France near martial rule over strikes in coal fields
Communist union leaders call for a general strike in St. Etienne as France moves toward martial law in coal regions. Cabinet orders troops, allows armed defense, orders deportation of foreigners involved in battles. two miners killed and casualties near 200 in three days of fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Etienne
France
Seige
Interior Ministry
Firming
Montceau-Les-Mines
Home Training For Guardsmen Is Developed
Adj Gen Goble announces a new home training program for National Guard staff officers to balance civilian and military duties. It supplements the Army school system and will be used alongside Army schools. The Army Field Forces have also created a home training command and staff course for division staffs, distributed to division commanders for staff training.
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Army Field Forces
National Guard
Army Command and General Staff College
Prison break suspects indicted in deputy shooting case
Ironton Ohio AP reports Harri son Bowles and Edgar Blum field among six inmates who escaped Lawrence County jail. They are indicted on counts of shooting with intent to kill and to wound in connection with Deputy Homer Se crist being wounded. One fugitive, Harold L. Gray, remains at large.
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Ironton, O
Harrison Bowles
Edgar Blumfield
Lawrence County
Homer Secrist
Harold L. Gray
Disarmament Cut Unequal, Delegate Says
Frederick H. Osborn, US delegate, argues unofficial estimates show Russia would retain 150 combat divisions after a one third cut while the United States would have six. He cites Oedipe figures and warns that fears rise without accurate data on Soviet forces. Malik asks about bombs and divisions, but no reply.
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Paris
Frederick H. Osborn
United States
Russia
Osborn
United Nations Disarmament
Assembly
U. S
Oedipe
Jacob A. Malik
Montgomery County Clubs Are Raided
In Crown Point near Dayton Ohio 33 deputies led by Sheriff Ben Smith raided three social clubs at 3 30 am and jailed 11 men and 10 women on charges from carrying concealed weapons to illegal sale of whisky and intoxication. Joseph Jones 40 operator of the Lincoln Drive Inn was charged with operating a house of prostitution. The other clubs were the B and T Social Club and the Leisure Hour Social Club. Raiders seized seven firearms knives liquor and gambling equipment.
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Dayton
Ben Smith
Crown Point
Joseph Jones
Lincoln Drive
B. and T
Space Ship Faces 50-50 Risk From Shooting Stars
G Grimminger of Douglas Aircraft Institute estimates a space ship has a 50-50 chance of being drilled by a meteor over long flights, with risk rising above 300 miles altitude and very small particles capable of puncturing thin hulls despite high speeds.
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New York
G. Grimminger
Douglas Aircraft Company
Santa Monica
Calif
Journal of Applied Physics
Grimminger
Truman Invades Lewis Domain and Campaign Swing
President Truman moved through Pennsylvania mining regions with a Pittsburgh address planned. He wreaths a monument in Scranton for John Mitchell, then stops in Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown before Pittsburgh. Dewey battles a head cold in Albany and plans final tours of major cities while Warren campaigns in California.
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Truman
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Tuesay
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Scranton
John Mitchell
UMW
Wilkes- Barre
Johnstown
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Way
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Stockton
Herbert And Lausche Slug Away As Finale Of Vote Drive Nears
The piece notes both parties naming Canton as a campaign base. Gov. Thomas Herbert outlines a six point plan to tackle city revenue issues while Democrats rally in Stark County with Sam Rayburn and James W. Huffman defending the New Deal. Lausche addresses Newark claiming state leadership failed to deliver for workers. Huffman praises the New Deal and President Truman.
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Herbert
Lausche
Canton
Thomas Herbert
Stark County
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House of Representatives
James W. Huffman
Columbus
United States
Ohio
Rank J. Lausche
Newark
Huffman
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Frank J. Lausche
Congressman's Payroll Under Jury's Probe
Washington AP reports grand jury scrutiny of payroll handling in Rep. J Parnell Thomas NJ office. Justice Department officials said the October session included an FBI report and testimony from Thomas staff as a petition by 17 lawyers urged an investigation into payroll irregularities linked to espionage probe.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
Justice Department
District of Columbia
New Jersey
House
Clark
Department
Thomas
Drew Pearst
Capital Hill
Republican House
FBI
Grand
Lehar Near Death in Vienna With Pneumonia
Franz Lehar clung to life in Vienna as doctors said his recovery was unlikely. The composer suffers pneumonia in both lungs after months of gastric ulcers and a heart ailment.
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Vienna
Franz Lehar
Dewey Leads In Multiple City and State Polls
A review of recent newspaper polls shows Dewey leading Truman and Wallace across several outlets. New York Daily News reports 49.7 percent for Dewey statewide, while Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times list Dewey leads in votes across Illinois areas. Philadelphia Inquirer polls show Dewey ahead in Delaware and Pennsylvania regions, with Spokane Spokesman-Review giving Dewey 59.7 percent in northern Montana counties.
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New York Daily News
Upstate
New York City
Dewey
Truman
Wallace
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
Cook Chicago
Philadelphia Inquirer
New Castle County
Delaware
Wilmington
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Spokane
Wash
Spokesman- Review
Ravelli
Lake
Sanders
Lincoln
Flathead
Missoula
Montana
Cornell student Austin P. Story Jr named publicity chairman
Austin P. Story Jr. is listed as a student publicity chairman in a Cornell University directory. He is the president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and is nicknamed Associated Press by his fraternity brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
A. P. Story, Jr
Cornell University
Austin P. Story, Jr
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Associated Press
Prisoner Escapes Warrensville Workhouse Window
A prisoner escaped from the Warrensville work house by sawing through a window bar and tying sheets and blankets. Guards said identity would be known after a full check later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Warrensville
UN delays action on Palestine as Arab demands delay vote
UN General Assembly consideration of the Palestine issue was postponed for a week at Arab insistence, with the United States supporting the delay and Britain abstaining. Israel protested the postponement as a procedural pretext. Meanwhile, the Security Council waited for Moscow on the Berlin crisis plan. Arab force actions near Lake Hula and Sheikh Abbad were reported with heavy fighting and Lebanese reports of Jewish casualties.
