Florida Struggles to Rebuild After Destructive Hurricane
Florida begins mopping up after a slow moving hurricane that killed seven in Cuba and five in Florida and caused over 5 million dollars in damage. The storm lashed Mantanzas Cuba and crossed to Key West Everglades City and the Okeechobee region, leaving homesteads wrecked, crops ruined, and roads flooded.
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Miami
Fla
Y.p
Weather Bureau
Cuba
Florida
Mantanzas
Key West
Everglades City
Barrows
Coast Guard
Lake Okeechobee
Truman
White House
South Florida
Gold Coast
Sebring
Marshall Warns Russia Patience Not Fear, UN Speech
At the United Nations General Assembly George C. Marshall warned Moscow not to mistake patience for weakness while pledging U.S. efforts to quell tensions. He urged accommodation without violence and urged early just peace for Germany Japan and Austria amid East West Berlin debates. The speech drew muted Russian response as opponents of his European aid plan lingered.
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Paris
U.S
George C. Marshall
United States
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Marshall
Soviet Bloc
UN Assembly
United Nations
Germany
Berlin
West
Japan
Austria
Marine League In Convention in Milwaukee Vote on resolutions tomorrow
At the National Convention of the Marine Corps league in Milwaukee delegates consider three key resolutions including a call to prosecute communists, immediate veteran pensions legislation, and Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill support. Maj Gen Carl R Gray and Gen George T Bullen spoke on rising communism and living standards.
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Milwaukee
Congress
Marine Corps League
Carl R. Gray
Veterans Administration
George T. Bullen
William T. Clement
Marine Corps Reserve
J. Carey Jones
Ninth Naval District
U. S. Marine Corps Band
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps
Warehouse Fire Toll Hits 120 in China
The Wingon warehouse fire in China left 120 dead as firemen entered the cooled building and recovered 95 bodies. Most victims were found near stairways, suggesting people jammed escape routes in a panic. more remains were anticipated behind the still smoking structure.
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Hong Kong
Wingon Warehouse
French Government Grants 15 Percent Wage Rise
The French government approved a 15 percent pay increase for workers. Unions had pressed for more, prompting planned harassing strikes and a two hour nationwide general strike set for tomorrow afternoon. A reported timely U.S. financial gesture averted government collapse.
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Paris
State Accidents Take 10 Lives In Two Days
Ten persons died in Wisconsin accidents yesterday and today, eight in three auto crashes. Victims include a pregnant mother and her infant daughter, and a Milwaukee county crash killed three. electrocution claimed Thomas Sprague, 46, of Birnamwood. others died in Lake Geneva motorcycle crash and Dane county car crash involving Betty Merrick and Leslie Weichman.
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Wisconsin
Mary Heil
Susan
Wausau
Mosinee
Edward Jirgal
Milwaukee
Josephine Zewe
Charlotte
Robert Melton
Havana
William Bixby
Waterford
Cy Schroeder
Thelma Eastberg
Hales Corners
County General Hospital
Thomas Sprague
Birnamwood
William
Sprague
Frank Mahler
Lake Geneva
Betty Merrick
North Bristol
Dane County
Leslie Weichman
Sun Prairie
Ex German General Staff Chief Cleared by Court
Munich reports Gen. Franz Halder former chief of the Wehrmacht general staff was acquitted by a denazification court of aiding the Nazi regime. The verdict credited his anti Nazi resistance work dating to 1936 and earlier.
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Munich
U.P
Franz Halder
Wehrmacht
Halder
Youthful mechanic brings nurse’s body to police
In Little Rock a 28 year old automobile mechanic driving up to police HQ with a dead 24 year old nurse in the car seat beside him admitted beating her after a midnight date ended in tragedy. Pulaski county prosecutor says the man Tommy E. Black confessed to the assault and death.
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Little Rock. Ark
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Tommy E. Black
Dewey Seeks Unity as West Supports Development Push
Governor Dewey on the campaign trail toward Phoenix argues for unity to meet "incredible opportunities" in the West. He criticizes Truman-era handling of Russia, touts reclamation funding gains, and emphasizes a decisive stance toward the Soviets during stops in Winslow Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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Dewey
Phoenix
Thomas E. Dewey
West
GOP
Winslow
Arizona
New York
A. T. Hartley
Clarence Buddington Kelland
Arizona National
Washington
Truman
Russia
Yalta
Potsdam
Santa Fe
N. M
Republican Congress
Democratic Congress
Southwest
Roeder Reveals Museum Lecture Series Plans
Kenosha Museum curator N W Roeder announced the 1948 1949 illustrated lecture season featuring six returning favorites and new big names. Lectures cover Africa Canada India the Caribbean Palestine Arabia and North Africa with color motion pictures and adventure stories at no charge for armchair travelers.
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Roeder
N. W. Roeder
Kenosha
Central Africa
American Museum of Natural History
Cleveland Grant
Canada
Grant
Dean Dickason
India
Alfred Bailey
Colorado Museum of Natural History
Bailey
Acadian
Louisiana
MacMillan
Arctic
North Pole
John D. Craig
Philippines
Caribbean Sea
Hispaniola
No Further Operation Pending Case Outcome
Direct Kenosha to Madison at 6 a.m. today as two drivers on request of Dane County District authorities faced warrants. Proceedings to issue warrants were to be completed by Dane County offices. The report notes no further operation at this time while case outcome remains pending.
