Storm Heads Toward Bahamas From Cuba Path
A hurricane with winds over 100 mph moved from Cuba toward the Bahama Islands east of Miami. Cuban plantations reported immense damage and up to 70 injuries were mentioned. The Miami Weather Bureau noted a slower movement and a near-circular path as the center lay about 155 miles south-southeast of Miami at 5 a.m. est, advancing north-northeast toward Bimini.
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Truth Squad to Start Tour Again
Sen. Francis H. Case says Republicans will launch a new truth squad tour in the last pre election week. He plans a Newcastle Wyoming speech tonight then joins a Chicago meeting Sunday as the effort tracks President Truman through Minnesota Iowa and Michigan.
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Truth Squad
Truman
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Francis H. Case
R-S
Case
Newcastle
Wyo
Chicago
President Truman Plans Forty More Campaign Talks
President Truman announced plans to deliver more than 40 speeches in seven states on the final leg of the whistle-stop campaign for Adlai E. Stevenson. He will depart Washington at 4 30 am Monday for a Midwest swing ending in St Louis where a major address is planned, then return to Independence to vote Democratic on November 4.
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Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
St. Louis
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Iowa Doctor Found After Two Days In Mine Pit
Dr. Francis Quinn a 61 year old Dubuque physician was found dazed and weak in a coal mine pit near Canton Illinois after two days missing. Holly Hopper a mine official located his car and Deputy Sheriff Glenn McMullin took him to Graham Hospital Canton where doctors suspected amnesia and shock.
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Dubuque
Here
Francis Quinn
Fairview
Holly Hopper
Fulton County
Glenn McMullin
Graham Hospital
John Deere Dealers Attend Program In YMCA Room
John Deere dealers from the area met in the YMCA Community room for an illustrated lecture titled This is Our Problem by a company official. The talk compared the advantages of democracy over socialism. Eighty six dealers attended and a buffet luncheon followed.
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Halloween Prankster Is Shot to Death in Indiana
Kenneth Hilgeman, 16, Welden, was killed Friday night while with classmates prank ticking windows at a home in Otwell Indiana Alvin Dick Phillips is jailed at Petersburg on open charges after firing a revolver shot in the back authorities say. Coroner Owen W D Harris said townspeople were angry and Phillips admits firing the shot but calls it an accident.
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Owen WD. Harris
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Harris
Kline Critiques Dem Farm Platform Over Controls
Washington reports Democratic farm platform deemed inadequate due to government controls. Allan Wline of the American Farm Bureau Federation argues the platform could enable price fixing and warns of dangers from government growth, noting Republican sentiment among Midwest farmers.
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Washington
Whiine
Minwest
Marriages Filed at Court House Today
Two marriage licenses issued this day to Clinton E. Boshart of Washington and Shirley Ann Yoder of Keota and to Joan Dean Sandburg of Winfield and Norma Barbara Horak of Ainsworth in the local court records.
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Clinton E. Boshart
Washington
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Keota
Joan Dean Sandburg
Winfield
Norma Barbara Horak
Ainsworth
Rites in Des Moines For F. M. Morrison
Funeral services were held for Frederick M. Morrison of Des Moines at 2:30 PM. He formerly lived in Washington and was married to Lucile Sanay. Morrison served as president of the Valley Bank & Trust Co. at his death and was born in Onawa on December 3, 1901. He worked in banks in Onawa and Sioux City and spent 12 years with the state banking department as a special examiner in charge of banks in receivership.
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Des Moines
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Washington
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Valley Bank & Trust Co
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Onawa
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State Banking Department
Eisenhower vows swift action to end Korea war
In Detroit Eisenhower pledges to go to Korea after election to pursue an early and honorable end to the war. He argues only a wholly new administration can deliver peace, challenging the Truman regime and claiming his presence is key to resolving the conflict.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Detroit
Eisenhower
Truman
Masonic ‘Temple
Russians Experiment With Rocket Jet Plane
London report says Russia tested a rocket jet fighter that vertical takeoffs and landings from forest clearings. Group Capt. Hugh Dundas cites CZ2B prototype from Polish Technical Institute via microfilm evidence.
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Russia
Hugh Dundas
London Daily Express
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Glowing Liverwurst Puzzle Baffles WI Police
A resident brought a sausage that glowed in the dark to police in Wisconsin. Laboratory analysis found phosphorescent bacteria lighting the liverwurst but posing no harm if eaten.
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Wis
Madison, Wis
Armistice Day Dinner At Leon Beatty Legion Post
Gold Star parents and veterans on furlough are invited to the annual Armistice day dinner by the Leon Beatty American Legion post and its auxiliary unit. Dinner at 6:30 in the Legion hall features turkey provided, with the rest of the meal potluck. Open to Legion members auxiliary members and families.
