Admiral Denfeld Offered Eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean Post
Secretary Matthews offered Admiral Louis Denfeld a top post as commander of eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean naval forces after Denfeld’s ouster as chief of naval operations. Sherman was named the new CNO and must decide on Denfeld’s future. discussion swirled of further removals as the Navy sought harmony amid recent public frictions.
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Washington
Matthews
Louis Denfeld
Denfeld
Navy
Pentagon
Denteld
Sherman
Richard L. Connolly
London
Connolly
Uvenfeld
Truman
U. S
Mediterranean
Nouse Armed Services Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Six Die In Cincinnati Apartment Fire Tragedy
A three story Cincinnati apartment blaze killed six people, injured eight, and left five residents unharmed. Victims included Alma Orme and her son James Alexander, plus Goldie Taylor who died after leaping from a window. Fire Marshal estimates damage at two thousand dollars and notes a possible smoking in bed cause. Two men rescued from the fire were later detained in a narcotics probe.
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Cincinnati
Alma Alexander Orme
Lawton
Okla
May Malone
Goldie Taylor
Coy Shelton
Athens
Tenn
William Hartman
George Smith
Smith
Huntington
W. Va
Roy Anderson
Earl Rittenhouse
Bernard Kaelin
General Hospital
U S Accuses Chinese Reds of Hiding Facts
The State Department accuses Chinese Communist authorities of concealing the truth about the arrest of American Consul General Angus Ward at Mukden ten days earlier. Ward and four staffers were reported imprisoned with limited consular access while receiving supplies in response to requests through Vice Consul Stikes.
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Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
William N. Stikes
Fugitives Prefer Pen To Work In Road Camps
Charleston West Virginia dispatch reports two convicts who escaped from a road camp chose life in the state penitentiary over camp labor. Harold Orville Scott 30 and Ernest Stevens 25 were captured near Charleston after leaving Kyger Roane county October 27. Scott held two to 10 years for auto theft Stevens one to 10 for breaking and entering. They did not resist arrest and were found at Stevens mother in laws home. The deputy sheriff said road camps are too tough and the men wanted to return inside.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. V. Whitlock
Harold Orville Scott
Ernest Stevens
Scott
Stevens
Kyger
Roane
Polio Rate Declines Across America in Week
The Public Health Service reports 1 071 new polio cases in the week ended Oct 29, down from 1 148 the prior week. Year to date totals 36 148 cases, versus 23 148 at the same point in 1948.
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Washington
Public Health Service
CIO Expels Two Left Wing Unions At Convention
At Cleveland the CIO ousted the United Electrical Workers and the farm equipment workers for allegedly sabotaging policies. The executive board was ordered to expel up to nine or ten more left wing affiliates and a new right wing group was chartered to absorb UE members. James B. Carey to lead the new affiliate as CIO seeks to consolidate control.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Communist Party
United Auto Workers
Electrical Workers Union
Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Philadelphia
Broadwood Hotel
James B. Carey
Robber Finds Things A Bit Too Complicated
A dress shop holdup in New York yields $21. The thief was thwarted as a woman hid her diamond and sapphire ring in a flower pot another misplaced a ring a wristwatch and $4 in her brassiere and a third woman screamed forcing the robber to flee.
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New York
Princess Margaret Smokes in Public At Charity Ball
London reports Princess Margaret, 19, was seen smoking at a Halowe'en charity ball, shocking diners but drawing mixed royal reactions. The press officer cited private occasional smoking by Margaret and noted Queen Elizabeth and King George rarely smoke while Elizabeth remains the heir.
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London
Margaret
George
Vitan Ria Athan Mambhar
Sharman Douglas
United States
Marquis of Blanaford
Duke of Marlborough
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Concord State college wins bid for science building
The West Virginia board of education let a contract to the B F Parrott company of Roanoke Virginia for 313922 to build a science building at Concord State college in Athens. Work will start soon after signing. The board approved plans for three other college buildings and cost estimates for a new state camp site were discussed. Two new vocational education supervisors were named and a standards revision for teaching home bound crippled children was ordered. The two day meeting included a policy discussion with college presidents and adjourned to December.
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Concord State College
Athens
West Virginia Board of Education
Associated Press
B. F. Parrott Company
Roanoke
Pia
H. K. Baer
Farmers and Future Homemakers of America
David Jf’. Groves
Huntington East High School
Robert McDowell
Groves
West Virginia
Loen
Thomas N. Smith
Harry Q. Packer
University of Pittsburgh
Shaaron
Greensburg
Michigan College of Miming and Technology
Buchanan Miner Held In Shooting
Grundy Virginia November 2 A coal miner Gennice Rice of Harman was jailed in Buchanan county on a felonious wounding charge after shooting John J Stacy who he thought was stealing his chickens Stacy was hospitalized with 28 shotgun pellets in his back Rice said he pursued a person leaving Stacy’s house after hearing noises at a chicken house and fired three times.
