Typhoon Bypasses Manila Heading Toward China Sea
A powerful typhoon battered central Philippines leaving six dead and port damage. Manila remained under signal No. 10 as the storm veered south, sinking a freighter and beaching several vessels. Drowned near Girantes Islands, five aboard the motor launch Alfonso II perished. The Amelia Earhart and other ships were aground or beached as crews awaited relief.
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China Sea
Philippine Weather Bureau
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Freigatex
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Tacloban
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Amelia Earhart
New Orleans
Mactan Shoal
Cebu
Sibuyan Sea
Canauay Island
Taye
Catbalogan
Samar
Commodity Exchange Probe Nears Conclusion
Attorney General Clark said the Justice Department will conclude its inquiry into speculation on commodity exchanges in a few days. He noted the probe centers on operations at the Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis grain markets.
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Minneapolis
Ship Brings Gas? Bodies From Bermuda War Dead Return
The Stevens Victory arrived in Brooklyn with 127 American war dead from Fort Bell Cemetery Bermuda. Military police stood watch as the ship neared the dock beside the Joseph V. Connolly, which had earlier carried 6251 war dead from Europe and Newfoundland.
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Fort Bell Cemetery
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Europe
Newfoundland
Lords curb bill introduced for Princess Elizabeth wedding
London reports the House of Lords backs a curb bill aimed at limiting its powers as Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Lt Philip Mountbatten draws near. Troops and regiments prepare to line the route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey on November 20 with military bands stationed along the procession route.
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Soviet Move Seeks UN Action Over War Crimes
The Soviet bloc urged the United Nations Assembly to reverse a committee decision and back a Yugoslav proposal accusing the United States and Britain of shielding war criminals. The U N replied that the proposal seeks to turn over political dissidents, not criminals, and would be a grave injustice.
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Oscar Lange
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U. S
Charles Fahy
Assembly
Funeral Mass for Archbishop Cantwell in New York
Archishop Cantwell who died after a throat infection and heart strain will be honored with a pontifical requiem mass at St Viblana's Cathedral followed by entombment in Calvary Cemetery. Cardinal Spellman of New York and Bishop Mecucken will officiate. Cantwell, a founder of the Catholic Legion of Decency, was 72 and had served as Archbishop of Los Angeles. Local masses and services are planned as the see electors meet to appoint an administrator until Rome designates a successor.
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Sack Robbers Stage Second Pay Roll Raid
Oct 31 report of four gunmen looting the American Sugar Refinery paymaster in South Boston, escaping with 29000 in a new black sedan. They masked with cloth sacks and used a sawed off shotgun and pistols. police linked this to a prior 108000 payroll robbery at Westinghouse Electric in Hyde Park, noting similarities between the two crimes. A separate Birmingham jewelry heist valued at 75000 to 80000 involved binding a jeweler and family, with the group fleeing in the Perry car abandoned nearby.
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Stassen Considers California Primary Entry
Wet Har old E Stassen former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential hopeful said he may enter the California primary in June. He seeks Governor Warren and California delegation support but called it early to tell. Stassen claimed backing from about 100 of 130 delegates in several states.
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California
President Invited to Hunt for Deer
Former Democratic senator Joseph Foley of Pennsylvania says he extended an invitation from prominent County, Pa. citizens for President Truman to hunt deer in December near Lyk County. The invitation followed a White House call and was reported to reporters.
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Truman
Po Dewey
Lik County
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Joseph F. Gubfey
Pennsylvania
White House
Storm Warnings Extend Along North Coast
Southeast storm warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. for Cape Mendocino to the Columbia River mouth. The Weather Bureau warns strong southerly winds and small craft advisories south of Mendocino to Point Arena along the Washington coast.
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Washington
Thomas Promises Atomic-spy Plot Data in Due Time
Washington reports say the House Un-American Activities Committee will resume hearings on Hollywood links to Soviet spying with a two week layoff. Chairman Thomas pledges new disclosures and says details on the atom bomb plot will come in due time. Louis J. Russell testified about parties and late night meetings with Soviet officials as the probe continues.
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Communist Party
Burma Banditry Extirpation Planned by Government
Government announces a combined force of troops and police will start full scale battle operations tomorrow to crush gangs of armed bandits terrorizing the hinterlands around Rangoon. The move aims to end a wave of bandit activity in the region.
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Murder suicide after taxi driver slaying in Cincinnati
John J. Enderle 22 shot taxi driver Max Wilson 45 in Covington after a night out, then killed himself near his Cincinnati home. Enderle had recently divorced his wife Viola Enderle 20, who had been widowed by a separate murder-suicide involving her ex-husband Jacob Jung and his estranged wife. Witness Chester Cates accompanied Enderle and related the sequence before police. Enderle had shown signs of brooding since the divorce on October 15.
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John J. Enderle
George Pearcy
Aan
Max Wilson
Covington
Viola Enderle
Mary Jung
Enderle
Pay-Off Fails To Protect Store as Juvenile Thieves Rob
Mrs. Ann H. DeRay manager of an electrical supply store at 302 American Ave reports a protection racket by two juveniles ages 11 and 8. They demanded money or they would vandalize windows. While she stored the day’s receipts in a drawer behind the counter the older boy grabbed the money bag containing $15 and fled, the younger accomplice accompanying him. Police were informed.
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American Ave
Potato Digger Incident Seriously Injures Idaho Worker
Jerome Idaho October 31 a potato digging machine tore off all clothing from David Detweiler leaving him with minor bruises witnesses described him being spun like a windmill as he was pulled into the power take-off of the digger Detweiler escaped with only shoes and minor injuries after the machine was halted
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Idaho
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Quakers Win Nobel Prize in Peace Award 1947
Oslo announces the Nobel Peace Prize for 1947 to the London Service Council and the Philadelphia Service Committee of the Society of Friends. The Society of Friends was among five institutions named as candidates. Pope Pius XII and Mohandas K Gandhi were among those nominated for consideration.
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London Service Council
Philadelphia
Plane Hunted Since Sunday Hit Mountain
Wreckage of Pan American World Airways clipper Talisman, with 18 aboard, crashed Sunday on Tamgas Mountain near Annette Island Alaska. Pilot Monson reported extreme turbulence and said all likely perished. searchers scoured rugged terrain as five planes aided the effort and Coast Guard noted visible tail structure amid the wreckage.
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Housing Expeditor Creedon Resigns to Lead Atomic Energy Reconstruction
Creedon resigns as housing expediter and is replaced by Tig Wonds as deputy. Frank nected don and President Truman confirm Creedon will take charge of a major reconstruction program tied to atomic energy development under a large industrial term.
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Truman
Frank Necteddon
Pores Creedon
Tig Wonds
Creedon
Keep Moving Railway Engineer Jailed After Looting
Police arrested a locomotive engineer in Okayama for a slow down that halted a freight train while accomplices looted boxcars. The incident occurred October 31 as the crew faced idle time amid the crime.
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