Storm Grows Over Denfeld Firing Rumors
Washington reports a Navy cut of 56,200 in personnel with Ada Louis E. Denfeld facing possible ouster as chief. House Armed Services hearings and rumors link the shakeup to testim ony Denfeld gave on interservice differences. speculation swirls about Vice Admiral Sherman and a shift toward centralized command as June 30 defense reductions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Ada
Louis E. Denfeld
Arends
CTL
Denfeld
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Congress
Big Bete Department
Marine
Hest
Marine Corps
Gorden Gray
Congressional ‘Committee
Sherman
House
Neggie Post
Vice T. Sherman
Washington Post
Washington Evening Star
Mediterranean
Pentagon
New York Subway Marks 45th Birthday Today
The New York subway system celebrated its 45th birthday with a reporter noting a fiery celebration along routes from Grand Central to Times Square and Broadway via 145th Street. The piece recalls the effort to expand the transit network as riders faced busy lines and the congestion of the era.
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New York
Grand
Central
Ies -Square
Eight Convicts Escape Prison In Delaware Break
Eight heavily armed convicts seized guns from the New Castle County jail arsenal and escaped, triggering a four state manhunt with more than 200 state police involved. Leaders are identified as two murderers, Norris and Milner, both serving life terms. Police blocked roads and patrolled rail lines as investigators pursue the fugitives.
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Danny ‘Norris
New Caste
Wilmington
Del
Top Norris
Jesse W. Palmer
Victor Bryson
Joseph A. Lankford
John Henry Minor
Edward J. Ernest
Willie N. Edwards
Edward J- Hardy
Associated Press
Livington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
New Castle County
Kennett Square
Raiion
Danny Norris
John H. Milner
Florida
Norris
Carl Lynch
Lynch
Harry Harrington
Tito defies Russia in Belgrade speech rallying against subjugation
Premier Tito charged the Soviet Union and satellites with aggression in a Belgrade address. He vowed to resist subjugation and called the struggle for a just cause with historical significance. Nearby, a Moscow charge against a Yugoslav opera singer was deemed silly by Tito amid broader Balkan tensions at the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prush
Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Russia
Belgrade
Moscow
Metropolitan Opera
Sojo- Zinka
Kune Milanov
Moscow Literary Gazette
Red Army
Lake Success
United [Nations
Britain
Australia
China
Albania
Bulgaria
Durbin Freed From Jackson in Hollywood Divorce
Hollywood Oct. 27 Deanna Durbin 27 testified before Superior Judge Benjamin J. Scheinman that writer producer Felix Jackson 47 preferred living alone in New York over Hollywood. She presented his letter stating he would not return to Hollywood as they had separated Jan. 6 1947.
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Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
New York
Jackson
Benjamin J. Scheinman
Mao
Typhoon 1 Rages in Japanese Sea Lanes
Typhoon 1 with winds up to 140 miles per hour moves toward eastern Japan affecting sea lanes. forecast shows eastward drift between 40 and 50 miles per hour, threatening southern Honshu and Tokyo area as it tracks northward.
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Tokyo
Japan
West Pacific
U. S. Typhoon Warning Network
Honshu
Evans Fails to Appear For Hearing On Pension Promoter Case
Los Angeles October 27 Assemblyman John W Evans failed to show when a state Senate committee opened its hearing on his alleged receipt of 75 checks from pension promoter George McLain The session was suspended until Evans arrived and witnesses testified under oath was urged by Committee Chairman Fred Weybreer Mrs Myrtle Williams head of the State Department of Social Welfare was subpoenaed to be the principal witness The hearings in Sacramento have drawn tense scenes with McLain followers filling the room and one altercation reported between a McLain employee and a reporter Continued on Page A-7 Col 4.
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Los Angeles
John W. Evans
State Senate
George McLain
Jack Miller
Evans
Miller
Senate
Fred Weybrer
Myrtle Williams
State Department
of Social Welfare
Sacramento
McLain
Citizens’ Committee For
Old Ape Pensions
James Evans
Hungary radio accuses U S of arming Tito forces
A Budapest radio broadcast quoted by Astra claims the United States sent arms to Marshal Tito and that the Yugoslav army is being standardized on American lines. It also alleged two U S ships recently unloaded munitions at the Yugoslav port of Dubrovnik.
