Bennett cites 63 Communist incidents against U S troops in Trieste
Rep. Marion T. Bennett says American soldiers have been killed or wounded in Trieste as Communist forces operate behind a military censorship curtain. He lists 63 incidents since U S forces moved into the area and argues for strong allied air and naval power while ensuring aid has measurable returns and clear limits.
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Washington
Marion T. Bennett
Trieste
Missouri
Europe
Near East
United States
Yugoslavia
Bennett
Springfield
Kremlin
Flares Reported Near Lost Clipper In Alaska Border Search
In bad weather a growing fleet of air and surface craft search for the missing Pan-American Clipper DC-4 with 18 aboard. Reports of smoke on Dundas Island and flares on Graham Island trigger new rescue efforts near the Alaska British Columbia border.
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Associated Press
Pan-American World Airways
Alaska
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Dundas Island
Ketchikan
Graham Island
Alaska-British Columbia
Mrs. Elizabeth Askins Dies At Pioneers Home
Prescott Arizona October 28 Funeral services pending for Mrs Elizabeth Askins of Douglas credited with creating the first tourist court in the nation She was born in Ireland came to the United States in girlhood lived in Bisbee then moved to Douglas She died Sunday at the Arizona Pioneers Home Surviving are three daughters Mrs W H Gavey Phoenix Mrs Paul Guitteau Tucson and Mrs W Brown North Carolina and a son Walter Douglas
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Prescott
Douglas
Elizabeth Askins
Ireland
Askins
Bisbee
Arizona Pioneers
W. H.!avey
Phoenix
Paul Guitteau
Tucson
W. Brown
North Carolina
Walter
Straus Seeks Larger Budget For Reclamation
Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus indicated a $300 million program for the next fiscal year, with the current year at about $195 million and an additional $40 million potential funds if major projects stay open. He urged long range planning to save construction costs and asked Congress for needed appropriations.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Reclamation
Michael W. Straus
Reclamation Bureau
Harry D. Strunk
National Reclamation Association
Straus
Struns
Association
Strunk
Congress
Columbia Basin
Washington
Central Valley
California
Colorado
Davis Dam
Arizona
Nevada
Yakima-Roza
Gila
Robert Sawyer
National Reclamation Agsociation
Rockwell
Taft Defends Taft Hartley Law in Labor Debate
Taft said he would use the Taft Hartley law as an election issue and expressed no fear of the outcome. In a debate with AFL counsel Herbert S Thatcher before the National Association of Attorneys General he disclaimed authorship but said his name was attached to the bill. Thatcher called the act harmful to labor and the economy and warned organized labor would concede Wagner Act rights only to avoid broader labor laws.
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Boston
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Herbert S. Thatcher
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Attorneys General
Thatcher
Railroads seek entry into airline business from power tax debate
The Association of American Railroads urged the President's air policy commission to allow surface carriers to operate in air routes, arguing taxes fund a 200 million annual air industry subsidy and that this would intensify, not reduce, competition.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
President
Air Policy Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Indian Office Held At Fault
Sen McFarland charged the Indian service failed to do its job causing Navajo Indians hardship. He argued state welfare should not expand until Indian education improves. Sen Butler announced a Navajo inspection tour starting at Tuba City Ganado and Window Rock. Harry Hill said no federal relief request means no action by the state welfare board.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sen. McFarland
D-Ariz
Indian Service
McFarland
Sen. Butler
R-Neb
Senate Public Lands Committee
National Reclamation Association
Tuba City
Ganado
Window Rock
Harry Hill
Social Security and Welfare
Social Security and Welfare Board
State control of Navajo education urged in House hearing
Representative John R. Murdock pressed for state takeover of Navajo public schooling with federal funds. He cited the 1868 treaty obligation. Navajo tribal chairman Sam Akeah said education is the tribe’s first need before a House Public Lands Committee.
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Window Rock
Ariz
John R. Murdock
Dariz
House Public Lands Committee
Uncle Sam
Sam Akeah
Navajo Tribal Council
Trumbo Refuses to Answer Communist Allegations in Hearing
Washington October 28 A second screenwriter Dalton Trumbo refused to say if he is a Communist before the House Un American Activities subcommittee. The panel voted to cite him for contempt after he declined to answer questions about political beliefs. Trumbo spent ten minutes on the stand before the chairman ended the session amid applause and police presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dalton Trumbo
House
UN American Activities
Trumbo
John Howard Lawson
Shearing
Thomas
R-Nj
Lawson
Congress
Capitol
Hollywood
Reds Capture Bolivia Town
The Brazilian justice ministry reported Col. Joaquim Rondon said Communist elements of the Pirista party seized the Bolivian border town of Guayara near Guajara Mirim. Brazilian frontier troops moved toward La Paz to guard the border amid the reported capture by a large armed group.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Justice Ministry
Joaquim Rondon
Guapore
Guayara
Rondon
Hernan
Guajara Mirim
British Loan Did No Good
Montreal Oct 28 Lord Beaverbrook a Canadian born British newspaper publisher said Britain need never have negotiated the 3 750 000 000 loan from the United States describing it as foolish and ill advised He said much of the loan was spent on luxuries and did little to ease Britons burden and that it should have been refused with austerity measures applied at the time.
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Bob Broo
Citizen
Phoenix
Davis Damas
Arizona
California
Nevada
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
National Reclamation Association
H. F. McPhail
Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover Dam
Davis Dam
McPhail
Los Angeles
Arizona Power Authority
Montreal
United Kingdom
Reds Plot to Infiltrate India Through Khyber Pass
AP analysis links Kashmir crisis, Pathan raids, and Pakistan India tensions. Author suggests Afghan involvement and Soviet influence via Kabul, noting Kashmir’s Hindu ruler seeks Indian aid amid Moslem invasion.
