Seattle Rent Strike Plan Abandoned Amid Conspiracy Warning
Seattle landlords ended a mass refusal to rent vacant apartments after Lloyd Shorett, King County prosecutor, warned of criminal conspiracy charges. Pioneer group leader J. H. Totten met with Shorett and said the move avoids illegal actions. 40 county units previously held vacant could be rented if OPA ceilings end.
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Seattle
King County
Lloyd Shorett
J. H. Totten
Pioneer
Shorett
Tottem
Northwest Veterans Organizations
Spain Issue Before UN For Action
The United Nations discussed Franco Spain with a call to end dictatorial regimes linked to fascist intervention. Dr Felix Nieto del Rio of Chile urged a formal UN debate on ways to unseat Franco and establish a free Spain.
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Flushing
Franco
Spain
Felix Nieto del Rio
Chile
General Assembly
Norway
Assembly
Francisco Franco
del Rio
Paul Henri Spaak
Russia
Beistle Nelson and Mark Peidel Attended Baptist Dinner
The article notes Beistle Nelson and Mark Peidel at a Baptist dinner on Oct. and mentions visitors from Grove Iowa and Muscatine. It covers a banquet with T T T club members and lists attendees including Frances Bloomfield Irene Brighton and others. The piece also reports a fatal collision on Highway No. 1 west of Brighton involving Dunkelberger and a semi truck, with sheriff H M Putnam to serve warrants.
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Grove
Peterson
Chilso Convincs
Muchland
Sir Blankenhorn
Herbert Cam
Ainsworth
Charles Morris
Putnam
Nate Dunk
Roy Fields
Neup
Musca- Char
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Eco
Oe & Cruise
Oonnnet
Cl Brite
Frances Vanda Bloomfield
Irene
Brighton
Itine
Ing
Anderson
Murray
Dunkelberger
H. M. Putnam
New Office Rooms and Local News Roundup
New office spaces are being prepared in the old Loan and Trust building with cleaning redecorating and partitions. Peters Hardware welcomes new clerk Les Gilmore as Ells Reister recovers. Thelda Tracy leaves Hansen to study music in Omaha. The first snow fell October 26. Candidates Eicher and Miller will speak October 31 at city hall. Mrs Marjorie Phillips had tonsils removed. A YW talent show titled The Dream of A Clown entertained Washington residents with local performers and netted money for the band uniforms.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations Security Council
UN Assembly
New York
White Hall
World Organization
Moscow
B. C. Eicher
Alex Miller
Sec’y of State
Washington
Y W
Elizabeth Dawson
Manton Hebner
George (. Stewart
R. A. Hender
Labor flu rhetoric and strikes ripple across nation
Justice department weighing T L Lewis strike threat as Hollywood unions settle key issues in a month long studio workers dispute. Reports detail maritime and TWA pilot walkouts, coal mine wage contract rulings, beer embargo tensions, and calls to end wage controls.
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United Press
Justice Department
Washington
John L. Lewis
Hollywood
AFL
Hoarding Claims Hit Federal Housing Efforts in Detroit
Arthur R. Marcus of the American Legion accuses federal agencies of hoarding scarce building materials to push a socialized housing program. He cites shortages at warehouses in Gary Indiana Milwaukee Wisconsin Carrollside and Fort Snelling with evidence of nails gypsum board insulation and wire. Marcus plans a legion inquiry in Washington on November 4.
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American Legion National
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Arthur R. Marcus
American Legion National Convention
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Marcus
War Assets Administration
Gary
Ind
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Wis
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Fort Snelling
Minn
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Carrollside
Goering Had Poison Since Capture Found in possession after arrest
A four powered Allied commission announced Hermann Goering had possessed the poison he used to kill himself since his capture. The panel found no evidence of dereliction by American guards or jail staff. Brig Gen Eaton Walsh and Gen Pierre Morel spoke after presenting laboratory and medical exam results.
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Mernberg
Herman Goering
Conmission
Goering
Eaton Walsh
Four-Power Commission
Pierre Morel
Trench
Walsh
Early American Federal Aid Advocated by Jefferson
The text notes Thomas Jefferson as the first U.S. president to push Federal support for education roads rivers and internal improvements. It also mentions old southern Florida mahogany trees reaching ten feet in circumference, predating nearby settlements.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Florida
County Bee Keepers Association forms in Washington County
The Washington County Bee Keepers Association organized at Farm Bureau with Duane Griggs named president and Stalph McCready secretary. Directors to be named. 89 Iowa county groups exist to share disease control and honey production methods. A second meeting is set for December 2 and a petition seeks county funds for bee inspection per state law. Reorganized Dairy Herd Improvement group elects Emmett Peyes president and lists new officers.
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Farm Bureau
Duane Griggs
Washington
Stalph McCreedy
James Herman
Iowa
Emmett Peyes
Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
T. R. Anderson
Stanley Mouser
Wellman
Arthur Duensing
C. E. Wol
Arrested Hundred Movie Strikers Parade Today
In Hollywood on October 26 about 100 strikers were arrested as 4000 AFL studio union marchers demonstrated around Columbia studios. Police followed as groups toured RKO Paramount and Technicolor studios with officers in close pursuit. Some marchers were pulled from the parade amid shouts and songs.
