Young Pioneers in USSR Reach Nineteen Million Members
MOSCOW October 17 The Young Pioneers the Soviet Union's child Communist organization reports 19,000,000 members nationwide. Open to ages ten to sixteen the group forms brigades and urges members to refrain from swearing smoking or drinking while promoting health and industry.
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Moscow
Young Pioneers
Russia
Communist Organization For Children
Ussr
Children’s Communist Organization of Young Pioneers
Lenin
Body Hunted in Mother's Slaying
In Minneapolis on October 17 police across four Midwest states hunted Robert Farrington Pett, 16, a black haired 160 pound high school student sought for questioning in his mother Mary R Pett’s killing. Mrs Pett, 51, was found stabbed shot and beaten in the family Christmas Lake home.
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Minneapolis
Midwest
Robert Farrington Pett
Ester
Melchert
Robert
Mary R. Pett
Pett
Christmas Lake
Chilly Weather Widespread Across United States
The cool autumn air stretched from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and south to Texas and Oklahoma, with the Pacific Northwest remaining chilly. Chadron Nebraska logged three inches of snow, flurries appeared in the northern Rockies and western South Dakota, while temperatures dipped below freezing in parts of the cold belt.
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Rockies
Great Lakes
Texas Parihandle
Oklahoma
Pacific Northwest
Chadron
Neb
South Dakota
Nebraska
Towa
Michigan
Dickson
N. D
Cutbank
Mont
Yuma
Ariz
Texas
Anastasia Leads Strike Breaker at Brooklyn Army Base
Striking longshoremen return to work at Brooklyn Army base after Anthony Anastasia led an imported crew through gates. Cargo moves resume but wildcat strikes persist on other piers in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Anastasia, linked to Murder, Inc., avoids naming backers while denying payroll claims as union tensions and government troop talk loom.
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New York
Brooklyn
Anthony Anastasia
Wrunlutiv Recuter
Korea
Anastasia
Senate Crime Committee
Joseph Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Waste P
Hudson River
Manhattan
AFL
Army Base
Albert
Murder, Inc
Ila Jeaders
Brookly
Ryan
Crime Committee
Phelps Dodge Co
Elizabeth
N. C
GOP Believes West in Camp
In Seattle, October 17, AP reports Republicans believe they can carry the western states in 1952 with hard work and a proactive platform. The Western conference adopted a 20 point program emphasizing water, power, fisheries, mining, agriculture, and anti corruption themes while leaving final details to the January San Francisco session due to California objections.
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Seattle
West
Truman
Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
Guy G. Gabrielson
Republican National Commi
Harry P. Cain
R. Wash
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
California
San Francoisco
Calfornia
National Platform Committee
T. H. de Lap
de Lap
San Francisco
Elsinore Naval Academy Fences Lake As Dry Lake Reopens
Riverside court dissolves 2949 restraining order allowing Elsinore Naval and Military Academy to fence in Lake Elsinore which it owns. Lakefront property owners argued fence would block water access. Academy attorney calls ongoing litigation idiotic as lake remains dry.
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Riverside
Elsinore
Ike backers urge early nomination bid from General
Washington reports backers of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower push for an early 1952 presidential bid. Taft declares candidacy nine months before the GOP convention, blasting Truman health and defense spending. Eisenhower supporters say he should decide by early 1952, with some predicting an eventual run.
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Washington
Robert A. Tait
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Ohio
Truman
American Dental Association
Senate
Sev
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Brewster
R-Me
Eisenhower
Saitonstail
R.mass
GOP
Morse
R-Ore
Tougher Bribery Laws Urged by Senate Ethics Panel
A Senate subcommittee urged stronger ethics rules and a public disclosure policy for federal officials and members of Congress. It called for a stopgap ethics code, an ethics commission, and tighter bribery laws while warning that influence peddling undermines government. The panel endorsed a two-year study and proposed a watchdog group to monitor public servants.
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Sernear
Mart
Subcommittee On Ethics
Sen
Douglas
D-L
Subcommittee
Washington
Douglas and Sons
Neely
D.-W. Va
Humphrey
D.minn
Aiken
R.-Vt
Morse
R.-Ore
Congress
Truman
Senate
Ethics Commission
House
Wallace Denounces Budenz Testimony
Wallace denounces Budenz testimony as slander and nonsense before the Senate internal security subcommittee. He says his 1944 China recommendations would have harmed communists if followed. Joseph Alsop testified against Budenz as a credible witness, while the committee led by Sen. McCarran examines subversive influences on U.S. Far East policy.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Louis Budenz
Wallace
China
Adaaual
Waser
Senate
Internal Security
Budenz
Daily Worker
Fordham University
United States Senate
Joseph Alsop
Alsop
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
U. S
Far East
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