Midwest Storm Kills Seven Across Nine States
A May storm with tornado winds swept the North Central states, killing seven people across Wisconsin Nebraska Texas Illinois and Minnesota. Gusts neared 100 mph with snow rain hail and flooding. Damage ran into millions as homes businesses power lines and vehicles were hit. The storm moved northeast into Indiana Michigan and Ohio before easing.
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Chicago
Midwest
Minnesota
U. S. Weather Bureau
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Nebras Ake
Texas
Illinois
Dakotas
Nebraska
Tomorrow Cooler Weather With Cleared Skies
The forecast notes Syracuse tied for the year's hottest day at 80 while Buffalo hit 100 and parts of North Dakota saw snow. Andrew Keller says showers are possible today but skies should clear and temperatures will warm into tomorrow with a cooler day ahead. Low tonight around 45, high tomorrow near 60, and low tomorrow night 38 to 40. Winds shift from southwest to west tomorrow at 15 to 20 miles per hour after a cold front passes Syracuse this morning.
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Syracuse
Buffalo
North ‘Dakota
Andrew
Keller
Bomb Spurs Spurs Move From Big Cities
The National Association of Real Estate Boards said the atomic threat will push industries and housing away from large cities. A national survey also indicated the threat may raise demand for small farms near metropolitan areas.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
United Nations chief to visit Moscow for peace mission
Trygve Lie prepares a peace mission to Moscow scheduled for next week. The plan includes a Western world wish ceremony and coverage by Dewitt Mackenzie on the editorial page. Other features and pages are listed, including comics, horoscopes, and various sections.
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United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Dewitt Mackensie
Ida Jean Kain
Dean
Mary Haworth
Word Battle Deadlock In 35th-Place Spelling Bee
Seventeen contestants battled to determine 35th place in the Central New York Spelling Bee semifinals held at Central High School. About 100 youngsters began the day at 10 a.m., with top 33 advancing to the championship at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium. Vincent F. Brennan directed the event with Rev. James E. Callaghan and a team of teachers assisting.
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Vincent Brennan
New York
Wif
Mimina
Feetches
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Washington, D.C
Herald-Journal
Herald- American
Central High School
Bee
Vincent F. Brennan
Syracuse
James E.callaghan
Derby Track is Good Despite Dark Skies at Churchill
Louisville report notes rain threats but track remained good as thousands gathered for Churchill Downs 76th Kentucky Derby. Post time set for 5 30 P M with 15 horses entered and no scratches by morning. Morning line favorites Your Host 2 to 1 Hill Prince 3 to 1. other odds listed for multiple entrants.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Syracuse
Hill ‘Prince
Trouble-Dooly
Oi Capitol
Hallieboy
Lotowhite
Black George
Hawley
Altamont Priest Dies in Fire
The Rev. Joseph H. Boldt 52 pastor of St Lucy's Church Altamont died of smoke inhalation while attempting to save parish records. Firemen found his body in his study on the second floor of the rectory. The blaze is believed caused by defective wiring.
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Albany
Altamont
Joseph H. Boldt
St. Lucy’s Church
Father Boldt
Seven Hurt As Broadway Limited Grazes Freight Car
The Broadway Limited, an all-Pullman Pennsylvania Railroad train, scraped a recalled freight car at Duncan and derailed five freight cars after an alert from freight engine H. G. Coyle. Seven aboard the eastbound passenger train were injured in Harrisburg area incident.
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Harrisburg
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Duncannon
Here
H. G. Coyle
Missing 2 Year Old Anna Thorpe Found Safe Near Dunbar
Missing girl Anna Pearl Thorpe, two years old, was found unharmed under a blackberry bush about three miles from home near Dunbar. State police took her to a physician for examination. she was nude except for one shoe.
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Connellsville
Anna Pearl Thorpe
Dunbar
Wringer kills girl in Cherokee washing machine incident
A two year old girl named Kathleen Winterhof died after her arm was caught in a washing machine wringer in Cherokee, Georgia. Mrs. Marvin Winterhof found her daughter hanging in the machine after returning from hanging clothes.
