Two Hurt in Lake Strike Picket Clash
Detroit AP report says two Lake Carriers association officials were injured and four CIO seamen detained after a melee at an association hall in South Chicago amid Great Lakes ship strike tensions. Curran asserts two NMU pickets harmed in Ashtabula Ohio as talks loom in New York and Chicago.
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Riots Bring Army In As Calcutta Turmoil Escalates
Calcutta sees fierce rioting with mobs looting and clashes in the streets. British forces fly in Spitfire fighters to disperse groups while police fire on crowds after a ban on assemblies. Hospitals overflow with dead and wounded. many bodies remain in the streets as fires burn in the commercial district.
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Marion Man Held As Suspect in Sutton Breakin
Kenneth Angus, 23, of Marion, was arrested by Marion police after a break in at Sutton's appliance store on Second Street SE. He admitted the burglary but said he took 145 dollars instead of 300. He was transferred to Cedar Rapids police for questioning.
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Dubuque
Minneapolis Polio Wave Seems Waning Slightly
Eleven new polio cases were confirmed in Minneapolis hospitals in the 24 hours ending Saturday night, with only three residents of the city among them. No new deaths were reported, and officials cautioned they would wait for full weekend reports before firm conclusions.
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Supersonic Quest: Woolams Describes Xs-1 Rocket Ship
NIAGARA FALLS N Y tester Jack Woolams test pilot describes the Xs 1 rocket ship as the most rugged plane ever built saying it is easily one and one half times as strong as any fighter and may climb faster than it can dive the test flight will be dangerous as no one knows what happens when speed reaches or exceeds the sound barrier about 700 miles per hour
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Reconciliation Seen in Triangle Slaying Wake
Chicago AP report says Donald Murray and his wife Doris, who separated after Murray killed his former best friend with Mrs Murray in a loop hotel room, may reconcile. Murray, acquitted of murder, told a reporter they will likely reunite. Doris offered that they will decide their futures.
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Murray
Progress in Cracking Reich Trade Walls Seen by Army
FRANKFURT Germany AP Despite Soviet hesitation to approve a four zone economic merger progress has been made in breaking trade barriers between American and Russian zones The US military government said a three day meeting in Weimar opened the way to a fierce exchange of trade German officials from Greater Hesse and Thuringia will hold regular bi monthly meetings to boost trade Russian officers in attendance were described as cooperative The German leaders voiced unease over a US British merger fearing it could separate eastern Germany from the west Dr Karl Geiler minister president of Greater Hesse led German officials and urged unification of all four zones to solve central economic problems and to counter Russian concerns about exclusion
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Byrnes Backs Parallel Parley With UN Assembly
Paris United States Secretary of State James Byrnes favors holding parallel sessions of the 21 nation peace conference in Paris and the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He said no reason exists to postpone the peace conference while major delegates attend the UN session scheduled for Sept 23. The British delegation agrees, planning to send heads to New York and keep substitutes in Paris as commissions draft treaties for Italy, the Balkans and Finland. The conference adjourned to 10 a.m. Monday after Austria was invited to present views on Italy's peace treaty, a move passed 15 to 6 with Russia and allies voting against.
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Four youths die in car fire after crash near Lexington
Four young people were burned to death when trapped in a burning automobile after a collision in a ditch near Lexington Nebraska. The crash occurred Saturday as the car was struck by another vehicle.
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Extortion Threat Targeting Iowa Family Revealed
A Crawfordsville Iowa family received a note demanding 10000 dollars with harm promised if not paid. Deputy Walter Kiesey said the note, assembled from magazine and newspaper cutouts, gave a highway 218 drop site south of Crawfordsville and a one month deadline.
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A . Henss
Walter Kiesey
Kiesey
W. H. Henss
A. D. Henss
Grawfordsville
Highway 218
Henss
Bomb threat waves hit British offices in New York
British officials faced a spate of telephone bomb calls in New York on a single day. Six calls to the British consulate and one to the Empire Chamber of Commerce warned to evacuate as a blast would occur within minutes, but nothing has exploded yet.
