Poet T. S. Eliot Wins Nobel Prize
T. S. Eliot, once a Boston bank clerk, wins the Nobel Prize in literature awarded by the Swedish Academy. Patrick Blackett and Arne Tiselius share the 1930s science prizes. all laureates receive about $44,500 at the December ceremony in Stockholm.
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T. S. Eliot
Stockholm
Sweden
T.S. Eliot
Boston Bank
Swedish Academy of Literature
Academy of Science
Patrick M.S. Blackett
Arne Tiselius
West Powers Win UN Nod On A Control
Western Powers won overwhelming UN Assembly approval for their international atomic control plan on Nov 4 1948. Soviet objections argued the plan cedes too much to the United States while four nations abstained. The vote 40 to 6 named the Baruch proposals as the basis for future international regulation amid ongoing Palestine talks and sanctions debates.
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West Powers
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
India
South Africa
Afghanistan
Venezuela
United States
Security Council
Israel
Palestine
Washington
Truman
Assembly
Bernard M. Baruch
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Bookies Take Big Hit on Truman Victory
Truman bettors faced heavy losses as bookmakers across the nation paid out large odds. James J. Carroll, a betting commissioner, said the huge Truman money volume and several Dewey bets produced six figure losses, with 8 to 1 odds paid and some rivals at 18 to 1.
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ST. Louis
Truman
James J. Carroll
New York
Carroll
Thomas E. Dewey
Donora Smog Mystery Halts With Fresh Air Quest
Donora Pennsylvania doctors admit the Donora smog event remains unexplained. Public Health Service experts will start anew to determine air contents and potential sources. State officials begin a control program with air samples and weather variation studies as Donora Zinc Works plans to reopen.
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Donora
Public Health Service
Monongahela Valley
Duncan Holaday
Industrial Hygiene Division
US Public Health Service
American Steel and Wire Company
M. M. Neale
Holaday
State Health Department
Monongahela
Dixie Demos GOP May Join To Fight Truman's Legislation
In Washington on November 4, Democrats gained Senate control and held a strong House margin. A renewed coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats may form in the 81st Congress to block civil rights proposals and support Taft-Hartley. Repeal of the labor act remains a campaign plank for Truman’s opponents.
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Dixie Demos
Gop
Truman
Washington
Congress
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Yanks Urged to Flee China Fighting Zone
The US government warned Americans in the Nanking Shanghai area to evacuate due to the civil war's southward advance. Reports say Suchow is a major government base and over 400000 troops are massed nearby as Communist forces push toward the Yangtze.
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Nanking
Nanking- Shanghai
China
Yanktze
Shanghai
San Francisco
Yinkow
Yingkow
Hulutao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hollington Tong
Chaing
Wang Wen-Hao
Wang Yun- Wu
Popular Vote Totals and Electoral Standings in Election
The 1948 U.S. presidential vote reached 45,300,212 with most precincts reported. Truman led with 22,590,046 votes (304 electors) against Dewey’s 20,738,731 (189 electors), Thurmond 910,857, and Wallace 1,060,578. Several states remained unsettled, but Truman held a clear majority of electoral votes.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
Henry Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Dewey
Thurmond
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
California
Idaho
Indiana
Truman
Thomas Stands On Constitution
Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating payroll padding in his office. The outgoing House Un-American Activities Committee chair left the room after five minutes, citing constitutional grounds. The grand jury, in session for two weeks, may indict. no decision expected before Monday. Thomas, re-elected, will lose his chair in January. His aide noted he was advised to invoke his rights to avoid self incrimination.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
House
American Activities Committee
William H. Collins
Thomas
Alex Campbell
Tom C. Clark
Grand Jury
Congress
Baptist Observe 100 Years in Texas
Houston hosts a statewide Baptist celebration marking 100 years of missionary work with about 10 000 Baptists expected to attend. The Women s Missionary Union annual convention and brotherhood meeting precede the general Baptist convention opening Tuesday evening.
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Houston
Texas
The
Women’s Missionary Union
Brotherhood
Baptist General Convention
UT Personnel Parley Opens With Taft-Hartley Panel
A panel of five speakers at the 10th annual Texas Personnel Conference opened with debate on the Taft-Hartley Act. Don Mitchell and James Carey presented opposing views from management and CIO labor, with Fred Rudge offering the worker perspective. The event drew about 1,000 attendees at the University of Texas in Hogg Auditorium.
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Taft-Hartley
Texas Personnel
University of Texas
Hogg Auditorium
Charles M. Brooks
Texas Company
New York Law
Brooks
National Labor Relations Board
Don Mitchell
Sylvania Electric Products, Incorporation
Mitchell
Carey
Dewey
Mitchel
Fred Rudge
Freak Accident Kills Local Tot
A freak accident Thursday claimed the life of Christian Valedez, three years old, at Brackenridge Hospital after a car backed into her driveway at 805 Spence Street. John Spence, 7, lost control backing across Spence Street, striking the child and knocking her into a rear parked truck. she received fatal injuries.
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Christian Valedez
Ruth Valedez
Brackenridge Hospital
Spence Street
John Spence
Truman Plans New Deal Push After Victory
President Truman returns to Washington to press a 1948 model New Deal program with a Democratic Congress starting January 3. He vows civil rights expansion, price controls, housing aid, education support, farm relief, higher minimum wage, health insurance, extended social security, and repeal of the Taft Hartley Act.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Congress
Truman
Dewey
Robert Taft
Ohio
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Northered Frigid Start in Texas Weather Update
A blustery norther with a low near 50 degrees is forecast Friday morning, lowering readings from recent 55 to 85 degrees. It moves toward Austin from North Texas Thursday night. Scattered showers expected in extreme east Texas. Panhandle sees 32 to 36 degrees Friday dawn.
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Weather Bureau
Austin
Capital
Elderly Couple Die In Rooming House Blaze
An elderly couple died in a three story Kansas City rooming house fire on Wednesday. Chester A. Walters aged 63 and his wife Mary about 60 were found in each others arms near an exit. Six other residents escaped unharmed.
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Kansas City
Chester A. Walters
Mary
WCTU Fury Over Painter Beer Visit Fizzles Meeting
The WCTU anger over Dr. T. S. Painter drinking beer publicly cooled as only nine members attended a scheduled meeting at the Driskill in Austin. They endorsed a resolution against the university leadership and urged a city clean up while students pledged Campus Chest funds in a protest linked to the tavern incident.
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Virginia Forbes
Austin American
WCTU
T. S. Painter
University of Texas
Driskill
Claude de van Watts
Dorothy Gebauer
Honkyeiles Ec
Watts
Dr. Painter
Temperance Workers
Weller
Mrs. Watts
Dean Gebauer
Austin
Texas
Painter
Truman
Three Rabid Dogs Found In Austin This Week
The third rabid dog was found Thursday at 807 East 14th Street in Austin. Earlier, one dog was found Monday at 1204 Holly and another Wednesday at Shoalwood and Northland. Tests showed positive rabies infection. Dr. Ben M. Primer urged vaccination and advised isolating bitten dogs for six months or seeking immediate anti rabies treatment.
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Austin
East 14Th Street
Holly
Shoalwood
Northland
State Health Department
Ben M. Primer
Primer
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