Noronic Disaster Kills Hundreds in Toronto Fire Sinking
A Great Lakes luxury liner Noronic exploded and burned at Toronto pier after a pre sail party. About 550 aboard with 226 bodies recovered and 190 injured. Fire and police authorities mobilized all hospitals and undertakers as divers search wreckage and investigations begin.
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Toronto
INS
Police
Fire Department
Norontc
Great Lakes
Noronic
Eastland
Chicago
Toronto City
Detroit
Cleveland
Port Arthur
Ont
Canadian Steamship Line
Thousand Islands
Toronto Bay
St. Lawrence
Kingston
Italian Fliers Lost On Atlantic Flight
Two Italian airmen missing after their single engine Beechcraft likely ran out of fuel over the Atlantic south of Argentia Newfoundland. Coast Guard ships planes and Navy, Air Force units search 18 aircraft and two cutters scouring the area as officials fear a ditching with pilots Brondello and Bartoglio unaccounted for beyond 17 hours.
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New York
Coast Guard
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Newfoundland
John Brondello
Camillo Bartoglio
Brondello
Azores
Argentia
Salem
Mass
Bibb
Bibl
Block Island
R. I
la Guardia
Carlo Perrone
Brooklyn Pirates Pulse Past Penguins In Graded Win
In a tight National League matchup Brooklyn bunched runs late to beat Pittsburgh 7 to 3. Banta, Palica and Hatten held Pittsburgh to one run through eight while Edwards, Dickson and McCullough produced key hits.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Banta
Palica
Hatten
Edwards
Dickson
McCullough
New York
Chicago
Koslo
Higbe
Westrum
Leonard
Schmitz
Owen
Philadelphia
Haefner
Pieretti
Malone
Scheib
Harris
Shantz
Guerra
St. Louis
Boston
Fannin
Moss
Dobson
Tebbetts
Coal and Steel Strikes Threaten Major Industries
Strikes threaten a record shutdown as coal mines and United Steelworkers plan nationwide walkouts next week. Miners in Wyoming Utah and Pennsylvania weigh action while steel unions and producers meet under federal mediation led by Cyrus S. Ching amid grim prospects of breaking the deadlock before the September 25 deadline.
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CIO United
Vice Situation In Phoenix Stirs Concern
A Health Section committee to combat organized prostitution in Phoenix may be named at the next council meeting. Dr. Walter Clarke of Harvard and the American Social Hygiene Association urged action, arguing the issue harms public health and morality and that closing brothels reduces disease and crime. The panel would likely be formed from Health Section members and named around October 21.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Community Council
Walter Clarke
Harvard University
American Social Hygiene Association
Phoenicians
Clarke
Washington
House Issued Call To Work After One Month Recess
Washington September 17 House leaders told Democratic members it is important to be present when the chamber meets Wednesday after a one month recess Speaker Sam Rayburn and Democratic Leader John McCormack sent telegrams after learning congressmen planned to extend their vacation until a week from Monday. Rumors had circulated the chamber would press no important business until then.
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Washington
Chamber
Sam Rayburn
John W. McCormack
Flying Boat Crashes Off Felixstowe England
A jet propelled British flying boat crashed into the English Channel about a mile and a half off Felixstowe Suffolk today. The incident occurred midday as the craft disappeared from radar and rescue operations were launched with authorities investigating the cause.
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Felixstowe
England
English Channel
Suffolk
Margaret Savoy Appointed Gazette Woman's Page Editor
Margaret Savoy is named editor of The Phoenix Gazette's woman's pages succeeding Mary Brown who returns to Minneapolis. Savoy, a Phoenician graduate of Phoenix College and USC 1940 journalism with Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa honors, has worked at MGM and ran her own publicity office in Phoenix. She is married to William M. Savoy of Central Arizona Light and Power, with a son Bill, 7, living at 725 East Street.
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Margaret Case Savoy
The
Phoenix Gazette
Woman's Pages
Mary Brown
Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis Tribune
Savoy
Miss Brown
Tribune
Phoenix College
University of Southern California
Sigma Delta Chi
Theta Sigma Phi
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Phoenix
William M. Savoy
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Bill
East Street
D. P. R. Brown
Port Arthur
Westinghouse to Resume Copper Purchases by October
Gwilym A. Price, president of Westinghouse Electric, urged optimism for the copper mining industry in the West saying the company will begin buying copper again by mid October and return to near normal consumption of about 3,000 tons monthly. Two military planes collided west of Dallas, killing one crewman from each aircraft. one was a Navy PMB torpedo bomber and the other an F-51 National Guard fighter.
