Save Grain for Europe Plan Debated by Food Committee
Washington AP report says poultry and feed industry groups pressed a second plan to end poultryless Thursdays and save grain for Europe by reducing chicken production. Officials said a substitute program could keep chicken and turkey on Thursday menus if a viable conversion plan is offered.
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Citizens Food Committee
Europe
National Poultry Producers Federation
Charles Luckman
Food Committee
Luckman
Truman
Cabinet Food Committee
Freak Weather Hits Nation
The nation faced a cold snap with freezing temperatures and snow in Montana while Pacific Northwest cool air moved in. Elsewhere, hot conditions returned with 90s forecast for South Dakota after record highs, including 98 at Tyndall, mirroring Phoenix's national peak.
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Mercury
Montana
Cutbank
Mont
Canadian
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
Tyndall
Phoenix
Ariz
Yuma, Ariz
Lengthened Work Week Consideration Stated
Rep McConnell voiced support for studying a lengthened 40 hour work week as a production spur. The idea was raised before a House labor subcommittee by Peter T Beardsley representing the American Trucking Associations.
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Washington
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House
Peter T. Beardsley
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Britain Struggles in Thick Autumn Pea Soup Fog
London reports the first heavy pea soup fog of autumn. One ship sunk, 22 injured in bus crashes, an airliner damaged, and rail services delayed up to two hours as visibility plummeted to about 15 feet in some areas.
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London
Britain
King urges curb on power of Lords and gas nationalization
King George VI opened Parliament with a 15 minute speech written by socialist ministers urging nationalization of the gas industry and a bill to curb the Lords authority under the Parliament Act 1911. He prioritized economic recovery and European cooperation.
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London
George VI
House of Lords
Lords
Paris
Britain
United Nations
Actor Menjou Star Witness in Investigation
Adolphe Menjou, veteran film actor, stars as witness on the second day of the House Un American Activities Committee hearings in Hollywood. John C. Moffitt and Ayn Rand support as witnesses as the committee aims to expose propaganda in films. Chairman J Parnell Thomas predicts Menjou will name names and take a hard line.
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Washington
Adolphe Menjou
House UN- American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Menjou
John C. Moffitt
Ayn Rand
Robert E. Stripling
J. Parnell Thomas
R.-N.j
Moffitt
Miss Rand
Hidden Hunger Report Noted by Broker at Ohio Meeting
Kansas City farm broker W. D. Davis told farm brokers at the 38th annual Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards meeting in Cincinnati that Americans suffer a hidden hunger due to food quality. He cited selective service rejections as evidence of nutritional issues.
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Cincinnati
W. D. Davis
Kansas City
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Davis
Prohibition Revival Underway At Ohio WCTU Convention
Mary B. Ervin of Columbus says Ohio prohibition support is undergoing a militant revival as the Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union opens its 74th annual convention in Cleveland. She expects the group to revive the prohibition party and push a state campaign for county liquor bans.
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Ohio
Mary B. Ervin
Columbus
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Prohibition
Oscar Winner Leonard Smith Dies in Beverly Hills
Leonard Smith, 53, a veteran movie cameraman and Academy Award winner for The Year Ling, died last night in Beverly Hills California.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Leonard Smith
Runaway Couple Freed After $24,000 Suitcase Found
A 15 year old Brooklyn boy Morton Rosenblum and his 15 year old companion Joan Melson were detained after state troopers found a suitcase stuffed with cash ranging from ten to one hundred dollars in their New York licensed car near Minden Louisiana. The youths said the money belonged to them and traveled from Brooklyn to escape their hometown. The two were released after their fathers arrived in Shreveport but the cash remained held for investigation.
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J. P. Greer
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Minden
Morton Edgar Rosenblum
Joan Melson
Rosenblum
Joan
Greer
Jacob L. Rosenblum
Jacob R. Melson
Girl Identifies Dr. Ross as Killer in Death Trial
In La Grange Texas Ann York age 13 testifies that Dr Lloyd I Ross our family doctor carried the rifle during the May 25 killings of four Willard York family members in Southwest Texas ranch country. Dr Ina Boyd a San Antonio psychiatrist says Ross has been likely insane for years and suffers delusions.
