Haifa blast kills ten and wounds seventy seven
A Haifa police district blast killed ten and injured seventy seven as an Arab militant attack struck the Hadar Ha Carmel area next to the British base. A wall crater, shattered windows, and scattered debris disrupted power and telegraph lines, with troops blocking roads and security forces cordoning off the lower port district. Four Jews were arrested in Haifa soon after, while Attlee conferred with King George in London over cabinet changes.
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Palestine
England
Sixth Airborne Division
Haifa
Port
Ters
Fieacue Crewa
Jerusalem
Attlee
King London
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Wink George
Thuradas
Freedom and Industry United in Defense of Freedom
The speech by Carl M. Lynge of General Electric extols industrial freedom as essential to economic growth. He argues free minds and competition drive production, cites wartime output, and warns that democratic nations must guard rights against totalitarianism while urging education for freedom and civic maturity.
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General Electric Company
Washington
America
Europe
Talks on Freedom Given at U. Bridgeport Convocation
Freedom was the keynote of the student convocation inaugurating the 1947 fall term at the University of Bridgeport. Students gathered as speakers addressed themes of liberty and civic duty at the opening ceremony.
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U. of Bridgeport
C W V Officers Named At Post Dinner
C W V elected officers include M J Flanagan Noroton as president and several Bridgeport members as vice commanders treasurer adjutant and other posts all World War II veterans except Joseph Galla A dinner toast urged united nations support and stronger international policy participation Senator McMahon warned the coming year will be crucial in world history and Americas duties May influence future centuries.
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Daniel Devine
Danbury
Vincent P. Tisi
Shelton
Joseph Kandrac
Bridgeport
Mr. Galla
John F Robinson
Dodd
United Nations
McMahon
America
Harvey to tour city plants on international study
H A Harvey head of the Department of Industrial Management at Melbourne Technical College will tour key industrial plants tomorrow as part of his international study of manufacturing methods. He is one of four Australian representatives at the recent Stockholm International Management conference. Arriving from England after surveying conditions, he is in Bridgeport at the invitation of Ernest H Garrick and with Chamber of Commerce backing and Garrick company officials.
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Melbourne Technical College
Australia
Stockholm
Harvey
England
Bridgeport
Ernest H. Garrick
Garrick Company
Chamber of Commerce
Masked Bandits Loot Cleveland Night Club
Hooded gunmen stormed the Lake County Mounda club in Cleveland, holding about 300 patrons at gunpoint and fleeing in stolen cars with an estimated $200,000 in cash and jewelry. One man fired into the ceiling after a drunken patron mistook the event for a show. managers and police later learned of the robbery from callers whose cars were taken.
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Cleveland
Swank Lake County Mounda Club
Alnger
Mary Healy
Peter Lind Hayes
Patrona
Hayes
Buck Shaffner
White House weighs aid plan after parley on food and funds
A White House statement looms after a parley on Europe relief and domestic food policy. Cabinet members and lawmakers met to discuss emergency aid, grain control, and conservation, with President Truman to review a wasteless program and possible stopgap funding.
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Appropriations Committee
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Senate
John R. Steelman
Clark Clifford
Marshall
Anderson
Harriman
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United States
Europe
France
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R-Mass
Taft
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D-Ga
Hope
R-Kan
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Agriculture Department
President's
Citizens Food Committee
Food Committee
Presidential Foreign Aid Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Topeka
Senator Capper
Senate Agriculture Committee
Balloons Sought in New England for $20 Prize
Balloon hunt centers on experimental devices released for atomic research by Brookhaven Laboratory. Balloons carried highly sensitive plates to detect mesons and are said to land in New England after being sighted in Bridgeport. A $20 reward is offered for return of the balloons and equipment.
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Boston
INS
National Laboratory
Brookhaven
L. I
Serge Korff
New England
Soap Prices Rise At Procter and Gamble
Cincinnati report says Procter and Gamble announced a 10 percent wholesale price hike on soaps including toilet laundry flake and powdered varieties with immediate effect. Crisco vegetable shortening also up 3 percent as ingredient costs rise. prior cuts since March had lowered prices by about 26 percent.
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Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Company
Procter and Gamble
Crisco
Aid of Women Urged at Methodist Parley
Springfield Mass September 29 Leaders of World Methodism continued discussions at the seventh Ecumenical Methodist conference on its sixth day. Mrs J D Bragg of St Louis president of the Churchs Women's Division of Christian Service called on the worlds women to help solve recurring problems of war and famine urging voluntary food and fuel rationing and prayers to support the United Nations.
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Springfield
Mass
Ecumenical Methodist Conference
J. D. Bragg
St. Louis
Christian Service
United Nations
Slayer Confesses Killing Girl in Roadside Attack
Sheriff said Sheppard confessed to offering a ride to Miss Green, who rode on the fender then jumped off near Norton. He struck her with a hammer, hid the body in bushes, and sought the weapon to conceal the crime. The statewide search focused on Miss Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Green.
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Marion
Norton
Sheppard
Church Dedicates Stamford Carillon Bells
Stamford Sept 29 A Nestle Switzerland gift a 36 bell carillon one of the world’s largest was dedicated at the First Presbyterian church. It was installed in a temporary steel tower and first played by organist W Raymond Randall. Nestle director F Andrew Perrochet presented the bells, welcomed by Rev Donald F Campbell. Swiss counsel Dr Emil Bisang attended. Senator Brien McMahon praised the model Swiss government for UN lessons.
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Nestle Company
Vevey
Switzerland
First Presbyterian Church
W. Raymond Randall
Washington
United Nations
U. S
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Hitch-Hiking Quebec Couple Seized As Aliens
Pierette Noel and Judge Pelletier, both 21 and 22 from Bienville Levis Quebec, were picked up for illegal entry by Officer Arthur P. Kathe at Groton Barracks while hitch hiking toward Rhode Island. They described a harsh life in Quebec and said they heard of better opportunities in the United States. Their case was turned over to immigration authorities after the arrest near New London.
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Quebec
Pierette Noel
Judge Pelletier
Bienville Levis
Arthur P. Kathe
Groton Barracks
Rhode Island
United States
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Rainbow Bridge
Niagara Falls
New York
Boat damaged by rifle fire in Norwalk harbor
Norwalk police investigate after Frank Soyak reports his boat, anchored off East Norwalk near New Street, was struck by a small caliber rifle. The windshield and a porthole were shattered.
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Norwalk
Police Detective Bureau
Frank Soyak
Gregory Street
New Street
East Norwalk
Soyak
NORITO relief for rheumatic pain advertised drug
Thousands sufferers from rheumatism and neuralgic pain are urged to try NORITO a quick acting formula claimed to ease muscular aches including rheumatism aches lumbago and neuritis. The ad promises fast relief or money back after three doses and urges readers to consult their druggist and purchase NORITO with a satisfaction guarantee.
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Norito
Nortpo
Norio
U S Contends Soviet Stand Balks Greeks
The article reports U S officials led by Johnson and Andrei A Gromyko in Moscow noting a standoff with Greece as France seeks a toned Balkan response. Tsaldaris accuses Soviet bloc arms flows into Greece and Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia deny direct involvement while Marshall plans a special Assembly inquiry.
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Statea
Johnson
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Delbos
United States
France
Special Assembly
Balkan
Assembly
Security Council
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia Rejects Protest On Attack Comment
Russia dismissed a protest over statements about an attack on a friendly state. An American note quoted by Ambassador Smith criticized a Soviet writer for likening President Truman to Hitler. The remarks followed Truman's Brazil trip and remarks at the Inter-American Defense conference.
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Hitler
Smith
Truman
Brazil
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