United Nations urged to withdraw foreign troops from Palestine
The Soviet Union submitted a formal resolution to the UN calling for the withdrawal of Arab and other foreign troops and observers from Palestine. Dr. Ralph Bunche noted over 500 foreign military observers on UN truce teams in the region as Arabs and Zionists NH talks continue, while Fawzi warned there would be no negotiations mediated by the UN. Thanksgiving Day emphasized sharing and international aid through the Marshall Plan as Americans celebrated with family, travel, and turkey dinners, despite some displaced persons aboard ships.
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Holy Land
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Mahmoud Bey Fawzi
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Fawzi
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White Hill
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Ore
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Philadelphia
Boeing
Bowery
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Mercy
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Danvers
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Hous
Israel Putnam
Gale Putnam Emserson
East Coast Dock Strikers End Strike Terms Reachift
The 65,090 AFL longshoremen and 250 vessels endure disruptions as terms are agreed to end the East Coast dock strike. A 10 month airline pilots’ walkout against National Airlines also settles with no new damages claimed. Progress comes after mediation chief Cyrus Ching helped finalize a pay raise of 13 cents per hour retroactive to Aug. 21, subject to ratification by members and employers.
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Virginia
National Airlines
Tioup
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New York Shipping Association
Cyrus Ching
US Mediation and Conciliation Service
Thent
Southhampton
England
Cunard White Star Lines
New York
TLU
G. T. Baker
Wid Behineke
Airline Pilots Association
Thanksgiving Dinner at Blair House Amid White House Repair
Worthams Cleared Let Polls Eat Crow as Thanksgiving Day menu for President Truman at Blair House includes mince and turkey with coffee and pie. Truman stays busy at his desk despite semi holiday. grand jury in Potter County no-bills Garland Louis Wortham and son after lie detector tests. Mrs Wortham died after a sudden illness.
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Louis Garland Wortham
Billie Irene Wortham
Worthams
Austin
Frank Probst
Texas
Wortham
Wortham case yields lie detector tests and family strain
The elder Wortham volunteered for lie detector tests after arrest with his son and both were released on bond. The younger Wortham also volunteered tests but they were not deemed necessary then. He later went to Austin for tests at the grand jury's request. Police found no murder evidence though the wife had attempted self harm on several occasions. Details reveal strained ties between the families amid a recent divorce.
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Potter County Grand Jury
Austin
Potter County
Grand Jury
Spruce
Louis Garland Wortham
Betty Jean Sewell
OS Pely Anton Yowndes
Norther Threat Fades as Snowstorm Passes Plains
Western Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle quiet after a fast moving cold front. Weather observer Ivan Layton notes an eastward shift of the storm with cool air and winds peaking near 30 mph then easing. Thanksgiving forecast: sunny with highs near 52 and a low around 28. President Truman marks Thanksgiving at the White House then Blair House with family.
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Texas Panhandle
Ivan Layton
USA Weather Bureau
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Panhandle
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Truman
White House
Blair House
Horn in Boy's Throat Shocks Omaha Officials
A horn lodged in Billy Carpenter's throat caused a dramatic chain of events. His frantic parents alerted police who sent a squad car to assist, but it crashed into Ralph Lundstrom's vehicle, damaging two parked cars and injuring Lundstrom. Fire crews rushed to the Carpenter home while authorities prepared reckless driving charges.
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Nacue Muy
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Ralph Lundstrom
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Aunstrom
Hijacking at Dickson Drug Store in Amarillo
An Amarillo man was held in police custody after a hijacking at Dickson Drug Store on Polk Street. About $170 was taken as the bandit escaped, described as a tall, hatless man around 21 with curly hair, wearing a pea jacket and blue denim trousers. A similar cafe hijacking occurred last week at The Aristocrat on West Sixth.
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Dickson Drug Store
Polk
Ge Taner
West_ Ninth
Sandie
volk-Taylor
Para- Soune Buiding
Har Bertare
West Sixth
Burglary Suspects Wounded as Police Nab Two
Police wounded one man and arrested two others after a newsprint theft attempt at Hub Clothiers, Polk Street. James Wade, 19, 101 Harrison, is hospitalized with gunshot injuries to the left knee and right thigh. Detectives say officers Aycock and Blanks tried to stop a fleeing group seen loading suitcases from the rear of the store.
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Polk
James Wade
Harrison
Northwest Texas Hospital
F. Golden
F. Looney
Branch Archer
J. J. King
TL. W. Aycock
Aycock
Officer Blanks
Sixth Avenue
Blanks
Sixth O Folk
Officer recalls shootout after alley pursuit
The officer described firing ten shots from a 38 caliber automatic after blocking a car's exit in an alley near Sixth Avenue. He said the suspect's vehicle backed, scraped a door, and he believed his first shot shattered the rear window during the chase.
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Aycock
Sixth Avenue
Plane Flames After Landing at Municipal Airfield
A Trans World Airlines Constellation diverted from Washington to Phoenix crashed after landing near the runway in fog. All 18 passengers and five crew members escaped unharmed. the aircraft was destroyed. Captain Even Lewis of Los Angeles led a calm evacuation before authorities begin the Civil Aeronautics Board investigation.
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Constellation Piss
Municipal Airman
Washington
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
Abandoning Hope For Freighter
New York dispatch reports the Coast Guard cut threatens to abandon a British freighter and its crew of eleven as recovery efforts stall amid deteriorating conditions near the rescue zone.
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Seva Coast Guard
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