Odria Seizes Peru Power After Three Day Revolt
In Lima the army toppled Bustamante and installed Gen Manuel Odria as leader. Odria pledged elections soon, a provisional government, and a national workers congress to improve farming and working conditions. Brig Zenon Noriega temporarily holds power as the move stabilizes.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Luis Bustamante
Ason
Chile
Manuel Odria
Arequipa
Zenon Noriega
Odria
Bustamante
Apra Party
Apra
Callaro
National Workers’ Congress
GOP Assisting To Get Truman Name On Ballot
Detroit AP report says Democrats hurried with Republican help to place President Truman on Michigan’s ballot after failing to file the 19 presidential electors with the secretary of state. Secretary of State Fred M. Alger Jr. vowed to keep the office open for formal filing amid concerns courts would not void voters due to the oversight. Democratic committeeman George S. Fitzgerald said the error surprised him and steps would be taken to rectify it.
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Detroit
Truman
Michigan
Democratic Party
Fred M. Alger, Jr
George S. Fitzgerald
Truman and Dewey End Campaigns With Home State Speeches
AP reports President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey closed their campaigns with final home state addresses. Truman headed Missouri bound special train stopping in St Louis before independence, then plan to return for election eve appearances and a Keys West vacation. Dewey wrapped his bid with a Madison Square Garden speech after a New England tour pledging unity and strong peace efforts. Earl Warren intensified attacks, calling for end of the Truman administration and predicting GOP victory in White House and Congress. Dewey claimed national unity and peace through White House and Congress harmony. Truman aimed for one last national appeal before Tuesday’s vote. Warren toured from San Francisco to New York aboard the Victory Special and fired at what he termed a troubled administration.
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Mr. Truman
St. Louis
Independence
Key West
Fla
Dewey
Los Angeles
Earl Warren
California
San Francisco
Cial
White House
Manhattan
New England
Congress
New Haven
Lausche And Herbert Meet In Cleveland For Debate Of Issues
In Cleveland Ohio Governor Thomas J Herbert faces Former Gov Frank J Lausche in a public issue debate at City Club with about 500 filling the hall and WGAR broadcasting. Lausche arrives from Toledo and Herbert plans suburban rallies while Lausche defends his 1932 bench record and independence from political bosses and extremists.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland City Club
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
WGAR
City Club
Mark C
Texan Awarded Carnegie Hero Medal for Rescue
Sam Wohlford of Stratford Texas received the Carnegie Hero Fund silver medal for rescuing Kenneth Reynolds 15 months during a February blizzard. Several others were saved while the infant’s family suffered exposure losses. Twenty four heroes were honored in total with four fatalities among the acts.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund
Sam Wohlford
Stratford
Tex
Hero Commission
Kenneth R. Reynolds
Wohlford
Carnegie Commission
Stepchild Inheritance Upheld After Divorce Ruling
COLUMBUS AP A Franklin County Probate Judge ruled that a stepchild may inherit from a stepparent even if the stepparent and the child’s parent are divorced. In the James McGraff estate case, Judge Claus P. McClelland said the law includes stepchildren in inheritance rights, reversing a prior probate order and ordering notice to protect the stepchildren's interests.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Claus P. McClelland
James McGraff
McClelland
Ohio
James Farley
Marie Faulkner
McGraff
Farley
Ohio General Assembly
Trains Collide Head On Killing Three Near Newbury
A head on collision between Boston and Maine and Canadian Pacific trains near Newbury Vermont killed two engineers and a fireman and injured several others. A CP fireman and five mail clerks were hospitalized, with passengers treated on site. The Boston and Maine train ran from Boston to Montreal, CP from Montreal to Boston, in an isolated area about a mile south of Newbury station.
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Newbury
Boston
Maine
Canadian Pacific
Expert Diners Too Decatur Bartenders Offer Babysitting Election Day
About 100 Decatur union bartenders will be available for babysitting next Tuesday election day at Local 23 Bartenders Hotel and Restaurant Employes Union. R K Young says they will be idle and willing to help mothers by serving as babysitters while polls are open. wages undecided but expected to be modest.
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Decatur, II
Decatur
R. K. Young
Illinois
Young
Plane crash near Auckland kills 13 aboard
A New Zealand National Airways plane crashed last Saturday killing all 13 aboard, with a search party reporting today that every occupant died instantly.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New Zealand National Airways
GOP Expenses On Congress Drives High
Washington AP reports the Republican Party has spent more than fifteen times as much on House and Senate campaigns as the Democrats. GOP committees spent 715,749 through Thursday versus 46,999 for Democrats. The figures cover party committees only and exclude candidate funds and other groups. full campaign spending story due year end when all groups file.
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Washington
Republican Party
House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Party
Warm welcome awaiting 813 displaced persons in New York
The 813 survivors from slave labor camps arrive this afternoon aboard the Army transport General Black as the first group of 205000 homeless slated for resettlement under the Displaced Persons Act. City officials greet them by Statue of Liberty with water salutes. Attorney General Clark will welcome them.
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New York
Coast Guard
Clark
Truman
Black
Bremerhaven
U. S
Several Injured in Train Crash Near Uhrichsville
(AP) Several persons were cut and bruised in a passenger freight train crash near Uhrichsville Ohio. The passenger train en route from New York to St Louis hit the rear of the freight while the latter was being moved slowly for repair work. Injured were treated at Columbus station by a physician. In a separate incident Roy Mill 54 of Madisonville was injured when two switch engines collided on Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. He suffered chest and wrist injuries and was in fair condition at a local hospital.
