Union votes to double John L. Lewis salary at UMW convention
In Cincinnati delegates approve raising John L. Lewis pay to 50 000 yearly and boost Vice President Thomas Kennedy and Secretary Treasurer John Owens to 40000 each. International executive board will receive 1000 monthly. The convention also paves a possible further dues rise and sets date for next contract. Truman accuses Dewey of refusing to state his positions during Ohio stop.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers’ Convention Today
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
John Owens
International Executive Board
Lewis
Truman
UMW
Thomas E. Dewey
Hall of Mirrors
Netherland Plaza
United Mine Workers
Dewey
Taft
Ohio
Akron
Armory
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Washington
Gov
Senator Taft
Jack Kroll
Pac-Cio
Kroll
Marshall
United Nations
Paris
Russia
Frank J. Lausche
Earl Warren
GOP
Night motorists guide plane to Mt Alton airfield
In Bradford Pennsylvania 50 cars lit Mt Alton airfield at night to guide a small plane piloted by Tyler E. Leslie from Port Allegheny to land after circling for an hour. Passenger DeForrest McDowell from Port Allegheny also landed safely after the Towanda departure four hours earlier.
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Bradford
Mt. Alton
Tyler E. Leslie
Port Allegheny
Leslie
DeForrest McDowell
Towanda
Japanese Officers Accused of Cruelty to Captured Fliers
In Tokyo thirty two Japanese soldiers including four generals face charges for beating thirty three captured B 29 fliers after public display posts. Seventeen fliers allegedly were murdered within hours of Emperor Hirohito surrender speech on August 15 1945. Charges say the fliers were used as archery dummies.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Coast Guard reports storm easing off toward Alaska
The Coast Guard said a southeast Alaska storm was lessening in intensity after a weekend gale that sank two small vessels and injured four men. All missing crews and boats were accounted for or en route to safety, with several vessels being towed in.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Alaska
Dewey Casts Vinson Plan as Narrow Escape in Berlin Crisis
Pittsburgh audience will hear Dewey frame Truman’s Vinson mission as a risky move that could have disrupted UN handling of the Berlin blockade. Senator Vandenberg echoed the charge in New York, while Marshall and Truman tied the issue to atomic control and world peace. Dewey pledged bipartisan backing to lift the Berlin blockade and support Paris talks.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
Pennsylvania
Truman
Vinson
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dewey
Vandenberg
New York City
Justice Vinson
Moscow
Stalin
United Nations
Berlin
CBS
Albany
Paris
Marshall
Mr. Truman
Harvey Sage Dies at 96 A Vinton County Figure
Harvey B. Sage of Vinton County dies at 96 after a life in public service. Former auditor of Vinton County, he served two terms and later worked with the state auditor's office and as deputy auditor of Athens County for 17 years. He is survived by a niece and nephew, Maud Neal of Detroit and Cliff Swaim of McArthur. Burial in Elk Cemetery.
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Cliff Swaim
McArthur
Harriet Moore Sage
Wrightsel
Glen L. Beck
Elk Cemetery
Fall Is Fatal To Collegian At Boulder Mountain Park
Robert Pankey 17, an engineering student at the University of Colorado, died after falling 750 feet while descending a near vertical rock face in Boulder Mountain Park. His roommate John Hawkins 17 was on a ledge 100 feet above ground and was rescued hours later by mountain climbers.
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Boulder
Colo
Boulder Mountain Park
Robert Pankey
University of Colorado
John Hawkins
Hawkins
Lewis Hawkins
Associated Press
Bureau
Denver
Train wreck near Anapoima kills seven teens
In Colombia near Anapoima a train collision yesterday killed seven teenagers and left 21 injured. Railway officials confirmed the figures today.
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Bogota
Colombia
Anapoima
Western powers open to Berlin settlement talks
The United States Britain and France said they are not unwilling to accept a Berlin settlement involving lifting the blockade and a meeting of the Big Four. Bramuglia led mediation efforts as Vishinsky awaited Kremlin instructions and Moscow considered questions from Bramuglia. Britain urged the UN to blame the Soviet bloc for blocking disarmament progress while seeking a security atmosphere.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Moscow
Bramuglia
Philip C. Jessup
Alexander Cadogan
Alexandre Parodi
Security Council
U. S
U. N
Revolt Move Reported by Russian Underground Leader
Constantin W. Boldyreff, who heads an anti-communist group, says the NTS underground in Russia has 18-year roots and is responsible for numerous deaths of Communists. He predicts anti-Communist rallies could block Stalin's actions and cites thousands who have sacrificed to guard NTS secrets.
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New York
Constantine W. Boldyreff
Boldyreff
Common Cause, Inc
NTS
Russia
Nacional No Troudovoy Souz
National Alliance of
Church Off Fifth Avenue Celebrates 100 Years
The Little Church Around The Corner marked its 100th parish anniversary at 1 East 29th Street near Fifth Avenue. The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration building dates back to 1850 and messages from around the world arrived for the milestone.
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New York
East 29Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Former Social Tsarina Marion Devereux Dies in Cincinnati
Marion Devereux, the Cincinnati Enquirer’s society editor for almost 30 years until her 1939 retirement, died yesterday after a nine year illness. Time magazine once dubbed her Cincinnati’s social tsarina, and she observed her 74th birthday last July.
