Federal Agents Probe Truman Plot After White House attack
Federal agents pressed a nationwide probe after two Puerto Rican revolutionaries failed to kill President Truman, one killed and others wounded outside the White House. The FBI and Secret Service intensified searches for accomplices as a grand jury probe loomed in New York.
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Mutual
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Conn
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Blair House
Truman Visits Wounded Cops After Attempt on Life
President Truman made an unheralded visit to White House guards Private Joseph A. Downs and Private Donald T. Birdzell who were shot while blocking an assassination attempt. He spoke briefly at Emergency Hospital, saying the guards are getting along fine after a comfortable night and a short hospital stay.
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Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
Joseph A. Downs
Donald T. Birdzell
Secret Service
Downs
Birdzeil
California
Washington Times-Herald
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Times- Herald
Times - Herald
Water Works completes new pipe connections
William H. Shawhan, superintendent, announced that new pipe connections at the Water Works pumping station are complete and operations have resumed. He thanked residents for cutting water usage during the 30 hour installation period when the water wheel was the only pumping source. One more connection will cause a brief shutdown next week, while the final connection will not require shutdown. During shutdowns the system can draw from the reservoir if needed.
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Shawhan
Nationalist roundup in Puerto Rico swells to hundreds
AP dispatch reports a nationwide police sweep in Puerto Rico as authorities hold 400 Nationalists and Communist leaders after the attempt on Governor Luis Munoz Marin and President Truman. About 200 in Jayuya surrendered as tensions ease but arrests are expected to rise to 650 to 750.
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Luis Munoz Marin
Truman
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Sir Francis Drake
Pedro Albizu Campos
Muno Marin
Albizu Campos
Mercury cools across U S with rain and snow
A mass of cool Canadian air sweeps the nation ending warm weather. Temperatures fall from the 90s in California and Arizona to below freezing in parts of the Midwest. Rain and snow patch the central and eastern regions as autumn weather settles in.
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Tennessee
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Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
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Huron
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
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Tennesee
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Arizona
Plane Missing With 40 Lascar Seamen Aboard
An Air India Constellation with 40 Lascar seamen and eight crew vanished over Geneva en route from Bombay to London. A London spokesman said the four engine plane chartered by a British firm may have crashed in an Alpine snowstorm while transporting East Indian workers to Britain to join a cargo ship.
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Air India Constellation
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London
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Shaw Willed Himself To Die, Shaw’s Final Wish Publicized
Close friends and nurses confirm George Bernard Shaw willed himself to die in his final days. He told a nurse he was weary and asked that doctors do nothing to prolong life, dying at 94 after leaving a last book, Bernard Shaw's Rhyming Picture Guide to Ayot St. Lawrence, for publication in December.
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England
George Bernard Shaw
Gwendoline Howell
Hil Belloc
Shaw
Belloc
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Truman appeals to nation as campaign rhetoric grows
President Truman heads to St Louis for a major campaign address as the Democratic National Committee estimates a record radio and TV audience of about 66.5 million. Republicans question timing after Blair House incident but anticipate strong Democratic turnout Tuesday.
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Truman
St. Louis
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Republican National Committee
Allied Forces Pressured On Korean Front In Heavy Rain
Allied units struggled through a drenching storm to rescue two trapped American regiments along the UN line in northwest Korea. The Red Chinese North Korean assault pushed UN forces back in multiple sectors, with 13 American tanks captured and the line near Pyongyang under threat as reinforcements and winter weather were rushed to the front.
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MacaArthur
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Ungan
Pyyong- Yang
Chongchon
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Chongchon River
UN approves U S anti war plan for world security
The UN General Assembly ratified Secretary of State Achesons plan for a veto free system of collective security. It calls for a UN peace patrol emergency sessions on 24 hours notice and member nations to earmark and train units for UN use. The vote rejected Soviet amendments and Pearson criticized Vishinsky's debating methods.
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UN General Assembly
State Acheson
Security Council
Lester B. Pearson
Andrei V. Vishinsky
Unite Nations
General Assembly
Canadias
Vieshinsky
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Vishinsky
Dulles
Mills
Meteor Light Lights Up Northeast Skies Around 7 35 P M
A bright meteor flashed across northeastern skies for several seconds at 7 35 P M EST. Scientists from Dominion Observatory Ottaway and Harvard University Observatory cited a meteor, while RCAF denied any rockets or flares from Rockcliffe. Airlines and observers in Utica Albany Plattsburgh Broome County Portland Montreal and Ottawa reported the glow.
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P. M. Millman
Dominion Observatory
Ottaway
Harvard University Observatory
Syracuse
U.S. Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Rockcliffe
Ottawa
RCAF
Montreal
The Leaver by Martin a Forgetful Bridge Wife
A light verse about a wife who forgets items at social visits from jacket and gloves to a raincoat and overshoes. The narrator complains that the forgetful spouse leaves goods behind while focusing on bridge scores, and the partner ends up retrieving the forgotten belongings.
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Bridge
U.S. Moves Toward Specialized Atomic Weapons
The Air Force and Army reports indicate ongoing efforts to develop and support ground forces with atomic weapons and new guided missile systems. They suggest the atomic weapons family may include radiological equipment for area poisoning and related tactics for potential defense against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Air Force
Army
Fifteen Named For Ballot Fraud in Cincinnati
Cincinnati AP report: Hamilton County grand jury returns forty five indictments charging election law violations and false registration. Prosecutor Carson Hoy says most cases lack reasonable explanations and the investigation will continue to deter fraud and influence elections.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton Cougread
Carson Hoy
What’s What Sunday Election Roundup Preview
The column previews a complete election round up for Sunday with candidate pictures and sample ballots. It outlines a birds eye view of Tuesday’s election and a regional summary of issues across Butler Warren Prebie and Montgomery Counties.
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Butler, Warren, Prebie
Montgomery Counties
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