GOP Hope Springs Fresh After Wallace Speech in 1946
Washington officials predict Republicans could net 36 to 50 House seats and as many as 10 Senate seats, aided by Wallace’s Russia stance and postwar shortages. GOP strategists list targets in Pennsylvania Ohio Washington Idaho Massachusetts New York and more, while arguing Truman may disappoint Democrats.
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Charles T. Lucey
United Press
Washington
Onry Wallace
Senate
House
GOP
IGOP
Wallace
Byrnes
Truman
Edward S. Martin
Senator Guffey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Senator Huffman
Harry Cain
Tacoma
Senator Mitchell
Idaho
Zales Ecton
Leif Erickson
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Walsh
Rep
Henry Dworshak
George Donart
New York
Irving M. Ives
Herbert H. Lehman
Missouri
Delaware
New Mexico
West Virginia
Knowland
Will Rogers
California
Earl Warren
Connecticut
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Trainmen Plan Effort to Oust Truman at 1948 Convention
A. F. Whitney head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen says the union will attempt to cut President Truman from a second term at the 1948 Democratic national convention. Whitney arrived in Miami Beach for a six week BRT convention and said union funds won’t be needed for the campaign. He does not seek a Republican alliance and doubts a third party could form.
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Miami Beach
Fla
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Truman
Whitney
Missing Children Found Ready To Start To School
In Beaumont Louisiana three Leabo children Annie 12 Lola 9 and Walter 5 were found safe and ready to start school after a dramatic chase that began when their father Walter Leabo of Opelousas hired a private plane to land on a highway to stop the grandparents car. He had filed kidnapping charges against the Reverend and Mrs. Edgar A. Ingram in Opelousas city court.
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Beaumont
Opelousas
Leabo
Annie
Lola
Walter
Walter Leabo
Edgar A. Ingram
Dequincy
Ingrams
Beer Executive And Fighter Acquitted
Ferrell B. Benny McGovern head of a St. Louis beer company and former boxer was acquitted by a federal court jury for the second time of conspiring to violate OPA price ceilings in beer sales. Co defendants Luke Franklin Frank Alessio and two Alessio headed firms were also acquitted. Alessio said he paid above the ceiling but did not know it at the time. Judge Duncan imposed minimum fines of 100 dollars on Frank Rezzonica and Ralph Nelson, who had pled no defense and testified for the government.
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ST. Louis
Ferrell B
Benny) McGovern
Luke Franklin
Frank Alessio
San Diego
Calif
Alessio
Richard M. Duncan
Frank Rezzonica
Santa Barbara
Cal
Ralph Nelson
Velasco
Texas
Manicurists and Barbers Plan City Walkout
New York reports that 4500 members of the Barbers and Beauty Cul turists union will strike Monday after failed last minute talks with the Broadway Master Barbers association. They demand a 40 hour week and a 30 percent wage increase.
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New York
Barbers and Beauty Culturists Union
CIO
Broadway Master Barbers Association
If I Didn't Come From Texas It Is Not A Watermelon
Dallas in 1930s spawns a humorous dispute as the Bonehead club declares any 140-pound melon from Arkansas a false claim. Arkansas Gov Ben Laney had sent a 140-pound watermelon to the Dallas Morning News for verification. The boneheads vote to keep the melon for university agricultural testing to determine its identity.
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Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Ben Laney
Dallas Morning News
J. M. Davidson
Chamber of Commerce
Weatherford
Tex
Lone Star State
Boneheads
Bonehead University Agricultural Department
Jap Testifies He Ate Human Flesh at War Crimes Trial
Lt. Cmdr. Ichiro Shinoda testified at a U S military commission that he ate flesh of an American prisoner at a saki party in a cave on Chichi Jima. He named officers who participated and those who denied eating flesh, citing Maj. Sueo Matoba as the one who brought the flesh to the cave.
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Guam
Ichiro Shinoda
U. S
Chichi Jima
Kunzio Mori
Miyake Iijima
Miyasaki Kenji
Army
Sueo Matoba
Fair Booster Trips Stated for 298th Panhandle South Plains Fair
Good will trips around the South Plains and into New Mexico are planned to promote the 298th Panhandle South Plains Fair October 7 to 12. A Yaqui room Hilton hotel meeting set for Tuesday at 8 30 am will organize the effort with four trip chairmen named. Tickets for kids travel by chartered buses and lunch stops include Lamesa Lovington N M Clovis and Matador.
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South Plains
New Mexico
George T. Dale
Dale
Ely Fonville
G. C. Dowell
Neil Wright, Jr
Clyde Tatum
Chamber of Commerce
Lamesa
Lovington
N. M
Clovis
Matador
Mexican City Crews Win Increase In Pay
Mexican city power plant workers in Merida Veracruz Mazatlan Puebla Torreon and Zacatecas returned to work after a two day strike with 25 percent wage increases in new two year contracts. Tampico workers pressed for 60 percent boosts and remain on strike. Labor Secretary Trujillo Gurri a presented the 25 percent figure at the president's suggestion. Workers gained extra overtime pay accident compensation and old age benefits. Agreements were signed after a 30 hour conference.
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Mexico City
Merida
Veracruz
Mazatlan
Puebla
Torreon
Zacatecas
Tampico Electrical
Tampico
Trujillo Gurria
Avila Camacho
Kilkenny Cats Legends Of Fateful Feline Duel
The Kilkenny cats, two feisty cats in Irish lore, reputedly fought until only their tails remained, a tale symbolic of their ferocity and endurance in legend.
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Kilkenny
Some OPA Agents Are Armed Says Agency
The Office of Price Administration announced that some enforcement agents are authorized to carry arms when making arrests. The move followed a publicized incident in Los Angeles where an agent was seen with a blackjack during a mass arrest of auto black market suspects.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Los Angeles
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Power Jets, Ltd
Air Minstee
Australia
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Lubbock Auto Co., Ltd
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4Th Street
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