Rain Ends Donora Smog Death Toll Fears
Donora Pennsylvania officials heard Dr. William Rongaus testify that a God sent rain and a wind shift cleared the deadly smog that had paralyzed breathing in the mill town. He warned if fog had lingered one more night as many as a thousand might have died, noting 19 deaths and 600 illnesses already recorded. The emergency council meeting drew health officials and steel industry representatives from United Steelworkers and American Steel & Wire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donora
Board of Health
William Rongaus
Rongaus
CIO United Steelworkers
American Steel & Wire Company
Planes Bomb Mukden After Communist Occupation
Chinese government planes bombed Mukden after Communist forces completed the occupation at 1 a.m. CST. Chiang Kai-shek acknowledged unspecified reverses but vowed to continue fighting. The city, home to about two million, faced refugees and damaged areas near the US Consulate as Nationalist control collapsed in large parts of Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Mukden
Teem
Ing
Manchurian
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
North China
Angus Ward
Northeastern People’s Peace Committee
Yingkow
Chungking
Aurora
Hulutao
US Sends 5 Million Dollar Aid to China Amid Military Reverses
The United States dispatched a 5 million dollar draft to Nationalist China to fund American arms as Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces struggle after Mukden. Officials note only 15 million remains of a 125 million package, with arms shipments unclear and many Alpha divisions cited as among the units hit in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
State Department
Chiang
China Aid Fund
Congress
United States
Mukden
Army Department
Nanking
Millions Will Name President Decide Senate Control
Texas voters head to the polls in a general election to choose 23 presidential electors, a governor, a US senator, 21 representatives, and numerous state and local officials. The race features a Porter Johnson contest and widespread ticket splitting with parties eyeing control and constitutional amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Control Totes
Texas
United States
Congress
Jack Porter
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tom Dewey
Harry Truman
French Plan To Oust Reds
Paris reports massed police and Army forces prepared to seize the remaining Communist led coal strike strongholds in Northern France. Government seeks a back-to-work surge among 335,000 miners with Lorraine showing high return rates while Cransac and Carmaux see renewed clashes and reinforced police protection as Lens area pits stand guarded by pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Lorraine
Carmaux
Cransac
Lens
CGT
Johnson Says He'll Win Post
Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, seeking the Senate seat, appeals to voters in a statewide Austin address. He denounces the Republican campaign as ruthless and says he would resign if a recount shows he did not win the legal votes. He questions oil interests and scorches opposition while defending his 12 years in public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Johnson
Senate
Jack Porter
Houston
Truman Makes Final Personal Plea For Vote
The United States faces a Tuesday decision on its next president between Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey. Truman delivered a last personal appeal while Dewey urged citizens to vote, with Thurman offering a States' Rights choice for those who view civil rights as a states matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harry S. Truman
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Dewey
Mr. Truman
Govney
South
J. Strom Thurman
States’ Rights Party
Pres
Gov
Independence
Six Polling Station Changes for City Election
The city announced six changes in polling place locations with polling hours from 8 am to 7 pm. Ward 3 B moves to Austin High School Gym, Ward 4 A to 19th Street Fire Hall, Ward 5 C to Robert E. Lee School, Ward 6 A to Scout Hut, Ward 7 A to Central Fire Station, and Ward 7 B to Ward Memorial Church Annex. Other wards list their polling sites across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
19Th Street
University Ywca
Robert E. Lee School
University Junior High School
Gunter Street
Govalle School
Central Fire Station
Palm School
Ward Memorial Church
Willow Street
Metz School
Littman
Rio Grande Street
American Legion
Lake Austin Boulevard
Westenfield
Windsor Road
10Th
Guadalupe
West Avenue
West Austin
Blanco
Bryker Woods
Kerbey Lane
Wooldridge
West 24Th Street
West 19Th Street
