Stripling details alleged Mayer fix attempt by Mickey Rosner
Robert E. Stripling chief investigator of the house committee on un American activities reports Mickey Rosner an underworld emissary visited the committee on Sept 21 to arrange a fix so Louis B Mayer of Metro Goldwyn Mayer would be excused from testifying on Communist influence in Hollywood. Rosner claimed Mayer wanted Edward Mannix to testify instead and suggested an interview at the Shoreham hotel. Mayer reportedly was sick at the idea of appearing before the committee.
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Washington
Robert E. Stripling
Henres Committee On un-American Activities
Mickey Rosner
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood
Thomas
Oklahoma
Stripling
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Rosner
Mr. Mayer
Mayer
Edward Mannix
M-G-M Studios
Mannix
Shoreham
Morrison and Jones vie for Louisiana governor nomination
Morrison tells voters in Maringouin that only two candidates remain, urging against wasting votes on Long or Kennon. Long accuses Jones of threatening jail, while Jones in Lutcher champions vocational training to spur small-town industry.
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Associated Press
Jimmie Morrison
Sam Jones
Morrison
Maringoin
Earl K. Long
Robert Kennon
Long
Jones
New Orleans
Last Rites Set for Oregon Governor
In Salem Oregon state rites were held for Governor Earl W Snell Secretary of State James S Farrell Jr and Senate President Marshall E Cornett after their deaths in a southern Oregon plane crash. Governors from nearby states attended the service at 1 15 p m Pacific standard time in the state hall of representatives. Cornett will be buried in Kentucky. The Civil Aeronautics Administration scheduled a November 13 hearing into the crash that killed pilot Cliff Hogue of Klamath Falls and the three state leaders.
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Salem
Ore
Earl W. Snell
James S. Farrell, Jr
Senate
Marshall E. Cornett
Oregon Capitol
Oregon Mountains
California
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
State Hall of Representatives
John H. Hall
House
Snell
Cornett
Kentucky
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Cliff Hogue
Klamath Falls
Conservatives Gain Heavily In Britain
London reports after Saturday's municipal elections show the Conservatives with a net gain of 621 seats and Labour a net loss of 682. Labour leaders call the result disappointing while Conservatives hail a rightward swing and warn of ongoing political activity.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Labor
Winston Churchill
Lord Woolton
Housing shortages dominate New Orleans meetings
City officials from across the nation attend the American Municipal Association gathering while a House subcommittee holds hearings on the housing shortage. President Truman urges backing for veterans housing and food saving. Rep. Gamble notes record housing starts but confirms a continuing shortage, with figures showing rising construction in recent months.
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New Orleans
American Municipal Association
Congressional House
Truman
Stte
Association
Ralph A. Gamble
R-N. Y
Wyatt
President's Aid Plan Attacked by Gop Leaders
President Truman's proposed Europe relief plan faces GOP ire as advisers push continued high taxes and inflation controls. They warn of scarce-food allocation and price controls if inflation worsens while funding the $22 billion aid program is sustained. Republican leaders, led by Carroll Reece, argue anti inflation action tiene priority over foreign relief and blame Truman policies.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Council of Economic Advisers
State Marshall
United States
Mr. Truman
Fifth grader’s signed confession solves Lonnie Fellick murder
Chicago authorities report a 12 year old, Howard Lang, confessed to fatally stabbing Lonnie Fellick and crushing his head with a brick after Lonnie threatened to tell about theft. The killing occurred October 18 in Thatcher Woods with two younger accomplices implicated.
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Chicago
Lonnie Fellick
Thatcher Woods
Lonnie
A. L. Brodie
Howard Lang
Young Lang
Brodie
Lang
Fellick
Howard
Alma Lang
Russia rejects US plan for partition of Palestine
Lake Success November 3 Russia rejects American methods for dividing Palestine and calls for British mandate end by January 1 and troop withdrawal by May 1 1948. It advocates a one year transition to independent Arab and Jewish states under UN supervision. Soviet delegate Tsarapin urged ending the mandate as failed. Arab bloc opposes partition and seeks independent Arab Palestine under UN terms.
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Assembly
Palestine
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Holy Land
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Jamal Husseini
The
Hughes flies massive flying lumberyard in Long Beach test
Howard Hughes successfully flew his $25 million plywood airship aircraft over Los Angeles Harbor in a maiden flight observed by engineers and an aviation official. The 219 foot long, 320 foot wingspan craft reached about 70 feet for roughly a mile, with Hughes praising the hydraulic control system and predicting future success.
