Indians Tie World Series as Lemon Shuts Down Braves
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Braves 4 to 1 in Boston to even the World Series at a game apiece. Bob Lemon tossed a strong win with support from solid defense while Warren Spahn was lifted after four and a third innings. Key plays included Joe Gordon and Dale Mitchell scoring on timely hits and an unearned Braves run due to a Gordon error.
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Gayle Jalbot
Braves
Boston
Cleveland Indians
Bob Lemon
Boston Braves
Johnny Sain
Warren Spahn
Lemon
Chucker
Tribe
Oe Gordon
Bobby Felher
Spahn
Charlie
Red) Barrett
Nelson Potter
Cleveland
Lou Boudreau
Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Gordon
Dale Mitchell
Barrett
Potter
Indians
Jim Hegan
Alvin Dark
Bob Kennedy
Mediation collapse pushes rail wage dispute toward Truman
The railway wage dispute involving 1,000,000 non operating workers returns to President Truman after the National Mediation Board failed to win arbitration. An emergency fact finding panel may be named, with strikes possible eight days after its report if rejected.
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Chicago
Truman
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Emergency Board
US Supreme Court
Opera
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Warrant sought for former UAW Local 400 official in Reuther shooting
Pontiac officers and Wayne County prosecutor plan to charge Carl Bolton 38 a former vice president of AUW CIO Local 400 at Ford Highland Park with assault with attempt to kill Walter P Reuther. Two unnamed John Does to be included. Public officials credit state police with progress in the Reuther case and note rewards totaling 117800.
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Pontiac
Mich
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Carl Bolton
Auw-Cio
Highland Park
Ford Motor Company
Bolton
Reuther
James N. McNally
Wayne County
Detroit
Recorder's Court
Joseph Louisell
John
McNally
Michigan
Joseph Sheridan
James van Landegend
Wayne Couny
Oakland County
Harry S. Toy
Violent Quake Hits Ashxabad in Turkmen Republic
A severe earthquake struck Ashxabad the Turkmen capital at 2 17 p m causing heavy loss of life and widespread destruction Tass the official news agency said the Soviet government is rushing aid to the disaster area The Ashkahbad quake was the worst of 25 quakes recorded in the past fifty years and Turkmen SSR lies north of Afghanistan and east of Iran by the Caspian Sea
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Moscow
Ashxabad
Tass
Ashkahbad
Turkmen Ssr
Afghanistan
Iran
Caspian Sea
Ussr
Court of Appeals ends Stevenson injunction in Texas race
The Fifth Circuit upheld dismissal of an injunction blocking Lyndon B. Johnson's Texas Senate ballot entry after Justice Black's ruling, finalizing a long primary battle. Johnson praised party unity while Stevenson argued over alleged fraud in Duval Jim Wells and Zapata counties.
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Atlanta
Lyndon Johnson
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Johnson
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Federal District Court
T. Whitfield Davidson
Stevenson
Davidson
United States
Duval
Jim Wells
Zapata
Justice Black
Circuit Court
Austin
United Press
W. Lee O’daniel
Wallace backers told accept Reds or leave party
Herman Wright state Progressive Party chairman warned Travis County Wallace supporters they must accept Communists in the county party or exit. He urged a truce until after Progressive vice presidential candidate Glen Taylor speaks Oct 24 and Austin groups set up a temporary executive committee. Wright flew in to help settle intra party divisions.
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Virginia Forbes
Austin American
Herman Wright
Progressive Party
Travis County
Wallaciies
Houston
Austin
Glen ‘Taylor
Young Progressive State Exection Committee
Progressive Party splits over anti Communist resolution
At a Thursday meeting in Travis County Wright urged a new resolution backing the party’s Communist stand, sparking a split as 50 members passed it. Mrs Mody Boatright withdrew from the Travis County group, reaffirming support for Wallace indicating a broader party rift. Wright warned members they must accept national policy or resign.
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Progressive Party
Travis County
Wright
Mody Boatright
Wallace
Com
Manuel
Freak Accident Leaves Sergeant Critical After Ladder Strike
Master Sergeant Paul Mayer retired was in critical condition at Brooke General Hospital after a freak accident in which a ladder dropped from a passing truck and drove through his head. Police Officer C R Gould said Mayer stood at Natalea Street and New Braunfels Avenue when the ladder struck.
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San Antonio
Paul Mayer
Brooke General Hospital
C. R. Gould
Mayer
Natalea Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Pork Recovers As Beef Drops
CHICAGO Oct 7 Hogs and cattle moved in opposite directions. Pork prices recovered another 1.00 to 1.25 a hundred pounds while cattle were steady to 1.00 lower. Wholesale and retail meat costs for the weekend reflected recent weakness in livestock with declines of 2 to 20 cents a pound in many chain stores. Prices for hogs topped 26.00 a hundred pounds and beef steers ranged 28.00 to 37.50 with many good and choice cattle around 40.00 for tops.
