New Flood Crest Threatens Pacific Northwest Dikes
The Columbia river system spawns a new crest threatening to punch weakened dikes from Ciatskanie Oregon to Astoria near the sea. Army troops, National Guardsmen and volunteers battled soggy defenses as the old crest nears the sea and a new crest looms upriver. Portland and Vancouver brace for high water with mid summer heat and showers accelerating snowmelt.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Canadian Rockies
Pacific
Ciatskanie
Astoria
Vanport
Red Cross
Columbia
mid-Columbia Gorge
U.S
Elmer Fisher
Vancouver
Willamette
Year's Trade Act Extension Urged by Gearhart
Rep. Gearhart says the Foreign Trade Agreements Act should be extended for one year only. He argues the President and next Congress should shape tariff policy in an election year with a new administration likely to set its own agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gearhart
Calif
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Television to span nation with transcontinental cable
Wayne Coy from the Federal Communications Commission forecast that the continental United States would be spanned by television in about 18 months upon completion of a transcontinental coaxial cable. The remark was made in Cincinnati on June 3.
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Cincinnati
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Wilmington considers West Truesdell Street as main route to new lake and housing
City officials warn the bridge over Lytle Creek at Sugar Grove cemetery edge may fail. Mayor Stephens and safety director Howard observed a log truck causing the west end to dip. The 1881 Champion Bridge Co. structure shows rotted or washed away pillars, with county responsibility to repair.
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Wilmington
West Truesdell Street
Cowans Creek Lake
Highland Addition
Lytle’s Creek
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Robert C. Stephens
Stephens
Herbert Howard
City Safety Service
E. J. Rose
Champion Bridge Co
Scientists Dedicate Palomar's 200 Inch Telescope
Scientists dedicate the 200 inch telescope atop Palomar Mountain marking the world’s largest mirror. They anticipate peering into space twice as far as before and seeing about one billion light years. The mirror was cast 12 years ago at Corning Glass Works in Corning New York.
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Palomar Mountain
Corning Glass Works
Corning
N. Y
Billion Bushel Wheat Crop Seen
Chicago report states a combined winter and spring wheat crop could exceed one billion bushels, a sixth historic billion output. Winter wheat forecast at 826.7 million, spring at 287.3 million, total 1,114.0 million. Corn production seen at 1.45 billion.
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Chicago
C. M. Galvin
Galvin
Texas
Oklahoma
Agriculture Department
Unionists Quit as Result of Red Ban
Four members of the CIO United Farm Equipment Workers international executive board resigned after the board voted to comply with Taft Hartley Act non Communist provisions. Grant Oakes, president, said the decision came with reluctance and reprenance in response to a rank and file referendum.
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Chicago
International
CIO
United Farm Equipment Workers
Grant Oakes
Dinion
Congress
City Council approves sidewalk cut and house numbering plan
City Council approved an ordinance to reduce the west side sidewalk on South street by two feet to aid parallel parking. A first reading was given to an ordinance requiring new house numbers within 30 days. Four resolutions funded by estimates for widening Main and South streets were passed, with work starting last week after a delay.
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City Council
City Hall
South Street
Main
Sugartree Streets
Main Street
Mulberry
South
Locust and
D. Robert Conard
English Lords Oppose Ban on Death Penalty
In London the Lords defeated a Commons approved proposal to abolish the death penalty for five years except for high treason and piracy. The vote stood 181 to 28 ending the measure's chances for passage.
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London
England
House of Lords
Lords
House of Commons
Farm Machinery Supply to Rise for Farmers Next Year
W. L. Beck of the Commerce Department told a House committee that U S farmers will have more farm machinery next fiscal year than in any prior period, with total supplies projected at 1 625 billion dollars and exports to other nations at 352 million. He noted 124 million would go to European Relief nations, leaving 1 274 billion for American farmers, about 40 percent above prewar levels.
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Washington
House
W. L. Beck
Commerce Department
U. S
Beck
Becks
U S Denies Molesting Soviet Plane Over Berlin Route
Soviet officials accused an American fighter of a dangerous approach to a Soviet transport on the Berlin Zurich air corridor. The incident was alleged to have occurred April 28 over the Soviet occupation zone. Lt Gen M I Dratvin protested to U S authorities.
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Berlin
U. S
Berlin-Zurich
M. I. Dratvin
Navy Denies Plane Bombed Submarine off California
A report claimed an Air Force plane mistakenly bombed the submarine Carp off the California coast about two months ago. Representative Hugh D. Scott Jr. said about 50 crewmen were hospitalized, but the Navy issued prompt denials of the incident.
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Washington
U. S
California
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Rpa
House
Navy
Taft Seeks Rail Wage Probe Possibility
Senator Taft said Senate leaders will consider a probe into the railroad wage dispute after discussions with railroad presidents and union chiefs. He hopes unions and carriers might settle differences without a Senate inquiry and noted any inquiry could occur after Congress adjourns around June 19.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
R-O
Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
No Bride needed as cash offer in To ledo tale
The Rev. E I Burr of Temperance Free Methodist Church in Michigan sought a husband for his mother in law Mrs Lucille Journey in To ledo. He listed honesty ability to provide and enjoy a home and ten thousand dollars cash. Journey a 42 year old Wayne State Bank receptionist described as attractive 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds.