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Paris
United Nations
Israel
UN Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Security Council
Moscow
Berlin
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Bramuglia
Russia
Kremlin
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Negev
Tel Aviv
Lake Hula
Sheikh Abbad
Manarah
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Independent Braverman Loses Ballot Fight in Ohio
In Columbus AP report, Harry Braverman of Youngstown, running as an independent for Congress in Ohio's 19th District, failed to force Mahoning County Board of Elections to place his name on the November ballot. The Supreme Court ruled the board acted properly in rejecting 171 signatures on his nominating petition.
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Columbus
Harry Braverman
Youngstown
Congress
Mahoning
Columbusite Elected New Chamber Head
C. I. Weaver of Columbus was reelected president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting in Cincinnati. The forum featured Sen. Stanley G. McKie calling for tax reform and several options to ease local government finances. The convention also renewed terms for several officers and regional vice presidents.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
C. I. Weaver
Columbus
Stanley G. McKie
McKie
Ohio Post
Edwin H. Davis
H. D. McClelland
Cambridge
J. S. Sprott
C. L. van Deran
Mansfield
J. J. Stevenson
James F. O'Neil
New Hampshire
American Legion
S. Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Brown
Legion
Miami
Fla
Old Guard
NEA
West Shuts Off Gas Into Russian Berlin
A South Lebanon woman lies in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a stabbing by her husband Alex White. He is jailed in Warren County on an open charge as investigators, led by Chief Gilbert Smith, process the case. In Berlin, Soviet sector gas supplies are cut as Western powers embargo eastern mains amid reprisals and plant repairs related to coal substitutions and blockades.
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South Lebanon
Middletown
Alex White
Warren County
Louise
Gilbert Smith
Berlin
Bern
Eastern
Western
Ruhr
U. S
Fire aboard Venezuelan vessel Cuidad De Caracas near North Carolina
The Coast Guard reported a Venezuelan motor ship ablaze off the North Carolina coast and moving toward Norfolk. Officials said the fire was not completely under control as the cutter raced to intercept the distressed vessel about 170 miles from Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Cuidad de Caracas
New York
Caracas
Norfold
Landlord Trapped by Tenant’s Marriage Proposal
Chicago AP report notes 78 year old landlord John Bardo tells Municipal Judge John Zuris a tenant, 68 year old widow Pecia Strane, wants to marry him to dodge rent. Bardo, in court for a disorderly conduct complaint, says he refused six times and will not marry. Judge Zuris dismisses the complaint and advises reflecting on the proposal.
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Chicago
John Bardo
John T. Zuris
Bardo
Pecia Strane
Plane Misses Route From Palmerston to Hamilton
A National Airways plane carrying 10 passengers and two crew members was reported missing today on a flight from Palmerston to Hamilton on New Zealand's North Island. The incident prompted search efforts and official inquiries into the rout and weather conditions surrounding the excursion.
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Auckland
New Zealand
National Airways
Palmerston
Hamilton
North Island
French Girl Wins $8,000 in Breach of Promise Suit
Miss Jacqueline Dadoune, 23, awarded $8,000 against Robert E. Taylor, 24, former soldier and Purdue student, who broke a promise to marry after she came from Paris to the United States. She arrived Sept 9, 1946, and works as a Chicago stenographer. Taylor, married months earlier, said he no longer loved her.
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Cleveland
Jacqueline Dadoune
France
Robert E. Taylor
Ashtabula
Purdue University
United States
Paris
Chicago
Taylor
Miss Dadoune
United States and Canada Move Toward Brussels Pact
American sources say the United States and Canada will draft a military treaty to bind the Brussels Alliance with Britain France and the Benelux nations. The plan aims to link the five nations in a formal pact as foreign ministers meet to discuss extending the alliance and a broader North Atlantic framework.
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Paris
United States
Canada
Brussels Alliance
U. S
Britain
France
Washington
War Department
South Excello Resident Shot in Farm Area Dispute
James Fugate, 59, of South Excello, was shot in the right shoulder by Bert Tomlin of Amanda after an argument at a mill area when Tomlin said Fugate fired first. Tomlin claimed Fugate shot at him first and ran. he said he fired in self defense and disposed of the gun in a river. Fugate, treated at Middletown Hospital, planned to sign a warrant for Tomlin, whose condition and the missing gun are under sheriff investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fugate
South Excello
Middletown
Bert Tomlin
Amanda
Richard
Emanuel Schultheiss
Fugate
Tomlin
Adam Combs
Schultheiss
Fall Is Fatal Cleveland
Frank Manochi aged 54 died in a hospital after injuries from a 16 foot fall from a factory roof under construction on Wednesday. He succumbed to his injuries last night in the hospital.
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Cleveland
Frank Manochi
Printing Without Fluid Ink Demonstrated By Scientists
Detroit AP reports Xerography a dry powder based printing method using static electricity to reproduce images and text without inks or liquids. Dr. R M Schaffert of Battelle and Joseph C Wilson of Haloid showcased a dry powder process and a printing press for line work blueprints and documents.
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Detroit
Optical Society of America
Highspeed
R. M. Schaffert
Battelle Memorial Institute
Coeolumbus
Ohio
Joseph C. Wilson
Haloid Company
Rochester
N. Y
Wilson
Battelle
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Toledo
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Robert E. Woodruff
Central
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Thomas M. Conroy
George White
Marietta
Texan New Legion
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