitol
Minnesota
Board to Meet Lawrence County ACS Directors
The board of directors of the Lawrence county unit American Cancer Society will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 4 15 p m in The Castleton hotel.
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Lawrence County Unit
American Cancer Society
Castleton Hotel
Largest Senior High Class Graduates in Cathedral Ceremony
Five hundred thirty nine graduates, the largest class ever, received diplomas Tuesday night June 1 in the Cathedral. Dr. Howard C. Scharfe urged service and usefulness, stressing a world that remains one for mankind. Superintendent Frank L. Burton introduced the speaker as graduates filed in to the Coronation March.
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Scharfe
Howard C. Scharfe
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Pitsburgh
Frank L. Burton
East
Burton Af
Naval task force heads to Mediterranean after boat tragedy
A 12 ship task force sails to the Mediterranean to replace fleet units after a motor launch capsized off Norfolk Virginia killing 26 sailors and Marines. Of 96 aboard eight sailors and 10 Marines died with 68 survivors as a storm swamped the craft near the carrier Kearsarge. Rescue crews saved others as the tragedy delayed the voyage.
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Norfolk
INS
Mediterranean
Hampton Roads
Norfoliet
Ah Eocreg Kearsarge
Girl Tells Police She Killed Lover
A 21 year old Pittsburgh woman, Poe Wooding of Winthrop, Massachusetts, surrendered to North Side police claiming she killed her childhood sweetheart Gilbert A. Taylor, 24, on May 25 near Middlesboro after he forced her to aid in a holdup at a Winrop department store. The pair then joined a carnival traveling to Harlan and Middlesboro, Kentucky.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Middlesboro
Poe Wooding
Winthrop
North Side
Gilbert A. Taylor
Mass
Taylor
Winrop
Harlan
Tree worker burned after fall into refuse fire
Harry Kennedy aged 25 of the Fountain Inn hotel was burned when he slipped and fell into a burn pile used to incinerate refuse while employed by Davy Tree Expert company in the local district. He suffered first and second degree burns to the face arms left chest abdomen and left thigh at Jameson Memorial hospital where he receives treatment.
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Davy Tree Expert Company
Harry Kennedy
Fountain Inn
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Three Year Old Killed in Ohio Truck Collision
Coroner reports Daniel Culp three years old of Columbiana died from injuries after a truck automobile collision near the Mahoning Columbiana county border. The accident occurred last Monday.
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Lisbon
INS
Daniel Culp
Columbiana
Mahoning-Columbiana
New Castle Public Schools Close Early on Friday
Superintendent Frank Burton announced New Castle public schools will close Friday June 4 with a half day. Some schools plan afternoon picnics while others hold theirs on Thursday. He noted about 8000 children attended the district in the past year.
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New Castle Public
Frank Burton
Dawn Of Peace Seen By Pope
Pope Pius XII called for peace in Palestine saying Arab Jewish acceptance of a truce could be a dawn of peace in the Holy Land. He urged Christians to wake from indifference, endorsed a United States of Europe, and prayed for no wider bloodshed in the Holy Land while appealing for a solid Christian front against nihilism and violence.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Holy Land
Sacred College of Cardinals
Holy Father
Palestine
United States
Europe
Lawrence County Medical Society Banquet at New Castle Club
Tonight the June meeting of the Lawrence County Medical Society wraps with its annual banquet at New Castle Country Club. Dinner at 7 p m. Cy Hungerford of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette provides the evening entertainment and speech marking the meeting’s close until fall.
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Lawrence County Medical Society
New Castle Country Club
Cy Hungerford
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Death Notices for Murphey and Carpenter
Mrs. Thomas F. Murphey of Wampum aged 86 and George Oscar Carpenter aged 66 of 411 West Madison Avenue are recorded as deaths on June 2, 1948.
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Thomas F. Murphey
Wampum, R. D
George Oscar Carpenter
West
Madison Avenue
Fresh fighting in Jerusalem despite truce
Fresh fighting raged in Jerusalem and across Palestine as a three am cease fire neared. A Jewish communique said Egyptian forces attacked Israeli soil twice within hours after the cease-fire. Arab spokesmen demanded political guarantees. Cairo reported no cease-fire orders yet and Arab leaders hoped for UN approval before action.
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Tel Aviv
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Cairo
Reuters
Amman
Ghores Safi
Arab League
Negba
Gaza
Malta
al Lot
Hulda
Latrun
United ‘Tions
United Nations
Man Drowns In Truck Plunge
Pittsburgh police and coroner investigated a truck plunge that killed JR V 40 a Pittsburgh Press driver. Funeral services were held as authorities sought details of how the accident happened and the coroner ordered a post mortem.
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Pittsburgh
INS
JR. V 40
Pittsburgh Press
Allegheny
Vengelio
Summer Weather Dreams and Safe Tomato Planting
A fragmented piece discusses hot summer conditions and baking heat. It references August like timing and mentions tomato plants, asking about safety for planting in the current warm period and how dreams and tricks relate to the heat.
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Saat
Mbaere
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