Northwest Flood Toll Stands at 44
The Pacific northwest flood toll stood at 44 known victims as crests of the Columbia and Fraser Rivers spilled harmlessly into the Pacific. The Red Cross lists 30 missing from Vanport flood. the total unlocated list once 715 has been reduced daily. Rehabilitation is under way for 60,000 believed homeless across several states and provinces as work to rebuild begins.
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Columbia
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Senate Resumes Farm Debate as Truman Veto and Rates Bill Move
Senate activities include resuming debate on the long range farm program and votes on overriding Truman and the railroad rate bill veto. Appropriations subcommittee concludes work on a 6.51 billion dollar Army and Air Forces bill. Foreign relations and expenditures subcommittees study the Voice of America report. Mouse votes on labor federal security appropriation veto and continues draft bill debate. Rules Committee weighs rate housing bill. Foreign Commerce probes steel and oil exports. Special committee questions Secretary Brannan on speculation.
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Associated Press
Senate
Truman
Appropriations
Army
Voice of America
Foreign Commerce Committee
Brannan
Attack Trial Prosecution Rests Today
Warren County prosecutors near completion in the assault case of John G Finn accused of striking a NYC nurse before her death last August. DA J Clarence Herlihy said he plans to finish after presenting a secret Finn statement from October and calling witnesses including Deputy Sheriff George Anderson and pathologist Morris L Masson.
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Lake George
John G. Finn
New York City
Warren County
J. Clarence. Herlihy
Finn
Reva Resnick
Herlihy
George Anderson
Meade Kinstein
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Morris L. Masson
Francis J. McGinley
Daniel HH. Prior
Finn Recounts After Inquest In Lake George Case
Finn was brought from Samford Conn and asked to modify statements at an inquest. He met privately with the district attorney and the next day provided a new statement. The jury reviewed photos of Miss Reznick’s body in Lake George and a striped shirt with a torn sleeve he wore the night of July 31 during the nurse outing.
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Finn
Samford
Conn
Evolution of the Banjo by Southern Negroes
A historical note credits the banjo’s evolution to the enslaved African Americans of the American South. The account highlights African roots and regional development shaping the instrument used in folk and cultural contexts.
Electric Power Production Gains
Electric power production for the week ending June 12 reached 5 181 811 000 kilowatt hours, the highest for any similar period since March 20. Edison Electric Institute reports a 9.1 percent rise from the prior week and a gain from 4 701 992 000 kWh the year ago.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Turin Returns to Normal After 24-Hour Strike
Turin resumed normal operations today after a 24-hour walkout that halted heavy industry. The stoppage was called to support workers at the Lancia Automobile Company in a dispute over working hours and conditions.
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Turin
Italy
Lancia Automobile Company
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