Deaths blamed on heavy smog in Donora
Donora Pennsylvania reports fifteen deaths linked to a heavy smog event. The Red Cross opens an emergency hospital as Charleroi Monessen Hospital reaches capacity. Doctors note many victims had cardiac or asthmatic conditions and oxygen tents are deployed to treat patients.
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Donora, Pa
Cora Vernon
American Red Cross
Charleroi-Monessen
Charleroi
Schwerka
James Lau
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital
Pittsburgh
Vernon
American Legion
Lou
Donora
Marshall and Bevin Discuss Range of Global Issues
In London Secretary of State Marshall and British Foreign Secretary Bevin conferred on Palestine Berlin and a prospective North Atlantic security pact. British opposition to delaying UN action on Palestine was noted with hints of a broader US role in a seven nation conference after January.
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London
Marshall
Bevin
Palestine
Berlin
Paris
Truman
United Nations
United States
U. S
Lewis Douglas
Attlee
Douglas
Germany
Frank Roberts
Moscow
813 DPs Reach New York Harbor
The army transport General Black brought 813 displaced persons to New York, first of 205,000 expected in two years. Officials welcomed them, including Attorney General Tom Clark and Mayor William O Dwyer, as the ship docked at Pier 61 amid celebratory water displays.
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New York
Clark
United States
Nevada Divorce Granted for Gwendolyn Steinbeck
Mrs. Gwendolyn Conger Steinbeck was granted a divorce from John Steinbeck on a Saturday. The suit cited extreme cruelty of a mental nature. The couple wed in New Orleans in 1943 and have two children, Thom aged four and John aged two, with custody arranged separately.
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RENG
Gwendolyn Conger Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Steinbecks
New Orleans
Thom
John
One-Man Cyclone Strikes Miami Man Arrested
Miami, Florida faced a chaotic scene as William G. Hedgepeth, 37, caused a spree after driving into a parked car. He assaulted officers, leaped through windows, wrestled with four highway patrolmen, and was finally subdued with a hypodermic in Hialeah jail.
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Miami
Fla
INS
William G. Hedgepeth
Florida Electrician
Hedgepeth
R. R. McCarty
Truman Sees G O P Blitz Propaganda Fail in Campaign Finale
In St Louis Truman denounces a Republican propaganda blitz as bluff and predicts a Democratic victory next Tuesday. He cites Dewey’s refusal to define positions, touts his 22 000 mile, 270 speech tour, and urges turnout from Kiel Auditorium among cheering crowds.
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ST. Louis
Harry S. Truman
White House
Truman
Kiel Auditorium
Independence
Mr . Truman
Phil M. Donnelly
Mr. Truman
Union Station
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
Wrong Air Crash Victim Body Sent To Dubuque
In Dubuque two caskets opened for a Scotland air crash victims shipment. One casket held a man not John Reichel nor his wife Ria Worle, with misidentified contents confirmed by dental work. The couple were among 40 killed in the Prestwick crash and the wrong body may be David Heumann.
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Dubuque
Scotland
John Reichel
Ria Worle
Gutzens
Austria
Royal Dutch Airlines
Prestwick
al Didesch
John Reichel, Jr
Didesch
New York
David Heumann
Reichel
Greek Prime Minister Says Cabinet Will Resign In Days
Athens AP reports 87 year old Themistokles Sophoulis announced his government would resign within two or three days after a public quarrel with Liberal deputy Venizelos over a cabinet reshuffle. Venizelos favored a nonpartisan government and party rivals dominated the dispute.
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Athens
Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Liberal Party
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Eleutherios Venizelos
Sophoulis
United States
Dewey Delivers Fiery Madison Square Garden Rally
Thomas E. Dewey closed his White House bid before about 22 000 at Madison Square Garden with a caustic taunt of the Truman administration. He urged voters to end the nightmare next Tuesday and led the crowd in God Bless America with James Melton after his speech. Dewey praised a peaceful world order and attacked internal party strife his campaign claimed harmed peace.
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New York
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Madison Square Garden
Dewey
Madison Square
James Melton
Metropolitan Opera
Melton
Pawling
N. Y
Truman
South
Wallace
North
St. Louis
Mukden Falls to Reds Shocks Chiang Government
Reports from Nanking describe Mukden's fall to Communist forces as a decisive setback in the civil war. Chiang Kai-shek returns from Peiping amid speculation on a possible move of the capital and a frail, divided Kuomintang leadership facing a probable Communist coalition.
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Nanking
Mukden
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Peiping
Canton
Chungking
China Faces Major Setback as Communists Gain Ground
Washington officials warn of a possible Communist takeover in China within a year or two or a new leftist government merging Chiang Kai-shek elements with the Communists. They caution that American aims for a free stable China look dim, with Russia unlikely to aid a growing Communist regime. Continued analysis notes uncertain outcomes and the need to watch military and economic developments.
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Washington
United States
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Boss Tests Salesman's Letters of Reference
Chuckle about a new boss asking for letters of reference. The salesman quirks respond with a fake letter praising a one week tenure, causing humorous doubt about its authenticity and the hiring process.
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Bill Smith
Stolen Cars Used By Center Point Burglars Found
Cedar Rapids police recovered a blue 1937 Dodge sedan owned by Eugene Divoky of Center Point that had been stolen in Center Point during early Saturday burglaries. Detectives believe the car carried burglars who also took cash and supplies and used a second vehicle for the return trip to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Ely Avenue
Eugene Divoky
Youth Accidentally Shot While Examining Gun
George Vanicky a 17 year old of 412 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids was wounded in the right thigh by a .38 caliber Czech pistol. He and friend Gene Meyer 16 of 1622 A Avenue NW were handling the weapon when the slide was pulled and it fired. Vanicky was treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
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Cedar Rapids
George Vanicky
Nineteenth Street
George
Gene Meyer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gene
Vanicky
Sixth Street
First Avenue E
St. Luke’s
Iowa Girl in Danger Spot in Far East
MISS MARY ELEANOR BRADEN of Dysart Iowa serves as secretary of the U S consulate at Mukden Manchuria an important city reported to have fallen to Chinese Communist forces Saturday. Story on page 5 section 4.
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Associated Press
Mary Eleanor Braden
Dysart
U. S
Mukden
Manchuria
Talk Ends Decision Up To Voters
Raymond J. Crowny reports the closing stages of the first atomic era presidential campaign. Dewey touts a large margin while Truman disputes poll figures as voters prepare for a pivotal election with 32 Senate seats 32 governorships and 432 House members at stake.
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Dewey
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Maine
Four Die In Headon Vermont Train Collision
Four trainmen were killed and six railway clerks injured when two Boston and Maine trains collided head on amid fog near Newbury Vermont. Trains ran on a single track between Boston and Montreal at reduced speed. 250 passengers were unharmed. Dead and seriously injured were rushed to Hanover and Woodstock area hospitals.
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Newbury, Vt
INS
Boston and Maine Railroad
Headon
Newbury
Boston
Montreal
Hanover
Woodsville
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