Tragic Lake Pocotopaug Fire Claims Ten In Connecticut
A Lake Pocotong home in East Haipton Connecticut burned killing ten people including a mother and eight children plus an infant granddaughter. Edward Clark survived with minor burns as six bodies were found near a doorway and the roof collapsed trapping victims. Fire officials cited an oil burner as the likely heat source and noted the absence of local fire hydrants.
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East Haipton
Conn
Lake Pocotong
Edward Nelson
Betty Yeltma
Mary Kelvin Hall
Rita Clark
Edith Nelson
Chiina Nelson
Chapin Nelson
Charles Nelson
John Nelson
Jacqueline Yeltma
Edward Clark
Yelema
Clark
Lhe
Nelson
Bruce White
Truman vows full wartime resources for world peace
President Truman pledged the nation's full resources to avert a new global clash. He urged the UN General Assembly to avoid letting ideological differences derail recovery and warned against fear of war spurring conflict. He called for consensus on peace settlements and international control of atomic energy.
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New York
Truman
United Nations General Assembly
Meadow
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
United Nations
Wallace
Russia
Time For Walkout Set Up Time For Walkout
Washington reports L Lewis steps up the tempo of his attack for fresh wage sessions from the federally operated soft coal industry as of October 23.
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Washington
L. Lewis
Masters Mates and Pilots strike risks broad shutdown
A spokesman for the Masters Mates and Pilots AFL said negotiations with east and Gulf coast ship operators show “things look very bad” for settlement of the 28 day old strike of deck officers. Capt Albert B Oliver, chairman of the union negotiating committee, warned they will tie up every ship in the world unless operators agree on union membership for masters.
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New York
Masters, Mates and Pilots
AFL
Albert B. Oliver
Shipping Out a Sharp New Ultimu M to Interior Secretary
Shipping out a sharp new Ultimu M to Secretary of Interior J A Rug appears in crisp sentences. More on page two.
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Secretary of Interior
J. A. Rug
Equipment Delays Halt Merriman No. 4 Drilling
Morehead City reports testing gear ordered by Carolina Petroleum from Henderson Kentucky delayed on the way to the Merriman No 4 well site. Officials say a test now expected to take six hours or more to decide if the well will produce after oil sand at 565 feet halted drilling.
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Morehead City
Carolina Petroleum Comy
Henderson
Merriman No
Merriman No. 4
Weather data report for October 24 1946 values across multiple cities
Official weather records show 24 hour rainfall ending 8 30 a m in cities including Charleston 1 53 Charlotte 0 0 Chicago 7 2 Columbia 0 4 Denver 4 5 Detroit 8 5 Evansville 7 4 Galveston 7 5 Greensboro 7 8 High Point 7 8 Jacksonville 7 0 Little Rock 8 0 Los Angeles 8 6 Memphis 7 0 Meridian 7 0 Miami 5 0 Mobile 8 5 New Orleans 8 7 New York 4 2 Raleigh 0 0 San Antonio 0 0 Spartanburg 7 0 Washington 4 3 Wilmington 7 0 Max 7 9 Min 3 0.
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Hees
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Hranasville
Galveston
Cheensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
M. Michell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Wrenaiens
Aepartanburg
Washington
Wilmi
Von Papen Leaves Jail for Nuernberg Residence
Von Papen, freed in Nurnberg on war crimes charges, moves to a Nuernberg apartment after assurance authorities will not arrest him as a Nazi while awaiting denazification court action. Schacht remains jailed near Stuttgart and Fritzsche lives in a small Nuernberg flat. The British zone entry request was finally rejected. Goering death mystery may be cleared by U. S. army board.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Franz von Papen
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Stuttsgart
Hans Fritzsche
International Military Tribunal
von Papen
Bavaria
Col
B. ©. Andrus
Hermann Goering
U. S. Army Investigating Board
America accuses Soviet of suppressing protest on Balkan elections
The United States charged Russia with forcing suppression of an American protest over Balkan elections. Lincoln White said Maynard Barnes reported that Col. Gen. Sergi Biryusov issued oral instructions to stop the protests without consulting British or American representatives on the Bulgarian control commission.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Balkans
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Lincoln White
State Department
Maynard B. Barnes
Sofia
Bulgaria
Barnes
Biryusov Sergi
Bulgarian Control Commission
Sergei
Control Commission
Lidice Butcher Pays With Life For Atrocities
In Prague on October 23 Col. Gen. Kurt Daluege known as the Lidice butcher was hanged after a Czech people court found him guilty of war crimes. He allegedly attempted to escape by smuggling poison cigarettes into his cell but was thwarted.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kurt Daluege
Lidice
Pankrac
Ogee
Daluege
Hitler
Bohemia and
Moravia
Train Crash Injures Hundreds in Chicago Fog
An elevated express train rear ended another during heavy fog at the 47th street station in Chicago. Between 240 and 270 hurt with 4 dozen seriously injured as 1,300 to 1,500 passengers were aboard. Police and fire crews rerouted traffic and rushed victims to eight hospitals.
