Gulf Coast Cities Struck as Hurricane Fades
After an 11 day tropical storm, Gulf Coast areas report heavy rains and gusts. Dozen drowned feared with 18 dead near Pass Christian and Bay Minette. millions in damage expected. Gov. Wright rushes to Biloxi area as evacuations continue and shelters fill. Citywide wreckage includes destroyed sugar cane fields and widespread property loss.
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Atlantic
Shreveport
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pass Christian
Bay Minette
Ala
Taylor Wilkins
National Guard
Alabama Beach
Lake Borgne
Bayou Bienvenue
New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulfport
Miss
Pass Christian
Gulf Coast
He's
Baton
State Capital
D. F. Evans Farrell
Trim
Naval Reserve Armory
Apalachiocola
Fla
Florida
Biloxi
Cost of Living Bonuses Granted Across RI Mills
Lincoln Mills Co. will distribute 10 000 among 220 employees as a cost of living bonus. Stillwater Worsted Mills Inc and Harrisville Combing Co in nearby village announce similar bonuses totaling 370 000 for 1 800 employees.
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Pascoag, R. I
Lincoln Mills Co
Stillwater Worsted Mills Inc
Harrisville Combing Co
Byrd Leads Clarke Walton League Drive for River Cleanup
Thomas B. Byrd chairs a Clarke county Izaak Walton League drive to fund an October 25 auction sale at Berryville horse show grounds. Proceeds support Shenandoah river pollution cleanup tied to American Viscose Co. plant at Front Royal. Clarke and Winchester-Frederick groups coordinate with local officials and volunteers.
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Berryville
Thomas B. Byrd
Clarke County
Izaak Walton League
Shenandoah River
American Viscose Co
Front Royal
Castleman’s Ferry
Clarke Club
Winchester-Frederick County
Byrd
George Greenhalph
William Clagett
B. B. McKay
H. A. Clew
C.richard Funk
Mty
J. W. Olcott
Coleman Dunn
Graham Dougherty
Eshelman Given 60 Days in Jail And $50 Fine
Asberry R. Eshelman was found guilty of unlawfully cutting and stabbing Clarence Lee Braithwaite of Frederick county. A 12 man jury led by foreman C. S. Solenberger returned the verdict after about an hour of deliberation following dinner. Eshelman faced felonious cutting with malice aforethought.
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Asberry R. Eshelman
R. Boyce
Clarence Lee Braithwaite
Frederick County
C. S. Solenberger
Eshelman
Chamber official named Virginia Cancer Society administrator
Leonard H. Peterson, executive secretary of the Charlottesville Albemarle Chamber of Commerce, has been named business administrator of the Virginia division, American Cancer Society.
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Charlottesville
Leonard H. Peterson
Charlottesville-Albemarle
Union Leaders Ready to Debate Non Communist Affidavits
The AFL and CIO face a heated split over signing non Communist affidavits as Taft Hartley provisions trigger debates in San Francisco and Boston. John L. Lewis opposes signing while many leaders push ahead for NLRB access with the new law in effect.
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Washington
Faor
Sanrancisco
Boston
San Francisco
AFL
Bosn
CIO
Congress
Lewis
Truman Returns to Washington After Rio Trip
President Truman, with wife Bess and daughter Margaret, returns aboard the presidential yacht to Washington to face calls for an emergency aid program for Europe, rising living costs, and international friction. Secretary Marshall plans a quick trip from New York to brief the president on possible early Congressional action.
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Washington
Trump
Washine
Truman
Europe
Rio
Congress
Marshall
United Nations Assembly
New York
Star Chamber Tax Revision Is Protested
In Washington on September 19, two Democratic Ways and Means members charged a star chamber atmosphere surrounds tax revision studies. Reps. Dingell and Eberhart er said committee members cannot learn what is being considered. The group is led by Roswell F Magill, a New York attorney and former Treasury official. Rep. Knutson organized the panel last June to aid in drafting federal tax overhaul. Eberharter cited a Sept 11 12 meeting with no Ways and Means members present and press and public barred, accusing Congress of ceding control to Wall Street masters.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Committee On Ways and Means
Dingell
D-Mich
Eberharter
D-Pa
Roswell F. Magill
New York
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Margill
Republican Congress
Wall Street
Plane Crash Near San Juan Kills Eight in Peru
A plane wreck two miles off San Juan, Peru, killed at least eight people. The body of U.S. Army sergeant Harry Boerel was washed ashore and a woman believed to be his fiancée was found dead. Bolivian officers aboard the plane were identified as passengers en route to the United States.
