Polls Point To GOP Victory In House Race
George Gallup reports Institute polls show Republicans leading Democrats 56 to 44 in national voting intentions for the November election. The study tracks shifts since 1944 and notes rising GOP strength in key regions, plus a stay-at-home vote affecting Democratic prospects.
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Princeton
N. J
Institute
House of Representatives
GOP
Truman
New York City
East Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
New England
Middle Atlantic
West Central
Far West
Cotton Exchange Closures Stir Arizona Upswing View
Arizona officials and cotton buyers say closing of exchanges over a $50 drop per bale will not hurt growers as government price supports guard value. Dr. George W. Barr notes parity loans at 92 percent and a July 1 redemption deadline.
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Phoenix
Arizona
George W. Barr
University of Arizona
Barr
Radios Freed From Ceilings By Ed Harkinson
OPA ends price ceilings on radios and many consumer durables as it finalizes its master decontrol list. The move frees radios, phonographs, irons, heaters, toasters, lamps and more while keeping ceilings on major appliances and furniture.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
OPA
Speculation Blamed for Cotton Market Collapse
New Orleans reports blame placed on buyers including farmers merchants doctors and others across the South for the cotton market tumble. An unnamed authority says the drop stems from the usual cycle in a speculators market and that prices will stabilize only after speculators are shaken out.
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New Orleans
South
Ford Threatened With Auto Strike at River Rouge Plant
The CIO United Auto Workers announced a 30 day strike notice against Ford Motor Company over a dispute at the River Rouge plant in Detroit. The move follows ongoing bargaining tensions and signals potential labor action unless a settlement is reached.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Three Goering Notes To Remain Unpublished
The Allied control council in Berlin decided to withhold permanently publication of three penciled notes by Hermann Goering found in his Nuernberg cell. The unanimous decision was announced on October 30.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Hermann Goering
Nuernberg
World Flight Plans Shelved by State and Army
Washington reports the Army has indefinitely shelved its round the world B 29 Superfortresses flight plan. State Department press officer Lincoln White said a preliminary letter was followed by a War Department request for no action pending further study by planners on detailed arrangements.
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Washington
State Department
Army
Lincoln White
Department
White
War Department
Army Air Forces
Cotton Looms Freed as CPA Plans Easing Controls
Washington officials report the civilian production administration will revoke loom and container restrictions, ending the 1942 loom freeze and glass-jar limits. A committee led by Lucius Foster will study which curbs can be scrapped and when, with remaining controls to pass to other agencies as CPA winds down by year end.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John D. Small
Small
Lucius Foster
OPA
Charles G. Ross
Clark
Krug
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
New York Times
Lewis
White House
Sen. Kilgore
D-W Va
Kilgore
J. A. Krug
N. H. Collisson
Cates Praises Arizona Mining Era and Career
Phoenix dated account of Louis S. Cates head of Phelps Dodge Mining Corp praising Arizona’s early mining days at a AIMME banquet. He recalls 1909 Maricopa arrival, his growth with the industry, and his roles at Ray Copper, Calumet and Arizona merges, Ajo and Morenci open pits, and Utah Copper leadership. He notes ongoing oil and gas research and a focus on mining innovation.
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P. D. I. Honeyman
Inspiration Copper Co
Inspiration
Julian Converse
Washington, D. C
Frank Wardlaw
Utah Copper Co
Salt Lake City
Brent N. Rickard
Institute
American Smelting and Refining Co
Tucson
Louis S. Cates
Phelps-Dodge Mining Corp
H. M. Lavender
Phelps-Dodge
Arizona
Douglas
Phelps, Dodge Mining Corp
American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers
AIMME
Technical Society
Cates
Maricopa
Ray
Calumet
Ajo
Morenci
Utah Copper
Phelps Dodge
Pioneer Hotel
Texas
Oklahoma
Right To Work Plan Debated By Local Rotary Meeting
Tucson attorney B G Thompson argued for passage of the right to work amendment at a Rotary Club meeting. He contended the measure would bar employment prerequisites tied to union membership and outlaw closed and union shops. Darrell Parker raised concerns about potential harm and enforcement limits. The exchange cited veteran employment issues and a recent strike at a Pioneer Hotel.
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Rotary
Pioneer Hotel
B. G. Thompson
Tucson
Darrell Parker
Phoenix
Citizens
Ompson
Thompson
Veterans’ Administration
American Federation of Labor
Verbal Warfare and Peace Talks Shape World Debate
AP analyst notes a new diplomacy style using press and radio to push settlement. Stalin Molotov and Churchill clash with softer voices as talks pivot on arms cuts veto and atom bombs while estimates place Soviet forces in Europe around 900 thousand to 1.2 million.
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Molotov
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Greece
Middle SF East
United States
America
U. S
Three bombs rock Jerusalem central station In Jewish attack
Three bombs exploded in Jerusalem's central railway station as youths described as Jews fled from two taxicabs and fired on the crowd. An earlier road mine set by the Jewish underground hit a military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding ten. Police reported possible deaths or missing persons at the station. Dozens of government workers viewed the blasts from nearby offices.
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Jerusalem
Central Railway Station
Central
David
Wage Action After Election
The coal industry warned that new wage talks with John L. Lewis will hinder private operation restoration of soft coal mines. Government lawyers debate reopening the pact with Lewis and the wage stabilization board faces abolition after the election.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Lewis
United Mine
Coal Association
UMW
Krug
Justice Department
Tom Clark
U.S. Proposes World Arm Scrapping and Inspections
The United States in a broad fresh program urged universal scrapping of arms with international inspections to ensure lasting disarmament. Ambassador Warren Austin linked the plan to a rebuke of Soviet distrust and said Washington would not disarm alone. Poland pressed to bring Spain to UN action amid assembly talks.
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Flushing
N. Y
United States
Russia
Warren R. Austin
America
United Nations General Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Austin
Poland
General Assembly
United Nations
Oscar Lange
Security Council
Council
Lange
Egypt
Brazil
Alexander Cadogan
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Great Britain
Molotov
U. S
Probe of British Press Is Ordered
London reports that the House of Commons approved a government inquiry into the finance, control, ownership, and management of the British press after a six hour debate. Newspapers called the move sinister fearful and intolerable with the Daily Mail deeming it the first stroke in the murder of freedom.
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London
House of Commons
Daily Mail
Sullivan Appeals $15 Fine in City Court
Phoenix, Oct. 30. Arizona attorney general John L. Sullivan filed notice of appeal from a $15 speeding fine in city court, arguing the penalty is excessive.
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Phoenix
Arizona
John L. Sullivan
War Bride Tells Jury Of Romance
Bridget Waters an Irish war bride testified softly in Las Vegas as she sought to justify killing her American husband Frank K Waters Jr. The court debated allowing the tale of their romance to support a plea of justifiable homicide.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bridget Waters
L. O. Hawkins
Paul Ralli
Frank K. Waters, Jr
Hawkins
Truman Declines Democratic Rally in Independence
President Truman will skip a Democratic rally in Independence Missouri on Friday night. House Speaker Rayburn will speak at the event while Truman stays with his mother and sister in Grandview Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
White House
Rayburn
Charles G. Ross
Grandview
Coffin Makers May Halt Their Strike
In San Francisco on October 30 the AFL Upholsterers union and coffin makers' employers planned a meeting to announce results of a union vote on a compromise to end the Pacific coast strike. The union seeks a 55 cent hourly wage increase and had previously rejected two return-to-work proposals.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
AFL
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