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Eunice Dietrich
Cleveland
Noronic
Federal Transport Department
Toronto
Smirl Lawson
Ottawa
T. S. Church
Gwilym A. Price
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
West
Dallas
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Wheat Steady
Markets At A Glance reports a firm stance on wheat amid government bi policy. stocks hold steady with general market firmness. Dogs and cattle show nominal steadying, while overall market sentiment remains cautious and steady.
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New York
Readers Guide to Classified Comics Boreths Editorials
A compact guide explains how to navigate the paper sections for classifieds, comic strips, boreths, and editorials. It outlines page locations, timing, and the differences between features, notices, and opinion pieces in the local newspaper.
Western Democratic Leaders Converge On Frisco For Parley
SAN FRANCISCO September 17 AP a large Western Democratic gathering convenes in Frisco for the Western States Democratic Conference with about 1000 delegates from 11 states Hawaii and Alaska. The event focuses on land water and jobs and aims to influence Washington leaders ahead of the 1950 campaign. Delegates will hear Vice President Barkley and cabinet members discuss land water power resources and jobs while Arizona and Utah speakers join panels on regional water and political strategy.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Alaska
Washington
Browth
Rockies
Pacific
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Sawyer
Commerce
Tobin
Labor
Brannan
Agriculture
Krug
Interior
Leon Key$erling
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
James V. Patten
Farmers’ Union
Oscar Chapman
Calvin W. Rawlings
Salt Lake City
John M. Redding
Democratic National Committee
Hit-Run Driver Flees From Death Scene
A hit-and-run driver left a man dead and two women injured after rear ending a Cedar Ridge California car on U S highway 93 between Kingman and Boulder Dam. The suspect, a short bald man 40s in a tan 1949 Plymouth with California plates, fled the scene and a broad Arizona to New Mexico search followed.
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Kingman
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
U. S. Highway 93
Here
Boulder Dam
Mohave County
Howard Broan
Noted Figures Comment on Communist and Steel Disputes
International News Service reports on varied reactions from Cyrus S. Ching in Washington about the steel industry dispute, Laszlo Rajk on treason trial in Budapest, Zoltan Pfeiffer defending Rajk, and Joseph Reimann in Aalen expressing weariness of communism and militarism toward his father Max Reimann.
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International News Service
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
New York
Zoltan Pfeiffer
Rajk
Aalen
Germany
Joseph Reimann
West Germany
Max Reimann
Night of Horror and Heroism On Noronic Fire
Toronto witnesses recount a night of terror aboard the Noronic with Captain William Taylor braving flames until rescue. Passengers describe improvised evacuations, breakage of a fire ladder, and heroic crew actions including lowering women and freeing trapped travelers. Witnesses from Detroit to Cleveland share frantic cries, tearful reunions, and the search for loved ones as authorities and hotel staff aid survivors.
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Toronto
Noronic
William Taylor
Jack Feingold
Cleveland
Flora B. Meads
Louisville
John Garfletter
Chick Yates
Vancouver
David Keddie
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Houtteman
White
Trout
Robinson
Riebe
Sanford
Page
Berra
Westinghouse
General Electric
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Uniontown
John Czanich
House
Margaret Savoy
Gazette Woman's Page
Associated Press
United Press
Dix
James Hendrix
LePento
Ark
White House
Lightfoot Solomon Michaux
Hendrix
Frisco
W. T. Webb
Bonita
Democratic State Central Committee
Don Lockwood
Casa Grande
Morris
Land
W. K. Jones
Delia
Agnes B. Courtney
Cedar Ridge
Calif
Broan
Lucille Roberts
Mrs. S. J. Orth
Mrs. Orth
Irene
Joel
Alfred Peterson
Hamonic
Point Edward
Sarnia
Peterson
Canada Steamship Lines
Kosman
Cyril Cole
Toronto Police
Ole
Constable Roy Soplett
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