Hurricane Winds Hit New England Alert Navy to Move Ships
A tropical hurricane swept up the Eastern seaboard forcing recall of small ships and tugs to port in New England while battening down aircraft. Navy planes evacuated to Albany, destroyers and tenders held in Portland on standby. Public safety officials in Massachusetts canceled leave as forecasters warned gale winds would hit Cape Cod Nantucket and extreme southeast Massachusetts.
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Hot Springs Hotel in Arkansas Burns. one dead, many hurt
A four story Great Northern hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas burned early today. One man, John Bala of Detroit, died from a fractured skull after jumping from a third floor window. Eighteen others were injured, several critically, as guests fled burning rooms. Fire officials said 50 to 60 people might have been registered, but a preliminary search found no bodies. The blaze started on the second floor and its cause was undetermined.
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N Y Night Clubs Yield to Musicians
New York club owners agreed to a 20 percent wage rise and contract changes to avert a strike by musicians. The walkout had been planned at midnight and would have halted most afterdark entertainment as local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians already faced related closures in hotels and diners.
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American Federation of Musicians
Smokes In Hospital Breaks Routine In Fitchburg
Fitchburg Mass Sept 14 Mrs Mary Morin 102 year old hospital patient celebrated a birthday plan while hospitalized for a fractured hip. Nurses raided the ward discovering she kept a briar pipe and had smoked for decades dating back to a toothache incident 25 years ago.
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Burbank Hospital
Porter Promises More Meat Soon
Washington September 14. Price Administrator Paul Porter said the meat shortage should end in six to eight weeks with supplies improving through year end and into next spring. He blamed July August gluts and seasonal declines, warned producers against withholding livestock, and promised 2500 OPA agents to crack down on black markets while assuring consumers there will be no meat famine.
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Man Shot to Death Brother Arrested in San Antonio
Alex C. Fessenden a 23 year old resident of 1039 Rigsby Avenue was shot to death Saturday night after entering his brother Dan C. Fessenden’s bedroom at 5905 South Flores Street. Dan, 29, surrendered a .38 caliber revolver to detectives. Police said the brothers quarreled earlier at Tee-Off tavern on Mission Road. A justice of the peace holds an inquest.
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C. J. Hocker
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Mission Road
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John E. Geraghty
Halding
Strike Called by Major Japanese Unions
Tokyo reports the Japanese Congress of Tripartite Unions ordered a nationwide strike against the Yoshida government. About 100,000 seamen are affected, with miners and other workers joining. Rail workers threatened a 24 hour walkout, then cancelled after government changes. Shipping slowed as five days of seamen actions continued.
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Bridegroom May Miss Wedding Due to Union Strike
In Philadelphia on September 14, James Catsar Petrillo ruled that Benner a drummer engaged for a wedding at the Warwick hotel on September 28 may not attend the ceremony if a musicians strike remains in effect. The 12 piece orchestra hired for the event cannot enter the building, leaving Benner unable to perform or attend.
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Charles Taxin
West Philadelphia
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Union
Forecast for Adattional Weather Tag 2A
Partly cloudy with a few widely scattered showers. Maximum temperature 88 degrees, minimum 64 degrees.
OPA May Cut Cafes Meat Supply To Homes
Washington reports OPA weighing limits on meat purchases by restaurants and public eateries to divert more meat to households. Officials say no definite order yet but strong possibility. sugar price increases and higher Ford and GM auto prices are under consideration to restore prewar earnings.
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Japs Eat U S Soldier Case Bares Cannibal Feast
Guam report of a U S military commission hearing detailing a cave feast in Chichi Jima where a U S war prisoner was cannibalized. Three junior naval officers testified, with two denying personal participation but all naming Maj Suco Matoba as bringing the flesh. Commandant Vice Admiral Kunalo Mori allegedly took part in February 1943.
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Reds Refuse to Aid Resettlement
LAKE SUCCESS N Y Sept 1d The Soviet Union said it would not participate in any refugee program requiring compulsory contributions to fund displacement resettlement outside native countries. Soviet Delegate Nikolai Fea ney rejected compulsory contributions during a debate in the United Nations Economic and Social Council on creating an international refugee organization to take over UNRRA’s current duties.
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Nikolai Feaney
United Nations Economic and Social Council
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Veteran of Lashes and Ottawa Tourism Peak in 1946
Leroy Smith, 29, will receive 10 lashes at Kent county jail Friday after choosing a lighter two-year term on a larceny conviction. This is his third sentence to lashings, following 10 in 1942 and 20 in 1944. In Ottawa, Canada, tourism officials announced 1946 was a record year with about 4.5 million visitors spending roughly 295 million dollars on vacations and pleasures.
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Five Reds Held In Drive On Squats In London
Five leading Communist figures were arrested in London as authorities crack down on squatter actions. Police reinforced patrols after a government warning on violence and unlawful seizures of homes, while officials moved waiting families into unready housing to avert further incursions.
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Cleveland News raises home delivery price to 30 cents
The Cleveland News announced it would raise home delivery from 25 cents a week to 30 cents. The newsstand price stayed at 5 cents. Part of the increase funds carrier boys and the rest compensates rising publishing costs.
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Plane Crash Kills Two In Longview Street
Longview, Sept. 14. W B Morris Jr of Monroe Louisiana and Edward V of Longview were killed when a two chair plane crashed in a densely populated Longview street. The craft struck several power lines and narrowly missed homes in the area.
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Greeks Kill Briton in Renewed Greece Violence
Athens reports new bloodshed as military courts condemn two to death under emergency powers. British forces say bandits in uniform ambushed five soldiers, killing one and wounding another, in a violent crackdown on leftist unrest.
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Storm swept isle hijack stalls fur shipment at sea
A chaotic incident in Salonika involved hijacking of $25,000 worth of furs and explosives. Four armed men seized items from a New York fur job and threatened nearby cities. A U S weather station report and military court actions followed as a typhoon disrupted life on the island near Karditza.
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Potsdam Agreement Blunder Says Retired General Barrows
Maj. Gen. David Barrows argues that Russia violated the Potsdam pact, invalidating the agreement and freeing the United States from its terms. He calls Potsdam a colossal mistake driven by inexperience, urging its revision to restore just Europe and world peace.
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University of California
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United States
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Europe
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Truman endorses Wallace speech as idea rights not policy
President Truman described the Wallace address as a proposal and affirmed no change in U.S. foreign policy. He said Byrnes’ stance on spheres of influence remains and Wallace’s view on Eastern Europe and Latin America was not an official shift. Taft, in Utah, challenged Wallace’s cabinet speech and the propriety of speaking for foreign policy. Senate debates echoed concern over cabinet authority.
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Unity urged by Connally and Vandenberg in Paris
Senators Connally and Vandenberg appealed for united U S foreign policy as Byrnes urged. They warned against intra party division and personal ambition amid the Paris peace conference scene, urging a single secretary of state at a time and saying unity is essential for a persuasive U S voice. The appeal followed Wallace’s controversial speech triggering confusion in Paris. Separately, the U S Jaycees voted to move their national headquarters from Chicago to Tulsa Oklahoma.
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