Braves Sain blanked Tribe to win World Series opener
Boston Braves outlast Cleveland Indians 1 0 behind Johnny Sain two hitter. Tommy Holmes delivered the decisive eighth inning single to drive in Phil Masi for the lone run. Feller yielded six walks and six Indians reached base, with Stewart's controversial seventh inning call pivotal.
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Gayle Talbot
Braves
Boston
Boston Braves
Johnny Sain
Cleveland Indians
Kop Feller
Ir. Feller
Sain
Tommy Holmes
Phil Masi
Cleveland
Marvin Rickert
Charles River
Holmes
Indians
Libbi Sisti
Bob Elliott
Feller
Bill Salkfeld
Masi
Mike McCormick
Eddie Stanky
Sam
Bullet Bob
Lou Boudreau
Boudreau
Bill Stewart
Ter Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Elliott
Ken Keltner
Earl Torgeson
Keltner
Retail meat prices to drop further in coming weeks
A National Association of Retail Meat Dealers spokesman said retail meat prices will continue to fall through the rest of October and into early November. New York chains announced 2 to 10 cent cuts on about 80 meat items, while wholesale prices remained weak and hog prices rose slightly in the Corn Belt amid reduced hog shipments.
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Chicago
George Dressler
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
New York
A&p
Dressler
Florida Faces Lighter Damage From Storm Spreads
A Florida weather study says damage from the hurricane that swept South Florida on Tuesday will be light in the state. Pompano Beach was hardest hit with 25 houses destroyed and seven injured in one of three tornadoes. Cuba suffered 11 dead and 300 injured as the storm moved away from the mainland. The hurricane was about 200 miles east of Melbourne at 10:30 am and advancing northeast at 16 mph. Lake Okeechobee areas remained largely underwater from the prior hurricane, though rain eased.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Pompano
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Lake Okeechobee
Don’t Despair You May Get Ticket Yet
Students may claim reserved pasteboards at Gregory Gymnasium by 5 p.m. Thursday for the Oklahoma game in Dallas. Unclaimed tickets from the 50-yard line to the goal line will go on sale to the general public. Tel reservations are not accepted.
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Oklahoma
Dallas
Gregory Gymnasium
Orange Brothers Die In Car Truck Crash
Two Gregory brothers Albert 20 and Robert 24 died in a car truck collision seven miles east of Orange near the Louisiana line. Albert died instantly and Robert died en route to Orange hospital. Details were not immediately available. the truck carried a load of furniture.
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Orange
Oct
Here
Louisiana State Line
Albert Francis Gregory
Robert Lee Gregory
Quake Hits Meshed Killing Hundreds and Wrecking City
An earthquake struck Meshed in Iran killing about 200 people and injuring thousands. The tremor collapsed part of the Gowharshad Mosque and caused widespread damage across the walled city, near the mausoleum of the Imam Reza in Khorasan province.
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Tehran
Iran
Keihan
Gowharshad
Five Gates
Khorasan
Iman Riza
Mohammed
Ali
Judge sees no further action in Stevenson suit against Johnson
Abilene October 6 Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson said no further developments are expected in Coke Stevenson versus Lyndon Johnson in Davidson County court. He would convene a hearing if requested but did not expect reopening the vote fraud probe in Jim Wells Zapata and Duval counties after the Supreme Court stayed an injunction letting Johnson appear on the ballot. Johnson led Stevenson by 87 votes in the State Democratic Convention tally.
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Abilene
Federal
T. Whitfield Davidson
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Davidson
Johnson
US Senate
US Supreme Court
Tuday
Stevenson
Justice Black
Supreme Court
Black
High Court
Abilene Reporter
South
Texas
Jim Wells
Zapata
Duval
Texas Solons Visit German Air Base
Four Texas congressmen and one Alabama colleague arrived at Wiesbaden US Air Force headquarters on a study tour from Vienna. Representing Texas are Omar Burleson Wingate Lucas J Frank Wilson and Ed Gossett. Laurie C Battle represents Alabama.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Texas
Alabama
US_ Air Force headquarters base
Vienna
Europe
Omar Burleson
Wingate Lucas
J. Frank Wilson
Ed Gossett
Laurie C. Battle
Truman blasts GOP unity as sham in Philadelphia speech
President Truman accused Republicans of selling “sweet lullabies” and hiding their positions behind a unity theme. He urged Eastern-state voters to see through promises he called empty, while Dewey and Martin promote a united America ahead of new campaigning.
