Greek government identifies Polk murder conspiracy in Greece
Greek officials say four men conspired to kill CBS correspondent George Polk of Fort Worth Texas. Adam Mouzenides is named as the trigger man. Mouzenides and Vasvanas face weapon charges. Staktopoulos and his mother are under arrest. the murder occurred May 8 in Salonika Bay and Polk's body was recovered May 16.
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Salonika
Greece
CBS
George Polk
Fort Worth
Texas
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Greek Communist Party
Adam Mouzenides
Central Committee
Staktopoulos
Polk
Communist Party of Greece
United States
George Melas
Constantine Rentis
Melas
Mouzenides
Vasvanas
Tex
Vafiades
Salonika Bay
Vasiades
Stak
Staktopouuos
Lice
Truman and Dewey Press Campaign Across States
President Truman and Governor Dewey intensified campaigning as the race nears the end. Dewey's swing reached Oklahoma City while Truman spent Sunday in Owosso Michigan and prepared speeches across New York and North Carolina including a Raleigh monument dedication to Jackson Polk and Johnson.
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Dewey
Truman
Owosso
Mich
Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Schenectady
N. Y
Fair Grounds
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Jackson
Polk
Johnson
Oklahoma City
Midlands
Paul Hoffman
Roger Lapham
Economic Cooperation Administration
University of Missouri
Navy
Neutrals Work On Berlin Crisis Plan On Sunday
Six neutral Security Council members reportedly pursue a Berlin settlement plan on Sunday. The approach involves a possible Soviet blockade lift and four power currency rules for Berlin, with a four power council to meet later. The effort aims for simultaneous action, drawing in the United States Britain France and Russia through private neutrals.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Russia
West
United States
Britain
France
Juan A. Bramuglia
Mass Travis X ray TB survey opens today
A mass tuberculosis X ray check for Austin and Travis County residents opens today with six city stations offering free exams. The two week survey, sponsored by the State Health Department, City County Health Unit, Texas Tuberculosis Association and Travis County Tuberculosis Association, expects thousands to participate.
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Austin
Travis County
State Health Department
Texas Tuberculosis Association
Travis County Tuberculosis Association
Free X-ray survey for tuberculosis in Austin area
Six stationary X-ray stations and five mobile units will offer free chest examinations to residents aged 15 and over during a two week TB survey. Kickoff ceremonies at the Chamber of Commerce mark the start with city, county and state officials attending.
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Austin and
Travis County
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Miller
Rs. Davis
Robert Morrison
The
County TB Association
Pansy Nichols
Texas TB Association
Ben Primer
Howard Smith
State Health Department
DeGaulle and Reds Trailing in French Electoral College Vote
Interior Ministry reports show Socialist and Independent Socialist groups at about 2 percent, Radical Independents 21 percent, Radical Socialists 12 percent, RPF 13 percent, Communists 10 percent, and MRP 9 percent. Municipal councils in 38,000 communes chose 100,001 electors who will select 320 members of the upper house on November 7. DeGaullist headquarters call the figures misleading.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Rally of the French People
RPF
The
DeGaullists
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Communists Charged Infiltrating YWCA
The Constitutional Education League accused extensive Communist infiltration in the YWCA. In 1948, 114 national board members and staff were said to have Communist-front affiliations, per a 68 page booklet titled Behind the Lace Curtains of the YWCA. YWCA president Mrs Arthur Forest Anderson dismissed the booklet as inaccurate and misleading.
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New York
YWCA
Constitutional Education League
League
National Board Committee
Washington
Arthur Forest Anderson
National Board
Senator Wagner Found After Missing Report
New York Senator Robert F. Wagner was located in Hans Jaeger’s restaurant on Upper Lexington Avenue after a disappearance sparked a citywide search. He was brought home to Islip by his son Robert F. Wagner Jr. and was resting, with plans for a physician checkup. he has been under a doctor's care for months.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner Jr
New York City
Wagner
Hans Jaeger
Lexington Avenue
Truman to Name ITU Official to Labor Post
President Truman will appoint Ralph Wright, an International Typographical Union official, as assistant secretary of labor. Wright will replace John Kmetz, who resigned last July, and the move leaves two top Labor Department posts open. Wright is secretary of the Allied Printing Trade Council of New York.
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Washington
Truman
Ralph Wright
International Typographical Union
Wright
Allied Printing Trade Council of New York
John Kmetz
Labor Department
Menard High School Destroyed in Early Morning Fire
Menard, Oct. 17. The Menard High School building burned during the early hours of Sunday. The loss is estimated at about 150 dollars.
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Menard
Menard High School
Historic party split could reshuffle 1948 ballot
Election observers warn of rare Democratic split disrupting ballots in 1948. Tennessee may split its electoral vote and Alabama could omit Truman from the ballot. States Rights and Thurmond electors enter a four major party field with 11 tickets listed.
