Hurricane 100 MPH Winds Hit Florida Keys and Inland
A hurricane with 100 mph winds moved over Lake Okeechobee toward central Florida citrus country. Two people died and many were injured as the storm battered the Keys and Miami. Eyewall passed near Clewiston and Merritts Island. the center was expected to move into the Atlantic near Melbourne by nightfall. Red Cross reports 8,300 staying in shelters. 53,000 could be fed. Power outages and floodwaters disrupted daily life as efforts continued to shelter, protect, and recover.
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Lake Okeechobee
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Florida Keys
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Merritts Island
Weather Bureau
Clewiston
United States
Key West
Truman
White House
Everglades City
Red Cross
Navy
General Eisenhower
Ted Williams
Citrus
William John Evans
Totem Surf Club
Miami Beach
Brown
Ben J. Kincaid
Coconut Grove
Improbable clash over Monopolies in Dewey era policy
Promised in his Des Moines speech, Governor Dewey would confront a major test as he seeks to curb monopoly and defend America’s enterprise system. Marquis Childs notes this looming White House challenge, detailing the potential political strain and policy stakes ahead.
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Dewey
Des Moines
White House
Marquis Childs
Burglaries Net $600 Cash and Diamond Ring
Police report three break ins last night yielding $600 in cash and jewelry. At Chateau Hotel 1632 N Salina St $195 vanished from a back bar, a jar held $52 and a cigar box $133, plus $10 cash from a register. A white gold half carat diamond ring and cash were taken from Mrs Bernice Carson’s home 438 Tallman Jr after a rear door was found open. GMAC office in Syracuse Kemper Building lost $97.80 in cash. doors found open by staff.
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William Sushereba
Chateau Hotel
N. Salina St
Frank Weber
Weber
Bernice Carson
Tallman Jr
Richard Haley
Francis Carroll
John Brolan
John Ludgate
Fall Frost Marks First Day of Fall in Local Forecast
The local Weather Bureau reports a light frost after the last day of summer with a new record low for the date at 85.6 degrees at 7 AM. Chief Meteorologist Andrew Keller notes the frost was light and unlikely to affect pollen, with another light frost possible tonight. Fall begins at 11:22 PM, and tomorrow is expected to be sunny and cool with a high near 68.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Andrew Keller
Keller
Butter Dips Again on Chicago Market
Grade butter on the Chicago market slid three cents today, extending this week’s decline to seven cents. Ninety-three score, double A butter traded at 76 cents on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with prices easing to 72 and then to 69 cents in subsequent sessions.
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Chicago
Una
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Acting mediator guarded as Sternists threaten Bunche
Reliable sources say Stern gang members threaten the life of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, acting United Nations mediator in Palestine, after Count Folke Bernadotte was assassinated in Jerusalem. Bunche and top aides are under heavy guard by Jewish police. Bernadotte had earlier declined guard protection.
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Haifa
Israel
Stern Gang
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Bunche
Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Bernadotte
GOP Democrats Won Better Conservation
The Associated Press reports a heated national debate on natural resources as Truman and Dewey clash over Western reclamation and soil conservation. Truman accuses Republicans of exploitation. cites only 28 Western reclamation projects after 12 years. Concluded on Page 6.
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Associated Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Salt, Lake City
Coolidge
Hoover
Driver Naps Waiting for Green Light in Portland
A 31 year old Frank A Staeger fell asleep at the wheel at a traffic light in Portland delaying movement as horns sounded and police later found him still at rest.
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Portland
Ore
Frank A. Staeger
Staeger
City Transit Firm Denied Token Package Change
The Public Service Commission denied Syracuse Transit Corporation a rehearing on a four for 30 cent token package and rejected six for 45 cents. The firm argued the six token package would boost revenue without a fare rise, claiming about 610000 dollars in expenses were overlooked. Commissioner Neal Brewster said the items had been considered previously.