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Toledo
E. I. Burr
Temperance
Mich
Free Methodist Church
Lucille Journey
Wayne, Mich
Burr
Journey
Wayne State Bank
County Schools Prepare for 1948 49 Term With Vacancies
County superintendent Carl H. Shanks said teachers for the coming year have been employed in most schools, with 25 vacancies still listed. New Vienna stands full, while openings include 10 high school teachers, seven music, four coaches, three elementary teachers, and one superintendent. New hires include Mrs. Grimshaw at Kingman, Mrs. Crosley at Sabina, Wesley Haines at Sabina, and Glenn McElwee at New Vienna. Several teachers from last year left for other positions or to pursue study.
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Carl H. Shanks
Supt. Shanks
New Vienna
Ralph Grimshaw
Kingman School
Alice Crosley
Sabina
Wesley Haines
Glenn McElwee
McElwee
Robert Jacoby
Jefferson
Blanchester
Loretta Wilson
Port William High School
Adams Township
W. B. Hopper
Hamilton County
Betty Wilding
Jean Crites
Chester Township
Kingman
Mary Coate
Pearl Ferguson
Clarksville
Richard Marshall
Reesville
Jean R. Creamer
Miami Universsity
Harlan Foltz
Adrian College
Mich
Sara Swartz
Pleasant
Svend Peterson
Daniel B. Mayer
Elizabeth Shaw
Etta Kent
Wayne—Peyton Telfair
Mary Carter
Gallia
Bernadotte To Set Truce Time In Palestine
United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte was ordered to fix a four week cease fire in Palestine working from Cairo and coordinating with Arab and Jewish leaders and the Jerusalem truce commission to determine the stop shooting time.
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Bernadotte
Cairo
Palestine
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Jamal Husseini
Palestine Arab Higher Committee
U. N
Israel
Tel Aviv
Security Council
Council
Jerusalem
Britain halts arms to Egypt Iraq and Trans Jordan
Britain stops supplying arms and military equipment to Egypt Iraq and Trans Jordan under UN Palestine truce terms. The Foreign Office also bars all fit Jews of military age from moving to Palestine from Cyprus where 24 000 Jews were interned as the mandate ended.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
U.N
Palestine
Foreign Office
Cyprus
Strike Threat Faces Oak Ridge Atom Plant
Oak Ridge Tennessee June 3 A strike threat loomed at an atomic plant after workers rejected a final contract offer by 771 to 26 The AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council members turned down a 10 cents an hour wage increase proposed by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp The vote followed weeks of bargaining and unsettled labor tensions
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
House cut in Marshall Plan funds sparks 15 month spread
The House Appropriations Committee urged a 25 percent reduction in Marshall Plan and foreign aid. It sent a 5.98 billion dollar global assistance bill to the House floor with spending stretched to 15 months and a revised monthly rate of 311 million dollars. Hoffman pressed for the full 4.245 billion for his agency and warned less money slows recovery.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Truman
Hoffman
Mock Raid Staged On Selfridge Field
Detroit June 3. Young pilots who defended Selfridge Field against a peacetime bomber force say they saved their base. The Air Force awaited pictures to tell the story of the mock raid on Selfridge Air Base 30 miles from Detroit.
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Detroit
Selfridge Field
Air Force
Selfridge Air Base
Navy Appropriation Bill Advances to Senate
The House approved a $3,686,733,250 Navy appropriation for the new fiscal year starting July 1 and sent the measure to the Senate.
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NAVY
Washington
House
Senate
B 36 Bomber Ready for Flight Tests at Wright Field
Air Force experts prepared to test a six engined B 36 bomber at Wright Field. The world’s largest aircraft landed yesterday after a flight from Fort Worth Texas and will undergo accelerated flight tests for an indefinite period.
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Dayton
Air Force
Wright Field
Here
Fort Worth
Tex
Wallace Ends Tour in Albuquerque After Western Campaign
Wallace ends his western campaign tour in Albuquerque New Mexico concluding a swing through Phoenix and other cities. The third party candidate wraps up the western leg with remarks on campaign strategy and voter outreach.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry A. Wallace
Albuquerque
N. M
Governor Herbert Shocks Ohio on Hill County Schools
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert, after a 325 mile tour of Jackson Gallia Lawrence and Scioto counties, says southern Ohio hill country schools are regressing. He plans to urge consolidation to close one room schools, noting condemned buildings and unpaid repairs. In Chesapeake a seven room school was deemed worst, with sagging ceilings supported by bent posts. Local families send children to Huntington West Virginia at high cost due to poor local facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Jackson
Gallia
Lawrence
Scieto
Herbert
Industrial Relations Department
Chesapeake
Lawrence County
Huntington
W. Va
Joseph Riley
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Martin Hotel
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Swaim
Robeson
Paul Robeson
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R. A. Barbour
Arab League
Holy Land
Oak Ridge Atom Plant
Wallace
Hill Counties
H. H. Daugherty
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