Second Tornado Leaves Detroit West Side Destruction
A second Detroit tornado lasting three minutes tore through the industrial district on the west side causing unroofed buildings and scattered cars. One killed and eight injured as damage totals rise, while Windsor hospital reports the eighteenth death from the June 10 storm. A 21 year old coal yard worker electrocuted at Esper Coal Co in west side Detroit. Continued on Page Two.
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Detroit
Lower West Side
Windsor
Hotel Dicu
John Nelson Jones
Wardell Medlock
Esper Coal Company
Foreign Ministers Grappling With Trieste Problem
Big Four foreign ministers debated the Trieste issue as Byrnes deadline loomed for the Paris peace treaty talks. Indications showed continued sessions likely, though hopes for a summer general peace conference dimmed. Continued on par e two.
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Paris
INS
Trieste
Byrnes
Great Host Of Notables Reaching Kwajalein To Witness A Bomb Test
Kwajalein atoll hosts a gala day as brass hats VIPs and lawmakers arrive by air and sea to observe the upcoming atomic bomb test. Navy Commander Ben H. Hyatt and Air Task Force Brig. Gen Roger Ramey presided over receptions and tours while briefings outlined plans for the dropping three days hence.
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Kwajalein
Kwajjalein
Kwajalein Atoll
Navy Island
Ben H. Hyatt
Air Task Force
Roger Ramey
PA News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings and Weather
Pa News observes new buses and civilian jeeps downtown while Wheat harvesting starts in Lawrence County and hay crops progress. Parking meters rise on South Jefferson Street. Perry Highway widening advances toward Leesburg to ease expected traffic. A slow turtle crosses a North Hill street, and corn in R D 3 Wellmore nears tassel. New Castle reports a late cloudburst, Youngstown bears most impact with brief electric outages.
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Pa Nene
Jefferson Street
Public Square
South Street
Perry Highway
Mercer
Leesburg
New Castle
Youngstown
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show a maximum temperature of 88 and minimum 65 with one inch precipitation. River stage reads 77. Comparable data from the same date last year lists a max of 26, min 69, and trace precipitation.
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United States
Evatt Plans Move to curb Russia Veto Power
Dr H V Evatt of Australia prepares a United Nations push to curb Russia s frequent use of the big five veto in Security Council decisions He plans a press conference after the atomic energy commission session and expects to launch a broader effort at the General Assembly next September to modify or eliminate the veto power
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New York
INS
H. V. Evatt
Australia
United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Evatt
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Commission
Dr. Evatt
U N. General Assembly
U. N
Survivor of Bataan Death March Heads for New Induction
Cpl. Peter Loss of Scranton a 29 year old survivor of the Bataan death march prepared for another army hitch. He left for Philadelphia for a pre induction physical with volunteers three days after discharge. Loss served since 1940 and is one of five enlisted brothers. His hands bear cigarette burn scars from the Japanese. He weighs 180 pounds now versus about 100 at liberation from the POW camp.
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Scranton
INS
Peter Loss
Bataan
Philadelphia
Loss
Soviet Paper Attacks Baruch Atomic Proposals
Izvestia denounces the Baruch plan as violating big power equality on the Security Council and threatening international cooperation. Moscow News says the U S plan would consolidate American monopoly on atomic weapons and shape future use of atomic explosives.
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Moscow
INS
Izvestia Today
Security Council
Moscow News
U. S
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyvko
Hesse Jewels Return to Germany Under Guard
The Hesse jewels and heirlooms seized during wartime were shipped to Bremerhaven aboard the S S Holbrook and will be placed under Lieut Col R C Connoly's provost marshal jurisdiction in Frankfurt. The items, valued at about one and a half million dollars, arrived with military pendants and were retrieved from Kronberg Castle by an American colonel and his wife, a WAC officer.
