Chicago Fire History Highlights From Major Blazes
Chicago has endured a string of devastating fires. Notable losses include the 1871 Great Fire and later blazes at Morris and Co. in 1910, Columbian Exposition cold storage in 1893, and the 1934 Stockyards fire with $10 million in damage, among others, with hundreds killed or injured in several incidents.
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Ghicago
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Fair Grounds
James Horan
Morris and Co
Burlington Railroad
Jackson Blvd
Clinton Street
22Nd
Laflin Streets
General Clark
Local Kiwanis Delegates Heading to 1946 Victory Convention
The Kiwanis Club of Indiana announced delegates J. Russell Guard president and A. E. Drumheller secretary to attend the Kiwanis International Victory Convention in Atlantic City New Jersey June 9 to 13. Wives Wilbur and Mildred Widdowson Wilbur Emmert and Charles Russell Sr also attend. Hamilton Holt Kiwanis International president will preside at the five day meeting expected to draw about 10 000 attendees from the United States and Canada. Major addresses will align with nine objectives for the year and the 1948 administrative theme Build for Peace Unity Opportunity. The convention resumes the first since Cleveland four years AES.
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Kiwanis Club of
Indiana
Kiwanis International
Atlantic City
N. J
J. Russell Guard
A. E. Drumheller
Wilbur
Mildred Widdowson
Wilbur Emmert
Charles Russell
Hamilton Holt
Noon stock list shows widespread percentage changes
A long list of company names and stock figures appears, with percentages beside many firms including Consolidated Edison, General Electric, IBM, General Motors, and United Aircraft. The page reads like a stock table showing daily or intraday changes, with entries for railroads, oil firms, and manufacturing companies, some with notable percentages.
Drought Threatens Ukrainian Wheat Crop
June 5 Kiev A Ukrainian government official said the size of the Ukraine wheat harvest hinges on rainfall by June 15 to end a six day drought. He cited two crops winter and spring with the winter crop damaged by dry spells and the spring crop at risk of a 50 percent drop without rain.
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Kiev
Ukraine
UNRRA
Russia
Peter V. Rudnitsky
Ukraiian Republic
Solons Debate Funds For Tree Program And Borough Services
Indiana town council debated memorial plans for the community center building under the Indiana War Memorial Committee and asked the group to submit written financing and upkeep details. The Street Committee was authorized to advertise bids for oiling and installing chips on 22 441 square yards of black surfaced shafts. funds come from gasoline tax refunds. May traffic violations totaled 191 with 227 in front parking fines. the state paid 7 825.17 for sewer and 800 for Indiana State Teachers College sewer use. Parking meter receipts reached 2 085.78, the highest monthly total since meters were installed. The council approved two bank parking spaces per bank during banking hours, with police to adjust if needed. A stop sign petition for Maple Street and Wayne Avenue was referred to Police for study. cost estimated at 1200. Morris Stern sought to restrict Lanish Bus Co. from two hotel parking spares at Moore Hotel, with $25 yearly per space.
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James K. Leiteh
William E. Pierce
Harry Smith
Indiana War Memorial Committee
Council
Reparty
Burgess J. R. Maloney
Justices of the Peace
Indiana
Indiana State ‘Teachers College
Total College
Maple Street
Wayne Avenue
Morris Stern
Moore Hotel
Lanish Bus Co
Police
La Salle Hotel Fire Destroys Chicago Landmark
The La Salle Hotel in Chicago, a Stevens family project opened in 1930s with 1048 guest rooms and 22 stories, was declared fireproof but turned to ashes. The building, dating to May 1 1931 construction, featured steel and stone construction and costly modernization in 1936. The Roanoke Hotel Corporation leased it in 1940 after long Republican HQ use.
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Chicago
la Salle
Stevens
Stevens Hotel
Hotel la Salle Company
LaSalle
America
New York
Fire Engulfs Three Floors of City Hotel
Coroner orders inquest as fire gutts a hotel, seven bodies found on the fourth floor, more than 50 rescued. Fire Marshal and responders battle blaze with 600 officers aiding, one firefighter killed and dozens injured. Rescue ladders, nets, and emergency morgue set up. civilians aid each other amid chaos.
