Winnipeg Faces Peak Crest as Floods Push Dikes
Winnipeg girds for the Red River crest expected within 36 hours. Officials warn dikes may fail as 100,000 more residents flee and 80,000 already evacuated. The flood has damaged thousands of homes across an 65 mile valley while St Boniface braces for possible rapid inundation. Civilian volunteers and 5,000 soldiers reinforce dikes amid a looming week of high water.
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Winnipeg
Man
U.P
Red River
Prairie
Emerson
D. M. Stephens
Manitoba
St. Boniface
George McLean
No Progress in Rail Strike Stalemate
Chicago May 15 A mediator labeled the rail firemen strike an immovable object meeting an irresistible force before a new session with Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and four rail systems. Reports say widespread disruption continues with 50 000 workers furloughed across lines including Union Pacific and New York Central, while pickets affect shipments in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
Railroad Firemen
Leverett Edwards
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Edwards
Union
Southern
Central
Illinois
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Pana
New York Central
St. Louis
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. A. Evans
P.R.R
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Pacific
New York Central Lines
Soviet Zone police branded a menace by U S judge
Judge John A. Sabo of Gary Indiana sentenced six members of the Soviet Zone people s police to two years each for wearing semi military uniforms and transporting machine guns while attempting to cross into the U S sector in Berlin on April 13. The judge ordered their uniforms destroyed and accused Soviet authorities of building a full fledged army in violation of four power rearmament rules. He praised seven deserters who testified and called the six a product of a planned revival of militaristic fanaticism akin to the Hitler era.
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Berlin
United States
Soviet Zone
People's Police
John A. Sabo
Gary
Ind
U. S
Germany
Pilot Missing After Lake Michigan Plane Crash
Coast guard crews enter the third day of searching for pilot Al J. Wachowski after his plane vanished in heavy fog over Lake Michigan. Wachowski 50 of Flint Michigan left an air strip bound for Blue Earth Minnesota for a real estate dealers convention. A kayak found his briefcase overnight bag and a spectacle case.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
al J. Wachowski
Flint
Mich
Blue Earth
Minn
Ernest Schuman
Weed Dead Puller In Serious Condition
Anthony Pambroni 71 of Skaneateles pulled a weed in his garden and fell backward when it came loose. He suffered fractures to the skull back six ribs an arm a shoulder and a collarbone. At Onondaga General Hospital his condition was listed as fair.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Anthony Pambroni
Skaneateles
Onondaga General Hospital
Turkish Democrats Sweep Elections
In Ankara official returns show the opposition Democratic Party winning a landslide victory in yesterday’s general elections. The Republic People Party led by Kemal Ataturk’s legacy appears to have lost control of the one house legislature. Former Premier Celal Bayar claimed at least 350 of 487 seats for the Democratic Party.
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Ankara
Turkey
Democratic Party
Republic People Party
R.P.P
Kemal Ataturk
Celal Bayar
Terre Haute Census Shows Population Rise to 63 112
Terre Haute’s unofficial census count shows 63 112 residents in 1950, up 419 from 1940’s 62 693. Census supervisor Robert Wallace notes figures may revise after credits and checks. official tally to be released later in Washington. A skeleton staff edits data at City Hall. rural areas remain to be counted.
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Terre Haute
Robert F. Wallace
Washington, D.C
Census Bureau
Wallace
Skelton
Bureau
Employment Looks Better in Midyear Outlook
The Labor Department projects more jobs this year with unemployment lingering in some areas. Between January and March there was sharp improvement and over 60 million people may be working by mid year. In 75 of 100 major production areas employers expect payroll increases, with sizeable gains in 25 areas.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Robert C. Goodwin
Lie Stays In Russia Amid East West Talks
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, visiting Moscow to ease tensions, may remain in the Soviet capital for most of the week, an informed source said today.
