G O P Aims For Control Of Senate
The Republican senatorial committee listed 23 states as battlegrounds for adding 11 seats to control the Senate next January. Brewster of Maine said gains of six to eight seats are likely, with several more promising. He cited Democratic discord over Wallace and Yugoslavia policy as factors boosting GOP prospects.
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Washington
Brewster
Maine
G.O.P
Senate
Rhode Island
Vermont
Austin
Wallace
Yugoslavia
UNRRA
G.O.P Committee
Delaware
Idaho
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Dakota
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Republicans warn of PAC Pendergast rule in congress
Jefferson City Missouri Republican National Committee Chairman Carroll Reece challenged voters Saturday night to choose a Republican congress over a PAC linked to the Pendergast machine. He claimed President Truman aided the alliance with the Democratic leadership and accused party leaders of alien ideology and foreign influence.
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Jefferson City
INS
Republican National Committee
Carroll Reece
Republican Congress
Pendergast Congress
Reece
Truman
Pendergast
Political Action Committee
Democratic Party
United States
G.O.P
Wyatt Sounds Appeal To Nation's Landlords
Washington AP Wyatt housing expeditor condemned the no children allowed policy as unfair to veterans and families. He urged landlords to lift the ban, saying it worsens urban housing shortages and harms those who served in war.
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Wyatt
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
London Police Arrest Five Communists
Five leading Communists were arrested in London on a crackdown against luxury squatters as the government orders sheriff officials to seal vacant apartments. Bevan backed swift action to defend orderly government and housing allocations. Any further seizures risk escalating tension amid renewed police patrols.
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London
Communist Party
England
Wales
Fountain Court
Aneurin Bevan
Milwaukee man offers to build four room home for Johnson family
Contractor Harry Small pledged to provide a four room bungalow in Milwaukee at cost or $40 monthly rent for Mrs Lucille Johnson and her nine children after Civil Judge Robert Cannon eviction. Wisconsin Housing Admin Thomas King promised a permit and building start in 60 days. John L. Dugan started a fund with $25 to buy the house.
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Milwaukee
Lucille Johnson
Harry Small
Cannon
Small
Wisconsin
Thomas R. King
John L. Dugan
Child Rescued From Furnace Pipe in Marion
Marion fire unit responded to the W H Odom residence to extricate 16 month old Barbara Ann from a cold air furnace pipe. Her brother uncovered a register to retrieve marbles and she slipped through the door and became lodged in the outer jacket. Fireman M J Rathje removed the pipe. no fire occurred and Barbara Ann suffered only minor bruises.
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Marion Fire Department
W. H. Odom
Third Avenue
Marion
Barbara Ann
Riots in Bombay Leave Six Dead and Dozens Wounded
Renewed Hindu Muslim clashes in Bombay on Saturday left six people dead and 37 injured. Among the casualties were five killed by taxicab gunmen.
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Bombay
INS
End of Shipping Strike Near as Talks Break in New York
A CIO National Maritime union conference in New York adjourned without a wage accord though owners' spokesman Frank J Taylor said progress was made. AFL seamen began a strike September 5 while CIO sailors stayed on picket lines across coasts. NMU claimed 100 percent effectiveness with ports tied up and demanded wage parity with AFL and SIU levels.
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Associated Press
CIO National Maritime Union
New York City
Frank J Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
AFL
CIO
Washington
Vincent J. Malone
West Coast’ Firemen's Union
Independent
Firemen’s
Committee For Maritime Unity
Norfolk
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL Sailors Union
NMU
Joseph Curran
SIU
SUP
GIO
Philip Murray
Stassen Endorsed by Minnesota GOP for 1948 presidency
The Minnesota Republican state convention unanimously endorsed former Governor Harold E. Stassen as the 1948 Republican presidential candidate. The resolution praised his record as a leader and statesman with a clear understanding of national and world problems and urged steps to nominate and elect him.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Episcopal Church to liberalize remarriage rules for divorced
The Protestant Episcopal church’s 55th general convention approved allowing remarriage of divorced members at the diocesan bishop or ecclesiastical court’s discretion. The house of deputies rejected a merged union with the Presbyterian church, voting 386 to 196 to defer the merger to individual congregations for three years while study on unity continues.
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Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
United States
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Advisory Council On
Fifty Planes Scramble Over Appalachians for Missing Bomber
Fifty army planes ranging from B-29 Superforts to liaison ships combed western North Carolina and Tennessee for a missing B-25 bomber reported Friday. On board were Maj. Gen. Paul B. Wratsmith, temporary commander of the Eighth Air Force, and four other personnel.
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Greenville
S. C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Paul B. Wratsmith
Eighth Air Force
Gotham Night Clubs Avert Music Strike
New York night club owners agreed to a 20 percent wage rise and contract changes for Local 802 union musicians retroactive to Labor Day, averting a strike that would have shut down after-dark venues. Overtime pay and New Year’s Eve compensation were also secured, while hotel musicians’ strike implications remained for comment.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
Billy Rose
Diamond Horseshoe
Allied Restaurant and Entertainment Industries, Inc
Richard McCann
James C. Petrillo
AFM
Gen Hanford MacNider Undergoes Surgery in Minnesota
Brig. Gen Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa former ambassador to Canada and former head of the American Legion underwent a surgical operation at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester Minnesota Saturday. Mrs MacNider accompanied him and reported his condition as satisfactory.
