Allied chiefs pledge indefinite airlift co ordination
Western alliance military chiefs meeting in London agreed to continue coordinating defenses and sustain the airlift to Berlin. Field Marshal Montgomery was named permanent military chairman of the alliance defense council and is expected to become chief of the imperial general staff. General Sir John Kerr was speculated as a successor to that post.
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Dder
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France
Belgium
Etherlands
Luxenbourg
Arshal Viscount Montgomery
Alliance
Defense Council
Montgomery
Imper
Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Berin
Europe
Asemby
Trainmen And Conductors Set 10 Cent Pay Boost
CHICAGO October 5 Two railroad unions representing about 175 000 workers have agreed to a 10 cent hourly wage increase effective October 16. The gain will raise weekly pay for conductors and trainmen among others and add roughly 55 million annually to labor costs including payroll taxes. Negotiations with other unions and Brotherhoods are pending.
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Chicago
Bartherhood
Ayroll
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Railroad
Heavy bidding drives up prices on cured tobaccos
Auction prices rose across grades as bidding on cured tobaccos pushed most eastern North Carolina belt leaf to new seasonal highs. Smoking leaf led gains from $1 to $3 with cutters and jugs up to $2, while middle belt prices ranged from $5 to $6 amid shifting market dynamics.
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Raleigh
Spirea
North Carolina
Thurmond Slams Rivals In High Point Campaign Stop
Governor Strom Thurmond spoke to a crowd in the county building about civil rights and FEPC, arguing for States' Rights and a strong party line. He claimed a potential 100 electoral votes and a House showdown, criticizing centralization and urging support to keep America free.
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J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
FEPC
Toy
Thurmond
Sherman Duncan
Associated Press
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Democratic Party
States’ Rights
Truman
Dewey
High Point Group
House of Representatives
South
Renfrow
Wade Renfrow
Thurmore
Renfrew
Air Command Investigating Flying Discs
Dayton Ohio October reports show ongoing official inquiry into flying disc sightings across the nation. Col C H Welch says Wright Field is studying such reports to reassure the public nothing unusual is hidden while investigations are routine.
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Wright-Patterson Fields
C. H. Welch
Air Materiel Command
Army
Wright Field
Fargo
N. C
National Guard
Republicans Switch to Foreign Policy Issue as Truman Tours
President Truman and Gov. Dewey shift focus to foreign policy ahead of campaigns. Vandenberg urged bipartisan policy on a nationwide broadcast. Barkley tours the farm belt stressing agriculture gains, while Warren campaigns in California and other states.
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Dewey
Albany
John Foster Dulles
Paris
United Nations
Berlin
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Congress
Vandenberg
Barkley
Earl Warren
May Restrict Soviet Travel In America
The United States weighs retaliatory limits on Soviet officials in response to Moscow's order curbing American diplomats. Officials say Americans face Moscow travel restrictions while Russians in the U S may travel freely. A tit-for-tat policy could bar Ambassador Panyushkin from leaving Washington without permission.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Russia
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Lower Meat Prices Forecast By U S Livestock Experts
Chicago reports show hog prices sliding sharply by $1 to $2 a hundred pounds as receipts rise. Industry leaders foresee wholesale declines, with retail prices lagging. Cattle prices projected to slide from about 40 to 25 per hundred pounds next year.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
Chauncey Watson
Illinois Livestock Feeders Association
Chicago Farmers Club
Mark Pickell
Corn Belt Feeders Association
H. M. Conway
National Liverstock Producers Association
New York
The
Meat Institute
Too Little Love In World Today Says Psychiatrist
Temple University psychiatrist Dr. O Spurgeon English told the Pennsylvania Medical Society 100th anniversary meeting that love is treated as a luxury or sin and that most people are starved for love. He linked love starvation to increased drugs and alcohol use, divorces, and remarries as people seek a cure for love hunger.
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Philadelphia
Temple University
O. Spurgeon English
Pennsylvania Medical Society
English
Soviets Reluctant to Pull Out of UN, Mackenzie Reports
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky argued there is no Berlin blockade at a Paris Security Council session. He urged sending the dispute to the big four foreign ministers, while Moscow seeks to avoid UN judgment and avoid being branded aggressors as Cold War tensions persist.
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United Nations Security Council
Paris
Vishinsky
Berlin
Marshal Sokolovsky
Germany
Security Council
U. N
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bolshevists
U.N
Russia
League of Nations
Little bin
U S Steps Up Its Airborne Troop Program
At Eglin Field Florida on October 5 the United States demonstrated new airborne warfare methods. The 82nd Airborne Division showed that modern transports can move 42 paratroopers per flight, doubling WWII capacity, and rotary gliders may replace conventional parachutes.
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U.S
Eglin Field
Fla
United States
82Nd Airborne Division
Reds Refuse Berlin Debates At United Nations
At the United Nations Security Council vote the Soviet Union and Ukraine refused to participate in a discussion on the Berlin crisis. Russia insisted the agenda violated the UN charter and left the hall after the adjournment while Ambassador Vishinsky warned the session would proceed tomorrow with US commentary expected.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Security Council
United Nations
Ukraine
Vishinsky
Dmitri Manuilsky
Council
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Argentina
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Palaise de Chaillot
Soviet Union
Manuilsky
Lewis Urges Miners to Fight Truman in Elections
John L. Lewis assailed President Truman at the United Mine Workers convention in Cincinnati, urging miners to vote in the November 2 election. He called Truman unfit, elastic in principles, and dangerous to the UMW and the United States, noting fines of 2,130,000 for contempt and urging action to decide the presidency.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
United States of America
Union
The
United States
Typhoon Devastates Leichow Peninsula Killing Hundreds
Press dispatches report 800 killed across Leichow peninsula and Pakhoi Kwangchowwan and Hoihow regions after a September typhoon. About 600 died when 100 fishing boats sank near Leichow. Another 200 perished as 70 salt laden junks were destroyed near Pakhoi. Torrential rains inundated Idginan Island.
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China
Leichow Peninsula
Pakhoi
Kwangchouwan
Hoihow
Leichow
Idginan Island
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