Peace Cease Fire Declared in Palestinian Desert
The United Nations announced Egypt and Israel agreed to stop fighting in the southern Palestine desert at noon GMT today. Spokesman Dr. Ralph Bunche said both sides accepted. The cease fire ends a week of desert clashes that began with Egyptian forces attacking a Jewish convoy.
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Paris
United Nations
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
Greenwich
Ralph J. Bunche
Negev
Security Council
Holy Land
MacArthur’s Protection Given Korea
President Syngman Rhee said Gen Douglas MacArthur offers protection to Korea as loyal Korean forces push into Yosu and plan to recapture Sunchon. The U S Army reports heavily armed troops advancing with little resistance, while three loyal battalions encircle rebels in the southern mountains.
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SKUUL
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army
Yosu
Sunchon
Korea
Syngman Rhee
MacArthur
United States
Song Restores Man Memory After 19 Months
Dr. William Aston and his wife Patricia credit a cafe juke box song "Because" with reuniting after his 19 month absence due to amnesia. He left for Mayo Clinic in 1947 and was last seen then. The couple wed in 1940 before Army service.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Cafe Juke Box
William Aston
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Patricia
Three Held in Slavery Case of Starved York Boy
Toronto police question three suspects after 14 year old Gordon Kelly, found half naked and starving, claims he was held as a slave by an elderly aunt and uncle for nearly two years. He weighed 65 pounds and said he believed his parents were dead.
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Toronto
Gordon Kelly
D. Webster
York County Family Court
Kelly
York Township
Ralph McIntosh
Tawlinson School
Silverthorn
Richard
Pee Wee) Marlow
Man and Boy Killed in Ohio Traffic Accidents
In Toledo two separate crashes claim a seven year old boy and a man’s lives. The boy, Robert House of Monclova, was struck as he stepped from a school bus and a charge of passing a stopped bus was filed against Stanley B. May of Monroe Michigan. Emmet B. Gabbert, 27, of Toledo, died in a grade crossing collision.
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Toledo
Robert House
Monclova
Lucas County
Stanley B. May
Monroe
Mich
Emmet B. Gabbert
Detroit Labor Strikes Tie Up Rubber Auto Industry
Labor disputes padlock 14,000 workers as mediators seek settlement. CIO Rubber Workers order 500 U S Rubber strikers back to work, while Chrysler restarts after an 8,000 plant layoff. Gov. Sigler’s fact finding opens for 18,500 CWA workers in Michigan Bell wage case.
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Detroit
Harper Hospital
Kim Sigler
CIO
United Rubber Workers
U. S. Rubber Company
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Dodge Local 3
CIO United Auto Workers
Robert L. Hill
CIO Rubber Workers Union
Hill
Gov. Sigler
Michigan Bell
Communications Workers of America, Independent Union
Legion Elects Perry Brown National Commander
Miami, Fla AP Perry Brown 56 of Beaumont Texas was elected unopposed as the American Legion's national commander at the 30th annual convention. About 70 000 Legionnaires head home after unanimous approval. The national executive committee meets in Indianapolis next month to pick a site for next year's convention with Philadelphia and Miami as bidders Boston also bidding for 1950.
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Miami
Fla
S. Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
American Legion
Brown
Legion
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Boston
200 Casualties Reported In French Strike
Paris reports near 200 total casualties as the coal strike enters its twentieth day with 335000 miners out. Martial law threats linger after fighting injures police and soldiers. a police death claim was retracted as near death.
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Paris
France
Henri Queuille
St. Etienne
Valenciennes
Berlin Deliberately Selected For Fear Program Says Clay
Gen Lucius D Clay says Russia chose Berlin to sow fear as Western Europe shifted toward democratic governments. He spoke at the Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation dinner detailing how fear was used to stall the decline of Communism and to justify Soviet pressure in the heart of Europe.
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New York
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, Inc
Clay
Western Europe
United States
Europe
Soviet Zone
Architect Freud Fined for Overrunning Remodeling Budget
London AP says Ernest Freud 54 son of Sigmund Freud was fined 750 pounds for spending beyond a government building license on a Hyde Park District mansion remodel. The license capped at 750 pounds but work cost about 3800 pounds, prosecutors claimed. Freud, born in Austria, fled to England in 1933 and naturalized in 1939.
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London
Ernest Freud
Sigmund Freud
Freud
Old Bailey Court
Hyde Park District
Austria
England
Greeks Execute Reds
In Athens police said seven Communist convicts were executed for crimes against the nation.
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Athens
Jamming Alleged by Alaska Air Lines Across Aleutians
R C Bob Reeve owner of Reeve Aleutian Airways told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that Soviet Russia jammed radio communications with Aleutian and North Pacific flights. He cited jammed pilot to base conversations and ground control instructions and claims of false bearings misdirecting a second airline's flights to Japan.
