Greeks Face Fresh Fight Over Aid to Greece
An AP analysis notes the pending push in Congress for an extra two to three hundred million dollars for Greece amid conflicting statements by President Truman and Ambassador Grady about guerrilla progress. Secretary Marshall’s UN visit to Paris and his near absence fed the rising pressure.
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New York
Congress
Greece
Truman
Grady
Marshall
United Nations
Paris
Athens
Nation Honors Navy on 173rd Anniversary
The United States displays its peace time fleet in ports as 150 admirals and officers from the army and air force join in ceremonies across 1,500 communities commemorating the 1735 founding of the navy. A new class of heavy cruisers led by the 17,000 ton Des Moines will be commissioned next month at Fore River, Quincy. The Des Moines, first with a fully automatic nine inch main battery, will cruise faster than 30 knots and carry over 1,000 personnel. two sister ships Salem and Newport News follow next year.
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United States
Navy
Army
Air Force
Continental Congress
America
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Des Moines
Salem
Newport News
Hard Winter Predicted by Local Hunter Signs
Beaufort reports hunter signs point to a severe winter. Wallace Styron of Sea Level observed a V formation of about 75 geese heading south early, supporting an old saying that early southward geese signal a hard winter.
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Beaufort
Wallace Styron
Hitler's Top Commanders Freed by Military Court
An American war crimes court acquitted 13 of Adolf Hitler’s military leaders of planning World War II. The three judges ruled acts by commanders below policy level do not constitute war initiation. Conspiracy counts were thrown out. war crimes against prisoners and civilians remain to be decided. Defendants included Field Marshals Wilhelm von Leeb and Hugo Sperrle.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitlr i
International Tribunal
Hitler
Wilhelm von Leeb
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Low Countries
France
Hugo Sperrie
New York Bus Strike Peaks as Riders Endure Delayed Service
The New York City bus strike led by CIO TWU members disrupted 3.5 million riders. Some 8,500 workers walked out on seven private lines, with partial returns today as leadership feuding between left and right wings emerged. Queens lines and Bronx routes faced major stoppages while Westchester service stayed near normal on trolleys and Third Ave buses.
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New York
CIO
CIO Transport Workers Union
Queens
Queens-Nassau Transit Lines
Jamaica Buses, Inc
Steinway Omnibus Corp
Bronx
Westchester County
Third Ave
Manhattan
Fifth Ave. Coach Co
New York City Omnibus Corp
Avenue B
East Broadway Transit, Co
TWU
International
Michael J. Quill
State Public Service Commission
Mother's Fall From Train Investigated
Hopkinsville Ky October 27 officials continued their inquiry into the reported fall of 32 year old Ruth Cooney of Chicago from a moving Louisville and Nashville train about ten miles north of here. She was hospitalized with a broken left arm severe head and body injuries and reported she had been pushed from the crack Georgian. L N officials neither confirmed nor denied the push theory saying she may have fallen after opening the wrong door. The sheriff said she incoherently recalled taking a drink with a sailor and a marine en route to Parris Island South Carolina and asked authorities there to question them. Her three year old son Robert Jr rode the rest of the trip to Atlanta with the conductor as she lay in hospital care.
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Hopkinsville
Ruth Cooney
Chicago
Stuart Memorial Hospital
Lanrce Futrell
Louisville
Nashville
Atlanta
Futrell
Cooney
Parris Island
S. C
Robert Cooney, Jr
Ruth Asd
Estonian Women To Begin Life Anew In Raleigh
Two Estonian women among 800 displaced persons arriving in New York plan to start over in Raleigh. Hello Randam aged 33 a court reporter and Edith Randam aged 24 an interpreter are sponsored by Fred J. Cohn of Raleigh. They sailed from Bremerhaven Oct 21 aboard the army transport General Black as the first entry under a 205000 displaced persons program. Nine polio cases reported in Raleigh bring the yearly total to 2385.
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Washington
New York
Raleigh
International Refugee Organization
Hello Randam
Edith Randam
Fred J. Cohn
Bremerhaven
Army
Black
Quick U S Action Expected On Western Alliance Project
Foreign ministers from the United States Britain and France proposed a new path to end the Berlin blockade. Marshall and Bevin discussed a possible North Atlantic defense pact and whether to move the Berlin issue off the United Nations Security Council agenda.
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Western Alliance
Paris
Oct
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Up.u
Geo
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Bevin
Brussels
Canada
Brussels Alliance
Com
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
CIO Electric Workers sue over ban on representation
The CIO United Electrical Workers PST files a $1,000,000 damage suit in U.S. district court against the Atomic Energy Commission and General Electric. The action seeks an injunction to preserve bargaining rights for about 600,000 GE workers after the panel banned UE officers who refused non communist pledges or showed communist ties.
