Khrushchev Urges Five Year Plan at Moscow Congress
Khrushchev uses a preliminary speech at the Moscow Party Congress to promote the new Five Year Plan, attack the United States, and mobilize the party to advertise production goals and promised price cuts while warning workers they must toil harder. The piece notes parallels with Peiping where delegates from 31 countries attended the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference blaming U S policy for global ills and Americans secretly attending despite passport restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Party
U.S.S.R
Khrushchev
Moscow
U. S
Yugoslavia
Tito
U. S.state Department
Red China
Diplomatic Breakthrough Replaces Bucharest Minister
The United States replaced the vacant U S minister post in Bucharest with 58 year old Harold Shantz after eighteen months of no top envoy. James W Gantenbein previously held the rank and served beyond the usual two year term before leaving. The State Department gave no detailed reason for the shift but cited a need for a top level representative in Bucharest behind the Iron Curtain.
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U. S
Bucharest
James W. Gantenbein
Bevanites gain ground at British Labour conference
Aneurin Bevan and his supporters push for more Socialist planning and public ownership at the Morecambe meeting. Bevan gains two National Executive seats, ousting Herbert Morrison, while moderates retain influence as votes show Bevan still faces an uphill battle for party leadership.
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Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Bevan
Morecambe
Clement Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Bandits Rob Passengers In Suburban Trolley Heist
In North Hollywood two bandits wearing eye hole paper sacks staged a watered down Wild West style robbery aboard a suburban trolley. They took 49.75 from passengers and 32 in fares from the motorman. In Evansville Indiana a 48 year old man was treated for a stab wound to the leg allegedly inflicted by his angry wife during an argument and later returned with a shoulder wound.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Evansville
Ind
Truman and Eisenhower clash over taxes and corruption claims
President Truman blasts Republicans over government corruption and tax policy while criticizing Eisenhower's past actions and comments. Eisenhower responds from Columbia with a cross country tour, denouncing Truman's administration as scandal ridden and predicting a Republican victory. Stevenson frames Korea and communism as key dangers and calls for government integrity alongside tax disclosures.
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Eisenhower
Columbia
S.C
Truman
America
Washington
War pace quickens as truce chances dim
Chinese forces press the front as winter approaches. Red MIG pilots mount intensified intercepts against Allied fighter-bombers north of Pyongyang, signaling willingness to extend the conflict and reduce chances for a rapid ceasefire.
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A To G.I
Pyongyang
House panel praises North Africa air base builders
A House appropriations subcommittee on military construction praised the builders of North Africa air bases for expanding work completed since 1952. It noted two giant fields in use and a third nearing operation, while acknowledging some criticisms as exaggeration or misinformation about progress and costs.
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North Africa
House
House Appropriations
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Committee
Army
Corps of Engineers
Lewis Pick
Air Force
Atlas Constructors
Conference map for Austrian treaty and Korea war armistice plans
Deputy foreign ministers convene in London to outline next steps for the Austrian treaty. U S Red chief Earl Browder and Raissa Browder face indictment for false statements in naturalization petition. Forecast cites unusually cold winter. Bipartisan panel calls for a new White House office building. UN General Assembly to discuss Korea war with no-forced-repatriation principle. Ally Red POW clashes raise truce concerns at Panmunjom with three proposed prisoner exchange plans.
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London
U.S
Earl Browder
Raissa Irene
William Kennedy
Federal
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Bipartisan Commission
White House
West Wing
United Nations General Assembly
New York
United States
General Assembly
Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
P Nmunjom
Atomic artillery unveiled at Aberdeen proving ground
Ordnance Officers displayed a massive 85 ton atomic artillery piece at Aberdeen Maryland. The weapon can fire atomic or standard munitions and features a 40 foot rifled barrel. Nine supporting vehicles including two 500 horsepower engines power aiming and chassis movement. Secretary Kimball announced a special guided missile ship and carriers capable of delivering atomic bombs, signaling further naval armament advances.
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Army
Aberdeen
Dan Kimball
U. S
Kimball
Navy
Political finger pointing wastes focus on the campaign
Senator J William Fulbright derides both parties for chasing probes into funds and misdeeds saying such nitpicking hides core campaign issues and breeds public cynicism. General Matthew Ridgway notes no land reserves will move across Europe in 12 months, but air and naval power provide essential mobility.
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Smith
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Central Intelligence Agency
Gov
New York
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Matthew S. Ridgway
Europe
Dates for Key 1946 Western Moves Open in October
United Mine Workers convention opens in Cincinnati on October 6 followed by the Kuomintang Party Congress in Taipei on October 10. On October 11 President Truman will deliver a civil rights address in Harlem New York City.
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United Mine Workers Convention
Cincinnati
Kuomintang Party Congress
Taipei
Formosa
President Truman
Harlem
New York City
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Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
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Russia
Gen. Smith
Walter Bedell Smith
Reds
Fargo, N. D
Gov. Stevenson
Chicago
Cartoon Forum
Justus
Minneapolis Star
Alexander
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
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