Mayor O'Dwyer orders Investigation Comr Murtagh inquiry of police drive against gambling; bank accts of plainclothes men and detectives assigned to drive to be checked; action follows Comr Wallander criticism of police laxity

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SOVIET, AUSTRALIA CLASH VEHEMENTLY IN NEW PARIS ROW; Molotov Suggests Australians Are a Front for Others in Presenting Amendments BEASLEY ATTACKS RUSSIA Says She Is Spreading Fear Through World and Charges There Is a 'Lot of Lying'

By Lansing Warren Special To the New York Times

attacks USSR role, Paris Peace Conf

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1946The Workers' Party of North Korea, predecessor of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is founded at a congress held in Pyongyang, North Korea.^[†]

The Workers' Party of North Korea was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress on 28–30 August 1946, by the merger of the northern branch of the Communist Party of Korea and the New People's Party of Korea. Kim Tu-bong, the leader of the New People's Party, was elected chairman of the party, while Chu Yong-ha and Kim Il Sung were elected as vice chairmen. At the time of establishment, the party is believed to have had about 366,000 members organized in around 12,000 party cells.

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Poles Challenge U.S. Election Note As Infringement of Internal Rights; TEXT OF STATEMENT

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RISE IN MEAT PRICE URGED BY ANDERSON, OPPOSED BY PORTER; Secretary Argues for Increase of $2 in Livestock Ceilings-- OPA Asks June 30 Levels STEELMAN TAKES A HAND Dispute Is Near Settlement, With Announcement of New Tops Expected by Friday

CHECK-UP OF POLICE IN GAMBLING DRIVE ORDERED BY MAYOR; Murtagh to Investigate Bank Accounts of Men Assigned to Campaign on Vice WALLANDER BLASTS AIDE Berates 150 Ranking Officers for 'Laxity' and Demands They Keep House Clean

SOVIET, AUSTRALIA CLASH VEHEMENTLY IN NEW PARIS ROW; Molotov Suggests Australians Are a Front for Others in Presenting Amendments BEASLEY ATTACKS RUSSIA Says She Is Spreading Fear Through World and Charges There Is a 'Lot of Lying'

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