Demos Cold To Eleanor Purge Plan
Democratic leaders rejected Eleanor Roosevelt idea to purge States Rights supporters from the party. National Chairman McGrath said chairmanships will be decided by House and Senate members, with no national committee intervention. He suggested repercussions against States Rights founders would not fit current goals.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
J. Howard McGrath
House
Senate
Congress
National Committee
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Truman
The
United Press
McGrath
States’ Rights Party
Democratic Committee
William J. Primm
Johnston
Mittee
Chavez
D-N.m
Post Office and Civil Service Group
Public Works Committee
Kin
House Veterans Committee
Train Strike Worsens War-Charged China Turmoil
In Shanghai and nearby cities twelve thousand railway workers walked out halting all rail service as demands for pay in rice clash with the Nationalist gold yuan. Prices for rice, pork and other staples soared amid growing hunger and unrest. American officials warn Americans to leave North China as Communist forces press toward key strongholds.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
United States
United States Army
China
Roger D. Lapham
Economic Cooperation Administration
Siam
Communist Radio
Red
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Tientsin
Peiping
United States Department
North China
Chiang
Rankin Attacks Mrs Roosevelt on States Rights Remark
Rep Rankin denounces Eleanor Roosevelt for suggesting States' Rights leaders be banned from party membership. He says the less the country hears from her the better off. Gov Fielding L. Wright on the States' Rights ticket vows opposition to any expulsions.
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Jackson, Miss
Mns
Rankin
D.-Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mississippi
Fielding Loe
Roosevelt
Prague Forms State Defense Guard Amid Revolt Fears
Anti Communist Czech refugees in Bavaria report Prague plans a state defense guard to quash any uprising. They say the government struggles to recruit volunteers for the special force and fears unrest.
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Munich
INS
Prague
Bavaria
Rent Director Seeks Stronger Federal Rent Controls
Washington reports Rent Director Tighe E. Woods will ask Congress to extend the rent law for 12 months and add new powers to restore controls in defense regions. He proposes evictions controls, treble damages against violators, and criminal sanctions, with support from Capitol insiders.
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Washington
LLP
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
Woods
United Press
Capitol
Pedestrian Escapes Injury After Collision With Car
In Long Beach Herman Nagel a pedestrian escaped unharmed after a collision with Otis Knights car The incident prompted a complaint from Knight Nagel damaged the car window A judge fined Nagel 25 dollars for intoxication.
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Long Beach
Herman Nagel
Otis Knight
Knight
Nagel
Marie Van Muelebroek Drops Saloon Gambling Crusade
Marie Van Muelebroek, Moline’s self styled Carrie Nation, quits her drive against saloon gambling after five tavern fines raise disinterested response. She cites lack of local backing and family life disruption as reasons for ending the campaign amid threats received this week.
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Moline
Ill
Marie van Muelebroek
Carrie Nation
Marie
Prosper van Muelebrock
Van Muel@brock
Morning Mail
U.N. Votes Equal Rights for Marriage and Divorce
The U N social committee approved by 17 to 16 with nine abstentions a proposal to extend equal rights to both spouses during marriage and at dissolution. Russia backed the measure, while the United States and Great Britain voted against.
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Paris
Social Committee
United Nations Assembly
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Alexei Pavlov
Frank D. Roosevelt
U. N. Human Rights Commission
U. N
Freda.Corbett
Rail collision blamed on switching orders mixup
Kankakee Illinois officials blamed a mixup in switching orders for a collision of two locomotives in which 14 people suffered minor injuries. The crash disrupted service as crews investigated the causes and the extent of damage to both engines and surrounding track.
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Kankakee, Ill
Stocks Take Another Drop
The stock market wilted again Tuesday under a new selling blast. Key issues slipped to around $6 a share as heavy pressure pressed after the open and near close. Ticker tape lagged in reporting, and most issues fell into the minus column as Washington policy news dampened buying enthusiasm.
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New York
Washington News
Truman Message Heartens Dulles
John Foster Dulles said he was encouraged by President Truman to carry on as American delegate to the United Nations assembly. The president sent a cable expressing heartfelt thanks and appreciation for Dulles's work in Paris.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
Truman
United Nations Assembly
Dulles
Czech hockey players missing aboard plane
A plane with eight aboard including six members of a Czechoslovak hockey team is reported lost between Paris and London. Paris newspapers say little hope remains due to high winds and hail over the Channel.
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Paris
INS
London
Detroit drug firm executive dies at 56
Alex D. Webb 56, general superintendent of Parke Davis and Company, a Detroit drug manufacturer, died Monday night.
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Detroit
Alex D. Webb
Parke, Davis and Company
AFL Unit Seeks FBI Probe of Two Republicans
The AFL political league urged denial of seats for Senator Ferguson and Rep. O Konski until the FBI investigates their financial dealings with Chrysler. It linked O Konski’s charges to the J Parnell Thomas payroll padding case. Myers warned against whitewash as Democrats take the Senate chair.
