Two Girls Drown When Sorority Boat Sinks at Panther Lake
A weekend sorority outing at Lambie camp ended in tragedy as two Nottingham High School pupils, Joan Venton and Margaret Garafalo, 15 and 16, drowned when their outboard boat sank about 75 yards off the south shore of Panther Lake. Robert Conine, 20, and two others were saved after the craft took on water and capsized. State police say the vessel sprang a leak or struck a rock. efforts to reach shore were hampered by weight and clothing.
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Panther Lake
Joan Venton
Ruth
Margaret Garafalo
Nottingham High School
Ayes Marcella Ruckles
Geneseest
Nottingham
Angela Rossomano
State St
Central Eligh
Robert Conine
Hillydale
Syracuse University
Lambie Camp
Conine
Connie
John Durgan
Cloudburst floods Galveston Island with three foot water
A Texas cloudburst dumped heavy rain on Galveston Island for eight hours flooding streets and ground floors. Water stood three feet or more as pumps and sewers struggled. No injuries or deaths reported amid wind damage and scattered outages.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston Island
Texas
Brownsville
Tenas
Aslandstill
New
Lander
Wye
New Construction Record Reported May 1930 Output
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a May 1930 new construction record surpassing prior peaks for the fall of 1918 and 1919. May starts total value over 1.9 billion, up 14 percent from April and 23 percent from May 1949. Private homebuilding drives nearly half the gain. five month total nears 8.1 billion, up 21 percent from 1949.
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Waslington
UN Security Council May Decide Representation For China
Editorial notes that the United Nations Security Council may decide this month whether China is represented by Communist or Nationalist delegates. The piece previews a page lineup with comics, features, puzzles, crosswords, horoscopes, amusements, letters, bridge, finances, radio TV, sports, and Today’s Pictures on specified pages.
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United Nations Security Counc
China
Sigrid Arne
Ida Joan Kain
Dean
Mary Haworth
FBI Ends Quiz Of British Spy
London reports two American FBI agents Hugh Clare and Robert Lamphere finished questioning for nearly two weeks regarding Klaus Fuchs the British atomic spy. They declined to comment on reports Fuchs provided lines on Soviet spies in the United States. A man named Harry Gold of Philadelphia was accused of passing 19 Russia information to Fuchs.
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London 1
FBI
Quest Uoninger
Klaus Fuchs
Nework
Hugh Clere
I Robert Lamphere
British
J Atomic Research
United States
Amelia
Harry
I Gold
Philadelphia
Russia
Fuchs
Caledonia Mystery Years Ago Baffle Archivists
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Caledonia and a person named Frank Biles with unclear context. The readable portion hints at a historical note or anecdote from the town, but key facts are lost.
Six nations pledge coal and steel pool to unite Europe
France and Germany lead six nations Belgium Ireland Luxembourg and the Netherlands in a coal and steel pooling proposal to unify Western Europe and promote world peace. Britain declines to join but pledges to stay informed as Schuman plans move forward with US backing.
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Paris
PjSix
Europe
France
Germany
Belgium
Irely
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Robert Schuman
Britain
Schuman
Eastand
No Go for Mighty Mo in Annapolis
The Mighty Mo was left behind as Task Force 6 steamed down Chesapeake Bay with Naval Academy midshipmen aboard for a practice cruise. The 45000-ton Missouri remained at anchor, drawing 3% fee and taking no chances on shallower depths while charts show about 45 feet in the area. The Navy noted a plan to anchor again near high tide tomorrow as anchors held in Annapolis Roads and nearby channels.
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Apolis
Task Force $6
Chesapeake B
Naval Academy
Missouri
Quarry Heavily Armed Fugitives Elude Georgia Posse
A red-haired scar-faced woman and two armed men slipped from a mountain trap after 36 grim hours as Tennessee and Georgia troopers hunted them for car thefts and gun scrapes. They reportedly fled in a stolen 1948 pickup with a key left in the ignition, and a lumber company employee may have aided their escape.
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Calhoun
Genreia
Resnereg
Ate
Tennessee
Georgia
Jerbrush
Ed Norton
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Young squirt dehydrates by the law in Westcot incident
Patrolman Herbert LaVere found a 16 year old with a water pistol attack in the 500 block of Westcot street. The youth refused to relinquish the pistol, prompting the officer to seize it and escort the boy to the Youth Bureau after he was given a blue jacket.
