Bisbee Deportation and Copper War Era Debates
Westbrook Pegler recalls the 1917 Bisbee deportations as a clash of war needs and labor rights. He notes Secretary Baker and Secretary Wilson over copper production, the N W W, and reactions by Roosevelt and Frankfurter. The Bisbee sheriff defended forced removal of over 1,100 men, mostly enemy aliens, by oxcarts to New Mexico, shaping labor politics.
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Washington
Il. W. W
Bisbee
Ariz
Newton Baker
Wilson
Industrial Workers of the World
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
San Francisco
Russia
Theodore Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Harry C. Wheeler
Woodrow Wilson
Intore Desert
Columbus
N. M
Secretary of
Labor
Woodrow
Wheeler
Dewey Plans Major Labor Address in Pittsburgh
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey moves to the second round of his presidential bid with a planned major labor address in Pittsburgh on Monday night. He weighs Albany talks as Truman tours New York, and Dewey's 38 speeches set a brisk pace for the nine-state, eight-day trek beginning this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Pittsburgh
Dewey
Pennsylvania
Rose
Asas City
St. Paul
Minn
Penn
Egg Hits Officer Escorting President Truman in Philadelphia
An egg was thrown from a sidewalk crowd and struck policeman Hugh Hannigan escorting President Truman during a Philadelphia tour. Hannigan said the underhand throw came from boys along the sidewalk, with Truman unaware of the incident as his car passed. Secret service noted no egg throw but reported a lemon fragment under the press car.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Hugh Hannigan
Hannigan
Series Is Evened With 1 Win Each
Bob Lemon limited the Boston Braves to eight hits as Cleveland won 4 to 1 at Braves Field to even the World Series at one win each. The opening game had the Braves win 1 to 0 on Phil Masi's disputed seventh inning safe slide. The scene shifts to Cleveland for games three and four with Bearden and Spahn lined up to start the next two games.
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Jack Hand
Braves
Boston
Bob Lemon
Cleveland
Boston Braves
Associated Press
Phil Masi
Cleveland Indians
Masi
Bob Feller
Lou Boudreau
Warren Spahn
Billy Southsworth
Indians
Spahn
Lemon
Sain
Red Sox
Yanks
A's
Gene Bearden
Cleveland Stadium
Mitchell
Elliott
Clark
Boudreau
Holmes
Dark
Gordon
Torgeson
Bill Stewart
Feller
Rickert
Keltner
Doby
Robinson
Mike McCormick
Hogan
Salkeld Sin
Warren rails against secret deals in foreign policy
Gov Earl Warren assailed a secrecy based foreign policy during a Chicago stop on his GOP vice presidential campaign. He urged an end to secret negotiations and private diaries by former officials as he toured 23 states in three weeks, addressing 14 000 in Chicago's International Amphitheatre before continuing to Madison and beyond.
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Chicago
Earl Warren
Wisconsin
U. S
Madison
Stock Pavilion
University of Wisconsin
Janesville
Minnesota
Duluth
Sacramento
Warren
Stockyard
South Side
Ballot dispute over Democratic rooster emblem in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge a suit seeks to force the secretary of state to list Truman and Barkley as Democratic nominees and to bar other candidates from using the party rooster emblem on the ballot. Judge Carlos Spaht set the 2 p.m. hearing in 19th district civil court after the state supreme court declined to take jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Truman-Barkley
Thurmond-Wright
Carlos Spaht
19Th District
State Supreme Court
State Central Committee
Thurmond
Wright
Secretary of State
Truman
Sen
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Athan Coe
Darrell H. Blair
A. F
Lake Charles
Supreme Court
Bolivar Kemp
Leander Perez
High Bench
Coe
Blair
Kemp
Perez
Mine Workers Honor Lewis Birthday as Holiday
The United Mine Workers convention adopted a resolution to make John L. Lewis February 12 a national holiday in the coal industry. Delegates also push for higher pay and a fourth postwar contract amid plans for broader medical and welfare programs for miners and their families.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers’ Convention
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Warren F. Draper
Army and Public Health Service
Dr. Draper
Josephine Roche
Japan's Prime Minister resigns as cabinet falls in scandal
Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida resigns over moral responsibility in a corruption case. His coalition cabinet collapses with him. Diet calls a special session to elect a new leader. The inquiry centers on a 2.8 billion yen loan to Showa Denko.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Diet
Ashida
Douglas MacArthur
Showa Denko
Bomb report fuels Berlin airlift protest
British fliers alleged Russian planes dropped live bombs in the Soviet occupation area about 12 miles northwest of Berlin during the airlift. Western officials said the Russians announced maneuvers with no prior notice of 16 flights in the control zone and warned bombing and gunnery could threaten the Berlin corridors.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
U. S
Seven Vivian students escape injuries in Vivian car train crash
Seven Vivian High School students riding in a sedan were unhurt or lightly hurt when their car was struck by the Southern Belle Diesel locomotive at the Vivian Alabama street crossing. The vehicle was dragged onto the Arkansas street crossing before the train stopped. Injuries included head concussions and facial lacerations among the students and driver Aubrey Giddens with superficial cuts.