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Cincinnati
Marion Devereux
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio Pioneer Mary Ann Naus Dies at 106 in Forest
Ohio resident Mary Ann Naus, one of the state's oldest citizens, died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Forest. She would have turned 107 on November 19. Survivors include another daughter, Belle Krout of Chillicothe.
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Ada, O
Mary Ann Naus
Ohio
Stanton King
Forest
Belle Krout
Chillicothe
Mackenzie King Stricken in London Ill With Flu
W L Mackenzie King, 73 year old Canadian prime minister, is ill with influenza while in London. The report notes his illness in the British capital and his continuing duties from abroad.
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MacKenzie King
London
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
British paper accuses Soviet of ousting West Berlin powers
London charged Russia with a plan to force Western occupying powers from Berlin and to suppress German freedoms. The 40,000-word Berlin crisis white paper, issued in Berlin and Moscow, aligned with the U S stance while detailing Soviet demands on Ruhr control and reparations.
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London
Britain
Russia
Berlin
Europe
Moscow
United States
Ruhr
Reds Tighten Blockade in Berlin War Games
Soviet forces warned of fighter flights and gunnery in air corridors used by Allied planes supplying blockaded Berlin. A German truck was fired on at the blockade road, its cargo seized, while a passenger car escaped. Soviets claim Western powers hit key industries in their zone and that thousands of tons of food were confiscated from Berliners via barter.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Eleven Die In Mishaps In Ohio Over Weekend
Columbus reports reveal at least 11 deaths from accidents across Ohio over the weekend. A small plane crash near Sandusky killed Harley Rowland and Bernard Lee Millis. A grade crossing crash near Moline claimed Nicholas Munoz and Marcus Gomez. Emma Jo Ruff died in Columbus when a truck struck a pole. An Akron boy, Roger Ball, was seriously injured by a wartime grenade explosion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Sandusky
Harley Rowland
Milan
Bernard Lee Millis
Avery
Moline
Wood County
Nicholas Munoz
Toledo
Churchill Talk Hit Praised and Questioned in Britain
Churchill's warning that World War III could stem from the Berlin crisis drew sharp mixed reactions over the weekend. Emanuel Shinwell and Aneurin Bevan condemned him as dangerous and reckless, while Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph praised the speech at Llandudno. The Times doubted a rapid settlement with Russia using the atom bomb as a Western hedge.
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London
Winston Churchill
Berlin
Emanuel Shinwell
Labor
Aneurin Bevan
Churchill
Daily Mail
Llandudno
Wales
Fulton
Japanese woman convicted in infant abuse case at Tokyo nursery
Kyuuki Ishikawa, 51, was found guilty of a serious incident involving 27 babies at an infant mill in Tokyo. She received an eight year prison sentence for starving the children and diverting their rations to the black market while operating a nursery for illegitimate infants.
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Tokyo
Kyuuki Ishikawa
Patricia
Satira) Schmidt
Chicago
Toledo
Havana
Cuba
John Lester Mee
Point Pleasant Man Dies in Huntington Hospital
Point Pleasant resident Edward L. Duncan died Sunday night in a Huntington West Virginia hospital. He had been living with his son Howard Duncan at 1416 Kanawha Street. Funeral arrangements are being made by Chapman Funeral Home.
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Point Pleasant
Edward L. Duncan
Huntington
W. Va
Duncan
Howard Duncan
Kanawha St
Chapman i
New Defense Unit Scheduled for Polar Sea Radar Picket
The US Navy announced a new radar picket submarine to patrol northern waters. The submarine Tigrone, from the reserve fleet and converted, will be commissioned November 1 to form the first in a pair of such ships, creating a chain of subs capable of radar watching distant approaches.
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Washington
Navy
Tigrone
Naval
Girl Youth Found Dead in Field West of Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida the bodies of 18 year old Lorenzo Darby Jr and 12 year old Winell Etheridge were found in a field. Both had their throats cut and a bloodstained knife was found near Etheridge with another knife in Darby s pocket. Investigators say the pair had dated for about a year despite parental objections and authorities are treating the case as murder and possible death by own action. Justice of the Peace Genevieve Medlock notes the investigation into an outright murder angle.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Winell Etheridge
Lorenzo S. Darby, Jr
Darby
Justice of the Peace
Genevieve Medlock
Communist-Led Strikes Disrupt French Economy Widening
Communist led strikes and rail stoppages disrupted the French economy as the coal miners strike entered its second week. Premier Henri Queuille warned the labor action was taking on a rebellious character and the nationwide stoppage cost France about 160000 tons of coal daily.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
France
Three Firms Destroyed In Philippines Fire
Manila reports a spectacular blaze in the Philippine Education Company compound destroying the Singer Sewing Company branch the McCullough Printing Company plant and a books papers and Christmas toys firm. The fire chief estimates damage at two million dollars.
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Manila
Philippine Education Company
Singer Sewing Company
McCullough Printing Company
Wallace Attacks Truman as Timid in Minnesota Campaign
Henry Wallace spoke in outstate Minnesota and told 2500 in Minneapolis that history favored men afraid of peace after Roosevelt’s removal. He described President Truman as timid and uncertain with no knowledge of international affairs.
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Minneapolis
Henry Wallace
Minnesota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Truman
Cuba Cuts Food Prices Under New President
In Havana Carlos Pino Socarras becomes Cuba’s new president and announces a 10 percent reduction in food prices effective today.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Pino
Socarras
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