Shanghai Typhoon Ravages City Killing and Wrecking Homes
A violent typhoon menaced Shanghai and the North China coast after smashing U S military installations on Okinawa. At least 20 were killed and 70 injured in Shanghai as 70 mph winds toppled huts and displaced about 200000 homeless. Floodwaters several feet deep swamped the commercial district. recovery followed as the storm receded. Local papers called it Shanghai’s worst storm since 1915.
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Japan
Shanghai
Debate Pact With Fists Rattles French Assembly
In Paris the national assembly broke into a free for all as deputies fought on the floor during the marathon debate on ratifying the North Atlantic Pact. The scuffle halted proceedings for about 15 minutes in the lobbies after President Edouard Herriot suspended the session.
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Paris
National Assembly
Assembly
Edouard Herriot
Reds accuse Yugoslavia over Soviet detainees
London dispatch reports Moscow radio accusing Yugoslavia of imprisoning flogging and torturing 31 Soviet citizens living in Yugoslavia and demanding their immediate release from prison.
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London
Russia
Yugoslavia
Moscow Radio
Doctor Balderston Back To Practice After Self-Performed Appendix
Telluride Colorado report says Dr. George C Balderston 30 resumed practice Tuesday after removing his own appendix Sunday in American Legion hospital while in near sitting position. Dr Richard G Gladman of Uravan injected spinal anesthetic and assisted during the operation, calling it one of the smoothest ever performed.
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Telluride
Colo
George C. Balderston
Balderston
American Legion Hospital
Richard G. Gladman
Uravan
Pioneer Day Toll Eight Dead in Utah Weekend
A three day Pioneer Day weekend in Utah ended with eight fatalities and over a dozen injuries from traffic crashes, a drowning, and an airplane crash. Heat exhaustion hit parade spectators in Salt Lake City while minor injuries dotted the holiday drive. Notable deaths include Ruth Ann Johnson of Midway on U S Highway 40 near Heber and a three car wreck near Laramie Wyoming that claimed Mrs. O F Hottinger wife of Salt Lake City’s mayoral aide. Twenty year old J E Warburton of Salt Lake City is held for investigation in the Heber crash.
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Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Heber
Utah
Ruth Ann Johnson
Midway
U. S. Highway 40
Wasatch County
Eugene Payne
J. E. Warburton
Laramie
Wyo
O. F. Hottinger
Hottinger
Truman steel wage board opens hearings amid chicanery claims
The Truman fact finding board began hearings in New York to resolve the steel wage dispute with management and labor accusing each other of chicanery. Representatives from 64 steel companies and the United Steelworkers met in a procedural session in the federal courtroom. John A. Stephens of U.S. Steel said the position covered only six subsidiaries while CIO President Murray argued Benjamin Fairless signed as corporation president for all units.
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New York
Truman
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
U.S
Alger Hiss
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
CIO
Phillip Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Arthur Goldberg
Federal judge orders new trial in Walcher privacy suit
U.S. District Judge George H. Moore cancelled a $290,000 jury award to Beulah Greenwalt Walcher of Denver against Loew's for They Were Expendable. A new trial was ordered after deeming actual and punitive damages excessive. Walcher, who identified as Peggy from the book, claimed the film misrepresented a non existent romance with an Army officer on Bataan.
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St, Louis
ULP
Beulah Greenwalt Walcher
Denver
Colo
Loew’s Incorporated
George H. Moore
Missouri
Moore
Tideland oil accord near ready in Washington
Speaker Sam Rayburn said a tidelands control bill is nearly ready after talks with Attorney General Tom Clark Interior Secretary J A Krug and representatives from Texas Louisiana and California. The plan is to have legislation prepared this week with management provisions still under debate.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Eden
Tom Clark
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Texas
Louisiana
California
Driver License Delays In Boise Officials State Slow Form Delivery
Boise reports 20,000 driver licenses are backlogged as the state law enforcement commissioner R C Lewis cites slow delivery of forms. The department handles issuing licenses to motorists.
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BOISE
R. C. Lewis
Note Found In Old Bottle May Be Key To Fortune
San Francisco man Jack J. Wurm discovers a scrap of paper inside a corked bottle on Ocean Beach. The note references a share of a 12 million estate left by Daisy Alexander daughter of Isaac Singer and names attorney Barry Cohen. Wurm awaits word from London amid ongoing Daisy will search dating back 40 years.
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San Francisco
London
Singer
Jack J. Wurm
Palo Alto
Barry Cohen
Daisy Alexander
Daisy
Cohen
Wurm
Isaac Singer
Ocean Beach
Playland
Posse Shoots Suspect Dead in Groveland Case
In Florida a large posse with bloodhounds tracked and shot dead a Black man believed to be Ernest Thomas, the fourth man sought for the Groveland rape. The incident followed three days of terrorism as three others were arrested and indicted. The body was said to be taken to Groveland.
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Shady Grove
Fla
Ernest Thomas
Groveland
Florida
A. W. Knowles
Oldest Idaho jewelry store sells synthetic rubies as gems
Synthetic rubies are scientifically made and identical to natural ones in chemical content color and hardness. Simulated rubies are glass and easily chipped. The firm of gem experts and specialists warns buyers to distinguish lab grown stones from glass imitations.
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Idaho
Foreign Investors Ready for $2 Billion Annual Outlay Abroad
Noel Sargent of the National Association of Manufacturers said on Tuesday that American capitalists are prepared to invest about $2,000,000,000 yearly in foreign nations after the Marshall Plan expires. The statement was reported from Hamilton, New York by United Press.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Noel Sargent
National Association of Manufacturers
Blackfoot Hospital Bids Opened for Utility Building
The public works department opened bids for a state hospital utility building in Blackfoot. Low bid was 363830 from C. B. Locke Construction Co. of Boise. Other bids included Brennan and Cahoon of Pocatello 388309 and Kloepfer and Gramkow of Boise 394933.
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Boise
Public Works Department
State Hospital
South, Blackfoot
C. B. Locke Construction Co
Brennan and Cahoon
Pocatello
Kloepfer and Gramkow
Red Troops Break Nationalist Lines Near Canton
Report from Canton says Communist forces breached major Nationalist defenses in Changsha area and marshal law will be imposed in Nanking as Reds drive toward Hengyang, threatening the capital and the last gov ernment stronghold between them.
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Hong Kong
Changsha
Canton
Hengyang
Frats Yield Loot In Police Raids Berkeley
Berkeley police raid UC frater nities to reclaim items collected yearly. Loot includes twelve street signs seventy red lanterns of warning type and seventeen assorted shingles from doctors lawyers and dentists offices.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Local model plane meet draws 100 entrants for prizes in Boise
Eight local enthusiasts plan to attend the Plymouth dealer sponsored model meet in Boise this weekend. The event offers 44 trophies two trips to Detroit and a $300 Idaho college scholarship. Free flight Saturday near Gowen Field and U control Sunday at Public School Field.
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Boise
G. Gregoire
J. C. Blair
M. A. Bullock
W. P. Busby
Ken Graveline
Bob Graveline
Robert Facer
A. C. Taylor
Don Selvino
Lynn Hawkins
Fred Dalton Jr
Detroit
Idaho
C. D. Ewing
Gowen Field
U-con
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