West Bloc seeks firmer ties at UN amid East West tensions
Diplomatic experts at the United Nations foresee steps to strengthen Western unity. Officials expect moves such as economic unification of the French zone in Germany with British and American zones, possible defensive Western alliance within the UN, or a future call for voluntary armed forces. The United States and Britain blame Russia for paralysis in the UN, pursuing ways to work the world body without Moscow. Continued on page 4.
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Danube
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Jury deadlock narrows to 11 to 1 split in Overell murder case
In Santa Ana California the Overell trial jurors reported an 11 to 1 vote on both George Gollum and Beulah Louise Overell after more than twelve hours of deliberation. Judge Kenneth Morrison ordered the panel locked up overnight as foreman J A Porter indicated uncertainty about the verdict direction. The six men and six women were escorted to a local hotel for the night amid illness concerns among a juror.
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Morrison
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Bride 18 Says Husband 83 Deceived Her About Age
An 18 year old bride testified in a Kansas City divorce case that her husband deceived her about his age claiming he was 78 when he was five years older. Circuit Judge Ben Terte granted the divorce as the bride said he nagged her and objected to cosmetics while she lived on the Bucher farm near Lowry City Missouri with her parents the Van Brunts.
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Lillian Arlene Bucher
Ben Terte
Bucher
Robert van Brunt
Lowry City
NLRB Signals Softening Stance on Non-Communist Affidavits
Washington report says the National Labor Relations Board may ignore the general counsel’s non- Communist affidavit rule in pending Wagner Act cases. The move allows hearings like the Textile Workers CIO challenge at Linwood Mills in Lafayette Georgia, while CIO leaders have not complied with the ruling. The board has previously dismissed cases involving supervisory workers under Taft-Hartley.
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Robert N. Denham
Denham
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Linwood Cotton Mills
Lafayette
Philip Murray
European Little Man in Communism Fight
Rex Conn reports on Europe’s economic squeeze and fear of communism among the rural poor. He notes a winter shortage of food fuel and clothing, the need for a broad European economic rehabilitation, and how coal shortages and postwar disruption strain western Europe’s balance of imports and exports.
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Europe
Iowa Farm Bureau Group
Rex Conn
The
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Cedar Rapids man reports $2620 missing from home safe
George H. Harger of 281 Fifteenth Street NW reported $2620 missing from an unlocked safe in his home. Detectives Harley Simon and Jerry Navratil traced the loss to between 3 pm Friday and 3 pm Saturday, noting the safe door was unlocked and a shelf door opened with a key. The money may have vanished during a Saturday auction at the Fifteenth street property.
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Cedar Rapards
George H. Harger
Fifteenth Street
Harley Simon
Jerry Navratil
Simon
Harger
President Truman Sore Throat Fails to Halt Work
Washington IN S President Truman nursed a sore throat but kept at his desk with no callers at the White House. Officials said the return of hoarseness would not stop him from participating in Sunday night's food broadcast and other duties.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
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De Gasperi Wins Key Confidence Vote in Rome
Premier Alcide de Gasperi defeats a leftist bid for power with 271 votes to 179 in the Italian assembly. Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza says the United States renounced its claim to at least 40 ships, helping seal the victory amid Communist protests.
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Alcide de Gasperi
United States
Nenni
Palmiro Togliatti
Giuseppe Saragat
Republican Party
de Gasperi
New Assembly
Count Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Wallace Plans Holy Land Tour With Journalists
New York dispatch reports Henry A. Wallace will fly to Palestine on October 17 to inspect conditions firsthand. He will be accompanied by Michael Straight and Lew Frank Jr. to conduct on the ground reporting as working journalists.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Palestine
Holy Land
Wallace
The
New Republic
Michael Straight
Lew Frank, Jr
James Wallington Sued for Divorce in California
James S. Wallington, radio announcer, was sued for divorce by wife Erna G. Wallington in Los Angeles. She accuses him of long and continuous mental and physical cruelty.
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Los Angeles
INS
James S. Wallington
Erna G. Wallington
Robber Steals $650000 In Jewelry From Mrs Hilton
In a bold early evening crime a smooth talking bandit forced entry into Mrs Sam Gabor Hilton's Fifth Avenue area apartment and stole about 650000 dollars in gems after threatening to kill her and her six month old daughter. The thief, about 32, wore dark green sunglasses and posed as a repairman. He took a box from a night table containing 25 pieces including a diamond platinum necklace and diamond earrings and fled after a 15 minute ordeal.
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New York
Sam Gabor Hilton
Hilton
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Manhattan
War Dead Start Home from Europe
Thousands of Belgians and American officials honor 5,600 U S soldiers returning from World War II aboard the transport Joseph V Connolly in Antwerp Grand Plaza. Gen Lucius D Clay stresses duty to ensure lasting peace and freedom. Robert Grillon pledges Belgium will care for remaining graves as if their children were buried there.
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Belgium
U.S. Army
Joseph V. Connolly
New York Harbor
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Robert Grillon
Senate
Four Churchmen Charge Immorality Among U S Soldiers in Europe
Four U S religious leaders returning from Germany and Austria accused U S troops in Europe of widespread sexual immorality and urged Army Secretary Kenneth Royall to act. Dr Harold J Ockenga led the findings citing rampant shacking up among soldiers and German women, liquor excess, and venereal disease risks.
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U.S
Europe
Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Germany
Austria
Harold J. Ockenga
Boston
Park Street
Ockenga
Army
U. S
Taft plans Oct 24 decision on 1948 candidacy
Senator Robert Taft after a three week Western trip said Republicans will win in 1948 and he will announce by Oct 24 whether he seeks the presidency. He cited GOP strength in six western states and praised the Taft Hartley act while noting broad public and union support.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
California
Nevada
Oregon
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Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
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Repubca
Ohio Central Committee
Republican Congress
Republican Party
Tacoma
Doctor shortage projected to 1960 if costs stay high
Dr. Robert B. Thomas of Huntington West Virginia, president of the American Osteopathic Association, warned in New York that the United States will face a shortage of 30,000 doctors by 1960 unless medical education costs and doctors' expenses are controlled.
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New York
INS
United States
Robert B. Thomas
Huntington
W. Va
American Osteopathic Association
Brewers Seek Wheat Use in Beer to Aid Europe
Washington AP Rep resentatives of the brewing industry urged immediate use of wheat or table rice in beer to support President Truman's Europe aid program. They also pushed releasing all brewer held wheat stocks for food use, estimated at over 200000 bushels. The White House announced the six hour conference at Luckman's request.
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Truman
United States Brewers’ Foundation
Small Brewers’ Committee
White House
Charles Luckman
Mr. Truman
Citizens Food Committee
Agriculture Anderson
Anderson
Frank Mason
Four Die as Train Hits Family Car in Leeds
Four members of a Sioux City family and an unborn baby died when their car was struck by Illinois Central passenger train No. 15 near highway 75 in Leeds. A 5 year old daughter and a 11 month old son died at the scene, while a 6 year old daughter suffered facial and body injuries. The mother Hazel Olson and the unborn child died during delivery. The 60 mph collision also killed Harold Olson. Sandra survived with injuries.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Leeds
Highway 75
Harold Olson
Becky
Hazel Olson
Keith
Sandra
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Olson
E. J. Fecht
Fort, Dodge
C. F. Whitner
W. Cc. Buckner
Fecht
Chicago
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