Hungarians Admit Fraud In Elections
Budapest reports show the government acknowledged abuses in Sunday parliamentary elections but stated they were few and did not affect the result. Communists won about 20 percent of the votes. coalition allies claimed 63 percent for the four parties.
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Budapest
Ivan Boldiszar
Ministry of Information
Interior
Foreign Ministry
Information Ministry
Social Democrats
National Peasants
Moscow Radio
Peoples Democratic Party
Istvan Barbankovics
Hungarian Independence Party
Independent
Hungarian Democratic Party
Hungarian Radical Party
Citizens’ Democratic Party
The
Christian Wom
Film Cameraman Heroic Rescue Ends in Tragic Loss in Miami
Alfred Waldron, a Movietone news photographer, faced a deadly boat explosion while on a fishing trip with his two sons. He saved his seven year old Alfred Jr. before plunging into Biscayne Bay to rescue Richard, who died despite effort. Richard’s body was recovered and the other survivors were treated at University Hospital.
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Miami
Fla
Alfred Eee
Fox Movietone News
Richard
Alfred, Jr
Waldron
Biscayne Bay
I. E. Madray
Andbar
Alfred
University Hospital
Terminal Bonds Cashable Today For Veterans
Washington reports that on September 1 the first 9,000,000 veterans can cash terminal leave pay bonds worth up to 1.83 billion dollars. Government aims to minimize cashing to preserve 24 percent obligation as investment while economists watch inflationary risk and overall postwar economy. Labor Day holiday delayed widespread transactions.
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Washington
Congress
Parachute Jumper Falls To His Death in Idaho
Dick Neu, 25, plummeted 1 000 feet into Lake Pend Oreille during a Labor Day display after both parachutes failed to open. His companions Latho Hadden and Charles Malmery also landed in the lake but escaped injury as boats rushed to recover Neu’s body and assist the others.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Dick Neu
Lake Pend Oreille
Latho Hadden
Charles Malmery
Neu
Air Race Fatal Crash Marks Brutal Thompson Trophy Day
Tony Jannaro, 25, a former Navy pilot, died when his F2G Corsair crashed near the No. 2 pylon during the Thompson trophy classic. Cook Cleland won with a 396.1 mph speed, setting a new world closed course record and a 404 mph fast lap, as Goodyear midget race winner William Brennand circulated at 163.5 mph in the midget division.
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Cleveland
Tony Jannaro
Wandy Edmondeon
Wwe Ame Ween
Lynchburg
Jack B. Hardwick
Arcadia
Calif
Jean L. Ziegler
Kenmore
N. Y
Cook Cleland
Cleland
Richard Becker
Willoughby
Ohio
William Brennand
Oshkosh
Wis
Truman Receives Massive Welcome in Rio de Janeiro
President Truman arrived in Rio de Janeiro aboard The Independence and was greeted by an estimated crowd of up to one million along Avenue Rio Branco. He rode in an open car amid shredded paper confetti as Brazilian troops stood guard. He planned to address the Inter-American Conference and honor regional representatives for a defense treaty against aggression.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Truman
United States
Independence
Ponte de Galeno
U.S
Rio de Janiero
Rio Branco
Touring Club
Mr. Truman
Quitandinha
Doris Duke Marries Dominican Diplomat in Paris Ceremony
Doris Duke the 34 year old heiress wed Porfirio Rubirosa 39 in a Dominican Consulate civil ceremony in Paris. The couple exchanged vows under Dominican law with a small group of guests and reporters present as Dr Salvador Paradas conducted the service.
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Paris
Doris Duke
America
Porfirio Rubirosa
Dominican Republic
Cowal
Salvador E. Paradas
Miss Duke
Rubirosa
Aliens May Acquire Land In Philippines
The secretary of justice upheld the right of foreign nationals to acquire private residential land in the Philippines. A Supreme Court decision is expected soon on Alexander A. Krivenko's petition for registration of a Manila residential lot. Senator Vicente J. Francisco introduced a bill restricting land transfers to Filipino citizens, except hereditary succession.
