Airliner With 50 On Board Burns In Utah
A United Airlines four engine plane with 50 aboard crashed and burned near Bryce Canyon Utah amid an attempt at a forced landing after tail fire. Pilot Capt E L MacMillen and co pilot 43 survived? flight crew and stewardesses named. fate of passengers not immediately learned.
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Bryce Canyon
Utah
United Airlines
Salt Lake City
Sam Kellogg
E. L. MacMillen
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Kellogg
MacMillen
Griesbach
Shirley Hickey
Helen Morrissey
Dramatic precrash tale outlined for Utah DC-6 crash
Chicago dispatch summarizes the dramatic events preceding the United Air Lines DC-6 crash near Bryce Canyon Utah on Friday. The full reveal appears in the AIRLINER section on page 15 with continuation of the story.
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Chicago
United Airlines
Baruch On WWII Mobilization Flaws and Losses
Bernard Baruch told the Senate war investigating committee that World War II losses in lives and money resulted from a repeated World War I mobilization error. He urged an all encompassing price control law and lamented piecemeal controls that failed to prevent inflation.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate War Investigating Committee
Armed Services
Baruch
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
War Industries Board
Two Police Shot. Gunman Captured Near Yuma
John Alexander Picard, 27, identified as an armed-robbery suspect, shot two Yuma police officers Doyle Breech and Ray Snailum, after a pursuit ending 20 miles southeast of Yuma. He surrendered in a desert jeep chase with Deputy Sheriff Sylvester Villa and FBI and immigration agents present, ending a wide regional manhunt.
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Yuma
John Alexander Picard
Desert
Here
Doyle Breech
Harold Breech
Ray Snailum
Breech
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Casa Grande
Picard
U. S. Highway 80
Sylvester Villa
Villa
FBI
Lewis Ingraham
U.S. Immigration
Tom Nolan
Joe Redondo
Snailum
California
Arizona
Gila Bend
Maricopa County
Turkey accuses Russia of psychological aggression in UN debate
In Lake Success on October 24 Turkey charged Russia with psychological aggression nefarious propaganda and warmongering in a UN debate. Chief Delegate Selim Sarper blamed Soviet radio and press for turning Turks against the United States amid Truman aid program tensions.
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Lake Success
Turkey
Russia
United States
Selim Sarper
United Nations
Soviet
Ukraine
Andéret Y. Vishinsky
Greece
Sarper
United Nations Assembly
Travel Officials Elect New Officers and Expand Membership
The National Association of Travel Officials elected Everett Greaton of Augusta Maine as president, succeeding J Herbert Walker of Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Joseph A Bursey of Santa Fe and Manley Robison of Salem Oregon were named vice presidents. The by laws were amended to allow those engaged in manufacturing processing or sale of travel merchandise to apply for membership.
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Chicago
National Association of Travel Officials
Everett Greaton
Augusta
J. Herbert Walker
Harrisburg
Joseph A. Bursey
Santa Fe
Manley Robison
Salem
Ore
UMW Vice-President John O’Leary In Critical Condition
Doctors at St Luke's hospital said John O’Leary vice-president of the United Mine Workers was in critical condition after his heart ailment worsened. He was admitted last Saturday and deteriorated Thursday into a serious state.
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San Francisco
St. Luke’s Hospital
John O'Leary
United Mine Workers’ Union
UFL
O’leary
Forest Fire Toll Across New England Rises
Across New England fires killed nine, left vast destruction and more than $26 million in losses. Maine bore seven deaths, evacuations surged, Bar Harbor faced an $8 million loss. Augusta estimated statewide economic catastrophe at $25 million. Massachusetts and Vermont reported deaths and county losses as flames moved through multiple districts.
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Associated Press
New England
Maine
Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Coast Guard
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Walter Damrosch
Henry Morgenthau
Augusta
Biddeford
Portland
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Burbank
Pittsfield
Sturbridge
Royalston-Winchendon
Palmer
New Hampshire
Rochester
Hampstead
White Mountains
Ammonoosuc
White Mountains National Forest
Vermont
Connecticut
State Forester
New England Fires Ravage Seven Communities
Winds fanned forest blazes around Bar Harbor and six other towns in a sweeping disaster. The death toll stood at nine with property damage exceeding 26 million dollars as crews battled the flames through the night. Details continued on page 15.
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Bar Harbor
New England
Walt Disney alleges union leader used labor board to fit needs
Walt Disney testified before the House committee on un American activities claiming Herbert Sorrell used the national labor relations board as it suited him. He said Communists instigated a strike at Disney studios and took over artists, with Sorrell threatening a smear campaign and a dust bowl.
