UN Committee Approves World-Wide Soldier Census
The United Nations Political Committee backed a global troop tally and rejected Russia’s bid to count atomic and jet weapons in the inventory. Britain won key amendments to include domestic forces and non alien lands, with France and Russia opposing home-front reports and the United States backing the overall plan. Egypt proposed withdrawing armed forces from other states, a move the United States asked for more study on.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Political Committee
Russia
United Nations
Britain
France
China
United States
Egypt
General Assembly
U. N
U.N
Beye
Court Ends With Rebuke Of UMW Chief by Judge
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough rebuked UMW head John L Lewis for ignoring a restraining order aimed at halting a nationwide coal strike. The day ended with a 10 day restraining order and a Friday ruling on contempt and Norris La Guardia Act applicability.
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UMW
Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Goldsborough
Norris-La Guardia
Norris la Guardia
Norris- la Guardia
AFL
Joseph Padway
John Sennett
Padway
United Mine Workers
United States
Free Lance
Permanent Rank Denied After 90 Days Work
The Ohio Supreme Court denied permanent Civil Service status to Cleveland police and fire personnel who had served 90 days or more as provisional workers. The court ruled provisional rights end when a regular appointment is made from an eligible civil service list. Karl R. Babb was appointed director of Franklin County Welfare Department effective December 1.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Cleveland City
Civil Service Commission
Karl R. Babb
State Aid For the
Franklin County Welfare Department
Memories of a simpler era in West Virginia 1856 to 1912
Sam Simmons recalls a bygone West Virginia era praised for health vigor and simple living. He describes low taxes limited government interference and scarce money yet ample prosperity with little relief, few jailings, and mutual support in small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
India on brink of civil war as Britain rushes to resolve independence plan
Britain calls Lord Wavell and Indian leaders to London in a race against time to break the Hindu Muslim deadlock over India's independence plan. Officials warn that failure could scrap the entire program. only Mahomed Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan will accompany Wavell from New Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Subcontinent
Lord Wavell
Britain
Duke of Devonshire
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
League
Liaquat Ali Khan
New Delhi
Ohio Valley Cold Forecast
A mass of cold air from Canada spread through the northern plains and upper Mississippi Valley bringing subzero temperatures to northern Minnesota. Four to eight inches of new snow fell in South Dakota and spread eastward into Minnesota, northern Iowa and Wisconsin. Forecasters predicted normal temperatures in most areas on Thursday but colder weather for the Ohio Valley.
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Canada
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio Valley
New Zealand Labor Party Wins General Election
The Labour Government led by Prime Minister Peter Fraser won a narrow victory with 41 of 80 seats as counting continued. The National Party increased to 37 seats, leaving two positions undecided. Labor had held 44 seats previously.
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New Zealand Labor Party
Wellington
N. Z
Peter Fraser
National Party
Labor
Thornville Bank Denies Closing After Robbery
Attorney for Peoples Bank in Perry County says reports of near closure are false. W A Hite asserts the bank remains open and doing business despite the robbery that netted about 170000 in cash and bonds.
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Thornville
Peoples Bank
Perry County
W. A. Hite
State Utility Group Urging Big Inch Link
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio urged the Federal Power Commission to allow Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co. to hook onto the Big and Little Inch Pipelines to boost natural gas flow into Ohio. Weiland said the line entry would be at Hooker Station near Lancaster as Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. warned it could not meet winter commitments. PUCO supported the request since Tennessee Gas pipes to East Ohio Gas Cleveland and Ohio Fuel Gas Columbus, the major buyers, and a FPC meeting on possible Ohio curtailments is set for December 4 in Chicago.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co
Big
Little Inch
Ohio
Commission
Paul E. Weiland
Hooker Station
Lancaster
PUCO
Tennessee Company
Weiland
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Ohio Utilities
Tennessee Gas Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Chicago
Girl Vanishes From Indiana School At Recess
Crawfordsville Indiana police say 6 year old Virginia Yelton left during recess Tuesday and entered a car driven by a man taking pictures at the school. Four hours later her paternal grandmother asked that Virginia's clothing be sent to her father in Key West Florida. the aunt received the request by long distance telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Fred Grimes
Virginia Yelton
Virginia
Key West
Fla
Grimes
Carroll Beeson
Four power ministers shift to open Trieste debate
New York four power foreign ministers abandoned secrecy and opened a full debate on Trieste and an Italy peace pact after Byrnes urged speed. Observers say progress clues emerged on removing foreign troops, with Dec 14 tentatively set for broader agreements including Bulgaria Hungary Romania Finland and a German treaty briefing.
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New York
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Italy
James F. Byrnes
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Byrnes
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Germany
Europe
United Fruit DC-3 Crash Kills 22 in Central America
United Fruit Co reports a DC-3 crash on a Parrita to San Jose flight. All 22 aboard died including Reginald Hamer Costa Rica Panama division general manager and Patrick Sullivan banana company manager along with a diplomat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
United Fruit Co
Lacsa Line
Panamerican World Airways
Reginald Hamer
United Fruit
Costa Rica
Panama
Patrick Sullivan
Parrita
San Jose
Cover-Up in Europe Charged by Probers
Four Republican members of the Senate War Investigating committee accused the administration of concealing issues in occupied Germany and Austria. They said the administration seeks to destroy public confidence in the Senate probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Germany
Austria
Senate
New Governor Plans 4 Point State Program
Governor Elect Thomas J. Herbert unveiled a four point plan for Ohio to the Cleveland Advertising Club. The program calls for adequate public school funding, extensive highway construction, more hospital facilities for the mentally ill, and enhanced tubercular care with additional hospitals and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Cleveland Advertising Club
General Assembly
Herbert
Meigs Senator Calls Caucus For Senate Leadership
Senator Tom W. Jones of Meigs County calls a Republican state Senate caucus in Columbus for December 5 to select floor leader, clerk, committee on committees and a patronage committee. Expected leaders include Frank Whittemore of Summit County as floor leader and Thomas E. Bateman of Columbus as clerk.
