Three Shot In Club Gun Battle At Tropics
A woman and two men were seriously wounded in a late night gun battle at the Tropics night club 409 Main. Seven shots fired as two men dueled. Mrs. Frank Dudley 24 Blue Bonnet hotel gravely wounded. Victims Robert Warren 30 Neff avenue and Fred Moran 26 South Leon street shot. Warren and Moran hospitalized. Police identified Warren and Moran as the duelists. Moran booked for assault to murder. Warren charged after hospital treatment. Witnesses include John Price head waiter and Roy Trevino, with statements ongoing.
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Main Avenue
Frank Dudley
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Robert B. Green Hospital
Robert Warren
Neff Avenue
Fred Moran
South Leon Street
Warren
M. and
S. Hospital
Moran
Santa Rosa Hospital
Charles Barrera
Homicide
Joe Hester
Morar
John M. Price
West Poplar Street
Roy Trevino
West Myrtle Street
Louis R
Womanchaser At 98
Dallas police held a man chased a 40 year old woman down the street brandishing a bottle. The woman said she eluded him once by hitting him on the head but he revived to continue the chase. Officers listed the man as 48.
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Dallas
Puppet Romania Leaders Sentenced
In Bucharest a criminal court sentenced 18 former puppet government cabinet members of Marshal Ion Antonescu to prison terms from life to five years. In New York officials said Czechoslovakia will resume exports of Pilsner beer to the United States early in 1947, Arthur Kallman of Pilsner Urquell Importing Company announced.
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Bucharest
Bucharest Criminal Court
Lust
Ion Antonescu
New York
Czechoslovakia
Pilsner
United States
Arthur Kallman
Pilsner Urquell Importing Company
Mutual Recognition of Escapees Near Lansing
Two state penitentiary convicts who escaped from a work detail hid in nearby woods until nightfall and then moved toward a highway. They hitched a ride with the first car to approach, driven by Kansas state prison warden Robert Hudspeth. Recognition was mutual. the convicts offered no resistance.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State
Nrison
Robert Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Cool Weather Sweeps Texas Ahead of Weekend Football
Cold northwest winds bring gusts up to 25 mph across the Panhandle with clear skies forecast for Saturday games after heavy rains. Odessa reports a minor flood following 1.2 inches of rain and hail as other parts of the state see scattered showers and rising water on roads near Laredo and Uvalde.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Clarendon
Panhandle
Amarillo
Pampa
Odessa
West Texas
Czeeh Flight Ban Lifted by U S
London reports the United States lifted the ban on American flights over Czecho Slovakia while Romania and Hungary bans remained. An American Pan American pilot suggested the move may be linked to Russian army maneuvers between October 9 and 14, with no official explanation given.
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London
Europe
Czecho
Slovakia
Romania
Hungary
U. S
Frankfurt
Germany
Calvin Dyer
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Pan. American Airways
Prague
Nazi Appeal Verdicts Due By Allied Council Session
The Allied control council met in its third secret session to consider clemency pleas from 16 convicted Nazi war criminals. Earlier, half the appeals were disposed of with fast actions reported, while secrecy remained around the deliberations. A formal decision announcement was expected later today. The piece also mentions Kentucky 54 as a reference to a phrase meaning land of tomorrow.
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Berlin
Allied: Control Council
Control Council
U N Armed Force Seen as Answer to World Peace
Gen George C Kenney declares U N Armed Force the sole path to peace as he retires from the U N staff post to focus on commanding the U S Strategic Air Forces. Reports say Britain may back a plan for complete world disarmament except for a U N force.
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U.N. Armed Force
New York
INS
United Nations
George C. Kenney
U.N. Mu Mary
Harold S. George
Kenney
Britain
Fay
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
Solid Front Against Reds Over Dardanelles Demands
Diplomatic authorities disclosed that the United States Britain and Turkey present a solid front of resistance to Russia's renewed demands on the Dardanelles while keeping dialogue open on revised Soviet rights. The State Department announced a $25,000,000 grant to Greece for the purchase of surplus Army property overseas.
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United States
Britain
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
State Department
Greece
Mediterranean
Weather forecast for Thursday and Friday with showers
Partly cloudy Thursday afternoon and night and Friday with scattered showers. Thursday maximum 77 with a low of 67. Wednesday high 80 and low 70. Friday high 80 and low 70. Page 2-A.
Mitchell accuses U S officers of Nazi wife parties in Germany
Senator Hugh B. Mitchell charged that American officers in Germany attended dimly lit champagne binges with wives of Nazis under investigation. He said a top secret report was sent to Senate and urged a full inquiry. Names withheld pending investigation.
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Everts
Wast
Hugh
Mitchell
D.wash
Germany
U.S
Nuernberg
Senate War Investigating Committee
Secrec
Senatour Kilgore
D-W. Va
U. S
Frau von Schirach
Baldur von Schirach
Hitler
von Schirach
Heinrich Woaffman
Hoffman
Fot von Schirach
Draft Call Out Sets November Draftee Total at 15,000
Washington officials disclosed the November draft call will be 15,000, the smallest since the July August holiday. The reduction follows the army policy to request only enough draftees to bridge the gap between voluntary enlistments and overall manpower needs.
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Washington
INS
Army
Mastodon Bones Found Near Pittsburgh Discovery Stuns Scientists
Workmen stripping land for coal near Pittsburgh unearthed fossilized bones identified by Carnegie Museum scientists as part of a mastodon skeleton. The find, dated October 7, highlights a significant paleontological discovery in the area.
