Six Robbers Loot Boston Firm Payroll
Six gunmen raided the B F Sturtevant division of Westinghouse in Hyde Park Boston stealing about 110000 in payroll funds. They keyed the scene by targeting the paymaster and clerks, forced workers to the floor, and fled in a car with a stolen license plate.
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B. F. Sturtevant Company
Hyde Park
Sturtevant Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
R., W. Marshall
Marshall
Gardner Derry
Derry
Secretary Marshall Maps Four Year Aid Plan to Congress
Secretary Marshall returns to the state department to shape final recommendations for a four year European recovery program possibly costing up to 20 billion dollars. The plan targets Europe’s recovery and stopping a westward spread of communism, with releases to Congress and a London trip for the German peace talks.
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Congress
Washington
State Department
Europe
New York
United Nations Assembly
London
United Nations
Chilean deputy warns of Soviet spread in Americas
Chilean Interior Minister Adm Immanuel Holger told the chamber of deputies that Soviet Russia seeks to expand via Pan Slav Unions with蒙 headquarters in Montevideo. He said Czechoslovak Yugoslav Russian and Polish colonies in South America are run by an interslav coordinating committee under Moscow guidance.
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Chile
Adm
Immanuel Holger
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
America
Montevideo
Holger
Chamber
South America
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Weather outlook and temperature report for North Carolina area
Mostly fair today and Friday with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. The report lists official weather readings across multiple cities including Charleston 79 60, Charlotte 80, Boston 68 45, Raleigh 48, with rainfall logs showing scattered totals and Mitchell Peak recording 31.98 inches.
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Weabureau
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Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago SA
Columbia
Denver
Evansville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
de Rock
Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
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Miami
Mobile
Mt Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Francisco
Spartanburg
Tampa
Postwar Totalitarianism Denounced by Pope Pius XII
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII denounces postwar totalitarianism he says seeks to bind church to state while rejecting the idea that church and state can be entirely separate. He spoke at Castel Gandolfo to the sacred Roman Rota at the start of their work year. The pope warned that tyrannical arguments of yesterday reappear to attack the church in defense of divine rights and human liberty.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Castel Gandolfo
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Democrats Map Plans for 48 At Meeting
The Democratic national committee chose Philadelphia for the 1948 nominating convention and elected Senator J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island as national chairman. President Truman is expected to be the likely nominee, with vice presidential picks still undetermined among Forrestal Douglas Wallgren Lane and Lane among others.
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Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman
James V. Forrestal
New Yorker
Supreme Court
William O
Soviet Shuns Trade Parley In Havana
The Soviet Union declined to attend the world trade conference in Havana slated for November 21. Ukraine, White Russia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Siam, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also refused. Nations accepting invitations include Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, among others.
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Switzerland
Max Suetens
Belgium
Russia
Havana
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Siam
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia
Suetens
Afghanistan
Australia
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
China
Czechoslovakia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
France
Haiti
Indonesia
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Phillippines
Portugal
Rhodesia
Sweden
Trans- Jordan
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
British Labor Regime Given Two Scares
London reports Britain's labor government escaped defeat twice in the House of Commons with narrow margins. A 184 to 160 vote upheld a motion to end debate on abolishing a basic gasoline ration. A 187 to 160 vote defeated an opposition bid to annul the gas ration. Churchill again failed in his bid to oust Labor.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
House
Labor
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Father of UNC Man Gets Post With VA
Dr. Paul R. Hawley, director of medicine for the Veterans Administration, said today Dr. Arden Freer of Washington has succeeded Dr. Robert C. Cook as deputy medical director. Dr. and Mrs. Freer have two sons Major Arden S. Freer, a former 9th Air Force pilot now teaching air ROTC at the University of North Carolina, and Lt. Charles H. Freer, a former Navy fighter pilot now on duty with Atlantic Fleet Headquarters at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Washington
Paul R. Hawley
The
Veterans Administration
Arden Freer
Robert C. Cook
Ramadier Seeks Confidence Vote in France Government
Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier asked the French national assembly for a vote of confidence in his middle-of-the-road cabinet. He expected a narrow win with support from his socialists radical socialists and MRP allies despite RGR opposition and de Gaulle factional splits within the parties.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Ramadier
Charles de Gaulle
Republican Rally
RGR
Assembly
Oregon Governor among crash victims in southern Oregon
Wreckage found after a private plane carrying Oregon Governor Earl Snell State Senate President Marshall Cornett and Secretary of State Robert Farrell Jr. crashed near Klamath Falls. Pilot Cliff Hogue survived. Governor’s death triggers constitutional succession to Speaker John Hall.
