Nixon Pushes RFC Inquiry
Sen. Nixon plans public hearings before the Senate investigations subcommittee to probe contacts with Reconstruction Finance Corp loans. Primary witnesses include Mrs. Bratten and Charles E. Shaver, with records and bank accounts under scrutiny. hearings may be deferred until after Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Sen. Nixon
R.-Calif
Barkley
Senate -Small Business Committee
Shaver
Capitol
Nixon
Tax Probe Grows With New Hearing Next Week
Washington reports that a House committee led by Rep. King vows the tax probe is just beginning. Secretary of the Treasury Snyder and Internal Revenue Commissioner Dunlap will meet behind closed doors, as the panel pursues alleged irregularities and broader disclosures across eastern collection districts.
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Washington
House
Internal Revenue
Rep. King
D.-Calif
Trasury Snyder
John B. Dunlap
King
Dunlap
Rep
Kean
New Jersey
Clash at Notre Dame Over Petain Mass Sparks Police clash
World War I veterans and World War II resistors clashed outside Notre Dame as a requiem mass for Henri Philippe Petain proceeded inside Paris. Police lined barricades while Petain family members and wartime figures entered through a side door. Protesters shouted "Petain assassin" and "jail for collaborators" as anti Petain slogans echoed nearby.
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Paris
Notre
Two Dame Cathedral
Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Verdun
Vichy France
Hhad
Maurice Feltin
Fetain
Maxime Weygand
Ohio Texas belt hit by showers across region
The Associated Press reports a Saturday shower belt stretching from Ohio and Indiana southwestward through the middle Mississippi Valley into northern Texas. Heaviest rain occurred in western Tennessee, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma with over an inch in spots. Temperatures fell from the Great Lakes to western Texas while Gulf Coast, South Atlantic, and Northern Plains stayed mild. elsewhere the weather was mostly fair.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
South Atlantic States
Northern Plain States
Greece Cabinet Sworn In Coalition Reform
In Athens on October 27 a Liberal Progressive Union coalition cabinet was sworn in. Gen Nicholas Plastiras serves as premier, while retiring premier Sophocles Venizelos becomes deputy premier and foreign minister.
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Athens
Greece
Nicholas Plastras
Sophocles Venizelos
Eisenhower seen as likely 1952 GOP nominee by Duff
Sen Duff predicts Ike would split the solid South and win the presidency if he is the Republican nominee in 1952. Scott endorses Ike as the only candidate likely to attract independents, Democrats and Republicans. Kansas Young Republicans urge endorsement as Duff plans to visit Ike at Paris headquarters.
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Washington
Duff
R.-Pa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hugh D. Scotton
RePa
Eisenhower
Kansas
Scott
Garden City
Kan
Ike
Bert Andrews
ABC
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Europe
Pennsylvania
Paris
Rep
Dwight Eisenhower
Srott
Union Chief Slaying Baffles Police In Wilkes-Barre
Charles Mccadon, 49, head of a United Mine Workers union local, was killed when a time bomb exploded under his car as he headed to babysit his grandson. He had received an extortion note demanding 2000 dollars within a week. Police say the device was placed under the hood.
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Wilkes-Barre
United ‘Mince Workers Union
Charles Mccadon
Labor Board Defers to Private Arbitrators
The National Labor Relations Board decided not to settle jurisdictional disputes in the construction industry when employers and unions use their own voluntary arbitration systems. It marks the board's first refinement of its relation to the National Joint Board for Settlement for Jurisdictional Disputes created years ago by contractors and AFL building trades unions.
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Washington
National Labor Relations ‘Board
National Joint Board For
AFL
Churchill's Cabinet Faces Grave Trouble
London reports after the general election show Winston Churchill named prime minister with a cabinet of experienced ministers. The Conservatives face economic anemia and deteriorating international relations, amid a divided nation where Labor won more votes overall.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
House
Clement Attlee
Commons
Labor
Probab Wy
United States
Guatemala Peace Congress Bid Accepted
Guatemala's national congress president Roberto Alvarado Fuentes announced he accepted an invitation to attend the Soviet inspired peace congress opening in Vienta on November 3. The move marks Guatemala's participation in a broader regional effort amid Cold War tensions.
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Guatemala
UPI
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes
National Congress
Peace Congress
Vienta
Gunmen Loot S.F. Hotel Slug Woman and Escape
Two gunmen robbed the Pickwick Hotel auditor at Fifth and Mission in San Francisco. They escaped with about $250 after slugging house keeper Kathryn McLeod, 40, during the raid.
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S.F
San Francisco
Pickwick Hotel
Fifth and Mission Sts
Kathryn McLeod
Woman Screams for Help After Scalp Wound in Assault
A woman screamed for help as she sustained a scalp cut when a pistol butt struck her. Police or bystanders may have witnessed the incident, with investigators seeking details about the assault and the assailant's identity.
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