Tornadoes cut a deadly swath through Arkansas region
A devastating tornado in the Pine Bluff area killed at least 31 people, with hundreds injured and many homeless. Officials warn the final toll is uncertain as rescue operations continue. The storm path stretched about 20 miles with up to 10 miles width, wiping out small communities and leveling buildings across rural areas.
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Steed
Gordon Freeman
Peace Is Secure, Soviet Major Tells Berlin
Major Savaliev, a Soviet commander speaking for the Russian occupation, urged Germans via Berlin radio to discard rumors of a new war. He said peace is secure for a long time and that no government can wage war against its people's will.
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Berlin
U.P
Savaliev
United States
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Hearings Begin On Anglo American Petroleum Accord
The Senate foreign relations committee opens hearings Monday on the Anglo American petroleum agreement critics say could form an international oil cartel. Retiring Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson heads witnesses from State Interior and oil firms summoned to testify on the 1945 London pact.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
State
Interior Department
Britain
United States
London
Telephone Worker Credited With Saving Many Lives
Leedey Oklahoma was struck by a tornado that killed six and injured about 25. Jack Sapp a telephone worker warned crowds by fire siren and loudspeaker and set an emergency line to relay the strike news. Rescue workers worked through the night with flashlights to reach the injured and the town morgue listed six dead.
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Okla
Jack Sapp
Sapp
Oklahoma
Texas
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Arnett
Gage
Woodward
B. B. Abbott
Harry Kitchens
A. A. Butler
Ada Malloy
J. A. Albritton
Elk City
Sayre
Clinton
Hungary asks peaceful cooperation with great powers
Budapest reports Premier James Dinnyes pledged peaceful cooperation with the United States Britain and the Soviet Union after his first speech and a morning military parade. Former premier Ferenc Nagy who resigned fled to Switzerland amid accusations of plotting to overthrow the government. Depositions by Bela Kovacs implicate Varga and Nagy, with Kovacs held in a Russian military prison in Hungary. Police say Nagy remained in contact with the underground and funded operations from smallholders party factories.
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U.P
James Dinnyes
Hungary
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Dinnyes
Yesurday
Ferenc Nagy
Switzerland
Nagy
Janos Gyoengyocsi
Democratic
Bela Kovacs
Smallholders
Varga
Kovacs
Three Die in Ohio Shooting Suicide Tragedy
In Middletown Ohio on Sunday night Dorothy Watson 32 her son Arthur 4 and William McKenzie 44 were fatally shot by Arthur Watson 44 husband of Dorothy who then killed himself.
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Ohio
Dorothy Watson
Arthur
William McKenzie
Arthur W. Watson
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Butte expects a high around 65 with partial morning clouds turning to thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures dip slightly from the last 24 hours with 61 highs at both School of Mines and the airport and 39 and 37 lows respectively. Precipitation total 0.03 inches by 5 p.m. West of divide expect cloudy Monday with thundershowers and warmer highs 60 to 68. East of divide partly cloudy Monday with afternoon and evening thundershowers and warmer northeast highs 64 to 72.
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Butte
School of Mines
Divide
Memorial Day Holiday Reports High Violence Toll
At least 419 people died violently over the Memorial day weekend including plane crashes and tornadoes. Traffic mishaps killed 179, drownings 50, and 95 deaths stemmed from two major airplane crashes. New York led with 65 fatalities, California had 36, and Maryland 59, amid tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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National Safety Council
New York
LaGuardia Field
Maryland
California
Italian Cabinet Takes Office as Postwar Government
Rome reports a centrist cabinet sworn in by President Enrico de Nicola marking Italy’s first postwar government excluding Communists and Socialists. speculation grows over potential U.S. aid under the Truman doctrine tied to a Livorno meeting of senior American officers. Army sources say the gathering aims to plan troop and equipment withdrawal after the Italian treaty signing.
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Rome
Italy
Enrico de Nicola
United States
Livorno
Taft backs drive for rapid ratification of peace treaties
Senator Taft endorsed Senator Vandenberg's push to approve four postwar treaties with Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary possibly this week. He warned that withdrawing troops from Italy could let Communists seize the government and jeopardize aid to Greece and Turkey. The Italian treaty faces opposition in the Senate, needing two thirds for approval, with Taft’s support potentially pivotal.
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Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Rmich
Hungar Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Greece
Turkey
Marshall
James F. Byrnes
Ill-Fated Plane Was Converted Army Transport
The Eastern Airlines DC-4, one of 20 surplus Army transports, carried 53 people to death on a Newark to Miami flight. Investigators theorize a tail assembly failure caused loss of control and the crash.