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Moscow
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Life Licks Up a Bit in Soviet East Zone Dessau
In Dessau, now part of the Soviet zone, postwar life shows marginal improvement after five years of hardship. Food suffices for daily meals, trains run on schedule, and some purchases like dresses are possible. Population dropped from 140,000 to about 90,000 after heavy destruction. Continued on page 3.
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Soviet East Zone
Dessau
Soviet Zone
Germany
Ule
Elbe
East Zone
Rites set for Everett Sanders on Tuesday
Funeral services for Everett Sanders former national Republican chairman and former representative in Congress from this district will be held Tuesday at 11 am at P. J. Ryan & Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Lawn Cemetery. Sanders died Friday at his Washington law office aged 68 after four years as Secretary to President Coolidge.
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Everett Sanders
National Republican
Congress
P. J. Ryan & Sons
Arthur Dodgson
First Baptist Church
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Vincennes
Ryan Funeral Home
Baltimore & Ohio
Small Tot Found After Night in Woods
Two and a half year old Jackie Copeland wandered from a family picnic near Pleasantville Pennsylvania and spent a night in a swampy forest. State foresters and police led a 150 person search. he was found alive by a man named Bezire near an oil lease area two miles southeast of Pleasantville. He slept in the woods and was unharmed aside from being tired hungry and wet. He was taken to a hospital for care.
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Titusville
Jackie Copeland
Jackie
Bezire
Pleasantville
State
William Field
Grant August
Packers face $5000 fine or jail for mislabeled meat shipment
Two meat dealers Meyer Gilgus of Kansas City and Louis K. Riskin of Minneapolis must choose between paying $5000 fines or six months in prison for shipping 17,967 pounds of mislabeled horsemeat into Texas. Judge Davidson gave a Monday deadline and warned that nonpayment by one would trigger jail for both. Both have been jailed since Friday in Dallas County.
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Dallas
Tex
U.pr
Texas
T. Whitefield Davidson
Meyer Gilgus
Kansas City
Louis K. Riskin
Minneapolis
Davidson
Dallas County
Four Children Drown in Ohio River Tragedy
Evansville Indiana May 15 A family Mother’s Day outing ends in tragedy as seven children in a boat are capsized in the swollen Ohio River twenty miles south of Evansville Four children ages 19 8 5 and 7 remain missing after the swift current drags them away Two children Jerry Crawford 5 and Sue Crawford 12 are rescued with Sue Carr 12 swimming to shore Wayne Carr an uncle saves two others Fire fighters search but debris and underbrush hinder recovery The four survivors return home after hospital checkups leaving the remaining four missing to be mourned by the Crawford and Diegs families.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Here
Wayne Carr
Jerry Crawford
Sue Crawford
Sue Carr
Carr
James Hinderliter
Marcellus Diegs, Jr
Donald
Hilary Dale Carr
Fred Hinderliter
Indiana
Hilary Carrs
Marcellus Diegs
Russell Crawfords
Crawford
Diegs
Y.W.C.A
Deaconess Hospital
Purges Hit Polish Communist Party Officials
Reports from London indicate Poland’s communist party undergoes broad purges with over half of political workers and two thirds in lower ranks replaced by new members. President Bierut cited a drive to improve remaining members’ quality. Authorities say purges spread to East Germany and Belgium.
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London
U.P
Communist Party
Boleslaw Bierut
Bierut
East Germany
Belgium
State Security Bureau
Belgian Communist Party
Truman Jubilee Speech Opens 1950 Campaign
President Truman headlines a three day jubilee marking Jeffersonian democracy as Democrats stage a massive event in Chicago. The Chicago Stadium rally features 6000 National Guardsmen 30 bands 10000 balloons and outside TV screens to handle crowds.
