House Group Plans Farm Hearings On Food Relief Impact
The House Agriculture Committee opens a grass roots tour to learn farmers’ views on long term agriculture policy and how foreign relief affects prices and surpluses. Chairman Hope says U S aid abroad will shape any three to four year plan. Russell Smith of the Farmers Union argues for immediate extraordinary session to back European aid. The group starts in New England.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
R-Kas
Farmers’ Union
Congress
Ines
Marshall
Europe
Clinton P. Anderson
America
Russell Smith
Farmer's Union
Treasury
New England
Princess to Wait for Groom Arrival at Abbey
London reports a strict timing plan for Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten's wedding on November 20. Mountbatten to enter Westminster Abbey by side door at 11:15 a.m. and Elizabeth to depart Buckingham Palace one minute later after his arrival. A brief rehearsal of the royal procession is scheduled to ensure punctual arrival. The couple has been vacationing at Balmoral and will travel by royal train to London Monday.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Philip Mountbatten
Westminister Abbey
Mountbatten
And
Denmark
King George VI
Mall
Whitehall
Westminster
Balmoral
Scotland
Survey Indicates Demand For Meat Eggs Stacks Up
The first week of the voluntary food conservation program shows a drop in meat poultry and eggs sales in many cities. About half report a slump, while others see little change. declines range from slight to 50 percent in isolated cases. Causes cited include the meatless poultryless eggless days and high prices, with some saying early results are unclear. Prices for grain livestock coffee flour and lard rose in wholesale markets while eggs cocoa and butter fell. The Associated Press index of 33 commodities rose to 194.79 from 192.60 last Friday.
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Associated Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Economists Fear Lifting Credit Rules
Government economists fear that ending installment credit controls on November 1 will keep price levels high. The six year old rule requires a one third down payment and full payoff within 15 months on autos refrigerators and other appliances. Economists warn dealers may stretch terms to ease sales rather than cut prices, intensifying competition over down payment terms.
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Washington
Two Children Die In Sewer Excavation Cave In
In Wichita Kansas on October 11 a sewer excavation cave in in a new South base housing district buried two children at play. Gwen Copple ten and Lauren L Cooke eight were recovered about twenty minutes later and taken to a hospital where doctors failed to revive them. A twin sister alerted nearby residents leading to quick rescue attempts by workers Louis Stephens and Virgil P Mull.
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Witchita
Kas
South Base
Gwen Copple
Lauren L. Cooke
Gwen
Louis Stephens
Virgil P.mull
Eisenhower for President Buttons Scarce in Draft League
The Draft Eisenhower for President league formed by three Washington businessmen faces a button shortage as Maurice Mumford says thousands of buttons with Ike slogans will be distributed in early primaries. The group has 18 state charters and 10,000 membership cards printed, with a backlog of about 40,000 requests.
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New York
Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
Saii Maurice Mumford
League
Ike
Republican
Nomiia
Wendell L. Willkie
Mumford
Henry D. Spalding
Robert M. Haar
Healy Dies at Army Illinois Football Game
Fred A. Healy 58 vice president of Curtis Publishing died at Yankee Stadium after collapsing while watching the Army Illinois game. A Bristol Illinois native and University of Illinois graduate, Healy was with his wife and daughter and Illinoians when he collapsed at 2 15 p.m. EST. a stadium doctor pronounced him dead. Healy had worked for Curtis since 1917 in Chicago Detroit and New York and was VP and director in 1930. His home was Philadelphia.
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New York
Fred A. Healy
Curtis Publishing Company
Yankee Stadium
Bristol
Ill
University of Illinois
Healy
Curtis Company
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Weather Summary for Cotton Areas and Surroundings
Weather Bureau report details temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in principal cotton growing regions and other areas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Atreas
AFL May Set Up Political Organization
The AFL convention will be asked to create labor's educational and political league to mobilize votes in 1948, aiming to defeat unwar ranted candidates and elect friendly ones. A top national committee would guide planning with state and local groups nationwide, funded to avoid Taft Hartley act limits.
