CIO Convention Adopts Pro American Policy Stance
In Boston on October 16 the CIO convention showed strong backing for Secretary of State Marshall and current U.S. foreign policy. A fierce debate highlighted divisions with the left wing, while right wing speakers praised U.S. policy and critiqued Russia and communism. The event featured harsh rhetoric including a Balzanzi claim about Truman and Hitler comparisons. Secretary Marshall spoke earlier at the gathering.
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Boston
CIO
Marshall
Philip Murray
Baldanzi
Russia
Truman
Hitler
Conditions Improve in Parts as Florida Flood Battle Continues
Southeast Florida headed toward a tenth day of flood fighting with mixed reports of progress. Engineers still rated the Canar Point barrier near Ile Glade Pahokee as the most critical, attempting to build up dirt to hold back water in the 1,000,000 acre flood area.
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Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Conner
Canal Point
Ile Glade-Pahokee
Roosevelt Jr Urges Labor Unity Against Servile Congress
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr addressing 600 CIO delegates lines up a coalition of labor housewives farmers and war veterans to win the next election. He accuses Taft supporters of serving food and commodity speculators and condemns the real estate lobby for blocking the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill for veterans.
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Boston
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
CIO
Taft x x x
X x Roosevelt
Washington
Peace and Stability At Stake In World Crisis
Delegates praised an unnamed leader as a world champion of peace then Marshall urged swift interim steps to supply Europe with food and coal. He warned Western civilization faces disappearance and warned against aggressive rulers. He defended rights of people to organize life free from elite control.
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Murray
Marshall
Europe
U. S
Emagis
Army retires civilian retirees unit to move to St Louis
Col. Roger M. Crosby says the army civilian retirements branch in Charlotte will terminate its activities tomorrow in preparation for a move to St. Louis.
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Charlotte
Roger M. Crosby
Army
St. Louis
Weather report outlines cloudiness and light rain in parts
The weather summary for October 16 notes considerable cloudiness with light rain in the west and 38 in the east today. It details official temperature and rainfall readings for cities including Charleston Charlotte Columbia Denver Detroit and many others with varied highs and lows and precipitation amounts.
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Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Ase
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Ryaneville
Galveston
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Mt.Mitchell
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Ile
Frameiaco
Spartanburg
Miata
Ilmi
Power Companies Guard Against BrownOut Plan
Associated Press reports potential winter power shortages across regions from western Pennsylvania to Florida. Utilities cut or stretch service, stagger plants, and borrow power to cope. Georgia faces tight reserves with a 52 day water supply. Alabama standby draws contemplated if major unit fails.
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Associated’ Press
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Iowa
Upper Michigan
New England
Minnesota
Indiana
Ohio
Ilinois
Lower Michigan
Missouri
Gulf States
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Boston
Milwaukee
Dallas
Southeast
Georgiaublic Service Commission
Georgia
Alabama
Plumber and Wagon Driver Lead AFL Convention Power
In San Francisco on October 16 1946 a Bronx plumber and a Boston coal wagon driver won control of the AFL convention. George Meany and Daniel J Tobin gained leadership of the 15 member executive council, overtaking John L Lewis and William Hutcheson as the 66th annual meeting closed.
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Bronx
Boston
American Federation of Labor
George Meany
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
AFL
Tobin
Meany
John L. Lewis
William L. Hutcheson
Lewis
Executive Council
Hutcheson
United Mine Workers
Four Convicts Escape Gang In North Carolina
Four African American convicts seized a guard s rifle and pistol during road work and fled in a highway department truck near Asheboro. Names were not immediately learned but officials in Raleigh stated they are long term prisoners. Police raced to track them down about ten miles from the scene as investigators arrived from Raleigh.
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Asheboro
Highway Department
Raleigh
Ill Woman Found Murdered in Car Trunk in Illinois
Police in Cook and Du Page counties search for a man named by Catherine M. Wasil as a close friend after her mutilated body was found in the trunk of her car near West Chicago. Her 17 month old son was unharmed in the front seat. Her husband Stephen J. says she had been missing with the child for two weeks.
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Chicago
Cook County
du Page County
Catherine M. Wasil
William
Chicao
Stephen J
Ggg
Wasil
Nick Reidy
Further Probe Of FPHA Is Probable
The senate expenditures committee signaled further investigation into the federal public housing authoritys bookkeeping. Senator OConnor said there will be no clean bill of health until the inquiry into specific irregularities concludes. The study will be by the General Accounting Office and Price Waterhouse Coopers which audited FPHA s 1945 46 books.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Federal Public Housing Authority
O'Connor
D-Ma
U. S. General Accounting Office
Price, Waterhouse & Co
FPHA
Savannah H hurricane damage tops million in coastal survey
Red Cross survey shows 1,500 homes and 100 businesses damaged in Savannah after a hurricane swept Georgia coast. Damage totals reach $1,000,000 in Savannah and $500,000 at Savannah Beach Tybee. One death reported Thomaston lumberjack Neill McCord, 35.