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LA Grange
Texas
Lloyd I. Ross
Willard York
Ann York
Ina Boyd
State Hospital For the Insane
San Antonio
Jury declines to indict husband in wife’s death
Columbus report states Homer C. Leachman was not indicted on a charge of attempting to poison his wife Nellie who died at 68 from natural causes. A county grand jury refused to indict after a toxicologist noted capsules could have caused death though not taken.
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Homer C. Leachman
Nellie
Leachman
Ralph J. Bartlett
Four Youths Escape From Lancaster BIS
Lancaster police identified four male youths at large after escapes from the Boys Industrial School yesterday. They were James Harper 17 of Columbus Donald Hekathorn 16 of Toledo Raymond Wriesell 17 of Brice and Carl Parker 16 of Canton.
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Boys Industrial School
James Harper
Columbus
Donald Hekathorn
Toledo
Raymond Wriesell
Brice
Carl Parker
Canton
Toll of 41 Reported In Greek Executions
Athens reports that 41 people were executed by firing squads in Greece over the last 24 hours. The press ministry said 13 died at dawn at Salonkia as members of a communist execution squad. Earlier reports had 28 more executed yesterday, including two women.
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Greece
Salonkia
Columbus Ohio Weather Forecast Highlights Warm Period Ahead
Extended Ohio forecast shows temperatures about 10 degrees above normal with a warm midweek, then cooler Thursday and Friday, and a return to warmth by Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation expected at under a quarter inch via scattered showers mainly Thursday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maine Fire Skirts Town Near Biddeford Mills
Firefighters battled more than 20 Maine forest blazes that threatened Biddeford as flames skirted the southern edge of the mill city early today. Residents evacuated nearby areas and containment crews worked through the morning to prevent spread.
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Biddeford
Maine
Marion Man Denies Guilt
A 32-year-old handyman charged with first degree murder in the hammer slaying of 16-year-old Roxie Ann Green pleaded innocent today after previously admitting guilt. Ray Shappard was bound over for grand jury action and a Dec. 9 trial was set by Judge Paul B. Smith.
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Roxie Ann Green
Ray Shappard
Paul B. Smith
Ralph E. Carhart
Shappard
Prospect High School
Former B. F. Goodrich scientist Dies at 77
Ernest H. Blaker formerly employed by the B. F. Goodrich Co. died today in Akron Ohio at age 77.
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Akron, O
B. F. Goodrich Co
Ernest H. Blaker
Ace WW II ace sacrifices plane to save homes
Maj. Kenneth G. Smith, 33, of Boise Idaho, a World War II ace who downed six German planes, died when his Thunderbolt crashed in a stream bed near Searsport Maine. Eyewitnesses say he stayed at the controls to keep the plane from hitting houses.
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Searsport
Kenneth G. Smith
Boise
Idaho
Smith
Future Farmers Present Highest Degree to 189
One hundred eighty nine boys from every state and several territories received the American Farmer Degree, the top honor in the Future Farmers of America program. The presentations occurred last night during the FFA national convention held with the America Royal Livestock and Horse Show.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
FFA
America Royal Livestock and Horse Show
De Gaulle Party Leads in Paris Municipal Vote
Paris voters returned to normal transit as a weeklong strike tied to a clash with labor unions ended. De Gaulle’s Rally of the French People maintained a steady lead over rivals while Communist backing at the polls remained unchanged despite the government display of strength.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
de Gaulle
France
British Flying Boat Crashes Off Thames Estuary
A Royal Air Force four engine Sunderland flying boat crashed into the sea two and a half miles off the Thames Estuary. Rescue boats rushed to the scene and the Air Ministry reported the incident.
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London
Royal Air Force
Thames Estuary
British
Air Ministry
Strong Nation Urged To Cut War Threat
James Forrestal secretary of defense warned America must stay militarily strong to give time for world stability and reduce the threat of a new world war. He contrasted Russia’s single government model with the United States two worlds approach and argued it is better to live in two worlds than impose views by force.
