Royal birth celebrated by Britons
London reports the birth of Princess Elizabeth's son at Buckingham Palace weighing seven pounds six ounces. crowds gathered as 10,000 cheered and cables flooded in from the empire. Names and christening plans were still pending with a private ceremony likely at Sandringham.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Palace
Philip
George
Sandringham
Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of England
Truman Congratulates Elizabeth and Philip on Birth
President Truman sent a congratulatory message to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the birth of their son. He and Mrs. Truman expressed delight at the news and extended felicitation to the couple on this happy occasion at Buckingham Palace.
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INS
Truman
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Princess Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Preferential Primary for Iowa Urged by GOP Leader
Frank Nye reports Iowa should adopt a presidential preference primary system. Republican State Chairman Whitney Gillilland urged the 1949 legislature to pass a law authorizing a preferential primary.
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Frank Nye
Iowa
Whitney Gillilland
Woman Dies After Route 261 Crash Near Mt Vernon
Mrs. Harry Petersen, 57, of Lisbon, died from injuries after a Friday noon crash on highway 261 five miles south of Mt Vernon. Her husband, 60, was reported in fair condition. he drove the truck. Bus driver Charles Van Winkle provided the crash account to a patrolman.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Petersen
Lisbon
Mt. Vernon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles van Winkle
Charles Fels
Driver Award Winner Arrested After Pedestrian Collision
Larry Steggall, 30, a Denver Chicago Trucking Company driver and September driver of the month, was arrested after his car hit pedestrian Richard Barskey, a City Lines driver, on Third avenue and Third street SE. Steggall’s license had been suspended for negligent driving and he faces charges for failing to yield to a pedestrian and driving with a suspended license. Barskey sustained minor injuries and was treated at Mercy hospital. Steggall has applied to reinstate his license. a hearing is set for Nov. 24 with the Cedar Rapids highway patrol reporting ongoing efforts to reinstate.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Steggall
Mercy Hospital
Steggall
Highway 30
The
Highway Patrol
Second Shooting Victim Is Dead
In Chariton area the second shooting victim, Nancy Green 83 of Corydon, died in a Chariton hospital after being shot at her farm last Friday. Her 58-year-old son Harry Green was fatally shot in what authorities call a slaying without motive. Sheriff Nora E. Kelly investigates possible murder and death by own action. Henry Harris of Seymour visited the farm and found Green with a .22 rifle in hand and Mrs. Green shot multiple times near a heating stove.
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Chariton
INS
Nancy Green
Corydon
Harry
Nora E. Kelly
Wayne County
Henry Harris
Seymour
Gallup Says Polls Have No Useful Purpose
New York Dr. George Gallup admitted polls serve no useful purpose and that ending his survey 10 days before the election was a mistake. He promised revisions to his figures up to election day in the future.
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New York
INS
George Gallup
Automobile Salesman Reveals Tips in Car Deals
Washington testifys that an Oldsmobile salesman collected tips from customers over 20 years, sometimes up to 500 dollars, though he says he never asked for cash and believes tips are acceptable for salesmen but not for owners. He admits uncertainty about reporting all tips on taxes.
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Washington
William
Manuel
Kearney
Oldsmobile Company
House
John T. M. Reddan
Reddan
Robert H. Kearney, Jr
George C. Gilbert, Jr
Halifax Dockmen For U.S. Strike
Halifax port longshoremen with 2,000 stevedores refuse to work ships diverted from U S. ports, saying they have ceased to do so. President J. J. Campbell of the Halifax Longshoremen’s Association stated the stance on Monday.
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Halifax
N. S
J. J. Campbell
Halifax Longshoremen’s Association
United States
Storm Leaves 3 Ships in Distress Along Pacific
A severe Pacific storm moving inland left three vessels in distress near the Columbia River mouth. The Sea Fox towed by cable failed to control a 300 foot cargo ship while the cutter Balsam aided. a fishing boat Drager Saga sank near Puget Sound and another fishing craft ran aground at Agate Beach. One woman died as a landslide blocked Port Alberni, Vancouver Island. Engineers foresee two days to clear Angel Point roads.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific
Sea Fox
Balsam
Columbia River
Drager Saga
Puget Sound
Agate Beach
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
Port Alberni
Vancouver Island
Angel Point
AFL Chief Demands Immediate Taft Hartley Repeal
In Cincinnati William Green head of the AFL warns Congress to repeal the Taft Hartley Labor Act at once or face defeat of pro repeal candidates. He urges that every election day be a national holiday so all can vote and vows labor will back only those supporting repeal.