Wooldridge School
North Austin
Baker School
Avenue B
Hyde Park Christian Church
42Nd
Avenue D
Rosedale Baptist Church
44Th
Alice Avenue
Ridgetop
50Th
Red River Streets
Rosedale
West 49Th Street
19Th
East Avenue
John B. Winn
Robert E. Lee
Hampton Road
David
14Th
Chestnut Streets
Scout Hut
Dorie Miller
Rosewood Park
Chestnut and
Rosewood Avenue
Calvert Lorry Group Ousted
Robert W. Calvert testifies in 67th District Court that the state convention erred in expelling regularly constituted delegations from Tarrant Harris and Dallas counties. He says the purge was not wise or fair and notes that rump delegations replaced the three groups after Harris County was unseated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
Tarrant
Harris
Dallas
67Th District Court
Gillis Johnson
Tarrant County
Calvert
Johnson
Harris County
Koreans Sentenced In Red Flag Case
Two Korean residents of Japan were sentenced by a US Army provost court in Osaka to eight years at hard labor for flag display supporting the Soviet backed North Korean government. After imprisonment they will be deported to Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
INS
Korea
American Soldiers Cast Light Absentee Ballot
American soldiers in General MacArthur's command cast light absentee ballots for Tuesday's U S elections. More than half of the soldiers in the Far Eastern Theater are under unknown further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
United States
Far Eastern
Eleven Airmen Die In Oklahoma Plane Crash
Eleven Air Force personnel perished when a twin engine C47 aircraft disintegrated in a driving rain near Muldrow Oklahoma. The downed plane carried four officers and seven enlisted men and all bodies were recovered and moved to Fort Smith. Names withheld until next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muldrow
Okla
Air Force
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Here
Camp Chaffee
Sheppard Field
E. Mostyn
Army
Wichita Falls
Tom Morgan
Robert Lee Smith
van Buren
Turrham Hill
Woods Urges Savings in State Textbook Adoptions
State Superintendent L. A. Woods urged the Board of Education to approve re adoption of existing textbooks to cut costs in the upcoming 1949 state adoption. The Textbook Commission will hear publishers this week and the board meets Monday to hear recommendations, aiming for voting by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
L. A. Woods
State Textbook Commission
Woods
Texans Vote In First Name Ballot For President
Texas faces a record general election with 2,250,333 eligible voters and the largest ballot in state history. For the first time candidates’ names appear on ballots, replacing electors names, affecting presidential and Senate outcomes. A Republican win for president would be the first since 1928 and Senate gains would end Reconstruction-era patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Secretary of State
Five Killed by Poison Gas Fumes in New Jersey Home
Freehold New Jersey November 1 five members of the Silvers family died and three others were hospitalized after coal gas fumes escaped from a defective furnace. Victim list includes Scudder Silvers his wife Annette 33 his mother Grace Silvers and two daughters Patricia 12 and Joan 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freehold
N. J
Monmouth County
J. Victor Carton
Scudder Silvers
Annette
Grace Silvers
Patricia
Joan
Jewish Forces Hold Lebanon Positions After UN Request
TEL AVIV Nov 1 UN truce headquarters at Haifa says Jewish forces stayed firm in Lebanon despite a UN appeal to withdraw to the frontier. It was understood they could keep other newly won positions until a new cease fire is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
United Nations
Haifa
Palestine
Election Day Faces Congress Ruling Trials and Shifts
The 80th Congress faces voters as 50 million Americans weigh Truman’s critique against Dewey’s praise. Senate races loom large with 11 contests, party control at stake in 31 Senate seats and 432 House seats nationwide. Maine adds three GOP victors, signaling possible split outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Dewey
Senate
Maine
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frieda Kirk
Reds
The
Associated Press
Coke Stevenson-Johnson
Stevenson
Porter
General Confederation of Labor
Toulouse
Lyndon Johnson
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Thurmond
Wallace
Democratic Party
Party of
New York
America
Pia
Truvan
Calvert Lorry Group
John L. McClellan
Richard B. Russell
Allen J. Ellender
James O. Eastland
Miss
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!