Party May Dissolve Go In Hiding
Washington October 15 The conviction of 11 national communist leaders in New York sparks calls in Congress for state and local crackdowns and laws to root out communists if they go underground House members welcomed the verdict with broad approval while a few argued it curtails free political opinion. Leader Velde urged a crusade to wipe out subversion and espionage, urging swift appeals and broader prosecutions beyond federal cases. Senator Mundt added commentary marking the debate.
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Washington
New York
Congress
Rep. Velde
R-Ill
House un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Capitol Hill
UN- American Activities Group
United States of America
McGath
Mundt
R-Sd
Stalin sees a Russo German alliance shaping Europe
The column notes Stalin's congratulations to East Germany and argues Germany remains Europe’s hinge. It speculates on a unified Germany under either communism or democracy and warns a Russo German alliance could dominate Europe, recalling the 1939 non aggression pact and its consequences.
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Joseph Stalin
Europe
Germany
Reich
Stalin
America
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Moscow
Berlin
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Small Hurricane Moves North in Atlantic
A small tropical hurricane with winds up to 85 mph was forecast to creep northward without threatening land. Located about 610 miles southwest of Bermuda at 5 am EST, the storm prompted cautious shipping as Chief Forecaster Grady Norton called it a dangerous gamma hurricane.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Grady Norton
Orphanage Boy Not Son Of Ohio Couple
In Ann Arbor Michigan a six year old named Tommy O Neill at the Michigan Children s Institute is not the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Thompson after blood tests. The Thompsons who traveled from Dayton Ohio to claim him learned the results were conclusive and Tommy will be boarded out with plans for eventual adoption. The tests used MN typing and over 300 determinations showed he is the son of an unmarried mother and not Ronald kidnapped five years ago. The Thompsons remain hopeful while the institute says the state will place Tommy with a foster home before a long term arrangement.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tommy O'Neill
Michigan Children’s Institute
Tommy
Arthur Thompson
Dayton
Ohio
Ronald
Clarence Ramsey
Institute
Thompsons
Charles Cotterman
University of Michigan
Children’s Institute
Armed Services Warned That Unification Must Work
Washington Oct 15 Congress warned that military unification must work. Key members and Adm. Denfeld blamed administration of the unification law for service friction, urging clear adherence to the law and fuller implementation to balance the forces across the Navy and other services.
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Armed Services
Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Pentagon
Rep
Kilday
Td-Tex
Adm
Lous FE. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Rep. Price
D-Ii
Two Held In Fatal Beating Of Physician
In Los Angeles two men are jailed on suspicion of killing Dr. Donald Buge and robbing him of 53 dollars. Former major league pitcher Ralph Schwamb and Ted Garner reportedly planned and carried out the beating after meeting the physician at a burlesque house. Garner confessed to the crime, and his wife accompanied the duo during arrest. The victim was a 44 year old Long Beach physician. Schwamb had played for the St. Louis Browns in 1948.
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Los Angeles
Ralph R. Schwamb
St. Louis Browns
Ted Garner
Carpenter
Compton
Paul Phelps
Garner
Donald Buge
Long Beach
Calif
Joyce
Phelps
Schwamb
Patrol faces fifteen vacancies below authorized strength
High officials deny rumors of wholesale resignations at the highway patrol. As of Thursday the force stood 15 below the 423 authorized, with turnover slowing since a 1949 pay raise. Four patrolmen left for ABC law enforcement work, others cited various causes, two died, and replacements mainly came from retirees or training recruits. Col. C. R. Tolar noted 13 vacancies at his start versus 15 now.
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Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicles Department
General Assembly
ABC
C. R. Tolar
Auto Industry Nears All Time Production Milestone
Detroit reports that by late October the auto industry is near its 1929 production record of 5,358,420 vehicles, with about 5,145,000 built so far this year. Remaining output hinges on steel supply and demand, while 1950 model production preps begin. The big three will lead new lower price cars from Hudson Nash Kaiser-Frazer with limited near term production.
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Detroit
Hudson
Nash
Kaiser-Frazier
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hungary Executes Rajk for Treason
Laszlo Rajk former Hungary foreign minister and interior minister was hanged at 6 am for treason after a five judge court convicted him on Sept 24. He conspired with American help to overthrow the government and subjugate Hungary to Tito's regime. Also executed were Tibor Szoenyi and Andres Szalai.
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Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary
Foreign Ministry
Rajk
People's Court
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Tibor Szoenyi
Hungarian Communist Party
Andres Szalai
Szoenyi
Clay Jackson Vote Today on Wine Beer
Voters in Clay and Jackson counties went to the polls today to decide on continuing the legal sale of beer and wine. Earlier referendums in Burke Transylvania Watauga and Rutherford counties in western North Carolina rejected the sale.