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Columbus
Uhrichsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
St. Louis
Roy Mill 54
Madisonville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Miller
Soviets Start Plant Removal From Germany
American intelligence says new wave of factory dismantling in eastern Germany signals possible Soviet withdrawal of occupation forces. Dena reports a secret list of 205 plants to be dismantled by June 1, 1949, including 162 title-held plants, as Russia appears to pull stakes and evacuate per Warsaw conference aims.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Dena
Reds Accused of Shorting Repatriation
TOKYO AP Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters accused the Russians of quibbling over repatriation costs possibly to keep thousands of Japanese POWs in servitude. The statement said Japan had paid for repatriation of about 856,124 returned nationals, while Russia allegedly shorted ships by up to 500 men for 18 months and may suspend again this winter.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Tass
Cease Fire Order Issued in Holy Land Front
The United Nations ordered Israeli and Arab troops to cease fire on the northern front in the Holy Land after fighting flared yesterday. UN spokesmen reported an Israeli aerial bombardment and leaflets declaring an attack to liberate Palestine. Brig. Gen. William Riley set a noon GMT truce time, but both sides demanded guarantees before acceptance. Tel Aviv and Beirut received the order, with no immediate word on acceptance.
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Paris
United Nations
Holy Land
Haifa
Palestine
William Riley
Greenwich
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Lebanon
Two Women Slain in Bus-Car Collision at Rail Crossing
In Bluffton Ohio a 69 year old woman Mrs Albert Kempf and an 80 year old Mrs Anna Shank both of near Bluffton were killed instantly when their car was struck by a Nickle Plate Railroad freight train at a crossing near Bluffton last night.
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Bluffton, O
Albert Kempf
Anna Shank
Bluffton
Here
One Dies Eight Hurt As Apartment Blaze Surges
CHICAGO AP At least one person died and eight were injured when a four story brick apartment building on the South Side burned. A charred body was found on the third floor. About 25 residents were rescued from 6427 6429 South Harper Ave near Jackson Park as exits failed. The center stairwell collapsed and the rear leaning inward. Seven of the injured were taken to Illinois Central Hospital and one to Woodlawn Hospital. The cause was not immediately known. Damagе estimated at 25000.
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Chicago
Harper Ave
Jackson Park
Anthony Mullaney
Illinois Central Hospital
Woodlawn Hospital
Dewey Heavy Favorite In Presidential Polls
Presidential polls show Gov. Thomas E. Dewey favored as the campaign ends though Democrats doubt their significance. Truman claimed polls will be dismissed as ash. McGrath pressed Gallup and Crossley to adjust surveys to reveal truth, while Gallup warned an answer would come Tuesday. Gallup’s semifinal roundup places Dewey ahead in 31 states, Truman leading in 10, with others split.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
New York City
J. Howard McGrath
George Gallup
McGrath
Archibald Crossley
Crossley
New York
Oregon
Maryland
Gallup
Dewey
Mr. Truman
Fortune Magazine
Elmo Roper
Police officer fines former teacher for speeding
Revere Massachusetts AP reports patrolman Ralph D'Ambrosio stopped a speeding car and found the driver was his grammar school teacher. He joked she should write It Pays To Drive Carefully 100 times, recalling she made him do the same for misdeeds. She claimed she was late for a safety meeting and received a lecture.
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Revere
Mass
Ralph D'Ambrosio
New Granville Gazette Debuts as Weekly Paper
Granville residents received the first issue of the Granville Gazette a weekly eight page four column publication edited and published by Miss Helen Martin. The paper is being printed in Baltimore Ohio.
Mukden Falls to Red Troops as War Rages
Communist forces seized Mukden in Manchuria, China's largest city and site of the main arsenal. Gen Wei Li-Huang’s garrison commander’s fate was unknown as Reds gained control of the city. Chiang Kai-Shek rushed from Peiping, signaling drastic developments amid a 72 hour battle with 400,000+ troops engaged and a likely retreat toward Yingkow or Hulutao.
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Nanking
Mukeden
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Wei Li-Huang
Yingkow
Hulutao
Gulf of
Chihli
Mukden
Chinsien
Batte
Peiping
French Strike Troubles Ease as Pit Walkouts End
Paris Interior Ministry reports 301 police and soldiers wounded to date in tackling Communist led strikers in coal fields while violence subsides and pits reopen under protection. Government forces seize two more strike pits Bruay. Rome notes rising agricultural unrest and blamed government and landowners for worker layoffs and winter unemployment.
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PARIS
Interior Ministry
Regas
Bruay
Rome
Italy
Salvation Army worker Moore critically hurt in Route 4 crash
Lt. Harold Richard Moore of the Salvation Army was critically injured in an auto crash on Route 4 three miles north of Germantown. He was taken by Johan Arpp ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton in critical condition with a possible skull fracture. Moore, 20, of 1404 Garfield Street Middletown, details limited at press time.
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Harold Richard Moore
Salvation Army
Germantown
St. Elisabeth Hospital
Dayton
Johan Arpp
Moore
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Salvation Arm
Garfiel St
Middletown
Funeral For Joan Fallon Instead Of Birthday Party
Pittsburgh AP Little Joan Fallon died at home after a cancer battle. Her parents planned a fourth birthday funeral instead of a party as doctors had warned she would not live to see November 28. The family received hundreds of messages and gifts, many to be donated to charity.
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Pittsburgh
Joan Fallon
Joseph Fallon
Joan
Fallon
Paul
Crafton
Cancer Foundation
Joanie
Joan — Sixes
Pers
Nee
Ex Montanes Mpaceen
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Herbert
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Soviets
Reds
Mildred King
Kenneth
Richard A. King
Calif
Mullaney
Pitcairn, PA
Pitcairn
J. B. Morris
PRR
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