Dewey Attacks Truman on Foreign Policy in Louisville Speech
Dewey charges the Truman administration mishandles foreign affairs and blames lack of bipartisan cooperation for policy failures. He pledges a vigorous bipartisan peace policy if elected, condemning Vinson’s Moscow trip and criticizing consultation gaps with Republicans. He defends Taft Hartley and rallies for Senator John Cooper’s renomination bid.
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Louisville
Dewey
New York
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Moscow
Stalin
America
San Francisco
Three Powers Push Quick Action on Berlin Blockade
Paris reporting that the United States Britain and France work to speed Security Council action on the Berlin crisis. Marshall returns from Washington to Paris to steer policy as the Big Three seek a firm resolution to lift the blockade. Warren Austin warns the U N Assembly that Soviet rhetoric calls for wreck and destroy. Little Six mediation efforts are described as fruitless after a week of talks.
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Paris
United Sates
Britain
France
Security Council
Berlin
Marshall
Washington
Truman
Little Six
United Nations Security Council
U.N. Assembly
U.S
Warren R. Austin
Soviet Union
Harold Ickes Backs Truman in Upcoming Election
Harold L. Ickes, 74, former Secretary of the Interior, announced support for President Truman in next month's election. He had left Truman’s camp in 1946 but rejoined the Democratic ranks, citing conservation of natural resources as decisive. He mocked Henry Wallace’s Progressive bid and Dewey as elusive.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Ickes
Old
Progressive Party
New Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Eisenhower to Be Formally Installed at Columbia Today
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, president of Columbia University since last June 7, was to be formally installed today in New York. The ceremony marked his official assume of the role following his appointment.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Lausche Attacks Herbert Over Sales Tax Cut
Frank J. Lausche resumed his Ohio governor campaign and criticized Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. He argued the proposed sales tax cut saves about $1.50 per person annually by eliminating tax on the first 40 cents of a purchase.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Wage Rise Proposed as Miners Adjourn
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers scale committee proposed a shorter work week at higher pay as part of 1949 contract demands. Delegates adopted resolutions covering bargaining points, including higher welfare royalty and a dues and initiation fee hike to 4 and 50 dollars respectively. The convention also boosted vice presidents take home pay from 18 000 to 40 000.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Scale Committee
UMW
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
John Owen
Ohio probes prisoner escape case involving war veteran
Gov. Herbert orders Attorney General to assess surrender of Fred M. Fox, 21, who says returning to a Florida camp would mean his death after escape last June. Fox claimed shackling and beating in a Live Oak camp as extradition hearing unfolds in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Florida
Thomas J. Herbert
Hugh S. Jenkins
Fred M. Fox
Live Oak
Fla
Georgia
Tenth Caesarian Child Born to Ohio Mother
Mrs. William Shriver, 37, delivered her 10th child by Caesarian birth in Toledo, setting a world medical record. The newborn weighed four pounds ten ounces and all ten children, aged from two to 17, are living. Previous ten Caesarian births record had been set in Boston in 1933.
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Toledo
William Shriver
Boston
Court Affirms Murder Conviction of Woman
Federal agents likely will take Dr Arnold H Landsborough of Garrettsville Ohio into custody soon following a U S Supreme Court refusal to hear his appeal He was sentenced last year to 15 months for purchasing morphine tablets not in the original stamped package He has been free on bond
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Cleveland
Arnold H. Landsborough
Garrettsville
Ohio
Bureau of Narcotics
U. S. Supreme Court
Taft Attacks Truman Policy in Nashville Speech
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio urged Southern Democrats to back the Republican slate while spending much of his Nashville speech criticizing President Truman's foreign policy. He said GOP nominee Thomas E. Dewey had stated his views and earned party support.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Taft
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Railroads Seek Higher Freight Rate Increase
The railroad industry plans a 13 percent freight rate rise rather than eight percent. An amendment to seek 13 percent was expected to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission today. The industry also contemplates an immediate emergency rise of about five percent during ICC hearings beginning November 30.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Association of American Railroads
Analyst's Son Found Hanged in Bedroom
James Roper, 20, son of radio commentator Elmo Roper, was found dead yesterday in a bedroom at his parents' home in West Redding Connecticut. Dr. John D. Booth said death appeared to be by hanging in a personal crisis.
