Storm Death Toll and Flood Cover Northwest Victims
AP reports 15 dead as Pacific Northwest reels from a winter storm with hurricane force winds. Across Montana to Wyoming, damage runs to millions, with Skagit Valley flooding isolating towns in Washington and evacuations by Army and Coast Guard crews.
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Washington
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Sedro Woolley
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Fraser Canyon
Princeton
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Geiger Airfield
Victoria
Capilano River
Skokomish River
Columbia River
Tongue Point
Ore
Gearhart
Nationalist Firing Hits U.S. Vessel Off Shanghai
The American merchant ship Sir John Franklin reported a Chinese Nationalist warship fired 12 times at it off Shanghai, with all crew uninjured. The vessel, operated by Isbrandtsen Co., proceeded to Woosung as the incident paralleled a prior attack on the Flying Cloud.
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Sir John Franklin
Shanghai
State Department
Woosung
United States
The
Isbrandtsen Co
New York
Isbrandtsen
Flying Cloud
Hopes Rise For Return Of Ward Deported By China
The State Department says Consul General Angus Ward and part of his staff may return home from Mukden after Ward and four aides were ordered deported and later released. A second deportation order covered ten remaining staff as a spy trial concluded. Ward’s chief aide William N. Stokes was released after interrogation.
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China
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
Peoples Court
William N. Stokes
Stokes
Department
Employment Gains in Ohio as Payrolls Rise in September
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research reports October 1949 shows employment and payrolls up for September with increased man hours and average earnings. Based on data from more than 4800 firms, the release notes retail trade up two percent in October and a four percent year to date decline versus 1948.
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Ohio
Ohio State
University Bureau of Business Research
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Delicatessen Operator Wounded by Gunmen
In Cincinnati two gunmen robbed a Fast End delicatessen wounding 61 year old owner John E. Shreck who was hit by a ricocheted bullet from a beer cold box. Shreck was taken to General Hospital with critical injuries and about $100 was taken.
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Cincinnati
John E. Shreck
General Hospital
Shreck
Handy Named U S European Chief of Military Aid Program
General Thomas T. Handy was designated Monday as the chief U S representative in Europe for the American military aid program to Western European nations.
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Frankfurt
Thomas T. Handy
U. S
Europe
Throat Slashed Girl 18 Holds On To Life
Millie M Summs an 18 year old Warwick High senior remains alive at Riverside Hospital after a throat slash from ear to ear doctors warn nerve damage may leave her voice a whisper if she survives. She accused neighbor Jesse Worley 20 of the crime in a note to police Worley denies the attack and is detained on maiming charges.
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Newport News
Millie M. Summs
Riverside Hospital
Warwick High School
Jesse Wilmer Worley
Bill Worley
Warwick County
Leroy Woody
Worley
PRR to Recall 21 000 to 22 000 Workers in December
The Pennsylvania Railroad will recall between 21 000 and 22 000 furloughed employees before the end of the first week in December. The total depends on John L. Lewis actions at the December 1 coal truce expiration. Most recalled workers are in maintenance as traffic and production rise.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
John L. Lewis
Columbus Woman Seeks Nomination for Secretary of State
Columbus real estate operator Mrs. Lottie M. Randolph has entered the Republican nomination race for Ohio secretary of state. The widow and former assistant state director of agriculture seeks a major party bid, becoming the first woman in over two decades to do so for state office.
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Columbus
Lottie M. Randolph
Randolph
Ohio
Ex Senator King of Utah Dies in Salt Lake City
William Henry King 86 former Democratic U S Senator from Utah for 24 years died Sunday in Salt Lake City. He served in the Senate for nearly a quarter century shaping policies and national debates as a senior figure in Utah politics. The obituary notes his long service and prominent role in the state’s political history.
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Salt Lake City
Firebug Sets Eight Fires in Columbus Apartment
A arson attempt at 749 E Broad St Columbus failed after eight fires were started in the three story building. Flames appeared in the third floor hallway basement first floor and rear drums before residents alerted authorities. Damages are estimated at ten dollars.
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Columbus
Broad St
Elmer Brophy
2000 Perish In Mine Fire Reported In Soviet Zone
The Telegraf newspaper reports a uranium mine fire in the Erz mountains on the Saxony Czechoslovak border, killing up to 2000 miners, most political prisoners. It cites 968 bodies recovered and 300 rescued, with deaths from fire smoke and gas and a blast at an explosives dump.
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Telegraf
Erz Mountains
Borden
Witness Threat Tied to Dress Shop Killing
In Pittsburgh a witness Mrs Ellen Flannagan received a life threat after watching a man attack Miss Jean Brusco 38. Police placed a guard at the Flannagan home as 30 men hunt the assailant who killed Brusco and left her body near a broken beer bottle at dawn.
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Pittsburgh
Ellen Flannagan
Jean Brusco
Flannagan
Hearing Scheduled In Attack on Girl
A 20-year-old man, George Kane of Staten Island, is charged with burglary and criminal assault of a 14 month old girl. He will have a hearing tomorrow in Staten Island magistrate court. Kane was held in 50 000 dollars bail after the Thanksgiving morning break in.