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Howard Hughes
Long Beach
Calif
Hughes
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor
Dave Grant
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mikolajczyk Gains British Sanctuary
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Polish opposition leader, fled Poland fearing death sentences for him and two Peasant party officials. He arrived in Britain by plane and was welcomed with sanctuary offered by the British government. A Warsaw spokesman said a parliamentary panel would probe his flight.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Germany
Warsaw
Britain
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Mikolajczyk
Christopher Mayhew
Foreign Affairs
Seven Friends
Polish Peasant Party
Foreign Ministry
Unbeatable Might of Russia Praised by Soviet Youth
Soviet press prints a letter to Stalin from about 26 million Youth League members declaring belief in the unbeatable might of the mother land. They denounce Anglo American democracy, vow not to fear atomic war, and proclaim faith in communism and readiness for any test.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Youth League
Churchills
Dulleses
Soviet Union
Nurses Fly to Quake Stricken Peru Areas
Planes with nurses medicine and food dispatched to center mountain quake zones near Lima. Bad weather and ruined runways hinder landings, with paratrooping possible. San Ramon La Merced Satipo areas show heavy destruction with deaths and injuries.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
San Ramon
la Merced
Satipo
el Commercio
San Roman
Farmer Charged in Two Babies Deaths
In House, Missouri, John Monroe Garrett 45 faces murder charges over two infant deaths. He allegedly buried the babies alive after births to Ruth Manson Robertson, 26, with remains found near Ellis Prairie. Robertson implicated Garrett in a report to state police.
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House ON
John Monroe Garrett
Ozarks
Garrett
Charley Fazel
Ruth Manson Robertson
Fazel
Ellis Prairie
D. O. Cooper
Ozark
Robertson
Tax Slashing Bill Planned For Nov. 17
Rep Knutson Republican of Minnesota announced a 4 billion dollar tax cut bill to be ready at high noon November 17 as Congress convenes in a special session called by President Truman to consider Europe aid and inflation curbs. The plan would apply nationwide community property rules and targeted rate cuts to largely benefit earners from 5 000 to 300 000 dollars, aiming to outpace proposed Europe aid.
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Washington
Truman
Economic Council
Europe
Knutson
Minnesota
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Truman
Senate
Gen Pohl Sentenced to Death by Nuremberg Tribunal
Lt. Gen. Oswald Pohl a senior SS official who ran concentration camps was sentenced to hang for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fourteen others were convicted and three acquitted as the tribunal found that knowledge of criminal intent mattered in judging guilt.
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Mernberg
Germany
Oswald Pohl
Pohl
August Frank
George Loerner
Karl Fanslau
Herman Pook
Hans Loerner
Erwin Tsehentscher
Max Kiefer
Franz Ebenschmalz
Hans Heinrich Baier
Karl Mummenthey
Hans
Robert M. Toms
Detroit
Michael A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Musmanno
Warsaw Ghetto
Reinhard Heyd
Five Democrats and one Republican vie for Bilbo seat in Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi reports the Bilbo political following hinges on Tuesday’s ballot. Forrest Butler Jackson leads with Bilbo inheritance claims, while Rankin, Johnson, Stennis, Colmer, and Colins contest the seat. Polls hint 65 percent Bilbo vote share not guaranteed.
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Jackson
Miss
Navy
Theodore Bilbo
United States
Mississippi
Senate
Bilbo
Forrest Butler Jackson
John F. Rankin
Tupelo
Paul Burney Johnson, Jr
Hattiesburg
Paul Johnson
Rankin
Louisiana Bank Resources Rise in 1947 total
Louisiana state banks show total resources at 487,402,223 on September 20, 1947, up from 1946 and 1947 figures. Loans and discounts reach 110,537,847, with demand deposits at 383,935,992, reflecting gains since June and September 1946.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Banking Department
Boy dies of crash injuries in weekend accident
The second victim, Thomas Garrison Walker 20 of Calhoun, died at St Francis Sanitarium after a crash on U S Highway 89 near West Monroe. His cousin Bobby Walker 15 remained unconscious with skull injuries. Driver L M Taylor 20 and Edman Whitlock 16 survived. Funeral plans for Walker set at 11 a m Tuesday near Calhoun. Mrs Mabel Collie 52 was the first crash fatality.
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West Monroe
Thomas Garrison Walker
Calhoun
St. Francis Sanitarium
Walker
U. S. Highway 89
Patsy
Bobby Walker
St. Francis
L. M. Taylor
Edman
Whitlock
Eula Walker
Frank Smith
Butler Cemetery
Hall Funeral Home
Monroe
Yvonne Walker
Eugene Walker
Matt Hammond
Hugh Sims
Newt Calk
Aral Sims
Cecil McCurry
Archie McMoy
Webster Hattaway
Mabel Collie
John Collig
Margaret Truman Plans 12 Numbers For Fort Worth Concert
Margaret Truman outlines a 12 piece program for her Fort Worth concert opening with Mozart and closing with Padilla. She discusses skirt length and refuses Secret Service escorts on dates. She will sing Home on the Range at the Will Rogers statue unveiling and plans to continue her singing career.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Margaret Truman
Secret Service
Miss Truman
Forth Worth
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Westbrook
Pegler
Kennon
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Ways and Means
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