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West Redding
Conn
James Roper
Elmo Roper
John D. Booth
Danbury
1400 Rubber Workers Strike at Dayton Plant
Dayton Ohio workers idle as United Rubber Workers Local 178 strike the Dayton Rubber Co after rejecting a 6 percent wage offer. Union demands remain unspecified as the first labor action in the plant's 43 year history.
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Dayton
Dayton Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers (Cio
Extended forecast for Columbus shows mild temperatures
Temperatures will average near to slightly below normal with a normal maximum of 59 and minimum of 40. Expect a slow rise through Wednesday to Friday followed by cooler conditions Sunday. Light precipitation around 1 to 10 inch is expected as scattered showers tonight and again on Sunday.
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Columbus
Clevelanders Whoop It Up After World Champs Return
Cleveland celebrated the Indians homecoming from Boston with a 10 mile parade up Euclid Avenue to University Circle. Traffic Commissioner John R. Sammon estimated 100000 in Public Square and another 50000 along the route. A woman carried a sign backing Boudreau for president and Bearden for vice president as business ground to a halt.
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Cleveland
Clevelanders
Boston
Euclid Avenue
Public Square
University Circle
John R. Sammon
Boudreau
Gene) Bearden
Russians Hold Berlin Blockade Tied to Currency Moves
The Soviet press states the blockade will stay until Western currency is withdrawn from Berlin, a prerequisite for lifting traffic restrictions. It notes ongoing gunnery and parachute drills in airlift corridors and planned Soviet flight over Berlin, while Britain protests a Yak fighter’s near-miss with a British airlift transport near Perleberg.
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Berlin
Taeglische Rundschau
Paris
Security Council
Perleberg
Supreme Court Refuses Review on Merit Raise Bargaining
The Supreme Court declined to review a Cincinnati circuit court ruling that an employer must bargain with a union before granting merit raises to individual workers. The decision affects J. H. Allison and Company, Chattanooga meat packers, and upholds the circuit court's 2 to 1 finding that the National Labor Relations Act requires bargaining on merit increases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
J. H. Allison and Company
Chattanooga Meat Packers
Jersey Show Begins At Columbus Coliseum
The All American Jersey Show and Junior Jersey Exhibition opens at the Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum with over 600 cattle. Sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Club entries come from 20 states and Canada. Many exhibitors are 4 H and Future Farmers of America members aged 12 to 21 seeking junior breeder honors.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum
The
American Jersey Cattle Club
Canada
Farmers of America
Electric Power Cut Hits France Amid Coal Strike
Paris reports a nationwide power cut caused by a Communist-led coal strike draining industrial life. Rail walkouts show some improvement with resumed work at Strasbourg station. Strikes expected to end today at Mulhouse and Colmar marking France’s ninth straight winter of outages.
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Paris
France
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Colmar
Truman Frames New Deal Fight in Midwest Tour
President Truman campaigns in Indiana and Illinois urging full support for the New Deal against a GOP Congress he says weakens workers and farm prospects. He targets Dewey with attacks on labor policy while pitching an eight point program including repeal of Taft Hartley and expanded Social Security.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Indiana
Illinois
Dewey
Willard, C
United States
Armory
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Akron
Washington
Senator Taft
Ohio
Rep
Fred Hartley
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Festive Holy Land Moments Marked by Tense Celebrations
In Jerusalem Jews observe Yom Kippur signaling atonement at year start 5709 while Muslims mark Id El Adha ending the pilgrimage to Mecca. Gun salutes accompany the overlapping festivals, a rare coincidence after decades.
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Jerusalem
Kaaba
Mecca
Mohammed
Full Military Honors Set in Capt. Kelly Rites
Burial with full military honors will be accorded tomorrow to Capt. Colin Kelly the first ace claimed hero of the war with Japan. Kelly was killed when his plane crashed on the return from a bombing mission against the Japanese battleship Haruna off Manila three days after Pearl Harbor.