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Rochester, Minn
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Canada
American Legion
St. Mary’s Hospital
Two Teenagers Admit Slaying Father and Stepmother
Billy Anderson sixteen and Nathan James fifteen confessed to shooting Mrs Donnie Anderson and Mr W H Anderson in Yuba City California last Sunday night. The two youths were arrested in Barstow and Topock with a girl companion and will be returned to Yuba City to face murder charges.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Billy Anderson
Yuba City
Nathan James
W. H Anderson
G. W. Carpenter
Sutter County
Carpenter
Lloyd Jewitt
Anderson
Donnie Anderson
Barstow
James
Topock
Ariz
Woodland
Yolo County
Imogene Dumphin
Miss Dumphin
Merced County
Wallace Praised by Sen Pepper on Foreign Policy Scrutiny
Sen Claude Pepper lauded Secretary Henry Wallace for examining U S foreign policy in a speech to postmasters and veterans groups in Miami Pepper said the public has a right to discuss policy and that current policy does not reflect popular opinion He warned against imperialism and propaganda and urged unity across races religions and labor versus veterans groups
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Miami, Fla
Henry Wallace
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
National Association of Postmasters
Florida Department of American Veterans of
Pepper
Wallace
United States
State Department
Hurricane Blows Along East Coast
A tropical hurricane sweeps northward along the eastern seaboard as the navy evacuates more than 200 planes to Albany and places ships on emergency watch. Navy sailors face canceled liberty while Massachusetts authorities prepare Cape Cod and Nantucket for gale winds.
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Boston
New England
Seaboard
Nantucket Island
Albany
N. Y
Quonset Point
R. I
Portland
Maine
Liberty
First Naval District
Massachusetts
John F Stokes
Cape Cod
Boston Weather Bureau
Cape
Nantucket
CIO Official Attacks Proposed Car Price Increases
George F. Addes of the CIO United Auto Workers denounced planned price hikes as price fixing at the point of a gun. He said the increases lack legal or economic justification in a letter to OPA Chief Paul A. Porter, mailed before OPA announced a pending Ford price rise.
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Detroit
OPA
George F. Addes
CIO
United Auto Workers
Addes
Paul A. Porter
UAW
Porter
Ford
Hiccups Persist 28 Days Despite 101 Cures
Chicago woman Lena Sarno 37 has suffered hiccups for 28 days. She has tried 101 home remedies, endured an 11 day hospital stay, and received hundreds of letters offering cures and dramatic suggestions from readers, some with odd tastes and even marriage proposals.
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Chicago
Lena Sarno
Miss Sarno
Blue Earth
Mina
Democrats Adopt Then Drop Liquor Plank At Iowa Young Democrats
Iowa Young Democrats adopted a liquor by the drink plank at a rousing Des Moines convention, then reconsidered and struck it after elder party leaders urged reversal. The plank had urged regulation, licensing, and enforcement to end illicit sales and boost state revenue. It was defeated 98 to 15 while earlier passage was 69 to 48. Jack C. White was elected state president with other officers named.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Frank Miles
A E Augustine
Oskaloosa
W. R. Hart
Iowa City
Miles
Augustine
Polk
Scott
John Moon
Ottumwa
Jack C. White
Johnson County
Loretta Mullaney
Waukon
James Kisgen
Carroll
Jack Clark
Virginia Carr
Sioux City
Louise Powers
Hubbard
Most Families Want Soldier Dead Returned
The American Legion estimates about 80 percent of World War II families will request return of their loved ones' bodies for burial in the United States. The army plans to poll next-of-kin in October to determine burial wishes based on letters to the Legion's registration service.
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Washington
American Legion
United States
Army
Legion's Registration Service
American Kills Russian Guard in Vienna Car Theft Sketch
An American civilian shot and killed a Russian soldier in Vienna’s British occupation district Saturday night after the Russian allegedly attempted to steal the civilian’s car, according to American military police.
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Vienna
INS
Fragmented OCR Sports Brief on Mayles and Marlon foes
A garbled sports note references Mayles and Marlon in a state setting. It mentions a 6 and 5 building, farm elements, and vague scores or standings. The readable content is too unclear to extract specific teams, dates, or outcomes.
Paper Pickup Nets 65 Tons in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Boy Scout paper drive collected 65 tons Saturday with 23 trucks and 75 Scouts starting at 8 a.m. A Monday make up run will bring a truck to homes by calling 2 3119. Proceeds go to the Camp Waubeek swimming pool fund. one more collection is planned in November.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Scout
Keith Benner
Boy Scout Office
Benner
Verne Swanson
Camp Waubeek
Bankers elect Iowaan regional vice president
Fred N. Quiner of Des Moines was chosen as one of twelve regional vice presidents of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America in a Saturday announcement from Chicago.
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Chicago
Fred N. Quiner
Des Moines
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
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