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Jocalion
McNamara
A. L. Brodie
Passavant Hospital
Atlmost
Corrigan
City Hall
Red Cross
Joop
Walter Boris
Chicago
Boris
Ten Mines Fail To Operate In Western Pa
Western Pennsylvania coal output improves as Carnegie-Illinois coke plant at Clairton runs at 85 percent of capacity. Ten Fayette and Greene County mines remain closed, 441 miners idle, prompting federal investigation led by Navy Commander George E. Slocum for the Coal Mine Administration. AFL United Mine Workers District 4 filed complaints. Carnegie-Illinois says steel production steady at 23 percent this week, up from 20.2 percent last report.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette and
Greene County
Western Pennsylvania
Navy
George E. Slocum
Coal Mine Administration
Clairton
Carnegie-Ilinois
Ford Celebrates Golden Jubilee in Detroit
Fifty years after Henry Ford drove the first car into Bagley Avenue Detroit the Ford Industry marks its Golden Jubilee. The Ford Motor Company has grown from a small workshop to a major manufacturing enterprise and helped shape the automobile as the world’s primary transportation method.
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Henry Ford
Bagley Avenue
Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Jodl Says Russia Provoked 1941 German Invasion
Col Alfred Jodl testifies at the war crimes court in Nuernberg that Russia provoked the 1941 German attack by massing about 150 divisions on the border after Poland was partitioned. He is a former German Army Chief of Staff among 22 leading defendants before an Allied panel.
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Tom Reedy Nuernberg
Germany
Alfred Jodl
War Crimes Court
Russia
Poland
Jodl
United States
Britain
France
Airborne Wins Derby On Rain-Swept Course
Airborne, a 40-to-1 shot who had won only one prior race, surged in the final 100 yards to beat Gulf Stream, the favorite, by a length on a rain soaked course at Epsom. A crowd estimated at 120000, including the royal family, witnessed the upset in the Derby.
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Epsom
England
Royel
Gulf Stream
Lord Derby
Peers School Closed 10 Days Over Crisis Vacillation
Tokyo June 1 Peers School a prominent institution tied to Emperor Hirohito's 32-year-old son was closed for 10 days by officials citing a crisis vacillation. The move followed unspecified concerns and signals a period of retrenchment within the royal circle.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Gains In Coal Talks
New York June 5 Progress toward a new contract in the hard coal strike of 75,000 Pennsylvania miners is reported as definite progress by operators and AFL United Mine Workers leaders. Policy-scale committees were convened to clarify points after weeks of broad discussions, following a meeting with UMW top leaders including John Boylan.
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New York
Pennsylvania
AFL United Mine Workers
UMW
John Boylan
Anthracite Conciliation Board
Chavez Leading In New Mexico Senate Nomination Race
Albuquerque June 5 unofficial returns show U S Senator Dennis Chavez taking a lead of about 2 800 votes for the Democratic renomination over Gov J J Dempsey as results from about half of New Mexico's 869 precincts came in Chavez 19 600 Dempsey 17 275 from 400 precincts
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Albuquerque
N. M
U. S
Dennis Chavez
J. J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Chavez
Dempsey
Temperance Report Cited Over British Loan Delay
In Edinburgh on June 5, Scottish minister Rev J H Haldane of Glasgow warned that heavy drinking could slow approval of the $3.75 billion loan to Great Britain. He spoke while presenting a temperance committee report to the United Free Church of Scotland, linking alcohol indiscipline to financial aid hesitancy.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
IPI
Great Britain
J. H. Haldane
Glasgow
Comemnied
United Free Church of Seal
Japanese survey ranks top American films shown since March
A Tokyo press survey of 14 American films in Japanese theaters since March 1 lists Once Upon a Time in the West as the top draw followed by Los Angeles Enter Arsene Lupin Keys of the Kingdom Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Watch on the Rhine The Gold Rush Madame Curie His Butler's Sister and Abe Lincoln with box office popularity guiding the lineup.
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Tokyo
Los Angel
Arsene Lupin
Madame Curie
Abe Lincoln
Premier Achille Vin Acker Announces Belgium Butter Raise
Premier Achille Vin Acker announced today that the monthly Belgian butter ration will be raised from nine and a quarter to ten units. The move affects distribution levels and consumer prices in the Belgian market.
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Brussels
Achille Vin Acker
Foster Home Plan To Aid Neuropsychiatric Vets Endorsed
VA study backs placing certain mentally ill veterans from neuropsychiatric hospitals into foster homes run by private families. Col. John H. Baird says the plan would extend a three month trial visit program and include regular social worker visits to monitor progress.