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Washington
AFL
Congress
FBI
Ferguson
Mich
Rep
O’konski
Wis
Madison
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
League
Senate
Chrysler Corporation
Drew Pearson
D-Okla
Capitol Hill
Myers
Texas
Oklahoma
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Hart Estate Valued Over One Million in Court Filing
The William S. Hart estate, famed Western film hero, is valued at 1 136 732 in a court approved accounting filed Monday. The document details assets and net worth of the late star’s estate.
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Los Angeles
William S. Hart
Socialite to Remarry Man She Had Jailed for Bigamy
Reno dispatch reports Chicago socialite Frances Taft Pollock 44 rejoicing after parole board grants release for William Witkowski 40 the man she jailed for bigamy. Pollock announced plans for a private ceremony once Witkowski leaves prison and noted approval from her family.
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Reno
Chicago
Frances Taft Pollock
William Harris
Nevada Parole Board
William Witkowski
Bill
Witkowski
Nevada
Witkoski
Jews Claim British Join In Warfare
Israel accused Britain of sending troops into Trans-Jordan and aiding the Palestine front while London denied any troop movements. Tel Aviv also charged Trans-Jordan has acquired an air force and reported arms shipments reaching Basra for Iraqi and allied Arab forces.
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Israel
INS
Trans-Jordan
London
British War Office
Middle East
Palestine
Israeli Foreign Office
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Paris
Palestine Front
Abdullah
Arab Legion
Basra
Persian Gulf
Wreckage of B-25 Sighted Near Ganderd Airport
A U S Air Force search plane sighted wreckage eight miles west of Ganderd airport, believed to be a B-25 missing Friday with six men aboard. The aircraft was on a Washington to Ganderd flight.
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John’s
Gander
United States Air Force
Washington
Eclipse Group Headed by Thomas Faces Dormant AHAC
Washington AP reports the House un American Activities Committee will be largely inactive this year with Chairman Thomas under indictment and two other Republicans in the lame duck. The delay postpones Reds in Hollywood, atomic spy, and Dr Edward A Condon hearings and other inquiries planned for this period. Thomas predicts no sessions while on trial. trial likely starts after January. two loss of seat Republicans McDowell and Vail cited.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Thomas
N. J
Lame Duck
Reds-in-Hollywood
Edward A. Condon
Congress
United States
George Morris Fay
McDowell
Vail
Stores Will Remain Open Armistice Day
Cedar Rapids retailers will open as usual on Armistice day. Linn county courthouse, city hall, federal offices, post office and banks will be closed. The regular Thursday city council meeting is moved to Friday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
J. W. Enzler
Jena University Purged Over Snub to Red Regime
Berlim report says Jena University fired Dr. Friedrich Hund as president and Prof. Hans Leisegang for hostility to the new democracy. The purge occurred in Soviet occupied Thuringia after a meeting with Werner Eggerath and Dr. Marie Torhorst. Previous student strikes were noted.
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Berlin
Jena University
Friedrich Hund
Hans Leisegang
Ministry of Education
Thuringia
Weimar Abendpost
Werner Eggerath
Marie Torhorst
Torhorst
Moscow University
Tschemodemoff
Examination Commission For Teachers of Democratic Schools
Leisegang
Education Ministry
Most of Record 1948 Corn Crop Has Been Picked
Iowa farmers harvested 2 350 000 acres of corn in the last week marking the third straight week of full scale activity. By last Saturday 74 percent of the 1948 crop was in the crib with 81 percent in the northwest district and 66 percent in the east central district. Soybeans were 97 percent combined and soil moisture improved though pastures remain short. Fall plowing to proceed with favorable conditions and early harvest aided by recent rainfall.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Crop Bulletin
Northwest
East Central
Bulletin
Iowa
New Tropical Storm Forms in Atlantic Northeast of Nassau
A tropical storm with winds near 60 mph has formed in the Atlantic about 400 miles northeast of Nassau. The disturbance sits roughly 600 miles from President Truman’s Key West vacation spot as it develops in November.
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Miami
Atlantic
Nassau
Truman
Key West
East Coast Gulf Coast Tieup Averted By Longshore Deal
A threatened East and Gulf Coast shipping tieup ended as 45 000 AFL Longshoremen reached a tentative settlement. The accord with ship operators offers a 10 cent hourly raise and additional benefits, pending ratification by employers and ILA members.
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New York
AFL
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
UN Gag Rule Used to End Balkan Block Filibuster
In Paris the UN political committee invoked a gag rule to end a three day Soviet bloc filibuster over a resolution condemning Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek rebels. The panel approved key paragraphs condemning the three satraps and urged peaceful settlement of disputes with Greece.
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Paris
United Nations
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
United States
John Foster Dulles
U. N
Balkan
Dulles
Alexandre Bogomolov
Ales Bebler
Thhad
Bebler
K. V. Kisselev
White
Russia
Greece
First Snow Falls In Eastern Iowa
Light snow moved into Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning with a misty start and varying intensity. By early afternoon the precipitation faded to light rain as skies began to clear slightly and the Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy, cooler conditions for Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
U N Secretary General Begins German Currency Study
Trygve Lie announced in Paris that he has started a study of the German currency problem, a key issue in the Berlin dispute. The move signals the UN’s involvement in seeking a monetary solution amid postwar tensions.
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Paris
Trygve Lie
U.N
Berlin
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