Attempt On President Truman At Blair House
Two gunmen armed with German pistols were shot by White House guards as they tried to force the Blair House entrance. Three guards were wounded. Truman was inside. One assailant died on arrival at hospital, the other was wounded. a third escaped. Police identified one name as Ostrowsky. The attack occurred as federal workers returned from lunch, causing chaos on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Blair House
White House
la Washington
Trelee
Dorza
Blair
Pennsylvania Avenue
Donald Burtzell
Joseph Downs
Leslie Cofet
Ostrowsky
Hish House
Blood Appeal Issued for 10 Year Old Burn Victim
A blood and plasma donation drive is organized for Lyon Gunderson a 10 year old girl from Dublin living in Hayward critically burned last Thursday at home. She is at Permanente Hospital Oakland with third and second degree burns and has received transfusions. Donors requested at 15842 Hesperian Boulevard San Lorenzo LU 1 8896 with hours listed. Neighbors aided the girl including William Tucker who helped extinguish flames and cover her with a blanket.
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Lyon Gunderson
Evelyn Santa
Dublin
Palomares School
Hayward
Permanente Hospital
Oakland
Joe Santa
San Loenzo
Hesperian Boulevard
San Lorenzo
Banta
Permate
Theamily
William Tucker
Santa
Halloween Fire Incident Damages Home in San Lorenzo Village
A jack o lantern candle sparked a blaze at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Price in San Lorenzo Village causing about 250 dollars in damage. Alameda County fire crews responded after 8 pm and contained the blaze. Kiwanis partygoers aided to protect children during the Halloween celebration.
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San Laurenzo
Tollowe'en
Hai
Alameda County
Ted Jack-A
Con
Halloween Parade Draws Thirteen Hundred Village Children
San Lorenzo Village Kiwanis held a Halloween party and parade with more than 1000 children attending. The event featured a grand prize for best costume won by a brother and sister Earl and Joan Beucthet in a black car, plus multiple prize categories for originality and humor awarded to local youngsters and groups.
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San Lorenzo Village
Hallowe'en
Earl
Joan Beucthet
H. Bjork
Bjork
San Lorenzo Strutters
Carol Ann Bush
Sherwood Nichols
Morgan Anderson
Robert Morrill
Tom Walker
Chris” Christensen
Pete Pence
William Dawes
Edward Carl
Maurice Church
W. R
Pop" Hice
Henry” Walters
Harey Bruno
Rob Koenig
Frank Buck
Jack Thaxton
Nichols
Anderson
Tom Ducey
Vohunker
Lloyd Theile
Castro
Hayward
Alameda County
David Hicks
Michael Keenan
Kathy Capps
Sherrie Sobel
Jules Steele
Billy Kuder
Jack Patrick
Don Halstead
Joan
Ida O Connor dies after long illness in San Leandro
Mrs Ida O Connor 54 wife of James VY O Connor of 55 Sybil avenue San Leandro died after a 2 six weeks illness at a local hospital. Funeral services at Sorensen Brothers chapel 1140 B street Friday at 9 am and Mass at All Saints Catholic church at 9 30. Interment Holy Sepulchre. Survived by husband children and stepchildren and nine grandchildren. Rosary at funeral home 8 pm Thursday.
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Ida O'Connor
James VY. O’connor
Sybil Avenue
San Leandro
Sorensen Brothers
B Street
All Saints’ Catholic Church
O'Connor
U S Troops Seize Initiative in Korea Fronts
American divisions including the 1st Marine, 1st Cavalry, and 7th Infantry moved to new offensives in North Korea as South Korean lines faltered. General MacArthur ordered a final push toward Manchuria and Soviet borders, with Allied forces advancing mainly in the northwestern sector while an armored column pressed forward.
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Tokyo
Korea
U. S. 1St Marine
1St Cavalry
7Th Infantry
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Monchurian
Pyonggaing
Archbishop Mitty Seen As Cardinal
Vatican sources speculate Pope Pius XI may call a consistory to fill the College of Cardinals to 70. Possible American choices include Richard Cushing of Boston, Joseph Ritter of St Louis, and John Mitty of San Francisco. Quebec’s Maurice Roy could be named if Quebec gains a cardinal.
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Vatican City
Boston
S& Louis
Quebec
Pius
Rome
Carlo Boetia
Genoa
Milly
U. S
Maurice Roy
Weather Forecast Snapshot
Fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Thursday Cooler tonight and slightly warmer Thursday Yesterdays high and todays low readings indicate mild seasonal warmth
Central Bank Plans Branch in San Leandro
Central Bank of Leandra with eleven branches will establish its twelfth in San Leandro after approval from the State Banking Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Construction on permanent quarters anticipated once a site is secured.
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Central Bank
Sind Broadway
Oakland
Son_Leandra
Duhlup C. Chirk
State Banking Department
Federal Deposit Insurance
San Leandro
Lions Discuss Freeway Crossing Plan in Castro Valley
Castro Valley Lions Club members debated two crossing options at the western end of the proposed freeway. They will refer the question to their board for recommendation. The two plans aim to direct main traffic from the Baywood district.
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Castro Valley
Lions Club
Better Vision Institute
New York
Westbrook van Voorhis
Rutledge Road
Thirteen Death Row Inmates Stage Sit-Down Strike
Thirteen death row felons at San Quentin faced disciplinary review after staging a sit-down strike in the prison yard during exercise. Warden Clinton T. Duffy said an emergency crew of 22 guards restored order. one inmate, John Alle of Sacramento, was injured and received four stitches after being subdued.
