Rift Within Labour Ends in Compromise Over Policy
In London a Labour Party revolt over government foreign policy toward Russia and the United States ends with a compromise. Rebel MPs are censured but not disciplined after a two hour closed meeting, with Herbert Morrison steering the motion against reimposing strict party discipline.
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London
U.P
Labor Party
Russia
United States
Labor
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Coal Strife Ends Weekend With Widespread Idle Notions
Rising Tide and Youngstown districts face plant cutbacks as U.S. Steel plans reductions in finishing mills. Rails layoff numbers rise with 12 000 railroad workers losing jobs. Detroit auto plants idle to conserve fuel while John L. Lewis fights a contempt charge in Washington over the coal strike.
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Youngstown
Additioe
U.S. Steel Corp
Chicago
Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Co
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
St. Louis Board of Education
Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Egyptian proposal sparks debate on world troop inventory
Senator Connally and British delegate Shawcross urged separate consideration of Egypt’s plan to study the proposal before linking it to a global troop inventory. Connally warned the measure could force the United States to recall troops guarding the Panama Canal and affect American bases abroad.
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Tom Connally
Harry Hartley Shawcross
Connally
Panama
United States
Canal
Senator Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
Santa Fe Directors Declare Stock Dividends in Chicago Meeting
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe directors in Chicago announced a preferred stock dividend No 96 of 250 dollars per share payable February 1 1947 to holders of record December 27 1946 and a common stock dividend No 136 of 150 dollars per share payable March 3 1947 to record holders January 31 1947.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Chicago
Fred G. Gurney
Tokyo Thanksgiving Service Seeks Democracy for Japan
In Tokyo a crowd of about fifteen thousand Japanese students gathered for a thanksgiving to America service. Speakers praised Allied help in easing the food crisis and urged rapid establishment of democracy in Japan. In London the India office announced Viceroy Wavell would visit Monday for talks with the British cabinet on uniting India’s factions.
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Tokyo
America
Japan
London
India Office
Viscount Wavell
India
Santa Visits Stricken Lad Early Christmas Day
Four year old Bruce Skowronski, hospitalized with leukemia, received a Christmas party at Mt Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee. Santa Claus and Humpty Doodle brought gifts as Bruce enjoyed a rare early holiday celebration with his family and medical staff.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bruce Skowronski
Santa Claus
Bruce
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Darrell
Santa
Humpty Doodle
Humpty
Pal
Manuilsky Suggests assassination motives behind UN attack
Manuilsky argued the assault on two UN delegates was a premeditated attempt on their lives rather than burglary. He noted the delegates’ midnight fruit runs to the delicatessen and said the criminals’ failure to steal undermines robbery as the motive. He questioned why a small shop with modest profits would attract burglars.
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Manuilsky
Assembly of the United Nations
McMurtry Acres Auction Sells Farm Items Before Homes
McMurtry Acres plans a public auction to sell farm equipment buildings used lumber 30 calves and misc farm items. The sale 12 o clock noon Saturday at McMurtry Acres located 20 miles south of Canyon Highway on Western Avenue. Auctioneers Jack Coulter and Lloyd Otten. The event precedes sale of 11 new suburban homes with a 15 acre track per home.
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McMurtry Acres
Clifford McMurtry
Canyon Highway
Western Avenue
Jack Coulter
Lloyd Otten
Sugar stamps 9 10 extended for five pounds through Dec 31
A news brief from Washington reports that sugar stamps No 9 and No 10 will remain valid for five pounds of sugar each through December 31. The extension follows an OPA order issued last night to address ongoing sugar shortages and low redemption.
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Washington
OPA
GOP To Wait and See On Remaining Controls
Senator Millikin of Colorado says Republicans will await Congress convening before acting on housing rent OPA and related controls. He leads a GOP committee urging action and notes controls are vanishing quickly, possibly leaving few needing change.
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Gop
Washington
Congress
Millikin
Colorado
St. Paul Teachers Near Settlement After Strike
St. Paul commissioner Fred M. Truax announced the teachers strike in 717 schools was near settlement. City council representatives and the teachers joint council have agreed on terms awaiting ratification by the instructors. A negotiating committee meeting is scheduled for Friday at 3 PM.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Fred M. Truax
Montgomery in Jerusalem On Tour of Middle East
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrived in Jerusalem amid tension over Jewish refugee deportations and British administration reprisals. Officials called the visit routine but some see it as a strategic tour to consider empire defense and Palestine as a potential base after Egypt’s evacuation.
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Jerusalem
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Montgomery
Middle East
Palestine
Egypt
Johnson Brothers sell calves to Packard chief in Ohio
Johnson Brothers ranch of Jacksboro reports selling two carloads of registered polled Hereford calves to George T. Christopher, president of Packard Motor Car Company. Calves shipped to Christopher's Troy Ohio farm. he bought another carload from the same herd in 1944.
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Wichita Falls
Johnson Brothers Ranch
Jacksboro
George T. Christopher
Packard Motor Car Company
Christopher
Troy
Ohio
Fortifications Rise in North Iran Border Clash
Tehran reports Azerbaijan province builds defensive works near the frontier as Iranian troops advance from Tehran to supervise elections in the north. A radio from Tabriz says the move violates central provincial accords, declaring them null and void.
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Tehran
Azerbaijan
Fetelaat
Daneshian
Zenjan
Tabriz
Oakland Firm Bids for Battleship Oklahoma
The U S Navy Department will take bids to salvage the battleship Oklahoma with $46,127 offered by Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland California for a project valued at $72,000,000.
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Oakland
Oklahoma
New York
U.P
U. S. Navy Department
Moore Dry Dock Company
Cal
Truman attends Thanksgiving service at historic Christ Church
President Truman and Mrs Truman attended Thanksgiving Day services at Christ Church in Alexandria Virginia. The Episcopal church is noted as a site where George Washington and Robert E. Lee worshipped.
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Truman
Washington
Christ Church
Alexandria
Episcopal Church
George Washington
Robert F. Lee
Six Held in China For UNRRA Thefts
Six men are arrested in Shanghai as police say they are pursuing a well organized gang illicitly stealing UNRRA supplies from stockpiles turned over to China. Five CNRRA employees and a Chinese merchant are charged with thefts involving aluminum loads. An Englishman is named in initial statements as implicated. Police foresee a broader probe exposing a major scandal.
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UNRRA
Soviet Ambassador Protests Iran's Unfriendly Attitude
Tehran reports a Soviet ambassador protested Iran over what Russia calls an unfriendly stance. Moscow criticized bloodshed in Azerbaijan near the Soviet border while Azerbaijani troops fortified southern areas against central government forces. The note followed a national emergency declaration earlier in 1940.
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Iran
Tehran
U.P
Foreign Office
Russia
Azerbaijan
Soviet Union
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