Dewey Calls States Strong After War and Limits on Central Power
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged curbing national government power after World War II and predicted stronger states. He said debt-free states would lead, private enterprise would drive peace-time production, and national policy should empower the states to rebuild. Other speakers discussed postwar employment youth training and productivity goals.
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New York
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York Vernor
Dewey
Proton
Twar Employment International Avia
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Committee For Economic Development
Aggressive Defense Improves Bridge Play In The Hands
In a bridge hand described from South as dealer, West opens clubs and a club misplay by declarer leads to a strategic heart finesse. The article argues proactive defense beats passive waiting, with card outcomes showing how the nine of diamonds guiding the declarer’s heart run can alter the scenario.
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West
Declarer
East
Nine of Diamonds
War council canvass tallies aircraft aid volunteers
Los Angeles reports General Manager John C. Lee says 1500 homes were canvassed for aircraft aid and 150 women promised work. About half reported to plants. four women started and three quit.
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Los Angeles
John C. Lee
War Production Council
Declarer’s Prescient Play Foils West in Tea Spot Trick
In a bridge column snippet the declarer predicts a nine with the jack to cover East’s king and returns to dummy to finesse for the tea spot, a line that West aims to trigger but fails to counter.
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Declarer
East
West
Liberators Raid Kowloon Dock Area in Hong Kong
U S 14th Air Force Liberator bombers hit shipping and the Kowloon dock area in Hong Kong during Monday night operations. The sortie, announced by Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell headquarters, reported multiple hits. Mitchell medium bombers also attacked shipping at Fort Bayard on the Kwangtowan peninsula.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kowloon Dock
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Tokyo Radio
Itchell
Fort Bayard
Kwangchowan
China South
Hainan Island
Rumanians Plan Bucharest Evacuation Over Russian Advance
London dispatch reports Romania plans to evacuate Bucharest amid rapid Russian advances. Police patrol the capital to disperse crowds near Prime Minister Ion Antonescu’s residence as government moves key documents to the provinces.
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London
Morocco
Ofucharest
St Tle
Ion Antonescu
Ernest Poole's His Family Wins First Pulitzer Prize
Ernest Poole's novel His Family is noted as the first book to win the Pulitzer Prize for letters, marking a historic achievement in American literature.
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Ernest Poole
French Attack Nazi Arsenal in Grenoble
Dispatches from Grenoble report that six French citizens attacked a German arsenal in the city and killed ten Nazi soldiers while blowing up a powder magazine. Fifteen Frenchmen were said to be killed in the action, staged in retaliation for the arrest of between 300 and 400 people after Armistice Day demonstrations on November 11.
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Bern
Switzerland
Grenoble
France
la Suisse Today
G le Dispatches
Royal Air Force rescues airmen with high speed launches
RAF crews deploy fast rescue craft to reach a downed airman at sea with guidance from aircraft radio. The operation highlights rapid response and coordinated signaling to locate survivors.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Orchestra Leader Held For Draft Violation
Federal agents arrest Eddie Lebaron, 36, claimed owner of a Hollywood night club, for failure to report to the New York City draft board on October 14 under the Selective Training and Service Act. Lebaron, born Edward Albacini Gastine, is a Caracas native.
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Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eddie Lebaron
R. B. Hood
F.B.I
Lebaron
Edward Albacini Gastine
New York City
Hollywood
Hood
Caracas
Venezuela
Landmark Mount Washington Wind Record Stands Since 1934
The United States recorded its highest wind speed of 231 miles per hour atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire in 1934. The extreme gust remains the nation’s record and is cited in weather history.
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United States
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Beauticians Elect Officers At Mrs. Hairston Home
The Beauticians club elected officers including President Hattie Leach and Secretary Arnetta Champlain at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Anna Hairston 613 West Broad Street. Other members present included Margie Cousar Mamie Ross Ruth Harriss Bernice Phipher and Elizabeth Moore. A two course dinner was served by Mrs. Etta Harriss.
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Beauticians Club
Anna Hairston
W. Broadstreet
Hattie Leach
Margie Cousar
Arnetta Champlain
Mamie Ross
Ruth Harriss
Bernice Phipher
Etta Harriss
Mesdames
Muriel Harrison
D. Jamerson
Clara B. McLean
Annetta Champlain
Annice Parks
Elizabeth Moore
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Helen H. Leyland
Liberators
Kowloon Dock Area
Bucharest
C. E. Yokely
Beauticians
Wm. Penn High School
Wilson O. Weldon
Tuberculosis Association
Health Department
B. Wilson
United Club
Frank Ross
Rosa Gaddy
Daniel Brooks
Missionary Circle No. 2
First Baptist Church
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E. High Street
Waldo Crawford
Theresa Crawford
Bainbridge
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Emmanuel Williams
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