Staten Island Bus Strike Sparks Transit Chaos
In New York City area, 400 Isle Transportation workers walked out over wages, forcing 50 000 Staten Island residents to hire cabs share rides or walk to work as the island's sole bus system operates 25 routes. Separate items note salvage tug efforts for SS Acadian, Dewey to speak Oct 17, Dorothy Prew dies, Murray reelected, and a Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union strike impacting New York dress firms.
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Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union
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Beegan
Association of Uptown Converters
Truman Plans Two Election Speeches From Washington
President Truman is slated to deliver two nationwide addresses from Washington on the November elections. The talks will be broadcast and planned with no barnstorming tour. Plans remain tentative and subject to change.
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Notable Obituaries From Major Newspapers Across the U S
Deaths report includes Victor H Morgan 66 publisher of the Clearwater Sun and former editor in chief of the Scripps Howard chain in Ohio and Florida Prof H C Plummer 70 fellow of the Royal Society noted mathematician and astronomer in Oxford England Mrs Grace St John Brenon noted soprano and music critic in New York City Charles L Feldman 86 longtime Buffalo city attorney in Buffalo Wiliam E Smith 75 former president of Standard Oil Company of Kentucky in Louisville Kentucky.
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Scripps- Howard
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H. C. Plummer
British Royal Society
Oxford
England
Grace St. John Brenon
Algernon St. John Brenon
New York City
Charles L. Feldman
Buffalo
Wiliam E. Smith
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Louisville
Goering Reflects on War Ends and Postwar World
In a wartime interview, Hermann Goering discusses the 1945 collapse, his reasons for surrender, and his view of Germany’s future. He argues he never shirked death, sought to present German interests, and stresses the atom bomb’s decisive role in world fate.
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Fuehrer
Stalin
United States
One Mans Opinion on Disarmament and Politics
A satirical column notes liberals rally for disarmament and questions slogans about giving tools for war. It mentions a Moscow branch opening, quotes Cousin Joe, defends the Police Department, and comments on Ickes and Wendell Willkie with a critical tone.
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Tosfekes
Wendell Willkie
Government may take remedial action on meat supply
Rep Spence after talks with President Truman said the government might take remedial action on meat supply. He declined to specify the actions and noted the concern over the 292,000,000 pounds for the comparable week last year.
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Spence
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Truman
Spencer
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Steelman Iness highlights postwar price and demand pressures
Steelman Iness warns President Truman and Congress about being priced out of the market and in a low mood. He details consumer durable goods ramping up while soft goods struggle, calls for price restraint, and urges blueprinted public works, tax policy readjustments, and possible longer work weeks to sustain consumption.
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Truman
Congress
John D. Small
Blue Eyes and a Path to Art Amid World War II Stirrings
The FBI recounts Chavis aided by his wife and later by his girlfriend, with two teachers giving support totaling about 15 000 dollars. He recalled June 17 1941 waiting for induction in Pontiac, describing his wife’s blue eyes swaying him from enlistment. He deserted to stay with his wife until 1943, then moved to his girlfriend and continued painting in Ann Arbor. No charges were filed against either woman.
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Chavis
Pontiac
Pontiae
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Ann Arbor
World News in Brief From Athens to Eisenhower Visit
Greece's Constantin Tsaldaris announced King George II approved an all royalist cabinet to be sworn in tonight. Eisenhower vacationing at Culzean Castle in Scotland arrived with a Rolls Royce and explored the historic towers. London reports say the U S seeks to seal atom bomb secrets with Scotland Yard and British intelligence amid FBI involvement.
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