Dewey to Give Foreign Policy Talk in Salt Lake City
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey slated for a major foreign policy speech in Salt Lake City while President Truman continues a cross country auto tour through the South. Dewey pressed unity against dictatorship as he campaigns in Great Falls and Helena. Truman touted world peace in speeches from Oklahoma to Tulsa, arguing opponents fear disclosure of issues before Novembers vote. Warren and Barkley traded contrasts with Dewey on economic stability in New Jersey and New York stops, while Henry A. Wallace pushed westward with a Houston stop marred by an egg throwing incident.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Salt Lake City
Truman
Dewey
America
Republican Party
GOP
Great Falls
Mont
Eufaula Okla
Tulsa
New York
Helena
Washington
Earl Warren
Newark
N. J
Warren
Alben W. Barkley
Niagara Falls
Kentuckian
Henry A. Wallace
Texas
Houston
Queen Mary Arrives 12 Hours Late From Europe
The British liner Queen Mary, commanded by Commodore Cyril G. Ulingworth, arrived in New York 12 hours late after encountering 45 foot high seas and winds exceeding 100 miles an hour. Passengers reported rough Atlantic crossing aboard the 81,285 ton vessel.
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New York
Europe
Cyril G. Ulingworth
Truman Bids For Votes In Illinois Talk
President Truman campaigned in Carbondale Illinois urging Democratic votes to curb big business Republicans. He denounced the Taft Hartley act and Republican Congress as puppets of power and urged an era of hope with liberal democracy versus fear under reactionaries. He spoke at Southern Illinois University McLeod Stadium.
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Carbondale
Ill
Truman
Illinois
Southern Illinois’ University
Truman to Speak in Cleveland Public Hall
President Truman will address the Cleveland Public Hall on October 26, as announced by John J. Day, chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic executive committee. The event, arranged under Democratic instruction, marks his first Cleveland appearance since the 1944 campaign.
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Palmiro Togliatti
Foro Italico
Rome
Togliatti
Italy
Cleveland
Truman
Cleveland Public Hall
John J. Day
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic National
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Day
Thomas E. Dewey
Two Million Men Available For Drafting
Washington AP reports a pool of more than 2,000,000 young men is now available for drafting into the Army. The group comprises non veteran single men aged 19 to 25 who registered from August 30 to September 18. Selective Service HQ notes 8,584,963 men 18 to 25 registered, most ineligible. the total is about 1,000,000 below original estimates. The agency says few dodge registration while the FBI reports checking only a small number of possible draft-dodging cases.
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Washington
Selective Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carrol Rittenhouse Dies in Raymond Crash
Marysville AP report says Carrol Rittenhouse, 35, of East Liberty died in a two mile south Raymond crash last night. Driver Joseph Evans, 26, of Peoria, Ohio, was injured critically when the automobile struck a light pole.
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Marysville
Raymond
Carrol Rittenhouse
East Liberty
Joseph T. Evans
Peoria
Indictments Against 12 Communist Leaders Spar Over Lawfare
Rep McDowell accuses the Justice Department of window-dressing as 12 prominent Communists indicted in New York on July 20 face a October 15 trial. The House Un American Activities Committee clash with the Truman administration escalates over prosecutorial stance and national security concerns.
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Washington
McDowell
R-Pa
Justice Department Today
Communist Party
New York
U. S
House Un-American Activities Committee
Pennsylvania
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Hor Iorts
Truman
Justice Department
New Dealers Victorious In Rhode Island
Rhode Island Democrats announced a slate for the fall election after strong wins in the party primaries. Senator Theodore Francis Green was renominated unopposed, while Aime J. Forand and John E. Fogarty led by large margins. Gov. John O. Pastore moved to the top of the ticket seeking a second full term.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
VU. Ss
Theodore Francis Green
John O. Pastore
Pastore
J. Howard McGrath
Slayer's Hunt Turns To City Of Youngstown
Slayers move from Cleveland to Youngstown as a .38 revolver linked to the crime scene is traced to the city. A pawnshop ticket found in the victim Sam Monachino’s home tied the weapon to jewelry purchases. The revolver had been used in a September 17 hold up at Green Acres gambling casino in Struthers near Youngstown, leaving six shell casings and six bullets in Monachino.