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Manila
Philippines
Secretary of Justice
Supreme Court
New Republic
Senate
Vicente J. Francisco
Roman Ozaeta
Philippine Supreme Court
Alexander A. Krivenko
Jet Flier Preston Wins Thompson Trophy Race
Lt Col Benjamin S Preston Jr of Washington DC won the jet division at the Thompson Trophy race with an average speed of 508.9 mph after reporting he momentarily blacked out when the gravity suit plug loosened. He credited a maximum 12 g's on his gravity meter and said he felt fine apart from a neck crick and ringing ears.
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Steve Wittman
Oshkosh
Wittman
Ken Knight
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Dallas
Tex
Thompson
Robert L. Petit
Ventura
Calif
Benjamin S. Preston, Jr
Washington, D. C
Petit
Preston
Cleveland
Strategic Air Command
Air Corps
Gunter Field
Ala
Panama Canal Zore
Galapagos Islands
Army Air Force
Joseph R. Howard
Mercer county opens schools for 1947 48 term
Schools begin at 9 o'clock for 16 000 pupils and 55 teachers in Mercer county with a half day for enrollment book lists and home room assignments. Regular schedules start Wednesday. Semester dates, birth certificate requirements, and revised free textbook policy are noted.
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Mercer County
Fred 8. Coffindaffer
Beaver High School
Death Toll Reaches 361 in Labor Day Accidents
TRE report shows 361 deaths from Labor Day incidents with 239 traffic fatalities, 63 drownings, and 59 other accidents. Texas led states with 22 traffic deaths followed by California 18 and Michigan 16, while national highway deaths neared safety council estimates.
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TRE Associated Press
Teast
National Safety Council
Texas
California
Michigan
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Virginia
West Virginia
Fight Looms On Palestine Split
United Nations debates a plan to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and admit 150,000 Jewish immigrants over two years. Arab league leaders vow opposition, while Jews reportedly view the committee report as favorable though with doubts. Britain’s stance remains unclear amid mixed signals.
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Jewish Agency For Palestine
Switzerland
Britain
UU. N
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
U. N
Pilot Edmondson Critically Wounded in Thompson Trophy Crash
Cleveland reports pilot Woodrow W. Edmondson in fair condition at Berea hospital after his gray and red P-51 crashed during the Thompson Trophy race. He said he tried to save the plane and did not jump after an engine exploded near the No. 3 pylon.
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Cleveland
Woodrow W
Woody” Edmondson
Berea
Edmondson
Ecuador Gov’t Attacks Counter-Revolutionaries Near Quito
Government forces under Col. Manuel Mancheno report an attack with tanks infantry and artillery along a railway south of Quito as rebels withdraw. Latacunga Yambo and Socabon clashes cited with control seen easing, while Tuscan garrison joins anti-Mancheno forces amid press censorship and paper suspensions.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Socabon
Ambato
Socabon Bridge
Tuscan
Luns Ernesto Villacis
Mancheno
Latacunga
Yambo
el Comercio
Ultimas Noticias
Auto Train Collision Kills Five in Kentucky
Russellville Kentucky September 1 five people died and five injured in a auto train crash with the northbound Pan American passenger train near Olmstead Logan County Coroner Joe Jackson said four died at the scene and one died later at the Logan County hospital. Victims identified as Geneva Wilson sixteen Thomas F Wilson twenty Joe Dorris Pulley eight Denton Rabney three and Steve Wilson nineteen. Steve Wilson died at 4 30 pm funeral services held at Dripping Springs. All residents of Olmstead area south of Russellville.
