Mystery Suitcase Bomb Blasts Rome British Embassy
A pair of suitcases packed with explosives detonated at 2 43 A M injuring an Italian passerby and damaging the British Embassy in Rome. Police and officials offered no clues to the perpetrators as cracks spread through the three story block and Ambassador Sir Noel Charles’s apartment was heavily damaged.
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Nicolino Plitta
J. G. Ward
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Noel Charles
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Ward
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Windy Cool Spell Returns After Warm Spell
A cold front moved through Syracuse around 7 A.M. sending temperatures into the 50s and lowering the low to about 36 tonight. Showers will end tonight. expect partly cloudy and windy conditions with cool temperatures continuing. Before the warm spell ended, a record 79 degrees was set Wednesday, 11 degrees above the previous high.
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Syracuse
Weather in Syracuse area shows showers and cooler days ahead
The U S Weather Bureau forecast calls for showers and cooler conditions today with partly cloudy skies tonight. Highs around 79 and a low near 63 with strong winds Friday. Record highs and lows listed for the day.
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Syracuse
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York
Fire bomb kills three seamen in Baltimore waterfron t blaze
A man-made incendiary device exploded in a waterfront rooming house early today, burning three seamen to death and critically injuring a fourth. Four others suffered third-degree burns as occupants fled through a second floor window. A one gallon gasoline can was found amid the debris and a warning had been received a week earlier. Police and fire officials reported the blast shattered the front plate glass as a man fled the scene.
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Thomas Heagerty
Fire Department
Heagerty
Bernard E. Thomas
Thomas
Fire devastates Ford Street block. woman dies in Ogdensburg
A massive fire swept 12 businesses on Ford Street in Ogdensburg injuring 15 apartments and causing the death by heart attack of Miss Dora Hood, a beauty shop operator. Police found the blaze on the fourth floor of Brown jewelry store, delaying access for nearly an hour before firefighters arrived.
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Ford St
Dora Hood
Brown
George Bracy
Tragedy: Five Die When Train Strikes Cars at Lancaster Crossing
Five youths died when the Advance Commodore Vanderbilt on the New York Central Railroad struck two cars at Sheldon Avenue crossing in Lancaster. Victims include Coletta R. Weber 15 James F. Weber 18 Leo J. Weber 21 Jack H. Stiegler 18 and George H. Lanthier Jr 20 all Lancaster residents. Police say two cars waited for a east bound train then crossed together in front of the locomotive.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
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Coletta R. Weber
James F. Weber
Leo J. Weber
William Weber
Jack H. Stiegler
George Stiegler
George H. Lanthier, Jr
George Lanthier
Shoe price decontrol signals clothing budget relief
Washington reports an administration order lifting ceilings on shoe prices effective at 12 01 A M. The move, framed by Reconversion Director John R Steelman, hints at broader deregulation in textiles and apparel. Officials foresee 20 to 30 percent retail increases and possible expansion of price and production controls removals.
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INS
Civilian Production Administration
John R. Steelman
CPA
Cotton Up In Wild Day
New York cotton prices moved from gains to a dip and then to a sharp rise reaching the $10 a bale daily limit in heavy trading after a 24 hour futures suspension. Nearby month prices climbed from near $5 below last Tuesday’s close amid a two week $50 a bale tumble, while the stock market followed with a feverish rally as ticker tape lagged floor trading.
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New York
Hotel Strike Ends in Washington Settlement Reached
White House announces end to Washington hotel strike with a final agreement after talks led by Reconversion Director John R. Steelman. Hotel operators and union representatives reached a settlement this morning.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman Faces Missouri Voters In Next Tuesday Election
President Truman confronts possible repudiation by Missouri voters in the upcoming statewide election. The piece cites Marquis Childs’ forecast on today’s editorial page and notes sections on amusements finances classifieds and various features across the paper.