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Cleveland (Ap
Sam Jerry Monachino
Youngstown
David E. Kerr
Green Acres
Struthers
Kerr
Accused Slayer Termed Insane in Ohio Case
Mrs. Betty Gest 29 who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the shotgun slaying of her husband David Gest 46 at their Buckeye Lake home last August 4 was described as legally sane after observation. Doctors at Lima State Hospital found her legally insane and not responsible for her behavior, prompting a formal sanity hearing to be scheduled by Judge Harry Kilburger.
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Lancaster, O
Betty Gest
David Gest
Buckeye Lake
Gest
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Common Pleas
Harry Kilburger
Kilburger
Berlin Issue Before UN On Monday
The United Nations Security Council will take up the Western charge that Russia threatens world peace with its Berlin blockade. Warren R. Austin chairs the session at 3 p.m. as October president, with a plan to yield chairmanship to Argentina if the case is admitted. The United States supports international control of atomic energy and urges cooperation, while Russia blocks sovereignty over security. The scene shifts to the General Assembly Political Committee debating a workable atomic control system.
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United Nations Security Council
Russia
Berlin
Council
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Argentina
Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Lad Rescued After 42 Hours In Wrecked Airplane
A 12 year old boy Michael Lintner was rescued after hanging head down for 42 hours beside his mother's body in a wrecked plane 65 miles northwest of Fort Nelson. He had a compound skull fracture a broken right arm and frozen feet and was in critical condition after surgery in Edmonton. Rescuers Sgt Larry Poulson and K W Clark praised his bravery saying he remained conscious and never mentioned his mother’s fate. The crash occurred during a flight from Anchorage Alaska to a U S school and was found by an RCAF plane leading a ground party to Steamboat Mountain.
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Edmonton
Alta
Rcaf Flyers Today
Michael Lintner
Michael
A. L. Lintner
Anchorage
Alaska
Tide Turns Against Soviet Drive, Acheson Says
Former U S secretary Dean Acheson told a Michigan audience that the tide has turned against Soviet efforts to expand world power. He warned dangers in the Berlin crisis but urged steady pursuit of peace through economic recovery and firm resolve in confronting Soviet aims.
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Lansing
Mich
Dean Acheson
Russia
Berlin
Acheson
Michigan
Stalin
Soviet Union
Hamilton Man Dies in Grash Auto Crash
Albert L. Smith 49 an insurance agent of 713 Heoven Ave Hamilton was killed instantly at 3 15 am when his car swerved from Middletown Hamilton Pike north of Falconridge two miles north of Hamilton He was driving toward Hamilton from the Elks Country Club Dr Garret Boone coroner ruled the death accidental Smith died from a fractured skull and chest injuries State Patrol at Middletown investigated no other car involved This accident brings Butler County deaths to 35 Smith survived by his widow Edna Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Proeschel Funeral Home Franklin
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Hamilton
Albert L. Smith
Heoven Ave
Middletown- Hamilton
Falconridge
Smith
Elks Country Club
Garret Boone
Boone
Middletown
Butler County
Edna
Proeschel
Franklin
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt 87 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt widow of the 26th president died at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay New York in ill health. Born in Norwich Connecticut she married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886. Her life spanned the loss of three sons in war and she remained a symbol of early 20th century domestic ideals.
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Ethel
Richard Derby
Alice
Nicholas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
St. George's Church
London
America
Roosevelt
White House
Saga
Julia Stimson Dies at 67 Nurse leader and cousin of Henry Stimson
Julia Catherine Stimson, 67, a World War One Nurse Corps veteran and former president of the American Nurses Association from 1938 to 1944, died today at St Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie Gannett. She lived at Briarcliff Manor, maintained a summer home at Rockland, Missouri, and was the first cousin of former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Julia Catherine Stimson
Henry L. Stimson
St. Francis Hospital
Convention Dates Set for 1949 P T A Meet
CHICAGO AP The National Congress of Parents and Teachers announced its 1949 convention will be held May 16 through 18 in St. Louis.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers Today
St. Louis
College Student Killed In Crash Near Hillsdale
An Indiana college student, John McGorty, 22, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was killed when their car struck a power pole south of Jonesville, Hillsdale. Three companions, Dale Tower, 22, Russell Rupert Jr., 20, and William Parker, 17, all Tri State College students, were injured but not seriously hurt.