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Russellville
Logan County
Joe Jackson
Louisville and Nashville
Jackson
Patsy Page
Geneva Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson
Joe Dorris Pulley
Denton Rabney
Steve Wilson
Dripping Springs
Olmstead
Sunny Labor Day Across Nation Stays Mild and Warm
More than 90 percent of the country enjoyed sun and pleasant weather on Labor Day with the Weather Bureau forecasting similar conditions for Tuesday. Scattered thundershowers touched parts of the west Great Lakes and Ohio Valley but did not dampen festivities. Temperatures ran high in the lower Mississippi valley and southern plains, withLos Angeles hitting 101 degrees, the season's first record.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
West Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Los Angeles
Rifle Returned to Alamo Shrine From Ruins
A flintlock rifle found in the Alamo ruins 111 years ago by a Mexican peon was formally presented to the Daughters of the Republic Texas and placed in the Alamo chapel. Col Walter Finney Siegmund of Alton Illinois and Mrs. Andrew Warren Holden spoke as the weapon was restored and gifted to the people of Texas by Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright at a solemn ceremony.
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Alamo Ruins
San Antonio
Tex
Texas Independence
David Crockett
The
Alamo
Walter Finney Siegmund
Alton
Ijl
Daughters of the Republic
Texas
Col. Siegmund
Andrew Warren Holden
Battle
the Alamo
Siegmund Land
Dickert
Clarence J. Crockett
St. Louis
Siegmund
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Labor Day Talks Denounce Taft Hartley at UMW District 29
A Labor Day rally by United Mine Workers District 29 at Bowenfield featured sharp condemnations of Taft Hartley. John L. Lewis led speakers calling the bill a slave labor measure and urging voters to reject lawmakers who backed it. The event shaded by heat highlighted claims miners remain underpaid and targeted by the law.
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John C. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Des Moines
UMW
District 29
Bowenfield
Grubb
United Mine Workers of District 29
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Title Speaks
George J Titler
Beckley
Ellis
Snyder
Love
Rohrbough
Revercomb
Planagan
Virginia
West Virginia
Titler
Jiomn L. Lewis
Bunch
Matt Bunch
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Lewis
Tennessee
State School Inmate Strangled To Death
A 14 year old Donald Threlkeld was found strangled in his confinement cell at the Missouri State training school for boys in Boonville. Jerry Owens 17 wriggled through bricks from a wall into Threlkelds cell. A coroner jury ruled strangulation and prosecutor Lane Harlan planned murder charges against Owens.
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Boonville
Missouri State Training School For Boys
Donald Threlkeld
Hannibal
Jerry Owens
Louis J. Sharp
Owens
Threlkeld
Lane Harlan
Thelkeld
Bobby Dan Wimberly
William Greenway
Jack Sharp
Wallace Promotes New Party Amid Labor Day Rally
Former VP Henry A. Wallace urged a progressive Democratic party and hinted at forming a new party if reforms fail. Speaking before 50 000 at a CIO Labor Day event, he urged organizing precinct by precinct to influence delegates and threaten a Farmer Labor ballot option. He criticized current policies as steering the nation toward war and low mood.
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Detrail
Henry A. Wallace
CIO
Labor
Wallace
Congress
Labor Day speeches push for policy change and unions’ stance
CIO chief Murray warns of a coming depression if profits stay high and purchasing power falls, urging reversal of the trend. AFL President Green vows to fight Taft Hartley foes with ballots, while Morse urges workers to aim for high production price stability and sound labor relations.
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Associated Press
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Kansas City
ABC
Chicago
William Green
AFL
Organized Labor
David A. Morse
New York
CBS
Green
Congress
Morse
Langer Probes Postmaster Appointments Political Patronage
Senator Langer announces a $35000 senate investigation into postmaster patronage seeking to remove politics from appointments. He notes many posts favored Democrats despite civil service exams and says most nominations delayed by the probe can be settled without hearings.
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Washington
Langer
Ind
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
Congress
Truman
Philadelphia Woman and Daughter Missing in Bridgeport
Bridgeport police seek Harriet Laforest Moon 33 of Philadelphia and her three-year-old daughter who vanished after checking out of Stratfield hotel at 3 p.m. Thursday. Husband James Moon said she may have 1300 to 5000 dollars from a car sale and could possess two valuable diamond rings. He reported a plan for her to drive his new 1947 convertible to Bridgeport after visiting her mother in Decatur, US.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Harriet Laforest Moon
Philadelphia
Stratfield Hotel
James Moon
Moon
Joseph Morris
Decatur
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