Flood Crisis Hits Iowa Towns and Global Terrorism Trial
The report covers a mass flood crest on the Des Moines River reaching Keosauqua with up to nine feet of inundation and business district damage while noting Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids escape without major loss. It also mentions a Jordan Palestine trial where three Jewish terrorists were condemned to death amid UN inquiries and Arab strikes.
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Jerusalem
United Nations Commission of Palestine
Acre
Irgun
Keosauqua
Des Moines
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Miami
Norwood Teal
Bonaparte
SEC Investigates Tucker Interests
The Securities and Exchange Commission opened a public inquiry into the Tucker Corporation’s proposed stock sale to the public. The agency accuses the firm of making false statements and omitting material facts in a registration statement filed May 6 for 4,000,000 shares of Class A common stock.
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Philadelphia
Preston Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucker Corporation
Chicago Corporation
Newsprint Stocks Reach Record Low in May
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reported that daily newspapers had the smallest newsprint stock on hand and in transit at the end of May. The 28 day supply compares with 32 days in 1946, 43 in 1945, and 36 in 1941.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Flood Claims 40 Villagers in Viduas de Oriente
About 40 families are missing after a dawn flood from two broken dams swept Viduas de Oriente, a village 40 kilometers from Agua Calientes. Rescue efforts focus on finding survivors as the disaster is confirmed.
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Agua Calientes
Mexico
Viduas de Oriente
Quadruplets Born To Montana Woman
In Miles City Montana on June 16 four babies, three girls and a boy, were born to 44 year old Mrs Edward Randall. The smallest weighed 1 12 and the largest 3 12. Dr Elna Howard delivered them and all are reportedly doing well. Mrs Randash is a beauty operator and Randash a garage owner.
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Miles City
Mont
Edward Randall
Elna Howard
Randash
Bosuty
Cofall Resigns Liquor Post
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert announced the resignation today of State Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofall of Cleveland effective immediately. Cofall cited business reasons and had served since January 18, heading the enforcement division. no successor named yet. Cofall is president of National Solvent Co. of Cleveland.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Stanley B. Cofall
Cleveland
Cofall
Coefall
National Solvent Co
Cofail
Herbert
60 Die in Raid on Indian Village
The Indian News Chronicle reports 60 people killed or burned during a mob raid on Tikri village in Gurgaon district near Delhi on Saturday. About 800 houses burned and 200 injured, with a second village also struck. Hindu Muslim rioting has troubled the area for months.
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New Delhi
Indian News Chronicle
Tikri
Gurgaon
Delhi
Burglars Take Safe From 20th Century Bowling Alleys
Lancaster police report burglars removed a safe with between 1900 and 2000 dollars in cash from the 20th Century bowling alleys early Sunday. Police Sgt. Frank Kelsey identified the scene and ongoing investigation.
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Lancaster
Frank Kelsey
Princeton Dean Emeritus Attacks American Nationalism
Dean Christian Gauss of Princeton University told the Kenyon College graduating class that Americans have violated the moral code of 1776 and must reconstruct the nationalistic state or abandon older ideals. He cited Gettysburg injuries and America’s role in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying Americans shared responsibility for nearly 200,000 deaths, many women and children.
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Gambier
Princeton University
Kenyon College
Christian Gauss
United States
Dean Gauss
Gettysburg
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
100 Ships Tied Up By Union Work Stoppage
In New York on June 16 the NMU reports nearly 700 ships idle nationwide under a no work without a contract policy. Curran warned 1,150 ships could be affected soon, with East Coast ports bearing the bulk of the impact. Affected ports include New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, and Portland, Maine. Houston saw about 1,000 men quitting after the deadline.
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New York
United States
NMU
Joseph Curran
CIO
Curran
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
High Court Denies Curley Appeal in Mail Fraud Case
The Supreme Court refused to review Mayor James M. Curley of Boston for a second time on mail fraud convictions. The decision clears a path for Justice Department efforts to jail the 72 year old mayor for six to 18 months, as Curley lies in a Scituate hospital. The case arose from Engineers Group Inc a firm accused of fraudulently claiming it could win war contracts and profiting about $60 000.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James M. Curley
Boston
Justice Department
Curley
Scituate, Mass
Engineers Group, Inc
Miss Gibbs Held On Murder Charge
Miss Virginia Gibbs, 25, waived examination and was held for grand jury action on a murder charge tied to the slaying of Henry F. Smith in a hotel room on September 3, 1945. Public Defender Edward Fielder entered a plea of innocent for Gibbs who admitted urging her father to kill Smith. She is held without bond.
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Cincinnati
Virginia Gibbs
Henry F. Smith
Edward Fielder
Charles Gibbs
Chicago
Smith
Miss Gibbs
Ohio Colleges Still Accepting Students
The Ohio College Association reports most Ohio colleges are still accepting fall term enrollment applications. Of 41 colleges, 14 have reached capacity enrollment, and 22 have full housing.
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Bowling Green
Ohio College Association Today
Ohio
Ohio Colleges
Train Hits Cow In Corrientes Hurts Dozens Killing 20
A train collision in Corrientes province last night killed at least 20 people and seriously injured 46 after a cow on the tracks was struck. The locomotive and three passenger cars overturned.
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Buenos Aires
Corrientes
Hospital May Hire Private Investigators
MASSILON June 16 Jail hospital seeks private investigators to clear the record if public officials fail to solve the mystery of two infant deaths Rosemary Morton and Diane Jean Brand at the institution. J G Lester, hospital board president, says action will be taken to prevent unsolved cases as Stark County prosecutors probe a Wayne County deputy sighting a man and woman entering the hospital near 7 30 P M June 6.