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Frankfurt
INS
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Wac
Bremerhaven
S.S. Holbrook
Germany
M.P
R. C. Connoly
Brooklyn
N. Y
Scale Trestle Collapse Hits Philadelphia Pier
A scale trestle on Pier 76 South Wharf of the Philadelphia Waterfront collapsed into the Delaware River. Six injured workers were rushed to Mount Sinai hospital, with three others reported trapped under debris as rescuers searched the water.
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Philadelphia
Pier 76
Delaware River
Mount Sinai Hospital
Provisional Head of Italy Named
Rome June 28. Ernesto De Nicola a 68 year old Neapolitan statesman was elected provisional president of Italy s first republic since 100 B.C. by the Constituent assembly after agreement among the Christian Democrats Communists and Socialists.
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Rome
Nrico de Nicola
Italy
B.C
Christian Democrats
Artie Shaw and Ava Gardner Divorce Cited Hollywood Hours
Bandleader Artie Shaw blames Hollywood hours for the breakup of his marriage to actress Ava Gardner. The report notes the couple, prominent in Hollywood circles, are separating as of June 28.
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Artie Shaw
Ava
Hollywood
INS
Hollywood Hours
Ava Gardner
Bar U S Aid Blocked for Countries Denying Uncensored Reports
Washington June action moves to bar United States aid to nations that refuse to allow uncensored reports on distribution of American financed supplies. The House tentatively approved the amendment 154 to 53 aimed at the USSR after President Truman said all nations except the USSR had satisfactory reporting arrangements. Rep Dirksen led the push, urging a durable peace and warning the failure to adopt the proposal could doom negotiations.
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House
Russia
Truman
Ussr
Dirksen
R. Nl
Seek Approval of Federal Welfare Plans Target Cabinet Shift
Washington June 28 The House leaders aimed to gain approval for three presidential reorganization plans to add a federal welfare department to the cabinet. Administration spokesmen said opposition would fall short of disapproval without broad backing.
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U.S. Department
Washington
INS
Brotherhood Intervenes in New York Rails Strike
National AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks officials moved to end a two day walkout by 10,000 American Railway Express Agency workers in the New York area. Vice President Robert Morgan arrived from Washington with orders from President George M. Harrison to resolve layoffs dispute with the company.
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New York
AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
American Railway Express Agency
Robert Morgan
Brotherhood
Washington
George M. Harrison
Death Notices for Mike Paul Ella Logan and Charles Wilbert Stewart
Death notices list Mike Paul age 69 of 118 Gardner Avenue Mrs Ella Logan age 88 of 819 Parker Street Infant Charles Wilbert Stewart age 138 Eurclid Avenue Mrs William Thomas age 43 Wilmington Road RD 3.
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Nue
Ella Logan
Parkerson Street
Charles Wilbert Stewart
Eurclid Avenue
William Thomas
Wilmington Road
R. D
Schedule For Atomic Bomb Pacific Test
Washington reports details of Operation Crossroads with Bikini lagoon as the test site in the Marshalls. The schedule lists July 1 at 8:30 a.m. Bikini time and June 36 at 3:30 p.m. EST, with weather permitting. The test costs about two million dollars, run by the Army Navy Task Force One led by Vice Admiral W. Blandy at the request of the joint chiefs of staff.
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The
Marshalls
Bikini
Army- Navy
W .P. Blandy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Probe Story of Man Confessing Chicago Crime
Phoenix investigators disclosed tentative evidence that Richard R. Thomas, named by himself as the killer of six year old Suzanne Degnan, wrote a note duplicating the ransom message found at the North Side home. Chicago investigators planned further questioning while skepticism remained. District Attorney Forward F Healy called Thomas a possible patho logic liar after an hour of questioning.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Richard R. Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Av Nave
Chicago
Phoenix Sheriff's Office
Thomas
North Side
Foward F Healy
Doesnt Believe Bormann Dead
Gen Roman Rudenko Soviet prosecutor at the war crime trials indicated he did not believe Nazi Party Secretary Martin Bormann was dead. Bormann, Hitler's close confidant, had been missing since Germany's collapse amid unconfirmed reports Soviet forces captured him in Berlin last year.