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Hillsdale, Mich
Jonesville
John MecGorty
Wilkes Barre
Tri State College
Angola
Ind
Dale H. Tower
Mishawanka
Russell Rupert, Jr
Bellevue
William Parker
Lauisville
Hills- Gale Community Health Center
Tri State
Cash Recovered After Bakery Heist at Hathaway
More than $1,500 in paper wrapped coins was found yesterday in the elevator shaft at Hathaway Bakeries Company. It is part of $12,063 in coins cash and checks stolen from a bakery office sale last Sunday.
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Youngstown, O
Hathaway Bakeries Company
Soviet Forces Planning Autumn Maneuvers in October
Berlin report says the Soviet occupation army is preparing large autumn maneuvers starting in early October with big air fleets. US air force officers say they have not been notified and do not know if drills will occur in the three air corridors used to supply blockaded Berlin.
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Berlin
United States
Soviets Shoot Two Germans In U S Zone
Soviet soldiers forayed into the U S occupied area of Berlin and wounded two German civilians. American MPs intervened and continued investigations with no American casualties reported. Observers placed the incident in the Lichtenrade borough near the border.
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U.S
Berlin
U. S
Lichtenrade
Baby dies after mother faints holding infant
Four week-old Dolores Helga Lake was found dead beneath her mother Mrs. Alfred Lake Jr in their Lenhartsville apartment after Mrs. Lake fainted while cradling the baby. Police reported the tragedy occurred yesterday with Dolores discovered by Dorothy Lake, the sister-in-law.
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Reading, Pa
Dolores Helga Lake
Alfred Lake, Jr
Cincinnati seeks rehearing on 19 percent electric rate rise
Columbus Ohio The City of Cincinnati filed for a rehearing with the Public Utilities Commission challenging the commission's September 2 1948 order that authorized a 19 percent increase in electric rates for the Cincinnati area. The city claims the order contains 65 errors.
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Columbus
City of
Cincinnati
Public Utilities Commission
Israeli police arrest Stern gang leader Nathan Friedman Yellin
Reliable informants say Israeli police arrested Nathan Friedman Yellin head of the Stern gang in Haifa with a key aide. A raid on his Tel Aviv apartment turned up documents “throwing new light” on Sternist activities as the group boasted of Bernadotte’s 1948 assassination in Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Nathan Friedman-Yellin
Stern Gang
Count Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Friedmann- Yellin
Haifa
Friedman-Yellin
Stolen Jewels Recovered After New York Police Find Gems
Police recovered $75,000 in jewels stolen from Czech beauty Sonja Loew of Milton Mass. Three men were arrested after being found with the gems in a Manhattan apartment and two others were detained. Mrs Loew, formerly Elias M Loew’s wife, was bound with her stockings in the Hotel Madison. Seven men were questioned.
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New York
Sonja Loew
Milton
Mass
Madison
Manhattan
Soviet Radios Attacking Iran, Moscow Hints at Move
Four Moscow radio broadcasts assailed Iran on one day with Azerbaijan the latest in an expanding campaign. U S monitors note intensifying Kremlin pressure while Iran remains a strategic soft spot amid Berlin crisis concerns.
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Washington
Moscow
Iran
Russia
U. S
Azerbaijan
Injuries Fatal In Car Crash Claims Dover Man
In Somerset Pennsylvania an automobile crash Friday night caused the death of Chester Hanson of Dover Ohio. His wife who was with him at the time was released from Somerset Community Hospital Tuesday.
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Somerset
Chester Hanson
Dover
Somereset Community Hospital
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