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Massilon
Pivate
City Hospital
J. G. Lester
Rosemary Morton
Diane Jean Brand
Lester
Stark County
D. Dane McLaughlin
Wayne County
Marshall Pushes Open Door Policy for Europe Dilemma
Secretary of State Marshall and advisers map a course to unite Europe by year end or split it further if Russia refuses cooperation. Open Door approach aims for Russian participation or open exit from European economic federation. President Truman condemns eastern regimes Hungary Romania Hungaria and praises Italian democracy amid ratification of peace treaties with four countries.
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Europe
Russia
Western Europe
Marshall
Dean Acheson
Truman
Hungary
Romania
Hungaria
Mr. Truman
Italy
Truman Orders Investigation Into Weekend Air Crashes
President Truman appointed a five man board to probe air safety after four fatal crashes over the weekend. Notable losses included a Capital Airlines jet near Keys Gap West Virginia with 50 aboard, a LaGuardia takeoff mishap killing 43, and an Eastern Air Lines crash near Port Deposit Maryland.
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Truman
Capital Airlines
Keys Gap
W. Va
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
New York City
Eastern Air Lines
Port Deposit
Hawk's Mountain
Springfield
William R. Wolf
Dayton O
Atlantic Ocean
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
William H. Greenleaf
Connecticut Air National Guard
Windsor Locks
Conn
Fort Knox
Godman Field
13 Crash Victims To Be Interred
SEESBURG Virginia June 1 A common grave in Union cemetery was prepared for 13 unidentified victims of the Friday the 13th air disaster that killed 50. An airlines official said burial ceremonies with denomination representatives would be held at 1 PM. Only last night the county coroner telegraphed families of known aboard passengers. Seventeen bodies were identified. chances to identify the rest were described as remote.
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Seesburg
Little Union
Airlines
William Frazer
Loudoun County
Veteran Driver Killed in Dayton Auto Race
Elbert Booker known as Grandpappy, 45, from Detroit, died after his Jewell Hal Special crashed and overturned in the first Triple A sanctioned event at Dayton Speedway. He suffered a skull fracture and died en route to St Elizabeth's Hospital. Booker worked as a foreman at Bridges Body Co. and was a nationally known race driver.
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Dayton
Elbert
Grandpappy) Booker
Bic
Dayton Speedway
Detroit
Mich
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Booker
Briges Pody Co
Drinking Party Ends In Murder Charge
Covington Kentucky reports Mike Robinson aged 60 of Cincinnati faces a murder charge after Everett Thomas, 47, also of Cincinnati, died at a party yesterday. Police described the gathering as a drinking party in the Cincinnati area.
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Covington, Ky
Mike Robinson
Cincinnati
Everett T. Thomapeen
Aloo
Wilberforce Presidency Court Battle in Xenia
In Xenia on June 16 the Wilberforce State University presidency dispute reached court. Probate Judge W B McCallister Jr restrained Dr Charles H Wesley from creating a rival summer school and interfering with the president’s office operations. The AME Church Board of Trustees sought an injunction after removing Wesley last week.
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Wilberforce
College of Education and Industrial Arts
Common Pleas Court
Frank L. Johnson
British Russian Talks Scheduled Over Europe Plan Aid
London dispatch says a foreign office spokesman announced Britain would consult Russia about the Marshall aid Europe plan. Initial contact to be through regular diplomatic channels. He noted Foreign Secretary Eden would not visit Moscow in the same manner as his Paris talks on the proposals.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Secon
Russia
U. S
George G. C. Marshall
Ernest Jegin
Moscow
Paris
U.S
King Gustav V Celebrates 89th Birthday at Tullgarn
Stockholm reports King Gustav V of Sweden marking his 89th birthday with family gathering at Tullgarn Palace on the Baltic coast.
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Stockholm
Gustav V of
Sweden
Tullgarn Palace
Baltic Coast
Wallace To Speak in U. S. Amphitheater Tonight
Federal Justice James M. Proctor refused to bar Henry A. Wallace from speaking at the Watergate Amphitheater in Washington. Rep. O Kenski and the American Anti Communist Association had sought to block the event. Wallace plans to discuss peace and his 1948 presidential bid amid foreign policy debate.
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Washington
James M. Proctor
Henry A. Wallace
Watergate
American Anti-Communist Association
Rep
O’kenski
R-Wis
Reduction Is Proposed at Wrong Time
President Truman vetoed a four billion dollar tax cut bill, killing any chance for a tax reduction this year. Republican leaders said they will press a two thirds vote in the House tomorrow, while the Senate cannot muster one. Truman called the bill ill apportioned and risky, arguing tax cuts must fit sound fiscal policy. Critics accused him of political timing in the presidential election year.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Packerg
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Cornerstone Laid for New Lidice Village
Five years and five days after the Gestapo wiped Lidice, British workers laid a grey granite cornerstone for a new Lidice in Czechoslovakia. Most memories linger with 145 women in black and a few children, survivors of a village once home to 540 people.
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Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Universalists Start Annual Church Session
Business sessions of the 122nd annual conference of the Universalist Church of Ohio opened today at Lyons with a sectional meeting of the church schools. Tomorrow's sessions are devoted to the Ohio Association of Universalist Women. Closing sessions with election of officers will be Wednesday.
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Toledo
The
Universalist Church of Ohio
Lyons
Church
Ohio Association of Universalist Women
Retractable Skis End Snow Landing Limits on Aircraft
The AAF Air Materiel Command at Wright Field announced retractable skis installed over wheels to allow takeoffs and landings on snow covered runways. Officials say the gear enables broader yearly use of landing fields than before.
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Dayton
AAF Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
AAF
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