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Lima
Peru
San Juan
United States Army
Harry Boerel
United States
Tropical Storm Forms in Caribbean West of Jamaica
A new tropical storm appears in the Caribbean west of Jamaica. Hurricane hunter aircraft are ordered to investigate as officials report developing circulation in an extensive squall wave.
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Caribbean
Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Rick's Guaranteed Used Cars Ad Notice
Used car dealer advertises buy and sell services opposite Fair Grounds. High cash prices for late model cars and trucks. Address 668 N Loudoun St Virginia. License 1139. Phone 3337.
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Rick
Fair Grounds
N. McKee
N. Loudoun St. Va
For Sale Good Modern Homes and Plymouth Motor
For sale notice offers one new and one nearly new modern home viewable over the weekend by G. W. Morris contact 5077. Also ad for a 1939 Plymouth with large Heatrola seen via Lee at Washington Hotel Barber. A lost item notice from Pifer Printing Co. seeks return of Army discharge of John T. Moyers with reward.
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G. W. Morris
Plymouth Motor
Lee, Sree Washington Hotel
Pifer Printing Co
N. Loudoun St
John T. Moyers
Pifer’s
Grain and Livestock Prices Fall Amid Cost of Living Rise
Grain and livestock futures slipped for a third straight day on the Chicago Board of Trade as corn and wheat led declines. Labor Department reports show living costs in large cities near peak in mid-July with prices likely higher now, fueling debate on price controls and rationing.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Anderson
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Chicago Board of Trade Today
New York
Chicago
National Guard Swears In Eight Recruits at Winchester
Eight recruits joined the Virginia National Guard at Winchester headquarters under Commander Robert Manuel. The new members include John G. Butler and Owen T. Foltz among others as Headquarters and Company I drive targets 43 men by November 16. A banquet and prizes, including an airplane trip to Washington, are planned if local quotas are met.
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Winchester Headquarters Company
Virginia Natl Guard
Robert Manuel
John G. Butler
Owen T. Foltz
Ralph G. Pollard, Jr
William B. Pitcock
Lewis H. Ebert
Richard H. Lake
John F. McDaniel
Donald E. Seabright
Headquarters and Co. I
Manuel
Washington
War Department
Union Urged to Comply with Taft Hartley Act
In Boston Akron labor lawyer G L Patterson advised the CIO Rubber Workers to comply with the Taft Hartley Act at the union’s closing session. He warned that failing to qualify could destroy the union and noted many booby traps in the law. The union voted to let its general executive board set policy under the statute.
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Boston
G. L. Patterson
Akron
Cio-Rubber Workers Union
Patterson
The
Rubber Workers
Tighter Controls In Occupied Zones
Senator Bridges says the United States should increase or share costs of Allied control in Germany if a larger burden falls on Washington. He notes Britain has asked the U.S. to pay more and calls a closed door hearing with top armed services officials at the Senate appropriations committee.
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Washington
Bridges
United States
Germany
Britain
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Service
Area Rent Board To Meet Tuesday
The Winchester area rent advisory board will hold its first meeting at 3 p m Tuesday in the board of supervisors office in the Court House office building. The announcement was made today by H B Crenshaw area rent director.
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Wincheter
Board of Supervisor
Court House
H. B. Crenshaw
Anti British Cries Resound at Cairo
Cairo witnessed thousands marching in anti British demonstrations as Prime Minister Mahmoud Pasha returned from the United Nations security council with a royal welcome from King Farouk. The procession passed Ibraham Pasha Street near Shepheard’s hotel where a shop sign bearing the British flag was destroyed and several windows were broken.
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Cairo
Mahoud Pasha
Farouk Airport
Egypt
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Farouk
Kouba Palace
Ibraham Pasha St
Shepheard
Air Reduction Plant Explodes Near Warren
A series of explosions and fire destroyed the Air Reduction Sales Co plant near Warren shortly after noon. No deaths or injuries were reported. fire control took about an hour and investigators will confirm if any workers were present. Estimated damage runs about 75 000 dollars.
