Atlantic hurricane speeds toward open sea off Atlantic coast
A hurricane with 75 mph winds sped northeast from Cuba and Florida, threatening shipping off the eastern seaboard. The storm, now about 320 miles northwest of Bermuda, caused three deaths in Miami areas and $25 million in property and crop damage, especially in the Florida Keys and Key West.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Cuba
Florida
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
North Carolina
Virginia
Court Action Filed Against Aluminum Firm
The Justice Department filed a court action in New York to force Alcoa to reduce its power and size and to divest plants and properties to restore competitive conditions in the aluminum industry. It seeks a plan of divestiture without naming specific properties. This continues a long anti trust battle with Alcoa.
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Washington
Justice Department
Aluminum Company of America
Tom Clark
U. S. District Court
New York City
Alcoa
Walker divorce sought by Barbara Ford Walker in Los Angeles
Barbara Ford Walker, daughter of director John Ford, seeks divorce from actor Robert Walker in Los Angeles Superior Court after ten weeks of marriage. She accuses extreme and grievous mental cruelty and requests reasonable alimony, saying she is without funds.
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Los Angeles
Robert Walker
Barbara Ford Walker
John Ford
Mass Phone Unions Conside Wage Demonstrations
The American telephone wage talks face pressure as CIO and independent unions discuss possible mass demonstrations. Leaders plan a meeting to compare notes on progress with AT&T, amid earlier talks of a nationwide action similar to the 1945 four hour stoppage. An estimated 230,000 workers in the CWA and 70,000 in CIO divisions are involved with payroll boosts already given to some of the eligible 500,000.
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CIO
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Communication Workers of America
CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Southwestern Bell Union
CWA
GOP Faces Battle to Hold Senate Edge in 1952
Washington AP report notes Senators Ives of New York and Lodge of Massachusetts warn the GOP must guard its slim Senate majority as 33 seats are up for election. Ives cites risk of voter turnout. Lodge cautions against overconfidence and calls for Dewey campaign coordination.
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Washington
Ives
New York
Lodge
Massachusetts
GOP
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Jewelry Stolen from Actress Gene Tierney’s Apartment
New York actress Gene Tierney reported to police that 15300 dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from her Fifth Avenue area apartment. The items, not worn recently, were taken from a bedroom dresser over the past eight days.
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New York
Gene Tierney
Oleg Cassini
Fifth Avenue
Wallace Campaign Swing Sparks Tepid Toledo Crowd
Henry A. Wallace addressed a small Toledo audience aboard his campaign plane and used the stop to assail anti-Wallace labor leaders. The Progressive Party candidate planned appearances in Cleveland and Youngstown, continuing his Ohio tour after a polite, unenthusiastic reception in Toledo.
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Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Toledo
Progressive Party
Cleveland
Youngstown
Wallace Campaign Escort Guard Described in Toledo
Henry Wallace travels with a body guard, Detective Jack Zuckerman from the New York City Police Department, on a chartered plane. Zuckerman accompanies the candidate on this trip, unlike Wallace's earlier tours which included a southern visit where he was showered with eggs.
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Toledo
Henry Wallace
Jack Zuckerman
Wallace
New York City
Police Department
Zuckerman
Wallace attacks labor leaders at Toledo rally
Wallace accused certain so called labor leaders in the central states of using reprisals harsher than the Taft Har tley law to keep union members from attending meetings. He warned of a drift toward German union tactics and urged unity, while CIO leaders backing Truman criticized him. About 1 000 people attended the Toledo rally. the crowd was friendly but cautious with little cheering.
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Ledo
Wallace
Germany
Robert) Ley
Labor
CIO
United Auto Workers
Toledo
Truman
Reward Offered In Assassination In Tel Aviv
Israel announces a $20000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Count Folke Bernadotte's assassins. Prime Minister Ben Gurion says Stern Gang bases and arms caches are seized and 246 group members arrested. 184 picked up in Jerusalem. Government blames Stern Gang for UN Palestine mediator death.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Folke Bernedotte
David Bengurion
Legislative Assembly
Stern Gang
Jerusalem
United Nations Palestine
American Ship Building posts earnings drop for year
The American Ship Building Company reported net earnings of 170693 for the year ended June 30, down from 329103 a year earlier. The Cleveland based firm noted lower sales and profits amid market softness.
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Cleveland (Ap
American Ship Building Company Today
Russians To Use Air Corridor For Firing Practice
Berlin AP report says Russians planned to fire dangerously high in the American British air lift corridor to blockaded Berlin. The Americans protested and noted bombing and fighter practice. Russians promised to stop when their planes appear. US military government banned Soviet sponsored papers in the American zone.
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Berlin
U. S
Germany
Marshall Bevin Discuss Berlin Crisis In Paris Talks
U S Secretary of State Marshall and British Foreign Secretary Bevin conferred for an hour in Paris and talked over the Berlin crisis. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman was not present. Bevin planned to meet Paul Ramadier within a few days.
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Paris
U. S
State Marshall
Bevin
Berlin
Robert Schuman
France
Paul Ramadier
Russians Plan Seven Hour Anti Aircraft Firing in Berlin Corridor
Capt. W. H. Gookin of Quincy Mass, U S representative at the Berlin Air Safety Center, notes a Soviet notice of seven hours of anti aircraft firing practice in the Bueckeburg corridor. He pressed for safety measures for air traffic between here and Paris for the United Nations sessions. The Russian representative replied when
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W. H. Gookin
Quincy Mass
U. S
Berlin
Bueckeburg
Gookin
Here
Paris
United Nations
Two Men Die in Mango Train Crash Near Tampa
Two men, L. E. Hicks of Tampa and C. K. McKinney of St. Petersburg, were killed when the Havana special collided with a waiting ACL freight near Mango. Two passengers were injured. Conductor A. C. McLendon said the freight was on a siding and the switch not turned after backing.