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SAN Quentin
Penitentiary Yard
Clinton T. Duffy
Denth Row
John Alle
Sacramento
Calif
Allen
Duffy
Shaw Near Death as Lifelong Playwright Fights Illness
George Bernard Shaw, 94, critical and unconscious at Ayot St Lawrence England. Clergyman and doctors report no improvement as friends and colleagues face the possibility of his death. Frances Day and others visit his bedside as a formal bulletin confirms his condition.
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Ayot St, Lawrence
England
George Bernard’ Shaw
Shaw
Priends
R. J. Davies
Alice Ladden
Davion
Thomas Probyn
Ladden
Davies
Frances Day
Ules
Ladder
Shay
India Sends Second Note to Chinese Over Tibet Invasion
New Delhi and Beijing exchange notes after China defends invasion of Tibet. Indian spokesman says the second note reaffirms New Delhi’s position and seeks peaceful settlement of Tibet's sovereignty. China maintains troops acted to thwart foreign interference and pledges peaceful aims.
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India
NEW Delhe
W.P
China
Tibet
Pope Proclaims Assumption Dogma At St Peter's Square
Pope Pius XI proclaimed the Assumption dogma declaring the Virgin Mary’s body and soul ascended to heaven. A record crowd of 700000 gathered in St Peter's Square for the Holy Day ceremony on All Saints Day with Cardinal Spellman among attendees.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
St. Peter's Square
Catha
St. Peter's Ansikiea
Tiber
Palatine Guards
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Vatican Coline
Pius
Iit
Benedict XV
Mary
St. Juvenal
Jerusalem
Chilcedon
Ephesus
Church
Cathedral
Adam
Eve
Assumption of Virgin Mary Now Considered Dogma
Vatican report traces the Mary assumption from long held belief to dogma status. It notes the 451 Chalcedon era liturgical references and debates on Mary’s death location. It explains dogma definition and papal infallibility within Catholic doctrine and summarizes key creed elements.
Eden Township hospital board race heats up with pamphlet blast
In Eden Township a heated battle for five board seats escalated as a self-styled citizens’ group circulated literature denouncing the incumbent directors’ handling of hospital construction and funds. They endorse Gerald P. Connitt Julius Levine M D Milton P Ream for the three open seats while incumbents seek reelection. The piece accuses the current board of delaying the hospital and wasting money and calls for a November 7 vote to support the reform slate and halt costly land deals.
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Eden , Township
Prevent Hospital
Gerald P. Connitt
Milton P. Ream
San Leandro
Julius Levine
Hayward
Arnold Anderson
Castro Valley
Carmen Jarnagin
David Giknure
Anderson
Jaeraagin
Jarnagin
Save Our Hospital
Eden Township
Avill
Bosrd Mem Pes
Yorng
British Plane Crash Kills Passengers in Fog at London
A British European Airways Viking returning from Paris crashed at London airport in dense fog, killing 24 passengers and crew. One American passenger, and the stewardess plus one survivor with injuries, survived. The wreckage burned over 60 feet with 25 passengers and three crew men among the dead. The American victim was identified as Ary Friedenheim of New York.
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London
Paris
European Airways
Viking
Airageh Friedenheim
New York
China Says 4000 Tibet Troops Killed
Tokyo dispatch says Chinese Communist radio reports 4000 Tibetan troops wiped out after a battle near Chamda Ort. Tibetan representative at Chamda captured by Peiping forces along with unidentified Britons and two Indians. Chaindos is a road and river town in Sikani province near Lhasa, with vanguard within 160 miles of the Tibetan capital.
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Tokyo
China
Tilol
Chamda
Changtu
Communist Radio
Peiping
Chaindos
Sikani
Lhasa
Red
Acheson Expresses U S Concern Over Chinese Reds in Korea Tibet
Secretary for State Dean Acheson said Washington is deeply concerned over Chinese Communist military moves in Korea and Tibet. He defended withholding the Korean section of the Wedemeyer report and rejected Sen Knowland’s charges of iron curtain secrecy while stating the UN command is probing reports of Chinese Communist units in North Korea. The secretary called any aggression in Asia by China unfortunate and serious.
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Washington
U.R
Dean Acheson
United States
Korea
Tibet
Acheson Aso
Wedemeyer
China
Far’ East
William F. Knowlind
Calif
Avheseq
Knowland
Albert C. Wedmeyer
Acheson
United Nations Command
North Korea
Tbei
Asia
Form Accident Film Shown To Heyward Rotary Club
A film dramatizing farm accident risks was shown to Heyward Rotary members by John A Sketchley safety engineer. He warned that accidents happen regardless and urged caution. He cited home deaths at 31000 yearly vs 16000 in industry and credited safety campaigns for reducing industrial accidents. Ray Bure chaired. John Angus stood in for absent president Richard Norbure.
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Heyward Rotary Club
John A. Sketchley
Tnsurance Fund
Skelchley
Ray Bure
Jony Angus
Richard Norbure
Blue Ribbon Winner at Grand National Livestock Show
A blue ribbon winner was awarded at the Grand National Livestock Show in a hunter class judged by JTME Stibles of Hay. The exhibitor displayed a top animal earning first place in the event.
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Jtme Stibles
Hay
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