UN Delegates Open First Assembly Amid U.S. Russia Tensions
In New York delegates from 51 nations gather as President Truman arrives to open the UN's first assembly. Officials report ongoing U.S. Russia strains shaping debates while discussions consider the world capital and permanent site logistics for the body.
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NEW York
America
Russia
United Nations
Truman
Byrnes
United States
la Guardia
Washington
General Assembly
Paul Henry Spask
Belgium
Assembly
Flushing Fairgrounds
Westchester County
London
Westchester
San Francisco
West Coast
Flushing
New York City
Cattle and Hog Receipts Fall to Week Lows at Markets
Livestock receipts across principal markets drop as embargoes limit arrivals. Hogs fall for a second straight day while cattle and sheep see mixed results. Denver and Cole join Chicago in leading different categories as packers brace for heavy week-end demand.
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Chicago
Denver
Cole
Five State Toll Roads Planned
Ohio Turnpike Committee pushes for 1000 miles of privately funded highways to be built in three years. They aim to gain General Assembly approval to finance a $650 million system through tolls, with five new roads modeled after the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio General Assembly
Fate of Rest of Auto After Crash Is Mystery
At a crossing in Warren police reported the rear of a car was sheared off by a passenger train. Erie Railroad officials searched the scene but found no trace of the vehicle after the train stopped. Police connected a license plate to a man in Leavittsburg nearby.
Meat Production Jumps 134 Percent in Week
The Agriculture Department reports meat produced under federal inspection rose 134 percent in the first week after price controls were removed. Output for the week ending last Saturday totaled 265 million pounds, up from 114 million the prior week and down from 292 million in the same week last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Life sentence for 1943 hotel detective shooting
Louis Martine 31 of Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to the fatal 1943 shooting of hotel detective Guy Jacobs and received a life term at the Ohio Penitentiary. He was serving in the Army when the crime occurred. In London the financial secretary to the Admiralty reported 3 seamen killed and 45 wounded after explosions damaged two British destroyers off the Albanian coast.
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Youngstown
Louis Martine
Puerto Rico
Guy Jacobs
Ohio
Martine
London
John Dugdale
Admiralty
Ten family members die in Conn farm home fire
A mother and eight children plus an infant granddaughter died in a Lake Pocotopaug house fire in EAST HAMPTON. Edward Nelson survived, escaping with minor burns as the oil burner room sparked the blaze. Police reported the bodies found around a doorway and in two bedrooms in the one family cinder block home.
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East Hampton
Conn
Lake Pocotopaug
Edward Nelson
Betty Yeltema
Mary Kelvin Hall
Rita Clark
Edith W Nelson
Christina Nelson
Chapin Nelson
Charles Nelson
John Nelson
Jacqueline Yeltema
Edward Clark
Sale of Cars 56 Per Cent Beneath 1941
Detroit factories sold 1,329,345 passenger cars in the first nine months, 56 percent less than 1941’s 3,017,669. Truck sales totaled 621,226 vs 804,331 in 1941. Foreign shipments reached 83,275 passenger cars and 121,113 trucks.
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Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Fire Destroys Dundas Farm Home of Praters
A fire caused by defective wiring destroyed the Praters’ Dundas farm home early Tuesday afternoon. The residence, recently remodeled, sustained several thousand dollars in damage. Nearby Warren reports mention Merle D. Lewis, 27, of Girard, killed when his auto skid off the highway near Jefferson.
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Dundas
Joe Prater
Praters
Warren
Merle D. Lewis
A Girard
Jefferson
Huffman Says GOP Buys Election and Bricker on NLRA
Ohio voters lie two weeks from ballots as Democratic incumbent Senator Huffman accuses Republicans of election buying in Cleveland and Hamilton campaign stops. Bricker attacks Wagner Act as unsound while urging labor alignment with industry. Lausche touts veterans bonus funded by bonds and tax sources.
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Huffman
GOP
Bricker
NLRA
Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Hamilton
Frank J. Lausche
Jonn W. Bricker
U.S
Thomas J. Herbert
Lausche
James W. Huffman
Gover
Mor Lausche
Columbus
Clarence H. Kinsley
Louis J. Taber
Kentuckian Dies in Huntington Laundry Fire
George Wellimen, 23, of Louisa Kentucky, burned to death in a fire that destroyed the Pilgrim Laundry, one of Huntington's largest plants. Proprietor Cecil Elkins estimated the damage at 150000 dollars. Wellimen had lived at the plant due to a housing shortage and had worked there four years.
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Huntington
George Wellimen
Louisa
Pilgrim Laundry
Cecil Elkins
Elkins
Wellmen
Ohio Newspaper Women Meet in Cincinnati
Cincinnati hosts the 44th annual Ohio Newspaper Women's Association convention with about 100 of the 225 members attending a three day session. Saturday luncheon will award prizes totaling 1000 for professional excellence in the field.
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Cincinnati
Newsrroom
Queen City
Women's Association
ONWA
Escape on Horseback Ends in Capture at BIS
A 12 year old boy from Dayton escaped the Boys Industrial School riding a horse he took from a barn. After a five hour search BIS and officers recaptured the youth and the horse on a hilly road near the school.
