McGrath Named Democratic National Chairman
Sen. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island was elected to lead the Democratic National Committee and to set a date for the 1948 national convention in Philadelphia. He succeeds Robert E. Hannegan who resigned due to ill health amid Truman support and Republican criticisms.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Truman
McGrath
Margaret M. Sullivan
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Red
Democrat National Committee
Jefferson
Jackson
China Bans No 3 Party and Places Under Police Watch
Shanghai and Peiping police surveil Democratic League members about 20 000 total and orders headquarters taken over. Leader Chang Lan 77 says move seeks to force new constitution acceptance, notes delegates picked 10 years earlier and controlled by Kuomintang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Democratic League
Peiping
League
Chang Lan
National Assembly
Kuomintang
Sun Yat-Sen
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Paris Police Battle Reds Over Civil War Fear
In Paris on October 29 1945 clashes between about 15000 Communists and police surged along Avenue Wagram and Place de Ternes injuring several demonstrators and police. Army troops stood by as Rama dier faced a confidence vote in the national assembly following rising civil tension.
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Paris
France
Wagram
West End
Gustave Gautheret
Place de Ternes
Bank of Douglas to Enter Tucson Branch in 1948
The Bank of Douglas announced a Tucson branch opening early in 1948. Frank C. Brophy said the former First Church site at North Stone avenue and East Second street will be remodeled for offices and banking with accessible parking. A $100000 deed transfer was filed. The Tucson branch becomes the bank’s third, after Bisbee and Phoenix.
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First
Church of Christ Scientist
North Stone Avenue
East Second Street
Bank of Douglas
Tucson
Bisbee
Douglas
Phoenix
Frank C. Brophy
William H. Brophy
Banking Group
Reggie Russell
Arizona
First Church of Christ Scientist
Brophy
County Recorder’s
Frank Brophy
Bank of Bisbee
Enteprise
Naco
Lowell
Mexico
Bisbee Bank
BANK
Pakistan Eyes Reds Dubiously
In Karachi the new dominion of Pakistan, burdened by debts and external troubles, watches Soviet moves as it pursues mineral development. Officials hope for Western aid while M A Jinnah notes Russia has offered no goodwill and signals cautious engagement with the United States as Pakistan seeks support.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Russia
United States
Dominion
British Draft Trade Pacts Signed with 15 Nations
Harold Wilson announced Britain has negotiated tariff agreements with 15 nations including the United States. Details will be published in three weeks. He said reductions by others would boost dollar exports and that the US made concessions in return for British tariff cuts or imperial preference reductions.
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London
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Britain
United States
The
Commons
Wilson
Exiled Slav peasant group plans anti-Communist push
A committee of exiled eastern European Slav peasant leaders aims to launch an anti Communist propaganda offensive with headquarters to be in Washington or London. The move aligns with broader anti Soviet efforts and comes as General Clay promotes freedom in Berlin and De Gaulle presses against Bolshevism in France. Brazil and Chile sever relations with Moscow over Red activity. Milan Gavrilovic announces the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Washington
London
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Berlin
Charles DeGaulle
France
Brazil
Chile
Moscow
Red
Milan Gavrilovic
Korea Issue Hotly Argued in UN Debate
At Lake Success the UN debate over Korea heated into a bitter wrangle over who may speak for Koreans and how they should be chosen. The clash arose from a Soviet bid to invite elected Korean representatives and a U S plan for a temporary UN commission to supervise elections. Both Russia and the United States were accused of stalling progress on the Korea question. The United States warned that adopting the Soviet proposal would create further disputes over representation.
