Truman Sees Plot Against Price Rule
President Truman accused Republicans and the National Association of Manufacturers of a concerted campaign to destroy price controls. He argued NAM leaders seek higher profits, cited a 1946 $3,000,000 campaign, and urged a Democratic Congress to curb prices and monopoly power. He spoke in Louisville after a day spanning Illinois and Indiana.
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Price
Louisville
Harry S. Truman
Republicans
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
OPA
Evansville
Ind
Illinois
Henderson
Owensboro
Irvington
Hawesville
Basing Point Ruling Seen as Threat to Defense
Rep. Thomas E. Martin warned in Cedar Rapids that outlawing the basing point plan could hollow American defense by forcing many industries to cluster in urban centers near sources of supply. He said far from the mill users would pay higher freight, raising steel costs and threatening strategic stockpiles, which he said are only about 18 percent complete.
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Cedar Rapids
America
Thomas E. Martin
Supreme Court
Martin
Civic Bureau
Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Faith the Blitz Cat Dies After Wartime Duty
London AP reports Faith a 12 year old cat became a wartime icon during the 1940 blitz. Shelter in St Pauls church rubble protected her litter while roofs fell and flames raged around her. A chapel plaque notes her calm wait for help and she earned a Greenwich Village Humane League certificate of honor in New York. The London Times praised her devout conduct in a Friday tribute.
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London
Faith
St. Paul’s
Greenwich Village
Three Day Old in Is Aided by Surgery
In Los Angeles the Children’s Hospital reports a three day old boy, John Charles Walters of North Hollywood, underwent a major chest operation to remove the lower right lung lobe for congenital cystic emphysema. The operation on September 16 saved him from dying from oxygen deprivation. he quickly resumed breathing and feeding, with the hospital noting newborns can endure more than once thought and suggesting earlier operations may be possible.
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Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital
John Charles Walters
John Walters
North Hollywood
John Jones
Little John
Navy Develops Proximity Fused Rocket
Washington reports the Navy is testing a new type rocket with a radio controlled proximity fuse. The device would explode automatically when near a bomber or ground target, aiding a fighter plane in a single close shot.
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Washington
Navy
Northwest resumes Martin 2-2 service after refinements
Northwest Airlines said its Martin 2 2 passenger planes out of service since 37 persons will restart operations once specified refinements are completed following a crash on August 29.
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ST. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Frisco Newsie Collects For Papers From Russian Consulate
In San Francisco 13 year old Jimmy Aflen collected $1.25 from Soviet Consul General Konstantin Efremov after demanding payment for newspapers. He stationed himself on the sidewalk as Efremov and aides left the 30 room consulate two cars later. The boy asked for his money and Efremov counted out the cash.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Aflen
Jimmy
Konstantin Efremov
Russia
Efremov
Chief appeals to Britain for skull return from Germany
African Wahehe chief Adam Sapil, at a British African conference in London, urged Britain to force Germany to return his grandfather Chief Mkwawa's skull taken as a World War I souvenir. A colonial office spokesman confirmed a Versailles clause, ordered a search of German museums, and signaled willingness to act.
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London
Britain
Germany
Adam Sapil
Tanganyika
Colonial Office
Versailles
Mkwawa
Africa
Key Chinese airfield knocked out by Reds
PEIPING AP The vital Chinhsien airfield was knocked out Friday by Red gunfire, pro government reports said. Chinhsien, southern anchor of the airlift for Mukden, is the second most important government stronghold in Manchuria. The developing battle for all southeast Manchuria seemed moving toward a climax. Red infantry, under cover of artillery, broke into the southeast corner of Suichung on the Peiping Mukden railroad 40 miles inside Manchuria. Bitter fighting raged.
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Chinhsien
Mukden
Manchuria
Red
Suichung
Peiping-Mukden
Penicillin dust shows promise for common cold relief
CHICAGO AP Penicillin dust inhaled through the nose throat and lungs cured symptoms of the common cold in one to three days in a study of 169 patients. Fourteen active doctors reported 42 percent cured and 38 percent improved with nasal vasoconstrictor effects and immediate relief from congestion. Further work will test if high doses affect the virus itself and whether the method can prevent pneumonia sinus trouble or ear infections in select cases.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Louis Krasno
University of Tlinois Medical School
Paul S. Rhoads
Mary Karp
Northwestern University Medical School
Krasno
Army Final Medal of Honor Award for World War II
Army names Staff Sgt. John W. Minick of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania as the last World War II Medal of Honor recipient. He led his platoon through a German mine field near Hurtgen on November 21, 1944 and personally killed over twenty enemy soldiers before being killed. The Army confirms this award completes its World War II MOH list while the Navy has granted 137 MOHs, including 79 Marines and one Coast Guardsman.
