J R s Widow Former First Lady Passes
Oyster Bay N Y Sept 30 A P Mrs Theodore Roosevelt 87 widow of the President died at Sagamore Hill after ill health She was born in Norwich Conn married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886 Her sons Quentin Theodore Jr and Kermit died in war Archibald survived served in both world wars Her daughter Ethel married Richard Derby stepdaughter Alice married Nicholas Longworth Domesticity became a hallmark of her tenure as First Lady She spent later years at Sagamore Hill
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Ethel
Richard Derby
Alice
Nicholas Longworth
London
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America
White House
Sagamor Hill
Long Island Sound
Teddy
Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
Security council to hear Berlin blockade charge over peace
United Nations Security Council meets in Paris to consider Western claims that Soviet Russia threatens world peace with the Berlin blockade. Warren Austin chairs as October president. Argentina expected to assume chair later. Atomic control debate also unfolds as Montgomery plans to command western forces.
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Austin
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Marshall
Lewis Douglas
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Associated Press
Violence Rises in Oil Strike Areas Across California
Violence continued as 16 000 C I O oil workers stalled operations into day 27. At Shell Martinez the crowd stoned cars and attacked non strikers while a car with five people was overturned. Richmond Standard Oil offered 5000 rewards for sabotage tied to a $1000 fire. Guards found open fuel tanks and a severed power line. The Texas Co. planned to reopen its Los Angeles refinery next Monday and urged strikers to return. International president O A Knight said all California contracts would open November 1 with talks within 60 days.
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Shell Oil Co
Martinez
Richmond
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Los Angeles
United Press
O. A. Knight
California
General Petroleum Co
US FCC freezes new TV station applications to study service
The Federal Communications Commission suspends approval of 302 pending TV station applications to polish the service. Currently 37 stations are on the air while others hold permits. the pause may last six months as engineering standards are reviewed.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Wayne Coy
Boy clings to life 42 hours beside mother's crash body
In Edmonton 12 year old Michael Linther survived by hanging head down for 42 hours beside his mother's body after a plane wreck 65 miles northwest of Fort Nelson. He suffered a skull fracture a broken arm and frozen feet and underwent surgery. RAF rescuers praised his bravery noting he stayed conscious and spoke little of his mother's fate.
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Alaska
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K. W. Clark
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A. L. Lintner
Army Reserve
Great F. Mont
Aew Steamboat
Gellsean
Lintner
Watson V. T
Berlin Shootings and Radio Jam May Mark Tense Berlin Day
In Berlin a Russian soldier fired into a German crowd inside the U S sector wounding a civilian and forcing an American MP patrol to take cover. Three Soviet soldiers crossed from the Russian sector and fled back after the incident near Tempelhof. Earlier radio jamming at Radio Bias disrupted the station, as night formation flights by Russian units over Berlin marked the cold war tensions.
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U. S
Tempelhof
Thomas Lancer
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William F. Heimlich
Columbus
Ohio
Truman Denounces Congress as Puppet of Business Lobbies
President Truman campaigned in Illinois denouncing the Republican controlled Congress as a puppet of big business. He urged workers at Southern Illinois University to back liberal democracy over GOP policies and criticized Taft Hartley era reforms as harming workers rights. He spoke to about 3000-4500 people amid a fast train tour.
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Truman
Illinois
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Los Angeles Daily News Raises Prices
The Los Angeles Daily News announced price increases to 7 cents for single copies effective Oct 1 and home delivered copies at 1.60 dollars per month. Similar hikes were reported by other Los Angeles papers including the Times Herald and Express.
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Los Angeles Daily News
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Earst
Morning Sheamer
Afternoon Herald
Express
News High Lights Store to aid in obtaining rights of way
Brief reference notes a store spotlight aiding the acquisition of rights of way for the Los Angeles River Freeway. Mentions Page A-3 content with terse annotations and related items listed on A-13. The fragmentary text mentions Dewey and an “unbeatable” marquee design on Iran as part of the page layout.
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Fahareten
Aks
Five Hurt as Trains Collide in Indiana
In Schneider Indiana a New York Central passenger train collided with a derailed freight train, injuring at least five people. The incident occurred after derailed freight cars were thrown into the passenger track following a collision of two south bound freight trains on another set of tracks.
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Schneider
Ind
New York Central
Baby Smothered as Mother Faints in Pa Apartment
Four week old Dolores Helga Lake was found dead beneath her mother Mrs Alfred Lake Jr who had fainted while holding the child in their Lenhartsville Pennsylvania apartment. Police said a sister in law Dorothy Lake was present and reported the incident.
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Dolores Helga Lake
Alfred Lake Jr
Lake
Nea Lenhartsville
Yerery Ae
Dorothy Lak
Peary North Pole Note Published by State Department
Washington report notes a note from Adm. Robert E. Peary cached 450 miles from the North Pole during an Arctic expedition 43 years ago. The State Department released the dated Sept. 5 archival message found in a whisky bottle inside a cairn left by a U S Navy expedition. A second item recovered refers to a record by British expedition leader G S Nares aboard the H M S Alert and Dis.
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
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Nakee
U . S. Navy
Canada
Ca Sheridan
So G. S. Nares
H. M. S. Alert
News papers raise Los Angeles area prices Oct 1
Major LA papers announce price hikes due to rising production costs. Street sales move to seven cents, home delivery at two dollars monthly for Times and Examiner. Press Telegram to five cent street price with 1.75 dollar monthly home delivery, while Sunday 15 cents.
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Examiner
Los Angeles Herald-Express
Los Angeles Daily News
the Times
The
Examiner
Press-Telegram
Barn Owl Snores Through Sermon at English Church
In Canterbury England a barn owl was found to be the source of loud snoring during a Sunday service. Parson choristers and congregation searched for the culprit before discovering the owl nesting under the church roof.
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Canterbury
England
Oil Fire Threatens Crescent City Hospital
Crescent City Calif Sept 30 Fire at a Standard Oil storage station sparked explosions in small tanks inside a nearby building, several hundred yards from four major storage tanks. An unconfirmed report said two men were killed as volunteers fought to stop the blaze from reaching Segger tanks near the hospital.
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