Republicans and Truman Clash as Campaign Nears End
President Truman boasted of a sweeping tide in Chicago while rival Dewey backers predicted smashing GOP gains. In New York Truman was cut off on air by CBS and Mutual after a half hour block, as Democrats report over 1.1 million dollars in contributions and 1.5 million in spending through Oct. 22 amid race jitters.
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Truman Campaign Attacks Republicans In Chicago Speech
President Truman accused the Republican Party of making hollow promises and warned of dangers to democracy. He tied economic power to loss of freedom and said forces like those backing Hitler and Mussolini are active in the GOP. He outlined a campaign trail including Cleveland Boston and New York.
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Desirable Pixiecrat Keynoter Detained by Rangers in Austin
Allen Duckworth of Dallas, billed as Pixiecrat national convention keynoter, arrived at the Austin airport and was briefly detained for identification by Texas Rangers. He denied his identity until frisking revealed credentials. The event, part of a confounding political show, is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Capitol House of Representatives.
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Austin Little Theater
Two Chest Kickoff Talks Slated Today
Two Community Chest kickoff meetings are set for Tuesday at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel East Room. The advance gift division meets at 8 a.m. with Fred W. Catterall Jr. presiding. the employee division gathers at 10 a.m. with Sterling Sasser in charge. The Chest drive aims for 219000, a 15 percent rise to fund 1949 targets for 16 Red Feather agencies. Mrs C M Drake Jr heads the women’s division and will lead five women’s teams with Mrs Nash Jr Bray Lewis and others assisting.
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Luftwaffe Pilots Offer to Fly Berlin Airlift
Four German labor leaders told news conferences in Washington they could supply Luftwaffe pilots for the Berlin airlift. The representatives said they could provide more pilots than the Americans need and that Draper was studying the proposal.
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Storm Pounding Naval Vessel Off Cape Henry
A small naval vessel with 63 men aboard reported being pounded by 25 foot waves as four rescue ships moved toward her position 140 miles northeast of Cape Henry. Navy spokesmen said she was not in immediate danger. The LCIL-1093 landing craft showed speed at 2.5 knots amid heavy seas and 35 knot winds.
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Marines Ready to Go Pictured by Gen Wallace in Austin
Major General William Jennings Wallace toured the Naval Reserve Training Center in Austin for Navy Day events and praised Marine organized reserve units. He noted 5,000 trained volunteers, 23 fighter dive bomber squadrons, and 27 fighter bomber squadrons on maneuvers, with forces split East and West Coast. He spoke of unification, future prospects, and the readiness of reserve Marines for emergencies.
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Endurance Fliers Near Fifth Day at Gregg County Airport
Two endurance fliers Fred Vinmont and Bert Simons neared the end of a fifth straight day aloft at Gregg County airport. They plan two months of marathon flying and will stay at least two more days before returning to Grand Prairie. A refueling plane from Dallas will be ready within two days.
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Mexican Labor Imports Rapped
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor accused farm labor employers and government officials of conspiring to import Mexican farm workers. He demanded deportation of illegal entrants and prosecution of officials and employers aiding the movement, citing union reports from El Paso, Texas.
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Red Feather Agencies Austin's United Appeal to Help Needs
Austin Community Chest launches its sixteen in one annual drive to fund sixteen Red Feather agencies. Advance canvassing is under way with general solicitation to start next week as leadership seeks a fifteen percent increase to cover rising costs.
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US Workers Cleared In New Mexico Senate Race
The Justice Department said it has no evidence that federal workers are playing illegal roles in the New Mexico Senate race. The statement followed claims by Republican National Chairman Hugh Scott of a government payroll brigade aiding in Clinton P. Andreson’s campaign.
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Mother of Five Dies In Wringer Accident
A 57 year old mother of five children died in a wringer accident in Rocky Ford Colorado. The incident occurred on October 26 with local authorities and a coroner investigating the scene.