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Washington
Army
John W. Minick
Mechanicsburg
Hurtgen
Germany
Navy
Girl rescues toddler in tar pool near Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Oriani a 17 year old girl saved a 2 year old boy buried to his eyes in tar Thursday near his mother’s home. She laid planks crawled out 10 feet pulled him free dug tar from mouth and nose applied artificial respiration until firefighters arrived. The boy’s condition improved as he was taken to hospital.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Oriani
Ruth
Larry Stansbury
Raider of Police Station Slain in One Man Assault
Chicago police kill a middle aged Negro, Lawrence Haggard, after he enters the central station with a gun taken from an officer. He fires through offices and hallways before being shot by three officers. Haggard had previous burglary terms at the house of correction.
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Chicago
Central
Lawrence Haggard
Dwight Hartnett
Hartnett
Haggard
Police
House of Correction
Miner Leonard Schaeffer Found Dead After 18 Hour Rescue
Leonard Schaeffer age 32 was found dead after rescue workers dug 18 hours to reach him 100 feet underground in Donaldson Pennsylvania following a timber fall trapping him Thursday night.
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Donaldson
Leonard Schaeffer
Dewey Proposes Nine Point Peace Plan
In Salt Lake City Thomas E. Dewey outlines a nine point foreign policy to secure lasting peace and deter aggression. He urges UN support, a United States of Europe, and fair dealings with the Soviet Union while warning against appeasement and bullying.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas E. Dewey
Russia
Mormon Tabernacle
New York
United Nations
Western
Europe
European Union
G.O.P
Cooler Weather Hint Prompts Fall Feels in Iowa
A weather forecast indicates cooler air will sweep into Iowa from the north Friday night. Temperatures may drop up to 10 degrees with lows in the 30s and highs near 67. Light frost could threaten northern areas while city highs reached 72 Thursday and a 51 degree low is expected Friday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Four Arrested in FBI Crackdown on Lewd Phonograph Records
In San Francisco four individuals were arrested as part of an FBI crackdown on the lewd phonograph record operation. They face charges of sending lewd disks in interstate commerce.
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San Francisco
FBI
Railroads Seek 8 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow an 8 percent rise in freight rates, citing surging operating costs. If approved, the change would add about 672.5 million dollars to annual freight bills, with specific caps on commodities such as fruits vegetables lumber and sugar. The ICC had granted a 25 percent uplift earlier this year to rail and water carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Upper Great Lakes
Truman elopement tale at Kentucky campaign stop
Kentuckians heard Harry Truman retell how his grandfather eloped to Shelbyville and later married, uprooted by fear, then reconciled with the family. He introduced relatives, including daughter Margaret, who checked marriage records, as crowds heard the story during his Kentucky swing.
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Shelbyville
Harry Truman
Kentucky
Truman
Mary Jane Holmes
Missouri
Young
Grandmother Young
Here
Louisville
Jefferson County
Shelby County
Jefferson’ County
Jefferson
Margaret
Move Against II Unionists Urged
SCHENECTADY AP A house labor subcommittee recommended Friday that 11 officers and members of the CIO United Electrical Workers be cited for contempt of Congress. Rep. Kersten announced the decision at the conclusion of a two day investigation into reported Communist infiltration into Local 301.
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Schenectady
House
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Rep
Kersten
R-Wis
Money belt holds $128525 found on hospital patient
Bellevue hospital staff recovered a money belt containing 128525 in cash strapped to 85 year old Mrs Antoinetti Lindsey who arrived for observation. Dr Charles S Yongue said she was confused and an attorney noted she was a widow owner of substantial real estate and other property.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Antoinetti Lindsey
Weylin
Charles S. Yongue
Vishinsky Seeks to Frame US as War Aimer
Paris Russia accused the United States of seeking war and claimed Washington monopolizes atomic energy. Andrei Vishinsky told the UN political committee that the US blocks real control of atomic energy and warned that internationalization could be an American-dominated matter. He challenged President Truman and Baruch plans, saying they threaten Soviet economy and sovereignty and urged full disarmament of atomic weapons.
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Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
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Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
Truman
Soviet Union
Bernard M. Baruch
United States of America
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Soviet Bloc
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