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Russia
M. A. Jinnah
Pakistan
United States
Jinnah
Tru
UN Commission
Belgium
Ukraine
Marshall
Korea
U. S
General Assembly
Father Killed Wife, Son Says Father Killed Wife
Colorado Springs, Oct 29 A son Wesley Vandervoort 21 accuses his rancher father Junia Wes ley Vandervoort 61 of shooting his mother in 1941 and burying remains in a farm shed. bones found in the shed belong to a woman with skull hands feet missing. The elder Vandervoort says his wife ran off and that he previously killed his first wife accidentally. Authorities plan further searches and study as the case remains under investigation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
el Paso
Ray Slocum
Junia Wesley Vandervoort
Slocum
Wesley
Here
Vandervoort
Henry W. Mele
Bloomington
Ill
Wellington
Kas
Cora
Colorado
Lois Piltz
Rosida
Gov Earl Snell Missing in Oregon Plane Search
Governor Earl Snell Secretary of State Robert Farrell Senate President Marshall Cornett and pilot Cliff Hogue were aboard a private plane that disappeared after Tuesday night takeoff over mountainous terrain near Coleman Lake. An air and ground search was launched with eight planes plus National Guard support.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
Earl Snell
Coleman Lake
Here
Robert S. Farrell, Jr
Senate
Marshall Cornett
Cliff Hogue
Hugh Tolly
Klamath Air Search and Rescue Unit
Cornett
Oregon National Guard
123Rd
McChordfield
Wash
H. G. Maison
Adj
Raymond F. Olson
National Guard
Salem
Pilot Son Joins Northward Search For Missing Pan American Flight
In Ketchikan Alaska a pilot son prepared to fly north to help in the intensive search for 18 people missing from a Pan American World Airways plane piloted by his father. Wesley Monson was named as copilot in BULLETINS on page 9.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Pan-American World Airways
Wesley Monson
Contempt Cited as Reclamation Meet Opens in Phoenix
At the National Reclamation Association convention in Phoenix Arizona Don McBride announced a Dallas man John D McCall will push a resolution to oppose a Supreme Court ruling on tidelands ownership The convention listed four key issues including the Rockwell bill repayment time extensions for irrigation projects and the 9 E water contracts Vice President Clifford Stone outlined the agenda and potential votes for the gathering
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Dick Smith
Phoenix
URP
U. S. Reclamation
Michael W. Straus
Westward Ho
National Reclamation Association Convention
Straus
Arizona Sun
National Reclamation Association
George H. ‘Maxwell
Don McBride
Association
John D. McCall
Dallas
Supreme Court
Tidelands
California
Clifford H. Stone
Denver
Rockwell
Reclamation Bureau
Stone
Reclamation
Producer Director Among Those Accused
Washington, Oct. 29. The House committee on un American activities pressed its Hollywood inquiry with six figures refusing to answer if they are Communists. Edward Dmytryk and Adrian Scott joined others cited for contempt as the panel vowed to expose Communists in the film industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Dmytryk
House Committee On UN
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Thoma
R-Nj
Hollywood
Sam Ornitz
Thomas
Ornitz
Robert W. Kenny
Los Angeles
Kenny
Dalton Trumbo
John Howard Lawson
Alvah Bessie
Albert Maltz
United States
Screen Writers’ Guild
Snyder Against Hasty Tax Cut
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged keeping a balanced budget while deciding on European aid under the Marshall plan. He favored revenue measures to cover costs and opposed tax cuts until aid levels are set, citing a projected 22.4 billion dollar need for 1948 to 1951 with the U. S. paying most.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
United States
Europe
Congress
Treasury
Marshall
U. S
Mrs. Truman Seeks Quiet Life After Presidency
In Washington on October 29, Mrs. Truman told newspaper women she does not want to be President or have her daughter marry a President and would raise no son to be President. She hopes to return to Independence, Missouri after the White House and deferred her campaign travel decision to July 1948.
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Washington
Truman
Hughes Probe Resumes With Hughes on Spotlight
Washington reports the Hughes wartime airplane contracts inquiry will resume on Monday with potential appearances by Howard Hughes and John W. Meye. Sen Ferguson will direct second public hearings as Sen Pepper promises meticulous questioning of air force procurement officials over the 40 million dollar Hughes contracts.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hughes
John W. Meye
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Air Force
Los Angeles
Riot leads to 20 CIO members awaiting trial in Detroit
In Detroit on October 29, about twenty CIO garage workers and UAW members faced incitement riot charges from a 72 day strike. Ray Dove, local 415 business agent, was released on bond. no trial date set. The defendants include Ford local 60% and others who joined the Aug 19 wage rise dispute.
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Detroit
CIO
Recorders
John J. Maher
Ray Dove
United Auto Workers
Ford Local
Uaw-Cio
Naval Task Force Prepares For Mock Attack On Florida
A naval task force sails to Galveston Bay to rendezvous for a mock amphibious assault against an imagined enemy in west Florida. Choctaw force of 29 ships will move to the Florida coast with expeditionary troops for a simulated D day style attack at Blue Beach near Panama City on November 3.
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Naval Task Force
Florida
Houston
Tex
Galveston Bay
West Florida
Bolivar Roads
14Th Armored Field Artillery
2Nd Armored Division
San Jacinto
Taconic
Ralph C. Davis
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
41St Armored Infantry
66Th
14Th Field Artillery
Blue Beach
Panama City
Fla
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Roy W. Foard
Gov. Snell
New York
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Sen. Taylor
D-Ida
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