Thunderstorms Bring Relief From Seering Upstate Heat
Storms forecast to cool New York State after a 93 degree Sunday shattered Syracuse records. Albany Buffalo Rochester and NYC posted high marks as cooler air moves in, with relief expected tonight and Tuesday. Thunderstorms caused outages and accidents including a power loss near Joliet and a fatal crash near Gary Indiana. Over 2 million people fled to beaches and resorts seeking relief from the heat across the region.
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Greek cabinet crisis worsens as guerrilla attacks surge
In Athens the Tsaldaris government reports rising guerrilla concentrations on Yugoslav and Bulgarian borders amid a cabinet-forming stalemate. Attacks include fires and killings in Neokasiro near Salonika and raids from Mount Kalmektsalan, with reports of villages looted and civilians killed or kidnapped.
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Constantin Tsaldaris
Neokasiro
Salonika
Bandits Loot Bank in Ontario Heist Report
Three bandits fled with 4000 dollars after a holdup at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Long Branch Ontario ten miles west of Toronto. Police linked two suspects, Donald Mickey McDonald and Ulyssis Lauzon, to a recent Royal Bank of Canada robbery in Windsor.
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Canada
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Long Branch
Plan for rapid mobilization in event of war nears completion
Washington reports by Kendrick Lee describe an editorial page column outlining an overarching plan to mobilize the nation’s industrial and economic resources for a future M-day. The article lists feature pages and sections including comics, horoscopes, financials, and city life.
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Kendrick Lee
Airplane Birth Aboard Southwest Flight From Medford
Pauline Larson of Santa Rosa California delivered a 50 pound baby girl shortly after takeoff from Medford on a Southwest Airways flight to San Francisco. Olga Kempton, nurse, and Arthur Peterson, purser, aided the event as Pilot Charles Kinamon diverted back to Medford where mother and newborn were hospitalized. The incident recalls a prior Navy plane birth near Chincoteague and Portsmouth last June.
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Four Die in Delhi Riot Between Hindu and Muslim Mill Workers
Four workers died in a riot between Hindu and Muslim mill workers in New Delhi. An official estimate says about 30,000 refugees fled from troubled Punjab areas, amid fears of a border conflict between religious communities.
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Seat Stays Vacant in Mississippi Senate
Jackson Mississippi April report says the late Theodore G Bitbo's seat in the Senate remains vacant until the November 4 general election unless Congress reconvenes for a special session, per Governor Fielding L Wright.
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Pact May Aid Canada at Inter-American Defense Conference
A high United States source said the security pact under negotiation at the Inter-American Defense Conference could include Canada. The spokesman said an attack on Canada would trigger immediate defense action by the 20 republics, though Argentina pressed to limit the aggression definition to attacks from outside the Hemisphere.
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Canada
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Plane Strikes Car Wounding 63 Year Old Woman
A 63-year-old woman riding in a car was injured when an airplane taking off from a farm field clipped power lines and struck the vehicle. State Police said pilot Ivan E. Steene, 26, of Meadville Pennsylvania could not clear the wires and tried to pass beneath them.
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Ivan E. Steene
Meadville
Envoy Taylor Returns to Vatican Ahead of Papal Audience
Myron C. O. Taylor, presidential envoy to Vatican, arrives back at his post two days early and proceeds to prepare for a papal audience. The return comes ahead of the scheduled meeting with the Pope.
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Myron C.O Taylor
Vatican
Tropical squalls leave one dead three missing in Texas
A tropical storm battered Galveston and Texas City with 68 to 70 mph winds and heavy rain. One man, Joseph M. Tate, was electrocuted in Galveston. Prison inmates at a Huntsville facility escaped during the storm, with 10 recaptured. Power outages and property damage affected both cities as officials worked to restore lines and safety.
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T. T. Easley
Joseph M. Tate
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War Fever in Greece Sparks Legion Warning for U S Troops
National Commander Paul H. Griffith warned in New York that Greece's crisis could trigger a world conflagration on short notice. He said troops might be needed to enforce the Truman doctrine. Griffith spoke after arriving from Washington where he discussed the matter with President Truman.
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Priest harmed by Slovene mob in Istria incident
In Trieste, Catholic authorities said Father Miro Buselich and Monsignor Jacob Akmar were seriously harmed by a Slovene mob at Lanischie in Yugoslav occupied Istria while confirming children. Red flags were waved during the confrontation. A separate report said a Communist gang blocked a church service elsewhere. Buselich had been assigned to confirm duties by Bishop Antonio Santin of Trieste.
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Arsenal Found On Way to Church Incident
Carl Sutherland on a Sunday walk to church found a small black bag containing five pistols and about six boxes of ammunition. He surrendered the arsenaled items to police and continued home peacefully.
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Atlanta
Carl Sutherland
Rumors Of 10 Million Secret A-Bomb Caverns Near Albuquerque
Reported by the Albuquerque bureau rumors swirl about a 10 million dollar secret project near this city. Sources say large caverns are being dug in the Sandia Manzano mesa area east of Albuquerque for underground storage of atomic weapons. The site names Sandia Kirtland White Sands Roswell and Los Alamos form a regional cluster tied to early U S missile and atomic program research.
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Cabinet Sits To Cut Foods Amid Crisis in London
London reporters say the cabinet met in an emergency session to discuss possible 50 to 75 percent cuts in food imports from the United States and resulting ration reductions. Outside Downing Street 500 protesters shouted support for Prime Minister Attlee as Sir Wilfred Eady arrived with reports from Washington.
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Clement Attlee
Wilfred Eady
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Whitehall
British Cut U.S. Fund 150 Million in Loan Reduction
Washington reports Britain withdrew 150 million dollars from their 3.75 billion U.S. loan, leaving 550 million dollars of credit remaining under the agreement.
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China Attack Threat Promised by Nanking Officials
Pravda reports the Chinese National Government at Nanking plans a renewed offensive against Communist forces and counts on large scale American aid. The dispatch highlights rising cross frontier tensions amid the cold war era conflict.
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Pravda
Nanking
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Revolt in Ecuador Proclaims Col Manuel Mancheno as Leader
Col Manuel Mancheno, once defense minister, declared himself ruler of Ecuador after President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra resigned and fled to Colombia. Velasco Ibarra and his wife Corinne Parral Velasco Ibarra sought asylum in Cali as Mancheno announced a new executive power and cabinet advisory role.
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Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco Ibarra
Ibarra
Republi
Corine Parral de Velasco Ibarra
Cali
Colombia
Manchéno
Marines Aim To Break Air Speed Record Next Flight
Los Angeles reports the Navy set a world air speed record of 640.7 mph with a jet plane. A Marine Corps pilot plans a try in the Douglas Skystreak D-558 if weather cooperates.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Jews Urged to Boycott Britain Over Exodus Refugees
Irgun Zvai Leumi declares a world boycott to protest Britain for shipment of 4400 Jewish refugees to Germany. It urges tax resistance and noncompliance while calling for economic harm to Britain. High Commissioner Cunningham weighs return to Britain to discuss refugees’ fate.
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Irgun
Zvar Leumi
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Alan Gordon Cunningham
Truman to discuss DNC chair successor with Hanegan
President Truman and Robert E. Hanegan will meet within 48 hours to discuss a successor for Hannegan as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, according to sources.
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Robert E. Hannegan
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My Wife an Angel in Three Ways Chuckle
Mr Brown tells a joke about his wife being an angel in three ways. She’s always up in the air she’s always harp ing and she never has an earthly thing to wear. The quip appears in eres Magazine.
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