Salem jail riot ends amid arrests and fire danger
A brief jail riot at Oregon State Penitentiary ended last night with prisoners confined and guards restoring order. Across the country, autumn forest fires and a Pennsylvania hunting ban dominated headlines as Gov. Fine postponed the season due to tinder dry conditions, threatening crop losses and delaying wildlife activity until conditions improve.
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Inmates Help Chaplain After Ohio Pen Riot
At Ohio Penitentiary a riot damaged the chapel with flames. Catholic chaplain Rev. C. Valerian Lucifer stood with a few inmates amid the wreckage as prisoners reflected on the events and offered mixed thoughts on responsibility and cleanup.
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New Fabrics Bane To Dry Cleaners
W J Mooney executive secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Cleaners and Dyers Association said new fabrics pose challenges for cleaners. A Philadelphia Textile Institute program studies cleaning methods while chemists work on solvents to remove dirt without damage. High wages to retain skilled workers also press this industry, but Mooney predicted the industry will endure the price wage spiral without sacrificing service quality.
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W. J. Mooney
Western Pennsylvania Cleaners and Dyers Association
Mooney
Philadelphia Textile Institute
Eisenhower confident of victory in major states bid
President hopeful Eisenhower maintains optimism amid poll trends as advisers flag possible gains by Stevenson. He targets New York California and Pennsylvania, with 108 electoral votes at stake, while Illinois visit aims to tip a close race. In Chicago he drew large crowds and spoke at the Loop after visiting veterans and a hospital.
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Notorious Malayan rebel leader shot dead in Segamat
Singapore report states Cemale Rebel Shot SINGAPORE says Malayan rebel leaders were shot by British forces in Segamat Johore State amid renewed guerrilla activity. The piece weaves in varied wartime and political notes including calls about European involvement and postwar defense policies.
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Pilot Killed Near Towanda in Plane Crash
A Navy pilot was killed when his aircraft crashed in a field near East Smithfield Bradford County. Details on the incident and official statements were not immediately available.
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Walle
Yugoslavia to Open Congress Amid Party Split Tensions
Savta's 106,000 Communists prepare for Yugoslavia’s four day congress in Zagreb focusing on stronger domestic control while maintaining alignment with the West and denouncing Cominform. Tito, Stimson era aides, and key party figures attend as delegates meet to assess the 1948 split from Moscow and emphasize Leninist independence and anti imperialism.
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Loss of Italy exam papers costs professor six thousand four hundred ten
A July 1948 disappearance of a master copy of school examination papers caused the Italian state to postpone tests nationwide and cost Prof. Attilia Levi 6410 in damages. A court ruled Levi negligent and ordered partial compensation. The case ties into broader political turmoil as party leaders face reorganizations and accusations within a shifting European context.
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Mutiny in Ohio prison leaves buildings burning
Eight hundred convicts return to cells while 1,200 remain and stage a riot as guards struggle to contain fires. Warden Ralph W. Alvis pleads over loudspeakers as Gov. Frank J. Lausche flies in to oversee the crackdown after a day of arson and chaos.
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Lutheran Award For Local Scout Honors Indiana Youth
Everett F. Qaterling Jr. will receive the Pro Dep Bt Patrig Award at Zion Lutheran Church on Sunday November 2 during the Opening Worship Service at 9 30 a m. The event honors a local scout with the highest Lutheran award at the church auditorium.
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Mercer Man Buys Champion Steers
John McDowell, a Mercer Pennsylvania cattle feeder, bought the grand championship car load of 20 Hereford steers at the Eighth Annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show. He paid $44 per hundredweight for the 420 pound average carload, shown by the Fred de Berard Cattle Co., Kremmling, Colo, for his two sons in 4 H Club work.
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Officer Missing In Russian Zone
BERLIN Soviet and American officials seek Lt. William L Stonebraker who disappeared after leaving Berlin last Sunday. General Lemuel B. Mathewson urged Soviet help at Karlshorst, but officials said no evidence Stonebraker is being held in the Soviet zone.
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Triangle Hill fights renew as South Korea holds crest
South Korean troops push up shell-blasted slopes of Triangle Hill while Allied air forces strike the Communist held crest to slow Red fire power. Commanded to retreat, the ROKs instead fought to defend Central Front peak, and tanks and infantry raided near Panmunjom, with 500 Reds killed or wounded. Evacuations continued near Chunchon as U S Sabres scored air superiority.
