Devers appeals to mothers on draft law at Westbrook Pegler’s urging
Westbrook Pegler recalls General Devers pleading with mothers not to push sons into draft violations. He promises recruits will be met courteously at training, and chaplains and company commanders will contact mothers. Pegler criticizes officer conduct in WWII and cites Kay Summersby’s Eisenhower memoir to illustrate eroding standards.
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New York
General Devers
Army
Devers
United States
Navy
Coast Guard
Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Miss Summersby
England
Africa
France
Bridge
Summersby
George Ade
Kasserine
Kay
Ike
Buses and Trolleys Resume Service in New York Strike
New York buses and trolleys resumed on seven systems carrying about 3.5 million daily fares as union factions urged a back to work movement. The two day walkout by the C I O Transport Workers Union ended with crowded but sporadic service and statements from Michael J. Quill and Austin Hogan on the revolt and pay demands.
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New York
Company
New York City
C. I. O. Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
Austin Hogan
Hogan
Quill
Sanctions Sought for Palestine War by Top Powers
Britain and China pressed the United Nations Security Council to consider economic pressure to halt the Palestine war. Sir Alexander Cadogan proposed a draft resolution for a special committee to urgently examine actions under chapter seven, including sanctions or stronger measures, with a five major powers plus Belgium and Colombia on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
China
United Nations Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
Belgium
Colombia
Illinois election outlook tilts toward Republican sweep
Chicago area Dems hope for enough votes to lift Illinois by at least 100000 but GOP confidence targets a statewide edge of 200000 to 450000. Major races for senator and governor loom as turnout and Chicago margins determine if Dewey Warren wins the states 28 electoral votes and GOP ticket. Paul H. Douglas leads for Senate.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Paul H. Douglas
Headlong Battle Raging in China Near Manchuria
Nationalists and Communists clash across Manchuria and north China with major action around Chinhsien Tahushan and Taiyuan. Air support from Peiping and Mukden aids Nationalists while reports claim Reds threaten with poison gas and control of the Peiping Mukden railroad corridor is contested.
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Peiping
Manchuria
North China
Chinhsien
Great Wall
Tahushan
Peiping-Mukden
Mukden
Taiyuan
Shansi Province
Kalgan
Chahar Province
China
Troops Move Into Northern Coal Fields as Strike Rages
In Paris on October 28 troops using tanks and armored cars began clearing pickets at mineheads in northern France's coal basins amid a miners strike led by Communist unions. Police cut dock access as 30,000 troops encircled fields and efforts to resume operations continued at mines near Lens and Carvin.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
France
United States
Red
la Rochell
Centorini
Philadelphia
Centerini
Flanders
Artois
Carvin
Lille
Lens
One Man Show Staged at State Fair Milks Contest
At Shreveport's state fair A R Garrett of Jonesboro stood alone in milking Shorthorns with his entry Whelahees Rose Marie named grand champion. his herd swept senior and junior female titles and bulls awards though no grand champion bull was named. Lacy and Young shared Red Poll honors with Lacy's bull grand champion and Young's female grand champ.
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Shreveport
A. R. Garrett
Jonesboro
Whelahees Rose Marie
Garrett
Young
Joseph Boudreau
Meadville
Lacy
Auto Collision Fatal to Woman in Louisiana Crash
Mrs. Horace D. Collins of Oil City Louisiana was killed when the car she rode in collided with a truck on highway 1 near Erwinville. Her husband survived with minor injuries as their three children Buddy Patsy and James were treated for minor bruises. The truck driver Weber Scott of New Orleans was uninjured. Police said the wreck happened at a barricade during road repairs.
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Baton Rouge
Horace D. Collins
Oil City
Erwinville
Collins
Collinses
Buddy
Patsy
James
Weber Scott
New Orleans
Louisiana Accounting Conference Opens at Louisiana Tech
The first annual Louisiana Accounting Conference will open at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in Ruston on Friday October 29 led by Walter S Savage president of the Monroe chapter of the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants. The two day event features themes such as Industrial Accounting Education and Training of Accountants and Accounting Standards with twenty two leaders from accounting law and business on the program.
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Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Walters. Savage
Monroe
Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants
School of Business
Shreveport
Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
Certified Public Accountants
T. Dwight Williams
Oklahoma City
Qokla
American Institute of Accountants
Williams
T. Dwight Williams and Company
A. Youngs
Esso Standard Oil Company
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
QO. L. Luper
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Houston
Junius H. Payne, Jr
Hawthorn, Waymouth and Payne
Alexandria
Internal Revenue Code
E. W. Atkinson
Lion Oil Company
el Dorado
Arkansas
John L. Carey
New York City
Laurence H. Fleck
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Paul J. Graber
University of Tulsa
Tulsa
Forrestal may seek firmer hold over three services
Secretary Forrestal may urge Congress to grant firmer control over the armed services as disputes over missions and funding persist. Army Secretary Royall and Army Chief of Staff Bradley voiced calls for stronger centralized direction in Navy Day speeches, highlighting unification flaws and urging decisive top-level command.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Congress
Army
Royals
Omar Bradley
Royall
Baltimore
Bradley
Des Moines
United States
Navy
Air Force
Royal
Defense Secretary
Joint Chiefs
German officers jailed for WWI crimes by American court
An American court in Nurnberg sentenced 11 German military chiefs to prison terms from three years to life for World War I atrocities after a nine month trial. Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle and Admiral Otto Schniewind were acquitted. Walther Warlimont and Hermann Reinecke received life terms for war crimes against POWs and civilians.