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India
Khyber
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
Alexander
Indian Plain
Russia
Kabul
Afghan
Pathans
Kashmir
Northwest Frontier
Multiple World & National Briefs Span Tax Hearings and Dividends
Phoenix reports a November hearing on Pima County's budget excess of 678289. U S Steel declares a 75 cent common dividend plus 1.25 a share. third quarter net income 28.74 million. House Rules Chair says price controls unlikely this session. U S legation seeks charges details in Palas arrest. General Arnold receives Grand Cordon of Yan from Dr Koo. Senate probes set for a second round Monday.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Pima County
New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Ivancovich Leads Opposition to Tucson Zoning Changes
City council hears final 72 proposed zoning amendments with dissension on height limits and dwelling space. Ivancovich argues for low buildings and open spaces, citing economic concerns and monuments to self, while Vander Vries counters. Next hearing set for 7 p m Nov 24.
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ED Dougherty
Citizens Committee
Planning and Zoning Commission
Byron Ivancovich
Zoning Commission
Ivancovich
Tucson
Edward Vander Vries
B. G. Thompson
Irvin Cohen
van der Vries
Council
Patton Criticizes Montgomery in War Journal Excerpts
Gen. George S. Patton Jr in wartime diary excerpts slams Field Marshal Montgomery and critiques SHAEF leadership. Posthumous publication in the Saturday Evening Post covers Patton's France and Germany campaigns and his claim the Rhine crossing would have occurred in 10 days without Montgomery's strategic change.
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New York
George S. Patton, Jr
United States Third Army
Britain
Montgomery
Patton
Europe
Shaef
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Third Army
Saturday Evening Post
France
Germany
Rhine
Verdun
Churchill Responds To Bathing Plea In Parliament
In London on October 28 Winston Churchill mocked Hugh Gaitskell's suggestion Britons bathe less to save coal. He said when a minister speaks for the government the prime minister and his allies see why they are in increasing bad odor.
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London
Winston Churchill
Hugh Gaitskell
Churchill Calls Britain to Drop Socialism for Free Enterprise
In a Commons speech Churchill urged Britain to abandon socialist controls and restore free enterprise like the United States. He attacked Labor's nationalization of basic industries and price controls claiming they paralyze initiative and hurt prosperity. Deputy PM Morrison labeled the speech reactionary while Churchill urged a general election and warned parliament has outlived its usefulness.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Churchill
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Labor
House of Lords
Attlee
Grain Program Makes Strides Toward 100 Million Bushels Goal
The citizens food committee estimates 35 percent progress toward Truman’s aim to save 100 million bushels of grain for Europe. Industry pledges total about 35 million bushels in 90 days. rest to come from public self denial and farm grain saved for livestock. Chairman Luckman will meet meat packing reps, while White House and Congress plan a November 17 special session to fund grain shipments and set inflation controls.
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Washington
Citizens’ Food Committee
Truman
Europe
Charles Luckman
White House
Congress
Soviet Urges Korea Troop Exit by Jan 1 1950
Russia demands UN order withdrawal of all Russian and American troops from Korea by January 1, while the United States seeks UN supervised elections in the two Korean zones by March 31. Gromyko and Dulles clash in the opening UN debate on Korea. The U S plan also contemplates a UN temporary commission to observe elections and guide steps toward peace.
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Max Harrelson Lake
Russia
United Nations
Korea
General Assembly
United States
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
John Foster Dulles
Marshall
Soviet Union
Assembly
Moscow
Palestine
Holy Land
Security Council
Royal Wedding Presents Seen at St James Palace Preview
Royal gifts for Princess Elizabeth were shown to newsmen at St James's Palace. About 400 gifts were on display with 500 more in boxes awaiting later presentation. Churchill sent a six volume set of The World Crisis in red morocco. Truman gave a glass vase with a merry go round motif. Sharman Douglas provided an antique inkstand. Maury Maverick and wife sent a silver trinket box and a Texas tie clip for Lt Philip Mountbatten.
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London
Elizabeth
St. James’s Palace
Winston Churchill
Truman
President Truman
Douglas
Sharman
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Philip Mountbatten
US Fliers Head Toward Aleutians
Clifford Evans and George Truman departed Nemuro in Piper Cub planes on a 1500 mile leg to Shemya at the Aleutian chain. They expect a 13 hour flight and will be escorted by two B 17s from the air force for the hazardous stretch over the North Pacific.
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NEM
Japan
U.P
Clifford Evans
George Truman
Shemya
Aleutian
Nemuro
Hokkaido Island
North Pacific
Air Force
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Charles C. Haslet
Free State
Missourian
Stalin
Potsdam
Yalta
Weather Bureau
James R. Peyton
Utah
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mrs. Askins
Pioneers Home
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
UN American Activities Committee
Paul Henreid
June Havoc
Danny Kaye
By Morris Cleavenger
Union
Cenfer
Bolivia
By Dewitt MacKenzie
New Delhi
Northwest Frontier Province
Shiek Mohammed Abdulah
National People’s Party of
Leo Allen
House Rules Committee
Budapest
Hungary
Legation
Hungarian Foreign Ministry
Elizabeth P. Pallas
Foreign Ministry
New, York
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
V. K. Wellington Koo
Order of the Grand Cordon of Yan
Senate
Monty
By Sterling F. Green
Aleutians
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