Longshoremen at East Ports Back on Jobs
East Coast docks returned to full activity as 2200 workers reported for Sunday shifts after an 18 day strike. AFL ILA president Joseph P. Ryan predicted lasting peace, with 45000 longshoremen and 20000 clerks to work from Maine to Virginia. Pacific Coast locals ratified an employer pact ending an 89 day maritime strike, boosting pay and easing the shutdown across major ports.
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Maine
Virginia
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL
International Longshoremen’s Association
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles
Atlantic
New York
Atlantic Coast
ILA
Manhattan
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Dayton Woman Dies In Crash In Connecticut
Elaine Williamson of Dayton Ohio was killed when a car driven by her brother left the Danbury Newton highway, struck a utility pole, and crashed into a maple tree. The bridegroom and his wife were hospitalized with injuries. the party had just attended a wedding where Williamson served as matron of honor.
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Danbury, Conn
Elaine Williamson
Danbury Hospital
Joan
Williamson
Susanne Sipperly
John A. Hooper
Redding Ridge
Outpost Inn
Litchfield
Newtown
Danbury
Carleton Klocker
Queen Elizabeth Delayed Again by Thick Fog
In Southampton the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth faced a sixth postponement of its New York departure due to dense fog. Sixteen hundred passengers, aboard since last Saturday, learned of the delay as Captain C. M. Ford announced the hold. The next feasible sailing time is 9:30 a.m. tomorrow on the rising tide.
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Southampton
England
New York
United States
Europe
C. M. Ford
Pomeroy Mayor Resigns After City Board Clash
AP report notes Truman administration labor policy plans while Pomeroy Ohio sees mayor Delmar Canaday known as Kaye Kid resign amid misconduct charges. He cites private business demands and says he quits immediately after months of council friction. He recalls 200s fights and dismisses governorship hopes.
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Pomeroy
Delmar (Kaye Kid
Canaday
Pomeroy City
Thomas J. Herbert
Sidney Spencer
Kaye Kid’ Canaday
West Virginia
Herbert
China
Betty Grable Out With Back Strain At Studio
Hollywood AP reports Betty Grable has a temporarily strained back after a scene in which she lifts Cesar Romero from the ground. Doctors advise rest for several days and avoiding weighty stunts.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Caesar Romero
ThreeCar Collision Kills Paul C Wells in Cincinnati
Cincinnati AP reports a three car crash killed Paul C Wells age 22 yesterday. Two others were injured in the collision.
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Cincinnati
Paul C. Wells
Senator O Mahoney pushes higher taxes to curb giant firms
Senator O Mahoney pledges to tax and ration profits of few giant corporations. He targets basic commodities and urges government allocation while avoiding re reenactment of OPA. He plans an excess profits tax about half wartime rate after January 3.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate House Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Chinese Battle Shifts Toward Nanking Front
AP reports the central China battle seems to move from Suchow toward Nanking as Nationalist forces withdraw to meet Communist troops. About 250,000 troops at Suchow were ordered southward, with Reds concentrating near Pengpu and Suhsien. Government forces in Pengpu area face roughly 200,000 to 50,000 troops. The outcome hinges on Suchow’s withdrawal and the broader drive toward Nanking.
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Nanking
Central China
Suchow
Suhsien
Pengpu
Here
Madame Chiang's U S aid push tested by policy
Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrives in the United States as officials weigh how to help China resist the Communists. State Department pursues a hands off stance while officials privately doubt Chiang's ability to reform his military and government. United States faces pressure to prevent a Communist conquest with billions in potential aid.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
China
Madame Chiang
State Department
Department
Chiang
Marshall
Truman
Bus Crash Sparks Fire on Route 3 Near Clarksville
A Greyhound bus with driver John W. Dodge and 37 passengers skidded on a turn near Clarksville, struck a bridge, and plunged into a ditch before catching fire. All aboard escaped with minor cuts and bruises as the Clarksville fire department put out the rear-anchored blaze.
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Wilmington, O
Greyhound
Clarksville
John W. Dodge
Columbus
Cincinnati
Dodge
New Formula Presented On Berlin Crisis
Argentine Foreign Minister Juan A Bramuglia sent to the Big Four a three point plan to resolve the Berlin blockade. It calls for an expert commission to study the currency issue, recommends lifting the blockade as soon as the Soviet mark becomes the sole currency in Berlin, and issues a communiqué by Bramuglia on behalf of the six smaller Security Council powers. Timing remains unclear with possible December 30 as a target, per Argentine sources. The UN Political Committee also voted to address withdrawal of foreign forces.
