Reds' Plan Puts U S Economic Crisis at Center of Race for Influence
Moscow dispatch reports Andrei Zhdanov laying a blueprint for European cooperation across systems while opposing United States capitalism. He warned the United States seeks world dominance, likening postwar aims to Hitler’s era and urging Communist parties to resist “American slave loan conditions” as Europe negotiates two-system coexistence.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Communist Party Central Committee
Poland
Soviet Union
Zhdanov
Politbureau
Central Committee
Europe
United States
Communist Party
Pravda
Culture and Life
Belgrade
Stalin
Red Activity Grows Taylor Visited by Crowd at Hearings
Washington October 22 Screen Actor Robert Taylor testified before congressional investigators that he has seen more indications of Communist activity in films in the last four or five years. He appeared amid surging spectators, mostly women, as committee leaders publicized claims of espionage and potential Communist influence in Hollywood.
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Washington
Robert Taylor
Hollywood Reds
Thomas
R-Nj
House
McNutt
Paul V. McNutt
House Committee
America
James K. McGuinness
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Taylor
Rail Labor To Enter Politics In 1948
Railroad unions plan a robust political push for 1948 as AFL and CIO increase their involvement. A. E. Lyon says presidents of 20 unions will meet November 12 to review past policies and sharpen methods for greater political influence. Some leaders seek a dedicated labor political group while others favor AFL cooperation.
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Washington
A. E. Lyon
Railway Labor Executive's Association
Lyon
AFL
CIO
Labor’s Educational & Political League
LEPL
Plenty Of Sugar Is Available This Fall
Housewives fear sugar price jumps after price controls end Oct 31 but industry spokesmen say fears are groundless. Hoyt C Bonner of Lamborn & Co. assures there is plenty of sugar for households as supply and demand will set prices. Rumors of flour hoarding and rationing return are discounted by milling industry spokesmen.
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United Press
Hoyt C. Bonner
Lamborn & Co., Inc
Bonner
Jap Weather Outlook For Harsh Winter In Japan
The weatherman predicted a colder than normal winter with spring far behind in Japan. Dr. Rio Kato of Sendai warned of extremely uncertain earthquake conditions around Tokyo's Kanto region.
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Tokyo
Japan
Rio Kato
Sendai
Kanto
England to curb Lords power and curb their veto
Dewitt Mackenzie explains how Britain's House of Commons aims to limit the House of Lords by stripping its veto, transforming the Lords into a debating body. He recalls the 1909 clash and the 1911 Reform Act under Liberal Prime Minister Asquith.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Commons
Britain
Herbert Asquith
Asquith
M’kenzie
Lords Reform Debate Sparks Political Tensions In Britain
London Oct 22 A Labor plan to curb the Lords powers faced near unanimity in the press with only the Socialist Daily Herald dissenting. The government aims to limit Lords delay from two to one year while signaling larger reforms later to ensure passage of iron and steel nationalization before 1950. Some fear election clashes and further turmoil.
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London
House of Lords
Daily Herald
Marquess of Laiisbury
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Labor
Lords
House of Commons
the Times
Elizabeth Is Voted Praise For Princess Elizabeth Wedding
London leaders Attlee and Churchill set aside differences to offer a joint congratulatory motion on Princess Elizabeth's upcoming marriage to Lt Philip Mountbatten. The Commons passed the measure despite a Communist protest, with heated exchanges and rebuttals from Labor MPs.
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London
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
House of Commons
Willie Gallagher
John McGovern
Utilities tax passed to consumers under review in Arizona
Arizona state officials investigate a tax on utility incomes allegedly added to consumer bills to fund a rate survey division. Commission chairman Wilson Wright says the practice was not intended by the legislature and may stem from an old sales tax order. The fund exceeds $40,000 but awaits use after a veto blocks appropriation.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Wilson T. Wright
Ann Frohmiller
Commission
Wright
Corporation Commissioners
Tucson, Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
UN Watch Begins Over Balkan Row In General Assembly
UN faced a Balkan watch crisis as Russia pressed for a ban on warmongering while the 57 nation committee prepared for a verbal clash. The assembly voted to set up a watchdog commission for the Balkans to study Greek border unrest amid Yugoslav and Albanian support, with the Soviet bloc set to boycott.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Balkans
United States
Salonika
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Poland
France
Britain
China
Brazil
Pakistan
Netherlands
Mexico
Australia
Vishinsky
Assembly
U. S
Warren R. Austin
John Foster Dulles
Slick Airways Seeks Reconsideration of Cargo Rate Rules
Slick Airways Inc asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to reconsider allowing low fare cargo rates by certain scheduled airlines and to block extending those rates to more points. The petition also calls for a general investigation of air freight rates costs and competitive practices of American United Pennsylvania Central Transcontinental Western and others.
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Washington
Slick Airways, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Slick
American
United
Pennsylvania Central
Transcontinental & Western
Forrestal Testifies on Junked War Mobilization Plan
Secretary of Defense Forrestal tells the Senate war investigating committee that the prewar mobilization plan failed to reflect the need for the entire economy to support modern war. He notes widespread indifference to military preparedness and cites partisan tension as the hearing opens.
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Washington
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Senate War Investigating Committee
America
Brewster
R-Me
Sen. Pepper
D-Fla
Sen
Pepper
White House
Solons Survey Navajo Plight
A House appropriations subcommittee, after surveying Navajo health and education problems in New Mexico and Arizona, heads to Colorado to inspect reclamation efforts before a National Reclamation Association meeting in Phoenix. Warne outlined an 80 million dollar 10 year rehabilitation program and a 60 million dollar San Juan river project. Rep Fenton called conditions a disgrace and urged a U S Public Health Service intervention.