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Truman
Missouri
Marquis Childs
Three year term given in Kronberg Castle jewel theft case
Maj. David F. Watson was sentenced to three years and dismissed from the U S Army after conviction on conspiracy and receiving stolen property tied to the Kronberg Castle jewel theft. Capt. Kathleen Nash Durant earlier received five years. her husband Cal J Durant faces trial. Attorney Amen argued lack of intent to steal.
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Germany
David F. Watson
U. S. Army
Kronberg Castle
Wac
Kathleen Nash Durant
Watson
Cal
Jack W. Durant
John Harlan
Amen
U. S
Court Rules Out Arrests by OPA
Federal Judge W. Calvin Chesnut ruled that OPA agents have no greater arrest power than private citizens. The decision came in the Samuel and Morris Chodak case, which charged them with seeking $225 above the ceiling price in a used car sale and ordered the return of marked money and papers the OPA seized on September 12.
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OPA
W. Calvin Chesnut
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Morris Chodak
Byrnes summons occupation chiefs for German peace talks
Secretary of State Byrnes said he has summoned American occupation chiefs from Germany for consultations on a possible German peace treaty. The meeting aims to discuss groundwork at the upcoming Foreign Ministers' Council.
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Byrnes
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Virginia Smiley’s Navy wedding in borrowed things
Virginia Smiley 19 marries Yeoman 1/C Thomas C Corcoran of the Navy. She wore a veiled gown and borrowed most items for the wedding as her new trousseau was left missing from home while the family was away. Her borrowed veil and blue dress mark the ceremony.
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Virgiania Smiley
Thomas C. Corcoran
Navy
Trousseau
Virginia
Clark Takes Charge Of 48 Estonian Refugees In Miami
U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark assumed authority over 48 Estonian refugees who sailed 6,000 miles from Sweden to Miami in small boats. A representative said the group will not be deported until another order from the Attorney General's office.
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Miami
Fla
U. S
Tom Clark
Sweden
Amnesia Victim Mary Heritage Reunited in Topeka
Mary Kearney Heritage, a 32-year-old amnesia patient, is expected to return home to 325 Lexington in Topeka Friday. She was found after a four-month search following a Topeka telephone call Tuesday night and reunites with her husband Robert C. Heritage and sister Peggy Kearney. Her brother Eugene Kearney, a University of Denver student, arrived Wednesday to support her, with Mrs. Pearl Martin arranging jail accommodations for Mrs. Heritage in Shawnee County.
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Topeka
Mary Kearney Heritage
Lexington An
Robert C. Heritage
Peggy Kearney
Eugene Kearney
University of Denver
Denver
Colo
Mas. Heritage
Wealth scion’s wife killed. husband charged with homicide
In White Plains a 37 year old mother Marie Shannon Purdy died of a heart shot after a quarrel with her husband Charles Purdy 42. The couple’s six year old son told police Poppy shot Mommy. Charles Purdy was held for a Purdy hearing. A .32 revolver was recovered.
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White Plains
Frederick E. Weeks, Jr
Marie Shannon Purdy
Charles
Purdy
Charles,Jr
Poppy
Mommy
William Miller
Arms reduction on UN agenda as Spain debate also set
United Nations general committee approves placing the Soviet backed disarmament plan on the assembly agenda and refers it to the political committee. The panel also schedules full debate on charges against Franco’s regime, with major powers expected to clash over inspection enforcement and limits on arms at the debate to follow. Molotov seeks to outlaw atomic weapons while Warren Austin signals US demands for safeguards.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Sination Assembly
Philip J. Noel-Baker
United Kingdom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
V. MM. Molotov
Warren R. Austin
U. S
United Nations
Wit and Humor Adventure Series Lead Comic Features
The paper notes the division between Funnies and picture stories in the comics section. Bridge writer Charles H. Goren joins the Herald-Journal staff as a leading feature writer, with a record of national championships and top quarter points.
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Charles H. Goren
America
Herald-Journal
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