Five Paraguayan Army Men Killed in Clash
A dispatch from Asuncion reports two officers and three enlisted men of Paraguay’s First cavalry division were killed in a clash. Col. Victoriano Benitez Vera was retired as commander amid reports of a nationalist faction seeking to unseat President Morinigo. Exiles note Benitez Vera’s influence waned as Morinigo reassumed army leadership.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Asuncion
First Cavalry Division
Higinio Morinigo
Victoriano Benitez Vera
Campo Grande
Benitez Vera
Morinigo
United States
Juan D. Peron
Foreign Ministry
Col
Barnaardo Aranda
Mystery Figure in Jewel Theft Arrested
Maj. David F. Watson of Burlingame California, linked to the $1,500,000 Hesse jewel theft, was arrested in his Frankfurt lodging by military police. The room was sealed, and Watson faced pending charges as an administrative officer in the American forces in Europe.
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Frankfurt
U.R
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Hesse
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Watson
Eysseneck Street
Germany
Great Britain
Durant
Europe
New Offer Hinted to Avert Nationwide Maritime Strike
Washington June 9 The National Maritime Union CIO moved to trigger a nationwide seamen and longshoremen strike for Friday midnight. Industry sources indicate a new offer may be made to head off the walkout. Conciliators proposed one day off for every 14 days at sea to ease a 44 hour week demand, a plan viewed as a promising compromise though negotiations remain deadlocked since last Wednesday.
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Washington
U.P
National Maritime Union
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte area will clear to partly cloudy morning with clouds by afternoon and evening. Scattered thunder showers and warm temperatures with highs near 78 to 80 at local stations. Montana west of divide shows partly cloudy with showers or storms 65 to 70, east of divide 70 to 85 with cooler north and west.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Weather Chart June 9 Report by Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau report for the period ending 6:30 p m on June 9. Provides meteorological data and conditions across regions as recorded.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Air Transport Plane Crash Kills 23 Over Toboga Island
An Army C-54 transport from Morrison Field West Palm Beach crashes into Toboga island’s mountainside during a thunderstorm. All 23 aboard are believed dead, including one civilian and six crewmen. Rescue efforts race to identify mangled victims as details emerge.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Morrison Field
Toboga Island
Panama
Panama Canal
Albrookfield
C. Z
Panama Canal Department
Willis D. Crittenberger
John S. Owens
E.S.T
Death Toll From Storm Mounts
Eleven people killed as a freak hail and lightning storm sweeps New England. Five drown at Twin Lakes in Salisbury Connecticut after a fishing boat overturns. Massachusetts suffers the worst damage with thousands of telephones out of service and power lines down.
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Boston
New England
Twin Lakes
Salisbury
Conn
Massachusetts
Power Company
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Greater
Goebbels Relatives Live Like Impoverished Peasants
Goebbels rarely supported his aged widowed mother, according to his sister. His mother Frau Katherine Goebbels aged 79, her daughter Frau Kimmich, son-in-law Max Kimmich and their 18 month old granddaughter live in two rooms of a dingy farmhouse 15 miles outside Munich.
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Moerlach
Germany
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Frau
Katherine Goebbels
Frau Kimmich
Max Kimmich
Munich
Meat Famine Looms as Ranchers Hoard Animals
A U P spokesman warns a meat shortage may hit within a week if cattle and hog producers continue withholding livestock. With July 1 price controls hinted to end, ranchers fear higher prices and withhold supply. OPA notes falling livestock receipts in 12 markets and reduced black market activity amid quotas.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
Department of Agriculture
One Killed 13 Hurt by Hit Run Driver
A speeding hopped up automobile ploughed a safety zone in Huntington Park California early Sunday killing 44 year old Ella Young of Firestone Park and injuring 13 others including four from her family. The driver fled the scene and remains unidentified.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Ella Young
Firestone Park
Senator Mitchell Announces Phantom Rates Ended on Aluminum
Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell of Washington said the Reconstruction Finance Corp has eliminated phantom freight rates charged to the Spokane rolling mill and other buyers of government held primary aluminum. The move targets improper charges alleged by the senator and affects buyers statewide.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh B. Mitchell
D-Wash
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Spokane
Fire devastates Canfield hotel in Dubuque killing fifteen
Early Sunday fire swept the Canfield hotel in Dubuque Iowa killing fifteen people and injuring twenty one while twenty one others remained unaccounted for. Fire officials said only fifteen bodies had been recovered as search of the 200 room hotel continued with walls deemed unsafe.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Canfield
American Red Cross
Zach Cook
Harold Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Leo Loso, Jr
Larry Driscoll
John Sanders
Jefferson City
Internationalist Opposes Plan for Americas Military Ties
A leading House internationalist on Sunday night opposed permanent U.S. military cooperation with Latin American nations to form an American bloc. The House Foreign Affairs Committee last week approved Truman’s program to authorize agreements to train and equip armed forces in the Americas for cash and other considerations.
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Washington
U.P
House
United States
United Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
King Ananda of Siam Dies of Gunshot Wound
King Ananda Mahidol of Siam, 20, died from a bullet wound in the royal palace. Thirty hours later the Siamese legislature named his Boston-born brother Prince Phumiphon Aduldet, 18, as the new king. A three-man regency council was appointed to govern until Phumiphon ascends.
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Bangkok
Ananda Mahidol
Siam
Royal
Phumiphon Aduldet
Ananda Fo
United States
Barompinan
Boston
Prince Mahidol of
Songkhla
Harvard
Switzerland
Pridi Phanomyong
Draft Induction Plan Opens Door to 18 Year Olds
Rep. Sparkman proposes allowing 18 year olds to be inducted but barred from overseas service unless they volunteer before turning 19. House conferees will review the plan Monday as they seek a draft extension beyond June 30. Senate favors 18 through 44 ages. House currently opposes 18 and 19 induction.
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Washington
Rep
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate House
House
Senate
Army
Navy
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Women’s Army Corps
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WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Maritime Union
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Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Steeeeereneres
Custer
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Shorty) Sprouse
Mattie Lyons
Gladys
Dubuque, Iowa
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