PCA Rally Sparks Riot in Independence Hall Shadow
A PCA rally in Philadelphia protesting the House un American Activities Committee provoked a near riot with scuffling boos and stench bombs as 2 000 onlookers packed Independence Square. Police removed several hecklers after a 40 minute meeting approved by federal courts.
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Philadelphia
House Committee On un-American Activities
Independence Hall
Russia
Progressive Citizens of America
PCA
Independence Square
Placid Square
Washington
Hollywood
House Committee
Congress
Mississippi Senate Race Shaped by Civil Rights Committee Fire
Jackson voters face a Tuesday U.S. Senate election to replace the late Theodore Bilbo. Candidates react to a Truman civil rights committee report urging end to segregation, with champions and critics arguing over federal interference and Mississippi's white supremacy tradition.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United States
Theodore Bilbo
Truman
South
Tbilbo
Forrest Butler Jackson
Bilbo
William Meyers Colmer
John Cornelius Stennis
DeKalb
John Elliott Rankin
NAB 3 EX-CONVICTS FOR PAYROLL JOBS
Boston reports show three ex convicts tied to two payroll robberies totaling 137000 dollars. Patrick Farina 34 held on armed robbery charges and 50000 bail after barbershop arrest. George Hayes 30 in Cambridge Hospital with a fractured pelvis after a prison escape attempt. A third man, described as Hayes’ former inmate friend, was arrested in the same apartment building.
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Boston
Patrick Farina
Cambridge City Hospital
George Hayes
Hayes
Britain Objects to U S Plan for Holy Land
Britain reportedly objects to the United States proposal that Britain remain responsible for law and order in Palestine until independence of Arab and Jewish states, a stance discussed by a UN Palestine subcommittee. Official sources say the London cabinet will decide next week and that an interim period may exist between UN decision and partition implementation.
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Holy Land
John Martin
Palestine
Public 10 Pay Hero Tribute
Final honors are paid to Lt. John Alvin LeBlanc of the U S Marines at Hixson Funeral Home chapel in Monroe. He was the first overseas member of the Rod ney J Hobbs post Veterans of Foreign Wars to die in the recent war. The body arrived by Missouri Pacific train Friday and was met at the station by Adjutant James McDonough, with Lt. Leo Garlick accompanying. A large American flag drapes the bronze casket as ceremonies proceed this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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John Alvin LeBlanc
U. S. Marines
A. M. LeBlanc
South Fourth Street
Hixson Funeral Home Chapel
Leo Garlick
U. S. Marine Corps
Missouri Pacific Railroad
James McDonough
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
LeBlanc
UAW CIO Official Refuses Taft-Hartley Pledge
Detroit reports Vice President R J Thomaswill not sign non Communist affidavits under Taft-Hartley act. He stated he represents the UAW CIO with Philip Murray and the Steelworkers, aligning with their stance against compulsory affidavits. He sent a telegram to NLRB officials denying official policy and signaling dissent.
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Auto Workers
Detroit
R. J. Thomas
CIO
United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Walter P. Reuther
Thomas
AFL United Mine Workers
Uaw-Cio
NLRB
Paul Herzog
Robert Denham
Walter Reuther
Philip Murray
Truman Advisors Seek Tax Continuation and Inflation Controls
President Truman's economic advisers urged maintaining federal taxes to fund long range European aid and recommended a partial return to wartime inflation controls to safely support the Marshall plan while reducing the national debt. They warned that major aid hinges on tax policy and noted rising grain and food price inflation.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Economic Council
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Ten Hollywood figures seek to nullify contempt actions
Ten Hollywood individuals labeled in contempt by the House committee on un American Activities asked Speaker Martin to nullify the actions. They request hearings for their lawyers and oppose certifying citations to the U S District Attorney as the full committee weighs whether to pursue contempt charges related to Communist affiliation inquiries.
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Washington
Hollywood
Congress
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Martin
Ten
United States
U S Reviewing Red Visa Policy
Senator Wiley says the state department is reviewing its policy on permits for Russian officials to enter the United States. Critics in Congress point to recent denials of U S travel to Russia by lawmakers on investigative trips.
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Washington
Wiley
R.-Wis
State Department
Congress
Russia
Michigan Notre Dame S M A Continue Undefeated Pace
Michigan beat Illinois 14 7 to strengthen Big Nine title hopes and Rose Bowl shot. SMU defeated Texas 14 13 to bolster Southwest lead. Notre Dame crushed Navy 27 0 and Army beat Washington Lee 65 13 setting up a climactic clash next weekend. Georgia Tech edged Duke 7 0 despite rough conditions.
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Michigan
SMU Mustangs
Illinois
Wolverines
Southern Methodist
Chunky Doak Walker
Texas
Notre Dame
Army
South Bend
Navy
Washington& Lee
Earl Blaik
Terry Brennan
Georgia Tech
Duke
Plans for Northeast Junior College science building completed
H H Land, local architect, completed plans and specifications for a large modern science building for Northeast Junior College funded by LSU last spring. Dean Rodney Cline and Land will travel to Baton Rouge to consult with university officials, bids will be sought, and construction hoped to begin for use in the fall term 1948.
