Civil Rights Report Urges End to Racial Segregation Now
A Truman committee led by Charles E. Wilson proposed sweeping civil rights reforms. It urged federal anti lynching, antipoll tax, and fair employment laws, outlawing segregation and discrimination in transport, hotels, theatres, and armed services, and restricting restrictive covenants to promote equal rights.
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Ashington
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
Eta Congress
Congress
Traina
United States
Democrats Seat McGrath Delay Convention Choice
The Democratic National Committee installed Sen J Howard McGrath as national chairman of the 28th party, amid expectations Truman and a Democratic Congress will win in 1948. The group postponed finaling the next convention site between Philadelphia and San Francisco, with Philadelphia showing strong funding and entertainment promises to land the gathering.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Sen
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Taland
Truman
Democratic Congress
Robert E.hannegan
Republican Party
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Eccratt
Edward H. Heller
California
President Truman will skip weekly news conference
President Truman decided to forego his weekly news conference tomorrow to dedicate time to the message for the November 17 special session of Congress on invitation curbs and European aid. He also plans to attend burial services at Arlington Cemetery for soldiers returned from abroad.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Arlington Cemetery
Blind man robs lawyer held guilty of stealing cigars
A Newark lawyer, charged with stealing cigars from a blind man’s stand, was found guilty by an eight to four jury. The trial noted the defendant forgot to pay, citing a gross mis take. Judge Walter L. Hetfield released him on $500 bail pending sentencing.
Airplane Forces Landing After Hitting Road Sign
Vernon Shafer 34 and passenger Swood Angstadt 35 steer a light plane through a heavy rainstorm and land on a concrete highway near Schuylkill Haven Pennsylvania. The craft is damaged when it strikes a roadside safety sign. Shafer, of Luscombe Aviation Company Morrisville, was en route from Pottstown to Williamsport, PA.
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Schuylkill Haven
Vernon
Shafer
Luscombe Aviation Company
Morrisville
Pottstown
Williamsport
Swood Angstadt
Four More on Stand Today Balk at Quiz
Washington Oct 29 Four writers and a director faced questions in the congressional committee inquiry into communism in Hollywood. Adrian Scott and Edward Dmytryk refused direct answers about current or past Communist ties. Robert Kenny defended ethics, while Thomas Ornitz warned of powerful influences trying to divert the inquiry. The four cited for contempt were Dalton Trumbo John Howard Lawson Alvah Bessie and Albert Maltz.
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Washington
Ocet
Adrian‘ Scott
Edward Dmytryk
Hollywood
ayTiter
San Ornitzas
Thomas
Ikenny
Ethics Kenny
Comterday
Evient
Thoma
Dalton Trumbo
John’ Howard Lawson
Alvah Bessie
Albert Maltz
United
Couple Finds Home For Dog They Love
Mr and Mrs Lawrence A Gleason own Duke a nine year old Irish setter. After being unable to find a dog friendly place they faced putting Duke to sleep. A humane society worker urged patience. They found and moved into 228 Corona Ave where Duke now thrives.
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Lawrence A. Gleason
Duke
Mrs. Gleason
Corona ‘Ave
Marshall Plan to Include Gifts to Europe Revealed
State Department confirms a long range Marshall Plan will include gifts to European countries. Officials say a full presentation with details will go to Senate and House committees on November 10. Unofficial estimates place emergency aid at 16.5 to 20.0 billion dollars over four years.
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Dees
Joan
Fong-Ratize Marshall
Flan
State
Department
Senate
House Foreign Relations
Appropriations
Britain and United States reach tariff agreement
British Trade Minister Wilson announced a new tariff pact with the United States and other nations. He said reductions in tariffs would be exchanged for concessions and that the details would be published in about three weeks. He denied plans to scale down imperial preferences and urged exporters to supply Western markets experiencing postwar growth.
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Lond Wilson
Britain
United S
the Commons
United States
Wilson
Two Boys Accused in Old Man Clubbing Near Alturas
Sheriff says two youths aged 14 and 15 from Eugene admitted the assault on cemetery caretaker Claude Mulkey, 72, seriously wounded at Cedarville Cemetery, and linked to a string of house burglaries between Alturas and Eugene. they were captured after a storm in Warner Mountains.
