Missing Singer and Pilot Found in Northwestern Hotel
Bobby Breen, 21, former child star, and pilot Kenneth Thompson were hunted for 24 hours by land and air after going missing during a hunting flight from Waukesha. They were located Sunday night at the Northwestern Hotel in Glidden, Wisconsin, after a large-scale search. The sheriff said Breen would confer with the district attorney over expenses.
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Glidden
Wis
Bobby Breen
Northwestern
William Sands
Breen
Kenneth Thompson
Sands
Hayward
Thompson
Waukesha
Howard
Mary Sheridan
Eddie Roth
Canton
Air Force
Selfridge Field
Navy
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minneapolis
British Plane Slams Hilltop Killing Seven Airmen
A four engine Lancaster returning from Berlin airlift duty struck a hilltop near Sludgers Hall England in fog killing seven airmen. Only radio officer Sidney Stanley survived with burns and shock after being ejected from the aircraft. The crash felled trees and damaged a nearby cottage. one woman was lightly hurt.
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Sludgers Hall
England
London
Berlin
Sidney Stanley
Cowholt Park
Chute
Stanley
British European Airways
Flight Refueling Ltd
Truck Drivers End One Day Cincinnati Strike
Truck drivers and helpers for about a dozen Greater Cincinnati wholesale grocers returned to work after a one day strike. The walkout ended with a contract covering wages hours and vacations between Local 100 and the AFL Teamsters Union. Details were not learned but workers sought higher pay and a 45 hour weekly guarantee.
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Cincinnati
Local 100
Teamsters Union
AFL
Four youths escape from Morganza training school
Washington Pennsylvania report says four youths fled the Pennsylvania training school at Morganza yesterday. One youth named by police was Robert M. Neville, 15, of East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Washington
Robert M. Neville
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Morganza
Hoffman Faces Choice on Target in Next Congress
Rep. Clare Hoffman must soon choose whether to focus his attacks on organized labor or the Truman Administration as Democrats take control. He will be top Republican on the Labor and Executive Expenditures panels but the 1946 act restricts dual committee membership, forcing a shift.
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Washington
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Organized Labor
Truman
Hoffman
House
Agriculture, Commerce and Justice
Labor Committee
Hartley
Rep
Landis
Ind
McConnell
Pennsylvania
Congress
Federal Conciliation Service
GOP
Inflation At Peak The White House taps Nourse for anti inflation plan
President Truman named Dr Edwin G Nourse to head the Economic Advisory Council and direct planning of the anti inflation program due before Congress in January. Government reports show mixed signals with a two month dip in the cost of living but metals prices rising, while consumer demand and retail sales show softer momentum.
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Washington
Truman
Economic Advisory Council
Edwin G. Nourse
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
New Rift Within CIO Sparks Left-Right Clash in Portland
At the CIO convention in Portland Oregon delegates argue over Philip Murray’s critique of communists and left wing colleagues while Senator Wayne Morse urges statesmanship for new labor laws. Murray attacks the Communist party Wallace supporters and Marshall Plan opponents as his critics rise in protests and votes.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Philip Murray
Wayne Morse
Oregon Republican
Morse
Murray
Communist Party
Henry Wallace
Illness Forces King George to Take Rest
Buckingham Palace announced that King George VI suffers an arterial circulation obstruction in his legs with acute onset and possible risk to a limb. The royal tour to Australia and New Zealand for 1949 was canceled, with duties limited to palace offices and delegated to Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Philip.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Australia
New Zealand
George
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Driver admits setting fatal fire in Cleveland
A truck driver Harry W. Rich 42 admitted starting a fire that killed 11 year old Marilyn Balough in an East Side rooming house He claimed he did it to scare Marilyns mother Lucille Balough 38 after seeing her with another man Rich was said to have been drinking heavily and jealous Police asked prosecutors to file first degree murder charges Kerr said. Joanne Balough 15 was found unconscious and critical at Mount Sinai Hospital. Marilyn died from smoke.
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Cleveland
David E. Kerr
Harry W. Rich
Rich
Kerr
Lucille Balough
Slaying Suspect Pollard Eludes Manhunt Across States
William Norris Pollard, 25, of Cincinnati, sought in the slaying of 21 month old Joseph Nichols, eluded a joint Missouri police and FBI search. A coroner's jury ruled the infant died of internal hemorrhages and the body was found in a hotel dresser drawer after Pollard checked out. Betty Nichols testified she left the child with Pollard Armistice Day while visiting her husband. Police noted Pollard had been a mental patient in Cincinnati between 1941 and 1945.
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ST. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Missouri Police
William Norris Pollard
Cincinnati
Pollard
Joseph Nichols
Eee
Betty Nichols
Huntington
W. Va
Chillicothe
FBI
Otterbein College Receives 400000 Gift for Chapel
Otterbein College in Westerville received a $400000 donation from an anonymous graduate. President J Gordon Howard said funds will finance a 1200 seat chapel auditorium with construction starting after final plans. The gift brings total assets since 1945 to about $1240000, including the centennial campaign and a $200000 bequest.
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Columbus
Otterbein College
J. Gordon Howard
Otterbein
Westerville
Howard
London grade crossing crash claims Plain City woman
A night time train collision at a grade crossing in Plain City killed Mrs. Lucy Florence Folwell, 60, as she was with her husband returning home from an event. The accident prompted authorities to investigate the crossing safety measures and potential contributing factors.
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London
Lucy Florence Folwell
Plain City
Ohio Vote Official: Truman Edge Is 7 107
The official count confirms Truman won Ohio's 25 electoral votes by 7 107 over Dewey after a 10 581 vote error in Cuyahoga County. Lausche becomes governor with 1 619 775 votes and Herbert gains 1 398 514. Anderson of the Progressive Party earns 37 481.
