Wallace warns on Reelection Support at Raleigh Conference
At a Raleigh press conference Henry Wallace said his support for Truman’s reelection depends on whether the Democratic party remains a war party. He said he would not campaign for a Republican under any circumstances and praised Senator Morse and Governor Stassen for their labor stance.
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Raleigh
N. C
Henry Wallace
Truman
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Wallace
Fiow
Russia
Anhd
Democratic Party
Harold&. Stasnen
Minnesota
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Staseen
Morse
Labor
Three Kinds of Atomic Defenses
Rear Adm. William Parsons, Navy director of atomic defense, outlines three defenses against an atomic bomb in a Edison Electric Institute luncheon address. He cites political retaliation under the Baruch plan, retaliatory capability, and passive steps to minimize impact.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William 8. Parsons
Navy
The
Edison Electric Institute
Parsons
House Boosts Army Airplane Funds by Forty Million
In Washington on June 5 the House approved by voice vote an extra 40 million dollars for Army airplane purchases in the upcoming fiscal year. The same day the Senate ratified the peace treaty with Italy and, by voice vote, approved treaties with Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Italy
Senate
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Professor Mayer Resigns Wilmington College Post for Wichita U
Prof Fred C Mayer resigns as head of Wilmington College music department and will join Friends University Wichita Kans as director of the School of Music. Effective end of summer term in August, he assumes the new post in September. He will oversee a large faculty and teach music theory while directing orchestra and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Mayer
Wilmington College
Mayer
Friends University
Wichita
Kans
Wichita Symphony
University
Friends’ School of Music
School of
Wilmington High School
Future Army Officers Visit Field Thursday
One hundred fifty two West Point cadets on a national tour learned at Clinton County Army Air Field how the Army handles weather impacts on flight. The group toured Wright Field and All-Weather Flying Division, viewed a radar traffic control demonstration, and heard lectures on navigational aids and weather projects.
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Army
Military Academy
West Point
Clinton County Army Air Field
Wright Field
CCAAF
Henry J. Raschke
Bernard Walzak
William J. Sullivan
G. T. Kimbrell
J. 8. Stowell
Air Materiel Command
B. W. Chidlaw
AMC
CORAF
Compromise Labor Bill Advances to Senate Vote
Senators prepare to vote on the compromise labor bill after a rocky House passage by 320 to 79. Some Democrats expect a veto at the White House, while Taft notes debate may push the tally into tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Sen
Taft
Senate
Gore
White House
Douht
Congress
Trauth Captured In Kentucky Wilds
Jane Carpenter reports that Robert Trauth a 22 year old called will o the wisp bandit was captured in Kentucky by a state patrol posse and an FBI agent. He faces a federal charge and is tied to 10 or more armed robberies in the Cincinnati Northern Restaucky area after a tense standoff at a mountain home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Jane
Robert Trauth
Trauth
Jack in the Pox Ejector Gun Revealed at Wright Field
A human jack in the box ejector device described at the Aero Medical Association would fire pilots from planes at 600 miles per hour. A five foot cannon launches a rod attached to the seat, ejecting seat and pilot together to survive bailout from high altitude.
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Atlantic City
Wright Field
Aero Medical Association
Ari
Daniels Blasts School Aid Bill Fees in Ohio
Senator Albert Daniels denounces House cuts in the Daniels-Cramer School Bill reducing foundation subsidies from 89 million to 83.5 million dollars. The Senate rejects House amendments 32 to 2 and calls for a conference committee to reconcile differences. Daniels condemns the process as railroaded and condemns the fund’s structure which limits teacher pay raises. He defends the school lobby amid criticism of pressure tactics.
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Senate
House
Representatives
Albert L. Daniels
R-Highland
High compression engine advances promised in future models
French Lick Ind June 5 Engines of higher compression ratios will be used in near future cars but full benefits will take years. Cheries F Kettering former head of GM research outlined progress to SAE noting higher octane fuel and larger compression will raise mileage about one third per gallon and save roughly a billion dollars annually in fuel costs.
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Cheries
F. Kettering
The
Society of Automotive Enginers
SAE
Kettering
General Motors
Cave Sae
Student Held For Performing Appendectomy
A 23 year old high school student described as a former Army hospital technician was charged in Detroit with practicing medicine without a license. He stood mute at a preliminary hearing and was held for trial after Edward J. McDonnell of the Detroit Board of Health accused him of performing an emergency appendectomy on a woman and charging 125 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Heodore Cole, Jr
Army “Hospital
Recorder’s Court
Edward J. McDonnell
Detroit Board of Health
Four of Nine BIS Escapees Recaptured
Nine boys escaped from the Boys Industrial School near Lancaster during recreation time. Four were recaptured by noon, reported by Supt. Harold L. Hays to the State Welfare Department in Columbus.
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Lancaster
Here
Harold L. Hays
State Welfare Department
Columbus
Dover Fire Official Keppler Dies at 60
Homer H Keppler first assistant state fire sevehal died today at Does Union Hospital He was 60 years old
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Dover
Homer H., Keppler
Doe's Union Hospital
State Department Probes Hungarian Coup as U S Vows Action
President Truman condemns the Red Hungarian coup as an outrage and says the State Department is examining the entire affair. He rejects the idea of merely shaking a finger and asserts the United States will not stand idly by in the crisis.