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Herbert LaVere
Westcot
LeVere
LaVere
Retin
Excise Tax Clash With Truman Looms Over Tax Cuts
Washington reports President Truman reaffirmed he will veto any excise tax cuts that do not restore lost government revenue. The Ways and Means Committee approved deeper cuts than he proposed, totalling about 1.073 billion dollars, while seeking new revenue to balance the plan.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congressional
Ways and Means Committee
Lumit
Fire at Perry sawmill and depots cuts damage
A fire broke out early today at a Perry Florida sawmill facility linked to the Lee Tidewater Depress Company. The blaze damaged equipment and caused some disruption before it was brought under control by local fire crews.
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Perry
Fla
Lee Tidewater
Phone Unions Extend Pacts Amid Wage Hour Pension Dispute
In New York area, unions representing 34 000 telephone workers agreed to short contract extensions to June 9 to patch wage hour and pension disputes. The United Telephone Organizations moved its contract expiration to June 12, while a 5 300 member union extended to June 7 and a 4 700 member group let its contract lapse. Wages average 35 to 90 dollars weekly, with a proposed five dollar weekly rise and a 1 5 hour shift in benefits being sought.
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New York
Funion
New York City
Long Island
Westchester
Rockland
Greenwich
Conn
United Telephone Organizations
A_company
Union of Telephones Workers
Telephonejo Employes Association
Mauna Loa erupts lava covers hundreds of acres
Radiophone reports from Kealakekua Hawaii describe Mauna Loa's violent eruption sending lava across hundreds of acres along the Ikona coast. 60 to 80 families flee as lava destroys villages and roads. Two lava streams reach the sea with a third near the coastal highway. Evacuations ordered for Papa and nearby areas as flames and smoke intensify.
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Kealakekua
Hawaii
Radiophone
Mauna Loa
Hawaiis
Ikona
iWorld
Ray Hl] Finch
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Finch
Kau
South Point
Kona
Papa
Ailolii
NO CLASHES Trial Goes On Eight Convicted in Tokyo
In Tokyo eight Japanese convicted of assault on American soldiers after Memorial Day, while Communist plans to stage mass demonstrations failed. Police blocked rallies at Imperial Plaza and Hibiya Park, sparing Tokyo from violence as occupation authorities remained vigilant. A brief 300000-strong union walkout proved a washout, with quiet across Osaka.
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Tokyo
Japan
Berlin
Hibiya Park
General Macarthur
Imperial Plaza
Kiya Park
U. S. Counter Intelligence Corps
Signal Corps
Kaneji Onishi
MacArthur
Troperial Plaza
Biblya Park
Reds
Osaka
Shot by Mother Girl four is Dead in New York
New York police report that four year old Toy Yak Tomy, daughter of an American woman and a Chinese waiter, died at Bellevue Hospital from a bullet wound inflicted by her mother Emma Rose Tom who admitted the shooting. The child was asleep in her crib when the tragedy occurred as her parents were estranged.
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New York
Toy Yak Tomy
Bellevue Hospital
Emma Rose Tom
Jimmy
Germans Retaliate In Canal Traffic Clash
War report from the Berlin area notes German forces retaliating in canal traffic disruptions amid ongoing hostilities. Russian actions reported as tense with references to hostage situations and movement in the frontier zone.
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Berlin
Russlang
Flying Bassinet Lands in Hartford After London Landing Permit Confusion
A group of former British war brides and their children, traveling from Oakland to New York, landed at Bradley Field Hartford after confusion over a London landing permit delayed the Trans Ocean flight chartered with Teelandic Airways. Captain Edward W. Ringo reported the itinerary change and the passengers faced a brief hold while authorities adjusted to the new destination.
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Hartford
Conn
Oakland
Cali
London
Oureday
Bradley Tierran
Tanes
Edward W. Ringo
Transocean
Operabans
Sail Transocean
Teelandic Airways
Cexland
New York City
Bradley Feldtera
Ceacr
Windent Lorre
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Karlow
St. I Church
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Ouling
Moscow
Red Star
Syria
Soviet News Age
Cairo
Jordan
Abdullah
Aodudans Jong-crerisned
Arab Palestine
Lebanon
Iraq
Caledonia
Earold
Frank Biles
Rand
Honolulu
Mauna Sea
Great Britain
Brush Foreign Office
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