Woman Campaigns Against Slot Machines Shatters Window
Marie Van Muelebrock, 26, charged with disorderly conduct after pitching a pop bottle through Louie Spector's saloon window. The Rock Island Island County activist campaigns for an animal shelter and to end slot machines, raiding nine saloons and escalating toward countywide action. She plans to push authorities to build or fund a shelter in Moline, while continuing her vigil against gambling.
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Peru Amid Junta Exiles President Bustamante
A right wing army junta ousted President Bustamante and banished him to exile in Argentina after Lima garrison joined Brigadier General Odrias revolt. Zenon Noriega named provisional president as Peru’s capital shifted to Arequipa amid a bloodless military takeover.
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Lima
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Zenon Noriega
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Chile
Buenos Aires
Democratic National Front
Apra
Callao
Jews and Arabs Ordered to Cease Fire in Palestine Front
Brig. Gen. William Riley ordered Jews and Arabs to stop firing on the northern Palestine battlefront with a 4 p.m. deadline. Lebanon said its northern forces would halt firing. Israel offered no immediate reply two hours after the deadline as fighting continued along the front with Iraqi troops nearby.
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William Riley
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Public aid sought in murder driver death case
News notes public aid requested to locate the driver involved in a fatal death. Smoldering copra reported unloaded from ship or harbor. Reports of awards for 23 heroes and Navy tapping a vast industrial concern. Foreign policy and inflation heat up the vote campaign. Church listings and various pages cover markets, comics, radio, shipping, and theaters.
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Navy
Boy Slain by Mother Sparks Coroner Claim
Pueblo report says 8 year old Clark McLaughlin died from a beating with a rifle butt in his sleep. Coroner C N Caldwell identified the mother Neftal McLaughlin 36 a patient at Colorado State Hospital with mental illness as the killer and noted the butt was broken in the attack.
Tropical Storm North of Iwo Jima Forms in Pacific
A tropical storm centered 275 miles northwest of Iwo Jima moved generally northward at daybreak with winds near 75 miles per hour. The storm's center has fluctuated between 65 and 75 mph over the past two days.
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Tokyo
Tumultuous welcome for Warren at large Bixby Park rally
Governor Earl Warren spoke to a cheering crowd estimated at 25,000 at Bixby Park. The large Republican rally featured thunderous applause, with support from Congressman Willis W. Bradley and Mayor Burton W. Chace. The event followed a day-long campaign schedule across Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Long Beach, amid patriotic imagery and a star-studded platform.
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Willis W. Bradley
Thomas E. Dewey
Lea Carrillo
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Anaheim
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Santa Ana
Long Beach
Virginia Warren
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Los Angeles
University of California
Head on Rail Collision Kills Four in Vermont
In a dense fog two trains of the Boston and Maine Railroad the Redwings southbound from Montreal and northbound from Boston collided near Newbury Vermont early today. Four railroad men died Victor Tromba Wentworth NH John Blair Newport VT and Red Ford Newport VT. Five mail clerks were injured and over 250 passengers were shaken but mostly unhurt.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Martin L. Grove
Wentworth
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Victor Tromba
St. Johnsbury
John Blair
Newport
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Troops Ordered Out to Control Tennessee Mob
Tennessee National Guard units began moving on Loudon County seat on Gov. Jim McCord orders to quell threatened mob violence. The move followed a case in which Sheriff Henry McDonald and Deputy Clifford Hughes were charged in the death of 26 year old Ray Brewster in a traffic crash near London. Tensions rose as armed groups overwhelmed local officers after Brewster’s death near London last Friday night.
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Clifford Hughes
Chief Presidential Candidates Close Campaigns Tonight
Aboard the campaign train, President Truman hurries homeward for a final St Louis rally before returning to Independence. He predicts 60,000,000 voters will cast ballots next Tuesday, while Dewey winds up in Madison Square Garden with promises of unity and a strong vote turnout.
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New York
Republican Congress
Lesson Returns To Teacher Speeding Lecture From Officer
In Revere Massachusetts on October 30 1961 patrolman Ralph d Ambrosio stopped a speeding car and found the driver was his former grammar schoolteacher. He offered to have her write It pays to drive carefully 100 times but she said she had come for a safety meeting and received a lecture instead.
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Ralph d'Ambrosia
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Army Setup Streamlined for Crisis
Washington Oct 30 The Army reorganizes to a peace or war functional footing starting Nov 15. Royall says subordinates will handle branches, with a new vice chief of staff Gen J Lawton Collins to run the show in the chief’s absence. Wade H Haislip becomes administrative deputy and Albert C Wedemeyer leads plans and combat operations.
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A.P
Army
Royall
Omar Bradley
Ichief
J. Lawton Collins
Army Organization
Air Force
Wade H. Haislip
Albert C. Wedemeyer
$500 000 Blaze Destroys Pennsylvan ia Shop and Warehouse
A $500,000 fire wiped out a Pennsylvania Railroad blacksmith shop and warehouse in Pitcairn Pa. Windswept flames threatened nearby structures until 500 firefighters gained control. Pitcairn reservoir was drained. J B Morris of the Pittsburgh division estimated the damage. Eighty workers escaped unharmed and two firefighters were injured.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
J. B. Morris
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Chiang's Troops Flee as Mukden Falls in City Collapse
Nanking dispatch says Communist forces closed on Mukden and may hold the city or siege it, while government officials fled by car. Foreign consuls reported in Mukden as 400,000 troops clash nearby, Chiang Kaishek rushes from Peiping, and officials fear loss signals a decisive civil war turn.
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Mukden
Wei Li-huang
Manchuria
Yingkow
Hulutao
Gulf of
Chihli
Chinhsien
Chiang Kaishek
Peiping
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Chefoo
Changchun
Chiang
Withdrawal Discussed in Washington
Washington reports say high ranking officials consider pulling American naval forces from the Chinese port of Tsingtao as Communist rebels threaten the region. Lt General Albert C Wedemeyer reviews Chiang Kai-shek forces with naval officers while Red forces infiltrate near Tsingtao. Bullitt to visit China as a special consultant to the congressional watchdog committee on foreign aid.
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Tsingtao
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Yellow Sea
Shanghai
United States
Congress
Congressional
Committee On Foreign Aid
Four Perish Nine Hurt in Chicago Fire
Chicago reports a four story brick apartment building on Harper Avenue burned early. At least four people died and nine were injured. About 100 residents fled or were carried out by firefighters. One identified victim was Hyman Ratnowski, 50, manager of the building. Three unidentified victims burned beyond recognition. Firefighters evacuated roughly 25 occupants from the address 6427 Harper Ave.
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