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New York
Staten Island
George Kane
Island
Kane
Slot Machines Seized In Northern Ohio Clubs
State liquor enforcement agents raided four private clubs and one night club in northern Ohio this weekend and seized 24 slot machines. Chief Anthony A Rutkowski announced the operation with most machines found at American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Eagles Clubs.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anthony A .Rutkowski
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eagles
Burley Tobacco Auctions Open Across Eight States
Burley tobacco auctions opened in markets across eight states with largely stable price expectations. Government supports aim to secure profits for growers as the crop is projected near 590 million pounds, including 397.8 million in Kentucky, the leading burley state. A referendum over three-year quotas was approved to continue production limits.
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Louisville
Kentucky
West Leaders Begin Work On Defense
West’s top military chiefs from the United States Britain and France meet in Paris to draft a unified plan for defending Western Europe. The talks precede a Thursday session with defense ministers as the U.S. and allies prepare to allocate nearly one billion dollars for Atlantic defenses and armaments. Germany rearmament remains a political issue to be decided by ministers, not the generals.
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United States
Britain
France
Naval Ministry
Europe
U. S
Congress
Omar Bradley
Defense
Louis Johnson
Germany
Bradley
Frankfurt
Johnson
Final Salute Slated For Bill Robinson
Harlem and Broadway will honor Bill Bojangles Robinson with a two mile funeral procession through Harlem from an armory to a church. Mayor William O'Dwyer will lead the service as the 71 year old dancer's body is carried to Duffey Square near Times Square for a Broadway farewell after his death Friday night.
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Broadway
Bill
Bojangles) Robinson
William O'Dwyer
Duffey Square
Times Square
Farm Delegates Gather for Ohio Farm Bureau Session
More than 3000 delegates from nearly all Ohio counties converge on Columbus for the 31st annual Ohio Farm Bureau Federation meeting. The three day session will highlight national farm programs with talks by Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau, Senator Paul Douglas, Dr. Arthur Flemming, and Representative Frances Bolton.
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Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Paul Douglas
Ill
Arthur Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Frances P. Bolton
Cleveland
Ohio births below national average in 1949 first nine months
The Ohio birth rate for the first nine months of 1949 was 23.8 per 1,000, below the national average of 24.1. Ohio registered 186,353 births during the period, while the nation totals an estimated 2,669,000 births.
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Washington
Ohio
Town Extends Helping Hand to Bereaved Family in Iowa
In Stuart Iowa a struggling family from Oregon faced hardship including the death of baby Karen amid a long road to Troy New York. Stuart residents raised over 100 for funeral needs and helped fund rail fare and transport back to Troy.
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New York State
Stuart
Bernard J. O'Leary
Karen
O’learys
Portland
Ore
Troy
O'Leary
Cohoes
Adair
Red Cross
O'Learyn
O'Learys
Eleven Killed In Weekend In Ohio And Beyond
An Associated Press survey reports at least 11 people died violently in Ohio over the weekend. Additional fatalities occurred in Pennsylvania when Paul E. Grube of Columbus perished in a plane crash near Portage Cambria County. other deaths in Ohio stemmed from car accidents a hunting mishap a railroad crane incident and an incident at a loading platform.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Paul E. Grube
Portage
Cambria
County
Gargantua's Body To Yale For Mounting Display
Gargantua the 550 pound gorilla will go to Yale University for mounting and display. Johns Hopkins had sought it and Florida officials also showed interest, but Yale secured the body after purchase. The carcass is at Johns Hopkins for autopsy after Gargantua died in Miami last week.
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Sarasota
Fila
Gargantua
Yale University
Johns Hopkins University
State of Florida
Yale
Johns Hopkins
Miami
Slight Hike Noted In Average Rents
Washington reports a small rise in U S house rents since spring says Federal Housing Expediter Tighe Woods after touring regional rent control districts He notes no figures yet to show steep increases in cities where controls have expired and says the trend is modest nationwide.
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Washington
America
Tighe Woods
Woods
IUE Convenes Founding Convention Charts Pension Aims
The newly formed International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers opens a week-long convention in Philadelphia. James B. Carey outlines aims for $100 monthly pensions and a fourth wage increase as CIO President Philip Murray prepares to address delegates. Carey cites anti Communist stance in remarks ahead of the keynote.
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CIO
New Electrical Workers Union
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Philip Murray
Carey
Shah of Iran Inspects Large U S Air Base
The Shah of Iran viewed Wright Patterson Air Base in Dayton, a key U S air facility with a large flight fleet. The 1949 World Almanac lists Iran's air force at 180 aircraft, noting ongoing reorganization at the time.
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Iran
U. S
Dayton
America
Wright-Patterson
Golfer's Estranged Wife Found Dead at Home
Mrs. Betty Hunt 35 estranged wife of amateur golfer Barney Hunt was found dead in a two story brick flat Sunday night Detective Sgt. Marvin Canada said occupants reported she fell down the stairs Coroner Robert A. Evans arranged for an autopsy to determine cause of death.
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Columbus
Betty Hunt
Barney Hunt
Marvin Canada
Three Women Killed At Gary Train Station
Three women were killed when they were struck by a fast passenger train at a Gary Indiana station platform. Two men were injured in the same incident as bystanders witnessed the tragedy on a Sunday. Police and railroad officials investigated the fatal accident.
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Reds Close in on Nationalist Chungking Capital
Chinese Reds are reported 18 miles from Chungking with a possible approach to the Nationalist provisional capital by nightfall. Nationalist reinforcements clash 38 miles south as cabinet meets in emergency session, amid heavy fighting near Kiliang on the highways from Kwelchow and Hupeh provinces.
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Sing Tao Jih Po Today
Chungking
Kiliang
Kwelchow
Hupeh
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