Truman accuses GOP of abandoning Lincoln ideals
In Springfield Illinois on a campaign stop Truman charged the GOP has departed from Lincoln’s principles and credited Democratic programs with increasing prosperity since 1933. He outlined agricultural policy goals and urged voters to compare their post 1933 well being with pre Democratic rule.
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State
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Illinois
Truman
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House
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Heig
Dewey Urges Increased Oil Capacity for Security
AP reports Thomas E. Dewey argued the United States must raise oil producing capacity for national security. He warned current demand exceeds reserves, warns against naively undercutting oil supplies, and urged research into refining and recovery. Dewey also pressed strong national unity and resources, touring Kentucky and southern Illinois.
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Dewey
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Dewey Faces Engineer Over Misadventure At Illinois Stop
Evansville IN UP reports Thomas E Dewey campaign train incident as engineer Lee Tindle says he overshot a water spout and backed up a few feet while defending his 30 years of safe driving. Dewey condemns the miscue while noting no one was hurt and calls for restraint amid disruptions in Mt Vernon Beaucoup and neighboring towns.
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Ind
Thomas E
Dewey
Illinois
Lee Tindle
Louisville
Nashville
Beaucoup
Tindle
Mt. Vernon
Britons accuse Russia of fifth column sabo tage at UN session
Sir Hartley Shawcross told the United Nations political committee that Soviet sponsored Communist parties across nations undermine postwar reconstruction. He urged Russia to open borders allow travel and exchange and permit journalists diplomats and students to interact. Malik accused Shawcross of quoting from Trotsky and Nazi leaders. the Ukrainian resolution on arms reduction advanced 31 to 5 with 11 abstentions while the US opposed a gag rule. Russia abstained.
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Paris
Britain
Russia
Hartley Shawcross
United Nations Political Committee
Europe
Shawcross
Erit
Ukraine
Jakob A. Malik
Trotsky
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
Malik
United States
Warren ‘Austin
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Arguments Heard In Corn Products Pricing Dispute
The FTC heard petitions to dismiss a price fixing and conspiracy complaint against 19 corn products firms. Most seek dismissal arguing proposed action would cause monopoly and Midwest distress. Corn Products Refining Co argues it already complies. The case centers on f a b mill pricing for delivery prices nationwide and ties to a congressional review of the basing point decision. Penick and Ford plant in Cedar Rapids is among those seeking dismissal.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Midwest
Corn Products Refining Company
Corn Products Refining
United States
Supreme Court
Britons urged to mimic French cheek kissing to ward off colds
A London medical magazine proposed a change in greeting habit for Britons to reduce colds, recommending kissing on both cheeks instead of lips as a safer alternative.
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London
French Strike Tie Up Paris Docks Hit By Large Walkout
Paris report shows thousands of dockhands joining a mass strike alongside more than 500,000 other essential workers demanding higher pay. Government meets with Premier Queuille amid warnings of a creeping industrial paralysis from coal, rail, and port strikes, while authorities crack down on food speculation and vow stern penalties for sabotage.
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Henri Queuille
General Confederation of Labor
Workers’ Force
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Dunkerque
Andre Marie
Christian Pineau
Jules Moch
Communist Information Bureau
Wholesale Food Prices Decline for Fifth Week
New York reports wholesale food prices fell for the fifth straight week as the Dun and Bradstreet index dropped three cents to $6.48 per pound covering 31 foods. The figure is the lowest since July 8 1947 at $6.41, compared to $6.85 a year earlier.
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New York
Dun and Bradkstreet
Community Chest push urges workers to finish solicitation
Cedar Rapids officials urge Community Chest workers to complete as much solicitation as possible and report progress at a Thursday noon meeting at the Montrose hotel. Campaign leaders stress the 1949 drive as a single annual fund to support all agencies, with Red Feather signage marking the final week and D-Day on October 20.
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Cedar Rapids News
Community Chest
Montrose Hotel
Shirley Bechtel
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Heiress Must Get Divorce Or Lose Fund
Miami Beach heiress faces forced divorce clause in a will. Daniel Weis kopf’s daughter would lose most of a $2.5 million estate unless she divorces her husband Robert Reid, or find a new spouse to share the inheritance. Executors urge court to void the provision as against public policy and note similar clauses have been struck in other cases.
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Miami
INL
Daniel K. Weiskopf
Miami Beach
Sampson Selig
Robert Harris Reid
Weiskopf
Reid
Iowa Issues Record 1949 License Plates Mailed Out
Des Moines United Press reports Iowa mailed 1,100,000 1949 license plates to county treasurers for distribution December 1. Director L B Chase notes production set a record at Anamosa reform factory, with 993,515 vehicles registered in 1948 first nine months and expected to top one million by year end. Plates feature white numbers on black with a waffle pattern. luminous night driving technology dropped to cut costs. Aluminum costs 19 cents per set, twice the steel option, with higher aluminum prices expected next year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. B Chase
State Motor Vehicle Registration Division
Chase
Reformatory
Anamosa
Four Boys Confess To Shooting Out 106 Street Lights
MARSHALLTOWN AP Four youths told police of a light smashing contest using air rifles. They admitted shooting out 106 lights this month, 65 Tuesday night, with about 17 more in Albion, ten miles away. Three were bound over to district court for malicious injury. one to juvenile court. Over $200 to replace, with a shipment delay leaving intersections dark.
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Marshalltown
Sim Smith
Albion
Here
Smith
Alabama Legion Post Apologizes for Arrest Incident
Montgomery American Legion post No 2 issued an apology for the incident in Attalla Alabama where a Legion delegation from Indianapolis en route to a Miami convention was arrested for possession of beer and whiskey in a 40 and 8 locomotive. They were released on a 25 dollar bond.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Legion
Bramuglia’s Berlin mediation meets stiff Soviet reply
Argentina's Bramuglia presented a mediation plan to the Big Three aimed at lifting the Berlin blockade and convening a four power foreign ministers meeting. The Soviet answer insisted on pulling the case from the security council and restoring the pre August 30 status, effectively ending the conciliation effort.
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Russia
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Bramuglia
Vishinsky
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Big Three
Moscow
Warm Days, Cool Nights Promised
Weather bureau forecast cool nights and pleasant days through Saturday. North Iowa may see frost tonight with scattered light frost in the south. Iowans with fresh vegetables were advised to cover them. Yesterday's high reached 72 at Council Bluffs and Cedar Rapids reported a high of 60 between 2 and 5 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Chambers Wasreer
Learning Young FARMER. Billy Woodward Jr. Leaves Nickel
Wm. Billy Woodward Jr walked into a drugstore and bought an ice cream cone for eight cents and chewing gum for six cents. After paying with a nickel he left, saying he would not take the nickel back and walked away leaving the coin on the counter. The clerk urged him to take it back.
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