Bank Robbery in Sheffield Net $8,000 Cash
Two unmasked men robbed the Sheffield Savings Bank in broad daytime, forcing staff and a customer to the wall and fleeing in a blue 1949 sedan with about $8,000 in mostly currency. Police set up roadblocks as Iowa and Minnesota officers joined the manhunt.
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Sheffield, Ia
Sheffield
H. L. Webb
Mason City
Webb
H. A. Buxton
Buxton
Emmy Lou Eckhardt
Dorothy Thurston
Margaret Day
F. CC. Geffen
C. W. Nolte
Franklin County
Robert Reese
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Minnesota
Wever
Farmers Savings Bank
American Scholar Deans Wounded After Plane Shot Down
Dr. Ovid Roger Sellers 64 longtime dean of McCormick Theological Seminary was wounded and burned when an airliner traveling from Beirut to Amman was shot down near the Near East. The cable from his wife said he was safe in Amman hospital. He is a noted archaeologist and Hebrew scholar with projects at Tell Beit Mirsim Beth Zur and Bethel.
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Chicago
INS
Ovid Roger Sellers
McCormick Theological Seminary
Beirut
Syria
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Seller
Katherine
R. Worth Frack
Ovid
Franks
Sellers
Tell Beit Mirsim
Beth-Zur
Bethel
McCormick
American Schools of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Beirut College
Holy Land
Reds Clash With De Gaulle Supporters at Paris Rally
Forty people were injured when French Communists tried to storm the gymnasium Japy where a De Gaulle rally was held. Ten injuries were serious. Police cordoned off streets as thousands of helmeted officers restored order and the arena was destroyed.
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Paris
INS
Charles de Gaulle
Japy
C Day To Climax Cedar Rapids Community Chest Drive
Cedar Rapids designates October 20 as C Day to celebrate the end of the 1948 Community Chest campaign. Campaign chairman B D Silliman explains the event highlights Cedar Rapids as a pioneer in consolidated fundraising and urges resident participation in supporting the 12 Red Feather agencies and the citywide effort.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
B. D. Silliman
Silliman
Red Feather
Dewey Urges Production as Inflation Cure
San Francisco AP Gov Thomas E Dewey called for a great upsurge of production as the keystone of a six point plan to curb inflation. He urged a Washington administration of able honest people, cutting government spending, reducing the national debt, and opposing market speculation in essentials. He outlined steps to replace inefficient policy and deliver a future free of high prices.
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San Francisco
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
America
New York
Civic Center
Washington
Harold £. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Western Powers Study Reply of Soviets on Berlin Tangle
Paris reports Russia answered Western Powers on the Berlin crisis. Officials postponed a ministers meeting to study Moscow note. Marshall Schuman Bevin to meet. no statement on the Soviet reply expected tonight. Western allies plan airlift for Berlin and seek joint currency guidance from Moscow.
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Berlin
Paris
Russia
Moscow
Robert Schulman
Marshall
Lewis Douglas
U. S
Britain
William Strang
London
Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Speed of X-1 Research Plane Surpasses Sound Barrier
New York reports hint that the X-1 rocket plane has flown hundreds of miles per hour above the speed of sound, with speeds estimated between 860 and 1000 mph. Air Secretary Symington noted the achievement while listing recent Air Force feats, and officials say the aircraft likely operated at high altitudes, carried aloft by a B-29 before release.
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Associated” Press
Muroc Field
California
Air Force
New York
United States
Air
Symington
Air Force Association
Flying Research Laboratory
National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics
Cedar Rapids Man Charged in Backward Car Drag Incident
Russell Eddings twenty seven of 600 First Avenue was jailed in Cedar Rapids after police charged him with reckless driving for dragging Peter Wintringer’s car backward about 60 feet after bumpers locked at A Avenue and Seventh Street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Eddings
First Avenues
Peter Wintringer
Seventh Street
Eddings
Wintringer
Truman Attacks GOP Over Public Power in Southwest
President Truman spoke in El Paso urging voters to reject Republicans whom he accused of trying to turn power over to private utilities. He denounced Rep. John Taber and Rep. George Dondero for cuts to reclamation and power programs and warned Texans about Republican strength in November. He opened with New Mexico remarks and planned more Texas appearances before Sunday.
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Truman
el Paso
Texas
Arizona
Republican Committee
Congress
John Taber
R-N.y
Appropriations Committee
House
George A. Dondero
R-Mich
Public Works Committee
Taber
Condero
Mr. Truman
New Mexico
Peron Shifts Cabinet After Plot Against Him
Argentina President Juan Peron reshapes his cabinet after a plot to assassinate him and his wife was uncovered. He accepts navy minister Rear Admiral Fidel Anadon’s resignation and names Enrique Garcia as foreign minister in Bramuglia’s absence. Mass loyalty rally follows a 14 hour general strike called by the General Confederation of Labor.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Fidel Anadon
Juan Bramuglia
U. N. Assembly
Paris
Anadon
Peron
Enrique Garcia
John Griffith
U.S
U. S
Presidential
General Confederation of Labor
British Block Scrap Iron Policy Sparks U S Protest
Rep. Macy charged that Britain is diverting scrap from Germany as war booty while American firms face export licenses denial. He urged the State Department to press for equitable German market access, warning of public hearings if no agreement is reached.
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Rep
Macy
Great Britain
Germany
State Department
New York
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Clay
United States
Pittsburgh
Army
Daylight Time Returns After Longer Sleep Gap
In New York and across time zones daylight saving time ended at 2 am returning the hour lost on April 25. About 53 million people could enjoy an extra hour of sleep or an earlier start to Sunday activities as clocks were set back.
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New York
Russians demand control of all transport to Berlin
Washington sources report the Soviet broadcast claiming absolute control of land, water, and air routes into Berlin. Western powers, after reviewing the So viet statement, weigh possible concessions as Paris officials consider the Moscow presentation. State Department refrains from comment pending top discussions.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Soviet Urges Large Disarmament and Atomic Ban
At the UN General Assembly Andrei Vishinsky proposed scrapping a third of all major forces and calling for a ban on the atomic bomb. He accused Western leaders of planning an atomic war against Russia and blasted the United States for an arms race. Western delegates dubbed his speech old and inflammatory.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Court Orders Ban On Religion In Schools Enforced
In Champaign Illinois Mrs Vashti McCullum won final victory as Circuit Judge Grover Watson issued a writ mandamus ordering the school board to prohibit all religious education in public schools and to stop using public school machinery to enroll pupils in sectarian classes following a U S Supreme Court ruling.
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Champaign
Vashti McCullum
Supreme Court
Grover Watson
U. S. Supreme Court
Dewey Recalls Kasenkina Testimony In Campaign Address
Governor Thomas E. Dewey cites Oksana Kasenkina in Des Moines as an example of Soviet oppression and her dramatic fate to illustrate his campaign stance on American liberty and diplomacy. He portrays her as a teacher forced to labor for Soviet diplomats and dying under dramatic circumstances.
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Oksana Kasenkina
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Des Moines
Russia demands control of air traffic in Berlin blockade
Tass in Moscow outlined Soviet positions on Four Power talks with Berlin. Russia would allow Four Power control of currency and trade but reserve sole control of commercial air traffic between Berlin and the Western zones, raising the possibility of a tighter Berlin blockade. The note follows Western inquiries and cites Potsdam and currency reforms as provocation.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Tass
House of Commons
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John M. Hightower
Mr. Dewey
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