Recess Delays Film Fireworks in Reds in Hollywood Probe
The House Un American Activities Committee ends two weeks of hearings without a definite link between movieland and Soviet atom bomb spying. Chairman Thomas pledges future probes as witness Louis J. Russell details attempts to obtain highly secret UC Berkeley lab information and contact with Soviet consular officers.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee On UN
Motion Picture Association
Los Angeles
Louis J. Russell
FBI
George Charles Eltenton
Shell Development Corporation
Emeryville
Calif
Russia
Peter Ivanov
San Francisco
Ivanov
Estenton
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Eltenton
Haakon Chevalier
Maniu Testifies on Food Aid Tied to Truman Policy
Dr Juliu Maniu testified in his treason trial that former U S minister Burton Berry said Truman's food allotments to Moldavia last February resulted from Maniu s National Peasant party intervention. He noted 7 000 tons were diverted from the U S Army to the Romanian province where 500 000 were starving. He also described a July flight attempt by opposition leaders to protest to U S ambassador Harriman and British envoy Inverchapel over Moscow agreement nonimplementation.
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Leonard Kirschen
Bucharest
Romania
Juliu Maniu
U. S
Burton Y. Berry
National Peasant Party
Truman
Moldavia
Maniu
Berry
Groza
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Inverchapel
Russia
Moscow
National Liberal Party
U S Paid More For Arabs Oil Under Navy Pricing Scrutiny
Senate inquiry hears Aramco tested 1945 oil sales to the French at 10 to 15 cents per barrel below the Navy price of $1.05. Chairman Brewster accuses the company of profiting from U S lend-lease aid to Saudi Arabia and seeks full testimony from Aramco vice president James Duce.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Ibn Saud
Navy
Brewster
R-Me
Senate
Arabian American Oil Company
Aramco
James Terry Duce
Duce
America
U.S
Saudi Arabia
United States
W. S. S. Rogers
The
Texas Co
State Secrecy Dictatorial View Sparks Senate Critique
Sen. Wilson denounces State Department refusal to share Gen. Wedemeyer China report with Congress as dictatorial. He says secrecy mirrors wartime curtain and signals moving toward totalitarian government. State Dept cites possible harm to US, China, and others.
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Washington
Sen. Wilson
R-Ia
State Department
Congress
Wedemeyer
China
Wilson
Armed Services Committee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Truman
United States
Belgian Exiled King Leopold May Yet Return
Exiled Belgian king Leopold of the Belgians, a member of Britain's Order of the Garter, faces renewed speculation about a possible recall to the throne. His surrender to German forces in May 1940 sparked lifelong controversy, while the Belgian parliament still bars his return despite changing wartime opinions. Prince Charles acts as regent from exile in Switzerland.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Elizabeth
Order of the Garter
Leopold
Britain
Hitler
France
Switzerland
Prince Charles
Leopold Sur
M'Kenzie
End of Installment Restrictions Seen but Not Relaxed
A Tucson survey shows salaried workers may gain easier installment terms while controls remain in place. Banks plan modestly looser credit under Regulation W, which requires one third down and 15 months to pay for big appliances and autos. President Truman and the Fed urge caution to avoid inflationary fuel.
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Tucson
Valley National
Southern Arizona
Federal Reserve System
Washington
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Truman
Congress
Europe
Fed
Kiwanis Hears Football Talks
Tex Oliver and William R. Mathews defend Arizona football interest at a Kiwanis noon meeting moderated by State Sen. William F. Kimball. William Pyle and W. Wetwash Pyle praise coaches and discuss Casteel box formation with calls for more deception.
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Kiwanis Club
Tex Oliver
University of Arizona and
Oregon University
William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
William Pyle
William F. Kimball
Mathews
University of Arizona
Pyle
Daily Citizen
W. Wetwash Pyle
Mike Casteel
Mike
Liver
The
Citizen
Service Station Thief Nets $42 at Stone Avenue Stop
Robert J. Evans, night attendant at the Shell station on 50 South Stone Avenue, reported a hold up at about 2 am Friday. The robber, displaying a pistol, forced Evans to the till and rest room before escaping with $42. Evans freed himself, then notified police.
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Robert J. Evans
Shell
South Stone Avenue
Evans
Law
State Faces Federal Welfare Aid Standstill Over Indian Relief
Rep. James Ewing of Tucson condemns federal demand for Indian relief funding and urges Arizona to finance welfare locally. Officials say enabling act and state constitution bar spending on Indians, while Nov 10-11 hearings may study Public Service administration findings amid ongoing welfare debates.
