Attlee rejects call for 1949 general election
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced there would be no general election before 1950. He said delaying elections would reduce speculative disruption to trade and industry as Britain faces pound devaluation and nationalization of the iron and steel industry proceeds. Churchill had urged an early vote during a debate on economic policy amid Conservative conference activity.
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London
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Two Gunmen Slay Two, Wound Five in Downtown Poker Hold-Up
In Muncie Indiana two men were killed and five injured when two gunmen attempted a poker game robbery at a downtown cigar store. One suspect was captured. the wounded gunman and several victims, including the store owner Ralph Frazier, were hospitalized. Police identified victims Theodore Raines and Dewey Wills and named suspect George E Gratzer. The robbers fired 20 to 25 shots before escaping.
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Muncie
Ind
Harry Nelson
Nelson
Theodore Raines
Dewey Wills
Raines
New Deal
Wills
George E. Gratzer
Bedford
Gratzer
Ball Memorial Hospital
Ralph Frazier
Glen Castile
Tom Cook
John Stewart
Frazier
Noted figures weigh war, peace aims and resisting communism
Admiral Ernest King warns plans that weaken naval strength spell defeat. Austrian Chancellor Leopold Figl vows Austria will fight to avoid communism. British delegate Hartley Shawcross says peace requires shared effort, urging Vishinsky to seek common ground over escalating divisions.
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International News Service
Washington
Adm
Ernest J. King
Vienna
Leopold Figl
Austria
Lake Success
N. Y
Hartley Shawcross
Vishinsky
Ickes accuses Downey of perjury in rebuke at hearing
Harold L. Ickes former Secretary of the Interior accuses Senator Sheridan Downey of unabashed perjury during a Senate Interior Committee inquiry into Reclamation Bureau practices. He claims Downey's account of Bashore’s resignation and Boke’s appointment was false and urges AG action.
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Ickes
Sen. Downey
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Interior
Sheridan Downey
California
On Reclamation Bureau
Senate Interior Committee
Downey
Attorney General
Reclamation Bureau
Harry W. Bashore
Reclamation
Bashore
Michael W. Straus
Richard L. Boke
Bureau
McCormick Named to SEC Board to Replace Hanrahan
Edward T. McCormick a Phoenix native and University of Arizona graduate is nominated by President Truman to fill the remainder of Edmond M. Hanrahan's term on the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hanrahan resigned to return to private business. McCormick 38 has served with the SEC since 1934 rising from associate director in corporate finance. He has lived in Tucson and Phoenix and joined Washington after graduation.
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Washington
Edward T. McCormick
Phoenix
Ariz
University of Arizona
Truman
Edmond M. Hanrahan
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hanrahan
McCormick
The
SEC
Commission
Tucson
Edmond M. Hanzane
Communist Trial Years Conclusion
NEW YORK Oct 13 The 9 month old criminal conspiracy trial of 11 American Communist leaders was to go to the jury today United States Attorney John F X McGahey charging the American politburo with threatening the nations internal security was to complete his summation this morning Federal Judge Harold R Medina was expected to spend 2% hours charging the jury after lunch. The jury of four men and eight women was to begin deliberations about 4 30 pm This was the 167th trial day of the case The defendants were charged with conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force. The Tall grey haired Mc Gahey charged in the opening phase of his summation yesterday that the 11 Communist leaders were liars and doubletalkers who masqueraded as an ordinary American political party. But in reality he said they believed and taught that the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917 was the model for the violent overthrow of the government of this nation The party followed the revolutionary lead of Soviet Russia ever since it was born in 1912 and sent its American leaders to Russia for training he said McGahey said that from 1945 to July 1948 party recruiting was aimed at workers in rubber steel electrical and auto plants You know he told the jury a few key men could paralyze these industries External security in this country can be no stronger than internal security McGahey charged that the Communist Party set up schools here Turn to COMMUNIST on Page 2
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Attlee
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
United States
Labor
New York
John F. X. McGahey
Harold R. Medina
McGahey
Soviet Russia
Russia
McGohey
Candy Bomber to Drop 8000 Bars at DP Camps
The Candy Bomber airplane sponsored by New Prague Minnesota will drop about 8,000 candy bars over Displaced Persons camps in Ludwigsburg Weinsburg Geislengen and Bad Aibling in Germany next Monday. The effort aims to aid thousands of displaced persons as American gifts reach wartime camps.
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Frankfurt
Germany
New Prague
Minn
Ludwigsburg
Weinsburg
Geislengen
Bad Aibling
Olds Reappointment Defeated In Senate
Washington Oct 13 AP A 53 to 15 Senate vote defeated Federal Power Commissioner Leland Olds for a third term amid heated debate. Opponents labeled him foe of capitalism and cited past writings. supporters argued charges were countered and he remained qualified.
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Washington
Leland Olds
Truman
Senate
Olds
Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
Democrat
Colorado
Jacque Mercer Reunites With Douglas Cook In Chicago
Miss Mercer 18 arrives at Chicago Airport from Phoenix with her mother. She rushes into the arms of Douglas Cook 20, a University of Chicago student. They kiss as photographers flash, recalling their Phoenix College ties and her Atlantic City win.