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Lancaster
Dayton
Boys’ Industrial School
BIS
Alfalfa Seed Output Cut by Grasshoppers
In Columbus the Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports alfalfa seed production this year seen at about 1 200 bushels, down from 6 900 bushels in 1945, due to grasshoppers. In Cleveland the Ohio Public Service Co. advances a $37 million expansion plan to serve over 150 000 customers in Northern Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Cleveland
Ohio: Public Service Co
Reedsville Fire Destroys 3 Businesses. Resident Dies Aiding
An early morning fire in Reedsville destroyed the auto repair shop owned by Charles Crislip, the hardware store of R L Larkims, and the general store of Mrs Elia Watkins. Sidley Sibert, 66, died after a heart attack feared to be caused by excitement while aiding volunteers from nearby towns to combat the blaze. Belpre firemen responded in 35 minutes, with other smaller buildings and two cars lost.
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Reedsville
Charles Crislip
R. L. Larkims
Elia Watkins
Sidley Sibert
Tuppers Plains
Long Bottom
Joppa
Success
Leo Sisson
Belfie
Belpre
Crislip
Hobson Bound Checks Stolen and Fraud Hearing Likely
The FBI expects a hearing today for Frank Anthony Mead a New York Central Railroad brakeman charged in Toledo with stealing 194 payroll checks worth 15053. Twenty two checks were recovered with remaining funds cashed in Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Sandusky Toledo and Elkhart.
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Cleveland
FBI
New York Central Railroad
Toledo
Frank Anthony Mead
Elyria
Cincinnati
Columbus
Sandusky
Elkhart
Ind
Detroit
Hobson
Archbold
Mead
Girl Makes Good taps Jane Peters for film role in Catana
Jane Peters of Canton Ohio who won Miss Ohio State University last year earned a Hollywood screen test. Frustrated by delays she headed home but film moguls pursued her across the country to offer a contract. She is tapped for the role of Catana in Captain From Castile.
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Jane Peters
Canton
Ohio
Ohio State University
Hollywood
Catana
Castile
Wreck injures hundreds on Chicago elevated line
A fog shrouded morning collision at the 47th Street station left between 240 and 270 riders injured when an express train rear ended another. About 10 were seriously hurt as two trains derailed and blocked platforms, delaying rescue and hospital transport to eight South Side facilities.
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Chicago
47Th Street
South Side
Pay Shrinking: Ohio Teachers Loss of Buying Power Reaches Record High
In Columbus the Ohio Education Association reports teacher salaries have risen from 1600 to 2010 dollars over seven years but buying power lags. Real pay has shrunk to about 330 dollars a year less than in 1939, far below cost of living.
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Columbus
Vfl
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
War Hero Charged With Automobile Theft
Newcomerstown Canton youth James Maneilly, 24, once credited with persuading Breckenheim's mayor to surrender to the 88th Division, was bound over to the Carowas County grand jury on automobile theft charges. Mayor Ellis Bartholow released Maneilly on a $5,000 bond.
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Newcomerstown
Canton
Breckenheim
Germany
88Th
Taccarawas County Grand Jury
Ellis Bartholow
James’ Maneilly
Right to Drive Auto Is Revoked for Life
Charles Floody, 61, of Springfield, Ohio, had his automatic driving privileges revoked for life by Judge Joseph M. Clifford in Columbus after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an automobile accident he was involved in.
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Columbus
Charles Floody
Springfield
Ife
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Clifford
Floody
Pennsylvania youth named Star Farmer of America
William G. Carlin a 20 year old from Coatesville Pennsylvania was awarded the Star Farmer of America title at the Future Farmers of America victory convention yesterday.
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Kansas City
William G. Carlin
Coatesville, Pa
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Three-Year-Old Drowns Rescuing Kitten at Portage Lakes
Akron report says Jimmy Winston Kirk three years old, son of Dr and Mrs Winston Kirk, drowned yesterday in West Reservoir while attempting to rescue a pet kitten at Portage lakes. The incident occurred near Akron with authorities investigating the tragedy.
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Akron
Jimmy
Winston Kirk
Portage Lakes
West Reservoir
SAM SIMMONS Says on GOP spending and campaign finance
SAM SIMMONS argues Republicans fail to defend their campaign funds against last minute spending by PACs and administration groups. He warns moneyed interests and public salaries influence politics, predicting it would be a near miracle if the GOP wins a workable House majority.
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GOP
Congress
UMW Chief Demands New Wage Talks With Krug
John L. Lewis escalates pressure for wage concessions from the federal soft coal industry and forces a Nov 1 meeting with Interior Secretary Krug while threatening a strike by 400,000 miners. He cites breach of contract and hints at hard coal follow-ons if soft coal talks fail.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
J. A. Krug
Lewis
Krug
Washington
Navy
AF United Mine Workers Union
Pennsylvania
Krug-Lewis
AFL
Fpuots
Atlantic
Gulf
MMP
New York
Trans-World
American Airlines, Inc
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Nazi Plan To Pit Lewis Against FDR Revealed
Swarthmore Pa special assistant to the U S attorney general described a Nazi backed scheme to derail Roosevelt’s 1940 reelection by lining John L Lewis against him. Rogge cited Goering, Joachim Hertsler and William R Davis as linked figures with plans tied to German aims and a peace emissary role in September 1939.
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Swarthmore
O. Fronn Rogge
U. S
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Swarthmore College
Rogge
Herman Goering
Joachim Hertsler
William R. Davis
Washington
Lewis
Davis
Goering
Justice Department
America
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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UMW
Joseph F. Selly
Ammerican Communications Association
CIQ
Western Union Telegraph
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Governsens
FDR
Landon
Willkie
Dewey
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