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Columbus
Truman
Ohio
Frank L. Lausche
Secretary of State
Edward J. Hummel
Thomas J. Herbert
Hugh S. Jenkins
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Cuyahoga County
Dewey
Associated Press
Lausche
Herbert
Albert Anderson
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Lobbying Act Up For Test In U S Court
Federal Judge Edward Curran heard arguments as government lawyers defend indictments under the federal lobbying act against four men and two associations. The cases involve claims of influencing farm legislation for personal gain without registering. Curran questioned the second count on information filing, stressing he will not permit two crimes in one count.
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Washington
Edward M. Curran
James E. McDonald
Texas
Tom Linder
Georgia
Robert M. Harriss
New York
Harriss and Vose
Ralph W. Moore
Farm Commissioners Council
National Farm Committee
Curran
Justice Department
Herman Walkinson
Arthur Caldwell
Congress
Moore, Linder
McDonald
Caldwell
Hack Wilson, Former Homer King, Is Dead
Baltimore AP Hack Wilson former National League home run record holder died in a city hospital at age 48 from internal hemorrhages linked to a pneumonia like condition. He moved to Baltimore in 1941 worked at a war plant then for the parks department, rising to manager of a park swimming pool. He debuted with the New York Giants in 1924 and peaked in 1930 with 56 homers and 190 RBIs after two years with the Cubs.
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Baltimore
Lewis R
Hack) Wilson
Wilson
Municipal Parks Department
Hack
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Japs Will Hear Fates Wednesday
Tokyo AP reports former Premier Hideki Tojo and 24 wartime leaders will learn Mac Arthur's decision on their war crimes sentences Wednesday. Five may appeal to the U S Supreme Court. No indication of action by General MacArthur as sole reviewing officer of the tribunal convictions. MacArthur can only reduce sentences.
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TOKYO
Hideki Tojo
MacArthur
United States Supreme Court
Pastor Moore to resign from Himrod Ave Baptist Church
The Rev. John V. Moore, who has led Himrod Ave. Baptist Church since 1946, will resign January 1 and return to California. Moore, president of the Trumbull Baptist Ministers Association, said he will join a church in Del Passos Heights in California.
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Youngstown, O
John V. Moore
Himrod Ave
Sacramento
Cal
California
Moore
Trumbull Baptist Ministers Association
del Passos Heights
Five Billion Dollar China Aid Cost Forecast
A high administration official estimated that about 5 billion dollars would be needed to aid Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists with a combined military and economic program. The figure was discussed by cabinet members and linked to possible annual costs thereafter, as President Truman and Secretary Marshall weighed options in response to China’s appeal.
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Washington
United States
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Truman
Marshall
White House
Asia
Europe
Charles G. Ross
Deail
Chiang
D. Worth Clark
Congressional
Shipping Tieup Continues On Two Coasts
New York AP report says East Coast longshoremen voiced no optimism as ILA leaders rejected a compromise welfare fund plan. Union negotiators called the proposal vague and effectively no better than the prior rejected offer, demanding full return to work before talks.
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New York
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Union fight risks prolonging West Coast maritime strike
In San Francisco AP reports arguments over which workers are represented by which union threaten to extend the 83 day West Coast maritime strike. The longest waterfront tieup on record was 98 days in 1936-37.
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San Francisco
Pacific Waterfront
Chinese Reds in New Drive Near Suchow
Communists launch a fresh offensive on Suchow a key to Nanking and central China. Gen Chen Yi's Red veterans move from the southeast under low cloud cover to threaten the defense bastion's sole airfield. Weather hinders the government Air Force, a crucial factor in last week's initial assault.
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Nanking
Suchow
China
Chen Yi
Pope Pius X Beatification Likely in Holy Year 1950
Vatican radio quoted by ANSA indicates Pope Pius X probably will be beatified during the Holy Year 1950. The report ties the move to official church events and sets expectations for followers awaiting beatification in Rome.
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Vatican City
ANSA
Vatican Radio
Malinovsky Receives Order of Lenin in Moscow
In Moscow Marshal Rodion Malinovsky was awarded the Order of Lenin for his command of Soviet forces on the German and Japanese fronts.
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Order of Lenin
Moscow
Lenin
Rodion Malinovsky
Menna Sentenced to Life for 1947 Canton Wine Case Shooting
Armand P. Menna aged 53 received a life term for the fatal shooting of Herbert Mayo aged 27 during a dispute over buying a bottle of wine in Canton Ohio. The incident occurred on November 12, 1947.
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Canton, O
Armand P. Menna
Herbert Mayo
Slight Delay in Paying Off Letter Brings $15 Bail
In Los Angeles a twelve year old traffic ticket case resurfaces as Santos O Landelaria sends a letter and a $15 money order to Police Chief C B Horrall. He explains a "slight delay" in posting bail due to illness and notes he has not driven since the ticket issued for an illegal turn.
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Los Angeles
Santos O. Landelaria
C. B. Horrall
Landelaria
Broderdick
California
John J. Boyle dies at 79 long-serving county treasurer
John J. Boyle, 79, who was re elected Cuyahoga County treasurer for a fifth four year term November 2, died last night.
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Cleveland
John J. Boyle
Cuyahoga County
AFL Executive Council Acts On 67th Convention Policies
Cincinnati AP AFL leadership moves to implement policies from the 67th convention. The council targets repeal of Taft Hartley, funds a 750000 education campaign, and makes the Political League permanent with 10 cent per member assessments. It backs a 10 point foreign policy and aims to build a United States of Europe with UN-led dispute resolution. The council plans to meet British Trade Union leaders in Miami to discuss a new World Federation.
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Cincinnati
AFL
Executive Council
William Green
Lea
Russia
Berlin
Unon
Miami
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