Witness Links Novick to Nazi Propaganda for Wartime Radio
Westbrook Pegler reports that Samuel J. Novick, NYEC of 91 Central Park West, testified before a House subcommittee on un American activities about employing William Gailmor and Johannes Steel to broadcast Communist propaganda during World War II. The session touched on alleged false statements to immigration officials and questioned perjury penalties.
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New York
William Gailmor
Henry Wallace
House Committee On UN- American Activities
House
Washington
Samuel J. Novick
Central Park West
Electronic Corporation of America
Novick
Gailmor
Johannes Steel
Harvard Law
Steel
Germany
War Department
United States
John McDowell
Pennsylvania
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Arthur Adams
Adams
Chest Leaders Render Report
Reports were rendered by workers in the Twin City Community Chest drive at city hall. Ivy Jordan chaired the campaign while three captains reported progress. Large gifts still have a third of prospects to solicit and business leaders are urged to assign a person to collect donations via a single call.
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Twin City
Youth Convicted in Girl's Death in Medina
Clark Hill, 19, found guilty of first degree murder by poison in the death of Jeanette Weimer a Megadore Ohio car hop. Three judges recommended mercy, finding Hill caused the 17 year old's death by slipping a sex stimulant into her drink, with life sentence mandatory.
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Medina
Ohio
Clark Hill
Jeanette Weimer
Megadore
Windsor E. Kellogg
Edmund H. Savard
Lynn B. Griffith
Mercy
Hill
William C. Batchelder, Jr
Ten German War Criminals Hanged at Landsberg
Ten German war criminals were hanged at Landsberg prison in Munich amid church appeals to halt executions. Among the condemned were Alex Piorkowski, former Dachau commander, and SS Colonel Hans Trummler, known for distributing cigars after killings. They were among 139 death sentences served by American courts for murdering fliers and torturing inmates.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Alex Piorkowski
Dachau
S. S
Hans Trummler
Hitler
United States
Sec
Cardinal Hlond of Poland dies at 67 in Warsaw
Cardinal August Hlond primate of Poland died at 10 30 am after an appendicitis operation pneumonia. He was 67 and had opposed the Communist government. Hlond served as cardinal since 1927 and led Polish Catholic affairs from Milan to Rome and Lourdes where he sought passage to neutrality.
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Warsaw
Cardinal Hlond
Poland
Hlond
Sacred College of Cardinals
Posen
Cardinal Dalber
Milan
Italy
Pius XI
College of Cardinals
Upper Silesia
Silesian Fathers
Don Bosco College
Turin
Gregorian University
Rome
Germany
Pius XII
France
Lourdes
Long Senate bid challenged over double name on ballot
Clem S. Clarke of Shreveport files suit in Baton Rouge asking Louisiana voters tally two separate votes for Russell B. Long on the November ballot. The case targets Secretary of State Wace O. Martin Jr. and seeks a permanent injunction to preserve and count each Long line separately amid a Democratic slate and presidential tickets.
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Baton Rouge
Russell B. Long
U. S. Senate
Long
Clem S. Clarke
Shreveport
Clarke
John H. Overton
C. C. Burton, Jr
Baldwin Allen
John E. Jackson
New Orleans
District Court
Wace O. Martin, Jr. Long
Huey P. Long
Thurmond-Wright
Louisiana
Truman-Barkley
National Democratic Party
Truman blasts Republicans plan to axe New Deal on radio
President Truman warned against eroding the New Deal as he spoke from the White House on a broadcast sponsored by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. He urged working people to oppose a Republican program he called an axe to social legislation and progress.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
White House
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Tallulah Bankhead
New York
Miss Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
Mr. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Dewey
The
New Deal
Cotton Embargo Shuts Memphis Cotton Warehouses
An embargo on cotton shipments to Memphis warehouses is in effect as Southern markets flood with a record 15 million bale crop and 4 million bale carryover. Rail officials warn temporary restrictions may extend to the Memphis area to ease storage and secure government loans for farmers. Officials cite a cotton rather than transport problem and note a $50 per bale loan aid announced by the Agriculture Department.
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Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
South
T. M. Healy
Association of American Railroads
Car Service Division
Healy
Federal
Agriculture Department
U. S. Plans Jet Fighter Sales To Other Nations
The United States intends to offer jet fighters and other post war military planes to certain American republics. Planned aircraft include the F-80 Shooting Star the F-84 Thunderjet the F-82 Twin Mustang and the C-82 Packet. Air Force and State Department to issue a formal statement soon. Approval hinges on production impact and security considerations.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Air Force
Taylor speaks in New Orleans in Progressive rally tour
Senator Glen Taylor, the Progressive vice presidential candidate, told mixed audiences in New Orleans that the party seeks equal treatment for all citizens regardless of race or creed. He defended his reception in New Orleans and urged voters to elect Henry Wallace to ensure peace, while charging U S leaders with aiding Hitler to arm Germany.
