Gotham to Honor First War Dead From Europe
New York on October 25 plans a joint city and military memorial for World War I dead returned from Europe. The coffin of Joseph V. Connolly is to arrive with 6200 fallen from Antwerp. A caisson procession will pass Madison Square to the Eternal Light Memorial for a 21 gun salute. West Point and Army units will provide firings and bugle calls, with chaplains, pallbearers, and bands partaking in the service before the coffin returns to the pier.
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New York
New York City
Europe
Joseph. V. Connolly
Antwerp
Plec
Central Park
Madison Square
West Point
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Army
Air Forces
82Nd Airborne Division
U S Plane Delivers Cholera Serum to Near East
A U S Far East Airforce C 54 transport left Tokyo for a 3000 mile mercy flight carrying about two tons of cholera serum. The serum will be shipped from Shanghai to Jidda Saudi Arabia and to the Ministry of Public Health at Calra.
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Tokyo
War Profits Landlord Hosts Veterans Dinner in Ivoryton
In Ivoryton on October 26, Alfred E. Burdick, a coal dealer who once rented space to a war plant, will fund a veteran homecoming party with his war profits. About a thousand veterans and their companions are invited to a meal of clam chowder hot dogs and hamburger sandwiches at a dance.
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Ivoryton
Conn
Alfred E. Burdick
Burdick
Middlesex County
Hughes Air Boat Tests Planned at Long Beach Harbor
A Hughes flying boat, weighing 425,000 pounds, readies for first tests from November 5 to 10. The craft, docked at Long Beach Harbor, will endure launching and taxi tests as congressional probes resume November 17. Hughes invites committee members to witness the tests and defends the project amid scrutiny.
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Hughes
Inge
Enxi
Senate war_investigating committee
Long Beach Harbor
Barry ‘Cain
Rwash
Claude Pepper
D-Pla
Sen. Cain
Highes
Distilleries Close Tonight to Save Grain for Relief
Washington reports most distilleries will close at midnight to conserve grain for relief as drought in the winter wheat belt threatens food exports. Agencies warn the two week period ahead is critical for next year’s crop while the weather bureau offers little rain hope. Meat Turkeys and fish industries discuss policy and production changes amid ongoing food-supply concerns.
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Washington
Europe
Weather ‘ Bureau
Agriculture Department
RE. James
Austin
Texas
National Turkey Federation
Truman to Greet Democratic Group at White House Tea
President and Mrs Truman will host a White House tea next Wednesday for the Democratic National Committee. The group will meet to select a site for the party 1948 convention.
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Washington
The
White House
Lord Lytton Former India Viceroy Dies
Lord Lytton, 71, former viceroy of India and prominent British diplomat, died tonight at his home in Knebworth Hertfordshire following a long illness. He served as viceroy during the British Raj and played a key role in imperial diplomacy.
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Lord Lytton
India
London
Knebworth
Hertfordshire
Derailment Kills One, Wounds Thirty Near Jefferson Texas
In Marshall Texas October 25 a westbound Texas and Pacific train derailed near Jefferson. Fireman Dorr of Dallas died. Engineer W C Allison of Fort Worth injured. About 90 to 100 passengers aboard, at least 29 treated, none seriously hurt. Cause under investigation.
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Marshall
Texas
Dorr
Dallas
Texas’ & Pacific
Jefferson, Texas
W. “C.allison
Fort Worth
Marshallapital
Jefferson
Two Killed by Blast in Ohio
Cleveland reports a spectacular plant fire at Perma Products with two men dead Charles Bastar a 60 year old night watchman and William Chagin a 45 year old shipping clerk believed killed. About 100 firemen from 165 companies fought the blaze as large paint drums exploded sending sparks and flaming liquid over the neighborhood. Three firemen were hospitalized with serious second degree burns and officials estimate damage at 400000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Perma Products
Charles Bastar
William Chagin
Iowa Girl to Wed California War Veteran at Carville
A healthy Iowa girl plans to marry a California war veteran with Hansen’s disease at the U S Leprosarium in Carville Louisiana The couple intends to live in New York where no segregation law bans persons with Hansen’s disease The bride to be previously worked as a staff member at Aimee Semple McPherson’s tabernacle and her parents approve the marriage.
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Caraville
United States
Leprosarium
California
Frederick A. Johansen
New York
Jman
Johansen
An Jowan
Carville
Aimee Semple McPherson
Tabernacle
Bound for Grove Dies in Air Crash
An Oakland man, Arthur W. Napitanoff, 31, perished in a United Airlines DC-6 crash near Bryce Canyon yesterday while en route to Chicago to lay a memorial wreath on his mother's grave. His sister Ann Kapitanoff had planned to join him for the family ceremony.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Chicago
United Airlines
Bryce Canyons
Arthur W. Napitanoff
Ann Kapitanofi
Japs Leave Train Coach to Bandits on Kagosima Ride
Bandits aboard a Kagosima train coerced five passengers, using tear gas to search victims. The coach was detached as police arrived, but the robbers vanished without a trace, leaving no clues for investigators.
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Wuokyy
Kagoshima
Slain in Austrian Red Zone Found in St Peter Village
Viennese police say eleven persons including five adults and six children were found slain early today in the village of St Peter in Russian occupied lower Austria. All victims were shot through the head and police have no clue to the killer's identity or motive.
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Vienna
St. Peter
Lower
Austriz
Truman Urges Prompt Action on Prices and Aid
President Truman pressed Congress to act swiftly to curb rising living costs and to provide aid to Europe, warning that inaction could fuel a downturn in the U S and invite totalitarian influence in Europe. He announced a special session for November while Republicans signaled a partisan clash over proposed measures.
