Prince Hohenlohe Attempts Suicide in New York Apartment
Prince Alexander Hohenlohe a Polish citizen by adoption from a once leading German noble family shot himself in his East 62nd Street apartment after telephoning his attorney Francis Garvan and detailing the plan. Garvan and a police officer rushed with a doctor to find him wounded. a note was found but its contents withheld. The prince long been estranged from his wife Boyce Schulze and had two small children.
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New York
Prince Alexander Hohenlohe
Hohenlohe
Boyce Thompson Schulze
Anthony Drexel Biddle, Jr
Poland
Francis P. Garvan
Garvan
Hohenhohe
Hohenhole
East 62Nd Street
Prince
Carvan
Fifth Avenue
Lafred Hohenlohe
Biddle
Paris
Washington
White Plains
N. Y
Franconia
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Germany
Rhine
France
Gambling Dictator Invasion Feared in Orlando Riot
William H. Albright, mayoral candidate and weekly publisher, charged that Frank Costello is attempting to control illegal gambling in Orlando. He said three factions fight for the Bolita monopoly and that 300 slot machines have been shipped into the city, describing Costello as America’s gambling dictator reaching from Chicago to Orlando.
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Orlando
Fla
William H. Albright
Frank Costello
America
Albright
Underworld
Chicago
City Beautiful
Legion Leaders Back Protest Of Gl Training Cut
The Texas American Legion executive committee endorsed Commander Joe Spurlock’s protest of a Veterans Administration ruling that limits the veterans school training program. The group also condemned the firing of disabled veterans from the Red River Ordnance Plant in East Texas and proposed a tentative $132,000 budget for the next year. It supported the Gladewater plan urging broad community participation in an Americanism program to be used by posts on December 7.
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American Legion Executive Committee
Texas
Joe Spurlock
Veterans Administration
Red River
Vincent Farrell
Linden
John Ben Sheppard
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Derailed Texas and Pacific Freight Jams Midland Trains
A derailment of 12 Texas and Pacific freight cars east of Midland halted mainline traffic for about 14 hours. Pipe and lumber spilled across the right of way as the long diesel train shed cars mid train. the engine reached Midland station unaware some cars were missing. Wrecking crews from Big Spring and Toyah cleared the track by 2:30 p.m.
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Midland
Texas and Pacific
Big Spring
Toyah
Headon Car Wreck Near Princeton Claims Three
A headon collision 12 miles south of Princeton on US 41 Friday night killed three people. Jonathan C. Duncan 31 of Inglewood California died en route to Gibson County Hospital. James W. Harris 54 of Rockport Indiana and his wife 45 also died after admission. No survivors. Police identified them from papers found on the victims and suspected Duncan was returning from Chicago.
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Princeton
Ind
Jonathan C. Duncan
Inglewood
Calif
Gibson County Hospital
James W. Harris
Rockport
Duncan
Chicago
Zinc Plant Strike Goes Into Effect in Palmerton
The United Steelworkers Union votes 287 to 242 to strike New Jersey Zinc Company of Pennsylvania at its Palmerton plant 20 miles west of Allentown. The 2,200 workers will walk out as the current contract expires tonight after rejecting a six day extension proposal. A maintenance schedule will keep furnaces running during the strike.
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Palmerton
United Steelworkers Union
New Jersey Zinc Company of Pennsylvania
Allentown
Rajk Trial Marks Czech Warning Against Titoism
Prague reports the Czechoslovak Communist Party warns Poland Bulgaria and Romania and own members to liquidate Titoist plots following Hungary's treason trial of Laszlo Rajk and seven others. The defendants allegedly plotted with American help to make Hungary a vassal of Yugoslavia.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Tito
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Eleven-Year-Old Victor Cattan Walks at Birthday Party
Victor Cattan aged 11 celebrated at Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Philadelphia by taking his first steps with crutches removed. The Panama native, crippled since birth, walked a few steps as doctors plan one or two more operations to restore full leg use. The event drew 300 Shriners from Washington and a $25,000 check from Renah G. Camalier, with Kendrick noting $3,000,000 in endowments to expand beds to 125.
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Philadelphia
Victor Cattan
Shriners Hospital
Victor
Panama
Washington
Renah G. Camalier
Imperial Potentate of
W. Freeland Kendrick
Kendrick
Vatican reports 35 clergymen held in Prague area
Vatican radio in a Czech broadcast said 35 leading clergymen were arrested in the Prague area over the last six days. Names include Father Frantisek Beselny, Father Vilel Vondra, and Msgr. Jan Doscocil. No direct charges were listed.