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McKinney,Tex
Man Celebrates 105th Birthday In Butler Pa
Washington D Brandon, a retired attorney in Butler Pennsylvania, is observing his 105th birthday today with family present and says he plans to vote for Gen Eisenhower in the upcoming election. He notes he has voted in every presidential race since Ulysses S Grant and expresses interest in the election Tuesday. Continued coverage discusses gambling tax law limitations and enforcement challenges, noting manpower shortages and ongoing legal questions about constitutionality, with data on stamp sales and excise taxes across states.
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Adlai Winds Up Campaign In The East
Gov Sonn disclosed pardons and sentence commutations approved by the State Pardons Board. Pardons were granted to Matis, Abe Pearlman Allegheny County keeping a gambling house Elias and Gabriel Allegheny and Beaver Counties embezzlement Stephen Broach Allegheny County fraudulent conversion Brantley D Switzer Jr Montgomery County carrying concealed deadly weapons. Commutations were granted to Anico Allegheny County second degree murder Carelli Allegheny County Robbery Willis Feathers Bedford County first degree murder Edward Carter Dauphin County burglary Harlen Martin Weaver Lancaster County arson Joseph James Kaiser Jr Lycoming County statutory rape Raymond DeFrancisco Manoromery County rape Phillip Lannutzi Montgomery County rape Joseph Stella Northumberland County first degree murder Dominic Traitt Northumberland County burglary.
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Lycoming County
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Manomery County
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Self-Styled Maniac Faces Many Charges
Bartow Fla James Francis Hill 31 a former inmate of an insane asylum is charged with three counts of armed robbery three of kidnapping three of auto theft one jail delivery and a federal detainer. James Douglas the convict faces two counts of kidnapping three armed robberies three auto thefts and one escape. Hill freed Douglas and three other convicts at a road gang near here. They allegedly kidnapped eight persons and changed cars five times during their bid to flee Florida. Virgil Lemay 15 and Charles Edward Hopkins 24 were arrested earlier by FBI agents.
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Firemen To Meet In Coral Sunday
Coral The regular monthly meeting of the Coral Graceten Volunteer Fire Company will be held tomorrow Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock in the Zonarich Hall Coral
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Obituary for Clara Agnes Etivisor in Indiana County
Mrs Clara Agnes Etivisor died Friday October 1 at home of relatives 1384 Ghureh Street. Born March 31 1842 in North Mas honing Township Indiana County she was daughter of Richard Reping. She lived many years in Rayne Township Butler and nearby areas in Indiana Pa.
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Sportsmen Endorse Governor Fine On Hunting Season Postponement
Joseph H. Barkley of Punxsutawney, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen Clubs, backed Gov. Fine’s decision to postpone the small game hunting season indefinitely. He said the woods are too dry and fire risk is too high to start as scheduled. The federation includes about 1,000 clubs statewide.
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Pennsylvania Federation of Sportman's Clubs
Gov. Fine
Joseph H. Barkley
Fine
Barkley
Straw Vote Counts Ike and Stevenson at Harry's Bar
A straw poll of American patrons at Harry's New York Bar shows Eisenhower 155 votes and Stevenson 150, posted above the mirror yesterday. The poll, begun in 1924, has only strayed from accuracy once before.
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Pittsburgh building workers approve new contract vote
Negotiators for management of 50 major Pittsburgh office buildings reach a new contract with AFL Building Service Employees for 2500 elevator operators janitors and service workers. The workers will vote on the agreement tomorrow to avert a threatened strike Monday. Details of the accord were not disclosed.
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AFL Building Service
Woods New Slows Down New Price Stabilizing Boards
Washington reports Tighe Woods initiated a slowdown in appointing local price stabilization boards. Boards are to be set up on November 7 in Sacramento, November 14 in St. Paul, and November 20 in Providence, with no appointments in the remaining 82 cities until the three pilots are evaluated.
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Tighe Woods
Sacramento
Calif
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Minn
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Business Official Sought By Police
Beaver Falls police searched for Albert Koreman 64 vice president of W E Osborne Co who has been missing since Thursday He was last seen in New Castle where he made three business visits.
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W. E. Osborne Co
New Castle
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