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French Army and Guards Seize Northern Coal Mines
More than 30 000 French troops and Republican guards stormed into strike bound coal mines in North France in the government’s largest postwar move against Communist led labor. Troops seized pits while miners sang the Internationale and offered little resistance. The operation covered a 30 by 10 mile zone from the Douai Lille road to the Belgian border, producing two thirds of the nation’s coal.
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Israeli Claims Iraqi Artillery Strikes in Esdraelon Plain
An Israeli Army spokesman said Iraqi troops opened artillery fire on Jewish positions in three Esdraelon plain towns in Northern Palestine. The shelling marks the first truce violation in that area since the United Nations ceasefire began.
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CIO Maps Court Fight On Mass Picket Ruling
The CIO said it would sue to overturn a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Mass picketing blocking plant entrances is illegal and another ruling holding a union liable for illegal actions by its agents even if forbidden by the union.
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Texas Democrats Fight Back At Republicans
Texas Democrats launch a statewide radio push led by newly named executive secretary Tom L. Tyson to defend the Democratic ticket amid rising general election competition. Prominent Democrats including Connally Patman Rayburn Miller Buck join the effort as party officials insist Lyndon Johnson is the party nominee despite Stevenson’s claims of runoff fraud.
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Soviet Ukraine Joins Reds In Casting Negative Vote
Paris Oct 28 AP Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council plan for Berlin settlement. Vishinsky cast the 28th veto, with the Soviet Ukraine voting no 9 to 2. Bramuglia, presiding, urged persistence toward a peaceful settlement as negotiations loom.
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Paraguay Cadet Revolt Crushed in Asuncion
Paraguayan government forces recaptured the military academy in Asuncion ending a brief cadet revolt. President J Natalicio Gonzalez warned the students the army would crush the rebellion, ordered arms laid down, and pledged no reprisals for those who surrendered.
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Loyal Korea Troops Quell Army Mutiny
Seoul dispatch says South Korean army headquarters reports fighting near Yasu during the night and a good chance loyal troops have regained the port city where the rebellion began six days earlier. In Seoul the force said the insurrection was reduced to mop up separated bands in Southwest Korea.
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Accident leads to jail for unlawful pistol carry
A 30 year old man from Latin America, at a bar in the 600 block of East Sixth Street, drew and fired his weapon by accident. The gunshot to his left hand prompted police to call an ambulance. He was treated and then jailed on unlawful carry charges.
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Europeans discuss military pact linking Brussels union with US Canada
British French and Benelux foreign ministers met in Paris to plot a North Atlantic mill pact with the United States and Canada. A three day gathering aims to draft a Western alliance framework while keeping sessions secret and a joint communique planned at its end.
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Supreme Court backs state obscenity ban on Memoirs of Hecate County
The Supreme Court affirmed New York and upheld a $1,000 fine on Doubleday for publishing Memories of Hecate County, ruling the work obscene and not protected by the free press guarantee. The decision left open limits on broader obscenity bans by states. Also the court approved mass trial and conviction of 35 pickets from the 1946 Columbia studio strike in Los Angeles.
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Doubleday and Company, Inc
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45,000 Men To Be Drafted In Early 1940s Push
The Army announced 20,000 men would be drafted in January, bringing the total called up to 45,000 over the next three months. Earlier picks were 10,000 in November and 15,000 in December. Navy Marine Corps and Air Force rely on voluntary enlistments to meet authorized strength. State headquarters will allocate quotas to local boards.
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Texas Tech Pledged Pantex Ordnance Site
LUBBOCK Oct. 25 The War Assets Administration has virtually assured Texas Tech President D M Wiggins the college can acquire by loan the Pantex Ordnance plant 18 miles northeast of Amarillo. The site includes 414 buildings on 17000 acres and would boost research in agriculture and engineering at the university.
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Power Rate Hearing Slated For Nov 4
The Federal Power Commission announced hearings will begin November 4 on Brazos River district Texas request to raise power rates from Morris Sheppard dam to the Brazos Transmission Electric River Cooperative Inc.
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