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Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Frantisek Beselny
Domineans
Vilel Vondra
St. Henry Church
Msgr
Jan Doscocil
Hrasel Kralov
Young Democrats Plan National Convention
Kansas City reports preliminary preparations by the Young Democrats of America for a Chattanooga Tennessee convention set for November 17 16 and 19 Roy G Barker of Sherman Texas president notes top administration figures will be on the program and about 5000 delegates and visitors expected.
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Kansas City
The
Young Democrats of America
Organ
Chattanooga
Tenn
Roy G. Barker
Sherman
Texas
Daughters of German Nobles To Study in US
A Bavarian princess and Baroness Ingabord von Richt hofen arrived in New York with 704 other passengers on the Henry Gibbins to pursue studies in the United States. Eleonore von Bayern will do postgraduate work at Catholic University in Washington while Richt hofen will study political science at Harvard University for a year. The two are relatives of Germany’s WWI leaders, with ties to King Ludwig III and the ace Manfred von Richthofen.
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New York
Bavaria
Germany
Henry Gibbins
Eleonore von Bayern
Ludwig 3Rd
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Ingabord von Richthofen
Harvard University
Manfred von Richthofen
Tokyo Rose Treason Trial Jury To Start Deliberations
Mrs Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose faces a federal jury in San Francisco after a 55 day treason trial. The jury will decide among eight counts with possible outcomes from acquittal to a maximum death penalty on a single count.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Michael J. Roche
Prosention
Frank J. Hennessy
George Oldhausen
Reds Claim Ninghsia Surrender Expands Communist China
The New China Agency reported Ninghsia Province near the Gobi desert surrendered to the Communists, extending control from north of Canton to the Soviet border. Moslem General Ma Hung Kwei troops signalled surrender as Red columns moved in mid September. A formal surrender is said to be signed next Saturday. Nationalists claimed a decisive victory at Amoy with reduced Red landing activity noted at the Formosan Strait.
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Ninghsia
Gobi Desert
China
Canton
Sinkiang
Communist New China Agency
Shanghai
Ma Hung-Kwei
Er Masse
Suiyuan
Outer Mongolian
Kansu
Central Asia
Amoy
Southeast China
Formosan Strait
Weissman booked for assault with deadly weapon
Joseph Weissman, 39, was booked Sunday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon after his wife Goldie, 40, told police he struck her with a prayer book in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Weissman
Goldie
Decrease Shown In Building Cost
New York report shows a house that cost 12 420 to build last September can now be built for 11 280 almost anywhere. Dow Service Daily Building Reports notes 855 of 1 140 savings occurred between September and March with 285 from March to now. Building costs in 132 cities survey indicate prewar comparison and postwar inflation.
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New York
Myron L. Matthews
Dow Service Daily
Dow
Grand Prairie Bids For Soaring Contest
Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce officials launched a bid to host the next national soaring association meet in North Texas. President Sam A. McIlhenny said the city must raise at least $2,000 with matched contributions from Dallas and Fort Worth. The Oct. 1 deadline looms for the bid.
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Grand Prairie
Chamber of Commerce
National Soaring Association
North Texas
Sam A. McIlhenny
Chamber
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Four Die In San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Crash
A Sunday morning two car collision on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge killed four motorists and severely injured one woman who may die. Victims were Janet E. Delaney and Alice McKnight of San Francisco, Laverne D. Powers and Howard M. Jensen of Oakland, and William Green of Berkeley. Police said one car crossed into the opposite lane near the San Francisco end around 6 15 am and one vehicle went out of control.
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San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Janet E. Delaney
Laverne D. Powers
Howard M. Jensen
Oakland
William Green
Berkeley
Alice McKnight
Mission Emergency Hospital
D. J. O'Connell
California Highway Patrol
O'Connell
Philippine Supreme Court Ends Export Bars Today
Manila dispatch reports the Philippine Supreme Court ruled President Quirino's export restrictions unconstitutional and lifted a broad ban on exports including US Army surplus equipment firearms rice and burlap bags. Lumber copra sugar and hemp remain unrestricted. The ruling ends the export controls.
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Manila
Philippine Supreme Court
Elpidio Quirino
What's Wrong With American Women
A condensation from Esquire reports a Reader's Digest discussion by Le and Stone and other psychologists noting perceived faults among American women. The piece cites claims of spoiled attitudes and diminished interest in men, while acknowledging women as highly idolized yet causing national irritation and frustration.
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Jenty
Reader’s Digest
Leand Stone
America
Esquire
Reader's Digest Condensed Guide to Health and Humor
Digest excerpt covers daily bowel habits and poisons, roughage and oils, enemas, plus safe internal care. It previews Dr. Glaske’s cautions on drugging the body and maintaining function. It notes an 80 page condensation from a best seller Father of the Bride and a humorous study of paternity by Ed Streeter with illustrations by Gluyas Williams.
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W. H. Glaske
Ed Streeter
Dere Mable
Gluyas Williams
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