Court reduces bail for 11 top American Communists
New York November 3 Court of Appeals ruled that 11 top American Communists convicted of conspiracy may be released on bail pending appeal. Seven defendants receive 20000 bail and four receive 30000 bail. government had sought 1 million total. Ten defendants face five year prison terms, one receives three years, each fined 10000. All are held in the Federal House of Detention.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Learned Hand
Thomas W. Swan
Jerome N. Frank
Eugene Dennis
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Irving Potash
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Harry Winston
John Gates
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Dennis
Potash
Stachel
Williamson
Hall
Green
Thompson
Davis
Winston
Gates
Winter
Irving S. Shapiro
U. S
O. John Rogge
Irving H. Saypol
John F. X. McGahey
McGahey
Harold R. Medina
Federal House of
Arizona To Parade Her Finest At Opening Of Fair Tomorrow
Arizona celebrates the state fair opening with Governor Dan E. Garvey as first visitor at 10:30 a.m. A 19 gun salute and martial music accompany the ribbon cutting. Fair officials promise the best exhibits since 1905, with top acts previewed at Hotel Adams for media.
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Arizona
Esther Clark
Dan E. Garvey
Paul F. Jones
Fair Commission
Paul
Hotel Adams
Fountain Plaza
Jones
Reclamation Law Changes Proposed By Rep Murdock
Rep John R Murdock Democrat Arizona told the National Reclamation Association that basic reclamation law must be modernized HR 1770 would accomplish this change The Water Users Committee said the bill is vague in places and needs cost items definition The committee favored study commissions with representation from affected states to develop Basin plans and avoid regional authorities
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Salt Lake City
John R. Murdock
Arizona
National Reclamation Association Today
House
Association
Water Users Committee
Murdock
Harry E. Polk
Williston
N. C
United
Congress
Michael W. Straus
Secretary of Interior
Colorado River Basin
Colorado
Kansas
California
Army, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce Departments
Federal Power Commission
Lewis Loses In Bid To Split Mine Owners
United Press reports John L. Lewis failed to split coal mine owners in the strike. Indiana miners rejected negotiating separately with Lewis United Mine Workers. Gov Schricker received a counterproposal urging miners to return to pits under the expired contract as talks stall and Murray’s demand for parity with Bethlehem Steel complicates a steel settlement.
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John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Indiana
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Front
Murray
CIO Steel
Bethlehem
Henry Schricker
Midwest
Absentee Ballots Indicate Strong Phoenix Primary Vote
Absentee and disabled-person ballots show a heavy vote in the Phoenix municipal primary and special charter amendment election. As of yesterday, 156 ballots were cast at the city clerk’s office, with registration at 41,800. Campaign speeches abound as candidates on both sides prepare for the vote and public meetings continue.
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Phoenix
J. R. Fleming
States Reclamation Delegates Re-Elected
State caucuses at the National Reclamation Association's 18th annual convention re-elected state directors. Named were J. H. Moeur of Phoenix Arizona Charles L. Kaupke of Fresno California N. V. Sharp of Filer Idaho R. C. Bricker of Great Falls Montana C. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln Nebraska Clarence Burch of Oklahoma City Oklahoma William R. Wallace of Salt Lake City Utah.
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Salt Lake City
National Reclamation Association
J. H. Moeur
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles L. Kaupke
Fresno
Calif
N. V. Sharp
Filer
Ida
R. C. Bricker
Great Falls
Mont
C. Petrus Peterson
Lincoln
Neb
Clarence Burch
Oklahoma City
Okla
William R. Wallace
Utah
Weather to Smile for Fair Opens in Arizona
Fine mild and clear weather is forecast for the opening day of the Arizona State Fair. Phoenix will reach 91 degrees today with a low around 49 tomorrow morning. The article notes organizers and staff including Louis R. Jurwitz of the Weather Bureau, Harry Nace, J. A. Phil lips, Jack Kelck, and others, with Rufe Davis headlining the floor show and Wally Blair as MC.
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Phoenix
Louis R. Jurwitz
Jones
John C. McPhee
Alice Jane Quick
Rufe Davis
Davis
Wally Blair
Russ Clark
Typhoon Kills 200 In Kabankalan Negros Island
The Manila Chronicle reports 200 killed or drowned in Kabankalan on Oct 31, marking the Philippines worst typhoon in years. Earlier totals put 57 dead on Negros and Cebu. Damage also noted on Leyte and Mindanao as officials question late storm warnings.
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Manila
Manila Chronicle
Kabankalan
Negros Island
Philippines
Esteban Abada
Negros
Cebu
Leyte
Mindanao
Philippines Weather Bureau
Nobel Prize in Literature Shelved by Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy halted this year’s Nobel Prize in literature due to a deadlock among four main contenders. Among those considered were Winston Churchill and Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce.