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Eastern Airlines
John H. Halliburton
United States
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Eastern
Army
Douglas Aircraft Corp
California
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Miami
Fla
Newark
N. J
United
LaGuardia Field
New York
Japan
Gandhi says US Russia war unlikely amid world union vision
In Bombay on June 1 Gandhi declared in a telegraphic interview that war between the United States and Russia is highly improbable. He urged creation of a world government with representatives from all parts, but he did not say if such a union could ever be achieved.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
United States
Russia
Weather Delays Planting of Key Grains Across U.S.
Wet cool spring hampers sowing of corn oats and barley and delays soybean planting. Officials say continued export controls are needed beyond June 30 to prevent foreign purchase from draining U.S. supplies and driving up prices. Wheat and corn could be targeted by overseas buyers in a cereal short world, risking livestock feeds and production.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
United claims first nonstop San Francisco to Chicago flight
Chicago June 1 United Airlines announced an unofficial non stop time of six hours sixteen minutes for a Douglas DC 6 flight between San Francisco and Chicago. The company said it was the first nonstop commercial service between the two cities.
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Chicago
United Airlines
San Francisco
India Leaders Hold Final Strategy Talks
New Delhi June 1. The high commands of India's rival political parties held final strategy meetings on the eve of meeting Viceroy Mountbatten to receive Britain's plan for transferring power. Congress has accepted the plan and hopes rise for a united India while authorities brace for possible unrest amid mounting tension.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Mountbatten
Congress
Governor Ford's Secretary Dies in Helena
J W Hanley 56 secretary to Gov Sam C Ford died at his Helena home from a heart ailment He was a Montana newspaperman for 30 years born in Shenandoah Iowa 1891 He came to Montana in 1913 worked on the Fergus County Argus later Lewistown Democrat News managing editor April 1946 he became governor's secretary He served in the 1929 Montana House of Representatives Burial services set for Lewis town at 2 p m Survivors include widow two sons a daughter and four sisters
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Helena
J. W Hanley
Sam C Ford
Hanley
Montana
Shenandoah
Iowa
Fergus County Argus
Lewistown
Democrat-News
Ford
House of Representatives
U. S. Commission Urges Universal Military Training
A presidential commission warned that American forces are a hollow shell and urged a $1.75 billion annual plan for universal training and expanded defense spending. It said 18 year olds would undergo six months of basic training, with control by a civilian-military three member panel.
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Washington
America
Karl T. Compton
Congress
Armed Services
Lawmakers Discuss Military Training Report Findings
Congress members from both parties weighed the presidential commission's universal military training proposal. Some oppose immediate action, others support studying civilian emphasis and efficiency gains, while a few expect no bill this session.
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Washington
Congress
Presidential Commission
Young
Dworshak
Idaho
Ellender
D-La
Manasco
D-Ala
Russia’s Military Power Built on School Based Training
Washington reports that Russia relies on compulsory service in the Red Army and mandatory school training. A Soviet system analysis notes universal military duties from ages 19 to 50, plus mass organization programs and Suvorov schools preparing officers from age 10. Women with technical training may be drafted for auxiliary services.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
Union of South Africa
Osoaviakhim
Association For the Defense
Minister of Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Housing Expe dit er Warns on 1947 Home Output
Washington reports Housing Expediter Frank R Creedon estimated 1 038 000 new dwellings could be finished in 1947 if federal controls stay for a few more months. The figure includes 760 000 permanent homes but offers no starts forecast. Starts lagged 1946 while completions ran ahead.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Egypt to bring dispute with Britain to UN council in October
Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha announced on Sunday that Egypt will submit the ongoing dispute with Great Britain to the United Nations Council in mid-October. The statement was made during a press briefing in Cairo.
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U.P
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Egypt
Great Britain
United Nations Council
St James Nurses Graduate At 39th Commencement
The 1947 St James unit of Sisters of Charity School of Nurses held its 39th commencement in St Patrick church. 28 graduates received diplomas from Father Frank Harrington as the ceremony featured Benedictation and a student guard of honor. The Rev Father Albert Kaparich urged adherence to medical ethics and God’s law, stressing the need to practice honorably amid scrutiny.
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Albert N. Kaparich
Sacred Heart Parish
Sisters of Charity School of Nurses
St. James
St. Patrick Church
Pope Pius XII
Kaparich
Frank L. Harrington
St. James Hospital
St. Helena Parish
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