Louisiana Truman Bloc Bill Restores President on Ballot
Louisiana Legislature approves a bill restoring Truman’s name on the ballot under conditions favored by States Rights Democrats. Gov. Earl K. Long signs after House concurrence while AFL and CIO weigh participation amid party splits.
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South Carolina
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Mississippi
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Tax Letter Mailing Off by Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors reversed a plan to mail a tax increase explanation with next bills. A proposed letter supporting two county bond issues was to be included, but the mail campaign was dropped while tax bills remain certain to go out.
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Board of Supervisors
Hall of Records
Bus Stop Approved for Navy Personnel in City Line Route
City Lines plans a temporary bus stop at Pico Ave Seaside Blvd between midnight and 6 am to serve Navy personnel. Other hours service runs to Pico Ave and Ocean Blvd a block away. They will petition the State Public Utility Commission, which can authorize immediately or require a 20 day wait, with Navy Bureau agreement.
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Beach City Lines
Terminal Island Transit Co
Pico Ave
Seaside Blvd
Willard Lee
City Lines
Ocean Blvd
State Public Utility Commission
San Francisco
Bureau of the Navy
Eucharistic Meet Opens in Mexico City
Thousands of visitors gather in Mexico City for the first eucharistic congress held in Mexico. Cardinal Manuel Arteaga Betancourt of Havana leads international church officials. Dr Leopoldo Diaz Escudero and Dr Alfonso Espino are among speakers. Luis Maria Martinez presides over sessions.
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Mexico
Manuel Arteaga Betancourt
Havana
Cuba
Leopoldo Diaz Escudero
Chilapa
Alfonso Espino
Cuernavaca
Luis Maria Martinez
Margaret Bears Move Day Chaos At City Park Zoo
Margaret the bear caused a scare at City Park Zoo while moving to winter quarters. Police, the superintendent Clyde Hill, and two high school boys assisted in recapturing her after she escaped the moat and visited her cubs. Eight officers dealt with the disturbance as two youths watched.
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Margaret
Ve Island
City Park Zoo
Clyde Hill
Dick Peterson
Sam Mills
Hill
Stunt flier Dick Powell killed in air show plunge
Dick Powell, 46, fell 250 feet while hanging by the feet from the bottom wing of a plane during an opening act at Hale Corners airport near Milwaukee. A crowd of 5000 watched as Powell slipped from the wing and died. he had years of stunt flying and 3000 parachute drops.
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Dick Powell
Margaret
Waukesha
Wis
Hales Corners
Powell
Gambling raid hits Swank Den in Tuxedo Park
State police raided a 24 room rented house in Tuxedo Park at predawn, arresting thirteen men who were fined on the spot and released. Sixty eight others faced no charges as games of chemin de fer baccarat and roulette operated with a buffet and free drinks. Authorities seized $20,000 in gambling equipment and $4,500 in cash. Justice of the Peace William
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Tuxedo Park
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Justice of the Peace
William
Israel confirms Britons deaths in Arab plane shootdown
Tel Aviv reports an Israeli fighter shot down an Arab plane after warning fire when it ignored commands. British correspondents David Woodford of the London Daily Telegraph and John Nixon of the BBC died in the crash. Jewish authorities noted similar Arab flights over Jewish lines near Safad in recent weeks.
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Israel
David Woodford
London Daily Telegraph
John Nixon
Safad
Socialist Candidate Norman Thomas Addresses Texas Campaign
Norman Thomas, veteran Socialist party presidential candidate, makes his sole Texas speech in Austin. He arrived the night before and will rally tonight at 8 in Woolbridge Park downtown. He predicted the Socialists would top the roughly 100000 votes cast in 1944 and forecast a Dewey victory in the general election.
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Texas
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
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Dallas
Thomas E. Dewey
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Weather outlook paints bright Monday across nation
Chicago dispatch reports blue Monday opened bright and clear for most of the country with pleasant conditions from the east to the central regions. Rain touched Florida and the northwest Pacific Coast with scattered showers in the Rockies while officials note the day felt nicer outdoors than indoors.
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U. S
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Florida
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Club closing plea put off calendar
Superior Judge Fred Miller ordered the hearing on a pre liminary injunction aimed at closing Club New Yorker at 5181 Atlantic Ave as a nuisance to be put off. District Attorney William Simpson seeks closure while Michael and Lillian Gerbosi claim ownership and a permanent injunction may follow.
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William Simpson
New Yorker
Atlantic Ave
Albert D. White
Michael and
Lillian Gerbosi
Fred N. Whichello
Two Held in Reefer Case Startling Drug Bust in Long Beach
Federal narcotics agents, sheriff's deputies and Long Beach police arrested Robert J. Spencer and Harry E. Robinson, both 19, at California Avenue and Anaheim Street on charges of sale and possession of narcotics. A preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Martin DeVries found probable cause. both held on $1500 bail with October 13 set for Superior Court arraignment.
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Anaheim St
Long Beach
City College
Martin DeVries
Robert J. Spencer
Harry E. Robinson
de DeVries
Party's Over Revenuers Cramp Annual Jap Spree
Yamato Village in Ibaragi prefecture faced a ruined festival as revenue agents slapped a tax lien on the 47 gallon shrine sake barrel. Villagers could not raise the 15 000 yen demanded, threatening the traditional spree on Sept 28.
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Japan
Capistrano
Ibaragi Prefecture
Barkley Launches Air Tour to Boost Democratic Campaigns
Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky used an airplane to speed through a dense schedule. He will visit Asheville and later New York, then head west for three weeks of campaigning in key Senate and House battlegrounds. He urged turnout and framed the race as a choice between Democrats and Republicans.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Democratic
Asheville
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New York State
Barkley
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Pedal Pusher Aims for Los Angeles New York Bike Record
Stage actor Rudy Saltzman a 26 year old part time performer began a cross country ride from Los Angeles toward New York to break the official record. He plans to average about 100 miles a day with the journey monitored by the American Bicycle League.
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Los Angeles
Rudy Saltzman
New York
Saltzman
American Bicycle League
United States Delegations Back Bernadotte Plan
A U N poll indicates broad support among American delegations for the Bernadotte Palestine peace plan. The survey was conducted by the United States among a large number of UN representatives and circulated to all members of the U S delegation.
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U. N
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