Poultryless Thursday Ended in Washington Moves
In Washington a joint action with Agriculture Secretary Anderson suspended Poultryless Thursday while a new program to save grain unfolds. The Citizens Food Committee led by Charles Luckman pushes to cut chick production and turkey hatch to free 56 million bushels of grain by Jan. 31 and midyear.
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Ashington
A.P
Anderson
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Los Angeles
Luckman
Washington
Infatuated farmer hunted after abduction and killings in Illinois
Glenn Marsh, 28, abducted Mrs. Katherine Anderson, 26, from Vernon and Grant Muhrlein’s North Point home after shooting her husband Vernon 28 and father-in-law 52. She escaped after a 100 mile car ride. Marsh sought across four states as Audrey Marsh urges custody protection.
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Rockford
Ill
Glenn Marsh
Katherine Anderson
Vernon
Grant Muhrlein
Marsh
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Audrey
Former Army Man Defends F Il Evaluation
Eldo A. Peterman a former Army colonel denied any fraud corruption or wrong doing in the evaluation of engineering work on Howard Hughes F 11 photo reconnaissance plane He headed a five officer committee that checked on engineering work percentages for two Hughes planes and the new photo craft He testified as part of a Senate war investigation into Hughes wartime plane contracts and government deals with the Hollywood producer and aircraft designer The session was delayed by late witnesses a committee clash over questioning procedure and Hughes fight to question witnesses directly before the end of the morning session
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Washington
A.P
Eldo A. Peterman
Howard Hughes
Peterman
War Evaluation Board
Hughes
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Ferguson
Tom Slack
Sen. Pepper
D.fla
Pepper
Tideland Oil Deemed Vital to Long Beach
Long Beach officials emphasized its key stake in tidelands after a Los Angeles conference with Gov. Earl Warren and state leaders. They urged a joint program with other states to restore rights to tidelands amid recent Supreme Court rulings clouding title. Long Beach, linked to San Pedro Bay, is seen as favorable for submerged land ownership and oil rights.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Earl Warren
California
National Association of Attorneys General
Supreme Court
Gov. Warren
Union
Congress
San Pedro Bay
Flaming fog death crash near Stockton kills driver, passenger
A deadly chain of crashes 10 miles south of Stockton, California, left a man and a woman dead after a smoke cloud from burning asparagus tops reduced visibility to zero. The Yroz couple died in a head on collision, while five passengers from two Santa Fe busses were treated for minor injuries. Ambulances carried the injured to San Joaquin General Hospital as two bus drivers freed passengers through emergency doors.
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Tockton
Calif
A.P
Here
Bradford M. Crittenden
Lydia Yroz
Stockton
Pedro
Santa Fe
Mossdale Y
Bay Area
Yroz
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp
Schlink
Lodi
Albert
Theresa
August
Schlinks
Oakland
Burs
Dale S. Choate
San Francisco
Highway Patrol
George Ewings
Choate
Ewings
Blue Baby Parents Celebrate Homecoming Party
Grateful parents of more than 30 blue babies, saved by a new operation, celebrate a homecoming party at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. The surgery, developed at Johnsee Clinic, Baltimore, was first performed in California at the Children's Hospital in September 1946.
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Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital
Johnsee Clinic
Baltimore
California
Refinery Fire Quelled in 2 Hours
A fire of unknown origin in an 80 foot cracking tower at the Frontier Oil Refining Corporation plant in Tonawanda New York was controlled in about two hours. It threatened nearby storage tanks holding 24 000 000 gallons of petroleum products. No loss estimate was available immediately.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
Frontier Oil Refining Corporation
Leftists Topple Roman Statues in Rome Protests
In Rome on November 8 police dispersed a crowd booing Salvatore Rebecchini mayor of Rome. Extreme leftists invaded Pincio Gardens and toppled marble busts of Caesar Cicero Horace and Mark Anthony.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
Salvatore Rebecchini
New Christian Democratic Party
Pincio Gardens
Caesar
Cicero
Horace
Mark Anthony
Two Reno Police Die in Gun Fight
In Reno a gun battle at the Carleton Hotel left two police officers dead and an 18-year-old Seattle youth wounded. Night Capt. Roy Geach and Det. Sgt. Allen Glass were killed, Det. Sgt. Gene Cowan survived with others in custody. Police shot David Blackwell who fired seven times at officers as they uncovered him in bed.
