Truman Campaign Warns of Crash If Democrats Lose
President Truman toured central California warning a GOP win in November could crash the economy. He urged listeners to fire Republicans from Congress while urging opponents to keep Russia out of campaign talk. Dewey campaigned in Arizona blaming Truman policies for inflation and calling for spending cuts and tax relief.
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Gilmore Stadium
Los Angeles
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J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Albuquerque
GOP
New York
Dewey
Arizona
Ox Cart Special Hurricane Wreaks Havoc Across Florida Cuba
A slow moving hurricane nicknamed the ox cart special blasted Cuba then southern Florida, killing seven in Cuba and five in Florida, destroying 700 buildings and 500 homeless families. Losses reached about three million dollars with potential rise after 120 mph winds. The storm moved northeast over the Atlantic off Melbourne.
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Weather Bureau
Grady Norton
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Marshall Warns Russia of Risk in UN Debate
Paris Sept 23 Secretary of State George C Marshall warned the Soviet Union in a UN General Assembly session that patience should not be mistaken for weakness. He pledged U S effort to end tension while insisting essential principles cannot be compromised or rights bartered away, signaling the danger of a renewed world conflict.
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Paris
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United States
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Germany
Berlin
West
World Opinion
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Marshall Urges Peace Steps At UN Assembly
At the United Nations, General Assembly debates open with Marshall calling for early and just peace settlements for Germany Japan and Austria. He warns against nations that seal off their people from free contact, urging restraint as the Berlin crisis looms and Western powers seek four power control. Modzelewski counters with criticism of the Berlin airlift.
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Zygmunt Modzelewski
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Pa- Lee
United Nations
Rita Johnson Regains Consciousness in Hospital
Hollywood report says actress Rita Johnson has regained consciousness at St. Vincent's Hospital after a 16 day coma. A nurse said she can recognize people in the room but cannot speak yet. Johnson was injured September 6 when investigators believe a heavy hair dryer fell on her head.
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Briggs Strike Brought to End
Detroit labor mediators announced a 15 day old strike by 170 Briggs Manufacturing Co plant guards ending after it idled nearly 60,000 Detroit auto workers. State Labor Mediator Robert Lomasney said an agreement was reached and both sides were ready to sign a contract though details were not released.
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Briggs Manufacturing Co
Detroit Auto
Robert Lomasney
Louisiana Deal Cuts Truman In on Ballot Compromise
In Baton Rouge a Louisiana House committee backed a compromise to place President Truman on the ballot while keeping the national Democratic Committee from direct influence. The plan relies on a voters petition to nominate electors pledged to Truman, preserving the Thurmond-Wright States Rights ticket as the party’s official line. Leaders from the States Rights faction, including Leander Perez and Eva Talbot, hailed the move as avoiding national control. Approval by the House was forecast, with Gov. Earl K. Long backing the measure.
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Third Graders Ride Train From Bivins School
Third grade pupils from Bivins School accompanied by Miss Willie Kimbrough and five mothers, totaling 30, toured a Santa Fe train early Thursday. They rode to Canyon, many on a first train experience, then visited the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum before a return by motor car.
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Canyon
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Carmen Miranda Pregnant. Baby Due Next Spring
Singer Carmen Miranda and husband David Sebastian announced by telegrams that she is expecting a child due in May. The Brazilian star, famed for her films, confirmed the news through friends in Hollywood. Meyers Motor Co. Chrysler Plymouth and related ads appear in the page parcel.
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Hollywood
David Sebastian
Arab regime picks Gaza for capital
Damascus reported that the newly formed Arab government for Palestine will be seated at Gaza on the Egyptian occupied coast 40 miles south of Tel Aviv. Jamal Effendi Husseini named foreign minister and Ahmed Hilmy Pasha as premier. The regime claims jurisdiction over the Holy Land including Israel.
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Palestine
Gaza
Tel Aviv
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Jerusalem
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Holy Land
Israel
Ahmed Hilmy Pasha
Non-Commie Oath Upheld by Court
The US circuit court of appeals sustained the constitutionality of Taft-Hartley non Communist provisions and allowed pension plans to be bargainable. Judges Kerner and Minto upheld union official affidavits. Major dissented. Appeals were from Inland Steel and CIO United Steel Workers. A separate London item notes a crude sign on Downing Street reading Moscow is bluffing.
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US Circuit Court of Appeals
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Sherman Minto
J. Earl Major
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United Steel Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
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Attlee
Moscow
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast Update
Pair and mild this afternoon tonight and Friday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with widely scattered showers east of the Pecos River this afternoon. New Mexico fair today tonight and Friday with little change in temperatures. High 88 low 62 for the 24 hour period ended 6 30 AM.
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Romance Censor’s Last Chapter Ends In Marriage On Air
Amarillo man Bob Dowell heard the Bride and Groom program on ABC by accident. He learned the groom was Fred Boight of Davenport Iowa and the bride Lucy Moore of Schenectady New York. Boight served in the Second Marine War Dog Platoon, and Dowell had censored his letters to Lucy.
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West Fifteenth
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Iowa
Lucy Moore
Schenectady
Boight
Second Marine War Dog Platoon
Dowell
Fred
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