Missourians Race To Save Levee as Mississippi Rises
Flood warnings sweep the Hannibal Quincy area as the Mississippi climbs past 22.9 feet. Levees in Pike County threaten 120000 acres. Red Cross sets up shelters for evacuees in Hull Kinderhook and Hannibal while Canton braces for more flooding.
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Mississippi
Hannibal
Iowa
Missouri
Hannibal-Quincy
Pike County
Hull
Kinderhook
Red Cross
Sny Levee
Clifford Windsor
Alexandria
Canton
Bay Island
Keokuk
Des Moines
International Soundphoto
Truman vetoes Taft Hartley bill as House overrides
President Truman vetoed the Taft Hartley bill to curb unions and the House voted 331 to 83 to override the veto. The administration pressed for Senate votes while Truman planned a radio address to argue against the measure. Taft and other Republicans prepared rebuttals as maneuvers continued for a Senate vote tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
House Promisee
Clarence J. Brown
Branchester
Senate
Controversy Over State County Fair Ticket Tax
Columbus reports a dispute over federal authority to tax 20 percent admissions to state and county fairs. State officials seek Senate action to exempt fairs while Bath asks for rulings from the Ohio attorney general and the Columbus district collector.
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Columbus
U. S. Senate
Edwin J. Bath
Harry F. Busey
Internal Revenue
Ohio Attourney General
Bath
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate
Albert Pfeiffer
Busey
Circuit Court of Appeals
Pfeiffer
Teacher Is Sought in Two Deaths
In Pinecliffe Colorado a dragnet targets Fred W Lundy 65 a retired teacher linked to the deaths of Emily Griffith 65 a Denver educator and her sister Florence 67 found shot in a mountain cabin. Lundy helped build the cabin and cared for the sisters before their murders.
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Pinecliffe
Colo
Far West
Emily Griffith
Denver
Florence
Emily Griffifth
Underasheriff Donald Moore
Boulder County
Fred W. Lundy
Lundy
Griffith
Senate Banking Committee Votes for RFC Investigation and Extension
The Senate Banking Committee voted unanimously for a full and complete $50,000 investigation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and approved a one year extension of RFC life beyond June 30. Both actions await Senate approval.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Buck
R-Del
RFC
Senate
McCregor Demands Stop to Oil Shipments to Russia
Rep. McCregor called for an immediate halt to petroleum exports to Russia in a House speech. He argued continued shipments strain U S supplies and keep living costs high, urging Congress to protect American consumers.
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McCregor
Russia
Washington
Rep
R-Obbie
House
Truman
Krug
United States
Truman Invited To Visit Brazil
President Truman received an official invitation to visit Brazil. The Brazilian ambassador said Truman accepted and hoped to go as soon as possible, while White House aides offered a slightly different version, noting only his happiness at being invited and hope to travel.
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Washington
Truman
Brazil
White House
Carlos Martine
Executive Mansion
Vmbasgador
Increased Pie Crop Forecast
The Agriculture Department forecasts a pig crop of 5 651 000 head for this year, up three percent from last year. If realized, pork supplies will rise next fall and winter and into spring 1948. Ohio reports 2 760 000 pigs in spring 1946 and 2 731 000 in spring 1947.
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Washington
Ohio
Visiting Clergy and Neighbors Fight Church Fire
Fire at 102 year old St Peter's Catholic Church in Chillicothe caused $250000 damage. Visiting Dayton clerics and local helpers entered the blaze to save sacred vessels and altar tabernacle. The pastors were away at a Columbus retreat. cause under investigation.
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Chillicothe
Loren Gant
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Dayton
Elizabeth Helmuth
F. J. Kreuskamp
George Schorr
Columbus
William J .Oldgchild
Carl Will
Gan
Investigation of Pan American Crash Reaches Damascus
In Damascus on June 20 Pan American World Airways officials led by Captain George Doole arrived to probe yesterday’s crash in eastern Syria. Fifteen of 34 aboard died, with reports of engine trouble prior to an attempted forced landing. The crash occurred in a desert area near the Iraq border. 16 injured were hospitalized in Beirut.
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Damascus
George Doole
Middle East
Pan American World Airwars
Syria
Iraq
Beirut
Available Jobs in Ohio Decline in May Say Officials
Ohio's available jobs fell by 1,060 in May to 59,227 unfilled openings in local offices, down eight percent from April. Unemployment Compensation Administrator Dale Dunifon said hiring of women dropped four percent, placements of handicapped persons down six percent, and unemployment benefit payments declined 18 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dale Dunifon
Dunifon
French Cabinet Approves Strict Save the Franc Tax Plan
Paris June 20 The cabinet agreed on a stringent save the franc tax program to balance the budget as bank and department store strikes continued to damage the economy.
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Paris
Shelby Board Sets Teacher Pay Tiers
The Shelby Board of Education announced the minimum annual salary for teachers with a bachelor degree at 2100 dollars and a maximum for those with a master's degree at 5500 dollars. The notice was issued June 30.
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Shelby
Shelby Board of Education
Council Authorizes Leasing of More Parking Meters
Wilmington city council authorized leasing 100 to 150 additional parking meters for nine months. The contract awaits Board of Control approval and will cover streets including North South, Locust, Mulberry, Walnut and nearby blocks. Street light erections at Oak Higgins and Applegate Columbus corners were also approved.