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Sam Arms Tito
Hungary
Triesty
Free Territory
United States
Marshal Tito
Budapest
Astra
U. S
Dubrovnik
Pilot Terrorizes Clearwater Then Kills Self in Stolen Plane
A 23 year old pilot Samuel W. Watkins terrorized Clearwater for two hours in a stolen Piper Cub, diving over rooftops and a bridge before landing and shooting himself. Police recovered a pistol. Watkins died at a hospital after the incident at Clearwater Airport.
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Clearwater
Fla
George McClamma
Samuel W. Watkins
Virginia
R. L. Baker
Togewer
Watkins
Clearwater Beach
Mandalay Boulevard
Country Club
Belleair
McClamma
Argentine Sugar Workers Die in Strike Clash
In Buenos Aires on October 27, reports say a number of sugar workers were jailed in bloody clashes at Jujuy, the provincial capital. Police were rushed to the province as the strike, centered in Tucuman Sata and Jujuy, paralyzed the sugar industry and left up to 100,000 workers idle.
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Buenos Aires
Jujuy
Tucuman
Satta
Bette Davis to give husband chance amid divorce filing
William Grant Sherry says Davis will drop her divorce suit if he seeks psychiatric help to control temper. He has not seen Davis since she filed and plans eastern psychiatric consultation. Trial remains scheduled, with Santa Ana injunction hearing described as routine.
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Hollywood
William Grant Sherry
Bette Davis
Sherry
Miss Davis
Laguna Beach
Toluca Lake
Orange County
Inet
Santa Jana
Police Cheat Death in Car Crash
In Los Angeles on October 27 two California highway patrolmen, J. Dougherty aged 34 and A. W. Turner aged 29, escaped serious harm after their patrol car overturned four times while chasing a speeding motorist. They were bruised and cut but thrown clear as the car skidded about 100 yards on East Washington Boulevard. The patrol car was demolished and the speeder fled.
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Los
Angeles
California
Dougherty
A. W. Turner
East
Washington
Niccoli’s Corpse Sought in Alpine County Wilds
Oakland report says a search is under way in Stanislaus National Forest Alpine County for Frank Niccoli ex convict and Mickey Cohen associate believed slain in a gang style execution. Niccoli 40 has been missing from Los Angeles since Sept 2 while under $50 000 bail awaiting trial for alleged participation in beating a radio repairman. A retired LA deputy sheriff provided the tip tying Niccoli to a forest disappearance after a Sept 20 sighting near Alpine Lodge.
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Oakland
Joaltland “Tribune
Stanislaus National Forest
Alpine County
Frank Niccoli
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Niccoll
Tebe Nicoll
City
National Forest
Markleeville
Orring, Brown
Archie Wood
Niccolli
D. R. Benson
Tribune
Benson
Pickets Rally Over Contractor Hiring at Whittier
In Whittier on October 27, a picket line formed outside contractor Victor Gudunas's site. Protesters sought better hiring practices as AFG tickets arrived, offering comforts of home such as table chairs lunch and drinks to supporters during the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Victor
Gudunas
AFG Tckets
Jonunion
Truman Stays Hands Off As Steel Coal Crisis Deepens
Pressure mounts for President Truman to intervene in the steel and coal strikes. Cyrus Ching of the Federal Mediation Service plans meetings with U S Steel and United Steel Workers leader Murray, while White House says no deadline set. Officials say intervention could come if no settlement by weekend. Cotton impact grows as strikes threaten production. Maryland solicitors raise funds for relief. Truman press conference expected to address intervention. Ching seeks talks with Murray. no joint meeting with U S Steel planned. Negotiations stall as mine talks pause. prediction of action under general powers persists.
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Truman
White House
Cyrus Ching
U.S. Steel Corp
EU Murray
CSO
United Steel Workers
Charles Ross
Washington
Rost
Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Baltimore
Steele
North Carolina
Gastonia
Charlotte
Hickory
Wilmington
Kerr Scott Casidog
Cal
Ay ‘Murray
New ‘York
Cleveland
C. LO
Murray
Ching
U. S Steel
Frendonnl
Southern Mine
United Mine
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Durbin
Starn
Ljrmsden
Holland
Ketty
Sweden
Liverpool
England
Solons
Sued Mate
Niccoli
Man
Boyle
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