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Shreveport
Vivian High School
Southern Belle
Alabama Street
Vivian
Arkansas Street
Billy Bob Daughtery
W. H. Daugherty
Jerry Griffith
K. R. Griffith
Guinn Ferrell
Frank Ferrell
Sarah Beth Jones
C. E. Jones
Roger's Station
Ellis Bruce, Jr
Ellis Bruce
Aubrey Giddens
H. B. Giddens
UN Council Expected To Urge Lifting Berlin Blockade
Paris oct seven The six neutral nations on the UN security council are likely to propose a resolution next week calling on Russia to lift the Berlin blockade. Syria Colombia Argentina China Belgium and Canada reportedly back the Western powers. Russia presses disarmament with calls for one third cuts in Britain France and the United States armies. The full assembly meets tomorrow with non permanent seats to be filled including Cuba Norway and Turkey.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Paris
Security Council
Russia
Berlin
Ukraine
Syria
Colombia
Argentina
China
Belgium
Canada
United Nations
Britain
France
United States
Andrei A. Vishineky
Eastwest
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Assembly
Cuba
Norway
Turkey
Bel
Meat price drops sweep across the nation
The Associated Press reports meat prices fall up to 20 cents per pound in New York Chicago and Cleveland stores. Porterhouse cuts drop from 1.15 to 89 cents, loin lamb chops from 1.20 to 79 cents, and ground beef to 65 cents. Wholesale hog prices also slip, affecting the Dun and Bradstreet index which dips 19 cents to 6.51.
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Associated Press
New York
Kroger Company
Cleveland
Chicago
Chicago Union
Dun and Bradstreet
Nine Killed in Crash of B 29 at Waycross Georgia
A B 29 Superfortress exploded over Waycross Georgia after engine failures during a secret electronics test flight. Nine crew members died and survivors recounted the thunderous blast as fragments scattered over about twenty acres. Survivors Captain W H Moore Tech Set W Murdee Staff Sgt W J Peny and civilian E H Melcher described escapes and the disaster at Warner Robins air base. Captain Harold R Daniels provided public details.
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Waycross
Robert Zachry, Jr
Air Force Base
Warner Robins
W. H. Moore
Wilkinsburg
Set
W. Murdee
Miami, Fla
Judge Kawakita death sentence praised by war veterans
Federal Judge William C. Mathes was praised for sentencing Tomoya Kawakita to death for treason. Harold Keats, national commander of Amvets, cited courage in upholding justice. Other veterans also voiced opinions as Kawakita, a former interpreter at Oeyama camp, remained under a stay of execution in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
William C. Mathes
Stice
Tomoya
Fatball) Kawakita
Harold Keats
Amvets
Mathes
Keats
Washington, D. C
William L. Bruce
Kawakita
Wilburn van Buskirk
Barstow
Calif
Japan
Oeyama
Truman Seeks Votes in East During Campaign Train Swing
President Truman renewed his bid for electoral votes as he toured the East on a three day campaign run. He spoke in Philadelphia and Camden urging workers to reject Republican “company union” promises and quackery while advocating peace and national unity.
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Truman
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
N. J
Lincoln High School
Philadelphia
Guy E. Parsons
Parsons
Camden
United States
Francis Myers
Albany
National Association of Manufacturers
Duhe Granted Pardon by Truman in Louisiana race
President Truman pardoned John Paulin Duhe of New Iberia for 1940 income tax evasion. Duhe, a wealthy cane grower and oil landowner, Republican candidate for Louisiana third district, had served probation after a one year term and $5000 fine. He leads local bank and agricultural groups.
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Washington
Truman
John Paulin Duhe
New Iberia
Congress
Justice Department
Duhe
New Orleans
Duke
Little Bayou Field
New Iberia National Bank
American Sugar Cane League
Louisiana
Edwin E. Willis
Rep
James Domengeaux
U. S. Senate
Thurmond Warns FEPC Threatens States Rights In Virginia Rally
In Roanoke J Strom Thurmond denounced the proposed FEPC law as a federal overreach that would strip states of regulatory powers. He defended the States' Rights ticket calling Truman Dewey and Wallace un-American and urged a vote for his ticket as preserving liberties and representative democracy.
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Roanoke
J. Strom Thurmond
FEPC
Harry Truman
Thomas Dewey
Henry Wallace
Virginia
Thurmond
Dewey
Truman
Wallace
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Reunion
Montgomery
Ala
R. V. Collie
Louisburg
N. C
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Selma
W. W. Alexander
Rock Hill
S. C
Marvin Alvey
Forsythe
Mont
Casper
Wyo
Alvey
Martin Mitzkus
Wayne Winters
Douglas
Denver Post
Floyd McCall
U. N. Council
East
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