Charlie Ross Dies at Desk Truman's Press Secretary
Charlie G Ross, President Truman's official news secretary and longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch ace, died at his desk at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday from a heart attack aged 65. Ross collapsed during a press conference with reporters present after briefing Prime Minister Attlee.
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Autos Raise Prices as GM Ford Move to Hold Line
Detroit report shows General Motors and Ford raising prices by about five percent amid higher materials costs and labor fears. Chrysler had not yet announced price plans as auto makers face aluminum and copper cuts for defense, with potential layoffs looming. The CIO UAW criticized GM’s move as unjustified and unnecessary.
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Pilgrims to Mecca Reported III-Housed
Malayan Federal Councillor Tuan Sheik Ahamad returned from Mecca and criticized conditions for pilgrims. He said each pilgrim paid 56 dollars to the Saudi government and urged provision of sanitary comforts and medical services.
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Skating Season Opens as City Rinks Stay Open Despite Snow
Skating season begins with three city rinks open including East Side lake, North Main Street rink, and Community Park lagoon. crews clear snow to keep ice playable as heavy snowfall hits the area.
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Copenhagen Reinstalls Air Raid Sirens in 10 Days
Danish civil defense begins reinstalling Copenhagen air raid sirens. Within ten days the capital will have 200 sirens ready for use and additional towns will follow with similar installations.
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Young Farmer to Head Rice Bureau
Albert Quie, 25, a St. Olaf graduate from Wheeling township, was elected the youngest president in Rice County Farm Bureau history, succeeding A. O. Sunder of Faribault. Resolutions urged a county gopher bounty, a rural community chest, Nerstrand woods to become a state park, auto license renewal showing financial responsibility, and criticized attacks on cooperatives over alleged tax nonpayment.
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No Inquest Planned in Gawryluk Death Case
Coroner Harold Lunde said no inquest would be held into the death of Peter Gawryluk 25 a patient at the state hospital whose body was found last week in Grafton North Dakota.
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Man Wanders From Institution During Snowstorm
Lunde said a man who left the institution on November 8 during a heavy storm became lost under the snow. Local authorities conducted searches but details of the man's condition or recovery were not provided.
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