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Associated Press
Truman
Philadelphia
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
America
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Mexican youths charged in burglary at Gilbert Renteria store
Two Mexican youths told Gilbert Renteria his store had been robbed but Deputy Sheriff Amado R. Longoria found footprints at the scene matched the youths. A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old Santiago Corarez were jailed on burglary charges in Mission.
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Mission
Gilbert Renteria
Renteria
Amado R. Longoria
Santiago Corarez
OU Negro Pupil Ruling Clarified
Oklahoma City October 6 The attorney general says a Negro must be admitted to the University of Oklahoma or its graduate education classes. Regents may delay while the federal court clarifies its ruling. McLaurin, the former Negro professor, was denied admission due to segregation laws.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Attorney General
Mac Q. Williamson
Roy J. Turner
George L. Cross
University At
Norman
Williamson
University Board of Regents
G. W. McLaurin
McLaurin
Oklahoma
Langston University
Oklahoma Negro University
Farley Seeks Better US Spain Ties In Madrid Visit
James A. Farley former postmaster general and ex DNC chair urged Franco for amicable and satisfactory relations between the United States and Spain. He met the Spanish generalissimo for an hour and a half at El Pardo Palace to discuss bilateral ties.
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Madrid
James A. Farley
Generalissimo
Franco
Spain
United States
Farley
National Democratic Committee
el Pardo Palace
Door Prize Goes To Fire Chief At Huntington Dinner
A door prize at a fire prevention week dinner held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Huntington, West Virginia, awarded a fire extinguisher to Fire Chief Floyd Crouse, the holder of the lucky ticket.
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Huntington
W. Va
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Crouse
Soviet announce low level air drills near Berlin corridors
Soviet authorities said they would conduct ground to air drills at 2,500 feet in the Berlin air corridors north and west of the city. US Major General George P. Hays called it a heckling attack while British and French officials protested to the joint air safety center. Western governments approved Berlin's plan to hold municipal elections around November 14, while Moscow’s reply to the election question remained unresolved.
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Berlin
George P. Hays
Hays
Berlin-Hamburg
Frank Howley
West Powers push council to press Russia over Berlin blockade
Paris October 6 AP The United States and Britain urged the U N Security Council to lift the Soviet Berlin blockade. Dr Philip C Jessup charged Russia with political bribery of Germans and refused to discuss the case. Vishinsky sat silent during sessions, prompting charges he would veto any resolution. The council adjourned without a measure, with a next meeting likely Saturday.
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Paris
United States
Security Council
Berlin
Philip C. Jessup
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Russia
Vishinsky
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
B29 Research Plane Explodes Killing Nine Near Waycross
A B29 bomber conducting radar research exploded over Waycross Georgia killing nine people and sending four others parachuting to safety. Survivors include three military members and one civilian. an investigation is launched at Warner Robins Field.
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Waycross
Army Air Force
Air Force
Harold Daniels
Warner-Robins Test Base
Macon
South Georgia
Daniels
H. W. Moore
Pittsburgh
E. W. Murdee
Miami
Fla
W. J. Penny
Bayonne
N.J
E. H. Mechler
Brlton
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
H. A. Moody
Warner-Robins
Warner Robins Field
Boulder Hurls Train Off Tracks Killing Two Crewmen
A huge boulder on a Bellevue track toppled a Fort Pitt Express derailing two locomotives and deranging nine cars. Engineer J. G. Lightburn and Fireman R. G. Rombke of Crestline Ohio were killed. Injured included Helen R. Lamare of Phoenix and W. Shenk of Beaver. The crash damaged 200 feet of track.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bellevue
J. G. Lightburn
R. G. Rombke
Crestline
Ohio
Chicago
Helen R. Lamare
Phoenix
Ariz
Ee. W. Shenk
Beaver
Japanese Premier Hitoshi Ashida Resigns Amid Bribery Scandal
Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida and his eight-month-old cabinet resigned after the Showa Denko bribery case linked to former deputy premier Suehiro Nishio and Cabinet member Takeo Kurushu. The move followed pressure from leftist parties and a pivotal internal vote by the Social Democratic Party. Ashida, 60, had served since February 21, 1948 as Japan's fifth postwar premier.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Ashida
Suehiro Nishio
Douglas MacArthur
Nishio
Takeo Kurushu
Social Democratic Party
Eden Urges West To Unite for Peace
Eden calls Western democracies to unite quickly to keep the peace and create a wide stability area in Western Europe. He urges unity within the British Empire, with Western Europe, and across the Atlantic to forestall future conflicts.
