Many Plants Face Closing at Early Date
United Press reports widespread disruption from steel and coal strikes. About 1.5 million workers idle. plants face early shutdowns, production cuts, and layoffs. Detroit auto makers warn of 10 day clock, while Pittsburgh fabricators report dwindling steel supplies and looming shortages of autos and appliances. Westinghouse warns only 10 to 12 days of steel on hand. Many firms anticipate winter cutoffs as unions and industry spar over settlement.
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United Press
Truman
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Lxperts
Westinghouse Electric
Oii Shipping
Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers i Mtg,Co
Chicago
Philip Murray
C. I. O. United Steel ‘Workers
House of Morgan
Fog Holds Up Mercy Plane Brings Sick Boy Home
A two year old boy flown from Africa reached Chicago after fog forced a three hour circling delay. Bryan McCallister, with his missionary mother, was transported to Children's Memorial Hospital for kidney illness and bronchial pneumonia. His father Earl remained in Africa.
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Florence McCallister
Bryan
Guardia Field
New York
Johannesburg
South’ ‘Africa
Chicago
A.P
Cago
Polis
Bryan McCallister
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Africa
Capital Airlines
Union of South Africa
Alliance
Swad
Earl
Air Secretary Symington Defends Air Force Amid Navy Attacks
Air Secretary Symington testified before the House Armed Services Committee defending the Air Force against Navy charges. He called Navy criticisms false tales advocating mass bombing and said the Air Force does not neglect other aircraft or oppose carriers. He urged strengthening the Air Force as Russia possesses the A bomb and accused the Navy of continuing old attacks since 1947 on the B36. He suggested a circulated anonymous document threatens strategic bombing and hinted Navy involvement.
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Stashington
Symington
Navy
Russia
House Armed -Services Committee
Air Force
Marine Corps
Long Beach Boy Dies in Buenos Aires Collision
Seven year old John S. Andrews Jr of Long Beach was killed in a three way automobile train collision in Buenos Aires Argentina. His father John S. Andrews 36 a GM supply manager in grave condition at La Plata Hospital. Another American passenger Mrs Elizabeth Daily Muller Mc Nab 39 from Summit New Jersey also died in the crash.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
John S. Andrews Jr
Long Beach
Elizabeth Daily Muller McNab
Summit
N. J
Associated Press
la Plata
Autofoul
Travela
Churchill's Daughter to Wed Photographer in Georgia Today
The city paper notes Churchill's daughter will marry a photographer in Georgia with the event covered on Page A7. Other sections reference assorted features from local ads to comics, editorial, and weather pages across the issue.
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Hol Boyle
Bridge
Flood toll in Guatemala may reach one thousand
Raging floods in Guatemala's interior have killed hundreds and left thousands homeless after more than a week of torrential rains. Estimated deaths were as high as 1000. A U S amphibian plane is reported missing on a mercy mission, with a Catalina type plane en route for relief. The government formed an emergency relief committee as tourists and Americans are marooned in flood areas.
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Guatemala
U.S
United States
Albrook Field
Panama
Lost Book of Lamech Found in Holy Land Cave
A fragment titled the Lost Book of Lamech, detailing Noah's early life, was discovered in a Holy Land cave in 1947. Dr. John C. Trever of the International Council on Religious Education announced the find, noting scholars treat it as highly valuable and guarded, with photostatic copies used for study.
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Coe
Holy Land
English Bible Department
International Council On Religious Education
Trever
Albion Carrier Rips in Collision Sinking with Losses
A British atomic age carrier Albion was struck by coastal freighter Maystone in a North Sea collision five miles north of Longstone Light. The carrier, not yet commissioned, began taking on water and appeared to be sinking while Maystone reportedly sank immediately after the crash. three to four survivors were claimed but not confirmed.
