All-Weather Flying Division plane begins 2000 mile pushbutton flight
The four engine Army transport plane departed Long Beach California at 7 04 A M for Clinton County Army Air Field completing the 2000 mile journey without crew aid Cap Thomas J Wells led the flight noting the craft would follow a route via Denver and Cincinnati with an eight to nine hour duration The test aims to prove pushbutton flying at 18000 feet under limited ground checks and possible storm conditions to test feasibility
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Long Beach
Calif
Clinton County Army Air Field
J. M. Gillespie
Thomas J. Wells
Denver
Cincinnati
Colorado
Truman Pledges U S Help for Neighbors in Need
The United States protests Soviet meddling in Hungary and seeks a joint U S Britain Russian investigation. The State Department note threatens to bring the case to the United Nations if Russia fails to provide satisfactory information.
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State Department
United Nations
Hungary
Marshall
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Moscow
London
Russia
Truman Addresses Canadian Parliament On Peace And Recovery
President Truman told Canada’s Parliament the United States will help nations seeking peace without coercion and will promote world recovery by aiding those contributing to the same cause. He urged completion of the St Lawrence project and pledged aid to self governed nations upholding individual dignity and equal treatment under law. Continued on page eleven.
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Ottawa
Truman
St. Lawrence
Lone
United States
Man Leaps from Carew Tower in Cincinnati Tragedy
James P. Bailey, 419, of Wyoming, climbs over the ledge at the Carew Tower observation platform and plunges 574 feet to his death. He had chatted with sightseers for about 30 minutes before the fall, witnesses say.
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Cincinnati
Carew Tower
James P. Bailey
Wyoming
Bailey
Youthful Slayer Found Insane Not Guilty
In St Joseph Missouri on June 11 a circuit court jury ruled 16 year old Stuart B Allen adopted son of a minister innocent by reason of insanity in the mutilation slaying of 58 year old John Frank a church sexton found dead in the Christ Episcopal Church basement on April 2 Rev James S Allen foster father and rector of the church.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Stuart B. Allen
Allen
John Frank
Christ Episcopal Church
James S. Allen
Flood Waters Threaten St Louis and Midwest Farmlands
Flood waters from the Missouri and Mississippi rivers push toward St Louis as a million acres of farmland flood. Army engineer Col Leaf warns danger remains near Hannibal and expected levee breaches raise evacuation concerns. Missouri and Illinois count thousands homeless amid widespread inundation.
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St, Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Quincy
W. M. Leaf
Hannibal
Wildcat Strikes Wane Among 17000 Soft Coal Miners
Uniontown Pa June 11 7 AFL United Mine Workers leaders urged the 17000 striking soft coal miners to return to work and protect the union as wildcat stoppages eased nationwide.
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Uniontown
Afl-United Mine Worker
Young Negro Saved from Lynch Bent Alabama Mob
In Hartsboro Alabama a 19 year old Black man, Jimmy Harris, was spared by Mayor Hart Vann from a lynch mob after an alleged attempted rape of two white women. The mayor and townspeople urged law process over mob justice and Harris was rescued while bound with a rope around his neck.
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Alabama
Hartsboro
Ala
Hart Vann
Jimmy Harris
Vann
Harris
Massillon Children Reported Seeing Something After Nursery Slaying
Police Chief Switter said child patients at Massillon City Hospital were questioned by Dr. Persis Simmons about what they might have seen the night two infants were slain in the pediatrics nursery. He noted the children are highly upset but some show willingness to help.
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Massillon
Stanley W. Switter
Massillon City Hospital
Switter
Persis Simmons
Bureau of Juvenile Research At
Columbus
Massilion
Housing Agency Blasted in Report
The House Appropriations Committee condemned the Federal Public Housing Authority for failing to meet its purpose. It reported over 81 percent of public housing units are occupied by ineligible or higher income tenants and said the FPHA has taken little action to fix the issue. It also noted the act’s slum elimination provision has been largely ignored, allowing slums to grow.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Public Housing Authority
FPHA
Grate Again Is GAR Commander
Ohio's Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Columbus adjourned after four days of activity. John H. Grate of Atwater remained commander with no dissenting votes, reappointed by John R. Bennett of Waynesfield as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general. Two young veterans planned to return next year for the 2nd gathering.
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Columbus
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
John H. Grate
Atwater
John R. Bennett
Waynesfield
Grate
Ohio Department
Two-Headed Calf Seen On Pennsylvania Farm
A Holstein calf born Sunday on Harvey Sweigert’s farm near Annville Pa has two heads with two mouths and two eyes but one ear. The two heads share a single neck and can feed simultaneously, one ear missing on each head, while the animal appears normal otherwise.
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Annville
Harvey Sweigert
Sweigert
Reds Offer New Atomic Proposals At UN Meeting
In Lake Success on June 11 Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko presented a new Soviet set of atomic proposals to the United Nations. He urged a world commission to supervise strict international control over all atomic mining and production facilities. The plan would operate within the Security Council with veto power held by the major powers and would make recommendations on measures to prevent and suppress violations.
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Lake Success
United Nations
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Falteg
Security Council
Russia
Council
Dealers Slashing Tires Prices Across New York Market
New York tire dealers cut prices by 4 to 6 dollars to move bulky stocks. A. C. Schwarz of Manhattan called price-cutting cutthroat and noted margins as low as 19 percent versus 25 to 30 percent normal. Some retailers sell near wholesale, with casings once capped by OPA now selling for 9 to 19 dollars.
