Prison vigil for six escapees from Florence annex
Arizona State Prison searchers aided by bloodhounds hunted the mountain and desert north of Florence for six convicts who tunneled over a six foot fence from the Florence annex. Two escapees, Earl Risner and Cecil Thomas, were captured. chase extended toward Queen Creek and wastelands northeast of Florence as authorities linked the case to a prior jail breakout involving Jack Tatum and others.
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Arizona State Prison
Earl Risner
Cecil Thomas
Phoenix Gazette
Florence
Arizona
Queen Creek
Here
Lon Walters
Jack Tatum
Maricopa County
Beebe
Ark
Tatum
Joe Tatum
Former Secretary of State Stettinius Dies in Coma
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. former wartime head of Lend Lease and U S secretary of state died at 49 in Greenwich Conn He was U N delegate and later rector of the University of Virginia He died after a heart condition and was with wife and mother in law Mrs W J Wallace at the Time Of death. his career spanned General Motors U S Steel War Resources Board and top diplomatic posts including Dumbarton Oaks chair
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Greenwich
Conn
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Lend-Lease
United States
United Nations
Stettinius
United States Steel Corporation
U. N
University of Virginia
U. N. Post
Juan Trippe
Trippe
Pan- American World Airways
Nazi Germany
W. J. Wallace
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
War Resources Board
Cordell Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Noted Figures Comment on Freedom, Labor and Europe
International News Service roundtable features President Truman on effort and faith. Philip Murray of CIO calls the Communist program for American labor a plan of destruction. Paul G Wolfman, Marshall Plan Administrator, warns of a competition between free Western nations and Communist states in Eastern Europe over material well being.
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Cleveland
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Washington
Paul G. Wolfman
Western
Europe
Integration of Europe Demanded
Paris Oct 31 UP Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman pressed Western European powers to remove trade barriers immediately to secure more Marshall Plan aid. He urged a large integrated market ending quantitative restrictions and tariffs, aiming for a concrete plan by early 1950 and progress into 1953.
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Paris
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Washington
Council
Organization For European Economic Co-operation
PEOP
Congress of the United States
Europe
Western
Toledo Man Kills Wife and Mother-in-Law in Detroit
A Toledo businessman rushed to Detroit to confess to killing his wife and mother-in-law with a hammer saying he could not resist the impulse. He told police he had felt the urge for weeks.
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Detroit
Toledo
John A. Harding
Rescue on cliff saves hunter after 450 foot descent
Wally Lundbohm, 20, trapped on a Santa Catalina ledge for about a day, was rescued by a team led by Harry Brannon with help from Jim Leader and John Wilson. Leader descended 400 feet to reach Lundbohm and pull him to safety as deputies and Rescue Patrol worked above and below. The hunter reported feeling cold but unharmed. Two other hunters witnessed the peril from 2000 feet below.
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Tucson
Santa Catalina
Harry Brannon
Pima County
Wally Lundbohm
Lundbohm
Jim Leader
University of Arizona
Leader
John Wilson
Wilson
Pima Canyon
Joe Caid
Paul Gleave
Ben Gonzales
Bills Await Truman Pen
President Truman cleared his desk of all but four bills from the first session. The White House said action on the remaining measures, including the Farm Bill, must occur by midnight tomorrow. Secretary Ross did not indicate whether today’s long range agriculture bill would be acted on. The measure would allow government support for farm prices at wartime levels.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Pres
Charles G. Ross
Four Die Of Injuries From Auto Mishaps During Weekend
Four people died over the weekend from traffic accidents in Arizona, with the state highway patrol and Phoenix police listing names, ages, and locations. The Moya boy Frank Moya, 6, died of head injuries after falling under a truck near 1114 East Monroe Street. Thomas Leatherwood, about 45, of Ajo, died in a head on crash that injured ten. Mike Casas, about 17, a Mexican national, died when he fell from a pickup near Gila Bend. George Valenzuela, 61, of Glendale, was killed in a pedestrian auto collision at Lateral 16 and Grand Avenue. The report notes Leatherwood and companions were en route to a wedding near Sonoita.