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Seattle
The
Post- Intelligencer
Alaska
Soviet Russia
Aleutian Islands
North Pacific
R. C
Bob) Reeve
Reeve Aleutian Airways
Anchorage
Reeve
Aleutian
Islands
Japan
Russia
U.S. Plans Jet Plane Sales to South American Republics
The United States intends to offer postwar jet fighters and other aircraft to at least some American republics. Soon the F-80 Shooting Star F-84 Thunderjet F-82 Twin Mustang and C-82 Packet will be made available. Air Force and State Department will issue a formal statement.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Air Force
Diamonds Found Aboard Wrecked KLM Plane in Scotland
Prestwick customs seized diamonds worth 40 000 to 60 000 dollars and 16 000 watches from a KLM Constellation wreck in a cow field near the airport. 39 of 40 aboard were killed, survivor severely burned. The watches were listed on the manifest, diamonds not. A KLM official said shipments were mailed, not freight, and not tied to smuggling.
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Prestwick
Scotland
KLM
W. H. Phillipp
London
Holland
East Liverpool Reports First Polio Fatality Since 1941
George Stephen Boice, age 18, died of polio in East Liverpool marking the town's first polio fatality since 1941. Authorities did not release additional details.
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East Liverpool
George Stephen Boice
Plastic disposable baby bottle promises 80 year nursing advance
Washington report covers the first public test of a plastic disposable baby bottle touted as the greatest improvement in infant nursing in 80 years. Inventor Adda May Allen demonstrates a roll of 100 bottles with a quick prep and sterile molding claim. The device aims to simplify feeding, reduce sterilization, and limit air gulping for babies.
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Washington
Baby
Mayflower
Adda May Allen
Mama
Papa
Mrs. Allen
West Virginia Senate race drew national campaign attention
The West Virginia fight for the senate seat intensified as Dewey skipped a state stop while Truman urged votes for Neely against Revercomb. GOP leaders, including Hugh Scott Jr., pressed for Revercomb’s reelection to preserve party control, with Revercomb vowing to continue representing West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Truman
Matthew M. Neely
Chapman Revercomb
Senate
Dewey
Revercomb
GOP
High Command
National Party
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Hungtington
Scott
Republican Party
National
West Virgin
Dewey Restricts Campaign to Four Final Speeches
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will end his presidential drive with four major city speeches and an election eve national broadcast. He will speak in Chicago Cleveland Boston and New York with barnstorming stops in Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island. West Virginia and Detroit appearances are skipped as Dewey campaign strategists deem the race won and avoid extending the candidate's schedule.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Sandwich
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
Dewey
M Detroit
Heater ad seeks sale and pickup
An oil heater that heats six rooms and was used for two months is offered for sale. The ad notes three 55 gallon fuel drums, a contact number 3 1960, and that the run ran for five days at a cost of $1.50. The message promotes Want Ads as a useful home item disposal method and mentions the Big Sunday edition.
War criminals hanged at Landsberg Prison in Munich
Ten German war criminals were executed at Landsbert Prison Munich under a gray sky despite appeals by Catholic and Protestant church leaders to halt further hangings. Notable figures included Alex Piorkowski 44 a Dachau commander and former SS Col Hans Trummler 48 who distributed cigars after killings. Convicted by American courts for shooting unarmed airmen and torturing concentration camp inmates, the executions follow earlier hangings Reuters reported as part of the same wave of death sentences.
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Munich
Germany
Landsbert
Alex Piorkowski
Dachau
S. S
Hans Trummler
Hitler
U.S
Kenneth Royall
Johannes Neuhaeusler
Theophil Wurm
Four Men Linked to Columbus Jewelry Store Robbery
Columbus police connect four Cincinnati suspects to Monday's $6,000 Thappat jewelry store heist. Detective Glenn C. Hoffman says the men are definitely tied to the Columbus crime and Cincinnati authorities will release them to Columbus for prosecution.
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Columbus
Glenn C. Hoffman
Cincinnati
Thappat
Hoffman
NYC Chicago Line Delays After Wreck Knocks Switch Engine
A New York Central line near Cleveland was blocked for hours when a string of cars derailed a switch engine. Joseph Rieke, 50, was injured in the crash.
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Cleveland
New York - Chicago
New York Central Line
Joseph Rieke
Six powers urge Russia to lift Berlin blockade
At the United Nations Security Council meeting in Paris the neutral powers and the Big Four discussed a compromise plan. The resolution urged Russia to lift the blockade while proposing currency unification in Berlin by November 20 and a new meeting of the four military governors to seek a broader German settlement.
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United Nations Security Council
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Argentina
Belgium
Canada
China
Colombia
Syria
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
U. S
Juan A. Braneglia
Bramuglia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Big Four
Berelin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Tragic Car Crash Claims Paul Miller in Urbana
Paul E. Miller, 45, of Columbus, died from injuries after his car struck a tree near Urbana. The crash occurred yesterday, and authorities are investigating the fatal accident.
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Urbana, O
Paul E. Miller
Columbus
Here
Youth Gets Life Term For Slaying Car Hop
Clark Hill 19 received a life term for first degree murder by poison in the slaying of Jeanette Weimer a 17 year old car hop from Moga dore Ohio during a date on April 9 He used a stimulant in her drink and then smoked exhaust fumes into the car to cause death The panel found him guilty of murder by poison with mercy recommendation avoiding the electric chair The verdict dismissed a related charge of attempted premeditated murder and the defense contended the confession was overly detailed
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William C. Batchelder, Jr
Batchelder
Hill
Windsor E. Kellogg
Arthur Weimer
Bate
Raymond B. Bennett
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