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San Francisco
AFL
Labor
League
Resolutions Committee
William Green
CIOO
CIO
Executive Council
CIO to Hold Convention in Boston Amid Power Struggle
Delegates arrive for the ninth annual CIO convention as a sharp fight for control of the CIO United Auto Workers unfolds. A potential election contest could arise, with officers including president and secretary-treasurer possibly debated on the floor, a first in CIO history.
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Boston
CIO
United Auto Workers
Molotov Presses Marshall Over Korea Troop Withdrawals
Moscow radio reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov complained to Secretary of State Marshall that the United States has not replied to Moscow’s proposal for foreign troop withdrawal from Korea. He says the U.S. stance blocks forming a provisional democratic Korean government and calls for U.S. and Soviet forces to leave with a year-end schedule.
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England
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
United States
Korea
Molotov
Marshall
U. S
U.S
Seoul
Joint Commission
Moscow
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
Chile Holds Firm on Yugoslav Rift Amid Anticommunist Talks
Chilean Foreign Minister Vergara Donoso dismissed Yugoslavia's diplomatic ties as insignificant for Chile. In New York a source linked to Argentina’s UN delegation floated a three‑power pact with Chile and Brazil to curb communism in Latin America, noting possible refugee movements. Rosario reports claimed arrests as special police checked union membership, though unconfirmed.
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United Nations
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Latin America
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Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Severa
Federal
Regional Rent Controls Get Expediter's Approval
Senator McCarthy backs extending rent control if Housing Expeditor Frank Creedon continues approving local rent board recommendations. Creedon approved a 5 percent blanket rent increase for Louisville area amid fears it could set a national pattern. A New York tenant coalition criticizes the move while Creedon and Truman defend it under the existing law.
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McCarthy
Louisville
John J. Lamula
Joint Rent Action Committee
New York State
Lamula
New York Real Estate Combine
Federal Rent Control Office
Creedon
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
North Carolina Could Lose House Seat After 1950 Census
The 1940 to 1950 population shift may cut North Carolina from 12 to 11 representatives in Congress. States losing seats include New York, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, New Jersey, Kentucky, Oklahoma. Gains would go to California Michigan Florida Indiana Maryland Oregon and Washington. Reapportionment follows the official census with an equal proportions basis.
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North Carolina
House Committee On Post Office and Civil Service
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Arkansas
Illinois
Tennessee
Missouri
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Kentucky
Oklahoma
South Carolina
California
Michigan
Florida
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Maryland
Oregon
Congress
Capitol
Freak hurricane bears down on Miami area in dawn approach
A tropical disturbance strengthened toward the greater Miami area after a week of storm aftermath on the Florida East Coast. Hurricane warnings extended from Key West to Vero Beach as the core manned winds near 125 to 140 mph, with expected landfall south of Everglades City around midnight and the Miami region by dawn.
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Fila
Florida
Key West
Puta Gorda
Vero Beach
Everglades City
Grady Norton
Florida Everglades
Palm Beach
Weather Bureau
Norton
Dry Tortugas
Fort Myers
Miami Area
Everglades
Dr Monninger To Speak At Moose Session
Dr A C Monninger a leading Moose figure will speak at a Sheraton luncheon in the Tar Heel Legion gathering closing a two day event. More than 300 Moose are expected with R W Harris of High Point presiding and Walter L York speaking at the noon meeting. Initiation work will follow at the Moose lodge 102 Church Street and the address will focus on Moosehaven Florida.
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Grand North Moose
Sheraton Hotel
Tar Heel Legion of the Moose
Monninger
Carolina
R. W. Harris
High Point
North Moose
Tar Heel Legion
Walter L. York
Moose Lodge
Church Street
Dr. Menninger
Moosehaven
Moose Home For
Florida
Britain braces for hard winter amid delayed Marshall plan
London reports Britain's labor government plans stopgap fixes to keep the economy alive through a hard winter. Sir Stafford Cripps warns of gradual economic strangulation without Marshall Plan aid, while Attlee reshuffles the cabinet to shore up leadership for tough days ahead.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
International Monetary Fund
International Bank
Europe
Attlee
Athoriies
Winston Churchill
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