Trains Collision Kills Dozens On Long Island
A crowded Long Island commuter train rammed the rear of another in Queens on Thanksgiving Eve. Authorities estimate 25 to 50 dead, with about 50 injured as rescuers rush victims to six hospitals. Police and fire crews describe a bloody scene east of Times Square near Kew Gardens.
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U S Thankful Amid World Turmoil And War Football Draws Crowds
Americans pause for Thanksgiving amid global conflict as President Truman urges prayers for peace. Troops abroad and at front lines will be served festive meals while civilians travel home for turkey dinners. A cold front brings wintry weather to much of the country.
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Thanksgiving Day Observances Across Bluefield Area
In Bluefield the Thanksgiving holiday will be marked by union and individual services in over a score of local and Virginia Side churches. Banks post offices city offices and many retail and wholesale businesses will observe the day as a legal holiday and close. Public school students began a four day Thanksgiving break as did Concord College and Bluefield State College. Bluefield College students have today as a holiday. Weather forecasts show cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon or evening, highs in the lower fifties and a turning colder tonight or Friday.
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Jury Convicts Pair In Gold Spy Case
A federal court jury found Abraham Brothman and Miriam Moskowitz guilty of conspiring to obstruct justice in a grand jury probe related to atom spy Harry Gold. They faced potential penalties of up to seven years and a $15,000 fine for Brothman and two years plus $10,000 for Moskowitz.
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Northwest Airlines to Resume Martin 202 Flights
Northwest Airlines plans a staged return of its 21 Martin 202 aircraft starting from Minneapolis heading to Seattle after a fleet inspection found no structural defects. The fleet was grounded November 12 for a company ordered check following three crashes, including a fatal November 7 Montana crash killing 22.
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Florida Confederate Veteran Dies At 102
Robert K. Boyt a 102 year old Confederate army veteran died peacefully at his St Augustine home today He would have turned 103 on January 27 authorities said Florida obituary note highlighted his long service and age
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Two Puerto Rican Nationalists Nabbed in Plot to Kill Truman
Julio Pinto Gandia and Juan Bernardo Lebron, New York leaders of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party, were arrested amid evidence of an organized plot to assassinate President Truman on November 1. Wives of the two would be assassins remain in custody. Gandia and Lebron face $50,000 bonds with a December 6 hearing. The party, based in the Bronx, has about 100 members in New York.
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Bomb Kills Green Dragon Narcotics Agent in Auto near Fort Worth
A car bomb killed Nelson Harris a Green Dragon narcotics member and fatally injured his wife and unborn child in Fort Worth Texas. A second wired car with explosives was found nearby and detonated by Air Force experts. Harris, 41, was among 21 convicted in 1940 for the Green Dragon ring operating from New York Chicago and the Southwest.
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Duchess Of Windsor Here Without Duke In New York
The Duchess of Windsor arrives from France aboard the Queen Elizabeth and plans a four month stay in New York with Christmas to be spent there. She says the Duke will join her around November 30 or December 9, detained in Paris for business. She will visit her aunt in Washington during the interim.
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Prenter Man Killed In Mine Accident
Prenter West Virginia Gilbert Marlin Griffith 31 of Prenter died at work in the Red Parrot Coal company No 5 mine after being caught in a timbering machine yesterday officials said
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Copper Shortage Hits Mingo Mines
Williamson Daily News reports copper shortages plaguing Mingo County mines as copper shipments to Communist China surface in Washington. Suppliers and repair shops see little copper flowing, risking coal production, with delays possible into 1951. Senate hearings on copper shipments are paused for now.
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Senate denounces steel shipments to Red China
Washington reports Senate investigating committee head O Conor denounces steel shipments from Britain France and Belgium trans shipped to Communist China since the Korean War. Commerce proposes extending export controls to all cargoes en route to Red China or Soviet bloc nations with officials saying some materials remain of dubious strategic value.