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Alturas
Calif
Cedarville
Warner’ Mountains
Eugene
Sherrif “Glyne- Johnson
Claude Mulkey
Mulkey
Jinan
Alturas: Hospital
Schoolboy Faces Murder Hearing in Hall County Ga
A 15-year-old student from Murrayville High School was indicted for murder in Hall County. Judge Boyd Sloan set the trial for November 3 in Hall County Superior Court after the grand jury charged Harry Je Glenn with murder. The youth was taken from his classroom on September 24 and jailed on the charge.
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Gainsville
VPA
Hall County Superior Court
Boyd
Sloan
Harry Je Glenn
Murrayville High School
Man jailed for theft of watchdog in Baltimore
In Baltimore on October 28, 34 year old William Ashby was jailed on charges of stealing a watchdog named Gretchen from Francis Lynch. Gretchen, described as a two month old Doberman on duty, was taken from Lynch and valued at $150.
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Baltimore
William Ashby
Francis Lynch
Lynch
Gretchen
Ashby
Woman's Body Found Near Clearwater Dater
In Clearwater Florida on October 29 Nancy Haynes a 19 year old Petersburg waitress was found dead on a lonely road. A bakery truck driver discovered the mangled body dressed only in a torn dress and slip. Cause of death not determined at proof time two men were being questioned no charges had been filed.
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Clearwater
Fla
Nancy Haynes
Petersburg
Stassen Meets Old College Mate in Long Beach
Harold E. Stassen arrived from Los Angeles and greeted Emma Koenig a former University of Minnesota classmate. She helped at the Wilton Hotel as Stassen spoke on controversial subjects recalling their public speaking class from 1921.
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Harold “E. Stassen
Minnesota
Lol
University , of Minnesota
Emma Koen Issi
Koenig
Angeles
Siasson
Hamemberet
Miss Koen
Miesee Vale
Stassen
Polish Peasant Party Purged by Pro Communists in Parliament
In Poland the opposition Peasant Party faced a purge as 148000 members were stripped of rights and five key allied leaders removed from Parliament. Leftists installed new leaders including former Education Minister Czesla come and deputies, while Mikolajczyk’s fate and whereabouts remain unclear amid border-flight rumors.
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Poland
Cyrabisiewicz
Mi Olajczykc
Mikolajczyk
Stanislaw ‘Banczyk
Stanislaw
Wojcik
Franciezka Wojcick
Tadheusz Nowak
Kazimierz
Nadobnik
Banzeyk
FT ‘ Leh
Red
Czesla
Foland
Alnce
Private plane with Oregon officials missing near Coleman Lake
A private plane carrying Oregon Governor Snell and two other top state officials failed to reach Coleman Lake field after takeoff from Salem. Ground and air searches were launched, with state police and National Guard readiness, as weather hindered the hunt for the missing craft and its occupants.
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Klamath
Falls
Ore
Oregon
Ari’ Snell
Hugh “Tolley
H. G. Maison
Tne
Adj
Raymond F. Olson
National ‘Guard
Pla
Salem
Mra Cornett
Coleman
Lake Landing
Oscar Kitcri
Cornett
Kittridge
Plane wreckage found three bodies in New York mountains
A UPA private cargo plane missing since October 16 was found in the Caney Creek region of Jackson County New York. The three occupants Saul Kornish Robert Peper and Dwight Coulter died in the crash while the aircraft carried baby chicks from Charlotte to Gainesville.
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Sylva
NY C
UPA
Caney Creek
Jackson County
Here
Sherian Phillips
Caney Cras
Forts
Charlotte Eearly
Gainesville
Saul E.kornish
Otis, Maas
Robert Peper
Pittsfield
Osawatomie
Kan
Dwight Coulter
Missing Pan-American DC4 Clipper Sparks Alaska Fears
In Ketchikan Alaska on October 29 180 people aboard a Pan American DC4 Clipper are feared dead as rain and winds drive search planes back to base. Rescue operations continue pending better weather and clearer sightings.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
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