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PARIS
Juan A. Bramuglia
Berlin
Bramuglia
Security Council
King George Shows Health Improvement, Doctors Say
London AP reports King George's general health improving after a week of cancelling public engagements due to an arterial ailment in his legs. Medical advisers described the improvement as progressing, with no change in the underlying condition noted at this time.
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London
George
ALP complains of authorizing broad inquiry into voters
The American Labor Party told Attorney General Tom C Clark that Defense Secretary Forrestal is conducting an intensive investigation to compile a vast black list of Progressive Party voters in New York and other states including California Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin Ohio and Washington.
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New York
American Labor Party
Tom C. Clark
James V. Forrestal
New York State
Clark
Forrestal
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Washington State
Greek Premier Sophoulis Recovers After Heart Attacks
Themistokles Sophoulis, aged 88, sat up in bed and ate breakfast as doctors reported his general condition very good after two severe heart attacks last week. He was given last rites but remained in high spirits and joked about meeting a French heart specialist at the airport with Foreign Minister Tsaldaris.
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Athens
A(p
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Constantin Tsaldaris
Pane
Sophoule
Mexico City Fire Kills 27 as Store Crumbles into Street
A downtown hardware store collapsed during a blaze and explosions, killing 27 people including 12 firefighters. Police recovered ten bodies, with digging continuing overnight. Volunteers aided rescues as business districts paused and fundraisers started for the families.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Two Hundred Children Evacuated by Fire at Yonkers Home
Yonkers New York AP reports 200 children were driven into rain in night attire at 1 30 am by a fire of undetermined origin in the attic of the south wing of the Leak and Watts children's home. Earlier on October 9 a separate attic fire damaged the north wing of the 344 story brick and frame building. Today's blaze caused smoke and water damage to the south wing.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Leak and Watts
Defense Costs To Be Limited To 15 Billion
Washington AP reports administration officials aim to cap military spending at 15 billion dollars to avoid inflationary pressures. Advisors to President Truman warned that rises to 18 to 20 billion could trigger economic repercussions, though the armed forces had requested 23 billion for the 1950 fiscal year.
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Washington
Administration
Truman
Pentagon
Edwin G.nourse
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Truman
Three In Family Killed By Fumes In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati AP report says monoxide fumes from a defective gas heater killed Benny Allen 32 Flora Allen 30 and their 18 month old son Ray over the weekend. Neighbors Mr and Mrs John Clemmer found the bodies after noticing the light on since Saturday. Coroner Herbert P Lyle said the parents had been dead at least 12 hours and the baby one to three hours.
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Benny Allen
Flora
Ray
John Clemmer
Peggy Coleman
Allen
Herbert P. Lyle
Separate Berlin Governed by Communists Report
German Communists propose a rival city government to control all Berlin, risking a final split as elections approach in the Soviet sector. Russians reject recognition of the planned regime and threaten banishment. Jendretzky denounces the current city government as bankrupt and criminal and calls for resignations.
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Berlin
Hans Jendretzky
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Jendretzky
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Five killed and one missing in weather linked accidents
Floods and high winds across the South left at least five people dead in automobile crashes tied to the weather and one person missing. Rain swollen rivers forced evacuations across Georgia Alabama and Tennessee with extensive property and crop damage.
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Chicago
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Fort Davis
Tuskegee
Ala
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
Kilby State Prison
Tallapoosa
Birmingham
Phenix City
Atlanta
Columbus
Macon
Knoxville
Violence at picket line at Columbus zinc plant sparks arrest
In Columbus, deputies reported a brick hurled at a plant guard and fragments shattered a car window during a clash at the American Zinc Oxide Company site. Rossie Younger, 30, was jailed on malicious destruction charges after the incident amid ongoing strike activity with CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Company
John McFerin
Joseph Shannon
James Campbell
Rossie Younger
Court of Justice of the Peace
Hubert Brown
Brown
Younger
Franklin County
Joseph Collier
Ralph Locke
Cleveland
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Campbell
Locke
Leroy Prysock
CIO Mine, Mill, and Smelters
Woman's Death Stumps Cincinnati Police
In Cincinnati, a 71 year old woman, Mrs. Margaret Linderman, died after the car she sat in alone wrecked against a tree. Her husband Edward A derman left to seek help as the battery failed. Police, led by Capt. Guy York, found the car in high gear and offered one theory that a passing motorist pushed it to start downhill.
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Cincinnati
Guy York
Margaret Linderman
Ecward Aderman
York
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