Debris Buries Victims in Dallas Housing Blast
Fourteen injured in a North Dallas Cedar Springs Housing Project explosion last night. A gas leak is suspected after residents reported smelling gas for days. Three severely hurt and eight children among the injured. Victims described wreckage and roof collapse as flames flashed through the four apartments. Police and fire officials investigated the cause. one resident, Leroy Shannon, said gas odor had been reported to maintenance.
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Cedar Springs
Battalion
J. W. Owens
Leroy Shannon
Herbert Staton
Shannon
E. O. Wilson
Acheson cites Czech move as trumped up charges
Secretary of State Dean Acheson said Prague’s Communist government is backing a flimsy pretext to jail embassy staff and has requested recall of two diplomats John G. Heyn and Isaac Patch. Samuel Meryn remains imprisoned while U S vows protest but has not yet been delivered. Acheson also condemned Chinese authorities for blocking General Robert B Soule s exit visa over demands for exorbitant servants pay.
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Czechoslovakia
United States
Prague
Vuvvivuay Louspruu
John G. Heyn
Isaac Patch
Samuel Meryn
Acheson
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Nanking
Robert B. Soule
China
Soule
U. S
Cripps Warns Britain Cant Live On U.S. Charity
Sir Stafford Cripps warned in the House of Commons that Britain cannot exist on U.S. charity. He outlined a £280 million economy drive, stressing production efficiency and cuts in imports and government spending as essential to fund a high standard of living. He noted the dollar sterling problem and Marshall aid, with devaluation recent on Sept. 18.
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Stafford Cripps
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Cripps
Marshall Aid
Truman Signs Bill in Major Wage Victory
President Truman signed the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour and called it a major victory for the administration. The law expands protections but excludes about 1.2 million workers, with 22.6 million currently covered. The new wage floor takes effect in 90 days and is expected to raise the pay of up to 1.5 million workers.
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Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Congress
McComb
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Senate
Searchers Set Out For Wreck Near Bloody Mountain
In Bishop California a four man volunteer search party begins a dawn trek into the Sierra Nevada to reach a plane wreck on Bloody Mountain four days after the crash of a two place Army Ryan fighter. Edward Rider and Elizabeth Rider, aged 23 and 30, are missing with air search having failed to confirm survival. Floyd Bedwell, Civil Air Patrol pilot, leads the ground party aided by a helicopter relay. Rescue by air is ruled out due to the peak height.
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Sierras
Bloody Mountain
Edward F. Rider
Elizabeth
Floyd Bedwell
Bedwell
Civil Air Patrol
Registration for Trustees Vote Near End
Registration for the trustees vote closes soon with Friday the last day to file. In Mari copa County voting runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday per deputy county attorney Fred C Struckmeyer Jr. Eligibility requires county registration at the Courthouse office by 5 p.m. Friday. Voters must reside in the school district 30 days and be a parent or guardian of a district minor or have paid state or county taxes in the prior year. If unchanged since the last election, re registration is not needed. In Phoenix Union High School District two candidates filed for trustees Ray Busey seeks a new five year term and Dr Norman A Ross opposes the incumbent. Other trustees with terms expiring Dec 31 are Dr Trevor G Browne and William J McDonald and John F E Herrscher. Turn to Registration, Page 2.
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Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr
First Avenue
Washington
Elmo Maize
Phoenix Union High School
Sunnyslope
South Mountains
Tolleson
Scottsdale
Ray Busey
West Cypress
Norman A. Ross
North Country Club Drive
Busey
Phoenix
Union High
Trevor G. Browne
East Monte Vista Road
William J. McDonald
East McDowell Road
John FE. Herrscher
Strike Idle As Violence Flares In Mines And Unemployment Climbs
Unemployment nears two million as coal and steel strikes expand. Railroads cancel hundreds of trains, furloughing tens of thousands. Violence erupts in the soft coal miners strike while mediators and operators seek a settlement. City and state officials warn of fuel shortages and unemployment spreading to autos and industry.