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Reno
Seattle
Carleton
Roy Geach
Allen Glass
Gene Cowan
David Blackwell
Geach
Friendship Train rolls through California on mercy mission
The Friendship Train leaves Hollywood Glendale with 12 carloads of foods for starving Europe on its 11 day cross country mission. Stops include Bakersfield Fresno Merced Stockton Oakland Sacramento Reno and Ogden as officials expect 30 carloads of supplies by mid journey. Spectacular Hollywood send off featured a 27 car parade and 160 illuminated buildings as Charles Luckman urged bread for Europe this winter.
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Ollywood
Hollywood
California
Central Valley
Mercy
Southern Pacific
Glendale
Goodwill Unlimited
New York
Sacramento
Reno
Ogden
Friendship Train Committee
Hollywood Blvd
Europe
Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Long Beach Sends Carload of Sugar to Aid Europe
An 80,000 pound carload of sugar was added to the food train as Long Beach's contribution. The Mayor's Food Conservation Committee led by Francis H. Gentry collected 6813, with 6756 the wholesale cost of the sugar from Los Alamitos Sugar Co. The cash average will be sent to New York to be pooled with funds for purchasing more food for Europe.
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Long Beach
Francis H. Gentry
Los Alamitos Sugar Co
New York
Europe
Stevedores Back on Jobs at Docks of San Francisco
San Francisco longshoremen resumed work after a half day slowdown that tied up 10 ships. Union leader James F. Kearney ordered the hiring hall closed amid a health department vacate order from District Atty. Edmund Brown. A 30 day extension allowed the hall to reopen and workers to return to loading duties.
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San Francisco
U.P
James F. Kearney
Longshoremen’s Union Local 10
Edmund Brown
Kearney
Clay St
Health Department
Brown
Two Die in Bay Bridge Crash
SAN FRANCISCO November 8. A head on collision on the Bay Bridge between Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco killed Vernon Thompson 52 a San Francisco drayage company executive and his passenger Charles Sumner 50 an electrical engineer. The other driver Wilbert Smith 64 of Oakland was critically injured.
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San Francisco
Bay Bridge
Vernon Thompson
Bodies of European War Dead Arrive in Southern California
Funeral cars bearing 72 bodies of European war dead arrive at the Army quartermaster depot in Mira Loma California from New York. They are the first to be returned to Southern California from the European theater.
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Mira Loma
Calif
Army
New York
Hey
California
Gale Blows Through New York City Storms Hit Streets
A 60 mile per hour southeast gale lashed New York City with rain and high tides. Police emergency squads handled storm damage calls as La Guardia Field recorded gusts up to 68 miles per hour and about an inch of rain fell. The Weather Bureau expected the downpour to ease later today as winds shifted.
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New York
New York City
la Guardia
Weather Bureau
Vienna vice mayor dies at age seventy one
Vienna reports vice mayor Paul Speiser died at his Vienna home this morning at age 71. The longtime public official led city administration and served in mayoral roles prior to his death.
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Vienna
Paul Speiser
Coast Guard Cutter Brings Jupiter to Safer Waters
In 25 to 30 foot seas Cutter Spadew towed the stricken Jupiter 150 miles from St Joseph to Lake Michigan safety. The 3000 ton freighter and 28 crew are in tow near Manitowoc as the Mackinaw stood by. Strong winds and snow hindered the perilous rescue.
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Ludington
Mich
A.P
Coast Guard
Spadew
Great Lakes
Jupiter
Lake Michigan
St Joseph
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Michigan
Lake Huron
Oyers City
William C. Warren
The
Upper
Midwest Snowstorm Brings Record Cold Across Region
Parts of Minnesota saw 1 to 10 inches of snow as the season's first severe storm swept the Midwest. Dickinson North Dakota registered 12 above while Chicago endured 31 degrees, the coldest yet this season. Forecasters warned of continuing below freezing readings tonight across Ohio, western Pennsylvania and western New York. International Falls logged the heaviest Minnesota snowfall at 10 inches, with Duluth reporting eight inches and flurries in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.
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Minnesota
Midwest
Dakotas
Ilinois
Indiana
Dickinson
N. D
Chicago
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
International Falls
Canadian
Duluth
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
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Merced
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