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New Orleans
Glen Taylor
Progressive Party
Jacksonville
Fla
Tulane University
Taylor
America
Dillard University
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
Tulane
WNOF
Henry Wallace
John Foster Dulles
James V. Forrestal
William Draper
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Egyptian Troops Ordered To Stop Firing In Negev
Israel announced a cease fire in the Negev at 3 p.m. local time after the United Nations deadline set by Ralph Bunche. Egyptian forces in Palestine reportedly halted as air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and bombardment continued around Beersheba.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev Desert
Cairo
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
Beersheba
Foreign Office
Walter Eyton
Paul Mohn
Bunche
Syrian National Defense Ministry
Damascus
No Man's Land
Mukhayla
Samakh
Republicans and Democrats duel for Senate control
In Washington and New York reports dated October 22, Ernest B. Vaccaro and Jack Bell convey private views of Truman aides and Dewey aides. Democrats expect to regain Senate control through wins in Oklahoma Minnesota West Virginia and Wyoming. Republicans fret over key seats including Minnesota Oklahoma West Virginia and Montana. Dewey plans no stop in West Virginia to avoid dampening Revercomb’s displaced persons issue.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Senate
Capitol Hill
Oklahoma
Minnesota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Tennessee
New Mexico
Montana
Robert S. Kerr
Mr. Truman
Jack Bell
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Chapman Reverecomb
Revercomb
Joseph H. Ball
Dewey-Bricker
Violence in French coal fields escalates with mass clashes
Reports from St Etienne and other towns say police opened fire on striking coal miners amid a 20 day walkout involving about 335000 workers. Dozens were wounded on both sides, with police under orders not to fire, while strikers used stones and bolts. Casualties mount as unrest spreads.
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Paris
St. Etienne
L'Espoir
Cambefort
Jules Moch
France
Henri Queuille
Valenciennes
Grandcombe
Bethune
Warren Prepares California Drive for GOP Vice Presidential Campaign
Gov Earl Warren moves to launch his GOP vice presidential bid in California arriving from Miami to speak in Sacramento at 7 30 p m EST with a Stockton stop planned. He told a Grand Junction rally that Dewey backs reclamation and water conservation in the west and warned of federal tidelands takeover.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
American Legion
Miami
Fla
Sacramento City
Stockton
Warren
Grand Junction
Colo
Thomas Dewey
West
Fort Worth
Tex
Nations urge Berlin blockade end and Soviet mark for Berlin
Six nations on the UN Security Council pressed Moscow to lift the Berlin blockade and to adopt the Soviet mark as Berlin’s sole currency. They proposed a Nov. 20 deadline for a decision and a Nov. 30 foreign ministers meeting to resolve Germany issues.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Security Council
Russia
Berlin
Soviet
Germany
Dewey Ends Campaign Talks With Four City Addresses
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey plans national broadcasts in Chicago Cleveland Boston and New York to close his presidential bid. He will also barnstorm in Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island while skipping West Virginia and Detroit appearances amid a rival Senate race and party tensions.
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New York
Thomas FE. Dewey
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Sandwich
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Chapman Revercoib
Senate
Dewey
Detroit
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Russel Sprague
Rep
Leonard Hall
Roger Straus
American Smelting Company
Elliott Bell
New York Bank
Paul Lockwood
James Hagerty
William Murphy
G. O. P. National Committee
Dewey-Warren Citizens’ Committee
al Smith Memorial Foundation
Democratic Party
Angola fugitive believed cornered near farm area
James Bruce, 29, a trustee at Angola State Penitentiary, is thought cornered about ten miles east of Angola after farmers reported a man matching his description in fields. A large posse knocked out cane-cutting on the 18 000 acre farm as search efforts resumed amid misleading tips and delayed reports.
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Angola
James Bruce
Angola State Penitentiary
Here
R. C. Lawrence
Bruce
Lawrence
St. Francisville
John H. Spillman
Half-Starved Youth Escapes Toronto Case of Slavery
Gordon Kelly a 14 year old boy found near a west end house after running away from home weighs 65 pounds. He told police he was held in slavery by an elderly aunt and uncle for nearly two years, beaten and given bread and water and forced to do heavy work. Three persons were taken for questioning and the principal who identified him was taken to a hospital for observation. The boy said his parents died about four years ago and he feared he might be Richard Marlow, a missing boy from 1944.
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Toronto
Gordon Kelly
D. Webster
York County
Kelly
York Township
Ralph McIntosh
Tawlinson School
Silverthorn
Richard Marlow
Mount Dennis
Barksdale to Get Light Jet Bombers
The 47th bomb wing will move from El Paso to Barksdale air force base within 30 days to receive the first B-45 light jet bombers for tactical use. The Louisiana field will offer better facilities for the 550 mph bombers capable of a 10 ton load for strafing troops and close-in targets.
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Washington
47Th
el Paso
Texas
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Air Force
Barksdale
Louisiana
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