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Savannah
Red Cross
Georgia
Florida
Atlantic
Savannah Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Hialea
Miami Springs
South Georgia
Neill McCord
Thomaston
Charleston
Tybee
Britain and U S to dismantle 682 German plants
Berlin reports the British American authorities plan to dismantle 682 German industrial and war plants in their zones for rapid reparations. Of these, 380 are metal chemical and electric engineering shipbuilding and power plants with much equipment already delivered to the reparations agency and to the Soviet Union and Poland.
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Berlin
Inter-Allied
Soviet Union
Poland
Britain Reaffirms Palestine Exit Stance at UN Talks
Britain prepares to press for withdrawal from Palestine and leave Holy Land issues to the United Nations. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones will declare policy at the Palestine committee meetings as the opening debate aims to wrap by Saturday. Meanwhile the United States builds support for the Marshall Plan amid votes and bloc opposition.
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Lake Success
Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Arthur Creech-Jones
London
Palestine Committee
U. S
Marshall
Joseph Beck
Luxembourg
Assembly
Soviet Union
Russia
Little Assembly
Martin Bags 2 Buffaloes Seeks Bigger Game
SYSAN LAKE Oct 16 After his first big game hunt in Custer State Park House Speaker Joseph W Martin bags two buffaloes and says he will be shooting for bigger game in 1948 He is vacationing and moving toward possible presidential or vice presidential candidacy amid succession act discussions.
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Sysan Lake
Custer State Park
Joseph W. Martin
Republica Party
Martin
Wallace Attacks Democratic Party Chiefs in Baltimore
Wallace declares no peace leadership while Wall Street and military men control the Democratic party. He accuses the state and war departments of serving foreign financial interests and vows to remove them from Washington to avert war. He cites Byrnes on atomic bombs and says bipartisan policy led to his cabinet dismissal.
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Baltimore
Henry A. Wallace
Wall Street
Democratic Party
Maryland
The
Progressive Citizens of America
State Department
War Department
United States
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Spheres of Influence Report Of Byrnes Denied In Britain
London reports that Britain's foreign office called Byrnes claim that Britain and Russia agreed in 1944 to carve spheres of influence, with Greece under Britain and Romania under the Soviet Union, incorrect. Officials say discussions touched on coordinating military strategy rather than formal spheres.
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Britain
London
British Foreign Office Today
James F. Byrnes
Great Britain
Russia
Greece
Romania
Foreign Office
U.S
Labor Subcommittee Probes Unions And Housing Shortage
A House labor subcommittee opened hearings to assess how unions and the construction industry may contribute to the housing shortage. Chairman Gwinn said the goal is to determine government knowledge and restore free exchange of labor and materials. Witnesses included Raymond Foley of the Housing and Home Finance Administration and Prof Darwin D Edwards. The two day session precedes a nationwide tour to study building conditions.
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Washington
House
Gwinn
R-Ny
Raymond Foley
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Darwin D. Edwa
Northwestern University
Justice Department
French Seamen Walk Out To Tie Up Ships
Paris reports a strike by 40,000 merchant seamen and shore workers halting most shipping in French ports. A tenth of Paris subway workers voted to end a three day walkout, while CGT urged continued action. Ports faced unavailable tugs as ships docked unaided. U S lines sought special handling for the luxury liner America at Le Havre.
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Paris
Subway
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
U. S. Lines
le Havre
America
Extra Term of Congress Possibility
President Truman said a special session to address Europe's financial plight is possible but not decided. He noted progress in stop-gap aid including a $50 million authorization for French francs and Export-Import Bank moves to fund France for food and fuel purchases as agencies seek funds. Senator Hatch urged Congress to meet due to critical need.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
France
Capitol Hill
Hatch
D-Nm
Greene Farmer Fatally Stabbed in Wilson
Will Howell, 47, a Greene county farmer, was stabbed to death. Two army privates from Camp Lee Va. are jailed, including his son-in-law Percy L. Howell 21, and Joe H. Leader, while state police investigate. Coroner Dr R E Goudy says death came from a knife wound to the heart. Howell allegedly admitted frequent quarrels with his father-in-law.
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Whitley
Percy Howell
Truman Says AG Probing Gambling in Grains and Commodities
President Truman announced Attorney General Clark is investigating gambling in grains and commodity exchanges. He urged against such speculation as food costs rise, noted progress of the food conservation program, and rejected immediate rationing. Meat packers under Chicago grand jury inquiry were mentioned.
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Washington
Oet.gre
Truman
Clark
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Chicago
Citizens’ Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
Hoey urges firm U S stance against Soviet interference
Senator Clyde R. Hoey told the American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers in Asheville that the United States must warn Russia it will not tolerate interference in its internal affairs and that Moscow should not subjugate small nations. He urged clear American leadership to defend liberty worldwide.
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Asheville
Clyde R. Hoey
United States
Russia
Hoey
American Association of (Railroad
Shelby
America
North Carolina Library Association Opens 25th Convention
The NC library association begins its 25th annual convention in Winston-Salem with addresses by William A. Randall of the University of Georgia and Hoyt Galvin of Charlotte Public Library. The event runs through Saturday with officer elections Friday morning. Randall will discuss library equipment.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Library Association
William A. Randall
University of Georgia
Hoyt Galvin
Charlotte Public Library
Randall
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