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May 29, 1946

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Two German Bombs Unearthed in Britain

By Wireless To the New York Times

2 unexploded 100-lb Ger bombs discovered accidentally, Southhampton, Eng

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U.S., FRANCE AGREE ON ADDED CREDITS, WAR-COST ACCORD; $1,400,000,000 to Be Advanced for Reconstruction Plan, Surplus PurchasesINTEREST RATE IS 2 TO 3%Moratorium Clause of BritishLoan Kept--$1,800,000,000in Lend-Lease Canceled Major Elements Listed U.S., France Agree on New Credit, Settlement of Wartime Accounts Appeal to World Bank Planned Sharp Difference Noted

By John H. Crider Special To the New York Times

Signs US-French financial accord

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DAMAGE IS HEAVY AS SUSQUEHANNA FLOODS WIDE AREA; Deaths Put at Possible 24 as Southern New York and Pennsylvania Are Hit CLOUDBURSTS MARK RAIN Loss Is Greatest Since 1936-- Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre and Elmira Affected Transportation Disrupted Landslide Wrecks Home Williamsport Crest Reached Damage Wide, Deaths Possibly 24 In Floods Along the Susquehanna Farmers on House Roofs

By Unknown Author

Wide area in southern NY and Penna flooded by rain-swollen Susquehanna River; Elmira, NY, Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre, Penna, seriously affected; relief agencies organized; damage reptd greatest since '36 floods; 24 possibly dead; state of emergency declared in Elmira; conditions in other areas described; Williamsport crest reached; river subsides; flooded areas illus

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CHURCH BACKS USE OF ARMY IN STRIKE; Presbyterian Assembly, by Vote of 415 to 164, Rejects Statement of Censure CHURCH BACKS USE OF ARMY IN STRIKE Criticism by Chaplains Upheld U. N. Support Urged

By Robert W. Potter Special To the New York Times

USA Presb Ch Gen Assembly urges reduction

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BYRNES DISPUTES MOLOTOV ON 'BLOC'; Also Declares He Did Not Err in Claiming Stalin's Support of Four-Power Alliance Byrnes Disputes Molotov on 'Bloc' And on Charge Concerning Treaty Reparations Discussed Details Given in Advance Byrnes Suggests Treaty Draft of the Treaty Sent Feared "Adverse Effect"

By Bertram D. Hulen Special To the New York Times

Byrnes on Molotov assertions and USSR reaction to proposal

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Notable Births

1946Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (died 2000)^[†]

Fernando Buesa Blanco was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.

Notable Deaths

1946Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (born 1905)^[†]

Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß, but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp, and later, from November 1943 until May 1944, as the fourth commandant of Majdanek concentration camp. He was executed for war crimes.