New York Jewel Thief Takes $700000 in Heist
In a rare single robberies one man stole about 700000 in jewels from Mrs. Sam Gabor Hilton, wife of Conrad Hilton. The soft spoken thief bound and gagged Hilton and her maid after forcing entry to a penthouse off Fifth Avenue. Police called it one of the citys most profitable one man jewel crimes.
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New York
Penttore
Sam Gabor Hilton
Hungary
Conrad Hilton
Hilton
Evelton
Fya Cabor
Lulu Birth
Last Of Hiroshima Atomic Dead Found
A report from Tokyo says the last of the Hiroshima bombing victims were found on Nina Island in Hiroshima harbor. The discovery, tied to memorial planning, followed thousands fleeing the city, with odor of death reported by visiting officials. Other sources had not confirmed details.
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Tokyo
Newsjpurper
Boor Saus
Hiroshima
Nino
Hirshima Harbor
Nina Island
Bard
Strikes Spread Nationwide Disrupt Airlines and Harbors
Strikes across the nation halt airline service to Northern Europe and halt shipping in Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors. West Coast cargo movement remains stalled as unions and employers clash. Negotiations resume in Baltimore printers and AFL unions while New York ends some store strikes and continues others.
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Associated Preas
Europe
Los Angeles
Long Beach
CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen
Waterfront Employers Association
Secretary of Labor
American Overseas Airlines
AFL
Air One Pilots Association
Washington
National Mediation Board
Mississippi
Southern
Baltimore
International Typographical Union
New York City
Safeway
CLO
City Sets Licenses On Privilege Fees And Vending Machines
City commission maintains the 1945 license schedule with exemptions for World War II veterans including $35 for fully discharged vets and $25 for those with partial disability. Rates cover bank, fire sale, salvage firms, carnivals at $1,000 weekly, vending machines at four bits yearly, juke boxes at $4 each, and motorized sales at $60 for wholesalers, $30 retailers. The text notes potential upward revisions as a legislative bill on such increases was pending, with dealer-pushed rate reductions cited.
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Oatomntervals
Parado Wal
Tnt
Vaugan
Jess
Cnot
Vaughn
Nation's Fire Loss Up 300 Per Cent
New York report shows fire losses have risen 300 percent in ten years and may top 700 million dollars this year. The National Fire Protection Association warns careless habits cause most losses and urges stronger prevention during Fire Prevention Week October 5 to 11.
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New York
National Fire Protection Association
NEPA
Sports Flash roundup totals and college grid results
The report lists fund increases for Girl Scouts and welfare causes and details a college football surge where a 16 to 14 victory over Clemson set the pace for an upset, while Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas Christian and California shown varying fortunes. Oregon State beat Washington to steady its season.
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Arkansas
Texas
Christain
California
Navy
St. Amars
Oregon State
Washington
Bankhead Moved to Hospital After Illness
Actress Tallulah Bankhead, felled by neuritis, was taken to Augustana hospital in Chicago yesterday after a brief hotel confinement. Doctors say she rests comfortably and will stay at least a week, delaying the Chicago run of Private Lives which opened July 22.
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Chicago
Tallulah Bankhead
Aupostanga Hospital
Miss Bankhead
County and City Teacher Salary Increases Announced
Superintendent Flurry and Superintendent Baxter disclosed payroll shifts with this year’s teacher salaries rising to about 224 000 in the county and 78 000 more state funded citywide. State funds boost salaries and extend payments to ten months. Negro teachers receive roughly 1500 annually, up from 1050. Flurry noted Philippines population details for Filipino Christians.
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Baxter
Houston County
Budget Cuts Hit Girl Scouts Program and Office Expenses
The article notes reductions from the prior year's budget for fund raising and office costs. It states $3,400 was earmarked for the Girl Scouts, but without an executive the program is curtailed this year and funds have accumulated in their treasury, with $2,500 added to the allotment.
Accidental Drowning Verdicts in Lake Jackson Trip
Walton County coroner juries ruled the deaths of Lutie Short and Jeannie Murphy accidental after a Sept. 26 boat accident on Lake Jackson. Two men who shared the trip testified the boat tipped and both women disappeared after a struggle. bodies were found the next day.