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Chicago
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Miss Mercer
Phoenix
Ariz
Joy Mercer
Jacque
Young Cook
University of Chicago
Phoenix College
Atlantic City
Surprising Stamp Offer Reaches Atlanta Store
An Atlanta department store received a letter from a trusting customer asking for a surprise after sending 73 cents in stamps. The note reads I’m enclosing 73 cents in stamps Please send me something I like surprises. The incident reflects postwar consumer fascination with unexpected gifts and direct mail requests.
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Atlanta
Bear mauls inn keeper in Alaska near Summit Lake
Dan Luddington, 43, owner of Summit Lodge Inn southeast of Fairbanks, survived a brutal attack by a mother grizzly and cub. He crawled a mile to a road where a trucker helped him to a Fairbanks hospital with about 200 stitches to face scalp arms and legs. Luddington said his rifle failed to fire initially and the bear dragged him before he turned the tide with a second shot. His sister-in-law, Mrs Dell Hayden, notes he has lived in Alaska since 1927 when he joined the Coast Guard.
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Dan Luddington
Dell Hayden
North Second Street
Luddington
Fairbanks
Alaska
Summit Lodge
Summit Lake
Associated Press
Hayden
Coast Guard
Arizona Senators Split Over Olds Nomination
Arizona's two senators diverged on President Truman's pick Leland Olds for a third Federal Power Commission term. Senator McFarland opposed. Senator Hayden supported. The confirmation failed 53 to 15 in the Senate vote reported from Washington on October 13.
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Washington
Arizona
Senate
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
E. W. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Olds Fight Backed by Gas and Oil Interests
Private gas and oil factions backed the bid against Olds who framed himself as a public servant protecting consumers through utility regulation. Democratic leaders avoided pledges on Truman’s directive to take the Olds issue to the people after Senate action. Olds stood by his positions and offered no plans for future work. The President pressed forward with appeals to Congress and party figures to rally support for the nomination.
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Olds
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Mr. Truman
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Police Take Bogus Bill Headline
A counterfeit ten dollar bill was found in the Portland Police Station Record Bureau cash register yesterday.
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Portland
Ore
Record Bureau
Gunman Robs Gas Station Kills Witness in California
In Clarksville California a gas station robbery left Robert Davidson of Rescue dead after the robber fired five shots at him. A 23 year old witness Madeleine Petersen described the suspect as a clean shaven man about 25, slender in a brown hat army jacket and dark jeans. Deputies set roadblocks across El Dorado and Sacramento counties to trap the gunman who fled after the fatal shooting and theft of about $30.
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Clarksville
Calif
el Dorado
Sacramento
Robert Davidson
Foothill
Madeleine Petersen
Arthur J. Petersen
Pope Pius XII Hosts Douglas Family in Private Audience
In Castel Gandolfo on October 13, Pope Pius XII received U.S. Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas and his daughter Sharman in a private audience, continuing cordial exchanges between the Vatican and Washington.
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Douglas
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Lewis W. Douglas
Sharman
Tucson Crew Dies In British Air Tragedy
A United States Air Force B 50 bomber with live bombs dived into a wheat field at Isleham England near Cambridge killing all 12 crew. The crash occurred during a Helgoland practice mission from Lakenheath with 12 500 pound bombs. The Third Air Division reported the wreck at 9 25 am local time and withheld crew names until next of kin are notified.
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Isleham
Eng
United States Air Force
North Sea
Helgoland
Newmarket
London
Cambridge
Mildenhall
Oxfordham
U. S. Third Air Division
Lakenheath
Norfolk County
Third Air Division
Tucson
Ariz
Sculthorpe
Fairbanks
Alaska
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Bulgaria Accused of Hostile Acts
Yugoslavia formally charged Bulgaria with breaking off the friendship pact and using it to justify unfriendly acts. Bulgaria had denounced the treaty October 1, joining other Cominform states. Tito's government replied with a note stating the pact had become a useless piece of paper long before Bulgaria’s formal move.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Marshal ‘Tito
Deep Snowdrifts Hide Missing Hikers Fate
Estes Park Colorado October 13 Deep snowdrifts may cloak the fate of two Colorado A and M College students missing since Sunday on a High Rockies hike. An intensive search of Flat Top Mountain with 12300 foot elevations has found no trace of Bruce Gerling and David Devitt. Mountain trained Army troops joined National Park Rangers and climbers in a renewed search between Grand Lake and Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Chief Ranger Herschler said searchers are groping over all trails and paths. Gerling's father has joined the search. Devitt's parents kept vigil at Bear Lake as the two young men hoped to join the A and M Mountain Club.
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Estes Park
Colo
Rockies
Bruce Gerling
Phoenix
David Devitt
Arvada
National Park Rangers
Grand Lake
Bear Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park
Barton Herschler
Gerling
W. J Gerling
Denver
Oliver Devitt
Phoenix College
Devitt
A. and M. Mountain Club
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Leslie Hore-Belisha
Great Britain
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Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
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Carl Vinson
Georgia
Vinson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Air Symington
Armed Services
George J. Bates
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Fleet Adml
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Adml
R. A. Spruance
Louis E. Denfeld
Louis de Florez
Robert B. Carney
Pentagon
Mother Bear Mauls Inn Keeper
Arizona Senators
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