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Madison
Fla
Colin Kelly
Japan
Kelly
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Postmaster General Says $450 Pay Boost Inadequate
In Miami Donaldson told the National Association of Letter Carriers the annual $450 raise fails to meet living costs. He urged reconsideration of compensation levels for postal workers facing inflation and rising expenses.
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Miami
Fla
Jesse M. Donaldson
National Association of Letter Carriers
Insanity Plea Entered In Slaying
Dwight David Tudor 26 of Columbus pleads innocent by reason of insanity to a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Mary Ann Page 14 of Springfield. The case was heard in Common Pleas Court with a request for a mental examination. Page was shot three times in a car at Boone Station Schoolhouse October 3. Tudor reportedly admitted the shooting after deputies visited a beer hall. Tudor’s fiancée Miss Lillian Mae Weaver was released from custody as a material witness.
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Springfield
Dwight David Tudor
Columbus
Mary Ann Page
Common Pleas
Golden C. Davis
Tudor
John F. Seidel
Columbus Municipal Court
Lima State Hospital
Stanley N. Husted
Boone Station
Here
J. Arthur Shuman
Lillian Mae Weaver
Columbus Police Record
Allen Battle Flares Again Over Radio Giveaways
The feud between Fred Allen and ABC prize shows escalates as Allen claims contestants are notified in advance while ABC and Stop the Music deny such practice. The dispute traces to last season when the programs aired opposite NBC and hurt Allen's ratings.
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New York
Fred Allen
American Broadcasting Co
Allen
Portland Hoffa
ABC
NBC
AT&T offers larger wage increase to 25000 long lines workers
AT T says it proposes a bigger raise for 25000 long lines department employees than the amount in the CIO union’s rejected plan. The company characterizes the offer as more favorable and awaits the union response.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO
Fugitives Break Jail. Three Captured and One Shot
Three inmates escaped from the Lawrence County jail after deputy Homer Secrist was blackjacked and shot in the back as they broke out last night. Three were recaptured in an abandoned nail mill. one suspect, Edgar Blumfield, 19, remains at large. Police fortified roads and mill yards as investigators described the breakout and the danger to area residents.
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Ironton, CO
Lawrence County
Milton Rucker
Homer Secrist
Ironton Hospital
Secrist
Edgar Blumfield
Kenneth Simmons
Harold Gray
Jimmy Austin
Pittsburgh
Harrison Boles
Albert
Austin
Ironton
Blumfield
E. W. Bennett
Ruckers
Goat Castle figure Dana dies in Mississippi murder saga
Richard C. Dana 77 a central figure in the Goat Castle murder case of 1932 died Sunday night in Natchez Mississippi. Dana and his guardian Miss Octavia Dockery faced murder charges in the case tied to Miss Jennie Merrill. Ballistics later named Pearls as the actual slayer and he was killed in Pine Bluff Arkansas during arrest attempts.
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Natchez
Richard C. Dana
Goat Castle
Dana
Octavia Dockery
Glenwood
Miss Dockery
Jennie Merrill
Pearls
Pine Bluff
Ark
Supreme Court Upholds Gambling Devices Ban
The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a three judge court in Greenville South Carolina upholding state power to ban slot machines and pinball devices as illegal gambling. The order leaves in force a ruling that the U S Constitution does not prohibit such state action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Greenville
S. C
U. S
South Carolina
Harvest Overestimate Projects Record Crop Growth
The Agriculture Department reported a record crop volume for 1948 exceeding the 1946 peak by eight percent aided by favorable September weather. Corn production rose to 3 567 955 000 bushels, about 39 million above the September forecast, signaling potential lower prices by late 1949 and higher meat dairy and poultry output.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
O. C. Stine
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural College
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State Marshall
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Kentucky
John Cooper
Albert Cash
Frank Lausche
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Earl Wagner
William Harlow
Harold Ickes
Elizabeth
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Balmoral Castle
Lausche
Herbert
Jersey
Columbus Coliseum
80Th Congress
Associated Press
Holy Land
James Robb
Western Europe
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