Senate aims to adjourn by Saturday amid reform battles
Washington reports a tight exit plan as Congress fights Farm Bill splits and displaced persons limits. Senate battles over wage raises, social security expansion, and health insurance loom while foreign policy achievements contrast with setbacks in China and eastern concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Bert H. Miller
Ida
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Judiciary Committee
Pat McCarran
Nev
Europe
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Truman
Congress
Oil Land Cases Set By Court Oil Land Cases Set By Court
The Supreme Court opened its term with 275 orders and several rulings. It refused to strike suits over federal oil rights off Texas and Louisiana coasts and gave Texas and Louisiana extra time to answer. It denied review in cases involving Andrew May and the Garsson brothers, Willie McGee's murder appeal, and other criminal, labor, and civil disputes. The court also considered the Taft-Hartley oath constitutionality after the session.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Andrew J. May
Willie McGee
Laurel
Miss
McGee
Albert Lee
Hinds County
James Zarichny
Michigan State College
Zarichny
Carl Winter
Michigan Communist Party
New York
Motor Haulage, Co., Inc
New York City
International Brotherhood of Tearsters
Chauffeurs
Beast
KFI
Los Angeles
Kenneth E. Morrison
Orange County
Calif
KVOE
Santa Ana
Walter
Beulah Overell
Newport Beach
Oregon Governor Ends Vacation In Arizona
Oregon Governor Douglas McKay returns to Salem after a ranch vacation near Wickenburg Arizona. He left Phoenix to travel back to the state capital to resume duties.
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Oregon
Arizona
Phoenix
Douglas McKay
Salem
McKay
Wickenburg
Governor Demands Williams Quit Post
Dan E. Garvey announced he will seek the resignation or charges against land commissioner D. C. Williams after an attorney general report prompted a conference. If Williams resigns, the matter ends. if not, charges of misfeasance and nonfeasance in office would be pursued. Williams has faced criticism since a 1-year dispute with the Arizona Education association over department management.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
D. C
Williams
Garvey
Arizona Education Association
Chinese Embassy Staff Desert in Paris Support Communist Government
In Paris on October 10 the entire staff of the Chinese embassy and consulate-general deserted the Nationalist regime and pledged support to the Communist government in Peiping. About 15 officials signed a statement calling for a popular democratic dictatorship, with Tuan Mao-Lan and Dr. Tsien Tai among the few who remained.
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Paris
Peiking
China
Sun Yat Sen
Tuan Mao-Lan
Tuan
London
Tsien Tai
Tsien
Canton
George Mong
Mong
Meng
Lin Chi-Han
Navy radar expert says Russia can build adequate air defense for B 36
Lt. Cmdr. Edward W. Harrison told the House Armed Services Committee radar already tracks bombers above 40 000 feet from the ground and in the air. He warned Russia has access to radar knowledge and will be ready with defenses for large bombers, despite U S claims. Sources say the Air Force will defend the B 36 and its high altitude bombing capability.
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Washington
Navy
Russia
Edward W. Harrison
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Harrison
United Press
Congress
Treason Prisoner Refused Bail Bond
In San Francisco on October 10, Federal District Judge Michael J. Roche refused to admit Iva Toguri D Aquino, convicted of treason two weeks earlier, to bail.
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San Francisco
U.P
Michael J. Roche
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Austrian voters back Figl coalition in 165 seat Parliament
Vienna returns from the parliamentary elections show Chancellor Leopold Figl’s Rightist Peoples party and President Karl Renner’s Socialist party winning a dominating 144 seats in Austria’s 165 member lower chamber. In Washington the House rejected a 735 million dollar air force cut, while in London Nehru prepares to meet President Truman aboard the Independence. Fire guts the Garfield hotel in Chicago as authorities study whether Britain’s Labour government should call an early election amid a money crisis.
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Vienna
Austria
U.P
Leopold Figl
Figl
Peoples Party
Socialist Party of
Karl Renner
London
Britain
Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Herbert Morrison
Aneurin Bevan
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Field Worker Shot Resisting Arrest Near Marana
Fred Moore a 26 year old cotton picker from Fort Worth Texas was shot in the stomach by Deputy Sheriff Emmett Newland at Alvin Luckett's cotton camp near Marana after Moore lunged at the deputy with a water jug Newland had been answering a robbery report by fellow worker George Frasier who said Moore attacked him as he slept and robbed him of $44 Moore is in fair condition at Pima County Hospital following the incident and had recently been released from jail for drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
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Marana
Pima County
Fred Moore
Ft. Worth
Tex
Emmett Newland
Newland
Alvin Luckett
George Frasier
Moore
Frasier
Luckett
Temporary Trucking Permits Held Illegal
Phoenix October 10 The Arizona corporation commission cannot issue temporary trucking permits Attorney General Fred O Wilson ruled today The decision ends a commission feud involving motor vehicle division head A P Buzard who accused Chairman William T Brooks of issuing permits without legal status Brooks tried to discharge Buzard but was blocked by Wilson Wright and Simms all refusing to concur
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Fred O. Wilson
Commission
A. P. Buzard
William T. Brooks
Brooks
Buzard
Wilson T. Wright
Mit Simms
Car and Bus Crash at Campbell and Elm Corner
A car driven by Mrs. Alex Jacome 1903 E. Lee and a city bus collided around noon at North Campbell Avenue and East Elm Street. Police report no injuries.