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Hollywood
AFL
Columbia Studios
RKO
Paramount
Technicolor
UAW Leader asks Truman to lift wage controls now
Detroit date Oct 26 United Auto Workers CIO President Walter P. Reuther urged President Truman to end wage controls immediately in a letter. He cited a promised end to meat price ceilings and said real industrial wages had fallen 16.3 percent from wartime highs while price rises erased all wage gains.
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CIO
AFL
Truman
UAW
Reuther
Detroit
Walter PF. Reuther
United Auto Workers Cio
Funeral services for Mrs Ann King at St James Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann King were held yesterday at St James Catholic Church with Rev H J Corcoran officiating and burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included M L Whittaker Everette Swift James Casey Sr Dr J A Marie George Flynn and Joe Wehr.
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Kk. King
St. James Catholic Church
H. J. Corcoran
Elm Grove Cemetery
M. L. Whittaker
Everette Swift
James Casey
J. A. Marie
George Flynn
Joe Wehr
Dairy Herd Testing Association Reorganized in Richland
In Richland a dairy testing association was reorganized after ceasing in 1943 due to lack of a supervisor. Fourteen dairy cattle herds from the county attended the meeting. the group previously had 26 herds and hopes to reach that number again. The entity will conduct regular herd tests and breed shows when active. A separate Young Married group sponsored by the county Farm Bureau met at the Y M C A to discuss farm labor attitudes, with dinners and social time. About 60 attended, with Ivan Niffenegger and others set to lead November activities.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Richard Stephens
Joe Jones
Max Owens
Ivan Niffenegger
Gifted outdoor bulletin board to Methodist Church
Mrs. Dora Jones donated an illuminated outdoor bulletin board to the Methodist church of Washington. The rolled bronzed copper board, mounted at the southeast corner with a cast bronze cross on top, will display church news and announcements once wiring is completed.
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Dora Jones
Washington Church
Methodist Church of Washington
Dora Thompson Jones
Draftee Discharge Delays Announced by War Department
The War Department reported a discharge delay for non volunteers drafted in 1945 due to shipping shortages. About 13,000 men in Europe reportedly could not finish terminal leave by December 31, while overall discharge will proceed as replacements arrive and ships become available. Major General W S Paul noted all releases will occur as facilities permit.
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Washington
Pacific
W. S. Paul
War Department
Slight Increase in Iowa Polio Deaths This Year
Iowa health records show 27 polio deaths in the first nine months of the year, up from 25 in all of last year, but far below the 64 deaths during the 1940 peak. Measles and whooping cough claim more lives than polio in the state.
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Des Moines
Cet
Iowa
State Health Department
Health Department
Towa
Nationalists Seize Antung in Manchuria After Push
Antung, the largest Communist stronghold in South Manchuria, fell to Nationalist forces as the onrushing army captured the city after heavy fighting. Dispatches from Peiping report the fall marking a significant advance in the campaign across Manchuria.
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Peiping
Antung
Manchuria
Measles Death Toll Cited Across Years
Records show 146 deaths attributed to measles and 194 lives lost in 1920 alone, highlighting the disease’s deadly impact during that era.
Chinese Sixth Army Captures Anlung After Assault
A correspondent for Hsin Shens Pao reports Gen Tu Li-Ming’s Manchurian forces, with the sixth and 52nd armies, entered Anlung at 4 p.m. yesterday. Communists evacuated and burned municipal buildings as about 100,000 troops retreated northeast toward Chian near the Korean border. The Chinese army, American trained and equipped, formed the west and center columns in a three pronged offensive while a third column moved southwest toward other retreating forces.
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Mukden
Tu Li-Ming
Anlung
Hsin Shens Pao
Chian
Antung
Bavaria to Vote on Republic Plan Referendum
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced Bavarian approval of a proposed constitution for a Bavarian republic pending a union of German states. A referendum is set for December 1 to decide Bavaria's status within a potential German federation.
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Bavaria
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Lavaria
Jewel thieves raid royal precincts steal from Sir Piers Legh
Jewel thieves penetrate St James Palace and steal gems from Sir Piers Legh master of the king's household and jewelry worth 40000 from the Marchioness of Hartington daughter of former U S Ambassador Joseph B Kennedy. The string of thefts may total 509660 in two weeks.
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London
St. James’ Palace
Piers Legh
Marchioness of
Des Moines Rent Office Denies Eviction Petition
Rent control officials in Des Moines Iowa refused a petition by the Open Bible Institute for eviction of two World War I widows and four veterans and their wives from an apartment building the institute said was owned by the church school The case involves a seven apartment complex and OPA rules in late October.
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Des Moines
Cet
Iowa
OPA
Open Bible Institute
Church School
German States Move Quickly As Realization Dawned
A brief item notes that German states acted promptly once a realization occurred. The report emphasizes swift regional responses and coordinating actions across jurisdictions. The concise summary reflects a period voice and typical neutral tone.
Open Bible Institute Seeks Dormitory Expansion
The Open Bible Institute petitions to convert an apartment building into a girls dormitory to house 23 students, after purchasing the property for 23000 dollars. The school reports 116 students from 12 states are currently housed temporarily in sleeping rooms in the area.
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Open Bible Institute
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