Truman Ends Campaign With Defiant Ode To Peace
President Truman returned to Missouri to declare Democrats will win the election, claiming the north south east and west are lining up. In Kiel auditorium he wrapped up his 271 speech Freedom campaign, attacking Dewey on farm price support and the Wagner labor relations law. He derided Republican opposition as advocating indifference to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
ST. Louis
Truman
Missouri
Kiel Auditorium
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Dewey closes campaign with vow to win world peace
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey wrapped his presidential bid at Madison Square Garden promising victory and urging unity while attacking the Truman administration. He condemned Democratic divisions and warned policy shifts threaten peace efforts as he urged a future for American youth.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Madison Square Garden
Truman
Dewey
Council Tables For Peace
National Guard Deployed in Loudon Amid Singer’s Death
National Guard ground troops with fighter planes moved into Loudon Tennessee at Governor Jim McCord’s orders to quell a threatened mob following the death of Ray Brewster a popular east Tennessee radio singer in a car crash. Brewster’s father accused Sheriff Henry McDonald and Deputy Clifford Hughes of causing the death by chasing the car and shooting tires. The sheriff and deputy denied the claim saying the wreck occurred after Brewster tried to ram their car. A coroner’s inquest was not planned per magistrate W S Watkins who cited eyewitnesses. Major Warren Giles was present nearby.
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Loudon
Tenn
National Guard
Jim McCord
Ray Brewster
East Tennessee
Brewster
Henry McDonald
Clifford Hughes
W. S. Watkins
Thurmond Ends Drive in Texas
Gov. J. Strom Thurmond denounces the Fair Employment Practices Act as the most vicious part of Truman’s civil rights program and says voters for states’ rights Democrats can block Truman or Dewey from winning a majority of electoral votes. He spoke by broadcast from Houston after fog halted his Beaumont arrival.
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Houston
Tex
J. Strom Thurmond
Truman
Dewey
South Carolina
Beaumont
Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
House of Representatives
Dial Phone System Not Planned Here Soon
Lonnie Clark of Southern Bell dismisses rumors of a Monroe dial telephone system as erroneous and unauthorized. He states the district office has received no information about any dial phone installation and credits the claim to a directory salesman.
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Monroe
Lonnie Clark
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Louisiana voters face 41 constitutional amendments test
The Long administration in Baton Rouge awaits a Tuesday vote on 41 proposed constitutional changes. Opponents say many proposals enlarge gubernatorial power and cement a political machine, while supporters claim reforms will improve efficiency and democracy. Proposals cover board appointments, university oversight, and state agencies. The fight centers on a dozen major issues.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Red Feather Drive show marks 100 percent firm participation
The Twin City Community Chest drive this fall celebrates firms with every employee contributing. The list includes W. T. Grant, Holloway and Thompson, Grayson’s, Walgreen’s and numerous staff members such as Mrs. Perez, E. M. Crumpler, S. E. Glove, Ruth Thornton, and Mrs. Atkins among others.
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Red Feather
Twin City
W. T. Grant
Rosalyn Shows
Geraldine Ray
Nillie Wand
Betty Rainer
Helen McTruston
Mary Larry
Delma Sims
R. M. Downing
H. P. Durnet
Ins
E. M. Crumpler
E. W. Love
Holloway and Thompson
R. D. Gavioli
S. E. Glove
N. E. Ledbetter
J. W. Blanchard
Emma Kinnison
Carl C. Mason
James Allen
Edwina Tillman
Grayson’s
Lucille Bradfield
Ruth Thornton
Juanitin Gindry
Francis Atkins
Mary Mytle Woods
Louise Mort
Marie Mirris
Cecile Rugg
Walgreen's
Walgreen
M. McClain
E. Redden
Four Train Crew Members Killed in Vermont Collision
In heavy fog near Newbury Vermont two Boston Montreal trains collided head on. Four crewmen died, five mail clerks injured, about 200 passengers shaken. Engineers Martin L. Gove and Victor Tromba died. firemen John Blair and Francis Rexford perished.
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Newbury
Boston
Here
Montreal
Woodsville
Martin L. Gove
Wentworth
N. H
Victor Tromba
St. Johnsburo
John Blair
Francis Rexford
Newport
Negro trust y found dead in Louisiana prison inquiry ends
A coroner's jury ruled the death of James Bruce, a Negro house boy connected to the case of Mrs. John Spillman, was accidental drowning in the Mississippi near Morganza. Sheriff Martin said the two deaths are one case and the inquiry is closed.