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Foster Home
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Chicago
Veterans Administration
John H. Baird
Baird
Civi 1 Water
Caling J
Ulian Hospital
Massachusetts
New York
Bill to induct 18 19 year olds sparks Senate clash
Senators Maybank and Tydings led a push to admit younger voters while Democratic Leader Barkley faced a recess move. After repeated quorum calls, Barkley survived at 8 24 p m by a 45 17 vote and ordered a 11 a m reconvening.
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Maybank
D-Sc
Tydings
D-Nd
Barkley
Bowles Sees OPA Bill Growing Into a Monster
Washington reports the Senate Banking Committee resumes work on an OPA bill criticized by Chester Bowles as taking the shape of a monstrous thing. He warned that reversing meat and dairy price control cuts could save about 800 million dollars in food subsidies, while estimates suggest large price hikes and broader inflation risks across rents clothing and grain shipments.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Chester Bowles
Lalt
R-Ohia
OPA
Wagner
D-Ny
Bowles
Inc
CIO PAC Nominates Big Jim Folson For Governor
In northern rural precincts James E. Big Jim Folson 37 year old Cullman insurance man won the Democratic nomination for governor backed by the CIO Political Action Committee. He campaigned for poll tax repeal higher old age pensions and teacher pay and vowed to mop up the professional politicians. Folson led the runoff primary from early rural results and maintained a strong position despite heavier margins against him in Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Povernor
James E
Big Jim) Folson
Cullman Insurance
Folsom
CIO
Political Action Committee
Mobile
Montgomery
Hopper Released By Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the release of righthand pitcher im Hopper 26 to Colombo of the American Association, subject to waiver. Hopper, born in Charlotte, N C, was bought from Toronto in 1946 but entered the army soon after, losing one game this season and appearing in relief in other games.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Im Hopper
Righhand
Colombo
American Association
Hay Reenll
Hopper
Charlotte
N. C
Toronto
Cancer deaths rise in Pennsylvania's 1945 toll
Harrisburg reports 14,552 Pennsylvanians died from cancer in 1945, up 523 from 1944, with 4,019 deaths among ages 65 and older. Heart disease remained the leading cause of death with 45,780 fatalities that year.
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Harrisburg
Henry W. Weest
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Convict Brute Bad Mauheim Court Martial in England
A general court martial found convict Bad Mauheim guilty on June 5 for beating four American soldiers held at the U S Army guardhouse in Lichfield England. The proceedings named Pic William B Norris of Mulga Alabama as involved.
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Bad Mauheim
Willian’ B. Norris
Mulga
Alja
U. & Army
Lichlela
Eng
Bread Lines Form Over Nation As Shortage Appears
Nationwide bread shortages emerge as flour supplies dwindle. Minnesota wholesalers report two weeks of flour, smaller bakers one week. Kansas warns of critical shortages until July. California groceries deplete by noon with mills operating three days weekly. Southern California stocks depleted by mid year. Detroit bakeries run under 70 percent capacity with five weeks of flour. New England suppliers expect major closures by June 15 as warehouses run dry. unions threaten strikes within 44 hours without flour.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Kansas
Jess B. Smith
Associated Millers of Kansas Wheat
Kansas City
California
Michigan
Detroit Bakeries
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
International Bakers and Confectionery Workers Union
Walter Sands
New England Flour Distributors
New England
Ten Army Enlistments Reported at Indiana Station
During the past week ten men were enlisted in the Regular Army at the U S Army Recruiting Station in Indiana announced by Captain John L. Clark. Teenagers led with six aged 17 to 19, alongside four ex servicemen who reenlisted. Names include Ronald B. McQuown 17 Punxsutawney. Robert Neal 19 Punxsutawney. Joseph Pavonish 17 Elmora. Everett H. Reed 18 Penn Run. Andrew D. Burda 19 Homer City. Calvin L. Bolvin Dixonville. Nick Hodak Dixonville. George Kohut Dixonville. Paul B. Bates Salisbury. Clinton V. Gorman 30 RFD. Glen Campbell pre Pearl Harbor trustee.
