Truman MacArthur Wake Island Talk Signals Peace Unity
On Wake Island President Truman and General MacArthur met to discuss Korea reconstruction, a potential Japanese peace treaty, and unity with U.N. nations. Observers noted their contrasting public statements and agenda driven talks. Dewey then said he would not run in 1952 backing Eisenhower, while Eisenhower avoided party ties and politics.
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Korea
Wake
Dewey
mid-Pacific
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
MacArthur
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Pacific
New York
Eisenhower
Churchill Eisenhower clash at rally on world peace and Europe
Churchill warns against false security after Korea actions and urges strong alliances with Britain the United States and Canada. Eisenhower replies at Columbia University that his 1952 presidential bid offers a proud challenge and opportunity to serve.
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Korea
Britain
United States
Canada
Winston Churchill
Conservative
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Thomas Dewey
Draft Deferments Likely to Be Narrowed for Fathers
National Selective Service Director Hershey warned deferments could be erased for most men except fathers to reach a three million man army by next June. He floated taking some men with children as needed while 19 000 young physicians dentists and veterinarians registered for possible 21 months service. Inductions could begin November 15 with 300 physicians 300 dentists and 50 veterinarians and additional doctors dentists and veterinarians called by January 15.
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National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Army
Duty to Vote Campaign Seeks High Turnout Nationwide
The American Heritage Foundation launches a contest awarding historical papers to communities and groups that boost election turnout. Judges include Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Charles E. Wilson, and William Green. Utah posted 74.6 percent turnout in 1948.
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American Heritage Foundation
Citizens’ Group
America
Sweden
France
Italy
Great Britain
Canada
Thomas D’arcy Brophy
Foundation
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Utah
Security Act Triggers European Travel Chaos Over Visas
The security act prompts the state department to cancel and revalidate all visas causing hundreds of travelers to return home for new permits. The move blocks entrants tied to Communist Nazi or Fascist groups and leaves Spain and Argentina eligibility unsettled. W. Stuart Symington urges higher taxes stricter credit limits and longer work hours to sustain defense industry and blunt Soviet power. He calls for boosted American production the return of older workers and women to the labor force and partial restoration of wartime work hours.
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Europe
America
State Department
Spain
Argentina
Ellis Island
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
Russia
Parcel-Post Rates Sought By Postmaster General
Postmaster General Donaldson asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise parcel post rates by 105 million dollars annually. The plan would lift the first pound charge from four to nine cents plus zone differences and increase every additional pound up to three cents.
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Donaldson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mafia Ties and Rampant Political Pull Across U S Crime Rings
A sweeping, unnamed 1940s investigation outlines Mafia power wielding through political influence. It details figures like Sylvester Carolla and Frank Cappola, their deportations, pardons, and links to Marcello, Costello, and Luciano, plus Di Giovanni and Binaggio, tracing cross-state rackets from New Orleans to Texas and Kansas City.
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Ganator Kefauver
Truman
Harry Vaughan
White House
William Helis
Frankie Costello
Senate Expenditures Committee
Maragon-Vaughan
Hoey
Sylvestro Carolla
New Orleans
Louisiana
Marcello
Costello
Carolla
Anthony
Maria Zaniatta
United States
Italy
Atlanta
James Morrison
Boston
Mexico
Acapulco
Lucky Luciano
Frank Cappola
Frank
Cappola
Kansas City
Charlie Binaggio
Binaggio
Tijuana
Francisco Kraus
Coppola
Frank Bompenserio
San Diego
Jack Dragna
California
Joe DI Giovanni
Joefore
Maceo
Galveston
Texas
New York
Biagglio Angelica
Houston
New York City
Allias
Joe Church
Brooklyn
di Giovanni
Joe de Luca
Charles Binaggio
di Giovannni
Nine Firms Announce Price Cuts Across Goods and Parts
Nine companies report price reductions on bag coffee by two cents per pound at A&P and Grand Union. Boeing Airplane Seattle cuts 10 percent on Stratocruiser spare parts retroactive to September 1. Armstrong Cork lowers standard asphalt tile by about five percent as coffee prices had risen for months.
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A & P Company
Grand Union Company
Boeing Airplane
Seattle
Armstrong Cork Company
Soviet Mothers Complain Toys Not Made in Baku Co-ops
U.S. officials note mothers in Baku, Soviet Union, say government cooperatives have completely forgotten toy production. A co op doll effort was rejected as monstrosities, as reported by The Baku Worker.
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Baku
Soviet Union
The
Baku Worker
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U.S. Senate
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Fleischmann
Elizabeth Balmer
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Vaughn Monroe
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