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Truman
Hungary
United States
State Department
Floods Hit Midwest States Deluges Cause City Flooding
Weather caused heavy rainfall across Nebraska Iowa and Vermont with Plattsmouth and Des Moines seeing five and three inches of rain. Nehawka reports street flooding while Ta and Indianola also receive rains. Emergency crews in Rutland Vermont restore gas and water as power flows resume via auxiliary lines after 24 hours outage.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Midwest
Utica
N. Y
International Soundphoto
Plattsmouth
Neb
Platte
Missour
Indianola
Des Moines
Nehawka
Lake Is Searched For Ten Bodies After Shipwreck
Fort William Ontario reports a renewed search in Lake Superior for ten missing victims from the Canadian freighter Emperor which sank on Isle Royale rocks early yesterday. Twelve crewmen are believed drowned and 21 were rescued by the Coast Guard cutter Kimball. Two women's bodies were recovered as weather delayed the hunt.
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Fort William
Ont
Lake Superior
Isle Royale
Coast Guard
Kimball
Joseph Tobachuk
Edna Schultz
Owen Sound
Search Fails to Find Educator in Amnesia Theory
STATE COLLEGE Pa June 5 A 48 hour search failed to reveal any trace of Dr Ver non R Haber professor of zoology at Pennsylvania State College The possibility he suffered an amnesia attack was advanced by Chief of Police John R Huba after hundreds of Penn State students state police firemen and boy scouts scoured the rugged Nittany mountains and surrounding farmland for two days without result
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State College
Vernon R. Haber
Pennsylvania State College
John R. Huba
Penn State
Nittany Mountains
British Officials Targeted in Letter Bomb Plot
Scotland Yard disclosed a plot by so called Jewish terrorists targeting leading British figures including government leaders. Envelopes with explosive power and tiny detonators were discovered, with three more found the day before. Recipients were warned or suspected in time and turned over to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Seahi Todey
Hich Sovernment
Education of Ex-GI Costly
Gen Omar N Bradley said the government may spend about 2.5 billion dollars on education for ex GIs since the war end. He noted 2.3 million college students with veterans among them and estimated 1.2 million veterans receiving education at government expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Omar N. Bradley
Blame Placed For Explosion At Centralia Mine Disaster
A Senate subcommittee blames the Centralia Mine disaster on March 25 which killed 111 people on widespread negligence by management miners the workers union state and federal bureaus. It calls for federal authority to create and enforce a strong safety code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Public Lands
Centralia
Cordon
R-Ore
Senate
Newsprint Shortage May Be Resolved Months Early
Chairman Clarence J Brown reports the newsprint shortage could be solved months sooner than expected as Army officers explain a proposed lease of 615 acres at Alabama ordnance works to Coose River Newsprint Co The committee urges War Department to expedite the 40 year lease and will seek prompt approval from Senate and House Armed Services Committees.
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Washington, Junai
Ipi
Clarence J. Brown
House Newsprint
Brown
Alabama Eordnance Works
Talladega County
Ala
Coose River
War Department
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Buffalo Grain Shovelers Strike Threatens Major Flour Mills
A waterfront grain shovelers strike in Buffalo today risks a total shutdown of the city’s flour milling operations, the nation’s largest. Union action halts loading, unloading, and shipping at harbor facilities, affecting production capacity and supply.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Truman assails Taft over fallacious price policy debate
President Truman denounces Senator Taft as he defends the Greek Turkish aid plan and European relief funds. He argues foreign aid prevents famine and totalitarian aggression, while urging sharper price reductions at home to ease economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Sen. Taft
R-O
Dwight T. Griswold
Nebraska
United States
Greece
Richard F. Allen
Taft
FBI Limited in Probe by Clark
J. Edgar Hoover testified the FBI questioned six persons in a preliminary inquiry into alleged voting frauds in Kansas City. The probe followed instructions from Attorney General Clark as a state grand jury indicted 78 people for election law violations and a theft from a Neowa safe of ballots used in the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Justice Department
Kansas City
Senate Judiciary
Clark
Ohio Grange Appeals to Restore Farm Fund
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the Ohio State Grange, urged Ohio congressmen to push for restoring a farm budget cut by the House Appropriations Committee. In a Washington letter he warned that high prices for supplies threaten the ability of Ohio farmers to keep farms operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Ohio
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Buckeye Sclons
Washington
Fichter
Overell murder case recessed until Monday
Santa Ana California June 5. The Overell yacht explosion murder case went into recess as lawyers continued to excuse prospective jurors at a rapid pace. The trial is to resume next Monday.
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Overell
Santa Ana
Calif
Rain Falls Alike on Just and Unjust
Columbus June 5 A U S meteorologist says the current heavy spring weather is a natural fluctuation not linked to sun spots or climate change. He notes April and May rainfall averages across Ohio stations exceed long term normals, while June remains unsettled.
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George N. Mindling
U. S
Columbus
Ieaa
Science
Mindling
P. S
Ohio
Pommel
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Sulla
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