Dope Ring Smashing by U S Federal Agents
El Paso reports a U S federal narcotics sweep ending with 84 000 grains of marihuana seized valued at 53 000. Lead suspect Arthur Dutch Zweier, an El Paso title company executive, faces federal charges while 12 other arrests span El Paso Chicago New York and Ohio. Mexican authorities aided by arresting another Juarez resident amid a chest cache search.
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Chicago
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Ohio
Arthur “Dutch” Zweier
el Paso Title Company
Zveier
U. S
A. J. We
Rodolfo. Castro
Juarez
Mexico
Ueu
Jderez
Japan Takes Radio From CIO Strikers
Tokyo reports the Yoshida government seized Radio Tokyo as threats of a general strike by the CIO backed movement rose. Government agents took over studios, and JBC treasurer Eiji Sakurai said employees would work under supervision. A broader strike plan looms, linked to the newspaper strike and an electrical workers stoppage set for October 15.
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Tokyo
INS
Yoshida
Japan
CLO
Jan
Radio Tokyo Today
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
JBC
Eiji Sakurai
Vic Oliver Weds Actress Natalie Conder in London
London October 7 Vic Oliver a 28 year old stage and radio comedian and former senior jaw of Winston Churchill married Natalie Frances Conder 25 in London today. The bride has worked with Oliver in theater productions. Oliver previously married Sarah Churchill daughter of the wartime prime minister. that marriage was dissolved a year ago.
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London
Vic Oliver
Winston Churchill
Natalie Frances Conder
London Today
Oliver
Sarah Churchill
High Court Opens With Full Bench
Washington Oct 7 The Supreme Court opens its 1946 47 term with a full nine member bench for the first time in a year Chief Justice Vinson sits with Associate Justices Jackson and Black whose public feud last summer drew wide attention Jackson served as chief American prosecutor at the Nurnberg trials and Black did not comment The court had been reduced to seven after Justice Stone died in April and the term begins amid lingering controversy over the Jackson Black dispute and Truman s decision to shift Vinson to cabinet work
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Supreme Ent W
Fred M. Vinson
Jackson
Robert H. Jackson
Mage L
Nuernberg
Tice Harlan R
Stone
Vether
Black
Ferm
Taw
Prsident
Truman
Vinson Loinet
Treasury
Americans Also Liable Taft Says
Senator Robert A. Taft in Detroit declared American leaders are as liable to death sentences for waging aggressive war as Germans and Japanese. He amplified his Nuernberg critique noting the 11 executed would have justified United States leaders under that theory and warned the hanging will stain American history.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio Republican
Detwolf
Roosevelt
Taft
Wayne County
Jap Weapon Cache Found Near Taegu Forces Riot Toll
Korean national police and U S army intelligence corps uncovered a cache of former Japanese army weapons at Taegu, southeast of Seoul, in a monopoly bureau building. The cache included 50 rifles, three machine guns, grenades, ammunition, and swords. At least 38 Korean policemen were killed in strike riots in the area.
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Kores
Get
Korean National Police
U. S. Army
Taegu
Amo‘rauilion
Build
Truman Plans Annapolis Visit
President Truman intends to visit Annapolis to inspect midshipmen and attend a football game.
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Truman
Annapolis
Wife Mistaken For Prowler, Shot In Arlington
Army Lt. Dean M. Bressler woke to a whispering warning from his wife about a prowler. He fired across the dark room striking his wife Margaret, 23, who had risen from bed. She died two hours later in hospital from a chest wound. medical examiner ruled accidental death.
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Dean M. Bressler
Wifc
Margaret
Korea Coalition Forms Amid Disappearance Mystery
In Seoul a coalition of Korean right and left factions forged an interim legislature pact. Liyuh Woon Hung, a leftist representative, vanished after being seen escorted from his home by two men. Authorities fear kidnapping by Communists as the coalition lists seven principles and seven agreements for the new legislature.
