Springfield Struck as Press Walks Off in Solidarity
Springfield faces a two month blackout as pressmen and workers strike, halting two city newspapers. The loss cripples advertising, obituaries, florists deliveries, and event notices, forcing reliance on radio and word of mouth while local business suffers and schools lose current history context.
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Allan Keller
Ispringfield
Mass
Sherman A. Bowles
Atme
Springfield
Holyoke
Boston
Massachusetts Aspca
Wolfus
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Pool's
Fox
Owl
Ward
Springfield High School
Watc
Drastic Shakeup In N Y City Police Command
Mayor William O Dwyer and Police Commissioner Arthur W Wallander announced a major shakeup in the New York City Police Department ten senior officers were reassigned or promoted after the fatal Election Day polling worker shooting and rising crime. The changes affect nine officers across ranks from deputy chief to deputy inspector and include a high ranking officer removed from duty.
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N.Y
New York
Police Department
William O'Dwyer
Arthur W. Wallander
Rocket XS-1 Completes First Supersonic Test Flight
Los Angeles reports Bell Aircraft Corp and the Army Air Forces successfully test flew the XS-1 rocket plane. Pilot Chalbers Goodlin guided the craft from 25,000 feet to 35,000 feet, reaching 380 miles per hour before a fuelless idle landing. The craft weighs 210 pounds with a 56 inch length and 28 foot wingspan. Its engine, burning ethyl alcohol with liquid oxygen, generates thrust comparable to 30,000 horsepower. The mission aims to study supersonic speed ranges, not as a fighter or bomber.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Bel Aircraft Corp
Chalbers
Slick) Goodin
New Alexandria
Muroc
Army J Air Base
America
Goodlin
Navy
Urrus
Goodin
Finnlly
Segonis
Aes
R. N. Stanley
Bile
Okla
Bell
Crash Kills Infant on Trip Home
Mrs Floyd Wright 21 returned from hospital with newborn son. Her daughter Gayle 20 months old, staying with grandmother Mrs Eleanor Woods, accompanied by her, rode a cab to visit home. A collision with a bus ended tragically with Gayle’s death.
Seven Witnesses Named in Bilbo Hearing Records
Washington Senate War Investigating Committee released names of seven witnesses for a Bilbo hearing. Included are Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Rabbids retired engineers chief and Brig. Gen. Samuel Sturgis assistant chief of engineers. The panel probes claims Bilbo took cash from war contractors and received a house, furniture, and a cat as gifts while aiding contracts. The hearing follows Mississippi charges about attempting to suppress Black voters in the last primary.
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Washington
War Department
Theodore J. G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate” War Investigating Committee
Thomad
Waasislan Ahbe
Douglas I. McKay
Samuel’. “Sturgs
Vigkeburg
Miss
Eithe
Mephenice
Senate ‘Committee
Bilbo
Morehan
Dream House
Senate
Mississippi
Fire Probe Winds Up At Winecoff. Grand Jury To Decide Cause
The Fulton County grand jury probes the Winecoff Hotel fire with experts. two unidentified female remains remain. Relatives of Frances Thompson and Gwen McCoy seek joint burial. 121 bodies identified by scientists previously.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Fulton
Grand “Jury
Frances
Thompson
Gwen McCoy
Samnesville
X.M.C.A
Sue-Mitehumi
Sus
Gainesville
L. Qlami
Runyon to Be Cremated Without Funeral Services
Damon Runyon renowned Broadway chronicler dies at 62 after cancer battle. He built a lasting New York literary world with colorful street figures. cremation to be held at an unspecified time and place. Runyon, born October 4, 1884, in Manhattan, rose from wartime service to a celebrated writer for King Features and International News Service.
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Runyon
New York
Damon Runyon
The
Gambler
Rght
Feen
Miss Marker
Dad-Fea
Luee
King Features
Vinivy
International News Service
Raveaatie
Memorial Hospital
Aldren
Mary Elaine
Damon
Fie Hadi
Patrice del Grande
Shim
Hllen Egan
Paul Stall
Damon Runyon, ii
Eddie
Walker
Lindy
Manhattan
Kas
Philippines
Colorado
New
Mexico
First Army
Trial Hears Defense Claim Wife's Death Was Accidental
Bellefonte Pennsylvania 23 year old John E B Galloway student stands trial for murder in the death of his 20 year old wife Catherine Galloway. He testifies he did not pull the trigger and that the shooting occurred as he handled a faulty gun. He says he turned the gun on its side released the slide and heard an explosion.
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Bellefonte
Cornel
John
Galloway
Pénn Staté
Catherine Galloway
Refugees Rescued From Syring Island By British Destroyer
The British destroyer Chevron Laday rescued the remaining 448 shipwrecked Jewish refugees stranded on the storm lashed Syring island. Many suffered exposure after their blockade runner wrecked. They were taken to Cyprus for detention.
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Jerusalem
Chevron Laday
Syring
Jérusalem
Chevron
Cyprus
Burial policy resumes for abandoned post cemeteries
The Army will resume its long established policy to inter bodies in nearest national or post cemeteries. The move follows protests by Representative Kilburn and Representative Fuller and a letter from General Larkin. The policy had been suspended by the War Department after objections to moving remains including historically significant figures.
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Washington
Amy
Newonal
War Department
Kilburn
Iec
Fuller
R-N.y
Interior Department
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