Midwest flood damage rises as crops suffer and roads wash out
Floods across Nebraska and Iowa push crop and property loss higher with thousands of acres of corn and wheat washed out. Death toll in Nebraska reaches 15 as new towns flood. Officials warn Des Moines and Racoon river regions of record rises and extended reconstruction effort.
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Omaha
Midwest
Nebraska
Agriculture Department
Iowa- Nebraska
Iowa
Hamburg
Des Moines
Iowa Capital City
Jefferson
Racoon River
Boone
Weather Bureau
Platt
Patterson Asks for More Funds
Secretary of War Patterson urged restoring 375 million of 475 million in House cuts to fund Army operations for the year starting July 1. He warned the military would be left without means to meet an emergency and cited Europe events as strengthening needs.
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Washington
Patterson
House
War Department
Senate
Truman
Europe
Gurney
Congress
Hungary
Greece
United States
Italy
France
1921 Montana Prison Escapee Captured
Chief of Detectives Fred Franks said Edward R. Mahaney aged 59, who escaped Deer Lodge Montana prison in 1921, was captured in Omaha on Monday and charged with petty larceny for stealing two suit coats. He used the alias Dan T. Boone and had served four years of a 10 to 20 year sentence for robbing a sheep herder.
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Omaha
Fred Franks
Edward R. Mahaney
Deer Lodge
Mont
Franks
Mahaney
Dan T. Boone
Brutally Beaten Tot Identified in Oregon Case
Jai-Tiny Miss X, the blonde two year old found brutally beaten in Weed California on June 15, was identified Tuesday night as Mary Jane Meddlin of Selma Oregon. Sgt C R Bergman said a man confessed to abandoning her there. The suspect is Hugh Gilreath, 25, a Selma sawmill worker who moved to Oregon last year from Jellicot Tennessee.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Jai—Tiny
Miss X
Weed
Calif
Mary Jane Meddlin
Selma
C. R. Bergman
Hugh Gilreath
Oregon
Jellicot
Tenn
Continuous Production Needed in U S Says GM Chief
Washington June 24 Charles E Wilson president of General Motors told a joint congressional committee that propaganda from high prices creates economic uncertainty but there is no fundamental reason for a depression if Americans work for what they want. He urged continuous uninterrupted production and noted profits mainly at wholesale and retail levels while two main causes of high prices are war- financing and wage inflation.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
G. M
Truman
Wilson
Rep. Rice
R-Pa
Rice
Flanders
R-Vt
Installment Buying Controls Seen Doomed After House Move
Washington June 24 Federal controls on installment buying appear doomed as the House Banking committee approves a bill to end the wartime credit restrictions. Chairman Wolcott says controls outlived usefulness though Truman urged continuance to curb inflation. The bill would end restrictions upon passage but allow reinstatement during war or national emergency. Under law buyers must make a one third down payment and complete payment within 15 months.
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Washington
Truman
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
R-Mich
Congress
House
Senate
Seattle Woman Dies After Wasps Sting
Mrs Katherine Mos ley aged 32 died at a neighbor's home shortly after being stung by a wasp. Coroner John P Brill ruled acute pulmonary congestion from wasp venom as the cause.
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Seattle
Katherine Mosley
John P. Brill
Whitefish Child Drowns in River Incident
Eight year old John Vance son of Mr and Mrs Charles Vance of Whitefish drowned Tuesday after falling from a pier into the Whitefish River at Columbia avenue. A search party failed to recover the body as the swift current carried him about 200 yards downstream.
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Whitefish
John Vance
Charles Vance
Whitefish River
Columbia Avenue
Young Vance
Eisenhower Accepts Presidency At Columbia University
General Dwight D. Eisenhower disclosed that he has accepted the presidency of Columbia University in New York effective next year. He succeeds Nicholas Murray Butler, who retired in 1945 and is now Columbia's president emeritus.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Hitler
Floyd L. Parks
War Department
Parks
Milton
Kansas State College
Idaho Man Survives Truck Plunge Into River
Ernest Barnes a 27 year old sheep shearer from Menan Idaho escaped death when his pickup and trailer plunged into the Gal latin river near Bozeman during a curve at a bridge approach. The truck flipped mid air and settled upright in 15 feet of water as Barnes opened a door and swam to the bank where he was found injured but alive. His brother in law and sister witnessed the incident from another car and alerted help.
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Bozeman
Ernest Barnes
Menan
Idaho
Gallatin
Here
Barnes
Highway Patrol
Frank Storer
Iowa
Storer
Commercial Airliner Struck by Lightning Over LaGuardia
A United Air Lines plane carrying 26 passengers was struck by lightning while approaching LaGuardia on a New York bound flight from Chicago with a stop in Cleveland. The right aileron was damaged but Capt. R. E. Lee landed safely. passengers were unaware of the incident.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
R. E. Lee
United Air Lines
Chicago
Cleveland
British Rush Plans for Paris Parley
The British foreign office moved quickly to prepare for the Three-Power Paris conference on Marshall's save Europe economic plan. The Russian delegation arrived in Paris, and Poland joined the talks, with others inquiring or ready to participate. UK officials, including Bevin and Clayton, discussed the dwindling 3.75 billion dollar loan and wider European economic problems.
