Danube peace talks push for open commerce barrier removal
In Paris on October 10 the United States and Britain urged the Soviet Union and Balkan states to open the Danube to free commerce. Senator Vandenberg led debate on the Romanian peace treaty draft stressing a free Danube as essential to central Europe's economy and peace. British Foreign Secretary Bevin backed the plan while Yugoslav Deputy Premier Kardelj challenged the draft’s Danube provisions. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov spoke as coverage continued on page 2-A.
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Ample Meat Supply Promised If Price Controls Lifted
Washington reports the beef industry urges immediate price decontrol and promises ample meat supplies soon, possibly before November elections. R G Haynie, head of the OPA beef advisory committee, says cattle and calves are ready for market once ceilings end, and the White House plans further talks on the issue. The industry petition argues no cattle shortage exists and calls for decontrol across livestock and meats if needed.
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Two Deaths Baffle Officers on Dania Beach
Sheriff Walter R. Clark said four men are being questioned in connection with the double murder of Elaine Eldridge, 24, from South Chatham Mass, and her 23 year old escort Lawrence Hogan. Police found the bodies on Dania beach but offered no leads. The investigation continues as officers press for clues in the perplexing slaying.
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Chatham
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Gen. Stilwell Critically Ill in San Francisco
General Joseph W. Stilwell sixth army commander is critically ill at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. The 63 year old Asiatic war veteran suffers a liver condition believed contracted in Burma. Known as Vinegar Joe, Stilwell underwent an operation October 3 and was reported progressing until recently.
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Letterman General Hospital
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Weather Update Forecast for Friday October
Weather reading indicates partly to mostly cloudy conditions with mild temperatures. Forecast calls for a warmer night and overnight into Friday morning with continued mild weather and light winds.
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Negro May Win Georgia Office
Atlanta reports race could elect the first Negro office-holder since Reconstruction as Georgia Republicans move to curb Negro voting. Governor nominees Eugene Talmadge on a white supremacy platform, with Fulton County feared to face a Negro coroner after the November 5 election.
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Soviets Call U S Carrier Cruise a Protest to War
Izvestia harshly condemns the Franklin D. Roosevelt visit to the Mediterranean as a scarecrow used by American reactionaries to push U S policies. Pravda furthers the line with a detailed piece on Philippine affairs and regional tensions.
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Philippine
Ban on Flights Over Europe Partially Lifted
U S headquarters in Europe lifted a ban on American flights over Czechoslovakia but kept suspensions over Romania and Hungary. Capt Calvin Dyer of Jackson Heights New York said the restriction may relate to Russian military maneuvers. The Czechoslovak ban had been imposed and lifted with little explanation.
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Murray Courts Trainmen In Fla Address
Miami Beach Oct 10 Philip Murray urged the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to join the CIO to press for price control and tax legislation. He defended the 1946 railroad strike and urged merger as CIO southern organizing accelerates and rail workers seek better conditions.
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Hull Showing Improvement After Stroke at Bethesda
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, aged 75, shows slight but definite improvement at Bethesda naval hospital after a stroke on September 30. Official 9 a.m. report notes he rested well overnight and improved this morning.
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Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
United States Britain and Turkey Resist Russian Dardanelles Demands
Washington reports a united front against Russia over the Dardanelles while allowing talks on Soviet access. The U S State Department says Greece will receive 25 million for surplus army property, with total U S aid to Greece at 45 million. Turkey is reported to receive a similar aid decision as part of crisis responses during the Greek civil war.
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German Doctors To Face Trial In Nuremberg
U S authorities said German doctors charged with using humans as subjects in SS laboratory experiments will face trial about November 15 in Nuremberg. The first series of war crimes trials will group SS officials and doctors involved with concentration camp inmates and others. At least a dozen doctors have been brought to Nuremberg for interrogation as witnesses.
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Nazi Peoples Court
Smaller Strikes Settled In Washington And Pittsburgh
The report notes smaller labor disputes resolved while major strikes by Pittsburgh power workers and nationwide ship crews show little progress. CIO marine engineers demand either a national union security agreement for ships or East Coast terms imposed by the Maritime Commission. AFL Masters Mates and Pilots abandoned hope for a national agreement as talks stall. The Labour Department may seek Maritime Commission aid, with a glimmer of hope for settlement of 3200 Duquesne Light workers in Pittsburgh.
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Maritime Commission
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Emperor Hirohito Sanctioned 1940 Plan to Attack Russia
Testimony at the international war crimes trial says Emperor Hirohito personally approved the 1940 Japanese general staff plan to attack Russia. Lt. Gen. Kyoji Tominaga testified by affidavit that the plan was submitted to Hirohito and received Imperial sanction. he will be brought to court once he recovers from illness in Moscow.
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Rome Palace Guards Are Alerted Under Security Push
Italian troops and police reinforced as the cabinet met to quell a growing labor crisis. Barbed wire blocked approaches to the Viminale palace and dawn revealed tanks and mounted police guarding streets.
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Unions Seek AFL Help in Hollywood Studio Dispute
Chicago October drive to set up a system for settling fights between unions gains support at the AFL convention. Leaders voice sentiment against strikes caused by inter union squabbles and urge AFL involvement to prevent disruptions.
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Hollywood Studio
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Allied council rejects clemency pleas for 16 Nazi war criminals
The Allied Control Council today rejected clemency pleas from 16 convicted Nazi war criminals. A four power communique said the decision was reached after two three hour sessions held yesterday and today. The council remains the final recourse for the 11 condemned to die.
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Negro Juror Rejected From Jury in Cary Murder Case
In Mineola New York Ward Beecher Cary 23 a Black defendant in the logan murder case rejects a juror from his own race The attempted juror Ralph Brant a Black World War I veteran from Rosslyn Heights says he views himself as white and seeks fair justice The panel presently includes ten white jurors as the trial resumes
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Ward Beecher Cary
Marjory Church Logan
Nassau County
Caraway
Ralph S. Brant
Rossyan Heights
Brant
James N. Gehrig
World Series Fourth Game at Fenway Park
World Series action at Fenway Park in Boston on October 10 with Munger Garagiola Bagby Zuber and Wagner in the lineup.
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Brilliant Meteors Dazzle U S Amid Cloudy Skies Display
Meteors shed by comet Giacobini Zinner lit up the nation in a record display described as the brightest this century. Radar and aerial observers tracked meteors from 45 to 180 miles away while clouds limited viewing in many regions. Chicago's Adler planetarium director counted 149 flashes in a 10 minute peak. Hayden planetarium teams floated above the clouds for hours but could not rise above 138,000 feet.
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U.S. Signal Corps Laboratory
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Hayden Planetarium
Newark Airport
Unification Efforts Move Toward Lutherans Unity
Cleveland report outlines two paths toward unity among U S Lutherans. The Luther League proposes synchronizing its 1949 Minneapolis convention with other Lutheran youth groups and broader National Lutheran Council youth events. The Women’s Missionary Society urges a fall 1947 assembly of all women’s groups.
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