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Nnernberg
Germany
Hugo Sperrle
Otto Schniewind
Greying
Walther Warlimont
Hitler
Hermann Reincke
Reinecke
Peoples’ Court
North Sea
Air Fleet
London
Dewey pledges anti red steps in headline style
Governor Thomas E Dewey traveling to Boston pledged to bring back teamwork in government and vowed swift action to block communism in Asia He criticized the Truman administration as weak and fumbled while urging stronger ties with non Communist China amid global tensions and Berlin blockade concerns
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Dewey
Boston
Thomas FE
Pittsfield
Mass
Springfield
Worcester
Framingham
Asia
Cleveland
China
Berlin
New York
Truman
Pacific
Kurile Islands
Aleutians
Mr. Truman
Search Largest For Dowdy Amid Dynamite Cabin Blast
A nationwide hunt continues for J D Dowdy 23 of Tallulah La after a dynamite blast at his fishing cabin. Sheriff Hester says Dowdy may be alive though no trace found. Dowdy’s father G R Dowdy is jailed on conspiracy to murder charges. A Mississippi electrician Walter Dorman is believed dead in the blast. A taxi driver recalls two passengers near the cabin matching Dowdy and Dorman descriptions. Relatives say only legs may be Dorman’s. Dowdy reportedly had insurance on himself.
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Tallulah
J. D. Dowdy
Talla Bena
Here
C. E. Hester
Young Dowdy
G. R. Dowdy
Madison Parish
Hester
Walter Dorman
Mississippi
Dowdy
Dorman
Hattiesburg
Miss
McGrath to Seek Punishment for Deserting Democrats
Senator J Howard McGrath national chairman says he will urge disciplinary action against national committee members who have deserted President Truman. He will present his recommendation to the committee after the election and seek removal from the committee for those who fail to back the party nominee. The remark followed a South Carolina Democratic state committee reorganization by pro Truman electors opposed to Gov Strom Thurmond.
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Providence
R. I
Sen
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National
National Committee
Truman
McGrath
South Carolina
Democratic State Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
States’ Rights
Stalin says warmongers will fail and warn of new war
In Moscow Stalin accuses the United States Britain and other UN members of backing a policy that could unleash a new war. He says the current crisis will end in failure for the instigators and criticizes several nations for blocking cooperation with the USSR.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalin
United States
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Pravda
Communist Party
Berlin
China
Canada
Colombia
Syria
Belgium
Argentina
Security Council
Paris
Russia
United States of America
U. N
Truman Rallies Rhode Island Backing Liberty Against Dewey
President Truman campaigned in Providence saying Dewey is on the run and predicting a Democratic victory next Tuesday. He attacked the Republican candidate's positions, praised housing measures, and urged a liberty poll electing a congress to curb living costs and boost social security. He spoke en route to New York for a Madison Square Garden rally.
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Truman
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Providence
R. I
Dewey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Russia
Berlin
Liberty
Congress
Republican Party
Amoeba Affects 80 000 in New Orleans
Tulane doctors estimate conservatively that 15 percent of New Orleans residents suffer amoebic infections, totaling about 80 000 people. Most cases are low grade with fatigue and reduced vitality. sanitation and plumbing play a key preventive role while drugs are 80 to 85 percent effective over one to three weeks.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
William A. Sodeman
Tulane Department of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
William A. Frye
Sodeman
Louisiana Tax Receipts Boom Amid Rate Hikes
Baton Rouge October 28 Tax receipts rise sharply in September 1948 over 1947 driven by higher rates and spending. Total September receipts reached 15.68 million versus 9.59 million last year with sales tax up to 3.80 million and gasoline tax at 3.37 million. Beer tax also jumped to 1.14 million.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Department of Revenue
A P Surles Dies in Lake Providence Louisiana
Alphy Pittman Surles 61 prominent planter and businessman died in a Vicksburg hospital. Born May 3, 1887 in Quitman County Georgia he moved to East Carroll in 1916 owning two plantations New Transylvania and Live Oak. Survived by wife Blondelle Hawke Surles, sons James Albert Walter, daughters Evelyn Martha, and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements handled by Walters Funeral Home Lake Providence.
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Lake Providence
Alphy Pittman Surles
Vicksburg
Miss
Surles
Quitman County
Georgia
East Carroll
New Transylvania
Live Oak
East Carroll Farm Loan Association
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Pegler
Palestine
Kathleen Windsor
Amber
Reno
New
Nevada
Artie Shaw
Miss Windsor
Shaw
G.O.P. Counts
J. M
Jackie” Wright
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
W. S. Savage
By Elton C. Fay
By Jack Bell
M‘grath
Orleans
A. P. Surles
L. Providence
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