Alabama may be the only state without Truman on ballot
Alabama has used every vote since 1872 and may be the only state where voters cannot mark Truman for President this year. Louisiana Georgia and Mississippi show mixed ballot status with Thurmond Wright electors and separate slates. Tennessee may list Thurmond Wright but not yet certified.
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Ala
Alabama
Truman
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Thurmond- Wright
Louisiania
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fieldings
Earl K. Long
House
Senate
M. E. Thompson
Democratic Committee
Tennessee
Oro
Thurmond-Wright
Democratic Ieee
Arc of Violence Ends in Eloy Gunfight
In Eloy Arizona two men died and a deputy sheriff was wounded after a gun battle on Main Street sparked by a cotton-picker angry over mail. Post master J C Garrett and Earl Neal were killed as they fired from behind cars while deputy Al Hinton lay critically wounded.
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Ariz
J. C. Garrett
Pinal County Hospital
al Hinton
Gan
Neal
Garrett
Sheriff's Office
Hinton
Ed Smith
Lumber Mill Closes Amid ILA Waterfront Strike
COOL BAY Sept 25 The Irwin Ly ons lumber mill shut down in solidarity with the water front strike. Howard Irwin said the plant will remain closed until the strike ends. A crew hired Aug 27 by the Sailors Union of the Pacific had been staffing the Rolando, and a plank was placed to halt a pursing car.
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Cool Bay
Irwin-Lyons
Howard Irwin
Oe Rolando
A. F. L. Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Four More Groups Listed as Subversive by U S
Justice Department added four groups to the loyalty list. The new labels include Communist aligned organizations and two groups tied to anti government activity. the revised roster totals 123 organizations across six classes.
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U. S
Wyarangton
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
Loyalty Review Board
American Committee For European Workers’ Relief
American Council On Soviet Relations
The
Communist Political Association
People’s Radio Foundation, Inc
Seth W. Richardson
Clark
Communist Party
Socialist Workers’ Party
Work Party
Young Communist League
Columbians
Ku Klux Klan
Protestant War Veterans of the
United States
Silver Shirt Legion of America
Czechs accuse U S embassy in spy hunt
Prague reports a vast Czech spy hunt accusing the U S Embassy of harbouring counterintelligence plots. CIC agents and aides are arrested in Germany and in Czechoslovakia as officials deny the charges while counterclaims spread.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United Sates
American Army Counter Intelligence Corps
Germany
CIC
Asti-on-the-Elbe
Josef Koch
Army
Czechoslova
Frankfurt
U. S
Lev
Vladimir Krajina
National Socialist Party
London
Pra
Gopher Escapes Flood via Basement Escape Route
In San Jose on September 25 C J Richards found 500 gallons of water flooding his basement after a neighbor tried to drown a gopher with a hose. Firemen pumped out the basement as the rodent reportedly followed the water into the home.
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San Jose
C. J. Richards
Polish immigrant farmer leaves 45000 in will
A. S. Kandyba of Poland who prospered on Nebraska farms died Sept. 17 in Excelsior Springs. His Clay County will dated March 18 1948 leaves 21000 to St Ann's Church and 3000 to Boys Town and to relatives in Poland and a 3000 share to his niece Katherine Huffman. Executors named Rev Cornelius Cleary St Ann's pastor.
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Liberty
Poland
Nebraska
A. S. Kandyba
Excelsior Springs
Katherine Kandyba Huffman
Leaside
Ore
Clay County
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Cornelius Cleary
St. Ann’s
Boys Town
Neb
Huffman
Naper, Neb
First Methodist Church
Arabs to Propose U N Federal Palestine Plan
Cairo dispatch reports Arab delegates will ask the United Nations to create a federal government in Palestine modeled on Switzerland with details to be set by the general assembly. The plan aims for a federal state in Palestine and will be submitted to the UN at an appropriate time.
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Cairo
al Misr
United Nations
Palestine
Paris
Charles Ma
Switzerland
General Assembly
Affection in Marriage Minimized by Popenoe
AN FRANCISCO Sept 25 The affectional function is much over emphasized in American marriages a family relations authority told the international congress of the Disciples of Christ tonight Paul Popenoe director of the American Institute of Family Relations Los Angeles also declared the fact that nearly 20 percent of Americans are childless is ominous He warned marriages must not depend only on soulmates and noted the birth rate decline is largely due to economic causes The annual loss of 65000 church members as inactive sparked the ministers conference with G Gerald Sias calling the loss scandal.
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AN Francisco
International Conven
Disciples of Christ
Paul Popenoe
American Institute of Family Relations
Los Angeles
Popenoe
G. Gerald Sias
Indianapolis
Ind
Long Beach paint-store owner among eight arrested in narcotics probe
Federal and county narcotics officers arrested Charles Liward O'Connor a 39 year old Long Beach paint-store owner his wife Alfreda 33 and six others in Los Angeles after a trap using fluorescent powder visible under black light led to heroin in a Union Station storage locker Shafer Winfred Spelman and others were charged with federal narcotics violations and Health and Safety Code violations.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Charles Liward O’connor
Lemon Ave
Milton T. Shafer
Thomas Winfred
Fred Spelman
John D. Walker
Roy Edward
Chester Jefferson
O’connor
Alfreda
Bev Hersey
Vera Jerry Figueroa
Shafer
Winfred
Spelman
Woman Seeks 24 Proposals To Save Home For Family
Chicago widow Marie Kerwin 34 offers to marry any man who will give her and five children a home. She expects days to screen replies after receiving at least two dozen calls and plans 15 minute interviews. Her husband died last year and eviction prompted the search.
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Chicago
Marie Kerwin
Kerwin
Two Lovers Die in Double Suicide Over Woman
In Oakland on September 25 two railroad workers Albert Deshaies aged 38 and Ralph Touschette aged 39 shot themselves after a note revealed a love triangle centered on a woman named Helen. The bodies were found in a sedan near the Oakland airport. both men died by self-inflicted neck wounds.
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Oakland
Gilchrist Moore
Albert Herbert Deshaies
Ralph Kenneth Touschette
A. F. Bull
Moore
Helen
Deshaies
Ralph
Five Rescued U S Naval Plane Crewmates Speak
Five men, four Americans and a Briton, rescued after twelve days in northern Saskatchewan said they owed their survival to God and the R C A F. They landed in bad weather en route from Churchill to The Pas and were found near The Pas. Capt. Ben Scott Custer said the crew endured a long wait but remained hopeful, aided by emergency supplies and hunted game.
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Pas
Man
Saskatchewan
Churchill Defense Post
Ben Scott Custer
U. S
Ottawa
Jack M. Fastner
Custer
Police Picnic Set for Signal Hill Park Today
Long Beach police reserves and families open today at Signal Hill City Park at 1 30 p m. City officials and Mayor William J Hobba of Signal Hill are invited to attend.
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Signal Hill City Park
Long Beach City
William J. Hobba
Signal Hill
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