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Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
Commission
ULE
U.S
U.E
FBI
Schenectady
N. J
Atomic Laboratory
Peek Street
Knolls
General Electric
U. S
Albert J. Fitzgerald
G.E
David E. Lilienthal
Major Parties Rally for NC Vote Across Races
In North Carolina last night the Truman Dewey race dominated the scene as a States Rights Democrat joined both major parties in the campaign fray. Senator Owen Brewster attacked Truman at a Greensboro rally while others urged continued support for Truman or Dewey and highlighted income tax and civil rights issues.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Truman
Owen Brewster
Maine
Greensboro
David Clark
Charlotte
Nat
Charles M. Johnson
Mr. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
Wallace
Charles W. Tillett
Thomas E. Dewey
Southern
Witnesses Called In Torture Robbery Trial Of Fales Black
Earl Black and Charlie Fales face a Superior court trial over a April 19 torture robbery of G F Waddell. Attorney H L Koontz says 13 witnesses will be used to argue the defendants were not in the Greensboro area that night. Waddell testified at a High Point Municipal hearing that the pair entered his restaurant, tortured him with hot implements, robbed about 1700 dollars, and left him bound while his wife and child were locked in a closet.
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H. L. Koontz
Greensboro
Earl Black
Charlie Fales
Superior Court
G. F. Waddell
Koontz
High Point
Waddell
Fales
Black
Greensboro Road
Charles Hagan, Jr
Truman Charges GOP Rent Policy in New England Tour
President Truman warned in Hartford and Pittsfield that rents could rise at least 20 percent next month if Republicans win the election, blaming GOP policies for labor tensions and open shop tactics. Dewey headed toward Cleveland with a sharp anti Truman foreign policy attack planned for a major rally.
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Hartford
Conn
New England
G.O.P
Pittsfield
Mass
Three Held For Questioning In Dalton Robbery
King police say three men are in custody for questioning in the robbery of Scales Dalton, a King farmer slugged Monday night. Lee Foley and Roy Foley of Wing and their brother in law William Massey of Virginia are held at Danbury. the amount stolen is described as somewhat less than ten thousand dollars.
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King
Joe Helsabeck
Scales Dalton
Dalton
Danbury
Lee
Roy Foley
Wing
William Massey
Virginia
Helsabeck
Doctors overemphasized role in child development
Dr. Carroll Pounders, a pediatrician, argued at the Southern Medical Association meeting that parents have become overly dependent on doctors and nurses. He urged renewed confidence in parental common sense and in nature’s plans for child maturation, cautioning against excessive medical interference.
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Frank Carey
AP Science
Miami
Fla
Carroll. Pounders
Oklahoma City
Pounders
Southern Medical Association
Grange Pushes Farm Price Protection At NC Convention
North Carolina Grange leaders told the annual gathering that protecting farm prices is essential for high national income and full employment. Grange Master Harry B Caldwell argued farm income shifts drive national income and current high food prices are not tied to support prices, urging state aid for schools and vocational guidance to attract and retain workers.
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Wilson
North Carolina
Harry B. Caldwell
Emeo
Caldwell
Mutual Aid Foremost In Program
A Western European union seeks a formal North Atlantic security treaty with the United States and Canada. Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg would form the nucleus. Defense plans foresee mutual military aid though cost and final details lag behind treaty work.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Senate
Europe
Western European Union
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Defense Department
Council of the Western European Union
The
Five Nations
Paris
ECA Halts New Grants Until Loan Deals Signed
The Economic Cooperation Administration said no new Marshall plan grants will be issued to eligible European nations unless they sign loan agreements. Britain and Iceland have loans. France Italy Denmark Norway Sweden Belgium Ireland the Netherlands and Turkey face repayable aid. Donald Howard Bruce indicated the halt is temporary and tied to loan negotiations.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
Britain
Iceland
France
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
Turkey
ECA
Marshall Plan Agency
Howard Bruce
Netherlands Indies
Bugs Bunny Coming Soon To The Enterprise Comic Page
Bugs Bunny will appear daily on the Enterprise comic page starting Monday November 1, replacing Red Ryder which NEA discontinued. The feature follows Bugs Bunny’s high popularity in weekly Sunday comics and introduces Elmer Fudd Porky the Pig and Pretty Petunia as part of the cast.
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Red Ryder
NEA
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Porky the Pig
Pretty Petunia
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