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U. S. Army
Indiana
John L. Clark
Army
Ronald B. McQuown
Greenwood Avenue
Punxsutawney
RAF
Caribbean Defense Command
Robert Neal
R. D
Joseph Pavonish
Elmora
Everett H. Reed
Penn Run
Andrew D. Burda
Homer City
Calytn L. Bolvin
Dixonville
Signal Corps
Eto
Nick Hodak
Spy Master Mind Dies In Moscow
Otawa Morning Journal reports Col. Nicolai Zabotin former military attache at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa died in Moscow four days after returning from Ottawa. He was named by Igor Gouzenko as mastermind of a Canadian spy network. death attributed to heart failure per intelligence services. Zabotin had been recalled February 20 for inadmissible activities of his staff.
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Quawa
Otawa
Moscow
Ottawa
Zabetin
Warren Gains as California Primary Votes Grow
Governor Earl Warren led steadily in California primary tabulations, winning the Republican nomination by a large margin and leading Democratic opponent Robert W. Kenny by more than 13,000 votes. With about a third of precincts reporting, results were scattered and inconclusive from San Diego and coastal counties.
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San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Robert W. Kenny
San Diego
Coast
River Finds Body of Plane Crash Victim
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania on June 5 two men in a rowboat recovered Mrs Rose Wilson 35 from Schuyl Falls Pa from the Lehigh River. She was found strapped in the cockpit of a plane that crashed Monday into the river near Freemansburg. The rescuers towed the aircraft into shallow water to reach the body.
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Bethlehem
Rose Wilson
Shchols Falls
Lehigh River
Bids Wanted Notice From Washington Township School Board
The board invites bids for transportation of pupils from Lucas and Cummings to Red Lion Harmon to Haneihe Rock and Kelly to Cribbs for 1946 47 terms. Reject oral bids. Submit bids to secretary by June 29 1946. By order of Board Co M Boyer Sec Creekside Pa.
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Washington Township
Lucas and
Cummings
Red Lion
Harmon
Haneihe Rock
Kelly
Cribbs
Obituaries for George R Wassam and Samuel Walko
George R Wassam of Homer City dies after five months illness at home. Four grandchildren survive. services set at Homer City Church of the Nazarene with Rev Wells, June 6 at 2 pm. Interment in Greenweed Cemetery Indiana. Samuel Walko dies suddenly in Commodore at age 23. son of Charles and Mary Walko, survived by parents, three sisters, and a brother, with mass at St Michael’s Greek Catholic Church Clymer. Interment in Oakland Cemetery Indiana.
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George R. Wassam
Homer City
Church Street
Greenweed Cemetery
Indiana
Samuel Walko
Commodore
Charles and
Mary (Petroskey) Walke
Elmers
Jefferson County
Cleveland
Anna Buzzelli
Mary Patsolic
Betty
Marcella
George
Max Petroskey
Elnora
St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church
Clymer
Italian King Is Abdicated After Plebiscite Victory
Italian unofficial results show the republic won the plebiscite and King Umberto II will leave Italy by Saturday. Queen Maria Jose and four children arrived in Naples suitcases, moving to Villa Maria Pia as Vittorio Emanuele III had done before abdicating. Government sources say the monarchy’s fate is sealed despite remaining votes.
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Rome
Pietro Nenni
Umberto II
Italy
Maria Jose
Sapolidi Chine
Naples
Villa Maria Pia
Posilipo
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Genoa
Interior Ministry
Beatings Policy At Army Stockade In Germany Trial
BAD NAUHEIM Germany June 5. Sat James M Jones Muskogee Okla testified in a General Court Martial that wartime policy at the Lichfield England stockade was to beat prisoners to move them back to the front. He is serving six months for his role in the Lichfield beatings as Pfc William B Norris Mulga Ala faces trial for the same charges. Both officers Lt Granville Cubage Oklahoma City and Lt Leonard W Ennis Peekskill N Y are on trial in adjoining courts for maltreating prisoners at Lichfield and gave similar instructions.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James M. Jones
Muskogee
Okla
Lichfield
England
Jones
William B. Norris
Mulga
Ala
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill, N
Cubage
Ennis
I Lichfield
H and M to Resume Service Amid Strike Talks
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad announced plans to resume operation as soon as competent personnel can be secured, whether inside or outside the unions. Vice President and general counsel John E. Buck spoke on the eve of an emergency board meeting appointed by President Truman to investigate the seven day strike by union engineers and trainmen.
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New York
Hudson and Manhatton
Versonnel
John E. Buck
Truman
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