Dewey to Open Presidential Drive in Des Moines
Gov Thomas E Dewey will launch his campaign for president at Des Moines Iowa on September 20 speaking from Drake Stadium to national networks from 10 to 1030 p m Syracuse time The 14 car special campaign train leaves Albany September 19 and heads directly to Des Moines It is expected he will visit California around September 24
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Des Moines
Drake Stadium
Columbia and Muttal Broadcasting
Syracuse
California
GOP Aims Campaign On Record of Failures
DETROIT UP The Republican Party opened its bid for the presidency by attacking President Uruman s record at home and abroad. Former Minnesota Governor Harold SE Stassen led the kickoff at the Masonic Temple before about 38 000 people. He rebutted Truman s Labor Day address noting wage and price gains since the 1947 labor law and criticized foreign policy over Potsdam without a representative.
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Detroit
Uruman
Minnesota
Harold SE. Stassen
Masonic Temple
Stassen
Truman
G.O.P
Colwyn
Britain Accepts Four Power Talks On Italy’s Colonies
The British Foreign Office announced Britain would join four power talks with Russia and other powers on the future of Italy’s prewar colonies, aiming to start before September 15 to meet the Italian treaty deadline. The decision follows a Russian request delivered to Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin.
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London
Britain
Russia
Italy
Foreign Office
Georgi Zarubin
Accord Reached on Italy's Prewar Colonies Policy
Secretary Marshall today announced a bipartisan U.S. policy on Italy's pre-war colonies. He described the plan as a united bipartisan agreement and sparked speculation. Governor Thomas Dewey proposed UN trusteeship to allow Italy to develop resources in Africa under an international framework.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Italy
Mystery Woman Missing Foul Play Feared
Syracuse police investigate the disappearance of 21 year old Dol ly Faye Isabelle Watts Marks after a package arrived at her home in Syracuse. The package from Cleveland contained the missing woman’s wedding band purse photos engagement ring and identification papers suggesting foul play.
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Syracuse
Dolly Faye Isabelle Watts Marks
Reds Blast Tito Again
The Soviet Communist Party central committee declared Tito has lost confidence of Yugoslav Communists and renewed denunciation of Tito in Pravda. It accused a Tito faction of warring with party elements and establishing a terror regime with arrests murders and repression.
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Moscow
INS
Soviet Communist Party
Marshal Tito
Tito
Pravda
Communist Party
Democrats gain vigor from candidates and labor revival
Mar quis Childs notes two major factors behind the Democrats' renewed energy. He cites a large slate of Congressional candidates who articulate clear positions and the revival of organized labor. Editorial highlights appear across pages 38 and 39 and feature Comics, Crossword, Horoscope, and radio pages.
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Marquis Childs
Ida Jean Kain
Br. Dean
Mary Haworth
Cold Front Brings Showers Forecast as Cooler Weather Expected
An advancing cold front from Canada is predicted to bring showers or thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight and cooler weather tomorrow. Temperatures today were slated near yesterday’s, with a low of 62 tonight and a high of 73 tomorrow. The August mean temperature reached 70 degrees due to a four day heat wave, above the normal 67.3, while August rainfall totaled 2.53 inches, down 0.33 from normal.
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Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins wed in New York
The New York interpretive dancers Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins married here last Saturday and began their honeymoon presumed to be somewhere in the West. The wedding news surfaced yesterday delaying public notice.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Martha Graham
Erick Hawkins
New York
West
Miss Iush
British note asks Russia for UN meeting date in Paris
Britain urged Russia to propose a date for talks at the United Nations Assembly in Paris as Washington signals the Russian move is mainly propaganda. France and the United States have not formally replied, and Western powers reportedly disagree on Eritrea Libya and Somaliland while keeping doors open to consult with Russia.
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Jem
United Nations
Russia
Britain
Paris
United Nations Assembly
France
United States
Washington
Eritrea
Libya
Somaliland
White Russian Safe Is Looted at Cassville Resort
A safe in the White Russian Resort at Rova Farms was looted of 7536 dollars yesterday according to state police. The farm housed Soviet teacher Mikhail Samarin and his family who fled to avoid return to Russia last month.
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Cassville
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Rova Farms
Mikhail Samarin
Russia
Cash Lost When Auto Burns in Hopkinsville
C C A Barnett liquor store operator reports 22 000 to 34 000 in currency destroyed when his automobile burned near his home in Hopkinsville Kentucky.
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Hopkinsville
Cc. A. Barnett
Spread of Religious Drownings Is Feared
Toronto Attorney General Leslie Blackwell warned Violet Goglin's family could drown themselves after her death in the Madawaska River. He opened an inquiry and feared the religious practice might spread to others in the community, pledging close family monitoring if danger is proven.
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Toronto
Leslie Blackwell
Violet Goglin
Violet
Madawaska
Blackwell
Anger over jalopy ends in fatal self injury
Gordon Metcalf, 29, died in hospital after a car broke down and his punch shattered a rear window, severing an artery. The incident followed a months old dispute over the vehicle.
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Toronto
Gordon Metcalf
Metcalf
Exchanger chases trio after bogus checks cashed for 174.82
In Chicago three men cash three checks for 174.82 drawn on the same firm, flee after a frightened ex change manager fires a gun. The trio abandons their trailer and car in the chase and escape on foot as their vehicle crashes later. the victim loses 174.82.
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Chicago
INS
Henry Bigoness
Bigoness
Old soldiers say Army not what it once was at Fort Devens
Fort Devens Massachusetts reports soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Regimental Combat Team recall changes in the Army. They cite 200 18 year old recruits from Fort Dix New Jersey who arrived and complained they were served supper twice before at Hartford Connecticut and Providence Rhode Island.
