Churchill Fills Top Cabinet Positions After Victory
Churchill, 76, to form new government with Conservatives holding a majority in Parliament. King George VI welcomed him at Buckingham Palace as Labour splits emerge led by Attlee’s resignation and Bevan’s rebelling left wing. Liberals win a seat in Orkney and Shetland. overall standings place Conservatives ahead with 320 seats to Labour 294 and others. Churchill plans to move into 10 Downing Street once Ablese vacate. he warns of hard times ahead while considering a Liberal alliance for a national government.
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Laborites
Downing Street
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Ansulin Bevan
the Daily Herald
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Hyde Park Gate
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Motorcycle Thugs Rob 30 Dollars in Downtown Theft
Two men on a motorcycle attacked Robert J. Green, 52, of 5800 Pacific Ave. yesterday afternoon at a bar on Long Beach Blvd. They escaped with $30 after a bar patron tried to intervene. Green later told police the suspects rode off. The incident occurred as political tensions over Ireland surfaced in parliamentary debates.
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Ireland
Pacific Ave
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Labor Party
Green
Long Beach
Blvd
UN Offers on Island Withdrawals in Korea Cease-Fire Talks
At Panmunjom on October 27 the United Nations proposed withdrawing from several islands off the Communist coast to win Red acceptance of a cease-fire line near the current front. Negotiators hinted at minor refinements but rejected a major withdrawal, while the Communists pressed for a line further south. The two lines are close, with optimism that a ceasefire could unfold, though UN officers insisted the proposed front stay intact except for a 200 square mile trade at either end.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
U S to Send Modern Weapons to Aid Tito
The United States reportedly agreed to supply Yugoslavia with heavy modern arms including tanks and artillery under a military aid pact to be signed in Belgrade. The move follows Tito's 1948 split with the Soviet bloc and rising Balkan tensions, with Yugoslavia seeking Western arms to counter perceived Soviet pressure and border incidents.
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United States
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Belgrade
Russia
Tito
Kremlin
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Edward Kerdelj
Korea
Koca Popovic
Boy Battling Pneumonia After 4 Brain Operations
Pasadena report details Donny Morton a Canadian-born boy who survived four brain operations for hydrocephalus and pneumonia. Doctors announced he improved after surgery, but his condition worsened again, as his father Arthur Morton traveled from Archerwill to Saskatoon for harvest.
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Pasadena
Donny Morton
Grant
Canada
Arthur Morton
Donny Terday
Archerwill
Saskat
Donny
William
Morton
St. Luke's Hospital
Striking Dockers Defy President Amid Nationwide Tie Up
The wildcat walkout by longshoremen spreads from New York to Portland and Philadelphia, with 30 000 workers idle and ships stalled. President Truman seeks Taft Hartley action and possible injunction as dockers vow to continue unless a national emergency is declared. Sampson signals potential resolution if the President finally acts on defense needs.
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Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
John J Gene) Sampson
Sampson
Portland
Maine
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Istriite
Manhattan
Fourteenth Suspect Arrested in Bank Thefts
FBI agents arrested Paul J. Straitiff, 52, cashier and director at the First National Bank of Indiana Pennsylvania. He faces embezzlement charges for $30,256 from bank funds as part of a larger Pittsburgh West Virginia district case totaling over $3,030,000 in 13 months. Straitiff admitted misusing funds and said he intended to cover the shortage, with $40,000 missing from the bank’s cash reserve.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Paul J. Straiiis
First National Bank of
Indiana
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Fred Hallford
Alding Straitiff
Straitiff
Hallford
Harriman Visits Prestwick on Mutual Security Trip
Harriman stops at Prestwick Scotland en route to New York from Paris for a conference with Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is accompanied by Thomas F. Finletter LI Gen T D White and Maj Gen Robert M. Lee. They travel by car to Culzean Castle where Eisenhower is on holiday. Harriman declines to reveal the conference purpose.
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Prestwick
Scotland
PI W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Mutual Security
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harriman
New York
Paris
U. S. Air Secretary
Thomas F. Finletter
T. D. White
Robert M. Lee
Prestwick Oy
Culzean
Hisenhower
Atlantic Pact -Military Forces
Eisenhower
Boy Trapped In Car Trunk Rescued In Columbus
A kindergarten boy named Johnny Myers was trapped in his father s car trunk after slipping inside during a lapse in supervision. Neighbors and police pried the trunk lid and cut a partition when the lock jammed, freeing him after several minutes. The boy, shaken, said it was very dark inside.