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New York
British Empire Chamber of Commerce
City to Toughen Garbage Rules With Teeth Action
Assistant Health Officer Clyde White will urge the city council to enact an ordinance that adds teeth to garbage disposal rules. Current codes require dwellings and hotels to use water tight cans, but grocery stores and meat markets lack coverage. Reports say many stores dump refuse at the rear, sometimes in containers or on the ground, complicating city efforts to control fires and curb a polio threat.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde White
Gazette and White
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Two Vets Jailed for Return to Reich in Germany
FRANKFURT Germany two former United States soldiers were jailed by army headquarters for illegally entering occupied Germany. Daniel Militello of Brooklyn was sentenced to 30 days or until removed after the US zone and James Crown of Milwaukee to five days in the Frankfurt stockade. Militello had returned as a merchant seaman, married a German woman who is the mother of his child, and Crown, a former air force officer, traveled to Germany after leaving the United States due to dissatisfaction. Both were ordered returned to the United States.
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Bad Nauheim
Crown
Army Air Force
Paris
Hel
Jews Fight Deportation In Holy Land
In Jerusalem and Haifa refugees clashed with British Indian troops as 1,300 Jewish immigrants resisted transfer to Liberty ships bound for Cyprus. Casualties reported with hospitals and ambulances at Haifa harbor, while Tel Aviv faced reports of an armed attack. Britain renewed efforts to move detainees amid hunger strikes and food blockades. Separately in Washington the State Department warned of a future oil shortage and discussed Middle East supply issues on NBC University of the Air.
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Mrs Lockman Freed on Bond in Dupont Poison Case
Mrs Lottie Lockman, 62, widow, released on 15000 bond after a week in jail on two murder charges tied to Dupont poison mysteries. She left with a bouquet, telling onlookers that right is bound to prevail. Her lawyers praised the result while state police said the case has not blown up and that evidence will go to the grand jury.
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Dupont
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Eugene Cooper
Graham Trevis
Bus Overturns Near Pittsfield Illinois Overnight
Pittsfield Illinois reports a Greyhound bus overturned on Route 36 Saturday night. The Pike County sheriff says three or four are dead and many injured, with the death toll possibly rising as seriously injured were removed from the wreck. The bus was severely damaged with top and sides torn off and many pinned beneath.
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Channing Pollock Dies Noted Author and Dramatist
NEW YORK AP Channing Pollock author and dramatist died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Shoreham Long Island summer home at 66 He was stricken Friday and remained unconscious until death Pollock born in Washington DC began as a dramatic critic for the Washington Post in 1898 He wrote more than 30 plays including The Fool 1922 and The Enemy 1925 He also penned the Ziegfeld Follies scripts for 1915 and 1922 and issued six books of short stories essays and two novels He lectured worldwide and hosted a weekly Sun NY Journal American page and many radio broadcasts
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Shoreham
Long Island
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Helen
New York City
Washington, DC
Washington Post
New Downpour Forecast for Flooded Areas
The Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri region braced for more rain after floods that killed four and damaged over 2,400 homes. The Weather Bureau warned thundershowers Saturday night into Sunday then cooler weather. The Red Cross reported 2,395 homes damaged or destroyed and eight shelters opened. Food and meals aided 7,000 plus people. 400 stranded on a train between Woodstown and Mt. Vernon. Up to 12 inches fell in spots as rivers rose, including the Kaskaskia at New Athens rising three inches per hour. Evacuations affected 20 families in St Clair County as water covered Van Buren Street and Route 13.
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Mt. Vernon
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Red Cross
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St. Clair County
Lee Warren
van Buren Street
Strike Ends Fort Dodge Phone Strikes End
Union workers at Fort Dodge Telephone Co return to work after a city council resolution approved a moderate rate increase. Normal local and long distance service resumes as negotiations with a labor department conciliator continue. About 90 employees had been off duty since Thursday morning.
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Tornado kills and injures at Minnesota tourist camp
In Wells and near Mankato Minnesota a tornado devastated the Green Gables tourist camp near Minneopa State Park. At least seven people died and more than 50 were injured as the funnel struck cabins and a bank. Hospitals reported crowded conditions with triage and emergent care ongoing.
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