Tornado Kills 15 At Detroit
Detroit area toll rises as the June tornado kills many and disrupts Windsor Ontario. Rescue teams seek missing in River Rouge Ojibway West Sandwich East Sandwich South Windsor Remington Park Lite River amid looting fears and power and water shortages. Governor sends state troops to River Rouge while rain hampers search efforts.
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Melvindale
River Rouge
Detroit River
Windsor
Ojibway
West Sandwich
East Sandwich
South Sandwich
South Windsor
Remington Park
Lite River
A. J. Brian
City Utilities Commission
Weather Bureau
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
United Nations veto blocks Spain endgame move
In New York on June 18 Andrei Gromyko vetoed a UN security council vote endorsing the tri power declaration against Franco Spain. US delegate Johnson said he would abstain on a British plan to send Spain’s case to the general assembly without recommendations, unless a prior council plan had been offered. Cadogan proposed sending a subcommittee report on Spain to the assembly without recommendations.
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New York
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Britain
United States
France
Spain
Francis W. Carpenter
Heredhel V. Johnson
General Assembly
Johnson
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Forest Fire Under Control In Catalina Mountains
A 30 to 40 mph wind fueled a forest fire that scorched about 150 acres two miles north of Summerhaven near Canada del Oro. The blaze, comparable to the Box camp fire, was spotted just before 5 p.m. and brought under control by forest crews, Summerhaven volunteers, and 70 prison camp workers. Cause undetermined. relief crews arrived at dawn.
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Catalina Mountains
Catalinas
C. A. Merker
Coronado Forest
Summerhaven
Canada del Oro
Catalina Highway Federal
Merker
Forest fires raze village in Newfoundland evacuation under way
Fires sweeping from interior timberlands toward the coast destroyed one village and threatened others in St. John’s Newfoundland. About 4000 people were evacuated as fires advanced toward coastal hamlets.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Navy Evacuates Kwajalein Ahead of Bikini A-Bomb Test
Commodore Ben H. Wyatt announced a safety plan to evacuate about 1,000 non essential personnel from Kwajalein to Ebeye an hour before the July 1 test of the atomic bomb during Operation Crossroads. About 2,400 Army Air Forces and 10,000 Navy personnel remain on Kwajalein. The move aims to prevent harm if the bomb plane crashes during takeoff.
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Joseph L. Myler
Kwajalein
Bikini
Ben H. Wyatt
Wyatt
Navy
Marshall Islands
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Task Force One
Ebeye
Bikini Lagoon
Kwaja
Senate Revives Hobbs antiracketeering labor bill
Senate leaders rally behind the Hobbs anti racketeering measure after it cleared the House. Senator Hatch plans to bring the bill to a final vote soon while opposing amendments despite President Truman objections. The Case provision mirrors the Hobbs House version defining interference with interstate commerce as a felony.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Congress
House
Logging strike ends stalled as union accepts mediation terms
Vancouver BC June 18 A CIO IWA district council voted to accept a government mediator’s plan for a 15 cent hourly raise a 44 hour week and voluntary checkoff if a union referendum on the checkoff is held. Operators rejected the terms as unacceptable and demanded government action before resuming work.
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Vancouver
B. C
U.P
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of American
CIO
R. V. Stuart
Harold Pritchett
IWA
Famine Relief Plan Jeopardized by Price Ceiling Threat
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson warned that U S famine relief could be endangered if the Office of Price Administration removes price ceilings on meat dairy products and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.r
Dean Acheson
U. S
Washington Storm Expected To Hit Capital Today
A near hurricane storm was forecast to strike Washington around 3 30 p m EST with climax between 6 and 7 p m Navy meteorologists said. Baltimore also endured 85 mph winds with outages and hail as the system moved toward Washington causing damage and traffic disruption.
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Washington
Navy Aerologists
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Big Four Foreign Ministers Deadlocked Over Reparations
Paris June 18 The Big Four foreign ministers council failed to resolve Italian reparations as Molotov opposed Bevin's plan to drop claims for smaller nations. Molotov accepted partial reparations via liners Saturnia and Vulcania and agreed to send a Soviet commission to value them. The group then dropped the reparations topic and planned to discuss Allied property seized by Italy.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
Molotov
Italy
Saturnia
Vulcania
Foreign Ministers
Chinese Reds Spurn Offer in Manchuria Reorganization Plan
Communist leaders rejected a Nationalist proposal to grant supreme arbitration power to General George C. Marshall. The move followed suggestions of reorganizing Communist armies in Manchuria. Nationalist warships cut the Shantung to Manchuria sea route as troops seized the Changshan archipelago guarding the Gulf of Chihli.
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Nanking
George C. Marshall
Manchuria
Marshall
Shantung Peninsula
China Northeast Command
Changshan
Gulf of Chihli
Philadelphia at Detroit Rain Delays Baseball Score
Rain halted the American League game between Philadelphia and Detroit while all other games in both leagues were played at night.
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Hens Survive Tornado in Windsor Henhouse
Tornadic winds lifted a henhouse in Little River near Windsor and set it down 40 feet away. Inside, 30 setting hens continued brooding over their eggs with no damage observed.
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Windsor
Ont
U.P
Little River
Hotel and Theatre Planned on North Stone Avenue
A 365 room Spanish Mediterranean hotel and a 1000 seat motion picture theatre will be built on North Stone avenue between East Drachman and East Mabel streets. Construction starts when materials arrive. financed by Cleveland investors led by Robert A. Brickman.