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Select Candidates For 4-H Offices
Countywide 4-H officer elections will highlight tonight’s Washington county jamboree at the YMCA. Nine boys and seven girls run, with the top votegetter named president, second highest named vice president, third secretary, and fourth historian.
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Washington County
Pancakes Instead of Wages Claimed by Farm Laborer
Henry Wandschneider of Shakopee Minnesota filed a wage claim for 10 450 dollars dating back to 1935 against the late David Raguet. He testified the employer promised higher pay but gave pancakes for breakfast for 17 years. Judge James Kehoe took the case under advisement.
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Henry Wandschneider
Shakopee
Minn
David Raguet
Wandschneider
James Kehoe
Warren Will Speak In Audubon Tonight
Gov. Warren of California speaks tonight in Audubon for Eisenhower. About 1,500 attend expected at the city auditorium for a GOP dinner honoring Warren, who is on a 17 state campaign tour and will also speak in Mismarck, North Dakota Monday after departing Tennessee.
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Wari Warren
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Stevenson Pledges Roosevelt Policies in Campaign Route
Adlai Stevenson vowed to uphold Franklin D Roosevelt policies wherever challenged during a speech prepared for Poughkeepsie New York after Hyde Park and breakfast with Eleanor Roosevelt. In Washington Hiram Hunn of Des Moines will headline a YMCA panel on election issues with high school assemblies and YWCA discussions throughout the day.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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WHO Round Table
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Work To End Coal Walkout
Washington reports that Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam met with Wage Stabilization Board members to weigh a petition to overrule a 40 cent cut from a 1.90 daily wage hike negotiated by the United Mine Workers.
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Rutnam
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New York City
Grass and leaf fire vs. response at 803 North Eighth Avenue
Firefighters were dispatched to 803 North Eighth Avenue to extinguish a grass and leaf blaze reported today. The incident prompted a quick response with no injuries or further damage reported.
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Germans May Be Flying Red Planes in Korea
Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg US Air Force chief of staff says he believes Soviet pilots are in MiG 15 jets aiding UN forces in Korea with possible German participation. He notes Air Force estimates cannot confirm actual pilots but suspects a mix of Russians Chinese North Koreans and perhaps Germans.
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Paris
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U.S
United Nations
Korea
Air
South Koreans Win Back Sniper Ridge
South Korean infantrymen recaptured the peak on Sniper Ridge after an initial loss to a 1,000-man Chinese assault. Heavy artillery and mortar fire later forced a withdrawal, but the ROKs counterattacked and regained the summit in five hours of combat before being driven off again by intensified barrages.
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Youth Assistant at Work in Extension Office in Washington
Jim Elliott of Keytesville Missouri has begun work as youth assistant at the county extension office in Washington. He previously served five years as veterans instructor in Nevada Missouri and recently completed a short course at Iowa State College. Elliott is a University of Missouri graduate in farm management with extensive work in an obal anced farming course and has done graduate work at Missouri. He served three years in World War II as a radio operator and gunner aboard a B 24.
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Nevada
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Missouri
4-H Club Leaders to Meet Here Monday
Washington county 4-H club leaders gather at the farm Bureau building Monday evening for a leadership training course. They will receive guidance on conducting club programs and projects for the year ahead.
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Washington County
Farm Bureau
UN Defeats Move to Seat Chinese Communists at Assembly
United Nations General Assembly votes 45 to 6 to postpone all questions of Chinese representation amid charges that the Chinese Communist regime is a Soviet puppet. Soviet delegate accuses the Nationalist allies of illegitimate credentials as Byelorussia Ukraine Poland and others back the delay.
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Avomidlang Group
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Ukraine
Poland
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Burma
Muppet
Arrest Made In Three Man Gang Robberies Kidnappings
FBI agents and Tennessee state patrol arrested Virgil E. Lemay a Nashville teen accused of taking part in a three man gang robbery and kidnapping spree that spanned the south. Lemay says he was forced to participate with an empty gun. Other members remain at large as authorities tighten the search.
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Nashville
Tenn
FBI
Alfred Means
Virgil E. Lemay
Means
Lemay
James Gill
See Further Rise In Cost of Living
Government economists predict a continued rise in the cost of living after a small September dip. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the consumer price index slipped 0.2 percent from August to September, but officials say the dip is not a reversal and inflationary pressures remain, likely reappearing in November.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Feary
Econom
Man Held on AWOL Charge After Sheriff Pickup
John Kelly was held in the Washington county jail after being picked up by the sheriff's office last night. He is jailed on orders from army authorities who report him AWOL.
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Washington County
Sheriff’s Office
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