United Nations council clash over Soviet Berlin bloc
In Paris the Security Council heard Vishinsky deny a Soviet Berlin blockade and urge sending the issue to the Big Four. The debate exposed Cold War fault lines as Western powers pressed for UN action while the Reds balked at branding Moscow an aggressor. Some observers suggested a split that might let democracies pursue constructive work outside the UN.
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Stomach Tonic Claims Sleep Relief for Gas and Gut Upheaval
The ad promotes 88Tonic as a remedy for stomach gas sour taste and sleep loss. It asserts aging stomachs need help by increasing gastric juice flow to digest food, improve appetite and sleep, and fight anemia. It touts independent lab proof and mass sales, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Decatur Council Won't Contest Mayor Appointment
Decatur City Council resolution states it will not contest Gov. James E. Folsom’s appointment of H. R. Sumner as mayor, citing potential confusion and litigation from an election by the council and objections to attorney general election methods. The note mentions T. R. Harrison’s Sept. 20 defeat and his death Sept. 24.
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H. R. Sumner
James E. Folsom
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Right To Know Key To World Peace Says Marshall
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urges freedom of information as essential to liberty and world peace. He cites censorship as a first step toward tyranny, notes United Nations efforts to reduce information barriers, and calls the press to seek truth and report facts without prejudice.
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Geneva
Garden plot in Chicago grows wartime democracy
In a vacant lot near Gold Coast towers a 1942 victory garden brings neighbors together. Janitors, LaSalle Steel president Lloyd Kelly, opera singer Edith Mason Richand, Poetry editor Mandel Sherman, and local workers cultivate corn tomatoes and soap beans. Neighbors built sapling trails now still seen today.
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Kid Dinamita Promoter Pleads for Boxing Reform
Hal Boyle reports Tony Rojas, manager of Kid Dinamita, who died after a Chicago fight, urging humane treatment of boxers and more padding in rings. The coroner ruled the death accidental. Dinamita was to be buried in Santo Domingo after earning $217 for his last bout.
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Sun Heat Triggers Exploding Traffic Signals in Davenport
Davenport story reports sixth blast in days as city electrician W. H. Clasen links the explosions to sun heat and the control box mechanism. He notes the blasts blow doors off boxes but cause little damage beyond nuisance.
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W. H. Clasen
Italian State Seizes Last Savoy Lands After Vote
Rome reports Parliament approved a measure making all houses and lands of the House of Savoy public domain. Key properties include Turin royal palace, Pisa estates, Rome palaces and villas, Castelporziano near Rome, and other royal residences nationalized since 1919. The president will receive designated properties including the Palazzo della Panetteria and Castelporziano as summer estate.
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Shoe Passion Grips Collector In Dutch Chicago
Casimir Onik, shipping clerk at a shoe factory, vanished with a case of shoes. Police recovered about 30 packing cases worth 25,000 from his basement. Onik claimed he took them a few at a time and had no intent to sell.
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Chicago
Casimir Onik
Onik
Taxi Driver Links Sailor To Woman's Death At Mobile
A Mobile murder case centers on a seaman from Richmond California who allegedly aided in a woman's death by driving Mrs Mildred Burke to a house the night it was burned. The man fled afterwards by plane, was paid off by his ship, and returned to Richmond. The grand jury may take up the case as authorities confirm details from a taxi driver and shipyard worker friend.
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Wyoming Moose Population Count Report
Wyoming officials estimate the state's moose population at under 3500, reflecting a conservative count and ongoing monitoring efforts by wildlife agencies. The figure signals possible trends in habitat, winter severity, and predator dynamics affecting moose numbers.
Pal the hitchhiking dog greets mistress at party
In Greencastle Indiana a four year old red headed dog named Pal followed Mrs James Grimes to a birthday party. Pal boarded the bus with the mistress and jumped from the baggage area when the bus reached the destination, prompting a friendly head pat from the driver.
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Prank Calls From Army Officers Upset Griffin
In Hiltesboro, a caller claimed to be an army officer and tried to bluff Ben Griffith with a spoof reenactment. Griffith challenged the jokester, who then pretended to be a lieutenant colonel and later revealed as a real officer, ending the hoax when Griffith spoke sharply.
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