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Frank Moya
Moses Moya
East
Monroe Street
Thomas Leatherwood
Ajo
Mike Casas
Gila Bend
George Valenzuela
Glendale
Lateral 16
Grand Avenue
Moya
Robert P. Ramirez
East Monroe Street
Leatherwood
Sonoita
Eddie Manuel
Robert Downey
Laveen
Orville Stevens
Helen
Varen
Manuel
Malissa Jold
Albert Gomez
Daniel Miranda
Pete Orosco
Hollis Yandel
Valenzuela
Vane W. Compton
West Pierce Street
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Casas
Maricopa County Hospital
Frank Gowan
West Turn
71 Year Old Love Maker Shot and Killed in Hollywood
In Hollywood a 25 year old brunette ad model admitted shooting and killing 71 year old furrier Harry La Pides at his Hollywood Boulevard shop claiming he repeatedly assaulted her. Police later detained Patsy Rogers on a drunken charge and she confessed to firing five shots into his body saying she could not endure the abuse.
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Hollywood
Harry la Pides
Hollywood Boulevard
Patsy Rogers
Miss Rogers
Mother Is Slain As Boy 4 Waits In Taxi
Leonard Leguarda 34 shot and killed his ex wife Coleen 28 as their four year old son waited in a taxicab for a ride in Oakland California on Sunday. Leguarda wounded in the thigh was under police guard in a hospital. State police say the shooting followed a scuffle between ex spouses.
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Oakland
Calif
Leonard Leguarda
Coleen
Leguarda
Temperatures Today 1 a.m. to 4 30 a.m.
A fragmented weather note lists temperatures at 4 30 a m with entries for 1 a m 2 a m and 3 a m in vague terms. No clear readings or locations are provided and the text lacks context or measurable values.
Absentee City Ballots Available for Eligible Voters
Absentee ballots may be requested by qualified electors absent from the city during the primary and special charter amendment election on November 8. Voters can mail requests with return addresses, or visit the city clerk to cast ballots. Disabilities or illness allow deputy delivery of ballots. about 35 ballots mailed and seven voted so far. The paper notes a prior error in candidate order was corrected and explains alphabetical rotation rules.
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Administration
Appointment To Denfeld Post Expected Could Jump Senior Officers
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman travels to Washington amid speculation he will be named chief of naval operations, potentially bypassing nine senior vice admirals. He would be the sole aviator among top officers, as the Navy weighs Denfeld's successor and a possible retirement.
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Denfeld
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Adml
Louis Denfeld
Mediterranean
Armed Services
Sherman
Beirut
Lebanon
London
U. S
Atlantic
New York
Secretary OF the Navy
Matthews
Naval Operations
Truman
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Admi
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Pentagon
CIO and Bethlehem Steel Reach Pension Agreement
Washington reports that Philip Murray and Bethlehem Steel agreed on a contract to finance CIO steel workers pensions with contributions from both company and union to a social insurance program. The deal ends the 31 day steel strike, with Murray to announce the settlement in Cleveland at 4 p.m. The plan keeps the company financing pensions as before, though exact contribution rates remain unclear.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
CIO Steelworkers
Murray
Steelworkers Union
Cleveland
Barkley and Mrs Hadley Set Nov 18 Wedding Date
Vice President Alben Barkley and Mrs. Carleton S Hadley plan to wed in St Louis on November 18 with President Truman possibly serving as best man The announcement came after a Margaret Truman song recital and Barkley praised the upcoming marriage saying the president is pleased and offers congratulations
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Barkley
Hadley
Pres. Truman
ST. Louis
INS
Alben Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Veep
Truman
Kentucky
Senate
Misisovei
Mr. Barkley
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Arkansas
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Charles Moore
Harry Beecher Ward
E. R. Stettinius, JR
International News Service
Wayne Bishop
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix Police
CIO
Steel Mill
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