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Seventh Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Hartford
Conn
Providence
Auriol Seeks New Cabinet After Cabinet Collapse
President Vincent Auriol asked Henri Queuille to form a new government as Robert Schuman’s brief ministry fell after 64 hours. Elections loomed amid political turmoil. Queuille visited Elysee Palace seeking consensus and discussed De Gaulle supporters to calm the crisis.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Vincent Auriol
Hhim
Robert Schuman
Queuille
Elysees Palace
Eduard Herriot
Auriol
Charles de Gaulle
Three Bandits Hunted In North Carolina Bank Robbery
Three men who robbed the Farmers' Bank of Elk Creek of about $9,000 are being pursued in North Carolina. They entered after hours, gagged Assistant Cashier Cleve Rhody and his son Grover, and escaped with the cash before authorities arrived.
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Independence
Farmers’ Bank of
Elk Creek
North Carolina
Tio
Cleve Rhody
Grover
Cotton Outlook Forecasts 15.22 Million Bales for U S
The Agriculture Department projected a cotton crop of 15 219 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up 50 000 bales from the prior month’s forecast of 15 169 000. This would rank seventh largest on record.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Quakes Stir Panic in Santiago After Midnight
Two tremors struck Santiago Cuba shortly after midnight triggering general panic. Each quake lasted about seven seconds with no damage or casualties reported.
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Santiago
Cuba
New Skytop Dorm Opens as Syracuse Ends Off Campus Housing
Syracuse University will end off campus housing for the fall semester starting September 19. Skytop, the new dormitory area on Lambreth Road near the ski lodge, will house 704 single students and 16 proctors in 352 two person rooms. The change consolidates freshmen from former temporary facilities at the State Fair Grounds Mattydale Air Base New York Ordnance Works and Yates Hotel within about a mile of campus. Work at Skytop began earlier and details continue on page 12.
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Syracuse University
Skytop
The
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Huild
Ings
State Fair Grounds
Mattydale Air Base
New York Ordnance Works
Baldwinsville
Yates Hotel
Food Price Index Drops to 6.86 in Week Ended Sept 7
Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to 6.86 for the week ending September 7, the lowest since April 27. The index compares with 6.90? 46.90 in the prior week and 7.02 in the 1947 period, with an all time high of 7.36 set July 13.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Circus Ship Sinks With 44 Perilously Missing
The circus ship Euzkera sank in the Caribbean on Sept 1 after leaving Mariel Cuba for Cartagena Colombia. Forty four are missing including 36 passengers and eight crew. a lifeboat with nine passengers and three crew was picked up by Learbe 770 miles south of Miami en route to Curacao Venezuela.
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Caribbean Sea
Coast Guard
Learbe
Curacao
Venezuela
Euzkera
Mariel
Cuba
Cartagena
Colombia
Idue
Flag Pole Sitter Gets Draft Help in San Francisco
Milton van Noland, 22, perched atop a flag pole for 41 days to protest the draft, vowed to stay until 50 days. Firefighters agreed to deliver his draft registration papers as he faced mandatory registration either today or tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Fire Department
Milton van Noland
Groups Push Red Probes Across Congresses
Two congressional groups hunted for new evidence of Communist activities in the United States. One probed a workers union whose president is an avowed Red. Another lined up witnesses to review claims of Soviet directed spy rings operating in and out of Washington. Plans were laid to reopen the Reds in Hollywood case before month’s end.
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Washington
United States
Workers Union
Pacific quake rattles Fiji region in early Honolulu time
The Coast and Geodetic Survey recorded a major magnitude quake likely near the Fiji Islands. The first shock hit around 51780 A M Honolulu time and a second followed two hours later as observers noted it the strongest since their arrival.
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Honolulu
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Fiji Islands
Laurie Burgess
Mitchum Faces Court After Grand Jury Indictment
Hollywood star Robert Mitchum to appear in Superior Court facing two narcotics counts after a grand jury indicted him for marijuana possession. Lila Leeds Vickie Evans Robin Ford also linked to the case. potential penalties range from 90 days to six years in prison. Attorney Jerry Giesler pledged a not guilty plea.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Lasteek
Mitchum
Jerry Giesler
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
San Quentin
Briggs Strike Idles 31,000 at Briggs and Packard Plants
A Briggs Manufacturing Co strike idled 31,000 Briggs and Packard Motor Car Co employees as 25,000 workers refused to cross early morning picket lines set up by striking plant guards. The C I O United Auto Workers members walked out in solidarity.
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Delroit VP
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs and Packard Motor Car Co
A. Briggs
United Auto Workers
U.S. Plans to Reopen Immigration Gates to Germans
Washington reports the United States will admit up to 25 957 Germans annually after mass registration in western occupation zones of Germany and Austria begins this month. State Dept officials say consular word will set the exact start as forms total 2 million. The bulk of applicants include displaced persons and Congress has authorized 205 000 admissions over two years and restoration of the prewar quota.
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Washington
Uni
Germany
Austria
State Department
Switzerland
Congress
Germans Kidnapped From Berlin City Hall During Siege
Soviet forces and police abducted 19 western sector police and a German photographer after a so called safe passage agreement. The seizure occurred near Berlin City Hall as a French convoy tried to move the officials to Soviet sector headquarters amid ongoing battle and protests.
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Berlin
Jean Ganeval
Alexander Kotikov
Not Too Old Says Fred erick de Cordova on Girls
Film director Fred erick de Cordova argues that modern girls are prudent due to taxes. A mother worries about an aged plutocrat paying for dances, while the daughter notes the man is too eligible to be considered old.
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Frederick de Cordova
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