President Truman Tours St Louis Flight Campaign
President Truman travels under heavy guard to St Louis to press for a bipartisan foreign policy and aid against Communist influence. He outlines plans to reach 1,200 radio and 76 TV stations, then flies to Kansas City and Independence for a Liberty Bell dedication and a Memorial speech.
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St. Louis
White House
William M. Hoyse, Jr
Democratic National
Jefferson Hotel
Kansas City
Mary Jane Truman
J. Vivian Truman
Grandview
Independence
Annecy
France
Truman
Blue Township
Memorial Auditorium
Washington
Manpower Limits Exemptions In Wartime Speech
Baltimore November 4 Maj Gen Lewis Hershey head of Selective Service warned that U S armed forces need about 3 000 000 men annually and that only roughly 1 050 000 young men become eligible each year He said exemptions for occupational or professional groups would reduce manpower to about 2 000 000 fewer than required and condemned deficit recruiting He spoke at a Maryland DC AFL Teachers meeting urging sacrifice to avoid defeat.
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Baltimore
Lewis
Hershey
Selective Service
United States
Maryland
Aged Doctor Killed On Eve Of Honor Ceremony
Dor Le Kite Wallis, longtime physician in Chincoteague Island VA, was killed instantly when his car collided with a truck near Princess Anne while returning from visiting his hospitalised sister. The Veterans of Foreign Wars post planned a civic award for his service, and his widow would receive it later. The town mourned as the planned ceremony became a tribute in his memory.
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Chincoteague Island
Suv
Dor Te Kites
Ixtand
Veterans of Foreign Ware Post
Reade
Atlanticity
Tildan le Kites Wallis
Princess Anne
Dor le Kite
Paul Merritt
Pe Qanqne
Amd
Merrit
Doe
Three Calls To Same Spot After Multiple Car Accidents
Nenyer reports three separate vehicle crashes on the bridge near St and Colorado Boulevard. Patrolman Paul M. Stockton took initial report at 7 30 a m then handled a second report at 9 14 a m and a third on four cars. Steavkten noted the bridge width in the account.
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Nenyer
Paul M. Stockton
Colorado Boulevard
ALS24 & Am
Steavkten
Bridge Ice Brief Strands Four-Career Tingle Report
Bridge coated with ice hinders travel as a rare report notes near impossibility to tingle more than four care at one time. The incident appears in the latest record.
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Beidge
Two Red Chinese Divisions Reported in Northwest Korea
The U S Eighth Army reports at least two Chinese divisions in northwestern Korea with possible larger numbers nearby. Northeast I Corps has identified and located two Chinese units, while high ranking Ninth Army officers estimate one to three times that many troops may be deployed along the Manchurian border. Intelligence notes no confirmed large scale Red China intervention in the war.
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Sth
U.S
China
Larser
Nin
Othe Hight
Korea
Whimperings Of Babe Saves Life
A nine year old girl took Janet Lea Mann from her carriage during noon recess to play with after school. The baby was placed in a trailer at a junk yard and nearly burned when police found her alive. The mother cried with relief and offered to buy the girl a doll. no charges were sought.
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Philadelphia
Janet Lea Mann
Eleanor Mann
Janet
William Diehl
Diehl
Mann
Mills Opposes Zoning Change
City council debate over North End zoning continues as Mayor Mills and several council members clash over shopping center plans. Knight defends his stance on sewer line extensions and local accountability while others call for another meeting. Antietam Co remains noncommittal as the Mayor remains silent.
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Knight
Elizabeth Street
Ha! &Erstown
Luther Broom
Jack Hellane
Melvin Jennings
Excent
Council Chamber
Frank Elliott
Antietam Co
Antietam Company
Potomac
Northern Avenues
Mills
The
Morning Herald
Red China Demand for Declaration of Intention in Washington
A terse report notes that a demand relating to Red China and a declaration of intention must be addressed in Washington, with officials weighing the appropriate action.
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Washington
Issues Clear In Tuesday's Election For Washington County
A Democratic slate urges voters to back Attorney General Hall Hammond for governor, Comptroller Tawes, and a full ticket for county offices. The piece highlights Edwards Ryan for circuit judge, Jack Hollyday for State's Attorney, and local county officials with emphasis on tax and budget concerns amid rising assessments and spending.
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Maryland
Hall Hammond
Millard Tawes
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Edward Ryan
Allegany County
Martin L. Ingram
Jack Hollyday
Washington County
Hollyday
State Senate
Harvey Miller
Clouse
House of Delegates
Howard Ankeney
Myron L. Bloom
Mary Stuart Bragh
William CC
Jjam Then
John B. Thiyett
Georre E. Snyder
Ankeney
Bloom
Kingett
Twcs
Republican Board of County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Winslow F. Burhans
Chester F. Delphey
George S. Fockler
van Smyre
E. Leister Molley
J. Guy Weagley
Hdward Oswald
Weagley
Oswald
Hard Ford
Register of Wills
Clyde Stouffer
Edward Rowland
Ami Saum
Lloyd K. Hoffman
Orphans’ Court
F. Nelson Elliott
Julian L. Oliver
Woman arraigned in Truman assassination plot in New York
Carmen Torresola widow of Griselio Torresola is charged with conspiracy to injure the President after a November 1 assassination attempt. She appeared at the Federal Courthouse in New York and was held on $50,000 bail en route to the Women’s House of Detention.
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Carmen Torresola
Griselio Torresola
Truman
Federal
New York
Detenton
Korean Communists claim large UN losses in area
London reports that Korean Communists claimed they killed or wounded 7490 United Nations officers and men. They said 2,000 were taken prisoner in the area.
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London
United Nations
Anm
Widow Torches Hunger Strike After Griselio Torresola Death
Carmen Torresola, widow of Griselio Torresola, began a hunger strike in a federal jail after arrest on conspiracy to injure the President. She expressed sympathy with the Blair House attack while her husband and Oscar Collazo, both Puerto Rican nationalists, were involved in the deadly incident. Collazo was wounded and hospitalized in Washington.
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New York
Truman
Carmen Torresola
Segret Service
Federal House of Detention
Forresola
U.S
Antorney
Griselio Torresola
Oscar Collazo
Washington
Blair House
Bill
Collazo
Air chartered Constellation missing near Geneva disaster feared
A chartered Constellation airliner traveling from Bombay to London with 40 East Indian sailors and crew reportedly crashed near Geneva airport. Rescue teams search the crash area as authorities confirm missing persons and possible fatalities.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Bombay
London
Travel Boom Says Americans Roam More Than Ever
Washington reports Americans are touring widely from Canada and Mexico to Hawaii Bermuda Puerto Rico Cuba and Europe with 400 000 expected to visit Europe as travel agents study rosy prospects Newell Grinnell cites the surge in outbound travel and predicts a seven to eight year expansion. In Indochina French troops retreat from positions near Hanoi evacuating Wubanh and outposts as defense lines around the Red River delta are adjusted.
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Washington
American Society of Travel Agents
Newell Grinnell
Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Europe
Saigon
Indochina
Hanoi
Wubanh
Red River Delta
Red China
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Marie Cecilia
Sue Gane
Claudia Scaleo
Rome
Church of St. Joseph
Vittorio Jannitti-Piromalle
Jannitth Piromallu
Claudia
Samuel C. Kaylor
Candifare
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown, Maryland
Northwest
Samuel M. Hoffman
the Orphan's Court
Eggbeater
U. S
Air Force
Buffalo
N.Y
Hugh A
Democratic
John B. Huyett
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