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Ore
Oregon
State Senate
Lake County
Warner Valley
Earl Wilcox Snell
Senate
Marshall Cornett
Robert S. Farrell, Jr
Cliff Hogue
Earl Snell
Fremont Forest
Merle Lowden
Lowden
Jack Smith
House of Representatives
John H. Hall
Portland
Hall
Oscar Kittredge
Cornett
Kittredge
Prediction Of Rain Helps Maine Forest Fire Fight
Maine faced ongoing forest fires that killed 15 people and destroyed about 1,100 homes and 200000 acres of woodland. A weather bureau forecast promised more rain, with regional amounts reported from Greenville to Augusta and Portland. Scientists in two B 17 aircraft attempted cloud seeding to enhance precipitation.
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Maine
Weather Bureau
Greenville
Augusta
New Hampshire
Vincent J. Screfer
General Electric
Umstead Urges Production to Stabilize Economy
Senator William B. Umstead told Rotary Club that high production of foodstuffs and goods will curb inflation, lower prices, and strengthen U S standing abroad. He warned Soviet claims of growth lack proof and urged production as a weapon to aid democracy and European recovery.
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William B. Umstead
Rotary Club
Umstead
Amos R. Kearns
Europe
Asia
United States
Hallowe'en Skeletons Lead Demand for Spook Costumes
Chicago supplier Lester of Lester, Ltd. reports skeleton and spook outfits dominate this year’s Halloween orders. He describes daring glamor looks and unusual requests from customers, noting a Siamese outfit with net bra and extreme Lady Godiva wig as examples of the bold trends.
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Lester
Long Undies In Disfavor
London reports a Scottish physician seeks to curb a luxury amid rationing as he denounces long underpants. Dr. R K Passmore writes in The Practitioner that such garments remain on display in consulting rooms rather than being relegated to museums.
Negro to Be Given Hearing In Lexington
Alonzo Mitchell a Kinston Negro will face a preliminary hearing in Lexington on charges of kidnapping a former postmaster at Newsom after a jail break. Curtis W. Stokes says Mitchell forced him at gunpoint to drive the escapee toward Raleigh before armed men intercepted and recaptured him near Davidson County. Mitchell had escaped from Randolph County jail on Oct 16.
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Lexington
Alonzo Mitchell
Kinston
Newsom
Curtis W. Stokes
Mitchell
Stokes
Davidson County
Raleigh
Randolph County
Budget Talk Highlights Federal Spending Gaps
The speaker outlined a 37 billion federal budget with five major items totaling 29.5 billion, including defense, veterans affairs, debt interest, tax refunds and international commitments. He warned only 7.5 billion remains for all other services while demands grow, and predicted defense may rise next congress if Cold War tensions persist.
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Veterans Administration
Russia
Umstead
Lardner Jr Contempt Cited in Hollywood Red Probe
Writer Ring Lardner Jr and Lester Cole were cited for contempt by the House committee investigating communism in Hollywood. They refused to answer if they are or have been communists, as hearings enter their ninth day with talk of a mystery witness on atom bomb espionage and possible end to Hollywood sessions.
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Lardner, Jr
House
UN Americal Activities
Communist Party
Earlie
Lardner
Hollywood
Thomas
R-Nj
UN American Activities
Ring Lardner, Jr
Lester Cole
Capitol
Louis J. Russell
FBI
J Parnell Thomas
Chio
Robert E. Stripling
Bacan
Charlie Chaplin
Senate
Fee
Ard Hughes
Restraining Order Hearing Postponed in Davidson County
Dar Walser attorney for the Amazon mills announced a postponement of the show cause hearing on the temporary restraining order issued October 17 by Judge Hoyle. The hearing moved to November 17 in Greensboro to determine if the order should become permanent. Warlick’s trial in a capital case halted today, and Judge Wilson preserved Judge Sink’s order terms until the November hearing. Copies of the new order will be served on 30 Davidson County residents by the sheriff.
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Amazon Mills
Hoyle
Greensboro
Jud Sink
Warlick
Wilson Warlick
Davidson County
Judge Sink
Amazon Mills Company
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