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Public Service. Commission Today
Syracuse Transit Corporation
P.S.C
Syracuse
Neal Brewster
Arabs Kill American in Jerusalem Ambush
Israel reports Arabs ambushed a Jerusalem bound convoy including a White United Nations jeep killing an American technician and three Jews. United Nations identified the American as John Locke Lewis of Philadelphia. The ambush occurred at 2 P.M. near the Latrun pumping station on the road to Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
United Nations
John Locke Lewis
Philadelphia
Latrun
UN Jeep
Bevin says Western powers not yet at war with Russia
London report cites Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin telling the House of Commons there is no stage of war with the Soviet Union over the German issue. He accused Russia of plotting to starve Berlin, while stressing Western unity and ongoing consultations in Paris after reviewing Berlin and Germany policy.
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Russia
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Yugoslav heirs seek food for $100,000 estate in Los Angeles
Fred W. Axe as executor for Dimitri Popov asks a California court to convert part of a $100,000 estate into food for the elderly Popoff parents. The Popoffs say money is devalued in Belgrade and they are selling possessions to buy food. The case, linked to Ivan Dennis who died last May in Pasadena, is set for hearing by Superior Court Judge Newcomb Condee on October 15.
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Fred W. Axe
Dimitri Popov
Darja
Ivan Popoff
Axe
Popofigs
Belgrade
Ivan Dennis
Pasadena
Superior Court
Newcomb Condee
Jury Duty Avoidance by a Politician's Wife
Harriet Giddings of Apulia rearmed today and faced Supreme Court juror duties. She claimed farm chores and child care prevented service while her husband Fay Giddings, a town assessor and politician, was rarely home. Justice Sears refused to excuse her and ordered seven days of service with arranged transportation.
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Harriet Giddings
Apulia
Supreme Court
Clifford VW. Sears
Justice Searl
Taxi Driver Dies After Two Car Crash in Plainville
Leslie A Williams 59 of 403 Southav. died at 3 AM after a two car collision at James and Catherine streets. He exited the taxi, walked a short distance and collapsed from a likely fractured skull. Driver George W Weeks 47 of Bloomsburg Pa. was uninjured. Weeks’ passenger Helen Luscovich 30 of South Bay suffered a temple laceration. Williams leaves a widow, two sons, two daughters, a sister and a brother. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Schumacher Mason funeral home. Burial in Plainville Cemetery.
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Leslie A. Williams
Southav
James and Catherine Sts
Williams
Model Taxi Co
S. State St
George W. Weeks
Bloomsburg
James St
Catherine St
Weeks
Helen Luscovich
South Bay
Clara Hornung Williams
William A
Leslie J. Williams
Georgia E
Alice J. Williams
James H. Williams
South Butler
Alice Clay
Howard J. Williams
Schumacher & Mason Funeral Home
Claude Leyfield
Trinity Episcopal Church
Plainville Cemetery
Strikes in France Build to Two Hour General Walkout
Snowballing strikes in Paris and across France will culminate Friday with a two hour nationwide general walkout called by Communist and non Communist unions.
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Paris
France
UN Assembly clashes as Vishinsky attacks disunity
At the United Nations, Andrei Vishinsky accused certain delegations of seeking to sow disunity after the West outvoted the East in organizational elections. The Soviet bid to remove Italy and other nations from the agenda was vetoed, and Russia and its satellites won only two of 14 steering committee seats. The session closed amid Western delays on Berlin as France pressed for another note to Moscow.
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Russia
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
Italy
Jose Arce
Argentina
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Assembly
Radio Moscow
Berlin
France
Moscow
Group Fined $152,000 in anti trust case dissolves
Federal Judge Edward A. Conger fined the Brake Lining Manufacturers Association Inc of New York, 17 corporate members and nine individuals a total of 1520000 after they withdrew innocent pleas and pled to three criminal indictments. The association is ordered dissolved and defendants abandon alleged illegal practices. The indictments allege three conspiracies to fix prices discounts classifications of customers and terms and conditions of sales on replacement brake linings and clutch facings.
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NEW York CP
Edward A. Conger
Praise and a banker’s rebuke in a grafter tale
The quote opens with Julian Street urging praise for the deserving and warns against praising the undeserving. A banker confronts a broker after he compared Smithson to a busy bee, asking what was meant. The broker explains that Smithson’s touch stings everyone he handles.
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Smithson
Busy Bee
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