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Waren,. O
Air Reduction Sales Co
Warren
Old Acres
LaGuardia Dies In Sleep At 64 In New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia three time mayor of New York and former UNRRA director general died in his sleep at 64. He had been in a coma since Tuesday after collapsing at home and suffered an incurable pancreas condition since last June. Known as The Little Flower he led the city with a tough style and sharp wit through a long career in public service.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
la Guardia
Little Flower
Butch
LaGuardia
Board of Alderman
Liner Passengers Parachute After Midnight Loss
Manila reports a mass aerial search cites a possible sighting of some of 28 passengers and crew who parachuted from a U S army transport over northern Luzon. Wreckage located 160 miles northeast of Manila, with pilots noting a possible sighting 60 miles farther north. The plane was off course near Okinawa Manila when jump orders were given at 12:20 AM.
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Manila
Luzon
Italian Communists Join Demonstrations Against Government
In Rome and across Italy, Communists and other leftist groups held nationwide rallies against Premier Alcide De Gasperi's Christian Democrat government over soaring living costs. No violence reported by mid afternoon as leftist speakers addressed workers in Rome's Piazza Del Popolo and anti-government slogans appeared on buildings. A red plane dropped thousands of leaflets over the city.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Italy
de Gasperi
Piazza del Popolo
Sity
Release of 80 racing pigeon coops by Abner Johnson
Abner Johnson of the Railway Express Co. announced about 80 coops of racing pigeons will be released tomorrow if weather permits. Most birds belong to Anthracite Concourse Assoc. clubs near Williamsport Pa. Birds may also be released at Scranton and York over about two hours starting 7 a.m. The release locations and final destinations are not yet known.
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Abner Johnson
Railway Express Co
Anthracite Concourse Assoc
Williamsport
Johnson
Scranton
York
Wingless Stork Soars 6 Miles at Brookfield Zoo
A large stork named Snookums with clipped wings amazed spectators at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago as he rose from the Sudan ward and flew about six miles before being recaptured. He had lived at the zoo for five years where his wings were trimmed very short.
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Chicago
Snookums
Brookfield Zoo
Sudan Ward
Zoo
Greece to complete British troop exodus from Salonika
Premier Sophoulis announced Britain is withdrawing the last occupation forces from Greece with Salonika the starting point for a full exodus. Government and American aid sources discuss increasing Greece's armed forces by 70,000 to a total of 200,000 and creating a 70,000 man national guard under strict control amid renewed guerrilla clashes and border raids.
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Athens
Thamistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
Salonika
British War Office
London
Mercy Slayer Freed by Jurors in Mercy Killing Case
Reading Pennsylvania report says Lila M Haugh was acquitted of murder in the mercy killing of her 71 year old invalid mother Mrs Katie Latshaw. Jury of seven men and five women delivered verdict after two and a half hours deliberation with neighbors praising the defendant. The state had charged that Haugh gave her mother twelve barbiturate tablets on July 20 and then attempted suicide.
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Reading
Lila M. Haugh
Bidault says all compromise efforts futile amid UN debate
New York September 20 French Foreign Minister Bidault declared that reconciliation between the United States and Russia seemed hopeless as France outlined its position before the United Nations Assembly. He warned that no meeting ground appeared possible with the Vishinsky and Marshall statements and urged action to resolve the crisis and pursue the Marshall plan for Europe.
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New York
George Bidalt
United States
Russia
France
United Nations Assembly
Bidault
George C. Marsahil
Andrei Y. Soonenki
United Nations
Marshall Vishinsky
Secur
Security Council
Balkans
Marshall Plan
Europe
Vishinsky
Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Marsaryk
Hindu Death Toll Charges Pakistan in Punjab Riots
New Delhi reports Sikh leader Master Tara Singh estimates about 200000 Hindus and Sikhs were killed in west Punjab Pakistan while fewer than 100000 Muslims died in east Punjab India. He cites mass murders in Bhawalpur state and accuses Indian and east Punjab governments of apathy toward Hindu and Sikh refugees.
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New Delhi
Tara Singh
Punjab
Pakistan
India
Bhawalpuri
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