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Kenosha
Madison
Dane County
Cardinal
Edwin M. Wilkie
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Cardinal Lines, Inc
Herman Sachtsen
Cardinal Lines
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Meredith Gothard
Janesville
L. J. Peterson
Cardinal Line
Kenosha Evening News
Frank E. von Arx
Kenosha Terminal
Racine
State Patrol
James Lillie
State Motor Vehicle Department
Highway 20
A. R. Dennin
Royal Oaks Farm
Walworth County
Peterson
von Arx
Gothard
Lillie
Motor Vehicle Department
Dane County District Attorney's Offices
Linus W. Morse
Edward L. Peterson
James Peterson
T. B. Esser
Circuit Court
Truman Uses War Record To Bolster Campaign
President Truman recounted his World War I service with Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th division, as he campaigned in Fresno and Merced, criticizing Republicans on domestic policy while praising UN efforts and promising a solid foreign policy front. He urged farmers to view government support as essential to prosperity amid a San Francisco crowd of about 25,000.
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Truman
Fresno
California
San Joaquin Valley
129Th Field Artillery
R. T. Wallace
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
Lazarus
Merced
Margaret
Soviet Union
San Francisco
United Nations
Albuquerque
N. M
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Russ Fighters Endanger Plane Near Berlin Flight
Two Russian Yak fighters closed within six feet of an American transport from Berlin to Frankfurt. One plane aligned beside the liner for minutes, then drifted away while doing acrobatics. The other trailed beneath and behind. Berlin police seized western-licensed papers in the Soviet sector, signaling early official moves to curb publications.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Veteran Newsman Moss Dies at 74 in Niantic
Edward Bayard Moss, 74, who founded the AP sports desk in 1913 and later served a decade as general sports editor, died at Saunders Point Niantic Conn today.
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Niantic
Conn
Edward Bayard Moss
Associated Press
New York City
News Service
Saunders Point
Dainty Colored Cars Urged for Women Drivers
New York report cites Veronica Dengel of New York University calling for dainty colored autos for women drivers. She argues color separation would reduce accidents by encouraging courteous driving and preventing male drivers from crowding and harming women on highways.
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New York
Veronica Dengel
New York University
Draft Figures Of 37 States List 5 208 633
Selective Service headquarters released that 5,208,663 young men in 37 states and territories registered for the peacetime draft between Aug 30 and Sept 18. Eleven states have not yet reported and some areas like California and Illinois are still to come.
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Washington
U.P
Selective Service
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Army
National Munitions Board
Missionaries Freed? Eight Americans Trapped in Siege of Tsiwan
Shanghai reports the Presby terian Mission names eight American missionaries trapped in red besieged Tsiwan the capital of Shantung province as aid teams scramble for rescue efforts.
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Shanghai
Presbyterian Mission
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Green Bay Residents Sue Food Company Over Pickle Damage
Randall Kaye and Leonard Leischow sue Green Bay Food Co for 10000 claiming pickle juice ruined their shrubbery and trees. The company says it has already settled the damages.
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Green Bay, Wis
U.P
Green Bay Food Company
Randall Kaye
Leonard Leischow
Man cites mother instinct in ten marriages in five years
Francis J. Bressi of Phoenix says he married ten women in five years and has one annulment. Fresno report notes he is afraid of marrying again and seeks DA help. He claims to remember all names and places, while authorities weigh possible bigamy charges and contact: wives scattered from Baltimore to Eureka.
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Fresno
Cal
U.P
Francis J. Bressi
Phoenix
Ariz
Bressi
James Thuesen
Thuesen
Veteran's Service
Navy
Baltimore
Eureka
Clear Drivers In Auto Death Cleared By Jury
A coroner s jury cleared two drivers of criminal neglect in the Aug 5 collision at the Highways 41 43 intersection that killed 18 year old Raymond R Amport of Kansasville. Richard E Daniels and Oliver F Gerlach were found equally negligent with no criminal intent.
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Raymond R. Amport
Rt. 1
Kansasville
Richard E. Daniels
Box 125
Oliver F. Gerlach
Milwaukee
Amport
Daniel
Daniels
Gerlach
Frank Odar
William Schmitt
Marti
Miller
John L. Degan
Sheridan Rd
Charles Safranski
Wood Rd
Joseph Werner
33Rd Ave
Robert Greening
26Th Ave
Fred Orth
Roosevelt Rd
Cool Weather Extends Across Midwest States
Autumn settles across the Midwest and great plains as a cool belt broadens east to New England. Temperatures dip toward freezing in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and northern New England with light frost forecast for several midwest areas tonight.
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Chicago
Plains States
New England
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Midwest
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Blackie) Sullivan
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Sugar) Robinson
Kid Gavilan
Yankee Stadium
Need
University of New Mexico
Fred Lamphere
Irene
Cook County Hospital
Pamela
Herbert Knapp
Peru
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Andes
Robert Stanton
Egypt
Byron de Provok
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