Floods Ravage Iowa and Nearby States as Rivers Crest
Des Moines reports that Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Illinois face renewed flood danger as rivers rise toward record crests. Ottumwa and Eddyville residents endure repeated inundation while Des Moines River threatens, and 2000 homeless along the Mississippi between Alton and Cairo. In St Louis levees near 42000 acres at risk and Des Moines and Raccoon rivers flood nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Rule
Nebr
Mississippi
Alton
Cairo
Ill
St. Louis
Illinois
Des Molines
Raccoon
Government Will Quit Coal Mines At Midnight
With two thirds of miners on strike and fuel shortages crippling mills and railroads the government prepares to exit the soft coal business at midnight. Some 250000 idle miners across 11 states, no wage contract signed, and Taft Hartley tensions loom as Truman urges compliance while production and transport face cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.S
Naval Coal Mines Administration
Congress
Truman
Afl-United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Colorado
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Wheeling
W. Va
East Steubenville
W. V
Sharon Steel Corp
Farrell, Pa
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Geneva Steel Co
Birmingham
Ala
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
8 Millions for Ga Projects Get Approval
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 8 million 153 100 for Georgia rivers and harbors work starting July 1. Allocations include 6 572 100 for Allatoona Dam and 1 481 000 for Clark's Hill Dam with 100 000 for Savannah harbor development. Critics note no funds for the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway. Weather: Georgia partly cloudy and hot with scattered thundershowers Saturday. northwest Florida partly cloudy with patchy showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Georgia
Allatoona
Clark’s Hill
Savannah Harbor
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee-Lombigbee
Truman
Etowah River
Rome
Lanham
D-Ga
Allatoona Dam
Coosa-Alabama
Rep. Rains
R-Ala
Appropriations Committee
China reels as civil war reverses halt loan bid
China faces sharp civil war reverses and a delayed half billion dollar loan from the export import bank. black market dollar values soar while prices rise. Shanghai police clamp down on warehoused goods as Manchurian fighting widens.
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Sanzhai
China
U. S
Shanghai
K. C. Wu
Nanking
Marshall
Y. P. Huang
National Economic Council
United States
Faul Yu- Pin
Wang Shih- Chieh
Methodists Hear Reports On Boards And Plans
South Georgia Methodist conference opens with reports from committees and boards ahead of the general and south eastern jurisdictional meetings. Lay leaders present work at noon as Harry N. Holmes of New York City speaks. Bishop Arthur Moore reviews pastoral appointments before adjournment Sunday. The Education Board cites a church school target of 93,600 by Dec. 31, 1948, with local churches to set goals, noting only 25 to 40 percent of parishioners attend church school and 23,000 positive members already on rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Confernce
Harry N. Holmes
New York City
Arthur Moore
Confernce Board of Education
Reese Griffin
Macon
South Georgia
State Dept fired at least ten for suspected disloyalty
The State Department announced that at least ten employees were dismissed recently due to suspected disloyalty to the United States government. Press officer Lincoln White called it a very recent action and said he could not provide further details.
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State Dept
Washington
Jam. 27
State
United States
Lincoln
White
Truman Urges Compliance With New Labor Law
President Truman appealed to both labor and management to comply with the Taft Hartley Act urging patience and moderation. CIO President Philip Murray planned immediate meetings with employers to discuss obligations under the law while AFL leaders prepared a policy review and a July 9 meeting to consider a response.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Green
Murray
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Surgeon Overcomes Rare Heart Condition At Kennedy Hospital
In Memphis on June 27 AP reports Dr. Felix Hughes at Kennedy Veterans Hospital performed four hour surgery on Navy veteran Johnnie Bridges of Bessemer Alabama to treat constrictive pericarditis. The doctor described peeling away the hardened outer sac around the heart like peeling a tough orange to relieve pressure saving Bridges from certain death.
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Memphis
Tenn
Johnnie Bridges
Bessemer
Ala
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Young Bridges
Felix Hughes
Kennedy
Georgia teacher fund rejects Jekyll Island bonds
The Georgia State Teacher Retirement Fund Trustees refused to invest 800000 dollars in bonds to buy Jekyll Island as a state park. The bonds may be sold to private interests after state parks authority approval. Condemnation proceedings move forward in Glynn Superior Court with July 11 hearing set for issues and appraisers Liston Atkins and A M Harris named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia State Teacher Retirement Fund
Jekyll Island
B. I. Thrasher Jr
M. E. Thompson
Thrasher
Veterans Service Board Urges Finney Use in Ga
The Georgia Veterans Service Board, after inspecting Finney Hospital in Thomasville, urged continued use of the 1400 bed facility. Senators Russell and Rep Cox push for keeping Finney operational citing existing utilities and structures that would ease any new hospital’s setup and save taxpayers money.
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Senator Russell
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
Truman
Russell
Veterans Administration
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Fla
Appropriations
Finney General
Army
Pepper
Sikes
Hendricks
Florida
Finney
Veterans Service Card
State of Georgia
Finney Hospital
Big 3 Chiefs Begin Study of Aid Plan
Paris June 27 AP Foret Ministers from Russia Britain and France open talks on a European recovery program tied to American aid. The discussions consider an UN framework with a proposed European economic commission and a planning board within a UN Europe commission. Clayton and Bevin coordinate as Washington signals cautious American involvement.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Foret
Russia
Great Briain
France
U. S
State Marshall
U.S
London
Unite States
Britain
United Nations
A.prench
European Economic Commission
United Nation Commission For Europe
Geneva
U. N. Commission
Commission On
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Salon Des Perroquets
Foreign Ministry
Quai D. Orsay
William L. Clayton
J. S
Bevin
Thlee
Cabnet
Clayton
America
Marshall
Harvard University
Europe
Two American GIs scale walls at Buckingham Palace
Two U S soldiers slept on Buckingham Palace grounds after climbing an eight and a half foot wall. They awoke to gardeners and police, were questioned by a detective, and allowed to leave after Scotland Yard confirmed the incident. The men, Jensen and McCall, described their night near St James Park and the ride to Scotland Yard.
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Buckingham Palace
Scotland Yard
London
John L. Jensen
North Bend
Ore
Wallace McCall
Portland
Jensen
University of Oregon
St. James Park
McCall
Yale
Maria
Tobacco Associates weighs plan to expand leaf types
Asheville NC June 27 AP tobacco group Tobacco Associates formed to promote flue cured export may broaden to Burley dark fired dark air and Maryland leaf types. Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and Maryland farm representatives join NC official J M Broughton says board meets tonight ahead of tomorrow’s regional conference.
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Asheville
N. C
Tobacco Associates, Inc
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
Tobacco Associates
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Raleigh
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