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Chicago
47Th Street
Ray Darling
South Side
John Ryan
Warren Avenue
Hand Massage Of Heart Can Return Life
Detroit reports Dr. Hamilton Bailey of London describes a 90 second cardiac massage method to restart a failing heart during anesthesia. He says 45 seconds are given to show no heartbeat before needle stimulation or rapid heart squeezing, with three successful cases in five years.
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Detroit
Hamilton Bailey
London
England
U. S
International College of Surgeons
Bailey
Veterans College Centers to Be Debated Next Month
North Carolina college conference to decide in Greensboro whether veterans college centers will continue next year. Dr James E Hillman chairman of the committee on veterans education announces the plan at the Raleigh meeting.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
North Carolina College Conference
Veterans’ College
James E. Hillman
Committee On
Veterans’ Education
Churchill Attlee Attack Red Policy in Balkans and UN Veto
In London on October 23 Winston Churchill denounced Russian policies in the so called communized Balkan bloc and accused the Soviet Union of diverging from Yalta agreements. He and Attlee urged reform of UN veto use and warned of Polish and Yugoslav communist influence while criticizing British and US Palestine policy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Balkan
Soviet Union
Yalta
Attlee
United Nations Security Council
Council
Russia
Churchill
Yugoslavia
United States
Palestine
Holy Land
Chiang's Troops Advance on Chefoo Port
An unconfirmed report from a Chinese social welfare publication says government troops shell Chefoo, land and sea columns push toward the city, with warships and gunboats in action. Chefoo, held by the communists, is described as the most important city besides Harbin.
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Peipine
Tientsin
Social Welfare
Chefoo
United States
Harbin
China
Agriculture Dept Develops More Durable Egg
Washington report on a U S Department of Agriculture project yielding an egg able to withstand eight to nine pounds of pressure. Researchers improved shell strength and white firmness by breeding, after discovering shell toughness varied by hen even with equal diets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Prosperity Forecast by Small on Textile Production
New York October 23 Civilian production chief John D Small predicts a long era of prosperity if Americans stay steady in the coming months. He told the Cotton Textile Institute that full production of needed goods should be pursued, not just high profit items, and that government controls could end with strong output. He argued consumers will keep buying even if demand slows after a surge.
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New York
John D. Small
Small
Embargoes Hit Livestock Receipts at Major Markets
Chicago dispatch reports embargoes on further livestock receipts lowering cattle arrivals to the week’s low. Hog prices slid the second straight day while sheep gains continued. Denver led in cattle and sheep entries, with Chicago posting the highest market tally.
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Chicago
Denver
Colo
Strike Postponed In Telegraph Union Dispute
Joseph P. Selly president of the American Communications Association announced that the Western Union telegraph strike set for today has been postponed by one week to October 30.
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New York
Joseph P. Selly
American Communications Association
CIA
Western Union Telegraph
Be A Father Or Go To Market, Ultimatum For Rupert
Rupert the $88 000 Hereford bull faces a stark choice to sire calves or be sold. Roy Turner, his owner and Oklahoma political candidate, has ordered the bull through experimental treatments in Des Moines to improve fertility. Earlier, Rupert failed as a herd builder after being returned from Kansas State College with a label infantilism.
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Okla
Rupert
Oklahoma
Roy Jd. Turner
Turner
Hereford Heaven
Des Moines
Bullet Report Awaited By Florida Sheriff In Beach Killings
Broward County Sheriff Walter R. Clark awaited ballistics results from California bullets tied to the Dania beach double murder of Lawrence C. Hogan 23 and Elaine Eldridge 24. The eleventh suspect, held in Pasadena on a California murder charge, was not named.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Walter R. Clark
Broward County
California
Dania Beach
Pasadena
Calif
Clark
Lawrence C. Hogan
Elaine Eldridge
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Connecticut
Coast Guard
John Trumbull
Baltimore Harbor
Coast Guard Marine Inspection Department
Bernard Fleming
Atlantic
Italy
America
Churchill and
Chiang
Wayne F. Fox
Fox
T. Royal
Charles Pettit
Flat Top Ranch
Walnut Springs
Tex
Gladacre
Dal
Florida
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