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Labor Council Backs Busey For Mayor in City Campaign
The Phoenix Central Labor Council endorsed Ray Busey for mayor and six City Council hopefuls after factions tried to remove Busey. The group also opposed Charter Amendment No 3 eliminating manufacturers inventory taxes and easing equipment taxes. Charles N. Walters plans KOY radio talk at 9:30 pm as part of the charter campaign. Thomas J. Imler and others will attend a Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at Hotel Westward. AFL Building Trades Council met but took no action.
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Charles N. Walters
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KOY
Nicholas Udall
Charter
Thomas J. Imler
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AFL Building Trades Council
Labor Temple
West Jefferson Street
Tito's Communist Dissidents Seek To Unseat Stalin
LONDON Oct 26 Yugoslav Marshal Tito aims to found a fifth international to unseat Soviet Premier Stalin as world number one Communist. British left wing sources say Tito has vast support and may win Social Democratic backing. splinter parties in Britain align with Titoist foreign policy. French and Italian left figures tour Yugoslavia amid criticism of Moscow.
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Yugoslavia approves new U S ambassador
BELGRADE Oct 26 Yugoslavia has approved Assistant Secretary of State George V Allen as the new United States ambassador announced after Russia demanded the recall of Yugoslav Ambassador Karlo Mrazovic from Moscow on spying charges.
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Chennault Returns to China Amid Aid Uncertainty
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault of the Flying Tigers quietly returns to Chungking China after lobbying in Washington for more American aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist forces. Officials say the purpose of his trip is unclear though he suggested aid status would not deter his efforts against the Communists.
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Japan
Three Cocktail Lounges Robbed in Los Angeles Area
Two gunmen stormed three cocktail lounges in downtown Los Angeles West Los Angeles and Venice threatening customers with death and making off with valuables. Police pursued leads and described the incident as a bold daytime robbery spree.
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Venice
Temperatures Today Reported Across Early Morning
Fragmentary readings show early morning temperatures with scattered figures around 7 to 8 am and 3 to 4 am across multiple stations. Details are incomplete and inconsistent due to OCR errors.
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service quotes Bernard Baruch, Frank Howley, and Tom Connally on military resources, Berlin, and the risk of war. Baruch urges balanced defense and offense, Howley warns Berlin loss would ruin Europe, Connally notes talking delays war.
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Washington
Bernard Baruch
Armed Services
Fund Drive Chairmen Report and Derby Night Planned
Fund drive chairmen of six divisions in the Phoenix Community Chest meet at noon in the Fiesta Room Westward Ho to hear a second report session. Campaign chair W. W. Knorpp notes luncheon is sponsored by an early Chest contributor after 300 volunteers hear $63,948 of $365,497 goal. Tomorrow is Community Chest Night at Washington Park track for the Red Feather Derby with Greyhounds entered. employees and track officials will donate pay, dog owners contribute purses, and net proceeds support the Chest.
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Fiesta Room
Westward Ho
W. W. Knorpp
Washington Park
Phoenix
James E. Wright
Bus Wreck Near Manhattan Injures Sixteen
A Continental Trailways bus hit a low culvert 29 miles north of Manhattan on U S Highway 77 injuring sixteen people. The most seriously hurt was the driver Dorsey E Church 28 of Wichita who suffered head and back injuries and shock.
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Kan
Continental Trailways
Here
U. S&s. Highway 77
Dorsey E. Church
Wichita
Argentine Air Force plane reported crash near Tucuman
An Argentine Air Force transport plane believed to carry seven persons was reported to have crashed in woods north of Tucuman. The aircraft departed Buenos Aires yesterday for Salta and disappeared overnight.
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Tucuman
Salta
Truman to Speak on Radio Sunday Night
President Truman will address the nation by radio next Sunday at about 9 25 Phoenix time on Religon in American Life. The talk will last three to five minutes and is sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
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Truman
Phoenix
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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