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Washington
Walt Disney
Congress
Hollywood
National Labor Relations Board
Disney
Mickey Mouse
Herbert K. Sorrell
House Committee On un-American Activities
Sorrell
Labor Board
Disney Studios
Burbank
Calif
League of Women Voters
Truman Plans Radio Address On New U S Food Controls
The president will report to the nation on radio about compelling reasons for a congressional session. Initial policy aims focus on power to allocate grain and scarce commodities to domestic users with export allowances. Sen Flanders advocates voluntary meat limits, with possible legal allocations then rationing and price controls if needed.
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Washington
Sen. Barkley
Sen. Flanders
Senate-House
Flanders
Leaders Favor Extra Session In Truman Call
Congressional leaders largely back the Presidents decision to convene a special session though Republicans split on the approach. House Speaker Martin hopes Republicans may craft their own foreign aid plan while Rep Halleck notes holes in the 642 million estimate for France and Italy.
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Washington
Sen. Taft
Senate
Truman
House
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
France
Italy
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
New York
Europe
Arizona Senators Question Emergency Session Over Marshall Plan
In Phoenix on October 24, Senators Hayden and McFarland voiced relief that the President called Congress into a special session. Hayden hoped senate appropriations hearings on the Marshall plan could occur before the session, and McFarland advocated careful progress and pushed for early consideration of price ceilings on exports to stabilize prices and boost domestic demand.
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Phoenix
U.P
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Ernest W. McFarland
Congress
Sen. Hayden
Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
Sen. McFarland
Soviet Campaign to Repatriate Russians Seen Worldwide
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports on a covert Soviet effort to repatriate Russians abroad. Thousands return from France, the U.S., Canada, South America, China, Ethiopia, and the Middle East, with families and possessions, as Moscow funds homes and jobs upon renouncing birth nations. Yugoslavia mirrors the program.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Canada
United States
South America
China
France
Ethiopia
Middle East
Russia
Yugoslavia
M'Kenzie
Inflation controls revival eyed by Truman
President Truman may ask Congress to revive time payment curbs and grant authority to ration grain and scarce materials to industry. A first move likely entails allocation of scarce wheat and corn to key industries and exports to ease the European food and fuel crisis.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Nourse Council
Nourse
Aid Plans Not Finalized for Europe Marshall Plan Funds
The administration has not finalized recommendations for aid to France and Italy for Oct 1 to Mar 31. France needs 357 million and Italy 285 million, with an additional 400 million for occupied areas. Congressional action may be delayed until January.
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Washington
Europe
France
Italy
Truman
Congress
United States
Germany
Japan
Korea
Austria
Thirty-Five Rescued From Lifeboats After Tanker Fire
In Monterey California on October 24 thirty five crew members of the burning Sparrow's Point were rescued from lifeboats by the coast guard cutter Minnetonka. Four crew members remain missing though the captain says they may still be aboard. The Sparrow's Point collided with the Manx Fisher in fog off Point Sur when a fire broke out forward of the bridge.
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Monterey
Calif
Sparrow's Point
Coast Guard
Minnetonka
Colina
Richfield Oil Company
Manx Fisher
Point Sur
California
Truman calls special session as Paris papers split
Paris papers front Truman move on November 17 with mixed editorials. Franc Tireur argues Truman favors Ramadier over DeGaulle and notes potential effects on next week’s voting and acceptance of Marshall plans.
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Paris
Truman
Congress
Franc Tireur
Ramadier
DeGaulle
Washington
New Soviet Envoy Replaces Novikov in Washington
Moscow radio announced Nikolai V. Novikov is removed as Soviet ambassador to Washington and will be succeeded by Alexander Panyushkin, former ambassador to China. No reason given. Panyushkin holds the Order of Lenin and served as ambassador to China from 1943 to 1945.
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London
Nikolai V. Novikov
Washington
Moscow Radio
Alexander
Panyushkin
China
Moscow
Novikov
Chicago Council of
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Stockholm
United Nations
Gromyko
President Truman to address nation on Nov. 17 session
President Truman announced a special session of Congress for November 17 to tackle a one billion dollar European aid and domestic inflation crisis. He will broadcast the report at 8 p.m. MST and outline a three point program for Republican led lawmakers.
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Washington
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
John M. Hightower
Truman
Congress
Europe
Capital News Skids Grains on Truman Call
Chicago grain prices fell across the board after President Truman called for a special congress session to address export and domestic price issues. Wheat, corn, and oats opened lower with mild rallies only. traders eyed potential government action and an allocation system.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Truman
Congress
Commission
Washington
U. S
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