Tornado Ravages Sundown Texas Kills Three to Five
A tornado struck Sundown on Friday night near Lubbock Texas killing three to five people and injuring several. Homes a church and parsonage were destroyed and power lines were down hindering rescue efforts.
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Lubbock
Texas
Sundown
Here
Beauford Jester
Austin
Dixie Carmichael
Red Cross
C. C. Prim
Brownfield
Little West Texas
Charles C. Watson
Lubbock Evening Journal
Levelland
Bill Scott
Watson
Morton
West Texas
Sudan
High Plains
Salvation Army
Plainview
Littlefield
Bill M. Scott
Pamela
Hazel Hancock
Jerry Wheeler
Hancock
G. D. Shelley
Shelley
Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
Jay Harris
Two Sides Agree to Stop Fighting in Java
Dutch and Indonesian delegates at a UN peace conference reach an informal cease-fire. The exiled Republican government would return to Jogjakarta and attend a Hague peace conference to discuss a potential United States of Indonesia under the Dutch crown.
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Batavia
Java
U.P
Jogjakarta
Bangka Island
Mohammed Hatta
Netherlands
Indonesia
East United States Faces Record Heat in May Swift Cool-Front Pushes In
Warm spell grips the East with New York reaching 93 degrees and Chicago at 90.8 as a string of record highs ends with a cooling front. Prolonged heat causes two Wisconsin deaths. snow and chilly 38 degrees appear in Colorado Springs while Plaines states drop to 61 in Omaha and 63 in Minneapolis.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
New York City
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York State
Plains States
Omaha
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
West Coast
Los Angeles
Rock Springs
Wyo
Colorado Springs
Colo
Man critically hurt when hit by truck at Elliston
DEER LODGE May 6 C R Dickson is in critical condition in a local hospital from injuries after being struck by a large truck at Elliston late Thursday night He had not regained consciousness late Friday from skull fracture and other severe injuries Sheriff Ed Ellsworth investigates and seeks full identification Dickson a construction worker on a Mullan pass clearing project employed by the Tutelier company The sheriff said Rudolph Ness driver of a Consolidated Freightways truck told him Dickson was standing on the road and the accident was unavoidable
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Deer Lodge
C. R. Dickson
Elliston
Ed Ellsworth
Dickson
Mullan Pass
Tutelier Company
Rudolph Ness
Consolidated Freightways
Economic Reason Advanced for Soviet Reversal
London reports that worsening economic conditions in iron curtain states may drive a reconsideration of the Berlin blockade. Analysts note satellites could seek Marshall Plan aid after any settlement, while official word on requests remains absent.
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London
U.P
Iron Curtain
Russia
Berlin
United States
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Marshall Plan
Germany
London Evening News
Czechoslovakia
Edward Outrata
Stockholm
John Haskell
Outrata
Harriman
Tass
Prague
Soviet Monitor
Antonin Gregor
Gregor
Soviet Union
Transport Men to Lift Berlin Blockade Next Week
Berlin reports state that German transport workers will physically lift the Berlin blockade on Thursday with western trains ready by midnight Wednesday as the four powers wind down the Soviet barrier. American sources say German experts will coordinate East West traffic and set railway barge and highway schedules while four power talks remain unnecessary unless issues arise. The council of foreign ministers meet in Paris on May 23 to handle broader questions such as currency.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Kennecott Cuts Copper Price to 18 3/4 Cents a Pound
Kennecott Copper cuts refined copper price by 5 cents to 18 3/4 cents per pound on the Connecticut basis. Phelps Dodge also lowers to 20 cents. Copper at 18 3/4 cents marks a two and a half year low, off from a peak of 23 1/2 cents last August. A custom smelter also moves lead down to 14 cents, sixth cut since March 8.
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New York
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Connecticut
Kennecott
Custom
Phelps Dodge Corporation
FBI Aide Details Communist Aims In Trial Testimony
FBI undercover aide Thomas A. Younglove testified in the Communist conspiracy trial that an instructor at a party training school claimed the atom bomb would be used on American workers if needed to preserve capitalism. He identified the instructor as Mrs. Naomi Ring and said the group discussed Truman's soldiers to keep workers down.
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New York
S&j. Louis
FBI
Thomas A. Younglove
Communist Party
Truman
Younglove
Missouri
Naomi Ring
Job outlook good but employment below last summer peak
Washington reports the government says the job outlook for the next few months is relatively good. However total employment this summer is expected to be well below last year's peak of 61,600,000.
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Washington
United States Proposes Freer International Role for Japan
The State Department urged Japan be allowed limited participation in international conferences to speed economic recovery and end occupation. General MacArthur must approve. The Far Eastern Commission backed agrarian reforms moving land ownership toward independent farmers, with 5,000,000 acres already bought and resold.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Family of Nations
State Department
L-Nation
Far Eastern Commission
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Soviet
Russia
Deaf But Lucky Montana Farmer Survives Train Crash
John Q. Adams an east Corvallis farmer escaped serious injury after a freight train struck his pickup at a Northern Pacific crossing in Bitter Root valley. He was carried a short distance and suffered only cuts and bruises.
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Hamilton
John Q. Adams
Anti-Red Bills Deemed to Aid Communists by Critics
Senators heard two proposed anti-Communist bills would require registration of Communist groups and impose penalties for conspiracies to overthrow the government. Critics from Americans for Democratic Action and the American Civil Liberties Union argued the measures unconstitutional and would curb civil liberties, while the sponsors said the goal is to strip disguises from the Communist threat. Rep Walter said House hearings on revoking Communist citizenship may begin soon.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Senate Judiciary
Ferguson
Rmich
Mundt
R-S.d
ADA
Benjamin C. Sigal
American Civil Liberties Union
Sigal
Walter
D-Pa
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Delay in Coplon Case Explained
FBI agent said the government delayed arrest of Judith Coplon to gain leads to other alleged Soviet contacts. The pair, Coplon and Valentine Gubitchev, face separate espionage conspiracy and theft of government secrets charges in New York and Washington, with Gubitchev seeking release appeals.