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Stranger In Bathtub Blames It On Drink
Elizabeth New Jersey November 22 194? A frantic call reports a strange man in a bathtub. Walter Sweeney 44 homeless is found singing in the tub and jailed for dis orderly conduct after claiming heavy drinking.
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21 Believed Dead In Crash Of Big Plane
Moran Wyoming reports a chartered DC-3 with New Tribes Mission members is missing after a crash into Mount Moran. Eleven men women and children were aboard plus eight children and four women. ground teams seek the wreckage. A nearby B 36 bomber crash near Fort Worth adds to a day of fatal air disasters.
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Flynn Skips Rape Count Hearing Aboard Yacht
Errol Flynn avoided a Monte Carlo examining magistrate hearing tied to a rape accusation from a girl identified as Danielle D. She claimed the assault occurred on Flynn’s yacht last year when she was 16. Flynn showed up on his yacht at Cannes then moved toward Villefranche as the magistrate weighed next steps.
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Higher Rate Offered On Treasury Notes
The treasury offered five year notes at one and three fourths percent in exchange for securities due December 15 and January 1 totaling 8.0081 billion dollars. The rate is a quarter percent higher than the last five year issue from March 15, 1950 signaling an uptrend in rates. The treasury and the federal reserve board were reported to have reached agreement on the new offering after prior policy disagreements.
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Government To Drop Egg Price Supports
The agriculture department announced that its producer price support program for eggs will be discontinued in December. The move ends the government backing on egg prices as part of the price support program.
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Nationalist China's U N appeal blocked by major powers
At Lake Success on November 22 strong opposition from Britain France and Russia doomed Nationalist China's bid for a U N committee to probe alleged Soviet aid to Chinese Communists The United States urged further study while Australia Canada and other bloc members sided with the big powers in the debate and Syria proposed sending the issue back to the General Assembly for more study John Foster Dulles warned of a black day for the U N if the matter was dropped Kenneth Younger and Jacob Malik called for dismissing or continuing the inquiry respectively
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UN marks gains on icy Korean front though heavy fighting continues
Allied forces push four to five miles on the northeast front near Chongjin and Hapsu as ROK divisions advance with U S support. U S bombers hit Chongjin and Yalu bridges while patrols clash with Reds near Hyesanjin and Yudam. Chinese and Korean Communist defenders total about 100000, with a line five to six miles north of Tokchon.
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Four H Council Head Attends National Parley in Chicago
Clintwood Virginia November 22 Special Darrel R Large president of the Dickenson county 4 H council travels to Chicago for the national 4 H club congress. He earned the trip for outstanding 4 H club work in safety with help from the Yates 4 H club and local groups. All expenses are paid by General Motors.
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Stassen Plans Round World Tour As Private Citizen
Harold E. Stassen the Republican leader and presidential hopeful will embark on a five week round the world trip as a private citizen. An aide said he will travel with the University of Pennsylvania president and start from New York or Philadelphia around December 2 with Tokyo as the first stop. He is to return from London January 9.
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Radio Licenser Penalized for Missing Radio License
J W Perkins hardware merchant who issues radio licenses for the Canadian government was fined five dollars today for not having a radio license. The incident occurred in Toronto Ontario on November 22.
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Marines End Homecoming Rule For Twice Wounded
With the U S First Marine Division in Korea on November 22 a directive states any Marine wounded twice in World War II or Korea will be sent home after at least 24 hours in hospital Those with two purple hearts will not be sent to Korea Lt James K Mariadas a Newport News Virginia native and Pitt football alumnus vows to stay with the Leathernecks despite policy shows he has fought at Saipan Tinian Iwo Jima and flown 80 missions in Korea.
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Canadian Train Toll Reaches Twenty Dead and Sixty-One Injured
Edmonton Alta Nov 22 The head on crash between a troop train and a passenger train in the Rockies raises toll to 20 dead or missing and at least 61 injured with 22 in serious condition. Fourteen soldiers confirmed dead and two more listed as missing with a dead. A flaw in train order delivery blamed for the crash on a snow covered mountainside 1312 miles west of Edmonton amid subzero weather.
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