Supreme Court Refuses Review of Tidelands Decision
The U S Supreme Court refused to rehear the California effort challenging federal primacy to oil in submerged lands. The six to two ruling leaves federal rights to these properties intact, with Justices Reed and Frankfurter dissenting and Justice Jackson not participating. Other actions included upholding a California case on property liens and denying rehearing in a murder conviction appeal.
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Ashington
A.P
Supreme Court
Califonia
California
Lowater
California Jhas
Justice Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Jackson
Wyoming
Park County
Dewey Adamson
Los Angeles
Stella Afuuvelt
Harman Greenberx
Alitemad Byt
Greenberk
Sipreme
Bannasuke Matokota
Japan
Britain and U S Oppose Russia on Greece at UN
Lake Success October 13 Britain charged that Russia’s demand for withdrawal of foreign troops from Greece is propaganda. Herschel V. Johnson and the U S delegate opposed the Soviet resolution including a call for a United Nations watchdog to oversee aid to Greece. Vishinsky led Russia’s attack, calling U S and Britain responsible for intervention. The 57 nation political committee approved the U S plan 36 to 6 for a watchdog committee. Soviet bloc alone dissented.
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Russia
Greece
Vishinsky
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
U. S
U.N
L A Woman Shot in Back by Robbers at Cafe
In Los Angeles on October 13 Mrs Ann Berlin 34 was shot in the back by masked robbers who entered a south Los Angeles cafe run by her husband Milton and partner Martin Spellman The bandits forced the trio to the safe which yielded 746 dollars One robber warned not to look and fired Mrs Berlin was taken to Hollywood Hospital
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Los Angeles
Ann Berlin
Russian demand sparks Austrian police ouster in Soviet zone
Vienna reports the government says Russian authorities ordered the removal of Austrian police and public safety officials in the Soviet occupation zone. Deputy director of public safety for Lower Austria and chiefs in Baden Wiener Neustadt and Saint Poelten were among those ousted. Chancellor Fig convened an emergency cabinet session to address the crisis.
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Vienna
Leopold Fig
Lower Austria
Baden
Wiener Neustadt
Saint Poelten
Beulah Louise Overell Moved to Ashland Sanitarium
Relatives say Louise Overell, daughter of murdered yacht owners, has been admitted to a sanitarium in Ashland California under psychiatrist Dr Sydney Kinsseat Smith. The 18 year old heiress, acquitted with George Bud Gellum on charges related to her parents murder, is to rest and recover with limited visitors and guarded contact.
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Los Angeles
A.P
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gellum
Ashland
Calif
Sydney Kinseat Smith
Walter
E. Overell
Hayward
Fred
Jungquist
Marjorie
Louise
Emmanuel Jungquist
Lumber Tax Case Rehearing Denied
The Supreme Court refused to review a California appeals ruling allowing Los Angeles County to tax hardwood lumber imported by B. J. Stanton and Son. The decision held that unsold imported goods remaining with the importer are taxable, while Stanton argued none could be taxed under the Constitution’s export/import clause.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
B. J. Stanton and Son
District Court of Appeal of California
Second
Stanton
Congress
Douglas Resumes High Court Tasks
Associate Justice William Douglas returned today to the Supreme Court bench after recovering from a throat infection. His summer illness delayed his return from a vacation at his Oregon home.
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Washington
William ©. Douglas
Supreme Court
Oregon
Earthquake Felt in Malibu Region
Earthquake jolted the Malibu region on October 13 with shocks felt over a five mile radius. The sheriff's substation reported the tremor and a telephone was knocked from a desk in the sheriff's office.
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Malibu
Sheriff's
Sheriff's Office
Riverside Deputy Injured in Plane Crash in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas on October 13 an aero squadron plane from the Riverside County sheriff’s office crashed. Undersheriff Roger Abbott, 46, of Riverside, Calif., is in critical condition at Clark County General Hospital, with three others reported less seriously hurt.
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Las ‘Vegas
Roger Abbott
Riverside County Calif
Clark County General Hospital
Riverside County Sheriff's Aero Squadron
President Seeks Top Official Data on Europe Crisis
White House hosts a briefing with ambassadors to Britain and Russia and General Clay on Europe’s food and political turmoil. Amid talks, distillers respond to a proposed 60 day whisky shutdown to conserve grain, with about five distillers expected at Ludnian conference and others cancelling by mail or phone.