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Ote, Wetty
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Liyuh
Hung
Street Woukmen
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John R Hodge
Lynh Woon Hung
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New People’s’ Party
National Revolutionist Party
South Ching Communist
Kimm Klusi
Democratic Council
Extraordinary National Congress
Raeder Appeals Life Sentence to Death by Shooting
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, one of three men given life terms by the international military tribunal, appealed to the Allied control council to switch his sentence to death by firing squad. He cited advanced age and poor health, saying the prison term would be brief. He claimed the verdict resulted from prosecutorial political bias. Meanwhile acquitted defendants Hjalmar Schacht, Hans Fritsche, and Franz Von Papen were described in nearby updates as they moved about Nuernberg and awaiting permission to enter the British zone.
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Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal
Allied Control ‘Council
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Control Council
Iee
Hjalmar Schacht
Nuernberg
Stuttgart
Auhorities
Fritsche
Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Palace of Justice
Stockhausen
Time Set for Execution of Nazi Condemned Men
Allied control council set the day and hour for executions of 12 condemned Nazis by the international war crimes tribunal. Most appeals likely rejected. exact time remains secret. Indications note the condemned will be hanged individually, with Hermann Goering expected to be first.
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Menaberg
Allied Control Council
Reichsmarshal
Imann Goering
Death of Queen Elizabeth’s Uncle Patrick Howes-Lyon
Patrick Howes-Lyon, aged 84 and uncle to Queen Elizabeth, has died in Westerham England. The announcement came today confirming the royal connection and family loss.
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Westerham
England
Patrick Howes-Lyon
Elizabeth
Two Die in Knife Slaying. Three Charged with Murder
Police report three people were booked after a knife slaying and two others wounded. Emma Oliver 35 Annie Saunders 47 of Zipps al Jey charged with murder in the Jerry Ebrony slaying. Ralph Herrera Jr 24 of Jean street and Charles Perrera 23 of Helena street hospitalized with abdominal wounds. Inez Garcia 145 Bailey alley booked with assault to murder.
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Emma Oliver
Annie Saunders
Zipps al- Jey
Jerry Ebrony
Ralph Herrera Jr
Jean Street
Charles Perrera
Helena Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Inez Garcia
Bailey Alley
Plane crashes school killing pilot and eight boys
An air force Firefly single seater plummeted into a school hall in Apeldoorn on Oct 7, killing the pilot and eight pupils and injuring about 200 others. The pilot’s mother suffered a heart attack. The collision tore a large hole in the gymnasium roof as burning fuel ignited clothing with about 25 boys inside.
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Apeldoorn
Kolland
UPA
Hull Out of Immediate Danger From Stroke
Washington October 7 Cordell Hull former secretary of state suffered a stroke a week ago and is now out of immediate danger, Bethesda naval hospital reported. Hull rallied over the weekend after a critical period and rested well last night with continued signs of improvement.
Thief Loots Home of Film Producer Arthur Freed
Hollywood reports a burglary at Arthur Freed’s West Los Angeles residence in which $20,000 worth of furs and jewelry were stolen. Among the missing items are a $3,500 diamond necklace, a $2,000 jeweled cigarette case, two diamond rings valued at $6,000, a mink coat, and a $2,000 mink scarf.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Freed
Second Chicago butcher kills self amid meat famine
Chicago 43 year old butcher Fred Gilcher reportedly killed himself at a hospital where he worked, the second local butcher to die by his own hand in five weeks amid a meat shortage. In Jerusalem, two RAF enlisted men arriving for sightseeing were shot, one fatally, in the Street of the Prophets.
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Chicago
Fred Gilcher
Chicago Hospital
Jerusalem
Oct
the Prophets
Girl Refused Shelter By Kin On Kerrville Bus
A five year old girl aboard a Kerrville bus asked the driver to hire a taxi to a specified address. The note directed payment and pickup, but the destination appeared abandoned. The driver notified police. the child remained with her grandmother who initially refused custody until the matter with her mother could be resolved.
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J. © Johnson
Virginia Boulevard
Follee
Chiji
Hurricane Heads for Tampa Area
A violent tropical storm with winds above 100 mph nears Florida, threatening citrus crops valued at 100 million dollars. Warnings stretch from Key Largo to Cedar Keys as Key West becomes largely deserted and residents shelter in boarded homes.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Weather Bureau
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Foyida
Ney Wert
Jess
Japs Ordered to Produce Million in Stolen Gems
Tokyo report states General MacArthur's headquarters ordered Japan to trace and return diamonds worth over 1 million dollars reportedly stolen from the Netherlands and East Indies. The stones are said to weigh more than 3500 carats according to the Netherlands claim filed with General MacArthur's HQ.