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Bob Brooks
James Ewing
Tucson
Federal
Social Security and Welfare Department
Rep. Ewing
State Legislative
State Welfare Department
State Welfare Board
Arizona
W. P. Mahoney, Jr
Phoenix
Public Service Administration
State Department
Washington
Miss Jane Hoey
Public Assistance
Urge U S To Pay Indians In Federal Welfare Clash
Phoenix reports that Arizona and New Mexico unite to resist placing reservation Indians on state social security rolls. The two states claim Indians are wards of the government and not eligible for state relief, amid federal threats to withdraw grants.
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Phoenix
U.P
Thomas Mabry
New Mexico
Arizona
Federal
Social Security Bureau
Arizona Board of Social Security
Washington
Arizona Social Security Board
Murray A. Hintz
New Mexico Social Security Commission
Robert A. Ward
Quakers Win Nobel Prize for Peace 1947
The Nobel committee awarded the 1947 Peace Prize to the American Friends Service Committee and the London Friends Council. The two groups collaborated on European relief and run programs on race relations, housing projects, counseling, and peace caravans among Japanese Americans and Caucasians.
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Osso
Norway
Nobel Committee
United States
Society of Friends
Quakers
American ‘Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
London Service Council
Friends
UN designates October 24 as United Nations Day
The United Nations assembly votes unanimously to set October 24 each year as United Nations Day, shifting observances from June 26 the date the charter was signed to the date the charter became effective by ratifications.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
United Nations
San Francisco
United Front Urged to Speed Western Reclamation
Sen. Wherry urged a united Western states front to expedite the reclamation program at a National Reclamation Association convention in Phoenix. He warned that inter-state disputes hinder federal appropriations and called for resolved water issues and a uniform power policy to accelerate projects and determine where to build.
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Phoenix
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Interior Department Appropriations
Congress
National Reclamation Association
Nebraska
Special Senate Small Business Committee
Creedon Quits Housing Post to Lead Atomic Project
Frank R. Creedon resigned as national housing expeditor to oversee a large construction program tied to atomic energy. White House named Tighe E. Woods acting housing expeditor. Creedon noted he could be more helpful in expediting the atomic energy program. President Truman accepted the resignation with reluctance.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
National Housing
Creedon
Truman
General Electric Corp
White House
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Chicago
Notre Dame
CPA
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Pres
Lost Alaska Plane Found
The Pan American Airways DC-4 transport with 18 aboard was sighted on Tongass mountain six miles east of Annette island, 20 miles southwest of Ketchikan. It is unclear if any of the 13 passengers and five crew survived the crash.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
U.P
Pan- American Airways
Tongass Mountain
Annette Island
Here
Pan-American
A. N. Monsen
PAA
Juneau
Annette
United States Proposes July 1 1948 Palestine Independence
In Lake Success on October 31 the United States urged that if the UN approves partition the Arab and Jewish states become independent on July 1 1948. Herschel V. Johnson pressed that both nations be absolutely sovereign and responsible for public order from that date while Britain would hold law and order interim duties.
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Britain
Choice Between Levy Boosts Or Borrowing
Washington reports Rep. Crawford declares Europe aid forces choice between higher taxes or greater inflation. Sen. O’Mahon calls for excess profits levy to curb U S price rises while backing a multibillion European recovery plan. Republicans weigh pushing a third tax reduction at the November 17 session.
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Washington
Europe
Crawford
R-Mich
O’mahoney
D.-Wyo
Congress
Truman advisers say Marshall Plan may aid US economy
The Council of Economic Advisers informed President Truman that the Marshall plan can promote stability in the US economy. Officials say a multibillion foreign aid program need not worsen inflation if paired with regulatory safeguards. The report, the second of three ordered by Truman, is due Saturday night.
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Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
United States
Taft Spreads Doubt On Tax Cut Timetable
The discussion on tax-cut priorities was postponed due to Rep. Knutson's illness. Knutson, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, was to meet Sen. Taft head of the Senate GOP policy group, on advancing the tax-cut agenda. Taft showed no firm timing and suggested he favors lower income levies but would not forecast dates.
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Rep
Knutson
R.-Minn
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means
Sen
Taft
Senate
GOP
Congress
State Funeral For Officials In Oregon Tragedy
Oregon prepared a state funeral for Gov Earl Snell Secretary of State Farrell and Senate President Cornett killed in a hunting trip plane crash. Services set for Monday at 2 30 p m in Salem with parts of government paralyzed until a successor is named.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Chamber of the State House of Representatives
Earl Snell
Robert S. Farrell, Jr
State Senate
Marshall Cornett
Cliff Hogue
Portland
John Hubert Hall
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Hall
Farrell
When Are Nation's Secrets Too Dangerous To Publish
James Marlow discusses Truman's choice on handling government secrets. He notes public scrutiny, risks of censorship, and the Security Advisory Board overstepping by advocating secrecy beyond national security necessities.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Security Advisory Board
Army
Navy
Air Corps
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