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Marvin Winterhof
Kathleen
Five Alarm Blaze Hits Midtown Paper Warehouse
Firefighters battled a five alarm fire in a mid town warehouse near Amsterdam Avenue and West 65th Street. Smoke blanketed the area as crews fought the blaze across a large section of the facility.
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New ‘York
Tns
Amsterdam
65Th!st
Centenarian Mosha Byron Faces Court For Cursing
New York (UP) Mosha Byron, claimed to be 108, appeared before Magistrate Carl Balsam on a disorderly conduct charge after a neighbor said he cursed her. Byron, who says a Palestine birth certificate marks him 1842 years old, previously faced penalties for illegal medicine and a 104 year arrest. He told the magistrate he never married, smokes or drinks, and avoids meat or butter. Paroled until Monday, he must produce his birth certificate.
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New York
Mosha Byron
Byron
Palestine
Evan Rosen
Gatie
Carl Balsam
Judge urges lawyers to collect fees promptly
Judge James R. Kirkland told new District Junior Bar Association members to collect fees while clients are distressed. He advised, Got your fees while the tears are still in your client's eyes, stressing timely payment as a practice principle.
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Washington
LLP
James R. Kirkland
District Junior Bar Association
Senators Press Britain Over Fuchs Interview Limits
Senators Johnson Bridges and Ferguson criticized Britain for restricting FBI access to Klaus Fuchs. They said full cooperation is essential for defense planning under the North Atlantic Pact and for uncovering the atomic spying network.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Klaus Fuchs
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Britain
FBI
Fuchs
Bridges
R-N.h
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Cuts 250 Million From Aid Bill In Senate Action
The Senate trimmed $250 million from a foreign aid authorization and left other major programs largely intact in a 60 to 8 vote. The bill totals $3.122 billion for the 1951 fiscal year and faces House-Senate conference to reconcile differences.
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Washington
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Ean
House
Senate House
Arnold Deplores Cost of Spy Hunt at Law Day
Thurmond W. Arnold a trust busting lawyer and judge from the Roosevelt era said professional informers have cost the country 30 million dollars by provoking loyalty hearings. He noted no spy has been caught due to their activities while speaking at Emory University during the annual law day celebration. His firm represents Owen Lattimore in the Senate probe.
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Atlanta
Thurmond W. Arnold
Roosevelt
Arnold
Emory University
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Acheson Urges Western Unity Against Communism
Secretary of State Acheson urged Western nations to unite with vigor to face the communist challenge. He spoke ahead of London talks and planned to meet French and other European leaders, aiming to mobilize moral and material strength in diplomacy.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
West
State’ “Department
London
Paris
Schuman
Bentley May Be Called As A Witness In Remington Probe
Elizabeth Bentley who exposed loyalty questions about William W. Remington may testify again in the House Un American Activities Committee inquiry. Chairman Wood says new evidence from sworn statements by two former Communists connects Remington to the party when he worked as a messenger for the TVA in Knoxville in 1936 37. Remington, a Commerce Department economist, denied party membership.
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Washington
Elizabeth Bentley
William W. Remington
Wood
D-Ga
Miss Bentley
House Un-American Activities Committee
Remington
Commerce Department
Bentley
Kenneth McConnell
Howard A. Bridgman
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
Communist Party
Be Punctual, Brides Warned of Fines in Church
London dispatch reports Rev. S. C. Jones warned brides and bridegrooms in Upton parish to hurry at the church or face a fine of 14 cents per minute after the first five minutes. The clergyman noted no trouble with the men.
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London
Upton Parish
C. Jones
Jones
Baby Chimp Learns Three-Word Speech From Family
Florida scientist Dr. Keith J. Hayes reports teaching a young chimp named Viki to use three words Papa Mama and Cup. The Yerkes Laboratories researcher says Viki, nearly three, has lived as a human child, wears clothes and eats at the table. He argues nerve structure, not intelligence, limits ape speech.
