Navy Chief Faces Ouster After Denfeld Testimony
Secretary Matthews seeks a successor to Admiral Denfeld as chief of Naval Operations amid Congressional calls for his resignation. He asserts the move is not retaliation and will proceed after announcing a transfer authority to the President. Denfeld is expected to retire. no successor named yet.
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Adm
Louis Denfeld
Washington
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Navy
Matthews
Congress
Adm. Denfeld
Walter Karig
Fense Department
Knowland
Cal
Rep
Bates
R-Mass
House Armed Services Committee
Navy Department
Milledgeville
Vinson
House Committee
Pentagon
Johnson
CIO President vows to purge pro Communist unions
CIO President Philip Murray said at the Cleveland convention that the federation will remove pro Communist unions and has plans to disaffiliate left wing groups. He cited no room for Communist influence and threatened to eject unions such as United Electrical Workers Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Farm Equipment Workers with a combined roughly half a million members. The Farm Equipment Workers Union voted 84 percent to merge with United Electrical Workers, CIOs third largest affiliate, to gain about 55 000 members.
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Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
Labor Union Federation
Murray
United Electrical Workers
Farm Equipment Workers
Farm Equipment Workers Union
Chicago
United Electrical Workes
International Harvester Company
Joliet High Players Arrested in Looting Incident
In Rockford Illinois six Joliet high school football players and one more youth were jailed on larceny charges after looting two clothing stores during a 45 minute stopover on a 100 mile bus trip from Joliet to Freeport. Four players missed their game versus Freeport while three were detained after a tied contest.
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Rockford, Ill
Seve
Joliet
Freeport
Bankers Gather in San Francisco for Annual Convention
Several thousand bankers from across the nation converge on San Francisco for the American Bankers Association yearly meeting opening Monday. Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder arrives to address the first general session Tuesday morning.
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Bankers Assemble
San Francisco
American Bankers Association
John W. Snyder
48 Die As Air France Constellation Crashes in Azores
Rescue teams begin identifying burned bodies after the Air France Constellation crashes into Pico Redon do on Sao Miguel Island killing 48 people on a Paris to New York flight. The victims include boxer Marcel Cerdan and violinist Ginette Neveu. no survivors.
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Air France
Azores
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette Neveu
Miss Neveu
Center
Cerdan
New York
Jake LaMotta
Nea
Ponta Delgada
Sao Miguel
Paris
Bernard Bout de Monvel
Mise Neveu
France
Sao Miguel Island
Algarvia
Pico Redondo
Santa Maria
Louis Mirepoix
Edith Piaf Sings Through Grief After Cerdan Death
In New York Edith Piaf performed amid sorrow after learning French middleweight Marcel Cerdan died in an Azores plane crash. A French chef in the Versailles restaurant whispered that she breathes her sorrows through her songs as she delivered a composed set in a smoky, crowded room.
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New York
Versailles
Edith Piaf
Marcel Cerdan
Azores
Paris
Miss Piaf
France
Roosevelt
Cerdan
Ohio Newspaper Women's Association opens 47th convention
The Ohio Newspaper Women's Association opened its 47th annual convention in Toledo. Officers will be elected tomorrow.
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Toledo
Ohio
Women’s Association
Funeral Rites Set For Zoo Superintendent Sol A. Stephan
Cincinnati AP says Sol A. Stephan 100 died in sleep. He joined Cincinnati Zoo 1875 as circus rep for the Great American Circus and stayed 62 years as superintendent then general manager emeritus after retiring in 1937. Truman sent birthday greetings at his 100th last April. He is survived by a son, a daughter Louise, two grandsons, a granddaughter, and a great extended family.
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Cincinnati
Sol A. Stephan
Cincinnati Zoo
Stephan
New York
South Ameria
Joseph A. Stephan
Ness
Stephane
Truman
Dayton
Kent
Ind
Zoo
Louise Stephan
Co G. Stephan
William J. Stephan
Watsonville
Calif
Grace Salcido
San Gabriel
Cal
Feeney Clergyman Dismissed From Jesuit Order
Rev Leonard J Feeney a noted Catholic author lecturer and poet was dismissed from the Jesuit order in Cambridge Massachusetts in a six month dispute. Feeney announced the dismissal saying it was for alleged disobedience.
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Cambridge, Mass
Leonard J. Feeney
Feeney
Ransom Brothers Face Federal Auto Theft Charges
Benjamin Ransom and his brother Burton, ages 34 and 26, were ordered returned to Wadesboro, North Carolina, to face federal auto theft charges. They are also wanted for the murder of Jamesaa Hite Ke, 37, of Hollis, Queens, in the U S. case.