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Paris
United States
State Marshall
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Moscow
Molotov
William L. Clayton
Attlee
Bevin
Hugh Dalton
Board of Trade
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Foreign Office
V. F. W. Conclave Opens In Butte With 200 Delegates
More than 200 VFW and auxiliary delegates registered as the Montana encampment begins in Butte. Local organizer C. E. Skook reports record attendance expected. meetings set for Wednesday at the VFW hall and Miner's Union hall with registration from 8 to 7 and the first sessions at 9. Continued on Page 2 Col 4.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Butte
C. E. Skook
Convention Council of Administration
Gold
Finlen Hotel
V. F. W. Hall
Miner's Union
Missing Buckley Hinders May-Garsson War Fraud Trial
Government attorneys said on Tuesday they cannot locate Rep. Charles A. Buckley to secure his testimony in the May-Garsson war fraud case. Special assistant attorney general William A. Paisley told reporters Buckley cannot be found in Washington or at his New York City home or office.
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Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Charles A. Buckley
D-N. Y
William A. Paisley
Buckley
New York City
Flood danger in Yellowstone valley declared passed
Fort Peck Army engineers said flood danger in the Yellowstone valley near Livingston and Miles City has passed as reservoir discharge was reduced to a minimum. A heavy snow cover remains on some watersheds and Missouri river flow at Williston, North Dakota, was forecast at 75 000 cubic feet per second.
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Glasgow
Fort Peck
Vetoed Tax Slashing Bill Reintroduced in House
The House heard a reintroduction of a vetoed tax slashing bill as debate continued on fiscal policy. The measure faces opposition and potential revisions before any floor vote. No timeline was set for further action.
Gasoline rationing begins at Standard Oil Indiana
Standard Oil company (Indiana) will allocate its output for June July and August across 12 of 15 states in its service area. The 15 percent cut marks the first consumer restriction since 1945. Demand runs about 15 percent above last year, but supplies should match last year’s level as pipeline and refinery capacity lag behind.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and warmer temperatures expected. In Butte the high near 80 with yesterday’s readings 73 for the airport and 38 for the low, while School of Mines reports 71/43. West of divide clear to partly cloudy with a high 80 to 88. east of divide mostly partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers over southwest mountains and a high near 75 to 85.
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Butte
Airport
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Southwest
Missing Boy Found Alive in Ice Box
Four year old Marcello Basco missing since Monday was found Tuesday alive in an old icebox at the rear of his home. He had hidden from playmates and endured 18 hours in the icebox before being found. He was hospitalized for exhaustion and injuries.
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Albany
N. Y
Marcello
Butch”) Basco
Russian Envoys Stoned in Korea
Four cars carrying Russian officials were stoned by right wing Korean youths during a ship demonstration in Seoul on Monday. US delegate Brown said the Russian protest complained of reactionaries and terrorists. Shukov complained police laughed as one officer was protected only by American soldiers. Brown pledged safety measures for the Soviet delegation.
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Seoul
Albert E. Brown
United States
Int American-Soviet Commission
Korea
G. M. Balasanov
Brown
Shukov
Congressmen Fear President Will Veto Wool Measure
Western lawmakers anticipate President Truman will veto the wool bill on Wednesday. They expect a directive to the Commodity Credit Corporation to continue domestic clip purchases. Senator Robertson of Wyoming works on a new wool industry bill.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Commodity Credit Corporation
Granger
Utah
Robertson
R-Wyo
Film Library Fire Kills Fifteen in Brussels Building
Fire at a seven story government building in Brussels killed fifteen people and trapped workers inside. Firemen searched for additional victims as flames shot through the structure and many jumped to another roof to escape the blaze.
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Brussels
Ministry of Education
Petrillo Hearing Set by House Panel July 7
A Labor Committee member said an investigation into James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians will begin July 7 in Washington. The probe follows inquiries into AFL leadership activities and related union affairs.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
A. PF. L
Justice Branch Probing Walkout
Washington officials report the Justice Department is investigating a large coal miners walkout to see if an injunction against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers is possible. The Taft Hartley law faces scrutiny as government plans seize operations and judges weigh remedies amid a growing national strike threat.
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Washington
Justice Department
John L. Lewis
Howard Smith
D-Va
House
Smith
National Coal Association
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
High Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Congress
Voice of America Wins House Vote to Back Program
The House approved 272 to 97 a legal sanction for the State department foreign information and educational exchange program including Voice of America. The vote came six days before the current program’s expiration amid questions about extension and funding. Sen appropriations panel approved 11.5 million dollars to continue after July 1, after House cut funds amid protests over administration and lack of congressional approval.
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Washington
House
State Department
Voice of America
Capitol
Senate Appropriations Committee
Conress
Tax slashing bill reintroduced with Jan 1 start date
House Ways and Means Chairman Knutson reintroduced the vetoed 4 billion tax cut bill with one change the start date moved to January 1. Speaker Martin said it will be taken up at the first favorable opportunity and could wait until Congress returns in January if two thirds support in both chambers is not ready.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
Martin
Truman
Senate
Congress
Stalin Declines U N Invitation for World Charter Day Broadcast
At Lake Success on Tuesday night the United Nations said Andrei A. Gromyko agreed to speak on the world charter day broadcast in place of Stalin who declined participation. Gromyko cited uncertainty over why Stalin refused and said he did not know the reason.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Gromyko
House Extends RFC Life Two Years Under Restrictions
The House voted 334 to 4 to extend the Recon struction Finance Corporation for two years with limits to curb private competition and cap new business at 2 billion dollars. The RFC aided wartime programs and the nation’s economy, with a Senate plan to extend its powers for one year beyond June 30. A conference will resolve differences.
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Washington
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Herbert Hoover
G. I
Veterans’ Administration
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Monroney
Dokla
Omar Bradley
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