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Grundy
J. E. Dixon
Gennice Rice
Harman
Buchanan County
John J. Stacy
Dixon
Rice
Stacy
Massive drug raid nets $1 million haul in Queens
New York police and federal agents seized an estimated $1,000,000 worth of drugs from a Queens home. Arrested was truck driver Peter J. Locascio, 33, described as the country’s biggest narcotics distributor. The nine month investigation led to charges of illegal possession of drugs.
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New York
Queens
Peter J. Locascio
Emanuel Shine
Shine
Underworld
Locascio
Solons Seek Inquiry Into Deadly Air Crash
Navy divers recovered the forepart of the DC 4 from muddy Potomac waters after a collision with a Bolivian P 38. 53 people died making it the worst air disaster. Congress pressed for policy review on military and civilian airspace use and safety investigations continue.
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Washington
Navy
Potomac River
Bridge Five Nights a Week Cited as Divorce Grounds
Circuit Judge John A. Matthewman ruled that a husband who played bridge five nights weekly could be granted a divorce. Laura McConnell testified Walter G. McConnell of New York talked only of bridge when not playing, and the court found cruel treatment as the basis for divorce.
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Honolulu
John A. Matthewman
Laura McConnel
Walter G. McConnell
New York
Buchanan Blast Injures Three
Three men were seriously burned when a truck carrying powder and fuse to a coal mine exploded near Council Virginia in Buchanan County. Injured are Donald L Keene 26 Gaines Lester 1Y and Raymond Stoneman 36. They were hospitalized in Richlands and Clinch Valley Clinic with second degree burns and serious conditions. State police are continuing a preliminary investigation and see no foul play.
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Buchanan County
Council
Donald L Keene
Gaines Lester
Don
Raymond Stoneman
Woodlawn
Carroll County
Richlands
Stoneman
Mattie Williams Hospital
Clinch Valley Clinic
Lester
Keene
400 Flee Every Week From Russian Zone
Berlin reports an average of 400 refugees arrive weekly in western sectors fleeing oppression in eastern Europe. U.S. Setega authorities disclosed today.
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Berlin
Europe
U. S
Setega
State Seizure Advances as Indiana Mine Reopens
Washington reports a government seizure of a Buchanan county strip mine near Grundy after a 45 day coal strike. The state aims to supply 2,000 tons daily via the tipple with 40 workers present and 4 power shovels operating, while Indiana officials plan a formal agreement and wage payments by state checks.
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Virginia
State Emergency Fuel Commission
Tuck
Universal Construction Corporation
United Mine Workers
Adjutant General's Office
Keene Mountain
Buchanan County
Grundy
Sheppard Crump
Richmond
Fuel Commission
Ralph E Mills
Commission
Mills
Buchanan
Opes Angry When Owens Stays Away
Utility AP report on soft coal talks collapsing after Bluefield conference ends with 378000 miners at stake. Southern Producers Association say union ultimatum blocks talks as UMW chief John L Lewis ponders separate state deals. Moody signals no progress and a return to talks only if union negotiates seriously on wage and welfare terms.
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Indiana
Henry Schricker
Lewis
White House
Truman
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
John Owens
Illinois
Chicago
United Mine Workers
Northern and Western
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Producers Association
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
UMW
John L. Lewis
Henry F. Schricker
UMW Policy Committee
Moody
SCPA
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
Welfare and Pension Fund
Deputy McGlothlin Improves After Wounding Suspects
Deputy Sheriff Ed McGlothlin, critically wounded last Saturday in Boissevain while questioning two men, was reported progressing fairly well at Bluefield Sanitarium. He had shot and killed Rosco Jones and wounded Monty Jones while pinned on the railroad tracks.
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Ed. McGlothlin
Boissevain
Bluefield Sanitarium
McGlothlin
Rosco Jones
Monty Jones
Conspiracy Afoot To Brighten Up Masculine Wardrobe
Paris designer Elsa Schiaparelli and New York’s Hattie Carnegie urged men to dress brighter. Models at Hotel Pierre showcased sheer dotted shirts, cartwheel hats, and nylon blends for resort wear and street fashion next summer.
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New York
Elsa Schiaparelli
Paris
Hattie Carnegie
Mme. Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli
Pierre
Cotillion
Palm Beach
Nassau
Montigo Bay
Tito cautions Little Albania Belgrade Yugoslavia
In a note near ultimatum level, Yugoslavia sternly cautioned Albania to live up to its treaty obligations. It demanded a reply at once and listed alleged border provocations frontier shootings persecution of Yugoslav citizens and Albanian espionage. It noted Albania alone of Russia's satellites has not denounced the Yugoslav pact.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Marshal Tito
Russia
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Terre Haute
Divide and
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