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Washington
Tennessee
Truman
Alabama
Folsom Sabba Ih
Louisiana
South
House of Representatives
Taryland
Gov
Thurmond
Dewey
Texas teachers meet to discuss school leadership and defense
Worth McClure of Seattle told 275 administrators at the Driskill Hotel that education is the basic defense of the country. The Texas Association of School Administrators held a two day Austin conference with talks on social engineering roles for superintendents and updates on Gilmer-Aiken and elementary education programs.
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Worth McClure
Seattle
Wash
Driskill Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Texas Association of School Administrators
McClure
American Association of School Administrators
America
H. L. Foster
Longview
TASA
E. D. Cleveland
Gladewater
Irby Carruth
Waco
J. W. Edgar
Austin Public Schools
Austin
Fulmore Junior
Lorene Perry
Waldene Hunter
Irene Manigault
Juliet Mathis
Mary Williams
George Donaldson
Battle Creek
Mich
L. D. Haskew
University of Texas
Gilmer-Aiken
Fred Kaderli
San Marcos
Negev Conflict Ongoing as Arabs and Jews Clash
Weather report notes a sharp north wind cold snap sweeping Texas with freezing readings in Amarillo and 42 degree predicted low in Austin. Rain totals and clearing skies forecast for the capital region as the first cold front of the season moves through the state.
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Panhandle
Gulf
US Weather Bureau
East Texas
Wichita Falls
Austin
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Abilene
Tyler
Dallas
el Paso
Waco
San Antonio
Israel Presses Toward Gaza Outposts In Frontline Drive
Israel reports troops driving wedges into Egyptian bases along a arc shaped front defending Gaza. The southern Palestine front erupts in flame as Israeli infantry attack, backed by artillery against Jewish settlements. US officials are said to have sent a message urging an end to the fighting.
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Israel
Gaza
New Arab Palestine
United States
James MacDonald
US State Department
Negev
William E. Riley
UN Truce Commission
Ralph Bunche
Palestine
Paris
Negev Front
el Arish
Sinai
Majdal
Kesman
United Nations
Beersheba
Hebron
Jerusalem
Egypt
Four Die as US C82 Transport Crashes in Louisiana
An air force C82 with 34 aboard crash landed seven miles northeast of Clinton Louisiana killing four people and injuring one critically. The crew aimed for a safe landing after engine trouble while artillery officers on board prepared for training at Eglin Field Florida. Survivors were to be sent to Harding Field Baton Rouge for further flight.
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Clinton
Air Force
Here
Biggs Field
Texas
Eglin Field
Fla
C. H. Hart
Fort Bliss
Harding Field
Baton Rouge
Elgin Field
Herbert S. Ramey
Harold M. Dudley
R. Baez
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bergstrom
Earl Montgomery 11 Dies After Plane Crash Near Georgetown
Earl Montgomery son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Montgomery Route 4 Georgetown died in a local hospital from injuries from a private airplane crash Saturday. The pilot was a Camp Hood soldier who was injured and transported to Camp Hood by Army ambulance. Funeral services not announced. body at Friedrich Funeral Home.
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Georgetown
Earl Montgomery
J. F. Montgomery
Camp Hood
Sheriff's Office
Fredrich Funeral Home
Lingerie Shop Offers Truman Barkley Dewey Warren Slogans
In Glendale California a lingerie shop markets lace trimmed panties in two political styles. One pair is embroidered with Truman Barkley and the other with Dewey Warren. This brief item notes a playful political twist in retail.
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Glendale
Calif
Truman-Barkley
Dewey-Warren
US Chamber Urges Standardized Arms Trade Policy
The US Chamber of Commerce directors urged arms trading with friendly nations and standardized military equipment for joint defense. They urged Congress to pass laws permitting sale or transfer of war equipment to free democracies with safeguards and to advance standardization of military gear.
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Washington
US Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Austinite Finds 10 day old Tot Left in Car
A baby boy about ten days old was found in a car in Austin near 1011 Brazos around 2:15 a.m. after a night out at a Labor Temple area club. The infant wore clothing, had feeding instructions and supplies left with him, and was taken to Brackenridge Hospital for care.
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Austin
George Anew
Labor Temple
Brazos
Brackenridge Hospital
Fire destroys Hillcrest Baptist Church and plans for new building
A Sunday fire completely destroyed Hillcrest Baptist Church on East Avenue. Equipment for a planned new building was lost, and the building measured 65 by 100 feet with an auditorium area among the affected spaces.
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Hillcrest Baptist Church
East Avenue
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Overseas Writers’ Committee
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Athens
Legion
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Miami, Fla
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St. Louis
Perkoff
Neutrals Press
Mass Travis
Travis County Medical Sounteer
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Frank Scofield
Internal Revenue
Bob Phinney
DeGaulle
Sen. Wagner
ITU
Labor Post
Thomas B. Dewey
Illinois
Strom
Theodore
Woodrow Wilson
Blayne Salyer
Austin American
Roy Jasper Beard
Houston
Mortimer Brown
Beard
Capital City
Middle Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
Gulf Coast
Corpus
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Marfa
Tel Aviv
Southern Palestine Front
Israel and
Feyot
Florida
Ing. MacDonald
Haifa
New Ons
Falupa
Faluja
Centex
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