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Columbus
O. (Ap
Benjamin Ransom
Burton
Wadesboro
N. C
U. SS
Robert W. Newton
James Aa 37
Hollis
Queens
Hite Ke
Steel strike blamed on industry and unions in ongoing talks
Senator Morse blamed major steel firms for stalled talks amid a nationwide strike and looming coal dispute. The industry backs a pension plan but wants worker contributions. Cyrus Ching convened three more firms into Washington talks as output falls and layoffs rise, with CIO President Murray coordinating.
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Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Truman
Cyrus Ching
Senate Labor Committee
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
Philip Murray
Ching
Republic Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Companies
CIO United Steelworkers
Murray
Rookie cop saves lives in Spokane fire
Patrolman Lowell Braden smelled smoke at 1 a m and sounded the alarm at an apartment building. He woke 10 residents, mainly elderly, guiding them out as a three alarm blaze caused about 100 900 in damage. Police credited Braden with preventing greater loss of life.
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Spokane
Lowell Braden
John Reilly
Bradeen
Three Escapees From Delaware Prison Sought
A manhunt for three gunmen at large from a Delaware workhouse moved to Philadelphia after a cafe hold up. Police identified Willie Edwards and J A Lankford among the escapees and noted five of eight inmates recaptured and placed in solitary confinement.
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Delaware Prison
Philadelphia
Delaware
Cate
Willie Edwards
J.A. Lankford
New Castle County
Wilmington
Del
Danny Norris
Victor M. Bryson
Bryson
Inlaw
John Andes
Minquadale
Edward Ernst
Penny Hill
Harry S. Shew
Maryand
John Henry Minor
Bear Cleve Fla
Jesse W. Palmer
Tuscumbia
Ala
North East
Edwards
Lankford
Edward J. Hardy
Gloucester
Mass
Bellefonte
Satsuma
Als
Norris
Ernst
Elwood F. Melson
Francis A. Burns
Meison
Father B
John J. Kerrigan
Wrhnington Jounal
Kerigan
Noisy Joe the crossing horn honker critique poem
A humorous poem mocks a disruptive driver nicknamed Noisy Joe who blasts his horn at crossings. It contrasts pests like boastful jokers and freeloaders with the habit of honking to disturb others and frighten pedestrians, critiquing loud, thoughtless behavior.
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Joe
Israel withdraws from peace parleys with Arab neighbors
LAKE SUCCESS AP Israel announces withdrawal from indirect peace talks via the United Nations Conciliation Commission. Israel says it will deal directly on all political and territorial issues, while Arabs reject face to face talks, threatening prospects for settlement. The commission had proposed an international Jerusalem regime. Israel opposes ceding control of Jerusalem except for holy sites.
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Lake Success
Israel
United Nations Palestine Conciliation Committee
Hashermite
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
United Nations
United States
France
Turkey
Paris
Susanne
Switzerland
New York
Ralph J. Bunche
Conciliation Commission
General Assembly
Jerusalem
Trial Ordered for Lawmaker J Parnell Thomas
Rep J Parnell Thomas health cleared by doctors and set to stand trial November 7 on fraud charges. Court rejected postponement despite defense claims of illness. Thomas and aide Helen Campbell faced conspiracy charges over padded payroll and falsified vouchers related to a U S House committee employee.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Njd
Thomas
Alexander Holtzoff
Lawaker
Holtzoff
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Four Youths Escape From Lancaster Industrial School
Four youths escaped from the boys' industrial school yesterday. Police identified them as Cecil Gill 17 and Wallace Manns 16 of Columbus Tommy Hall 15 of Ironton and Tommy Robinson 17 of Cleveland.
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Lancaster, O
Cecil Gill
Wallace Manns
Columbus
Tommy Hall
Ironton
Tommy Robinson
Cleveland
Warren County Farmer Gored by Bull on Waynesville Route
Warren County farmer John Hall, 60, was gored by a bull at his Waynesville rural route farm. He suffered hip horn injuries and body bruises and was taken to the Young Clinic in Lebanon for X rays and treatment.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Waynesville
John Hall
Young Clinic
Endowment to College Withdrawn by Oilman
Natchez Miss AP George W Armstrong Sr withdrew his offer of a 50 million endowment for Jefferson Military College amid a dispute over charter changes to bar African and Asiatic descent. Trustees face closure without funds as Armstrong foundation names majority trustees and a son’s unauthorized remarks sparked further conflict.
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Natchez
Miss
George W. Armstrong
Jefferson Military College
Mississippi and Texas Oil
Armstrong
Stanley N. Murphy
Murphy
Judge Armstrong
Board of Trustees
Armstrongs
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