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North Stone Avenue
East Drachman
East Mabel Streets
James C. Grant
Drachman & Grant
Cleveland
Robert A. Brickman
Place & Place
Bac
Stone Avenue
Grant
Bidault poised to lead France amid crisis
Paris reports Foreign Minister Georges Bidault appears certain to become provisional president and may form a one party cabinet to resolve France’s early government crisis. In San Francisco indictments against three Alcatraz riot participants will be presented, including Carnes Shockley and Thompson. Bad Nauheim notes U S Army foiled a tunnel escape by prisoner witnesses at the Lichfield guardhouse trials.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
France
San Francisco
U.P
Alcatraz
U. S
Frank J. Hennessy
Clarence V. Carnes
Oklahoma
Sam Richard Shockley
Miran E
Tex) Thompson
Amarillo
Tex
Bad Nauheim
Germany
U. S. Army
Lichfield
James A. Kilian
England
Jap War Trial Rules Change Sparks Defense Outcry
Tokyo June 18 Japanese war crime trial rulings allow prosecution affidavits in place of direct testimony. Defense denounces the move as an irretrievable blow and challenges biased private cross examination. Sir William Webb warns against insults while overruling objections and keeping affidavits in trial records.
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Tokyo
U.P
William Webb
Alan J. Mansfield
Australia
Franklin Warren
Tulsa
Ohlo
Webb
Warren
Mountain States Telephone Lineman Electrocuted in Tucson
Richard H. Potter about 24 a Mountain States Telephone lineman was electrocuted at 11 30 am on Apache drive north of the state deaf and blind school grounds. Potter’s body was found on a pole after being lanced by a 2300 volt line. An eight boy witness saw him place his hat on wires before the fatal shock. Coroner C W Gardner ruled the death accidental and no inquest will be held.
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Richard H. Potter
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Canvao
Apache Drive
Telephone Company
Potter
Frank Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
West
Congress Street
Joseph Potter
Tyndall Avenue
C. W. Gardner
Riots in Palestine Kill and Kidnap Officers
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv violence surges as British officers are kidnapped and attacked. Haifa endures a lengthy battle leaving nine Jews dead, 11 wounded, and widespread destruction of port and rail facilities amid a broader underground campaign.
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Eliav Simon
Jerusalem
UPR
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
King George Avenue
Haifa
Palestine
Jordan River
Haifa Bay
Tojo Defends Sneak Attack At War Crimes Trial
Hideki Tojo, former Japanese premier, told his war crimes trial that Japan reserved the right to fight in self defense and could attack without warning. He argued the United States bore guilt for planned mass slaughter and that Kellogg pact and Hague conventions did not bind Japan. He claimed Pearl Harbor did not violate treaties and accused prosecutors of a grave mistake.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
United States
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Pearl Harbor
India Faces Forced Self Rule Amid Cabinet Impasse
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports on Britain's plan to set up an interim Indian cabinet if Congress and the Muslim League fail to form a provisional government. The Viceroy proposes a five five four split, sparking a stalemate as leaders reject parity.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
India
England
All India Congress
Lord Wavell
Jess
Wavell
Niemann Faces Council Over Police Fire Control
Council debates police and fire governance after a policy statement by the police and fire committee. The measure seeks committee consent rather than individual member direction, citing the city charter and Chief of Police duties. Niemann and others press for accountability while approving the policy after conflict.
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Police and Fire Committee
Police Committee
Council Backs Local Air Firm For Tucson Phoenix Franchises
The Tucson city council voted 4 to 1 to grant Southern Arizona Airways a passengers and freight franchise between Tucson and Phoenix despite a competing bid from Arizona Airways. Dr. S T Adams argued for the Phoenix carrier, while Edwin J Montgomery of Southern Arizona Airways defended safety and service. Other council actions included street improvements in Tucson Heights, a water well easement in Colonia Solano, housing contracts with the federal housing agency, and a promotion from assistant fire chief to chief effective July 1.
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Codd
Joe Niemann
S. T. Adams
Police and Fire Committee
Tucson League of Women Voters
Niemann
Don Hays
L. H. Wixson
Wixson
Dodd
Carl Hitt
The
Corporation Commission
Arizona Airlines, Inc
Dr. Adams
Voning
Drachman-Grant Realty Co
Stone Avenue
Drachman Street
Seventh Avenue
Mabel
Rodeo Grounds
Board of Supervisors
Henry 0. Jaastad
Negro Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ft. Huachuca
Andrew Martin
Paul Webb
Roy Drachman
South
Tucson
University Heights
Edwin J. Montgomery
Southern Arizona Airways
Phoenix
Arizona Airways
Montgomery
Adams
State Corporation Commission
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Milton Cole
Phyllis Sanders
Buford Lynch
Transcontinental & Western Airlines
Tucson Heights
Veterans
Colonia Solano
Federal Public Housing Administration
Estevan Park
North Main Street
John C. Sievert
H. L. Hilles
North Main
East 22Nd Street
Southern Pacific
Planning and Zoning Commission
John Sundt
South Sixth Avenue
Western Furniture Exchange
Paulos Cafe
North Church Street
West Congress Street
Midwest Storms Pause Heat Wave After Deadly Tornado
A tornado hit Detroit and Windsor Ontario, killing at least 14 as the storm path cut through suburbs and left smashed homes in its wake. The heat wave, blamed for 53 deaths since the weekend, ended with soaking rains and wide spread thunderstorms across the Midwest.
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United Press
Detroit
Windsor
Ont
Nebraska
Iown
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Canada
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