Dozen Persons Reported Lost In Flood Areas
Dozen or more people were reported missing as flash floods swept the Potomac Shenandoah valley region in West Virginia and Virginia. State police warned unverified reports indicated several others missing and feared dead.
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Associated Press
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Flood Devastates Potomac Valley Towns In June Peak
Petersburg and Moorefield WV towns faced severe flash floods with thousands homeless after heavy rains. State Police report several missing including Cpl A M Hurst and family. Red Cross units expected. Waters began receding in Petersburg and Moorefield though Romney Greenspring and Cumberland areas remained under risk.
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Here
Romhey
Moorefield
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Red Cross
Spt
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Romney
Shields
Greenspring
Cumberland
McCool
Keyser
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Preston Tucker to be arraigned for stock sales fraud
Chicago June 18 AP Preston Tucker and seven other officials of the Tucker Corporation face federal charges including mail fraud conspiracy and violations of the Securities and Exchange Act. They were indicted for stock sales in a re organized firm planning a rear engine automobile. Tucker, president, was to lead production at a large plant closed last January under bankruptcy rules.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Tucker
Former State Department Aide Testifies in Hiss Perjury Trial
Henry Julian Wadleight, ex State Department employee, testifies in Federal Court New York in Alger Hiss perjury case. He admits passing government secrets to Whittaker Chambers for a Soviet spy ring. AP Wirephoto.
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Henry Julian Wadleight
State Department
New York
Alger Hiss
Wadleigh
Whittaker Chambers
Ministers Seek Agreement With Reds In Last Session
Western Power diplomats pressed to resolve obstacles blocking a Russian Austrian independence treaty. Russian and Western ministers plan to reconvene for a final secret session to settle the matter and discuss a fair play code to ease trade barriers in Germany.
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Daliiah Wawenes
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Eodelluil
Germany
Austria
Slovene Liberation Front
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Vienna
Legation
Belgrade
Borba
Coplon Explains Spy Charge Details In Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon says her Justice Department superior urged her to take notes from an FBI decoy memo found in her purse during arrest. Government witnesses claim the memo was planted to trap Coplon. Trial resumes Monday for the ninth week as defense argues the charges.
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Justice Department
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Brunete
Russia
Secret Police
Valentine Gubitchev
New York
Alver Hiss
Hiss
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Whittaker Chambers
Thisriot
Chambers
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appels
Four Georgia Convicts Escape From Road Camp
Four long term highway prison camp convicts fled from a road camp between Blythe and Kersville in a prison truck on Wednesday. The abandoned truck was later found at Miller about 35 miles away. Names given by guard O C Howell include Ralph Morris 27 Jefferson county J B Tucker 52 Crathia county Eastern Anderson 22 Calhoun Fulton county and Luther Masters 22 Fulton county. Two others who fled Monday were captured Thursday in a railroad box car near Waynesboro identified as William Poss 21 Atlanta and J Elers 34 Griffin.
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O. C. Howell
Ralph Morris
Jefferson County
J. B. Tucker
Crathia County
Anderson
Calhoun
Luther Masters
Fulton County
Waynesboro
William Poss
Atlanta
J. ©. Elers
Griffin
Mine Holiday Effects Can't Be Seen As Yet
Pittsburgh June 18 AP The nations 480000 United Mine workers return to the pits Monday but weeks may pass before the impact of the week long stabilizing walkout called by John L Lewis is known. CIO United Steel Workers plan for pension talks with U S Steel as Murray presses for a pension deal and wage and insurance scope. On coal the soft coal operators begin talks next Wednesday with Lewis at White Sulphur Springs and southern coast operators resume talks Tuesday in Bluefield on a contract expiring June 30. Northern operators and captive coal mines meet with Frick Coal & Coke president Harry M Moses. UMW anthracite talks set for early next month and stalemate could trigger a July 16 strike.
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John L. Lewis
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U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ezra van Horn
Pennsylvania
Virginia
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Indiana
Bluefield
Harry M. Moses
Frick Coal & Coke Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Moses
Philadelphia
Talmadge Tells Georgians Roads Will Be Repaired
Gov Herman Talmadge urged Georgians to back his drive to speed repairs on battered roads. He said progress occurred in six months, cited wartime shortages, and noted current maintenance funding of about 5 million dollars for 14 800 miles was insufficient but being maximized.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Yesteryear
Masked gangs outlawed as Alabama Senate passes anti masking bill
Gov Folsom pressed Attorney General to target hooded groups and declared action against a Ku Klux Klan chapter. Senate approved anti masking measure amid dispute over immediate consideration. Birmingham Klan leaders vowed to fight the charter revocation while state investigators probed a sentry with a deputy’s commission at a Klan meeting. A car caravan of hooded robed men prompted police inquiries in adjacent towns.
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Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama Senate
Senate
Folsom
Albert Carmichael
Albuma
Ku Klux Klants Incorporated
Jefferson Couny
Pasanye
Birmingham
Federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc
E. P. Prulee
Klan Board of Governors
Letaro
Adamaville
Alabama
Bessemer
Adamsville
Truman Housing Blast Draws Martin's Denial
President Truman accused real estate lobbyists of a deliberate propaganda campaign against a public housing bill. Rep. Martin denied the charge saying opposition stems from fears over government spending. Debate on the measure begins Wednesday with large federal subsidies and loans planned for slum clearance and public and farm housing.
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Truman
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J-Mass
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
McCormack
Mass
Absolu
Martin
Former policeman arrested for murder case revived in Georgia
In Valdosta Georgia on June 18 1935 a former policeman was arrested in connection with a 14 year old murder case. Sheriff Futch along with Ed Norton and Deputy Patrick led a long inquiry aided by the GBI tracing the Hull store fire death near Naylor. New witnesses emerged and the father of the slain youth filed a murder warrant. Houze was arraigned on a fugitive warrant and taken into custody for extradition to Valdosta.
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Gay
Jewell
Puteh
Gaia Bureau of
Norton
Naylor
Futch
GBI
R. EB. Patrick
Patrick
Hquor
Jacksonville
Sutton
R. B. Whittington
Houze
Pearl Street
Atlanta Police Talk Girl Threatens Jump From Hotel Roof
Police in Atlanta talked down a 17 year old girl who stood on a narrow ledge atop a Peachtree De Leon hotel roof last night. Sgt Tumlin and Officer Jones worked to calm her as onlookers watched. The incident ended without tragedy and was attributed to her own actions.
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