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New Roads
James Bruce
John H. Spillman
Bruce
Spillman
Mississippi River
Morganza
Angola Prison
Baton Rouge
T. H. Martin
West Feliciana Parish
Angola
Martin
Joe Smith
Sample Ballot Preview For Tuesday Louisiana Vote
The World republishes on page 7 a sample ballot mirroring the official ballot and allows voters to mark it as a voting guide. Page 7 also lists amendments with the World’s stances in a continuing editorial series. Two editorials on the election appear in today's edition.
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Louisiana
USSR publishes purported text of Paris paper
Moscow reports a draft Berlin agreement between Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky and Juan Bramuglia of Argentina, one of the UN neutrals. Britain and the United States allegedly broke the pact, though London confirms a draft existed but says it was not approved by the Western powers. Stalin says the West disavowed the deal to mislead readers. Bramuglia did not represent the Western powers in the talks.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Stalin
Britain
United States
Tass
Andrei Vishinsky
Juan Bramuglia
Argentina
U. N. Security Council
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Foreign Office
London
Vishinsky
Bramuglia
Pravda
Communist Party
Security Council
Greek Premier Sophoulis Says He Will Resign Soon
Greece's 87 year old premier Mistokles Sophoulis announced he would resign within two or three days after a public quarrel with Liberal deputy Venizelos over a cabinet reshuffle. Venizelos had threatened a confidence vote, and Sophoulis said no compromise existed.
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Athens
Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Liberal Party
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Eleutheorios Venizelos
Sophoulis
Simpson found guilty of murder of detective in New Orleans
Dale Simpson was convicted by a criminal district court jury of murdering Detective Nicholas Jacob. The jury deliberated four days and two nights after testimony. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence. defense plans a motion for a new trial. Miller, co defendant, had a separate trial. Simpson's home is Salt Lake City and Miller is from Monticello Mississippi. They were returning from Gulfport where they had gone to retrieve Miller.
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New Orleans
Dale Simpson
Nicholas Jacob
Criminal District Court
G. Wray Gill
Harold Miller
Simpson
Miller
Monticello
Miss
Salt Lake City
Jacob
Gulfport
Mukden Falls to Communists Ends Chiang’s War Bid
Mukden surrendered to Communist forces, signaling a decisive civil war turn and raising talk of a government shakeup in China. Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanking amid reports that his nationwide effort has failed, with observers predicting possible capital moves or a Communist coalition government.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Mukden
Manchuria
China
Simo Chiang Kai-Shek
Yingkow
Li-Huang
Chiang
Peiping
Caneton
Chungking
Yangtze
United States
University Critic
America
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Li Chi-Shen
Hong Kong
Loss Seen in China Fight
Washington notes growing danger of a major reverse in the Chinese civil war as Chiang Kai-shek’s government weakens Under officials’ cautious view the Communists gain ground and a breakthrough into a broader peace or a new leftist regime becomes a rising possibility with uncertain outcomes.
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Washington
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Palestine War Reignites On Northern Front
Telegram reports from Tel Aviv say heavy fighting breaks out in upper Galilee as U N observers note Israeli artillery air and ground assault along a 20 mile arc from Tarshiha to Lake Hula with unconfirmed fall of Tarshiha and road clearances north toward Safad.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Upper Galilee
Palestine
U. N
Tarshiha
Lake Hula
Acre
Fawzi Bey el Kaukji
Haifa
Safad
Richland area to see major farm drainage project
Eight miles northeast of Rayville Louisiana the Cypress Creek Drainage Association launches a four mile main canal project costing about 27000 dollars. It will affect 102 farms across eleven square miles with funding shared by the Agriculture Department programs and local farmers. Work aims to clear right of way by December 31 with bulldozers and draglines in use.
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Percy Fant
Morning World
Rayville
Soil Conservation Service
Here
Cypress Creek Drainage Association
Beouf River Soil Conservation District Board
Production, Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
Bene
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Lionel Barrymore
Henry Hathaway
NEA
Negro Trusty
Jes’ Ramblin
Jes
Edith Macbeth
Barkdull Faulk
Pushbagoola
South Dakota
Montana
Edith Macbeth East
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United Nations
Richland
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