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Albuquerque
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
National Reclamation Association
Phoenix
Window Rock
Ariz
Ben. F. Jensen
Department of Interior
William E. Warne
San Juan River
Shiprock
M. Warne
Congress
Gallup
Tucson
Navajo Reservation Faces Widespread Poverty and Low Child Survival
Washington report shows about one third of Navajo reservation families live below subsistence level and only about half of Navajo children reach age six. Office of Indian Affairs disclosed the figures on Wednesday, prompting questions about living standards and welfare.
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Washington
New Mexico-Arizona
Office of Indian Affairs
Fire Ravages Maine Coast
Fires across New England caused losses nearing 3 million dollars with Maine reporting about 2.5 million in damage from over 50 fires. Goose Rocks Beach and Kennebunkport areas suffered the worst, many cottages lost and residents left homeless as winds shift. Authorities reported looting in the ravaged Maine zone and warned that renewed winds could worsen the situation.
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Goose Rocks Beach
New England
Kennebunkport
Maine
Raymond E. Rendall
Massachusetts
Joseph L. Peabody
New Hampshire
Hamstead
Rhode Island
Lincoln Downs
Kennebunkport Village
Clifford Maling
Goose Rocks
Cape Porpoise
Wildes
Fence To Be Built At Douglas Naco
Construction will begin soon on three sections of the U S Mexico boundary fence near Columbus New Mexico and Douglas Arizona announced by the international boundary commission. Ray Trappman of Douglas the low bidder will build the mile at Columbus and 8945 feet at Douglas while W F Anderson of Douglas will install 4047 feet at Naco. The eight foot fence carries an estimated cost of 50000 dollars.
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EL Paso
Tex
U. S. - Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Douglas
Ariz
International Boundary Commission
Ray Trappman
W. F. Anderson
NAM Directors to Reconsider Support for Seaway Project
The National Association of Manufacturers board, previously opposing the St. Lawrence Seaway and power project, will be urged at a Oct. 29 meeting to reverse its position. A yearlong NAM committee report recommends backing the controversial half billion dollar dual purpose project.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
St. Lawrence Seaway
NAM
French Cabinet Except Premier Quits In Face Of DeGaulle's Victory
The French cabinet resigns except for the premier as De Gaulle achieves a decisive victory. The action signals a political shift amid nationwide reactions and constitutional questions.
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DeGaulle
Recreation Fund Order Held Void
Atty. Gen. Sullivan plans to appeal a Superior Court ruling that authorized a $100 000 recreation fund emergency appropriation in Pima County was illegal. The decision found the county budget exceeded without proper emergency proof, setting up a potential state supreme court appeal.
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Safford
Jesse A. Udall
Apache County
M. V. Gibbons
Atty
John L. Sullivan
Udall
Graham County
Phoenix
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Henry C. Kelly
State Tax Commission
Pima County
Fred W. Fickett
Board of Supervisors
Kelly
Fickett
Tax Commission
Cdlin B. Dodd
Charles D. McCarty
Dodd
McCarty
E. T. Cusick
Messrs. Boyd
Kautenburger
Alley
Attorney General’s Office
Wisconsin primary likely to shape GOP race in 1948
Taft passes on Wisconsin presidential preference primary as MacArthur Stassen Dewey and Eisenhower vie for delegates. Wisconsin voters recall MacArthur from 1944 with 102 421 write in votes while Dewey attracted 21 036 and Stassen 7 928. Delegates split 15 for Dewey 4 for Stassen 3 for MacArthur in 1944.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
R-O
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
MacArthur
Japan
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
Stassen
Willkie
New Yorker
Commissioner's Janitor Jailed Over Wine Gift to Indians
YUMA Oct. 22. Will Evans, janitor for the U. S. commissioner’s office here, was hauled before his boss but not for diligence. He faced charges of giving wine to Indians. Commissioner John A. McGuire sent his janitor to jail to await U. S. district court action.
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Yuma
Will Evans
U. S. Commissioner’s
John A. McGuire
U. S. District Court
France cabinet resigns as Ramadier stays course for new government
Paris reports that France’s cabinet submitted resignations to Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier while he announced plans to form a new government. The move follows De Gaulle’s municipal election victory and signals a shift amid economic turmoil and a new nine nation Communist information bureau in Belgrade. Ramadier pledged to explain the reasons at a news conference.
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Paris
France
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Charles DeGaulle
Rally of the French People
National Assembly
Andre Philip
Belgrade
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Edouard Depreux
Gen. de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Assembly
Ross Case To Jury Thursday
The Ross murder case likely goes to the jury by Thursday after the defense finished presenting medical expert testimony. Judge J R Fuchs could not deliver the charge by Wednesday. argument sessions begin Thursday with the jury to follow.
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Ross
LA Grange
Tex
J. R. Fuchs
Passenger Car Production Next Year May Be Larger
Detroit reports that sheet steel shortages will persist into 1948 keeping auto factories in a stop and go mode. Plants likely will not surpass 1947 output, but more of next year’s assemblies may be passenger vehicles while demand for heavier trucks tightens. The year’s total production near 5 million includes about 1.2 million trucks and coaches, with the 1,000,000th US truck produced this week.
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Detroit
United States
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