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Tampa
Fla
L. E. Hicks
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
C. K. McKinney
St. Petersburg
Mango
Hicks
ACL
John Hicks
A. C. McLendon
McLendon
Russia Loses Seven Votes in General Assembly Session
United Nations General Assembly votes tally seven defeats for Russia as Jacob Malik attacks the Little Assembly calling it illegal. Four Little Assembly proposals survive while three others are retained, and the full agenda is approved amid limited opposition.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Jacob Malik
Little Assembly
South Africa
India
Malik
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
General Assembly
Korea
Security Council
Assembly
Balkans Commission
Greece
Italy
Austria
Fin
Unconfirmed report cites failed Tito assassination attempt
A Trieste News Agency report circulating among newsmen says an unsuccessful attempt was made on Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito two weeks earlier. It claims partisans mined a bridge on the Dalmatian coast during a Tito tour, but explosives were found before he crossed.
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ROME
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Hed
Dalmatian
Tito
Buckeye Republicans Stand On Herbert Record In Campaign
Ohio Republicans pledged solid support for Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and promised to continue current Ohio governance if reelected. The convention adopted a praising platform and featured Earl Warren urging Democrats to power, while Herbert defended his administration against charges of surrender and touted school and local government funding.
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Buckeye
Herbert
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
GOP
California
Earl Warren
Washington
Warren
Plot To Assassinate Peron Uncovered In Argentina
Buenos Aires reports 12 suspects including three priests were arrested in an alleged plot to assassinate President Juan Peron and Eva Peron. John Griffith, former U S cultural attaché, led the movement and faces possible extradition from Uruguay. The group aimed to strike at the Cela theater during a performance.
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Buenos Aires
Juan 9. Peron
Eva
John Griffith
U. S
Arturo Bertollo
Federal Police
Griffith
Uruguay
Argentina
Montevideo
el Pais
Cypriano Reyes
Peron
Scivber
Canta
Osear Palma Beltran
University of Southern California
Truman challenges Dewey in California clash at Hollywood Bowl
President Truman calls for a championship fight with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and accuses the Republican opponent of double talk. He urges liberal voters to unite behind him and cautions against third party efforts as Wallace counters in Toledo with claims of railroad wartime fraud.
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Associated Press
Truman
California
Thomas E. Dewey
Gilmore Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
America
Wallace
Toledo
Salisbury urges UN veto reform and end to talks with Russia
Lord Salisbury, leader of the Conservative peers, calls for changing the United Nations veto and halting negotiations with Russia. He says peace requires pressuring Moscow and that powers at Paris should propose abolishing the veto in discussions among great powers.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
House of Lords
United Nations
Russia
Salisbury
Paris
Wholesaling Prices Rise to Record High in August
The cost of living index for August climbs to 174.5 percent of the 1935-39 average, driven by higher wholesale prices that may steer future food costs. Factory wages reach 53.86 dollars weekly as retail food prices dip 0.1 percent to 216.6 percent of the base. Yearly comparisons show a 10.2 percent rise from last year and a 48.8 percent rise since June 1946. The era’s wholesale peak rivals levels after the Revolutionary War before 1926 price baselines.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Congress
Battle near Munoy leaves 83 dead in Nueva Ecija clash
The Manila bulletin reports 83 people killed after a ten hour battle between the constabulary and Red led Hukbalahaps near Munoy in Nueva Ecija province about 75 miles north of Manila.
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Manila
Constabulary
Red
Manila Bulletin
Munoy
Nueva Ecija
Dupont Empire Faces Federal Grand Jury Probe
A federal grand jury begins an investigation of the Dupont empire. Subpoenas have been served on five major corporations including General Motors, U S Rubber, Ethyl, North American Aviation, and Kinetic Chemicals. Three more firms are expected to be subpoenaed.
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Chicago
Farflung Dupont
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
U. S. Rubber Company
New York
Ethyl Corporation
North American Aviation, Inc
Inglewood
Cal
Kinetic Chemicals Inc
Wilmington
Del
Former U S Flier Held In Singapore Smuggling Ring Leader
In Singapore an ex American Navy flier Albert W. Onstott of California is detained with two other Americans two Britons and a Filipino. Authorities say he heads a large smuggling ring moving arms from a plane seized during an alleged September 14 operation between the Philippines and Dutch Malayan revolutionary areas. He faces trial in Singapore.
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Singapore
Philippines
Albert W. Onstott
California
Truman Nearer Spot On Ballot In Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana AP Truman gains a place on the Louisiana November ballot without official Democratic designation. State party leaders support a compromise to reserve 10 electors on the ballot nominated by petition and signed by 100 voters with a October 5 deadline.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
Louisiana State Cental Democratic Committee
Secretary of State
Names Awaited In Hot Ham Case Indictments
Lancaster and Fairfield County residents await the names of 27 people indicted by the county grand jury. No arrests were made as officials planned to issue warrants and disclose identities today. The probe also covered gambling with secrecy surrounding how many indictments relate to the hot ham theft from Swift and Company's Columbus plant.
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Lancaster, C
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Peresons
Isaac Bowles
Robert Ruffner
T. L. Hewetson
Columbus
Swift and Company
Fairfield
Franklin County
Arrested As Alien in Chicago Meeting
George Pirinsky, 48, of New York, was arrested in Chicago on a warrant charging him with belonging to an organization advocating forceful overthrow of the United States government.
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Chicago
George Pirinsky
New York
American Slav Congress
United States
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