Dewey Opens With Salvo On Truman in Albany Speech
Governor Dewey launched reelection campaigning with a strong attack on President Truman. He accused the Democratic national administration of wartime shortages and praised New York Republicans. Dewey dismissed slush fund charges, defended veteran housing efforts, and touted state achievements while listing allies on stage in Albany.
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Thomas FE
Dewey
Truman
Washington
New York State
Mead
Erastus S. Corning
Corning
Irving M. Ives
U. S
Joe R. Hanley
Frank C. Moore
Atorney
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Ives
Hanley
Dewey Backers Laud Fiscal Policy And Team
Moore praised wartime veteran records as unmatched in the nation while criticizing Dewey opponents for free spending. Goldstein urged keeping the Dewey team, arguing it delivered sound, progressive government and thrift in public finance.
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Moore
Dewey
Goldstein
McElroy Attacks Dewey Over Truth in Campaign Speech
Francis J. McElroy, Democratic campaign manager, accused Thomas E. Dewey of distorting facts in his reelection kickoff. Mead charged Dewey diverted a $500 million veterans surplus to highways, calling it a pork barrel while Dewey denied knowledge of the claim.
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New York
Francis J. McElroy
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
McElroy
James M. Mead
Senator Mead
Mead
Shanghai Court Hears Spy Testify
Shanghai court hears former U S citizen Hermann Erben testify before a U S Military Commission that Lincoln a once British MP was a German spy until his death last year Lincoln later went to China became a Buddhist and took the title Abbot Chao Kung Lincoln was accused of spying for Germany in World War I
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Hermann Er‘ben
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Lincoln
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China
Chao Kung
Randolph held without bail for attack on pupil
Clair J. Randolph, 44, was jailed without bail on a charge of criminally attacking a 14 year old pupil at a private school operated by his wife Mildred in Whitehall Township. State police said Mildred Randolph, headmistress and sole teacher of 20 students, apparently has no knowledge of her husband actions.
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Allentown
Pal
Clair J. Randolph
Mildred
Whitehall
Randolph
New Disease Strikes Island Population
A strange deadly illness has affected 85 percent of Ibayat Island’s 2,000 residents north of Luzon, with 99 deaths reported. Gov. Eugenio Agudo of Batlanes Province says symptoms include violent headaches fever stomach rigidity severe pains and milky white eyes as Manila prepares a medical mission.
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Ibayat
Luzon
Eugenio Agudo
Batlanes Province
Agudo
Elect New Legion Chief Elect New Legion Chief
The 28th American Legion convention ends in San Francisco with 3800 delegates voting to elect no new national commander and five vice commanders. Paul A. Griffith of Uniontown, Pa. is favored for commander, facing possible token labor opposition. Leading vice commanders include Ernest Dervishian, Joseph W. Brown, Marlin Buckner, Richard Cadwallader, and Edward Sharkey.
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28Th
American Legion
Legion
Paul A. Griffith
Uniontown
Ernest Dervishian
Richmond
Joseph W. Brown
Nashua
N. H
Marlin Buckner
Flint, Mich
Richard Cadwallader
Baton Rouge
Edward Sharkey
McGrath Removed as Union President of USW A
The United Shoe Workers of America board announced Frank R. McGrath is no longer president due to default of duty and failure to attend presidential responsibilities. A meeting on October 2 1946 declared the president's office vacant, and the claim of resignation over Communist influence is labeled a cover for desertion.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Shoe Workers of America
C.I.0
Frank R. McGrath
McGrath
Fire damages Baltimore Sun presses in early morning blaze
A fire roared through the Baltimore Sun pressroom in a four story building, filling it with smoke and forcing employees into the streets. Firemen, slowed by smoke, brought the blaze under control about an hour after the 2 15 A.M. alarm. Two presses suffered heavy damage while three appeared intact. The Evening Sun, printed there, also faced disruption.
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Baltimore Sun
McLean Patterson
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