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Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Meigs County
Frank Whittemore
Summit County
Thomas E. Bateman
Committee On Committees
Senate
Los Angeles Herald Express to Resume Publication
The Los Angeles Herald Express will resume publication next Monday after a strike that began September 4. An agreement between management and the CIO newspaper guild covers wages and other issues with the union free to seek further pay increases by negotiation and arbitration.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald - Express
Hearst
CIO
Boat Builders Plan River Trip to Mississippi from Columbus
Warren Christianson and his wife, builders of a living quarters craft, left Columbus for a journey via the Scioto, Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the University of Minnesota. Recent heavy rains filled Big Walnut Creek enough to float their boat, though arrival date remains undisclosed.
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Columbus
Warren Christianson
University of Minnesota
Big Walnut Creek
Scioto
Ohio
Mississippi
Coal executive names new operating VP in Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia Joseph Pursglove Jr president of Pursglove Coal Mining Co announced Wednesday that Charles R Nailler had been elected operating vice president of the concern.
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Coal Prexy
Morgantown
W. Va
Joseph Pursglove, Jr
The
Pursglove Coal Mining Co
Charles R. Nailler
Father shoots visitor during teen girl's house visit
In Philadelphia a 14 year old girl's father shot and killed the visitor James Lands, collapsing outside the home of 40 year old Thomas Marino who surrendered to police and admitted the shooting. Lands had been visiting Florence Marino, the girl involved.
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Philadelphia
James Kelly
James Lands
Thomas Marino
Kelly
Marino
Landi
Florence
Liverpool Jury Finds Pottery Worker Guilty
An eight woman four man jury in East Liverpool found Lawrence Abe Wheatley a 26 year old Newell West Virginia pottery worker guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of 57 year old East Liverpool grandmother Letha Barrett on May 23.
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East Liverpool
Lawrence
Abe) Wheatley
Newell
W. Va
Letha Barrett
Armed Robber Loots Restaurant on Route 224 West of Tiffin
An armed bandit wearing a mask robbed a restaurant on U. S. Route 224 west of Tiffin early Wednesday. He took $159 from owner Wilson Harris and 13 patrons, forcing Harris to surrender $100 from the register while patrons, including four girls, lined up and dumped their money on a table.
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Tiffin
Wilson Harris
Harris
Air delivery urged to aid Alaska newspapers
Senate Small Business Committee heard proposals to use inexpensive air mail for newspapers and to boost Alaska newsprint sourcing. B J Ridder urged experimental air service, while John S Knight proposed de-inking old papers to extend supplies and warned rising newsprint prices could threaten the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
Senate Small Business Committee
B. J. Ridder
Journal of Commerce
New York
John S. Knight
Knight Newspapers, Inc
Knight
Massillon Independent
Murray
House Vote Sought to Bar Marcantonio
Washington news reports a move in the new Congress to deny Rep. Vito Marcantonio seat over affiliations and activities. Rankin says a resolution may be offered citing grounds as investigations continue into election misconduct tied to Marcantonio’s defeat of Patrick Hannigan and the poll worker beating case.
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Washington
Vito Marcantonio
New York
House
John E. Rankin
D-Miss
Congress
American Labor Party
Rankin
Marcantonio
Democratic
Patrick J. Hannigan
Priest
D-Tenn
House Campaign Investigating Committee
Cleveland AFL Teachers Seek $600 Raise to $5,000
About 300 Cleveland AFL Teachers Union members approved a plan to demand a $600 yearly pay increase, lifting top salaries from 3750 to 5000, amid talk of a strike. The Cleveland Education Board was notified of the request Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Education Board
Cleveland Afl Teachers Union
Former Cincinnati Mayor Russell Wilson Dies in Ohio
Russell Wilson 70, city councilman and former Cincinnati mayor, died Wednesday after an illness first struck last summer while vacationing in Maine.
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Cincinnati
Russell Wilson
Maine
Heart Trouble Hits Hitlers Financial Aide
Adolf Hitler’s former financial wizard Hjalmar Schacht has been moved from Stuttgart jail to a hospital after complaints of heart trouble. He was freed by the international tribunal but awaiting denazification trial in Stuttgart City Prison.
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Stuttgart
Halmagn
Schacht
Adolf Hitler
Stuttegart
20 000 More Workers Idled in Depression Era Shutdown
Unemployment neared 90 000 Wednesday as coal miners faced a possible surge past 180 000 if AFL United Mine Workers are kept from striking. Steel plants cut jobs and hours, with Carnegie Illinois and Bethlehem Steel among federal observers reducing output. Railroads and automakers joined the slowdown, forecasting large declines in car production and widespread furloughs across industries dependent on coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine
America
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Youngstown
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnstown
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UN Committee
Sam Simmons
Frances Katherine Wanstreet
Kansas City
Ross Key, Jr
Frances
Associated Press
Big Inch
Indiana
T. Gobbler
V. M. Molotov
Virial
Berra
A.fl
St. Paul
Minn
N&a
Meigs
Liverpool
Cleveland Afl
Hitler
Carnegie-Illinois Iso
Gary
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
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