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America
James Forrestal
Defense
Russia
United States
Forrestal
Ohio's Third Largest Mine Suffers $350,000 Fire
Fire destroyed the tipple of the Midvale Coal Company's No. 7 mine near Midvale, three miles east, with damage estimated at 350000 dollars. Officials attributed the blaze to spontaneous combustion in a slack bin.
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Philadelphia
Midvale Coal Company
Ohio
Midvale
Hurricane to pass southeast of Sable Island today
A hurricane that brushed Bermuda yesterday is forecast to pass about 200 miles southeast of Sable Island late today. Sable Island lies roughly 100 miles east of Nova Scotia in the Atlantic as Halifax reports the approach.
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N.S
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Egyptian Cholera Toll Reaches 2494 in 27 Days
Cairo reports 366 new deaths in the last 24 hours as public health officials note the cholera epidemic has killed 2,494 people over the 27 days since it began.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rodeo Star Bob Crosby Dies in New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico reports the death of Bob Crosby a 50 year old rodeo star and former world champion cowboy at an unspecified location. Crosby left a lasting mark in rodeo history with a career spanning decades.
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Roswell
N.M
Bob Crosby
Final Decision In Greek Case U.S. Victory
The United Nations assembly nears a final vote on the Greek case with expected U S support for a UN watchdog commission in the Balkans. Balloting could begin this afternoon after a special session to speed debate.
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United Nations Assembly
United States
Balkans
Russia
Ukraine
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Britain
Cuba
Greece
France
Assembly
George C. Marshall
Washington
Lost War Plan Inquiry Opens Over Mobilization Delays
The Senate War Investigating Committee will question Secretary Forrestal on a purported lost mobilization plan. Chairman Brewster notes the plan spanned three decades of Army and Navy work but was not implemented after Pearl Harbor.
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Senate Committee
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pearl Harbor
Brewster
Musicians' Union Cancels Cincinnati Cox Theater Shows
In Cincinnati the AFL Musicians Union canceled nine winter musical productions at the Cox Theater after disputes with management. Theater Manager Leo McDonald said the union refused to supply musicians while Union President Oscar Hild cited a clash over intermission music hiring.
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AFL Musicians Union
Cox Theater
Leo McDonald
Oscar Hild
Actress Martha Raye's Mother Dies
Hollywood Mrs Peg Friedman aged 48, mother of actress Martha Raye, died yesterday in Hollywood according to local notices.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
Peg Friedman
Survey Shows More Teachers In Training In Ohio
Ohio education department reports a survey from 40 of 54 colleges and universities shows one in eight students expect to become a teacher. Superintendent Clyde Hisleag cautions this is not a cure for the teacher shortage but notes the encouraging trend.
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Columbus
Ohio
State’ Education Department
Clyde Hissong
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Electronic Equipment Available to Schools
War Assets Administration offers 24 million dollars of surplus electronic gear to eastern high schools and secondary schools. Harry E. Ritter invites 36 state governors to send reps to Cincinnati for disposal starting October 28 at 10 a.m.
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Cincinnati
War Assets Administration
Harry E. Ritter
WAA
Reputed Franklin Kin Is Sued for Divorce
Mrs Virginia Hoover Franklin sues for divorce from Benjamin Franklin IV a former Wittenberg College professor and descendant of Benjamin Franklin due to gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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Franklin
Springfield
Benjamin Franklin
Virginia Hoover Franklin
Benjamin Franklin IV
Wittenberg College
Canton ministers silent on vice crusade speech sparks debate
In Canton Ohio Guy C Hiner warned ministers that the city would be throttled by a lawless element unless respectable citizens fought back. He cited a powerful vice network and described an unnamed magnate profiting from gambling prostitution and other rackets. No action followed at a ministerial meeting.
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Steubenville
Guy C. Hiner
Stark County
Ohio House
Citizens’ Committee
Hiner
D. W. Foreman
J. Stewart Ake
Carl F. Klein
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