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Chicago
New York
Eugene Schulz
Labor Department
Storm Storms Bermuda Resort Island In Darkness
A hurricane struck Bermuda on Thursday night with winds around 110 mph, plunging the resort island into total darkness for about 45 minutes. Power lines blew down and roofs suffered slate damage while damage estimates are unavailable due to the blackout.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Havana
Florida
Ambulance Drivers Deliver Set of Twins in Baltimore
Ambulance drivers Edward Kestler and Franklin Koontz delivered twins in their vehicle while they were en route with Mrs. Lizzy Anthony. The first child was a girl followed by a boy before doctors and nurses arrived at the hospital.
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Baltimore
Edward Kestler
Franklin Koontz
Lizzy Anthony
Koontz
Kestler
Berlin Blockade Pressure and Soviet Air Activity Reported
Berlin reports say Soviet air maneuvers increased in the Berlin corridor and a Soviet bomber dropped explosives near Berlin. British RAF carried out large exercises near Heligoland, while U S officers protest Soviet tactics as harassing the airlift. Berliners may get higher food rations this winter.
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Berlin
British
Royal Airforce
England
North Sea
Heligoland
RAF
Hitler
United States
Lucius D. Clay
US To Debunk Red A-Proposal Debacle Shift
Secretary of State Marshall orders an international campaign to debunk Russia’s latest atomic energy control proposal submitted to the UN in Paris. Undersecretary Lovett said Marshall acted after French radio coverage suggested a Western concession, insisting the core issues remain international inspection and veto elimination.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Robert A. Lovett
Paris
Lovett
State Department
Voice of America
Warren R. Austin
Gotham Firm Lowest Bidder On City Bonds
A syndicate led by National City Bank of New York bought 1 183 000 in Austin general obligation bonds at 2.3537 percent net interest and paid 236.60 premium for the 25 year issue. Emerson Roche and Co and Merrill Lynch's Austin office shared in the sale. W Douglas Cooper Jr. was the local manager for Merrill Lynch. The New York group defeated 17 bidders.
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National City Bank of New York
City of Austin
Austin
Emerson, Roche and Company
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
W. Douglas Cooper Jr
Texas Representative In Grave Condition
Washington reports Representative West of Texas in grave condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. His son Milton West Jr., a Houston attorney, has traveled to be with him as the congressman has suffered months of throat ailment.
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Washington
Representative West
Texas
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Milton West Jr
Houston
Small States Move to End Berlin Blockade at UN
Paris reports say small non Soviet UN Security Council members plan to introduce a resolution demanding Russia lift the Berlin blockade and convene a four power foreign ministers’ meeting on the German question. Vishinsky accuses West of blocking disarmament while Western powers push atomic energy talks and arms reductions.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Vishinsky
Security Council
Soviets
Job hunt uncovers shortage of showgirls in Dallas
Dallas employment officials sought 30 showgirls aged 21 to 30 for a State Fair water show at the Texas Employment Commission office. Ten needed as lifeguards. TEC admitted no showgirl applicants in its files and had never supplied this talent before.
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Dallas
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Diplomat warns war unlikely but possible with Russia
A top State Department official said the United States seeks peace but war with Russia may be unavoidable. Assistant Secretary Charles E. Saltzman spoke at the University of New Hampshire and stressed peace is possible only if the US preserves security and freedom at all costs. He accused Soviet rulers of threatening global peace and called the Soviet Union uncooperative in maintaining order.
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Durham
N. H
State Department
United States
Russia
Charles E. Saltzman
University of New Hampshire
Saltzman
Washington
Michael McDermott
Truman frames 1948 choice as big business Republicans vs little fellow Democrats
President Truman, at a Jersey City rally, cast the 1948 race as a contrast between Republicans and big business versus Democrats and the little fellow. He urged voters to reject GOP aims and warned against siding with government and labor disputes, while Dewey allies planned a Pittsburgh speech on labor relations.
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Truman
Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Reservoir plans eyed for four West Texas cities
Midland officials report definite proposals for a large upper Colorado River reservoir to serve Midland Odessa Colorado City and Big Spring. An Oct 14 meeting at Big Spring will hear reports from engineers aided by USGS Texas Board of Water Engineers and Freese and Nichols. A new upstream site near Scurry and Borden counties is under study with a possible 125 mile water pipeline to Odessa and the T and P Railway.
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Midland
Colorado River
Colorado City
West Texas
Big Spring
M. C. Ulmer
Colorado River Municipal Water Association
Odessa
Ulmer
US Geologic Survey
Texas State Board of Water Engineers
Freese and Nichols
Fort Worth
Colorado
Scurry
Borden
Ickes Questions Dewey on Conservation Stand
Harold L. Ickes in a telegram made public asks Governor Thomas E. Dewey where he stands on conservation of natural resources and offshore lands ownership. Ickes notes Dewey sponsored many Republicans of the 80th Congress whose main interest appears to be exploiting remaining national lands.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
80Th Congress
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Neue Volkszeitung
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Kurt Fischer
Interior Ministry
Neues Deutschland
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Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
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Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
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