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Stockholm
Swedish Academy
Winston Churchill
Benedetto Croce
Houston Bus Drivers Strike Vote on Offer
Houston Texas largest city. CIO Transport Workers Union 1100 members began strike at 12:01 a.m. A 9:30 a.m. vote on a last minute management proposal followed. The plan would raise wages 13 cents hourly from $1.17. the company had offered 10 cents. Mayor Holcombe and union leader John J. Ryan pressured acceptance as talks continued through dawn.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
CIO Transport Workers Union
Houston Transit Company
Oscar Holcombe
John J. Ryan
Fire Claims Five In Chicago Apartment Blaze
A rapid early morning fire swept a three story Bronzeville apartment building killing five people including three children. Twenty eight residents were injured while many leaped from windows as flames engulfed the structure. Firemen rescued about 50 as crews searched rooms for victims. The building, once fashionable, had been subdivided into kitchenette apartments. Damage estimated at $60,000.
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Chicago
Julia Ford
Lorraine Williams
Herbert Jones, Jr
Joyce
James White
Bronzeville
Anthony J. Mullaney
Truman Rolls West On Victory Train
President Truman drives his re election victory tour on a campaign train, greeting a several hundred crowd in Savanna Illinois, signaling plans to renew his Fair Deal program with a push to Congress and voters next year amid clashes with reactionaries and civil rights failures. The trip includes Minneapolis St Paul events as part of Minnesota’s centennial Truman Day celebration.
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ST. Paul
Truman
Savanna
Ill
Phoenix
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Kansas City
Muehlebach
Excelsior Springs
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Civic Auditorium
Minnesota
Cumberland
Berlin Blockade Continuing Today Declared by Gen Taylor
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, commander of Berlin, says Russia has imposed a second blockade and continues pressure on the city. He spoke in an exclusive INS interview, describing ongoing Soviet attempts to tighten control over Berlin amid postwar tensions.
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Berlin
International News Service
INS
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
West Point
Eric
Frank L. Howley
Blockade Persists in Berlin Despite Opened Bridges
General Taylor said the Soviet blockades West Berlin continue by choking normal trade with currency and economic restrictions. He noted bridges and highways opened but the blockade remains as dramatic as airlift actions.
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Berlin
Taylor
West Berlin
Firefighters Face New Blaze Near Sawmill Mountains
LA reports a new brush and forest fire near the Sawmill Mountains as crews race from the coast. The wind-driven front, 15 miles wide, threatens Ridge Route and towns Sandberg and Three Points while authorities estimate 200 more fighters are needed. Prisoners from the sheriff's honor farm helped first response.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Liebre Mountain
Los Angeles
Sandberg
Three Points
Lake Hughes
Sheriff's Honor Farm
Forest Service
Forest Fire Threatens Bonneville Power Lines
Firefighters worked to control a forest fire within half a mile of two 230000 volt lines feeding Bonneville power to Portland Vancouver and the Willamette Valley. The blaze started from uncontrolled slashing with a northeast wind pushing it toward the power lines along a five mile front downstream from Bonneville on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
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Portland
Ore
Bonneville
Vancouver
Wash
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Columbia River
Child Rescued After Kidnapping Near Mullins South Carolina
Police announced a 7 year old girl Mary Spivey was found at an old house between Marion and Dillon after being abducted yesterday as she left a school bus. She was taken in a 1941 Plymouth coupe with South Carolina plates. An arrest was reported, two suspects sought, and a trail extended toward Whiteville North Carolina before clues exhausted. The girl lived with farm tenant parents near Mullins and attended Nichols School.
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South Carolina
Mullins
S. C
Marion
Dillon
Mary Spivey
Florence
Sam Holden
Buck Swamp
Holden
Mary
Whiteville
N. C
Leon Gasque
D. W. Drew
North Carolina
Drew
Here
Nichols
Arson Suspect Sought After Boston Hotel Fires
Two incendiary fires at the Brunswick Hotel in Back Bay forced 400 guests to flee. A suspect, linked to prior hotel arsons, was detained and sent to Boston Psychopathic Hospital after examination. Fire officials credited rapid sprinkler response with halting spread.
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Boston
Brunswick
Back Bay
William Quigley
Reynolds Regains Hour Lost In Hop
Reynolds regains an hour in his attempt to beat a commercial round the world flight record. The pen magnate flies in Damascus after recovering 30 minutes in Brussels and a further hour in transit from Shannon. He arrived at 7:05 a m Damascus time aboard a Pan American jet with 28 passengers and planned a leg to Karachi Pakistan.
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Damascus
Syria
Milton Reynolds
Globe
Istanbul
Brussels
Shannon
Ireland
London
Reynolds
Karatchi
Pakistan
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Doc) Scheumack
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G. E. McDonald
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