Yankees Dodgers Set for World Series Duel
New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers meet for the 1949 World Series after dramatic late wins. The Yankees edged the Red Sox 5-3 at Yankee Stadium to clinch the American League title, while the Dodgers outlasted the Phillies 9-7 in ten innings to take the National League crown. The series opens Wednesday at Yankee Stadium with up to seven games possible through October 11.
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Philadelphia
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Solon Says Five Percenter Probe Nears End
Senate five percenter inquiry into White House ties and a general's retirement nears completion. Key witnesses Hunt and Bennett remain ill, hindering testimony. The panel plans a report before Congress adjourns, with possible post adjournment reopening depending on developments.
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Hoey
James V. Hunt
David Bennett
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Bennett
Albert Verley Company
Chicago
Harry H Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
Little White House
Independence
Bread Price Inquiry by Senators Slated
Senator Gillette said a Senate subcommittee will investigate bread prices. He noted wheat prices fell a third while bread remained high and scheduled hearings with officers from major mills. The inquiry aims to explain the spread between consumer prices and farmer earnings.
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Gillette
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Senate
Senate Agriculture Group
Slim Darter Injured in Burnet County Plane Crash near Spicewood
Austin businessman Slim Darter suffered a crushed right leg when his light plane ran out of gas and crashed on the Buck Gregg ranch in western Burnet County about 10 a.m. Sunday. He was listed in fair condition at Burnet Hospital with multiple injuries. doctors planned surgery to save the leg.
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Train Hits Party Bus Killing 16 Near Ontario California
A Union Pacific Pony Express passenger train struck a March Air Base party bus near Ontario California killing 16 and wounding 24. The bus carried servicemen their wives and girlfriends returning from a beach party. rescuers arrived from several towns with Air Force support assisting at the scene.
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Chicago
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Cantata by Life Convict Captures Big Spring Centennial
Frank Grandstaff, a life term inmate on six day furlough from Tennessee State Prison, heard his cantata Big Spring performed by 28 singers at the Big Spring centennial celebration. The crowded event drew about 2000 attendees as Grandstaff bowed to applause and autographs, then thanked the town for its hospitality.
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Tennessee
Shine Philips
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Hurricane Brews Off Texas Coast
A small hurricane moves toward the Middle Texas Coast with warnings from Corpus Christi to Galveston. Winds reach 80 to 90 mph near the center with gales outward up to 75 mph. squalls and rough seas affect the northwest Gulf as rain drifts across North Texas.
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Galveston
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Lake Charles
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Storm Along Coast To Bring Rain Here
A Gulf hurricane expected to lash the Texas Coast between Corpus Christi and Galveston Monday will bring rain to Austin. Brisk north easterly winds and light showers are predicted with no wind storm danger. Clouds blanketed the city late Sunday with temperatures in the low 80s and a high near 84.
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Crime in Austin Develops a Screwy Touch
Police reported a busy Austin night with Saturday pay and soldiers from Camp Hood and Bergstrom Air Base on the town. Burglaries, robberies, and a pistol assault produced losses and injuries as officers investigated two dozen incidents.
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Congress
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Schooner Bar
East Sixth
Isaac Nohra
Estab
Religious Sect Talk Stopped In Gainesville
About 300 Jehovahs Witnesses in Gainesville for a three day assembly fled after a confrontation with about 100 local men. The auditorium was closed by order of the school superintendent and equipment was moved to the sidewalk. A witness was escorted out of town and a pistol was reportedly seen but not fired.
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American Legion Hall
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Warren G. Flowers
John R. Evans
H. M. S. Dixon
Arlington
Aom
An. Legion
Cotten
Justice Douglas Injured In Mountain Horse Accident
US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was seriously injured when his horse reared and rolled on him on a Chinook Pass trail in Washington. He sustained multiple broken ribs and a punctured lung, with transfusions started after he was taken to Yakima hospital.
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Washington
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Shuler Ginn
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Oregon
Elon J. Gilbert
Chinook Pass
Gilbert
Seattle
D. C
Rocky
Golemon Convicted in Twitchell Slaying Death Sentence Given
Darious Golemon, 28, was found guilty of the September 28, 1948 Hardin County murder of Mrs. Cloyce Eloise Twitchell in Beaumont after he testified officers beat and threatened him into a confession. Alex Leviness had been sentenced to death earlier.
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Darious Golemon
Cloyce Eloise Twitchell
Beaumont
Alex Leviness
Golemon
Leviness
Slightly Injured In Bee Cave Road Car Crash Near Austin
Three people escaped with minor injuries when a 1938 model convertible left Bee Cave Road two miles west of Austin and rammed a tree. Mrs Vida Mae Tullas 15 of Route 6 was hospitalized in good condition with head lacerations and bruises along with her husband George Tullas. The driver Earl Penny of Route 4 suffered bruises.
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Bee Cave Road
Vida Mae Tullas
Route 6
Brackenridge Hospital
George Tullas
Tullas
Highway Patrol
Earl Penny
Route 4
Bee Cave
Romania Breaks Friendship with Yugoslavia Amid East Bloc Strain
Bucharest announces severance of the treaty link with Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia as Poland Bulgaria and Hungary follow Moscow's lead. Czechoslovakia likely to join. Prague reports indicate diplomatic ties may soon be cut leaving only formal relations. Tito reviews troop maneuvers while Yugoslav radio touts defense readiness.
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Hungary
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Adriatic
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tito
Ana Pauker
Bucharest
Yugoslavia
Soviet Bloc
Cominform
Soviets Break Relations With Canton Regime
The Moscow radio reported that the Soviet Union recognizes the Chinese Communist government and will exchange ambassadors with the People's Republic of China. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko sent a telegram to Chou En-Lai confirming receipt of China's declaration and intent to establish diplomatic relations.
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Moscow Radio
Russia
Canton
Andrei A. Gromyko
Chou En-Lai
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Central People’s Government of China
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
Central People’s Government of
China
Central People’s Government
People’s Republic of China
Gromyko
Peiping
Pledge Violation Charged by Reds
Moscow radio reports Russia accuses the United States Britain and France of violating Potsdam and Paris decisions by forming a separate west German state. Notes were delivered to ambassadors and d affidarsi in Moscow claiming this delays German peace and breaks commitments to German unity and democratic transformation.
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France
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Germany
Soviet Union
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Foreign Ministers Council
Ussr
Field Worker Dies In Jump From Derrick
Kilgore reports Lewis Twyman, 56, leaped from an 85 foot oil derrick and died Sunday. Justice of the Peace Coke Wilkins ruled death by own action. Twyman worked for the Arkansas Fuel Oil Company.
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Lewis Twyman
Justice of the Peace
Coke Wilkins
Twyman
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
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