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Pitesburgh
Carnegie Museum
Free Danube urged for Balkan peace and trade
United States and Britain pressed for open Danube to free commerce and a peace conference path. Senator Van denberg warned that blocking Europe’s inland waterway would harm central Europe. Yugoslav deputy premier Kardelj challenged the Danube plan as beyond the conference remit. Bevin echoed the call for free Balkan trade.
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Paris
United States
France
Soviet Union
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.mich
Europe
Vandenberg
Edvard Kardelj
Balkans Commission
Danube
Yugoslavia
Balkan Nations
Ernest Bevin
Disappearance of Two Deaf School Girls in Austin
Austin dispatch reports two Deaf School students missing after vanishing from the campus Saturday. Gladys Weaver, 25, of Beeville, and Lottie Gilliland, 13, Aubrey, left behind no clues as Roger M. Powell asks for state aid in the search.
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Austin
Roger M. Powell
State School For the Deaf
Gladys Weaver
S. D. Weaver
Beeville
Lottie Gilliland
A. L. Gilliland
Aubrey
Peonage Charged To Georgia Farmer Biggers Indicted
Roswell Pierce Biggers a wealthy Georgia farmer faces an early trial after a 19 count federal indictment. He allegedly held five African Americans in involuntary servitude on his 3000 acre Roswell area farm to work in payment of a debt. Also a note reports Ambassador Walter Renell Smith and wife departing for Paris to attend Romanian treaty discussions.
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Atlanta
Roswell Pierce Biggers
Here
Biggers
Paris
Moscow
Walter Renell Smith
Smith
Extraordinary security in Lisbon amid uprising fears
Agate Arms Liswan reports extraordinary military and police precautions as sources say the move stems from government suspicion of an incipient uprising against Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. Private phone lines between Lisbon and the provinces were cut. Troops police and anti Communist volunteers were ordered to barracks at 4 a.m. Salazar's national union government was reelected last November with just over 53 percent.
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Liswan
UPI
Premeir Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Lisbon
Destroying Food Under New Deal Policy Causes Potatoes to Rot
A critical look at federal action in Nebraska and South Dakota where government orders have left thousands of tons of potatoes rotting in fields instead of introducing them to the market. Proponents say price support kept prices steady, while critics claim the policy wastes food and harms consumers.
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New Deal Administration
Nebraska
South Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
New Deal
Freeze Forecast Hits Northwestern Oklahoma Flood Areas
Rain and freezing temperatures were forecast for northwestern Oklahoma where floods have caused extensive damage. The federal weather service predicted temperatures would fall to 30 to 35 degrees above zero tonight in the affected flood swept region.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal Weather Bureau
Mayor to Run Again for Reelection Next May
Mayor Gus Mauermann announced Thursday he would seek a second term in the upcoming May election. He emphasized continued work on city services, safety, and economic development.
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Gus Mauermann
Nazi Doctors Face Trial Next
NUERNBERG Oct 10 U.S. authorities said German doctors charged with using humans as subjects for inhuman experiments in SS laboratories would face trial about November 15 in renewed war crimes proceedings in Nuernberg.
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Nuernberg
U.S
Buffalo Meat To Rescue Buffalo Meat To Rescue
Hudson Wisconsin man Charles A Ward owner of Quality Park farms sent his herd of 30 buffalo to restaurants in Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul to relieve the meat shortage. The move aims to aid supply and stabilize prices amid the shortage.
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Hudson
Wis
Charles A. Ward
Quality Park Farms
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Stilwell In Hospital With Liver Condition
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell sixth army commander is critically ill at Letterman general hospital with a liver condition believed to be contracted in the jungles. Vinegar Joe, a wiry man, underwent an operation October 3 and was reported progressing satisfactorily until late yesterday.
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San Fxian
Isco
Joseph W. Stilwell
Letterman General Hospital
Vinegar Joe
Burma
Dr Arthur Scott Weds Former WAC In Temple Ceremony
Dr Arthur Scott, noted surgeon and chief of Scott and White Hospital, and former WAC captain Greneta Courtney were married in Temple on Wednesday with a ceremony that marked Mrs Scott’s first marriage and Dr Sevier’s third.
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Temple
INS
Arthur ©. Scott
Scott and White Hospital
Greneta Courtney
Ranges Full of Cattle Two Groups Push Price Decontrol
Washington reports beef industry officials pressing for immediate scrapping of price controls with ample meat supplies coming soon possibly before November elections. R. G. Haynie of the OPA beef advisory committee cites ready cattle and calves for market once ceilings lift, while President Truman contemplates further conferences and action. The petition argues a cattle shortage does not exist and urges decontrol including hogs and sheep if feasible.
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Washington
R. G. Haynie
OPA Beef Industry Advisory Committee
White House
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Slape
Andes
Hayat
Tha
Ste
Ee Argentine Beef Aids
Threeman Price
Restored Draft Marks China Birthday Amid Civil Strife
Nanking October 16. In discordant China the thirty fifth anniversary of the Republic was observed as Chiang Kai-Shek announced a draft restoration. Mood was somber with fighting Chinese clans and Communists around Kakgan and Paoting as negotiations stalled and Chiang was cited as elected president by the Kuomintang central committee.
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Nanking
U?i
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Kakgan
Hopeh
Chiang
Central Committee
The
Kui Lang
Government Party
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