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Wilmington
Harry E. Spahr
City Safety Service
Board of Control of
Spahr
C. C. Nichols
E. J. Rose
Oak
Higgins
Linden
Applegate
Columbus
College Heights
Board of Control
North South Street
James C. Johnson
Columbus Street
Mulberry Street
Locust
Sugartree
Walnut Street
Bevin presses rapid Europe aid plan amid Moscow talks
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin demanded swift action on a Marshall Plan led European recovery. He said delays from Moscow must end and that Britain will not stall Europe’s economic revival over procedural issues while awaiting a Soviet reply to a joint Britain France request for participation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Bevin
House of Commons
Europe
Tests to be Given for Morton Baby Family
Massillon authorities arrange voluntary lie detector tests for the parents and an uncle of Rosemary Morton, one of two infant girls found dying at City Hospital on the night of June 6. Stark County Prosecutor D Deane McLaughlin reports the developments.
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Massillon
Rosemary Morton
City Hospital
Stark County
D. Deane McLaughlin
Hough Injured In Auto Mishap Near Wilmington
Earl R Hough 43 of 454 West Main Street sustained a punctured chest head cuts and bruises when his car tire blew out and a vehicle driven by Thomas Milburn 36 of Wilmington crashed into a parked car as Hough changed a tire on Route 73 two miles west of Wilmington The accident left Milburn injured and he was fined 150 for driving while intoxicated Hough was treated at Miami Valley Hospital Darton and remained in fair condition Miss Lucy Price owned the car Hough drove No further injuries were reported
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Earl Robert Hough
West Main Street
Thomas Milburn
Wilmington
Hough
H. Richard Bath
Miami Valley Hospital
Darton
Norman J. McClurg
Lucy Price
Milburn
Miss Price
C. C. Nichols
Frank Andrews
Martinsville
Marjorie G. Pulse
Mrs. Pulse
Security Council Overrides Russia over Trieste governorship
The United Nations Security Council voted 9 to 1 with France abstaining to consider immediately a Trieste governor. Russia opposed moving the governorship out of the Big Four. The Soviet delegation then withdrew from the United Nations Military Staff Committee after a procedure dispute over an Australian clarification request.
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France
Russia
Trieste
United Nations
Security Council
Correspondent's Son Dies in Demolition
In Berlin on June 20 a U S Army demolition of a residential air raid shelter killed Lynn Heinzerling Jr the 10 year old son of an Associated Press correspondent. He fell into the blast hole and was asphyxiated by fumes.
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Berlin
Lynn Heinzerling, Jr
Associated Press
Majczek Plans Use of $24000 State Payout
Joseph Majczek 39 will receive 24000 from Illinois after Gov Green approves a bill for his 12 years wrongfully served on a murder charge. He says his mother Tillie Majczek will take a long vacation and rest. He planning education for his son Joseph Jr and mortgage payoff plus starting a small business.
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Chicago
Joseph Majczek
Ilinois
Green
Majczek
Tillie Majczek
Joseph, Jr
West Side
Eagles Open Convention In Columbus
The 43rd annual Ohio State Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles convention opens in Columbus with over 2,000 delegates. State President Robert H. Matson of Akron chairs. Fred Morr of Cincinnati leads a social security expansion resolution and local aerie civic committees are proposed. Text notes officer elections, degree contests, and initiation of nearly 1,000 candidates.
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Columbus
Social Security
Ohio State Aerie
Order of Eagles
Robert H. Maxson
Akron
Fred Morr
Cincinnati
Aikin Says Truman To Okay Wool Bill
Senator Aiken said President Truman will sign legislation permitting higher wool tariffs despite opposition. The Senate passed the measure 48 to 38 and sent it to the White House amid hopes for a veto by opponents.
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Washington
Senator Aiken
I-Vt
Truman
Aiken
Senate
White House
Leopold Absolved by Royal Commission in 1940 Surrender
A Belgian royal commission cleared King Leopold of charges that he harmed national interests by surrendering to Germany in 1940. The finding was not anticipated to change his status, as the exiled monarch remains in Switzerland.
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Brussels
Leopold
Belgium
Switzerland
Lausche Declines Comment on German Government Offer
Former Gov. Frank Lausche declined to comment on a War Department offer of a top civilian post in Germany under Gen. Lucius D. Clay. The vacant role of Director of Internal Affairs and Communications may be the position in question, previously held by Dwight W. Griswold before his Greek aid mission. A Monday departure was possible if Lausche pursues the inquiry.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
War Department
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U.S. Army
Europe
Clay
Dwight W. Griswold
Nebraska
United States
Greece
Lausche
Proposals to cut farm reps drawn as unfortunate
State Grange Master Joseph W. Fichter called proposals to reduce farm representation in the Ohio House of Representatives unfortunate. He spoke to the Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks at Cedar Point, citing Ohio’s mix of urban and rural areas and its ranking in agriculture with many cities over 100,000.
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Sandusky
Ohio House of Representatives
Joseph W. Fichter
Fichter
Ohio State Association of Township Trustees
Cedar Point
Ohio
Army Plane Sets U S Speed Record At 623 MPH
Army jet P-80R piloted by Col. Albert Boyd reached an average 623.8 mph over a 1.86 mile course at Muroc Army Air Field. Winds pushed speeds to 622.5 and 630.5 mph on upwind runs, awaiting federation certification in Paris.
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Army
United States
Mojave Desert
Muroe Army Air Field
Albert Boyd
Asheville
N. C
Federation Aeronautique International
Paris
Col
Boyd
Air Forces’ Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
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Cal
Vladivostok
Council
U.S
Lake Success
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Homer FE. Wright
Hilda Aerie
Henry Huddleson
Lyman B. Wade
Blanches
Erie
Aikin
Muroc, Calif
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