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Oct.t
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General MacArthur
Netherlands
East Indies
MacArthur
Floods Hit Monterrey River Bursts Flood Deep Water
A cloudburst late yesterday turned the Santa Catariana river into a raging torrent in Monterrey Mexico flooding sections of the city to a depth of 32 inches. The downpour lasted about four hours as streets submerged and disruption spread through the area.
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Mixico
Santa Catariana
Weather forecast with scattered showers and temps
Partly cloudy forecast for Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday. Tuesday’s high around 84 with a low near 66. Sunday’s high reported at 5 dollars and Monday’s low at 67. Additional weather details appear on Page 2-A.
Sinatra separates from Nancy in Hollywood split noted
Hollywood October report says Frank Sinatra has separated from wife Nancy and moved to search for an apartment. A friend cautions the split may not be permanent and there is no divorce planned. The couple, married eight years with two children, hope to settle differences.
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Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Frankie
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Sinatras
20 Hurt in Gorizia Riot
In Gorizia Veneto Giulia Italian Yugoslav area violence erupted yesterday during a pro Yugoslav ant Fascist union demonstration. Fifteen to twenty were reported injured as crowds shouting Duce tried to disrupt the event. Stones smoke bombs and missiles were hurled in the worst clash there since August ninth.
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Gorizia
Venézia
Goriziz
Bride-to-be Rose de Fabrizi Dies Before Wedding
Inwood NY October 7 Rose de Fabrizi 21 died in a church aisle on the way to her wedding as the bridegroom John Mastantuono 20 waited in the vestry. Cause of death not announced. Fire at Wichita Falls Eng Co plant caused about 63000 damage in a flash blaze reported yesterday.
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Inwood
Rose de Fabrizi
John Mastantuono
Louie
Wichita Falls
Oct
Wichita Engineering Company
Three Feet Of Water In Some Towns
Heavy rains across the South Plains flooded hundreds of acres and halted rural roads. Crosbyton saw seven inches fall over the weekend while nearby Ralls reported about four and a half inches. High water created a three foot lake in streets and slowed highway traffic. Dalhart recorded 41 degrees, with Amarillo and Miami at 44 as a cool wave approached from the north with light snow in Landers, and Leadville showed 23 degrees.
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South Plains
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Ralls
Perio
Dalhart
Amarillo
Miami
Nockles
Landers
Wyo
Rockies
Montana
Pikes Peak
Colorado
Leadville
Cola
Guinea Pig Town Town Overall Diabetes Survey
In Oxford Massachusetts on October 7 the entire town population of about 5100 people was designated as guinea pigs for a four month experiment to test the spread of diabetes. Officials of the Public Health Service said it marked the first time a whole community would be screened for diabetic symptoms.
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Oxford
Mass
Public Health ‘Service
Denton Holds Notorious Badman Traxler on Robbery Warrant
Denton authorities detained Pete Traxler also known as Badman on a Durant Oklahoma warrant accusing robbery with fire. Traxler, 39, was arrested near Denton by Sheriff Roy Moore after an unarmed, nonresistive arrest following a prior Texas jail break and interstate manhunt.
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Denton
Pete Traxler
Durant
Okla
Traxler
Roy Moore
Traxier
Texas
Texans Warned Of Fire Hazards
In Texas Fire Prevention Week opens with a warning that fires kill about 11,000 Americans annually, roughly 30 daily. State Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall told a Dallas radio audience that one third of fire fatalities are children.
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Austin
Texas
Marvin Hall
Dallas
Plenty of Thick Steaks in Canada
Windsor Ont a note about cheap two inch steaks priced from 1 25 and a rush of U S travelers crossing the Detroit Windsor tunnel. Horace Wiley of the Detroit immigration service reports over 5000 cars passing last Sunday as Windsor becomes a Mecca for meat loving travelers seeking meals outside Detroit.
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Canada
Windsor
Horace Wiley
U.S. Immigration Service
Detroit
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