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Alex Jacome
E. Lee Sr
North Campbell Avenue
East Elm Street
Purge Drives Arrest Thousands in Czechoslovakia
A weeklong wave of arrests swept Czechoslovakia with thousands taken into custody. The drive, described by a Communist source as the largest crackdown since the party seized power, targeted lawyers doctors and small businessmen across Prague and other cities. The Vatican Radio reported police surrounded a town near Prague to detain teachers, with aims to capture ringleaders and crush the anti Communist network.
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John R. Higgins
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Brno
Bruenn
Moravia
Pilsen
Bohemia
Zilina
Slovakia
Vatican Radio
Svatyian Podskalon
American Army Intelligence Corps
Cotton Crop Forecast Up to Record 12-Year Peak
The agriculture department projects a 1949 cotton harvest of 15,446,000 bales, the largest in 12 years, with a 503,000-bale rise from September. Brannan may announce rigid 1950 production controls to curb surpluses, and penalties would apply to noncompliant growers.
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Washington
UPR
Agriculture Department
Charles F. Brannan
Bureau of the Census
Department
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Cotton
New Mexico
Hiss Second Trial Slowed
The Alger Hiss perjury trial was adjourned to November 1. Judge Vincent L. Leibell disqualified himself from ruling on a venue change to Rutland Vermont due to a family connection with Time Inc. and meetings with Whittaker Chambers. The venue issue is sent to Judge Alfred C. Coxe. The trial was set to begin today.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Vincent L. Leibell
Hiss
Rutland
Time, Inc
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
Alfred C. Coxe
New York City
Navajo Hopi Bill Criticized As Indians Peril
Former U S commissioner John Collier urged a nationwide push to veto the 88 million Navajo Hopi appropriation bill passed by Congress. He warned it would strip Indians of immunities and put 65 000 tribal people under state law risking water and property rights and economic development. Oliver La Farge joined in urging a veto as well.
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New York
John Collier
U. S
Collier
The
Institute of Ethnic Affairs
Institute
Truman
Indian Service
United States
Department of the Interior
Congress
Oliver la Farge
Association On American Indian Affairs
Four In One Family Shot In Oak View Texas Tragedy
Four members of the Finch family and Mrs Edith Walker were found shot to death in an Oak View home. Richard Gordon Finch, an American Airlines pilot, was away in Michigan and expected to return. An inquest verdict was expected after Finch’s arrival. investigators ruled the house likely had not been entered since the shootings.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Oak View
Elizabeth Ann Finch
American Airlines
Penelope Finch
Richard Allan Finch
Edith Walker
Richard Gordon Finch
Ann Arbor
Mich
F. R. Finch
Finch
Teheran
Cairo
Patrick Hurley
Donald Nelson
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
Chungking
Texas
A. C. Howerton
Tucson passenger hurt in Meade train wreck amid Plains storms
A Southern Pacific Rock Island Imperial train derailed three miles east of Meade Kansas after flood waters, part of a broader tornado and flood outbreak across the Great Plains. Four cars left the tracks, 130 aboard, with at least four killed and 50 injured. Tucson resident Mrs Selah Brown among the injured. Rescue teams faced scattered medical facilities while passengers were treated in Liberal Meade Bucklin and Fowler hospitals.
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Southern Pacific
Rock Island Railroad
Imperial
Tucson
Great Plains
Meade
Kas
Crystal Lee Dutton
Eugene Dutton
Port Huron
Mich
Clarence Moon
Joe Robinson
Los Angeles
Liberal
Selah Brown
Epworth Hospital
Golden State Limited
Kanesas
Frances Adams
Cooper
Bisbee
Mrs. Cooper
Chicago
William R. Owens
Meade Globe News
Owens
Plains
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Texas
Houston
U. S
Lincoln
Neb
Stella Morris
Enginemen and Firemen Seek Averted Nationwide Strike
Chicago dispatch reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen plans talks with rail chiefs to avert a nationwide strike after rejecting a presidential emergency board report. A spokesman says an agreement may be reached Tuesday. the union seeks a second fireman on diesel locomotives, a request the board denied on Sept. 19. By law, rail workers cannot walk off until 30 days after the report.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Brotherhood
More Walkouts Threaten U S
Pittsburgh dispatch reports growing labor action as walkouts could push national strike idles to two million this week. With steel and coal strikes ongoing, aluminum and steel fabricating plants may join 454000 CIO United Steelworkers on strike for free pensions and insurance. Government pressure and looming deadlines fuel uncertainty facing steel, aluminum, and auto sectors.
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Pittsburgh
United
Cyrus Ching
Federal Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
Washington
Murray
Aluminum Company of America
Allied Industries
Detroit
Mt Lemmon Lodge Damaged By Fire
Fire at Mt. Lemmon Lodge caused an estimated 500 dollars damage this morning. B. J. Langford, manager of the resort, said a flue fire in the living room fireplace started the incident.
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Mt. Lemmon Lodge
B. J. Langford
Langford
Endurance Flight Bound for Final Landing in Yuma
Ex navy pilots Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward plan a 3:15 p.m. landing in Yuma after reaching a 1,008 hour record last Wednesday aboard the City of Yuma Aeronca. A magneto failure forced decision to end the flight, which began August 24, with sponsors and local officials coordinating the stopover and public greeting.
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Yuma
Ariz
U.R
Bob Woodhouse
Woody Jongeward
Aeronca
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
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