Navy Planes Race Here To Escape Hurricane
Twenty five to perhaps considerably more naval patrol planes head toward Syracuse this afternoon to escape a Atlantic coast hurricane. James J. Walsh Syracuse Municipal Airport manager says the first planes should land about 2 30 P M. The 25 craft sail from Norfolk Va, including 15 PBY amphibious ships and 10 two engine Beechcraft and Cessna planes. Walsh notes a storm warning service has issued a preliminary hurricane alert for the Atlantic Seaboard from Vero Beach to Cape Hatteras as a precaution.
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General Wyche Returns From Italy Food and Crowding Probes
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche Army inspector general arrived home from Italy where he assessed conditions following reports of poor food and crowded GI living quarters and excesses among officers under Gen. John C. H. Lee in the Mediterranean theater.
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Autumn cold snap ends Syracuse heat spell with showers
A strong cold front from Toledo to Indiana moves toward Syracuse, bringing a sharp temperature drop and scattered thundershowers. High near 86 today, 54 tonight, cooler by Tuesday with a high around 70. Winds up to 50 mph and storm warnings issued for the Great Lakes region.
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Britain Sells Gold to U S
The Bank of England sold gold valued at 380 million to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Treasury officials said the £20 million sale from government reserves is the first such transaction since the remaining 400 million of the 3.75 billion American loan was frozen on August 20, when Britain suspended sterling conversion to dollars.
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Further Tax Boost Seen in Britain
Predictions from an authoritative British government source indicate another tax increase to curb inflation. The emergency budget, likely to be presented by Chancellor Hugh Dalton after Parliament opens on October 20, is expected to include these hikes.
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Hugh Dalton
Communists retreat in disorder near Hsiunghsien
Nationalist Gen. Chen Chang-Hai reported that Communist forces attacking Hsiunghsien and other towns in the Paoting area were retreating in disorder, with Nationalist ground and air forces in pursuit.
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Boy, 14, admits slaying playmate in Newark case
A 14 year old boy, Fred Walter Smigelski, allegedly confessed to the garroting murder of 11 year old John Preston Jr in an abandoned Harrison warehouse. He said he killed to prove he was no sissy, planning the act amid maternal demands and a ransom note found at home. The boy, held at his Bayonne home without charges, gave a statement to the FBI after his father brought him to headquarters. A second ransom note was mailed to the Prestons the day after the boy was reported missing. The full story continues on Page 8.
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Marshall Warns Russia To Cooperate Or Face World Judgment
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged Russia to cooperate with the United Nations or accept possible world judgment. As world leaders gathered in New York for the opening session of the UN Assembly, he warned against obstruction and aggression by any member, stressing the Charter’s potential to overcome stalemates. John Foster Dulles echoed that governments risk grave penalties for defying moral judgment, as the assembly begins tomorrow.
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Business Suits OK At Royal Wedding
In London a royal wedding milestone is set as Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten wed in Westminster Abbey on November 20. The Lord Chamberlain announced that business suits will be proper dress by royal order, with morning dress or uniforms also approved for men, and guests will wear morning dress with hats. Previous practice required court or full dress uniforms for such events.
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Plot to Kill Benes Nipped in Slovakia
The Slovak interior ministry announced a thwarted plot to overthrow President Eduard Benes and assassinate him, with 80 ringleaders arrested. Many accused were said to be government employees, and the case hinges on a confession by a former Vinsov band terrorist who served with German forces. An interior inquiry probes links to last week’s bomb attempts on Jan Masaryk Petr Zenkl and Prokop Drtina.
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Girl Dies in Fire in Queens Home
Five year old Henrietta Manadactus died from smoke inhalation after a fire swept through the bedroom where she slept with her brothers in their Ozone Park house. Brother Peter Manadactus was overcome but revived.
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Army Tests New King-Size Bomb
The Army will limit the first test of its new 42000 pound king-size bomb to a dud missile drop from an aircraft with later blast experiments planned from fixed ground positions. Army Air Force and Army Ordnance experts say the initial task is to release the bomb safely and map its fall pattern to a target.
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Paris and Moscow ceremonies mark end of war
Formal peace arrives for five Nazi satellites Italy Finland Hungary Bulgaria and Romania as Paris and Moscow deposit instruments ending eight year war. In Trieste celebrations, mobs clash injuring several. a British couple attacked amid Italian-Slovene tensions in the free zone dispute.
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Boy Falls 35 Feet From Window in Denver
A two year old, Richard Salas, toppled from a second story window in his Denver home. He survived a 35 foot fall with only facial bruises, after a similar incident at age one. Doctors say injuries are minor and treatment not specified.
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Missing in Shipwreck Toll in Firth of Clyde
Glasgow reports twenty people, mostly women or children, either dead or missing after the excursion boat Ocean sank Sunday night in heavy seas off the firth of Clyde. Only three of 23 aboard the seaforth motor cutter survived. A family of five was among the missing. Rescue efforts, abandoned at midnight, resumed this morning across a two mile wide stretch where the craft went down after a gale. A body found in the water confirmed casualties.
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Chuckle on film progress and scent remark in The Woman
Hawley R. Everhart notes a contrast in impressions as money figures frame a movie. One observer praises rapid progress in films over a few years while the other quips that first they moved then talked and now this one smells, reflecting humorous critique.
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Evacuation Orders as Honshu Floods Rise
Hundreds of families flee Honshu as torrential rains swell toward a typhoon. Evacuees include households of First Cavalry Division artillery units in Ota, located 65 miles north of Tokyo. No casualties reported as the Tonegawa River overflows, flooding areas and washing out bridges and railroad tracks.
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Dominicans Break With Franco Recall from Madrid
The Dominican Republic withdrew its minister from Madrid in line with a 1946 United Nations Assembly recommendation against Franco’s regime. Argentina remains the sole UN member not complying as the 1947 New York Assembly looms.
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Thirty Moslems Die in Amritsar Convoy Attack
A convoy of bullock carts fleeing communal violence was attacked 18 miles north of Amritsar. Thirty Moslem refugees were killed and 80 were wounded in the incident during the unrest in the region.
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Grimethorpe miners resume work after unauthorized walkout
In Grimethorpe England striking coal miners returned to work today ending an unauthorized walkout that began August 11. The action spread to 59 Yorkshire pits and deepened the nation's economic crisis as unions pressured for concessions in a tense industrial dispute.
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Government urges voluntary cut in U S food use
The Agriculture Department announced a nationwide effort to curb U S food consumption to ensure supplies for the world this winter. Acting Secretary Norris E Dodd, returning from a UN FAO meeting in Geneva, said Americans must eat less meat, pork and dairy products, a plan to be voluntary to avoid shortages abroad.
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Higbee pledges action on price fixing in New York
U S Attorney Irving J. Higbee announced vigorous investigations into price fixing in the Northern District of New York following the Attorney General’s directive. He said anti trust laws would be enforced in applicable cases and that district attorneys would pursue collusive pricing as part of broader efforts to curb rising living costs.
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Palace of Nations in Geneva Emphasizes One World Dream
Marquis Childs reflects in editorial on the League of Nations era at Geneva Switzerland. The column frames the palace as a monument to a one world dream as diplomats grapple with vast international readjustment challenges. Page references noted for comics, horoscopes, and sections.
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