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Washington
A.P
Truman
Republican Congress
Europe
America
Congress
Rep
Halleck
P.-Ind
House
Wolcott
R.-Mich
House Banking Committee
Sen. Flanders
R-Vij
House-Senate
Experts Foresee Business Drop Early in 1948
New York report cites F W Dodge poll of 100 economists. About 75 expect a recession in 1948, 27 do not, four undecided. Most see a mild downturn with some calling it moderately serious and others serious. Wholesale price index projected to rise through December then fall.
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New York
F. W. Dodge Corp
Thomas
Holden
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cholera Epidemic Triggers Greece Egypt Transport Halt
Athens announces suspension of all sea and air links between Greece and Beirut starting November 1 for at least a month due to Egyptian cholera. Carriers arriving before the ban will be quarantined.
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Athens
Greece
Beyat
Six Bodies Recovered After French Plane Crash
In St. Etienne France an airplane struck a mountainside in dense fog today. Six unidentified bodies were recovered from the wreckage.
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ST. Etenne
France
Reds Threaten Interference in U S Affairs
Soviet Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Manuilsky warned the United States to drop its role as peacemaker or risk other nations intervening in U S affairs. He attacked Washington in a United Nations Assembly debate on a Russian resolution condemning warmongering and reiterated claims of U S interference with world affairs. He accused Brazil of tactless claims about Russia and criticized Turkey and Greece for siding with Western powers.
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Dmitri Manuilsky
United States
U. S
United Naitions Assembly
Matiuihiaky
Assembly
Turkey
Greece
Selim Sarper
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Manuilsky
Europe
Anti- Comintern Campaign.” Manuilsky
Joao Carlas Muniz
Russia
Call of Congress Hailed Abroad
London reports President Truman’s call for a special congressional session drew wide international response. British officials welcomed his aid to Europe describing the broadcast as excellent while a French Foreign Office official echoed positive sentiment. Moscow carried the announcement without comment.
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London
Truman
Congress
Moscow
Europe
Foreign Office
Ike Warns on World of Threats
General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans they live in a world where force and its threat hinder peace. He urged the United States to maintain strength to deter outside aggression and lead the free world at a critical crossroads, calling for unity in policy and aid to hungry nations to avert famine.
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Manhattan
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
United States
Fio
Lforce
Eisenhower
Kansan
Kansas State College
Milton
America
Maine Fires Trigger Emergency Declared for Bar Harbor
Evacuations of about sixty families were ordered as a forest fire in Bar Harbor Maine damaged the residential area near Ireton Hill and Salisbury Cove. Route 3 was blocked and fire crews from multiple towns aided by a Boston pumper. A state disaster declaration by President Truman unlocked surplus wartime supplies for relief. Reports of arson emerged as Cape Cod and Massachusetts fire units fought flareups and a Dunkerque like sea evacuation left survivors barred from returning for 24 hours. Total New England fire costs rose to twenty seven million dollars.
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Bar
Harbor
Ireton Hill
Salisbury Cove
Mt. Desert Island
Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Maine
Truman
Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
St. Francis College
Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Saco
Wells
Boston
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Falmouth
Gloucester
Sam J. Lachman
George C. Abbott
Rochester
New England
Fighting Breaks Out in Western Kashmir
A northwest frontier province official reported severe fighting along Kashmir state's western border. Muzza farabad town was in flames as districts of Poonch and Mirpur, largely Muslim, were said to revolt after rumors the Hindu Maharajah might join the Dominion of India.
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New Delhi
India
Northwest Frontier Province
Kashmir
Muzzafarabad
Poonch
Mirpur
Grim Chore of Removing Dead Begun Grim Chore of Removing Dead Begun
Bryce Canyon Utah October 25 Government and United Airlines investigators said it will take at least two days to comb through the charred debris from yesterday's 52 passenger United Air Lines crash port. Fifty adults and two babies lay on the frost covered ground awaiting transport to a mortuary in Richfield Utah seventy two miles north, as grim work began.
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Bryce Canyon
Utah
U.P
United Air Lines
Richfield
Bryce
Bellflower Woman and Son Die in Plane Crash
Theodora Boonstra Sr and her son Theodore Jr. were killed in a United Air Lines DC-6 crash near Bryce Canyon while en route from Bellflower to Chicago. The family had moved from Chicago in April, and the plane also carried two other passengers including a Philadelphia mother and her 11 month old daughter who had visited Long Beach.
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Southland
United Air Lines
Utah
California
Theodore Boonstra Sr
Theodore’ Jr
Lehewood Blvd
Bellflower
E.L. McMillen
Bay Front
Balboa Island
Theodora Boonstra Sr
Lakewood Blvd
Theodore Jr
Unitet Air Lines
Bryce Canyon
Chicago
Boonstra
Sandra
Nancy
Long Beach
Charles North
Philadelphia
June
Probe begins into twin crash deaths and missing identity
Investigators convened a policy committee led by James Payton to probe the air crash, outline the process to identify the dead, and determine the cause. Dental charts will aid identifications after bodies from Canyon and Richfield are moved to mortuaries. Col Roscoe Turner calls sabotage a likely factor.
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James Payton
Santa Monica
Calif
Civil Aeronautics Board
Co. A. D. Tuttle
Chicago
United Air Lines
Indianapolis
Roscoe ‘Turner
Famous Speed Flier
Aviation Authority
Pound for Pound Ad Hawks Car Prices Cheaper Than Meat
In Indianapolis, a used car dealer ran a three column ad in the Indianapolis Star claiming his prices are cheaper by the pound than dinner meat. The ad offered a 1946 Ford Club Coupe at 56 cents a pound, labeling it a better buy than a porterhouse steak.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
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