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Defuniae Springs
Fis
Walton County
Lake Jackson
Lutie Short
Lockhart
Ala
Jeannie Murphy
Edward B. Deake
J. Edwin Holsberry
Pensacola
Curtis Miller
DeFuniak Springs
Brewers back voluntary food drive in wartime grain curbs
Officials and industry spokesmen advocate voluntary limits on corn and grain use to aid Europe and curb prices. Frank Mason of the United States Brewers Foundation says recommendations would comply with anti trust rules, while President Truman plans a televised White House campaign to enlist households and industry in the effort.
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Tuckman
Frank Mason
United States Brewers Foundation
Mason
Kane Ort
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Distilled Spirits Institute
Whiskey Distillers’ Organization
Brewster
R-Me
Europe
Lieckmans
Truman
Dethan
White House
Ais
Food Committee
Marshall
Commerce Warriman
Agriculture Anderson
Luckman
Bie White House
New York
South Hampton
England
Varsell
Case
House Committee On Foreign Aid
Germany
Austria
Congress
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Jury Near Verdict in Overell Gollum Murder Trial
In Santa Ana California the jury hearing Louise Overell and George Gollum for paren t murder told Judge Kenneth Morrison it stood 12 to 1 in favor of one side but withheld whether the vote signified conviction or acquittal. Foreman Jay Porter said the panel hoped to reach a verdict after 26 hours of deliberation. The judge recessed the jury until Sunday.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Kenneth Morrison
Jay Porter
Orange
Dothan
Morrison
Porter
Gollum
Louise
Miss Overell
Newton Couple Hurt In Highway Wreck Near Brannon Stand
Mr and Mrs J E Jackson of Newton route one were believed seriously injured last night in an automobile accident near Brannon s Stand on U S Highway 64. Highway patrolmen reported they were taken to a Dothan hospital with injuries not revealed. Details of the crash were unavailable.
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J. E. Jackson
Newton Route One
Brannon
U.S. Highway 64
Dothan
Moral Debacle Fears as Troops Face Temptations Overseas
Dr Garman argues Russia aims to impoverish Europe to spark revolutions and predicts a boomerang effect on Moscow after Hitler. Clergymen condemn immorality facing American troops in Europe, with Dr Ockenga warning sex temptations and hunger drive soldiers to sell souls for basics. He cites Giessen’s 253 colored babies as evidence of wartime moral strain.
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France
Russia
Garman
Europe
Hitler
Ockenga
Giessen
Hughes Contracts Probed in Secret Senate Inquiry
Senate investigators quietly resumed the probe into wartime Hughes contracts worth 60 million dollars. Two closed sessions were held to question witnesses ahead of the public hearing set for November 17. The panel seeks details on an 18 million dollar large aircraft contract and a 22 million dollar recon plane model deal.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
Hollywood
Ferguson R + Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Hughes
John W. Meyer
Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
Hughes Probes
Association plans coaches captains and sports teams
The association aims to select coaches and captains for ten teams and organize touchball basketball softball baseball volleyball lawn tennis table tennis field and swimming meets. It lists proposed expenditures totaling five thousand dollars with allocations for equipment camp projector trophies and prizes.
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Georgia Tech
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Cie Bie Sos
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Alain
United States
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Salvation Arew
Welfare Department
Cancer Society
Tadio
Clemson
Musssissippi
Barney
South Carolina
Uton
Brazil
Dothan Federal Sav. & Loan Assn
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Uniontown
Caicos
Hoboken
N. S
Todd Shipyards Corp
Markos Vallades
General Markos
UN Balkan Commission
Greece
The
Philippines
Jary
Overell
Newton Counle
Resume Probe
Lnte Hughes
Pee
RTL
Christopher Walls
de Soto
Plymouth Dealers
Columbia Broadcasting
WWL
Crebt Nara Itributor
Clark & Danzey Oil & Tire CO
North Oates Street
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