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Columbus
Ohio
Johnny Myers
Johnny
Truman to Renew Fight for Controls
President Truman intends to renew his battle with Congress next year over tighter price controls and anti labor measures. He criticized special interests and urged adequate controls to curb inflation while supporting free unions and collective bargaining. Speaking at the dedication of Gompers Square, he pledged to oppose efforts to weaken labor or tip the balance toward management.
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Washington
Upi
AFL
Truman
Lrades
Congress
William Green
Gompers
Maurice J. Tobins
Oscar L. Chapman
Luke
Labor
Boys Describe Burnings From Fire At School
In a courtroom testimony a boy recounts how Mrs Ward held a lit match close to his wrist sparking burns on three boys. The injuries required treatment at Orange County Hospital by Drs Weldeon and Carney. Sheriff's juvenile official Russell Campbell noted the women talked openly about the incident when officers visited on October 19.
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Caruthers
Orange County Hospital
Charles Weldeon
Alfred Carney
Russell Campbell
Sheriff's Juvenile Bureau
Revenue Staff Gets Questionnaire Soon
Washington October 27. About 27 000 Internal Revenue Bureau employees must by December 1 disclose all finances. The four page net worth form will be mailed to over half of the 57 000 workers, part of a probe by a Ways and Means subcommittee into nationwide tax agency scandals. Some officials have been suspended or fired, while others resigned. Frances Perkins urged civil service standards be raised for tax collectors. The form asks for exact personal and family finances since 1949 and 1950 and, for those with spouses, their income and expenses.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
John B. Dunlap
House Ways and Means
New York
Jack ‘Neustadt
Theodore Isaacs
Bernard 2. Kandell
Bureau
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Civil Service
Bear, Mountain
Perkins
Subcommittee
Treasury Department
Korea Vets to Get Housing Benefits Under Truman Bill
President Truman signed a bill giving Korea veterans most housing benefits previously extended to other veterans. They receive preference in low rent and defense housing projects and lower down payments for FHA loans, though not GI home loans. House veterans committee weighs Korea veterans GI home loan bill.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
House Veterans Committee
Vishinsky to Head Russ Delegation
MOSCOW October 27 Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky will lead the Soviet delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in Paris. His passport was sent to the French embassy for a visa expected to be granted quickly. Dean Acheson will head the American delegation. Anthony Eden may lead the British delegation after Churchill’s foreign secretary appointment.
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Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations Genneral Assembly
Paris
U. N
Dean Acheson
New York
London
Anthony Eden
Churchill
General Strike Continues in Montevideo With 22,000 Workers
A general strike in Montevideo entered its 18th day with about 22,000 workers still off the job. The government released 28 people jailed on charges of violating a federal ban on public servant strikes, but most strikers refused to return to work.
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Monievideo
MacArthur Shuns GOP Candidacy for 1952
Baraboo Wisconsin dispatch reports Harlan Kelley, Sauk County district attorney, saying Gen. Douglas MacArthur will not run in 1952. A letter from Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney states MacArthur has no primary plans and will stay nonpartisan while continuing public addresses. Kelley notes Whitney's praise and that MacArthur could still support the nation without running.
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Baraboo
Wis
Harlan Kelley
Douglas MacArthur
Kelley
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Wisconsin
Sauk County
Whitney
Lansing Hoyt
MacArthur For President Club
Milwaukee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Republican
Hudson Union Trade Damages in Detroit Suit
Hudson Motor Car Co and Local Union 134 of the CIO United Auto Workers seek damages in U S District Court over 62 plant shutdowns last summer. The company countersued for 1 3 million and the union for 500 thousand claiming contract violations and trade disputes triggered by speedups and incomplete cars.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Linion 134
CIO
United Auto Workers
U. S
Yesters
Hudson
Mayors Arrive in Japan for Parleys
Mayors of Los Angeles and San Diego travel to Japan for a government sponsored conference and tour. Maj. Gen. Hudelson notes possible visits to 140th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion units in Tokyo area. LA Chamber president Oscar Trippet and Mayor Bowron depart for Haneda with others for a planned Mount Fuji parade scenario and a review featuring the 160th Regimental Combat Team.
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Sendai
Japan
Los Angeles
San Diego
Chamber of Commerce
Daniel H. Hudelson
Southern California
40Th Infantry
Hudelson
J. B. Butler
Havaeda Airport
Tokyo
140Th
Oscar A. Trippet
160Th Regimental Combat Team
Los Angeles County
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A terse classified style query urges readers to call the Press-Telegram at 6-9066 for speedy action. The note references a playful misspelling and a request for quick resolution of an everyday problem.
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