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September 24, 1949

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Headlines from September 24, 1949

Cancer Patient Slain; Daughter Detained

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Daughter questioned in shooting of Police Sgt C Paight, cancer victim

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CIO SEES LEFTISTS QUITTING TO FORM OWN ORGANIZATION; High Officers Say Such Action Is Called for by New Line of Communist Party FIGHT AT CONVENTION DUE National Body Plans to Set Up Rival Right-Wing Unions if Pro-Red Groups Depart LEFT WILL QUIT CIO, HIGH OFFICIALS SAY

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

CIO leaders see Communist party line calling for new labor fed; Murray forces ready to charter right-wing groups to form new units in event of split; left-wingers attack Murray and Reuther; A S Haywood warns on refusal to carry out CIO policy

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CAPITOL FOR ACCORD; Lucas Says 'Future of Civilization' May Rest on Atom Control AIRING OF VIEWS URGED McMahon Holds U. S. Should 'Demand Right' to Put Case Before Russians Via Radio DEMANDS FOR PACT HEARD IN CAPITOL

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Truman urges adopting US plan

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U. S. REACTION FIRM; President Does Not Say Soviet Union Has an Atomic Bomb PICKS WORDS CAREFULLY But He Implies Our Absolute Dominance in New Weapons Has Virtually Ended TRUMAN DISCLOSES SOVIET ATOM BLAST

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- President Truman announced this morning that an atomic explosion had occurred in Russia within recent weeks. This statement implied that the absolute dominance of the United States in atomic weapons had virtually ended.

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ACHESON RULES OUT SHIFT IN U. S. PLANS; Western Diplomats and Atomic Experts at U. N. Agree to Uphold Control Program ACHESON RULES OUT SHIFT IN U. S. PLANS

By A. M. Rosenthal

Min Vishinsky s; illus

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1949Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa^[†]

Baleka Mbete is a South African politician who was the Deputy President of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2009. She was also the Speaker of the National Assembly for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2019. She also served as Deputy Speaker between 1996 and 2004. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994 and stepped down from her seat in 2019.

1949Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal^[†]

Lars Anders Cardinal Arborelius is a senior-ranking Swedish Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Stockholm since 1998. Pope Francis made him a cardinal, the first ever from Scandinavia, in 2017. He is a member of the Discalced Carmelites and was considered a candidate in the 2025 papal conclave.

Headlines from September 24, 1949

Cancer Patient Slain; Daughter Detained

CIO SEES LEFTISTS QUITTING TO FORM OWN ORGANIZATION; High Officers Say Such Action Is Called for by New Line of Communist Party FIGHT AT CONVENTION DUE National Body Plans to Set Up Rival Right-Wing Unions if Pro-Red Groups Depart LEFT WILL QUIT CIO, HIGH OFFICIALS SAY

CAPITOL FOR ACCORD; Lucas Says 'Future of Civilization' May Rest on Atom Control AIRING OF VIEWS URGED McMahon Holds U. S. Should 'Demand Right' to Put Case Before Russians Via Radio DEMANDS FOR PACT HEARD IN CAPITOL

U. S. REACTION FIRM; President Does Not Say Soviet Union Has an Atomic Bomb PICKS WORDS CAREFULLY But He Implies Our Absolute Dominance in New Weapons Has Virtually Ended TRUMAN DISCLOSES SOVIET ATOM BLAST

ACHESON RULES OUT SHIFT IN U. S. PLANS; Western Diplomats and Atomic Experts at U. N. Agree to Uphold Control Program ACHESON RULES OUT SHIFT IN U. S. PLANS

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