Man Confesses Slaying of Girl and Mother
Tacoma police say a 45-year-old transient confessed to slaying a mother and her 18-year-old daughter found dead in their south Tacoma home. Det. Lt. Earl Cornelison identified the victims as Mrs. Bertha Sludt, 53, and Beverly June Kludé, 18. Officers pursued the suspect, Jake Bird, after neighbors heard screams. He was cornered in brush and subdued after a struggle during which officers were injured.
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South Side
Earl Cornelison
Cornelison
Bertha Sludt
Beverly June Kludé
A. P. Sabutiss
Evan Davies
Sabutis
Daviex
Jake Bird
Movie Probers Cite Lardner for Contempt
Former FBI agent Louis Russell testified that Soviet agents in 1947 tried to steal atomic secrets from UC Berkeley laboratories. Two more Hollywood writers were cited for contempt as the House committee pressed its hearings into Communist influence in the film industry. Lardner, 32, admitted no definite affiliation while Cole refused to read a contested statement, as questions about political beliefs continued.
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F@I
Louis 4. Russell
Aples
University of California Radiation Laboratories
Berkeley
Russell
House On American Activities Committes
George Charles Eltenton
Shell Development’ Corp
California
A.P
Hollywood
House’ UN- American Activities
Thomas Twits
Lardner
Amber
Thomas
R-N. J
Screen Writers, Guild
Cole
Rosy Ridge
Screen Writers’ Guild
Oregon Governor Earl Snell Among 4 Dead in Plane Crash
Oregon Governor Earl Snell, Secretary of State Robert Farrell, Senate President Marshall Neilan, and their pilot died when their private plane crashed during a duck hunting trip. The wreckage was found near Dog Lake after an overnight search by about 100 rescuers.
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Senate
Oregon
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Snell
Associated Press
Robert 5. Farrell Jr
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A. P. Wirephota
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Ore
A.P
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Stele
State Patrol
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Marshall Carnett
Bietalige Hogue
Dog Lake
Oregon-California
Ark Sullivan
John H. Hall
Portland
George Hill
Fremont National Forest
Merle Lowden
Dave Zumwalt
Krug Stricken During Address at Reclamation Meet
Secretary of Interior Krug fainted while addressing the National Reclamation Association convention in Phoenix on October 30. He was carried to his hotel where two doctors were summoned and oxygen was provided as a precaution. Krug, 39, recovered enough to be described as all right for the time being.
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Phoenix
Krug
National Reclamation Association
Robert W. Sawyer
Pay Roll Seized by Masked Bandits in Boston
Masked burglars held up the Sturtevant division of Westinghouse Electric Corp in Hyde Park Boston seizing a 210000 pay roll. Two armed men forced operators to the main office while others took a vault bag containing the money for 2000 employees. A sixth bandit waited in a sedan and the crew escaped.
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Sturtevant
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Hyde Park
Nto
RA. W. Marshall
Marshall
Aids
Acme
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Thomas
Sullivan
Boston
Congress
Te ' Taft
McGrath
D.R
Falls: Dead After Row With Kin's Date
Albert Putnam 87 died after a dispute with his daughter's date, Betty 34, who said actor Jack Ochke 89 was visiting. Police reported the argument began after midnight when Putnam asked Ochke to leave. he collapsed soon after.
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Burbank
Albert Putnam
Betty
Jack Ochke
Lochke
Tax Study Report Ready for House Ways and Means
Washington report states the House Ways and Means Committee has received the special tax study committee’s report on revising tax methods. Roswell Magill, former Treasury Undersecretary, chairs the panel.
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House
Ways and Means
Roswell
Magill
the Treasury
Big banks named in federal trust antitrust suit
Washington reports Attorney General Clark filed a civil antitrust case in federal court naming Morgan Stanley Co, Kuhn, Loeb Co, Eastman Dillon & Co, and others. The suit accuses a cartel of 17 major New York firms of restraining competition in the securities business, alleging control of about 69 percent of U.S. security sales over a decade. The defendants deny the charges, calling the suit nonsense and asserting fierce competition in the industry.
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New York
Bankers Association
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Distriet Court
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Astoric
Jin
Morgan Standley & Co
Kukn Uoeb Co
Eastman, Dillon & Co
Kidder, Peabody & & Co
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Lehman Brewers
Smith, Barney & Co
Glore, For
United States
Harold
Sex Fiend Sought in Slaying of Child
Police intensified search for Lonnie Fellick seven, found beaten in a forest preserve eleven days after he disappeared from home. Coroner said death due to skull fracture and chest hemorrhage. a 20 pound concrete pavement fragment was near the body but yielded no fingerprints. Authorities identified a possible motive tied to fear of foster care and eviction pressures on the Fellick family. Funeral services set for Saturday as an inquest is held tomorrow.
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Tuohy
A. L. Brodie
Lonnie
River Forest
Fellick
Brodie
Mary Fellick
Mrs Roosevelt Declines Royal Wedding Invitation
New York October 30 1947 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt widow declines formal invitation to the November 20 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten due to press of official duties as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.
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Franklin Dd. Roosevelt
Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Roosevelt
London
United States
Ramadier Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote in National Assembly
Paris Oct 30 Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier's middle of the road cabinet survived a confidence vote 306 to 280 with 18 abstentions and 20 absences after two days of attacks from Communists and De Gaulle supporters. Ramadier warned France must choose between a nation of French men or alignment with the United States or Russia.
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Paul Ramadier
Wbite Road
de Gaullists
National Assembly
Ramadier
Charles de Gaulle
Assembly
France
de Gaulle
Rescue at Sea Stopped by Storm Off Mindanao
In Butuan Bay near the Min danao Sea a typhoon lashed the area delaying rescue efforts for 26 crewmen and at least one passenger aboard the stricken motorship FS-277. Weather hampered attempts to reach the distressed vessel named In Butuan Bay.
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Manila
Butuan Bay
Mindanao
Blood Wipes Out Town Killing Forty In Venezuela
A disaster in Venezuela near Caracas reports about forty people dead as a river flood destroys the town of Egide during the night. A retaining wall failed and the Montalban River overflowed, submerging homes and streets. Rescue crews search for survivors.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Egide
Montalban
Durat
Coast Guard joins search after A 26 bomber wreckage sighted
Airplane wreckage found in the Sierra Madre Mountains north of Pomona prompts a search by Army and Coast Guard units. Lt Harold McGahan reported debris eight miles north of Pomona after the missing A 26 attack bomber vanished in murky weather following takeoff for Burbank.
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Army
Public Information Office
Burbank
R. T. Mobley
Biggs ‘Field
L. Kyle
Biggs Field
Nual Mobley
Kyle
California
Santa Barbara Island
Point Fermin
San Pedro
United States and Britain protest Soviet oil seizure in Austria
The United States and Britain direct protests to Russia over the seizure of Lobau oil fields and installations in Austria. The move signals Western condemnation of Soviet actions in Central Europe.
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London
United States
Britain
Russia
Lobau
Austria
Mass Burial For World War II Dead At Arlington
President Truman attended a nationwide burial at Arlington National Cemetery for 26 American war dead brought home from foreign graves. The ceremony honored soldiers who fell in World War II with an estimated 6000 more to be buried at Arlington. Secretary Marshall joined Truman as officials and families mourned.
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Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
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Arlington
Marshall
Army
Labhor
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