GOP Victory Would Oust Bureaucrats
Rep. Clarence J. Brown says a Republican victory would remove about two thirds of federal bureaucrats and purge radicals from public office. He criticizes Truman era handling of the Wallace affair and OPA housing policy, arguing prosperity under GOP rule and downturns under Democrats. Brown plans a Kansas City speech during a Missouri tour.
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Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Congress
Missouri Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
GOP
Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Brown
OPA
United States
Kansas City
Iceland approves U S use of Keflavik airport
Iceland's parliament voted 32 to 19 to ratify a U S access agreement. It allows U S military planes at Keflavik while demanding full withdrawal within six months and permits civilian aircraft from nations with Iceland air pacts to use the field.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Athling
United States
Keflafik
U. S
Olafur Thors
Maritime Strike Remains Unsettled in Weekend Talks
Washington reports a blown up dispute as unions and operators trade accusations over a nationwide ship walkout. Talks paused until Monday at 2 p.m. EST with no quick settlement in sight.
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Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation
Warren
AFL
CIO
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Gulf
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Maritime Commission
West
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Commission
Harry Martin
AFL Masters
Ates and Pilots Association
U. S. Maritime Commission
Frank J. Taylor
Justice Triumph for Negroes Over Klan in Tennessee Acquittals
The NAACP stated that 23 of 25 men on trial for attempted murder in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, were acquitted, seen as a victory for American justice over the Ku Klux Klan. Walter White praised supporters, press editors, and three defense lawyers for ensuring a fair trial in the February incident that left two Black men dead and four white officers wounded.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Walter White
Columbia
National Committee For Justice
Tennessee
Vincent Sheean
Lynn Bomar
Sheeon
New York Herald-Tribune Sndicate
Maurice Weaver
Chattanooga
Bomar
Weaver
Army Device Spoils Mosquitoaz Love Life
The army announced a synthetic tuning fork that disrupts male mosquitoes by mimicking the hum of female wings. Designed by the quartermaster corps, the device lures males to the source, where they ignore females and respond to the fork. Removing antennae negates the effect.
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Washington
Army
Army Quartermaster Corps
Q.M.C
Anti Nazi View Shifts in Germany After Acquittals
Dr. Albert M. W. Kempner reports three acquittals in the Nurnberg trials sparked German protests and signaled a growing anti Nazi sentiment. He says Goering ordered defendants to act tough, yet the façade is crumbling as demonstrations rise against the acquittals of Schacht Papen and Fritzsche.
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Nuernberg
Albert M. W. Kempner
Kempner
Robert H. Jackson
Hermann Goering
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Franz von Papen
Hans Fritzsche
Soviet Party Tightens Grip in Drive to Full Communism
Five weeks of ideological reforms reaffirm party and Leninist Stalinist authority over literature, stage, cinema, army, industry, and agriculture. Stalin orders productions aligned with socialist aims, collective farm use strict, and selfless labor for the five year plan. Army officers face scrutiny as party discipline widens. Local committees face censure for laxity while leaders face dismissals. War’s end prompts prewar ideological push to resume education.
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Communist Party
Stalin
Red Star
Ignor
Farm Leaders Adopt Program At Meeting In Buffalo
National farm organization leaders concluded a four day conference with a joint program advocating parity formula revision, surplus disposal, price stabilization, and stronger agricultural cooperation. Key figures included Albert S. Goss Edward A. O Neal and Quentin Reynolds. They urged closer world farmer cooperation and possible UN FAO talks on price stability.
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N. Y
National Farm Organization
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Quentin Reynolds
National Council of Farmer Cooperative
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Congress
Federal Tax Collections Break Records
Treasury data show federal receipts for July through September at 9.45 billion dollars, an all time peacetime quarterly high, with spending at 9.331 billion dollars. Officials note the year end gap compared to the budget, expecting higher receipts next spring to narrow it. Additional context warns against repeating 1930s levels and cites war years driving the surge.
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Washington
Stanley S. Surrey
Treasury
Peace Conference Heads To Final Phase Monday
Balkan economic commission completes drafting of five peace treaties with former Nazi satellites after a 28 hour session. Delegates from 21 nations prepare for plenary to begin final treaty writing aimed to end October 15, then hand recommendations to the four foreign ministers for final approval. Continuous 24 hour sessions anticipated to meet the deadline.
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Balkan Economic Commission
Hitler
Italy
Foreign Ministers Council
Editor Speaks Before 3 000 Methodists
Nearly 3 000 Methodist youth from western North Carolina gathered in Asheville for the first annual youth night of the conference. Dr. Roy L. Smith of Chicago urged loyalty to Christ and called Jesus the central force in shaping a spiritually capable humanity in the atomic age. Bishop Arthur J. Moore urged revival of the evangelism hour and stressed remaining within main denominations.
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North Carolina
Roy L. Smith
Chicago
Christian Advocate
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Jesus of Nazareth
Gladstone
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Sun Yat Sen
Karl Marx
Ghandi
Lee H. Edwards High School
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Arthur J. Moore
Howard P. Powell
Moore
Reuther urges national labor management conference over auto slowdowns
President Walter P. Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers calls on auto makers to join him in petitioning the White House for a national labor management conference to avert a low mood and rising unemployment from production cuts. He cites Chrysler and Biggs Manufacturing curtailments blamed on steel shortages, risking further layoffs and delayed car delivery.
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Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
National Cio
White House
Chrysler Corp
Biggs Manufacturing Co
Steak or Stabilization, OPA Chief Warns Nation
Price Administrator Paul Porter said the issue is steak or stabilization as shortages threaten prices. He pledged to maintain legal controls where needed, while noting no crisis in five years of inflation battles. Porter urged calm and cited improving production and falling unit costs as signs stabilization can win.
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Washington
Paul Porter
Porter
Ross
America
Georgia Democrats Move to End Negro Vote in Primaries
The Talmadge faction plans at Macon to repeal primary laws and impose anti fraud rules, apply party rules to primaries, and restrict party membership to whites so only white members vote in Georgia Democratic primaries. The move mirrors South Carolina actions and follows Eugene Talmadge’s pledge to restore the white primary.
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Talmadge
Georgia
Macon
South Carolina
Eugene Talmadge
General Assembly
Party
Economists See Signs of a US Low Mood Within Two Years
Economists warn signs could point to a softening of demand in early 1947 or 1948 with unemployment rising by 2 to 3 million if growth slows. They cite strong but vulnerable demand, price pressures, rising living costs, and growing inventories that may curb expansion despite a high activity level.
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Washington
Everett Hagen
National Planning Association
Louis Paradiso
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
AFL
John R. Steelman
Hagen
Army's Pacusan Dreamboat Flew Toward Cairo on Long Flight
The B 29 Pacusan Dreamboat radioed from Crete that its fuel supply was low due to severe icing as it neared Cairo on the Honolulu to Cairo mission. Col Irvine and nine crew began Friday from Hawaii aiming to reach Cairo in about 41 to 42 hours, flying across Arctic skies and Iceland before turning toward England and the Mediterranean.
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London
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Moscow
Izvestia
Arctic
Greenland
Scandinavia
Airliners Dead Buried With Dynamite
A Berlin-bound four engine airliner crashed into a Newfoundland mountain killing 39. Ground crews dynamited a rock face to bury the survivors and scorched wreckage, while a plane will fly over as services are conducted from the air by a minister, priest, and rabbi. Officials gave no cause yet as formal inquiries begin in New York.
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Newfoundland
Army
Transport Command
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