Atomic Test Planned at Bikini Under Clouded Sky
The Bikini Atoll awaits the Crossroads test with a 550-50 chance of a Monday detonation as 30,000 personnel prepare to evacuate the lagoon. Vice Admiral Blandy says tests can occur any day with suitable cloud cover and ships, instruments, and safety crews stand by.
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Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Atomic Task Force
Blandy
Bikini Area
Point Baker
Battleship Nevada
Nan
Uncle
Easy
17 year old student named as Degnan killer suspect
State's Attorney Tuohy said a 17 year old University of Chicago student is the man in the Degnan kidnapping slaying after nine fingerprint similarities with the ransom note emerge. Heirens remained silent under questioning at Bridewell Jail hospital. No charges yet filed.
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Chicago
William J. Tuoby
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degman
Tuohy
Degnan
Husky William Heirens
Heirens
Bridewell
Criminal Courts
Weather Repeats Performance Prompts Pondering Day
A weather report notes repeated patterns as conditions recur. The brief reflects on déjà vu in forecast phrasing and the sense of familiar skies returning today.
Weather Notes for Syracuse Area with Showers Forecast
Scattered thundershowers expected in the Syracuse area today and Sunday with slightly cooler conditions Sunday. High of 88 Fahrenheit on Friday, low around 64, humid conditions linger with relative humidity near 76 to 78 percent.
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Syracuse
U.S
Burra
Jowest
Aunrise
Ai & AR
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Danny Ao
Orlett
York Cit
Ralttsburgh
Louis
Washington
New York
May Traffic Death Toll Drops
CHICAGO. A sharp drop in traffic deaths last month from 1941 levels offers hope that the summer toll may not reach early estimates. May fatalities totaled 2,410, up 36 percent from May 1945 but 21 percent below May 1941. Five months total 13,240, up 16 percent from last year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Pgyilad
More Butter In Prospect As Set-Aside Ends
The Agriculture Department announced that the military set-aside program will terminate after Sunday. In two months the program absorbed about 43 million pounds of butter, roughly 20 percent of national pasteurized creamery output. Any post Sunday butter will not be covered by the set-aside, while butter produced but not delivered before Sunday remains subject to the order.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bikini Test Costs 70 Million So Far
Operation Crossroads to date has cost about 70,000,000 dollars, Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blandy estimated today. This figure excludes the atomic bomb. Blandy did not know the bomb's value.
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Bikini
Vice
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Bronx Man Arrested For Fire Plug Squirt Gun Assault
In New York a Bronx resident was cited after converting an open fire plug into a large squirting device and spraying passing cars and pedestrians, prompting police action.
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New York
CGP
Bronx
Big Four ministers set for peace conference decision
Paris reports Secretary Byrnes pressures the Big Four foreign ministers to decide today on calling a 21 nation peace conference this summer. Britain France and the United States favor a July conference while Molotov resists. A plenary session was set for 4 7.M. to resolve Byrnes ultimatum with a threat of separate Western peace talks if Russia blocks.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Britain
France
Staes
Russia
Broadcasts to Carry Bikini Test Live Sunday
Three pooled radio broadcasts start at 2 30 Sunday, with the detonation described live and weather permitting the event should conclude around 6 30 Syracuse time. NBC CBS and MBS will carry the broadcasts with John and Jane Public unable to witness the test in person.
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New York
INS
John
Jane
Bikini Atoll
Syracuse
NBC
CBS
MBS
Britain launches large scale operations in Palestine
British troops and police moved into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv at dawn starting a broad crackdown described by an official as a drive to wipe out a state of anarchy. A curfew was imposed across wide areas of the troubled Holy Land, targeting buildings used by the Jewish agency long recognized as the official Jewish representative in Palestine. Concluded on page 2.
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Britain
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Truce Urged Tomorrow as Chinese War Looms
Anti-Communist Nationalist generals reach Changchun field headquarters amid signals of a planned assault after the truce ends. Reports say Ho might head Northeast Manchuria HQ. Shun Pao urges war, while Marshall seeks settlement with limited progress.
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Hi Ying-Chin
Changchun
Wen. Hui Pao
Nationalit
Manchuria
Kuomintang
Tug Dalhousie Rover Capsizes in Welland Canal Trapping Five
Five men and a woman are believed drowned when the 78 foot tug Dalhousie Rover struck a spar and capsized in the Welland Ship Canal at Port Weller Ontario. Five crew were rescued, two after being trapped in bunks for about ten minutes. The tug owned by Boone Dredging Co of Toronto had been tied up for engine repairs before the accident.
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Port Weller
Ont
Dalhousie Rover
Welland Ship Canal
Boone Dredging Co
Toronto
Robert Jones
Merriton
Harvey Alexander
Hamilton
Syracuse Graduates Featured in Sunday Herald American
A full page of graduation class photos from Syracuse public and parochial high schools will appear in Sunday's Herald American, joining last week's photos to cover all 18 city high school classes.
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Syracuse
Herald- American
Truman vetoes OPA bill and urges act now on stopgap plan
President Truman today vetoed the controversial OPA bill and urged Congress to act on a stopgap measure to stabilize the economy. He outlined three provisions: a one year extension of stabilization laws, subsidies to curb food price rises for six months, and a clear path to ending price controls. He indicated support for decontrol standards if modified and favored a three member independent decontrol board.
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Washington
Truman
Chester Bowles
Congress
America
NMR
State Moves To Set Up New Rent Control Bureau
New York State prepares to implement a residential rent control law once the OPA expires. Governor Dewey plans a one man commission with a $312,000 salary and $1,000,000 appropriation to enforce ceilings. The commissioner will designate rent control areas and set ceilings. The measure follows 1946 legislation and hinges on federal action.
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Albany
New York
Dewey
Bus Crash Injures 26 on Washington-Bound Vehicle
An interstate bus from Washington crashed into a downtown building after a collision with a taxicab in New York. At least 26 people were injured, 25 of them bus passengers, with none seriously hurt. the taxi driver also escaped serious injury.
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New York
Washington
Atomic Gals Menu Warns Customers
In Oklahoma City a restaurant posts a warning on its menu urging customers to be careful with the atomic waitresses, claiming one wrong word could provoke a violent reaction. The notice appears in a humorous yet provocative vein reflecting wartime era anxieties.
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Oklahoma City
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