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Cincinnati
INS
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Congress
Organized Labor
AFL
Green
Supreme Court upholds back pay ban and Ford financing ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review a Maryland workers overtime pay case, letting a 1947 portal-to-portal ban stand. It also lifted a lower court order restricting Ford from owning a financing arm, in a 4-3 decision, and declined to rule on the government’s authority over a looming nationwide rail strike.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Maryland
Ford Motor Company
Justice Black
B. H. Hubbert and Son, Inc
United States District Court
Baltimore
District Court
United States Circuit Court
Richmond
High Tribunal
Pietro Cingrigrani
Israel Rejects UN Plan in Negev Stand Against Concessions
Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok told the UN that Israel will not surrender the Negev and warned of bloody battles against any force attempting to seize it. He urged early UN recognition and action to remove invaded Arab armies, while Security Council debates an armistice path and no man’s land between forces.
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Paris
Moshe Shertok
Israel
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Shertok
U.N
Folke Bernadotte
Holy Land
U. N. Security Council
A. G. L. McLaughlin
No Man’s Land
McNaughton
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Mackenzie King Quits as Premier
Canada completed the transfer of power as W. L. Mackenzie King resigned at 73 ending 21 years in office. Louis St. Laurent was directed to form a new government after King met with General Viscount Alexander.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Louis St. Laurent
King
Enrees
Viscount Alexander
Immigrant Couple Offer Haven to Polish D P Woman
Berlin Wisconsin residents Mr and Mrs Szukalski both in their seventies plan to host a displaced Polish woman from a German DP camp. They will leave their land home several thousand dollars and a car to their guest when they die. The selection will be made within weeks by the National Catholic Welfare Conference war relief service. They emigrated 60 years ago to escape oppression and say America has been good to them.
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Berlin
Wis
America
Germany
Szukalski
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Once Camp Head Now in Ward Job
Dr. Joachim Bronny a Polish born former chief medical officer of a German resettlement camp began Monday as a 135 a month ward attendant at the Chicago state mental hospital. He is 34 and a former slave laborer who aims to restart his medical career via internship and state board examination.
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Chicago
INS
Joachim Bronny
Chicago State Mental Hospital
Bronny
United States
iFairfield
Wis
Tas
Ebronny
Illinois State Board
Guilty Pleas Entered for Culver Motor Garage Breakin
Three Cedar Rapids youths Charles Fields Joe Bennett alias Joe Booth and Ollie Tobin Jr were sentenced to ten years each at Fort Madison for the Culver Motor Co garage break in Oct 26 with cash and checks looted totaling about 2000. Bennett implicated the others and Tobin tied the Hatch and Breakman theft to the same spree. Detectives Stusak and Simon led the investigation praised by Inspector Kudina.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Fields
Joe Ben<enett
Joe Booth
Ollie Tobin, Jr
Fort Madison
G. K. Thompson
Culver Motor Company
Fields
Twelfth Avenue SE
Bennett
Ninth Avenue SE
Tobin
H Street
Culver
Jake Stusak
Harley Simon
Jake
Harley
Kudina
Convicts Escape While Out for Funeral in Missouri
More than 100 law officers hunted two convicted killers, George S. Houston and Ernest G. Houston, who escaped from a hotel after attending their mother's funeral. Both men, serving life terms for the 1945 sheriff murder, fled through a basement window as guards and relatives stood watch. The search spanned a 50 mile radius with state troopers, sheriff deputies, city police, and guards involved.
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Excelsior Springs
George S. Houston
Ernest G. Houston
State Penitentiary
Ser Pomiots
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