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Petroit
Florida
Keith J. Hayes
Midwest Psychological Association
Hayes
Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology
Jacksonville
Woman Recovers $500 Hidden in Laundered Blanket Cover
Mrs Schreiber, a dis placed German arriving two months ago in Albany, sent a bundle of wash. A blue cloth bag with $500 savings was inside a European style blanket cover. A laundry clerk spotted a blue spot, leading to money discovery. Mrs Schreiber rushed to the shop in tears and reclaimed the greenbacks with the laundry still missing.
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Albany
Jakob Schreiber
Elizabeth Taylor Weds Conrad Hilton Jr in Beverly Hills
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton Jr were married in a ceremony at the Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. About 20 MGM and police prepared for crowds as詳 the couple left for a three month European honeymoon after a candle lit ceremony at 5 30 p m with a reception featuring carved ice doves and a bounty of seafood and champagne.
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Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad
Cnick
Hilton
Europe
MGM
Beverly Hills
Reds Shell Base in Chusan Islands Near Shanghai
Heavy Communist artillery fire was reported in the Chusan Islands south of Shanghai as the attack on Tinghai naval base appeared imminent. The Communist forces held four islands in the southern archipelago.
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Yong Kong
Chusan
Shanghai
Tinghai
Commu- Pier
Fight Pledged On Security Bill Changes In Senate
Senate leaders promised a fight to restore cuts in a Social Security expansion after the Finance Committee recommended broadening coverage but trimming House approved increases in old age assistance. Senate Democratic Leader Lucas and Sen Myers said they will press liberal amendments when the bill is debated. They oppose eliminating disability benefits and wage base boosts, while supporting the measure as a substantial step forward in meeting minimum security needs.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
Pennnsylvania
J . Lucas and Myers
Two Killed in Route 5 Crash at Elbridge
State police report two men died when their car crashed into a tree while trying to pass a truck on Route 5 in Elbridge in front of E. K. Hills gas station. Local authorities describe the accident as an instant fatality with no further details available.
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Route 5
E. K. Hill
Elbridge
Hat Union Threatens Import Boycott Over Slavery Labor Claims
The AFL Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers union warned of a boycott on imported hat bodies amid alleged slave labor or Communist domination abroad. Delegates at the union's biennial convention in New York cited Danbury Connecticut factories cutting operations due to imports.
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New York
Freighter Drifts Among Ice Floes Off Greenland
The 600 ton Norwegian freighter Hilvaag with 136 French Arctic explorers aboard drifted among ice floes off Greenland. It sent a distress call after hitting ice that broke all four propeller blades, about 90 miles off shore.
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Halifax
N.S
Greenland
Contempt Citations Sought for Browder and Field
Senate investigators recommend contempt citations for Karl Browder and Frederick Vanderbilt Field after they refused to answer questions before the Foreign Relations Subcommittee. Edward P. Morgan says a citation resolution will be drafted for full committee action.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Browder
American Communist Party
Field
New Yorker
Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Tydings
D-Md
Truman Set for Nine Day Trackside Tour Start
President Truman leaves Washington tomorrow afternoon for a nine day 6400 mile tour through 16 states. The trip blends water development themes with public speeches and mass hand waving from the rear platform. A Chicago party rally on May 15 ends the trip before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Dikes Break Flood Winnipeg and St Boniface
Red River dikes failed early this morning in Winnipeg and adjacent St Boniface. Four streets in a North Winnipeg district flooded and the northern St Boniface area also went under water after another breach.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
CP Three
Red River
St. Boniface
Ridiculous English Statesman Sailor Parable at Park Lake
Captain Bullock mocks an English statesman in Cleveland for blaming Americans over ship subsidies while rival nations funded ships too. He relates a farcical park lake drowning where a guard fines a swimmer ten dollars as he sinks, highlighting hypocrisy.
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Cleveland
London
England
France
Italy
Germany
Park Lake
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