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Asheville
Clay
Jackson
North Carolina
Burke
Transylvania
Watauga
Rutherford
Wild Cats Attack Tower of London Guards
London authorities report wild cats from a bomb rubble jungle attacked the Tower of London last night. The governor of the tower filed an urgent aid request to the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals. Resident cats repelled the raid as quartermaster stores were briefly threatened.
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London
Tower of London
Tower
Reds Enter Canton as China Communists Advance
Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese communist forces entering Canton and advancing toward Hong Kong. Telegraph Wen Wei Pao described Canton as completely liberated after a peaceful, orderly entry into the southern city.
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Hong ‘Kong
Canton
Britain
Hong Kong
Tele Wen Wei Pao
Cantin
South China
Communist Troops Reported Enter Canton Amid Border Pursuit
Reports from Hong Kong describe Red forces breaking toward Canton and advancing southeast of the city, with Nationalist fugitives fleeing toward the British border. The Pearl River steel bridge was blown, power plants intact, and Canton’s communications were disrupted as clashes intensified near Tungkun county.
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Hong Kong
Canton
China
Sheklung
Canton-Kowloon
Tungkun
Pearl River
Chinese Maritime Customs Office
Home Building On Increase In September 1949
Construction of 100000 new homes in September set a record for the month, with nine month total reaching 743000. Officials say this unbroken rise signals housing relief as rental dwellings grow share, and if trend continues the 1949 total may near one million.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Silence veils Lewis bid for United Labor front
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia October 15 1946 Civil Union leaders remain silent on John L Lewis bid for a United Labor front in the Coal and Steel strikes while dissent surfaces from Lewis own miners and a Pittsburgh based money request looms. An AFL official in Washington suggested Steel Workers must request aid themselves. Local miners from St Michael Pa Local 3648-500 urged relief for poverty in the mining fields before aiding other Johnny workers.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Labor Front
AFL
William Green
United Mine Worker
Philip
Lewis
St. Michael, Pa
UMW
Johnny
Quiet Stock Market Edges Up Amid Radio TV Push
On a calm Saturday in New York trading, Admiral Westinghouse Emerson and Motorola rose slightly, reaching new 1949 highs as radio television issues led the session. Other gainers included Chrysler Studebaker Radio Corp Dome Mines American Can Union Pacific Gulf Oil, while GM International Harvester Philco McIntyre Porcupine and S G I Gypsum slipped.
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New York
Admiral
Westinghouse
Emerson
Motorola
Chrysler
Studebaker
Radio Corp
Dome Mines
American Can
Union Pacific
Gulf Oil
General Motors International Harvester
Philco
McIntyre - Porcupine
VU. S&s. Gypsum
Charleston Fights For Railroad Link
Charleston Mayor William Morrison says he will oppose the Atlantic Coast Line plan to discontinue trains 52 and 53, arguing the loss would deprive Greeleyville Wilson Manning and Alcola of passenger freight mail and express service. He will speak at the state public service commission hearing in Columbia on November 3. The railroad says it loses money operating the trains.
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Charleston
S. C
William Meg. Morrison
Here
Atlanta
State Public Service Commission
Columbia
Atlantic Coast Line
Greeleyville
Wilson
Manning
Alcola
Morrison
Union Turns Down Firm's Pension Plan
Nine ALCOA plants face a strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday after the company and the CIO United Steelworkers Union broke off pension and insurance talks. ALCOA offered six cents for pensions and four cents for insurance with a demand that any pension adjustments follow future Social Security changes, which the union rejected.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
E.S.T
ALCOA
CIO United Steelworkers
Arena
Tenn
New Kensington
Price Averages Hold Flat on Old Belt Tobaccos
On the Old Belt average prices edged up for most leaf and smoking leaf grades while logs primings and non descriptive lots were irregular. Thursday gross sales reached 5,912,550 pounds at an average of 42.44 with 51.79 average on the eastern belt. Middle belt prices stayed steady as Thursday sales totaled 2,522,42 pounds at 48.27. Friday October 21 is the official closing date for Ahoskie.
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Old Belt
North Carolina Belt
Wedneda
Middle Belt
Ahoskie
Smuts Retired as South Africa Defense Chief in Field
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts is relieved of his post as commander in chief of South Africa's defense forces in the field and placed on the retired list in Johannesburg on October 15.
One-Teacher Schools Fade as Rural Consolidation Grows
Washington reports the U S Office of Education notes a 90 percent drop in one teacher rural schools since 1916 with 200000 then and under 80000 now. About 5 million children ride buses to larger districts while teachers shift to bigger schools as communities consolidate.
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Washington
Little Red
W U. S. Office of Education
Walter H. Gaumnitz
Education Office
United States
Gaumnitz
Ohio
Maryland
Indiana
South
North Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Iowa
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