President Truman Backs War Profits Probe
President Truman said he was ready to back a Senate war profits investigation with White House permission to examine income tax returns. He pledged full executive cooperation and access to records to Mead committee to begin public hearings on Monday focusing on 14 interlocking Chicago area firms and 131 affiliates.
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Truman
Senate
White House
Sen. Mead
Mead Committee
Chicago
Escape Death In Allegheny River Near Franklin
William N. Stites of Fox Chapel and Dr. William Marshell of Aspinwall escaped injury when their single motor airplane capsized while taxiing on the Allegheny River near Franklin Pennsylvania. Witnesses said a wind squall lifted the tail and overturned the craft before the men made a safe underwater exit from the cockpits.
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Franklin, Pa
William N. Stites
Fox Chapel
William Marshell
Aspinwall
Allegheny River
Franklin
Prepare To Open Neshannock Pool
Mayor John F Haven of the mayors recreation committee reported today he anticipates the opening of the Neshannock pool July 1. The pool and embankments are now being readied for the opening.
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John F. Haven
Mayors Recreation Committee
Neshannock Creo
Slays His Wife Then Kills Self in New York
Edward Becker, 27, war veteran, fatally shot his wife Mrs. August Ferla with a German pistol and then killed himself in New York. Mrs Ferla, sister of Mrs Becker, said the couple had been estranged and had attempted reconciliation. she was in an adjoining room when the shooting occurred.
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New York
Edward Becker
Poice
August Ferla
Becker
Ferla
Study Parts Of Body Of Actress Victim Of Hiroshima Bombing
Washington June 28 The Army Institute of Pathology reports portions of the body of Miss Midori Naka a 35 year old Japanese actress killed in Hiroshima were brought to Washington for examination. She is among 135 identified victims whose tissues are studied to learn effects of the atomic bomb on humans and to correlate injuries with building type and location for defensive and treatment insights.
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Hiroshima
Army Institute of Pathology
Japan
Washington
Midori Naka
Tokyo
Vice President To Approve OPA Extension Bill
The congressional big four urged President Truman to sign the compromise OPA Extension Bill. After a 45 minute White House conference, Barkley said leaders urged the president to sign it as bad as it is. He added it is this bill or nothing.
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Truman
White House
Barkley
Bread Ration Debate Aims For Next Week in Commons
UK government plans to debate bread rationing next week as Lord President of the Council Herbert Morrison announced in Parliament. Separate items note Hart will for probate, a Moscow radio blast on no separate peace, and other brief items across London and America.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Council
Commons
Moscow Radio
Washington
New York
Germany
U.S
Daniel filibuster on OPA collapses after eight hour stand
Washington June 28 The senate ended a one man filibuster by Sen W Lee ODonell against the OPA extension bill as price controls near expiry. Majority Leader Barkley steered the measure toward passage this afternoon with a three day debate limited to one hour per senator.
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Sen. Daniel
OPA
Washington
INS
Senate
White House
Barkley
Il A m. Est
Body Of Missing War Hero Found
The wreckage of an AT-8 training airplane near Roxbury Pennsylvania confirmed the death of Cer Frank M Fink a 27 year old war hero who flew 62 combat missions over Europe He had escaped Nazi captivity with French underground and ended World War II in a prison camp He served with the Royal Air Force prior to US entry and held four medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Middletown
S .Insi
Frank M. Fink
Europe
Army
Middlietown
Cub Flyer
Roxbury
Royal Age Force
America
Wanderings of a traveler in old days
A fragmented passage follows a man named Arthur Mometer planning a trip beyond the mountains lakes and sea. He muses over maps folders and hotel costs as he prepares to roam after staying near the old family hearth for many years and turning eighty seven today.
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Pacific Test
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Ohio
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