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Washington
White House
Britain
Russia
Germany
Europe
Charles Luckiman
Citizens’ Food Committee
Charles G. Ross
Fross
Hoss
Lewis W. Douglas
Lucius Clay
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Robert D. Murphy
Gen. Ay
Equine Take Off Causes Airport Runway Halt
A stray horse appeared on Chicago Municipal Airport runways at night, delaying air traffic for about 30 minutes. The animal galloped across the field without tower clearance while about thirty planes waited in the air for a clear path. A squad car pursued and restrained the horse, which was finally brought to a halter.
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Chicago
Dobbin
Miami Flood Damage Reaches 3000 Homes in Storm
Floods from a hurricane battered greater Miami and southeast Florida with up to 60 mph winds. More than 3000 homes damaged, crop losses estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars. Thousands sought refuge in schools as roads flooded and evacuations continued. Two Red Cross volunteers were killed en route to help flood victims.
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Fla
Greater
iAtlante
Flovida
Florida
Greater Miami
Nathan Mayo
Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Red Cross
Pompano Site
Pompano Beach
Thomas Fedele
Chicago
James Warnock
Troy
N.Y
Air Forces
Atlantic Ocean
J. A. Ashcraft
J. E. Williams
C. N. Chamberlain
MacDil Field
Army Air Base
Tampa
Burreau
Russian Occupation Bans Western Papers in St Poelten
The interior ministry reports Russian occupation authorities prohibited the sale of all newspapers sponsored by the three western powers in St Poelten, a town 35 miles west of Vienna, during the Vienna region clampdown.
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Vienna
Interior Ministry
St. Poelten
Three Seamen Rescued From Pacific Minesweeper Near Palmyra
A Navy patrol boat rescued three seamen adrift on a minesweeper for 20 days in the Pacific near Palmyra Atoll. The men Leonard Mitts Winston H Crosby and William B Hopkins were in good health after a 40 hour run from Palmyra. They had remained aboard when the tug Edward M Grimme diverted to replenish fuel and were later located after radio and plane searches.
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R. Wilburne Short
Washington, D. C
Hopkins
Navy
Pacific
Short
Associated Press
Onolulu
T. H
U.P
Palmyra
Atoll
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Planey
Edward M. Grimme
Leonard Mitts
Winston H.’ Crosby
St. John’s Island
D. C
William B
Washington
Rablo
19 Man Job Biggest U S Flag Hoisted in East
The largest American flag, weighing 500 pounds, was raised today on the George Washington Bridge tower over the Hudson. It measures 60 by 90 feet and required 15 men and four winches to lift, tied by guy ropes. The flag will fly on Columbus Day celebrations and during holidays when wind allows, per the Port Authority.
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New York
New Jersey
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
Port of
Founder A P Giannini in weak condition at Mills Memorial
SAN MATEO Oct 19 WRA Founder of Bank of America A P Giannini was in critical condition today at Mills Memorial Hospital suffering from a bronchial ailment. Admitted Saturday afternoon, reports say he is recovering from a severe cold but his condition worsened last night with doctors in attendance most of the night. Giannini, born in San Jose, helped found the Bank of Italy in 1904 which became the Bank of America, and has long watched affairs from his San Mateo home after retiring on his 75th birthday May 6, 1945. His wife died in 1941 and he has lived with his daughter in San Mateo.
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San Mateo
WRA
P. Giannini
Bank of America
Mills Memorial
Giannini
Giarmini
San Jose
Calif
Genoa
Bank of Italy
San Francisco
Storm damaged freighter aided near Okinawa under escort
TOKYO October 13 reports say the American freighter Louis Sloss mauled by a typhoon code named Rosalind northwest of Iwo Jima was pushed toward Okinawa at five knots under escort. The Louis Sloss was attended by the Army transport General Collins as U S Navy officials warned of a new typhoon forming 200 miles southeast of Guam.
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Tokyo
Louis Sloss
Okinawa
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Guam
Rosalind
Iwo Jima
I Army
Collins
Reprisal blast near Palestine partition plans shocks Jerusalem
A bomb struck the U S consulate in Jerusalem amid reports Syrian troops near the Palestine frontier. A lone woman casualty and two workers injured as Arab and Jewish factions clash over partition plans. Ben Gurion met the Jewish Agency head as Arab leaders reportedly plan immediate military action with the Arab Legion after Britain withdraws.
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A.P
United States
Palestine
Ethel * de. Levie
Providence
R. 1
Miriam Pilpel
Robert B. Mac Atee
Front Royal
United Nations Special Committee On
Jewish Geomeds
Holy Land
Arab Legion
Alan Canning
Jewish Agency
David Ben- Gurion
London
Mufti
Haj Amin el Husseini
Lebanon
Meirut
Arab League Council
Foreign Office
Muft
Britain
League of Nations
United Nations
Ews
Arab League
Beirut
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