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New York
A. C. Schwarz
Manhattan
Hudson Plant Closed By Office Strikers
Detroit June 11. Striking Hudson Motor Car Co office workers forced a shutdown with about 600 picketing. Some 15,600 production workers, CIO United Auto Workers, refused to cross the lines.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Hudson
CIO
United Auto Workers
Russians Backing Invasion At Chinese Frontier
A Chinese spokesman blamed Russia for partial responsibility in an outer Mongolian assault into Sinkiang. Mongolia, pro-Soviet, sent a cavalry battalion 50 miles into China to press for the release of eight Mongolian soldiers. Two Chinese soldiers died. warplanes reportedly dropped bombs by mistake. China protests to Moscow and Outer Mongolia's minister, while considering high-level directives for Sinkiang.
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Nanking
Russia
China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Chang Yuan-Chang
Foreign Office
Central
Outer Mongolia
Peitashan
Chang
Bonding Firms Asked for Money in Ohio Liquor Permits
State Liquor Director Stanley Cofall asked 14 bonding companies to pay Ohio 32,000 in surety bonds covering 52 private clubs whose liquor licenses were revoked since February 24 for false statements. The revocations followed inspections, affecting permits issued late in Gov. Lausche's final days.
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Columbus
Stanley
Cofall
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Conga Line Faces Court Over Picket Dispute at Columbus
In Columbus the Broad Street conga line protests reach court as Winston D. and Eleanore R. Anderson seek a temporary restraining order to limit pickets to two and keep them six feet from the Arthur Murray Studio entrance. Local No. 1 CIO-United Office and Professional Workers of America is named in the petition. The dispute centers on nightly dances and alleged threats to teachers and pupils.
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Columbus
Broad Street
Myron B. Gessaman
Winston D
Eleanore R. Anderson
Arthur Murray
Andersons
Cio-United
Professional Workers of America
End of Sugar Rationing Seen By July First
Washington reports a brighter outlook for ending household sugar rationing by July 1 as the United States gains 350000 tons more from the world sugar pool. The Cuban crop is larger than forecast and France may not take all its allotment, expanding available supply for households. An Agriculture Department official says current consumption runs below the new allocation, paving the way for end of rationing by month’s end.
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United States
International Emergency Food Council
Inter
Agriculture Department
France
Railroader Talks Sociable Call With Molotov
OELWEIN Iowa June 11 A 40 year old railroad fireman E Schroeder recounted dialing Moscow to speak with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov just to be sociable The call lasted long enough for a four and a half hour wait at the Kremlin Molotov asked if Schroeder was in politics and about international affairs The railroad man said he was an ordinary fellow and the conversation turned to railroading The secretary and several others joined in and one asked if he had been to Hollywood The man called it the best 22 50 he ever spent
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Oelwein
E. Schroider
Molotov
Moscow
Schroeder
Kremlin
Midwest
Hollywood
Briggs Strike Ends as Briggs Ford Auto Plants Face Slowdown
Briggs Manufacturing Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a two year wage and hours pact averting a strike on 22,500 workers. The agreement defused a deadline that would have halted Briggs bodies for Packard and Chrysler. Ford meanwhile closed Rouge plants indefinitely due to a slowdepartment, sending 150 workers home and halting lines for Ford and Mercury production.
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Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs
CIO
United Auto Workers
Packard
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Pressed Steel
Ford
Cooler Weather Expected in Cincinnati and Midwest Chill
Cincinnati forecasters predicted a sharp temperature drop from a high near 94 to about 58 as scattered storms move in. U.S. meteorologist J Cecil Alter cautioned the cool spell would follow today, with cooler air settling tonight across the region.
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Cincinnati
U.S
J. Cecil Alter
Alter
Churchill Under Knife Wednesday
London reports Prime Minister Churchill underwent hernia surgery this morning. The 72 year old leader is described in satisfactory condition and is expected to be absent from duties in the House of Commons for at least a month.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Beef Hits $30 At Chicago
CHICAGO, June 11. Cattle hogs sheep and butter moved higher today pushing beef steers to 30.00 a hundred pounds for the first time since March and spring lambs to a seasonal high of 27.00. Hogs traded 25 to 50 cents higher. cattle 25 cents to 1.00 higher per hundred. sheep 25 to 50 cents higher. butter up 1 to 13 cents a pound.
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Chicago
Crop Prospects Poor in Canada
One of the worst springs in history threatens a crop disaster for eastern Canada, especially Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. H. H. Hannan, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, spoke at a CFA conference studying the feed grain crisis across eastern and western Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
H. H. Hannan
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Hannan
CFA
Mental tests continued for Terpening youth in Lapeer
Oliver Terpening Jr aged 16 remains jailed in Lapeer pending further mental tests to determine his sanity. Judge George Desjardines adjourned the case to June 24 for test results after the defense motion.
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Lapeer
Mich
Oliver Terpening, Jr
Smlay City Farm
Mates
George Desjardines
Newcomerstown Backs Ball Game Holiday Honor
Newcomerstown closes most businesses except two banks and the weekly newspaper as residents honor Denton True Young age 80 by traveling to Cleveland for the Indians Boston game. A Pennsylvania train carries about 800 townsfolk with the high school band aboard.
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Denton
Cy) Young
Charles Phillips
News-Index
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Tuscarawas County
Young
Sipieve Newcomerstown High School
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