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Roe
Scotland
Britain
Albion
Maystone
Rosyth
Tyne
England
St.Abbs Bay
Clement Attlee
London
Longstone Light
Farne Island
Northumberland
Ieee
Epigen
U S Woman Falls From Eiffel Tower
Miss Patricia Hunter a 27 year old from Port Chester Port Chester N Y fell to her death from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower in Paris The police reported she destroyed all papers before leaping from the 380 foot height identification was made from torn checks
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Paris
Patricia Hunter
Port Chester
Eiffel Tower
Senators Approve Wallgren for Power Commission
The Senate commerce committee unanimously approved President Truman's nominations of Mon C. Wallgren for the power commission and James Mead for the trade commission. The action came two percent hours after submission. Wallgren, former Washington governor, would succeed Leland Olds on the power panel. Mead is a former New York senator.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
James Meed
The
Trade Commission
Senate
Sen
Magnuson
D.-Wash
Sen. Cain
R.wash
Power Commission
Wallgren
Natonal Security Resources Board
Senate Armed Services Coftee
Bolivia President to Resign Over Health
In La Paz on October 18, President Enrique Hertzog informed acting President Urriagoitia that he will announce his resignation tomorrow in Congress due to ill health. The move follows mounting pressures and signals a transition plan as Hertzog steps down from office.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Hertzog
Urri ‘Clagoitia
Congress
Deep Snow Drifts Hit Montana Regions In Winter Storm
Snowfall coated Montana with five to six inch drifts and five foot piles in spots as winds gusted to 55 miles per hour. Temperatures dropped to near ten below at Cut Bank with many Montana points below freezing. No emergencies were reported as the Weather Bureau predicted winds would ease and conditions improve. Nearby states reported fog, rain turning to snow, and widespread morning fog across the Midwest.
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Associated
Prom
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Northwest Plains
Cut Bank
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Weather Bureau
Utah
Wyoming
Chicago
Midwest
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Great Lakes
North Carolina
Burned Salina Cruz Sailship Crew Rescued Near Seattle
Seventeen crewmen from the lumber schooner Salina Cruz were rescued after a fire and sinking off the Washington coast. The Black Douglas picked up survivors amid heavy seas after the ship burned for hours en route from Vancouver to Honolulu. Coast Guard aircraft dropped relief kits and an emergency raft, with the ship and cargo valued at about 325,600 dollars. The crew included three Americans and fourteen Mexicans, led by Captain Benjamin F. Evey of San Pedro and chief engineer James Peckham, of Inglewood.
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Seattle
Wash
Salina Cruz
Washington
Ware
San Francisco
Black Douglas
U. S. Fish and Wildfife
A. C
Tony Cornero Stralla
Vancouver
B.C
Honolulu
PBY
Coast Guard
Salina’ Cruz
Francis
Aerins
Straila
Saling Cruz
Seven Seas Trading
California
Benjamin
Evey
San Pedro
Calif
James Peckham
Inglewood
Augustin
Galfeana
Grand Jury to Probe the Black Dahlia Case
Los Angeles October 18 AP. Grand Jury to launch an intensive review of the three year old Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth Short. Jury foreman Harry A Lawson says a committee will re view all police work and summon witnesses in a renewed effort to solve the baffling case.
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LP Angeles
Grand Jury
Harry A.lawson
Elizabeth Short
Defiant Red Chief Warns He Can Resist
Belgrade reports Marshal Tito warned an attack on Yugoslavia would risk wider conflict with the Soviet Union. In a radio interview with William Gailmor, Tito asserted Russia’s awareness of consequences and indicated Yugoslavia could resist an invasion without immediate fear of total defeat.
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Red Chief
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Jeau
Marshal Tito
William 5
Gailmor
Henry Wallace
Tito
Russia
Josep Stalin
Gallmor
Stalin Tito
Gainor
Stalin
Krem
Arms Compromise Passes House 58 Air Force Funds
Washington October 18 The military appropriation bill totaling 15 585 863 408 dollars passed the House by voice vote to fund an 68 group Air Force with Senate approval hoped for next. The bill differs from Senate figures by about 740 million, as Congress moves toward final adjournment and a peacetime defense buildup. The package includes 1314 930 000 for nations aligned with the United States in the Cold War and 257 611 700 for military construction in Alaska and Okinawa with a separate 50 000 000 for start of construction on other projects.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Amy
Russia
Plantate
United States
Europe
Alaska
Pacific
Okinawa
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Tony Cornero
North Pacific
Wirephota
Walkren
Dahlia
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