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Washington
FBI
Judith Coplon
Roger W. Robinson
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
State Department
United States
Gubitchev
United Nations
Justice Department
Hague Back on Campaign Trail in Jersey City
Frank Hague, the 73 year old Democratic boss long a power in Jersey City politics, returns to campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s city commission election. He campaigns for his ticket with appearances, parades and hoopla, hoping to influence the race and preserve his broad Democratic majorities. His absence as mayor since 1945 and succession by his nephew Hague Eggers frame the contest.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
City Commission
Hague
Hudson River
New York City
Frank Hague Eggers
Body of Missing Man Is Found in River
Leif Brown, 53, a barber reported missing April 2, was found Friday in the Missouri river below Great Falls at the Black Eagle powerhouse intake. Deputy Sheriff Bob Hunter Dr Lee Roy MacBurney county coroner and Montana Power employees retrieved the body, first located by Charles F. Christ, a power company worker.
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Great Falls
Leif Brown
Black Eagle
Missouri River
Bob Hunter
Lee Roy MacBurney
Montana Power Company
Charles F. Christ
Power Company
Twist Tornado Hits Farms Near Twist Texas
A twister struck the Twist area in Texas near Dalhart damaging farms and ranches. The twisting storm, part of a Fort Worth and Denver line region, came with hail and struck Thursday night, marking a damaging weather event in the vicinity.
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Twist
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
Reds Press Toward Shanghai Amid Sw flux of attacks
Communist forces backed by artillery push toward Shanghai from the southwest with attacks west of the city. Nanchang faces siege rumors as Red troops threaten the southeast flank of Hankow. Kashing front reports say Nationalists regained, with bridges blown and retreat on foot for refugees.
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Shanghai
China
Nanchang
Canton
South China
Hankow
Kashing
Pingwang
VA to Discharge 8 000 Employees
The Veterans Administration will fire 8,000 employees on Monday with potential further layoffs this summer as part of a 508.75 million budget cut for 1949 50. Hospitals and medical facilities will not be cut. One month notice will be given. Forty two of 468 field offices will close. Total staff fell from 226,131 in February 1947 to 200,141 in March.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
House
Senate
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Butte Weather Forecast Highlights Warmer Weekend
Forecast for Butte shows fair and slightly warmer conditions with a Saturday high of 70 to 80 and a minimum around 27. Reported temperatures include 68 at the School of Mines high 63 low 28 and Airport 66 over the last 24 hours 23 low. West of Divide expects clear or variable high clouds and little temperature change Saturday while East of Divide remains fair and warmer with highs 60 to 70 in the southwest and 70 to 80 elsewhere.
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School of Mines
Divide
Communists Excluded as Western Germany Adopts Constitution
The western German constituent assembly voted 47 to 2 to adopt a western state constitution and establish an 18 member executive to govern until a formal government is elected likely in July. The move includes Berlin's western sectors under the new framework despite allied misgivings.
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Bonn
Germany
A.P
Western Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlinreichschancellery
Bavaria
Christian Democrats
Berlin
Constituent Assembly
Max Reimann
Frankfurt
U.S. Denies Secret Arms Pact With Spain
United States delegate at the United Nations denied charges of a secret military alliance with Franco Spain. Ray Atherton stated the U S has made no military assistance, no bases, and no overtures to join NATO or the Marshall Plan, emphasizing Spain’s participation is for all parties to decide.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations
Franco Spain
Ray Atherton
Spain
Francisco Franco
Atherton
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Russia
Washington
London
New Issue Enters Ford Plant Strike
A new issue, the firing of 14 unionists, entered Ford’s Detroit strike as mass picketing in 90 degree heat marked the second day. The company confirmed the discharges from wildcat walkouts before the general strike. No immediate talks were seen between CIO United Auto Workers and Ford officials.
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Ford
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Big Rouge
Washington
Communications Workers of America
Independent Union
CWA
Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound Lines
Aviation Research Staff Killed in Plane Crash
Seven Bristol Air research staff died when their two engined freighter crashed into the English channel during a test. The plane disintegrated in the air. aboard were John Radcliffe, Britain's leading aircraft engineer, and J A C Northway the assistant chief test pilot who piloted the aircraft.
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Portland
Eng
Bristol Airplane Company
English Channel
John Radcliffe
Britain
J. A. C. Northway
Northway
Roberts Calls Pact Essential to Deter Soviet Attack
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts urged swift Senate ratification of the North Atlantic defense pact as an essential emergency measure to deter Soviet aggression. Other endorsers include Charles Taft James Gerard and Allan Line. Gerard cited a poll of ex-ambassadors showing broad support, while warning that failure to ratify could trigger war within a year.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
State Department
James W. Gerard
Germany
Allan B. Line
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gerard
Ogden H. Hammond
New York
Roberts
Atlantic Union Committee
Senate
United States
Russian accept apology for American Pvt Touhey incident
Vienna reports Russian authorities accepted apologies for American Pvt. Edward J. Touhey who started a one man war in a Soviet hotel last Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ira P. Swift American headquarters commandant said he received a written acceptance from the Russian counterpart. Swift personally apologized after the incident.
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Vienna
Edward J. Touhey
Ira P. Swift
Swift
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