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Newtown
Wales
Anthony Eden
Western
Europe
Eden
Western Europe
Atlantic
Negro Bellhop Survives Five Floor Elevator Fall
Eugene Carthern a 20 year old Negro bellhop remained conscious after falling five and a half floors down an elevator shaft in a Pawhuska Oklahoma hotel He unlocked the shaft door on the top floor and landed in the basement elevator cage sustaining a fractured right arm without loss of consciousness.
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Pawhuska
Okxla
Eugene Carthern
Carthern
Fire Department Demonstration Lets 500 Kids View Tower Blaze
Atlanta firefighters led about 500 school children through a Fire Prevention Week drill at a seven story training tower. Smoke from bombs filled the structure and sirens wailed as seven firefighters were overwhelmed by smoke and hospitalized.
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Atlanta
Seating Delays for Mrs. Long Under City Legal Action
Mrs Emma Jackson Long nominee for City Council will wait at least a week for seating as the City petitions the Supreme Court for a writ of error. The Third Court of Civil Appeals kept the election funds blocked and voided the ordinance calling the election. Assistant City Attorney Robert Burns seeks swift Supreme Court action with a hearing possibly next week and a ruling as early as Thursday morning.
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Emma Jackson Long
Supreme Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Robert Burns
Burns
Court of Civil Appeals
Night Fighter F82 Crashes at Hamilton Field Injures Pilot
A twin-Mustang F82, the Air Force's newest all-weather night fighter, crashed one mile east of Hamilton Field California on Wednesday, seriously injuring the pilot. Officers said the craft nosed down during a second approach at under 1000 feet, marking the first F82 crash at the base.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Air Force
Lewis Proposes Dues Hike To Boost Union Treasury
John L. Lewis urged a dues rise for 600,000 United Mine Workers from 1.50 to 4 monthly at the 40th annual convention in Cincinnati Ohio. He said higher dues plus a $50 initiation fee and a $1 monthly levy on those aided by the welfare and retirement fund would double current income and fund increased wages and benefits. The plan would allocate 2 to the international, 1 to locals and districts, with funds to grow the union's assets as reported by officials.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
International Union
The
International
International Treasury
Other International
Nazis' Sentences Under Review
An Army commission recommends commuting death sentences for a limited number of Dachau war crimes convicts. The clemency list, sent to General Lucius D. Clay, covers those among 139 stays granted last May, with no specifics given on which cases or whether Malmedy or Ilse Koch are included.
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Washington
Special Army
Army
Royall
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Dachau
Malmedy
Belgium
Special Commission
Pentagon
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Frau Koch
Clay
Senate
Miss Bentley Testifies Before Grand Jury on Reds
Elizabeth Bentley admitted being a Soviet espionage agent and testified before a federal grand jury probing subversive activities. Special Assistant Attorney General Thomas J. Donegan refused to discuss the testimony. Bentley had also appeared before the jury before its July act targeting top Communist Party leaders.
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New York
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Federal
Thomas J. Donegan
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United Press
Horida
Orange Brothers
Hran Shrine
Eglin Field
William Hollman
Daniels, Md
Coke
Judge
Solons
German Air Base
OU Negro
Security Council West
Andrei Vishinsky
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
West
Negro
Mrs. Long
Union Treasury
Miss Bentley
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