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Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
H.H. Land
Rodney Cline
Mr. Land
Baton Rouge
Peru Earthquake Leaves At Least Three Dead
An earthquake in Peru killed at least three people and damaged several Andean towns. Huancayo cathedral tower collapse killed two children, with another fatality in Huancavelica. San Merced San Luis de Shuaro and San Ramon reported wide destruction as the interior ministry prepared to send planes with aid.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
Interior Ministry
Huancayo
Huancavelica
Amazon Jungle
San Merced
San ‘Raon
San’ Luis’ de Shuaro
Churchill claims landslide victory in British local polls
London reports that Winston Churchill's Conservatives won an overwhelming lead in England and Wales local elections, gaining 588 seats while Labour, Independents, Liberals, and others show mixed results. With 12 million voters eligible, returns from 365 of 3,266 councils favored the Conservatives despite Labour holding a large share of seats. Morgan Phillips noted.
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London
Winston Churchill
Conservatives
Attlee
Labor
England
Wales
Churchill
Conservative
Britain
Morgan Phillips
Man o War Dies of Heart Attack at Faraway Farm
Lexington November 1 Man o War America's foremost thoroughbred died of a heart attack in his stall at Faraway farm Samuel D Riddle owner of Lexington and Philadelphia His career spanned three phases from a 20 win season in 1919 world record holder status to a record money earning sire and finally the public’s beloved open book personality known as Pops His retirement to a rocking chair life began May 23 with illness since last summer continued until his death.
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Lexington
America
Samuel D. Riddle
Lexington and
Philadlphia
Pops
Faraway Farm
West Monroe Woman Dies in Series of Collisions
A 52 year old West Monroe woman, Mabel Collie, died from head and brain injuries after a 1941 Nash she drove crashed head on with an empty gravel truck near her home on old Natchitoches road. Clyde Huey, 37, of West Monroe, faced tentative negligent homicide charges after losing control of the gravel truck. Six others were injured, one critically, in the wrecks near West Monroe yesterday afternoon.
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Monroe
Mabel Collie
Mulhearn
Natchitoches
West Monroe
Clyde Bennett Huey
Route 2
J. T. French
Congress weighs long range farm policy with four cornerstones
Farm price supports production controls soil conservation payments and encouragement of farmer co operatives are set as the four cornerstones for future agricultural policy. A House agriculture committee hearing heard from about 500 farmers across 23 states during a 5 000 mile tour concluding in Washington. A Mississippi farmer Joe Brooks from Yazoo County voiced a contrasting view urging farmers to stand on their own feet.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Deep South
North Central States
Midwest
Joe Brooks
Yazoo County
Miss
Exodus of Russians From Brazil Slated
Rio de Janeiro reports that Russian diplomats will begin leaving today as Brazil starts withdrawing its diplomats from Moscow. Brazil cut relations with the Soviet Union on October 21 over Russian press articles critical of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra and the Brazilian army.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Moscow
Brazil
Soviet Union
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Tito Exiles Two American Reporters From Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports two American journalists including Arthur Brandel of the New York Times and his wife Mary Lester of United Press were ordered to leave Yugoslavia within 24 hours. A militiaman delivered the expulsion notice as U.S. Ambassador Cannon condemned the move as a grave incident in principle and discussed it with the foreign minister.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Arthur M. Brandel
New York Times
United Press
Mary Lester
Brandeis
Ministry of the Interior
U. S
Cavendish Cannon
Brandel
Cannon
Vladimir Velebit
Velebit
United Nations again seeks trusteeship for Southwest Africa
The General Assembly urged South Africa to place Southwest Africa under UN trusteeship, with Britain opposing and the United States and Russia supporting. A Danish amendment to remove a one year time limit was accepted, while debate on a separate Soviet case continued.
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New York
General Assembly
South Africa
Southwest Africa
United Nations
Assembly
Britain
United States
Russia
Assembly Politica
Killer Bohannon Captured After Nationwide Hunt
The F B I announced the capture of Julius D Bohannon a 41yearold Oklahoma fugitive four miles north of Citronelle Alabama ending a nationwide manhunt. Bohannon a thrice convicted murderer and bank robber escaped from McAlester prison on September 1 and had been operating a beer tavern near Citronelle until his arrest by a “small army” with Alabama state police assistance.
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Mobile
Ala
Oklahoma
Citronelle
John K. Munford
Julius D. Bohannon
Morris County
Texas
Munford
Alabama Highway Patrol
F. B. J. Bohannon
Oklahoma State
McAlester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bohannon
Assembly Slated to Shift to Paris for 1948 Session
United Nations officials discuss moving the 1948 assembly session to Paris Geneva or Brussels. A formal shift of U S acts related to the Palestine issue is noted as part of the plan.
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Lake Success
United Nations Assembly
Paris
Geneva
Brussels
U. S
United States
France
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