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Chicago
U.P
National Democratic Party
Truman
Thomas Jefferson
Oscar Ewing
Freedom
Frederick W. Lawton
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
W. Stuart Symington
National Securities Resources Board
Jams E. Webb
Defense
Louis Johnson
Army
Frank Pace
Navy
Francis Matthews
Airforce
Eugene Zuckert
Labor
Maurice J. Tobin
Commercce
Charles Sawyer
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Blackstone
Red Held Pair Rejoins Navy After 19 Months Captivity
William C Smith and Elmer C Bender American airmen released by Chinese communists arrived in Hong Kong and boarded a Navy patrol bomber to Pearl Harbor. Smith, a Long Beach naval chief constructor, and Bender, a Cincinnati Chicago Marine master sergeant, were captured near Tsingtao in 1948 and freed last week. They traveled aboard the Brit ish steamer Hunan, met by a whaleboat from destroyer Floyd Parks.
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Hong Kong
U.P
William C.smith
Elmer C. Bender
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Horace Bass
Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Weather Forecast Terre Haute Indiana Illinois Outlook
The United States Weather Bureau reports fair conditions with cooler nights. In Terre Haute and vicinity expect fair weather tonight and Tuesday with a low near 46 and a high around 70 degrees. Indiana outlook shows cooler north and central areas with highs 65 to 70, and Illinois means similar fair conditions with varying lows around mid forties. River stage listed at 5.9 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Vicinity
Indiana
Illinois
Air Defense Plans Push Ahead Despite Funding Gaps
The air force advances a continental air defense network aimed at preventing sneak nuclear strikes. A $161 million radar system is planned, but Congress has not appropriated funds yet. Focus areas include atomic plants, Northwestern and Northeastern states, Alaska, and coastal defense from the Canadian border to Norfolk. Secret sites in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa are disclosed.
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Washington
U.P
Air Force
Department
Continental Air Space
U.S
Congress
United States
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Air Defense
Oak Ridge
Norfolk
Canada
Great Lakes
Michigan-Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Tito Denies Interest in Trieste Annexation
Premier Marshal Tito told Italian radio listeners May 15 he has no intention of annexing the Yugoslav zone of the Trieste Free Territory. He denied charges by many Italian politicians in a national radio interview.
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Rome
Marshal Tito
Trieste Free Territory
Churches Battle For Survival Against Attack By Communism
The communist tide in Europe tightens control over religion as Eastern rulers erode church independence. Catholic influence wanes while Protestant churches face restrictions, with clergy imprisoned to force alignment with state goals.
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United Press
Europe
Western Leaders Meet to Line Up Western Defenses
London May 15 Britain France and America press to keep troops in Germany to deter Soviet aggression amid tight defense spending. Acheson Bevin and Schuman lead talks with 12 Atlantic Pact nations on German peace talks and continued occupation while Western Germany moves toward self government.
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London
Britain
France
America
Germany
West Europe
West Germany
State Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Acheson
Crash of Jet Plane Probed in Aurora Idaho
U S Air Force investigators probed a F 80 crash near Denver that destroyed three homes. Pilot 1st Lt Paul E Darling of North Chandler Ariz was killed. Neighbor Joseph Gaidys. home occupants William Hagie Earl Horrell burned.
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Aurora
Colo
U.s.air Force
Denver
Paul E. Darling
North Chandler
Ariz
Lowry Air Base
Darling
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Joseph Gaidys
William Hagie
Earl Horrell
Gaidys
Philippines Consider Spratley Islands Claim
Manila May 15 The Philippines may seek to acquire the Spratley Islands 250 miles west of Palawan. Defense Secretary Ruperto Kangleon said taking them by force would not be difficult but warned of repercussions and suggested UN trusteeship if needed.
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Manila
P. L
U.P
Spratley Islands
Defense Department
Palawan
Phillippine Island
Ruperto Kangleon
United Nations
Girl Slays Man Who Beat Brother in Tennessee
In Wartburg Tennessee a 13 year old girl Doris Lee Phillips was released on her own recognizance after admitting she shot and killed 22 year old Arlie O De an Beach in a Bitter Creek one room house yesterday.
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Wartburg
Tenn
U.P
Doris Lee Phillips
Arlie O’dean Beach
Bitter Creek
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