13 Die as Floods and Tornadoes Sweep Texas and Oklahoma
The three day death toll from floods and tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma rose to 13 with 13,200 homeless and 100 injured. Tornadoes struck Spur and Meeker while a farmer died in Oklahoma. Fort Worth floods prompted evacuations as Trinity River crested. A drastic early winter cold spread across the Upper Plains with snow and hail in Montana North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Spur
Tex
Stratford
Meeker
Oklo
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Trinity River
Dallas
Upper Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Montana- North Dakota
Billings
Great Falls
Mont
Williston
North Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Fargo
N. D
Russians Blockade Berlin Road Demands New Licenses
Russians again blocked the autobahn from West Germany to Berlin halting truck traffic at Helmstedt. Soviet officials demanded new entry permits issued by the German economic commission in the Soviet zone, halting hundreds of trucks. Rail and passenger traffic unaffected. Western officials cited East German election results as anti Soviet sentiment.
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Berlin
Russia
West Germany
Helmstedt
German Economic Commission
Pols
Germany
German People’s Congress
East Germany
Clay Tells Congress Of German Problems
Four Star General Lucius D. Clay returned to a hero's welcome at the White House and Capitol Hill as he praised the Berlin airlift and received a second Oak Leaf Cluster. He told the House and Senate that the Western nations faced a German dilemma and that the three western powers had to act alone to prevent a Soviet dominated police state in Germany.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
White House
Capitol Hill
Truman
Gen. Clay
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Clay
Senate
Congress
General Clay
Germany
Russia
President Truman
Mrs. Clay
Reds Thrust To Back Door Of Shanghai
Communists pressed toward Shanghai's back door across the Whangpoo River as they reached near Foocow and pressed toward Chwansha. Nationalists reported counterattacks and air power blunting the Reds past Woosung while claims stated heavy Red losses. New 30th st NW Miniature golf now opened.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
South China
Foochow
Fukien
Canton
Tungkow
Chwansha
Central
China Sea
Sanlintang
Lunghwa
Woosung
30Th St NW
Bill Would Shift Canton Housing To Local Authority
U S Representative John McSweeney introduced a bill to turn over Canton's three housing projects to the Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority for low rent housing. The measure covers Don Mellett Homesteads, Sherrick Courts and Jackson Park with veterans favored for the 300 units. Legislation now being considered by Ohio and federal bodies could affect tax status and future disposition.
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Bill
Canton
Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority
Congress
U. S
John McSweeney
Wooster
Don Mellett
Sherrick Courts
Jackson Park
Ohio
House
Senate
McSweeney
House Banking and Currency Committee
Mellett
Canton Ice & Cold Storage ad offers frozen lockers for rent
Frozen Food Lockers for rent twelve dollars per year open 24 hours a day including Sunday and holidays. Canton Ice and Cold Storage Co. located at 1210 3rd NE. Dial 67358-ad for details.
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Canton Ice & Cold Storage Co
Dial
Get Your New Flag Today On Decoration Day
Advertisement for 4x6 flags priced at 1.43 dollars with guaranteed fast colors. Promotes sale at The Canton Repository circulation department. Flags described as on sale and ready for Decoration Day.
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Canton
New FBI Red Spy Testifies at Communist Leaders Trial
Balmes Hidalgo Jr. of New York, a war veteran, testified as a surprise government witness in the trial of 11 U S Communist leaders. He had joined the party in 1946 after being urged that veterans were getting a raw deal. Hidalgo said he remained undercover as a Communist through last night and recounted a meeting with Grace Cane, who claimed the FBI was their worst enemy and predicted battles against the FBI, police, and national guard.
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New York
INS
FBI
U. S
Balmes Hidalgo Jr
Communist Party
Grace Cane
Hidalgo
Youth Arms at Snake Shoots Companion
Alvin July, 18, of 518 4th st SW, treated at Mercy Hospital for a gunshot wound and fractured right leg after being accidentally shot by companion two miles north of North Canton. Deputies said he and three companions were target shooting when a snake caused a misfire. Alva Vanpelt, 20, of 1234 McKinley ave SW, aimed at the snake and struck Alvin.
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Alvin
4Th St
Mercy
Ohio FEPC proposal sent to conferees in mix of toll questions
Ohio lawmakers urged the first Senate House conference to settle the FEPC fight and turned to toll turnpikes and pre primary conventions. A Senate approved turnpike measure would create a five member board, issue private bonds for four lane roads linking with Pennsylvania’s Turnpike, with roads eventually joining state system after toll repayment. Pre primary conventions would select platforms and candidates, a plan revived after decades.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
General Assembly
FEPC
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Lorain
Fremont
Sandusky
Toledo
U. S
James M. Cox
Dayton
Truman names McCloy commissioner for Germany
President Truman appoints John J. McCloy as United States high commissioner for Germany. McCloy resigns as World Bank president to take the post, with World Bank electing Eugene Black as his successor. McCloy to advise transfer of non military governance from army to State Department and ECA around the time of a German provisional government.
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Ashington
Truman
John J. McCloy
United States
Germany
McCloy
World Bank
Eugene Black
White House
Army
State Department
Economic Cooperation Administration
Supreme
United States Authority
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
W. Averell Harriman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roosevelt Jr Wins NY 20th District House Seat
F D Roosevelt Jr, son of the late president, won the New York 20th congressional district special election with 41,146 votes and major support from Liberal and Freedom party lines. He defeated Democrat Benjamin Shalleck, Republican William McIntyre, and American Labor nominee Dronette Rubinstein in a campaign focused on Tammany Hall. The victory signals a rising political career amid intense party opposition and speculation about future Albany ambitions.
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York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
Liberal Party
Four Freedoms Party
Benjamin Shalleck
William H. McIntyre
Drnnette T. Rubinstein
American Labor Party
Albany
New York
White House
Roosevelt Sons
Shalleck
Young Roosevelt
Manhattan
Democratic
Tammany
Manhattan West Side
Sol Bloom
Roosevelt Scion
Thomas E. Dewey
Alliance Water Plans Set Back
Alliance Mayor and city officials faced a setback as Ran ney Water Method Co. withdrew its water supply proposal citing dissension in city committees. The firm claimed its method could deliver up to 4 million gallons during low river flow with a $215,200 package for infrastructure.
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Repository Bureau Alliance
Ranney Water Method Co
Columbus
Eugene Silatich
Alliance
Mahoning River
Robert Rieman
Ohio State
Ralph Bernhagen
Citizens Water Committee
Robert D. Althouse
Citizens and Industrial Water Committees
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Ladlant
George Sokolsky
Red
Zane
McClo
Reich
Britain
France
Janson
F.d.roosevelt Jr
U.S
J. Howard McGrath
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Alliance Water
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