White House to press repeal of Taft Hartley Act in new Congress
The Truman administration plans an early push in January for outright repeal of the Taft Hartley Act with a new labor law to be drafted by Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin. Officials say some provisions may be retained in modified form, including cooling off periods and good faith bargaining, while non communist affidavits loom as a partisan hurdle.
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White House
Organized Labor
New Democratic Congress
Truman
Congress
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Maurice Tobin
Tobin
National Labor Relations Board
Direct Treaty Would Involve Only Southern Battle Front
Israeli and Egyptian talks on direct peace for Southern Palestine reportedly underway in Paris or Geneva. Egyptian terms demand retention of Gaza and waivers on reparations, while Israel weighs accepting a beachhead near Tel Aviv and settling borders after postwar fighting. Israeli officials deny formal confirmation.
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Paris
United Nations
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Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
Trans-Jordan
Gaza
Negev
Nanking Girds for Red Threat in Civil War News
Tension rose in Nanking as unofficial reports said a battle for the Suchow defense line guarding the capital was developing. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek continued a week of day and night closed-door conferences.
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Suchow
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Stalin Absent as China braces for long national crisis
The article reports on Maoist and Kuomintang tensions in 1937 amid calls to move the Chinese capital, with rumors of Red advances near Nanking and Pengpu. It notes Sun Yat-Sen memorials, mass relocations of government families, and high level talks about leadership and arms. Fu Tso Yi and Pai Chung Hsi are central figures in North China defense efforts.
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Nanking
United States
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Pengpu
Suchow
Pai Chung-Hsi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso-Yi
North China
Peiping
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Air Force
Shanghai
Soviet Army Leaders Say Peace Is Aim
Marshal S K Timoshenko urged readiness in Red Square as he said peaceful forces will prevent a new war. He reviewed a parade with Molotov Bulganin and noted Western attempts to unleash war, while observers saw no anti US banners this year and aviation prominence. US diplomats attended the event.
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S. K. Timoshenko
Red Square
Timoshenko
V. M. Molotov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Stalin
Lenin
Bulganin
Russia
Britain
United States
Bulgaria
Endurance Fliers Enter 19th Day
Two Dallas aviators Fred Vinmont and Bert Simons extended their nonstop flight to a 19th day, circling over East Texas in a Luscombe aiming for 1,500 hours to surpass the 726-hour record set in 1934 by Al and Fred Key. About 3,000 spectators watched as an auto delivered fuel to the Gregg County Airport runway.
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Longview
Fred Vinmont
Bert Simons
Dallas
Luscombe
Vinmont
Simons
East Texas
Fred Key
Meridian
Miss
Gregg County
Texas Circulation Managers Elect Fincher
The Texas Circulation Managers Association elected Walter Y. West of the Dallas Times-Herald as president at its Dallas convention. Other officers include R. M. Sorrells of the Waco News Tribune as second vice president, Sol Katz of the Dallas Morning News as first vice president, P. F. Fincher of the Austin American Statesman as secretary treasurer, and R. H. McCoy of the Houston Post as convention secretary.
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Texas Circulation Managers Associatin
Walter Y. West
Dallas Times-Herald
R. M. Sorrells
Waco News- Tribune
Sol Katz
Dallas Morning News
P. F. Fincher
Austin American-Statesman
R. H. McCoy
Houston Post
Hope Dwindles In Air Searches
Seattle dispatch reports dwindling hopes for 38 aboard three planes missing along the North Pacific coast. Nine crewmen of a US Navy patrol bomber vanished near Vancouver Island, while a Pacific Alaska Air Express liner with 17 aboard and a Navy Privateer with 12 aboard remain missing after separate departures. Weather hampered search efforts and no conclusive clues emerged.
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North Pacific Seaboard
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Pacific Alaska Air Express
Sitka- Ketchikan
Kodiak
The
Coast Guard
Prince of Wales Island
Ketchikan
De Gaulleists Triumph in French Legislative Vote
Paris reports General Charles De Gaulle’s Rally of the French People wins about 40 percent of seats in the Council of the Republic. The result leaves no single majority, with Pierre de Gaulle among the elected, and a shift that cuts the Communists to 16 seats as coalitions form against them.
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Charles de Gaulle
Council of the Republic
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Rally of the French People
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RPF
Interior Ministry
Rally
Republican Liberty Party
de Gaullists
Pierre de Gaulle
US Greets Russians On Bolshevik Birthday
The United States sent greetings to the Russian people on the 31st anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. State Department spokesman said Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith delivered the message in Moscow and wrote it on instructions from Washington.
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Timoshenko
Red Square
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
John O'Daniel
Leslie Stevens
Russell Randall
Washington
State Department
Moscow
Greece Delays Death Sentence for 10 Seamen
The United Nations Assembly president appealed to King Paul and Premier Sophoulis to postpone the executions of 10 Greek seamen scheduled for Monday. The move aims to avoid interference with Balkan conciliation efforts amid tensions with Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia. Debate will continue Monday.
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United Nations Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australis
Paul
Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Balkan
Ministry of Justice
Athens
Assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Ales Bebler
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Evatt
Trygve Lie
United States
France
Britain
China
Key West Welcomes Truman as Giant Killer Hero
President Truman returns to Key West amid cheering crowds after a 31,500 mile campaign with 351 speeches. He plans a two week Florida stay for sun and rest at the naval base, while his party prepares for his daughter Margaret and Mrs. Truman to join him next week.
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Truman
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White House
Naval Base
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GOP Liberals Offer Truman Cooperation in Congress
Senator George D. Aiken announced he wrote President Truman offering full cooperation on forward-looking legislation for the next four years. Aiken, along with Senators Young and Flanders, said they will fight to remove the old guard leadership and push social security expansion, resource development, education aid, and a long range farm program. They declined partisan sniping and urged party reform to regain a Republican presidency.
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George D. Aiken
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Truman
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Congress
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R-Nd
Flanders
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wallace and Lovett Attend Soviet Embassy Reception
Acting Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett and Henry Wallace the defeated Progressive candidate attended a large reception at the Soviet Embassy to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Also present was Dr. E J Condon of the Bureau of Standards who the House Un American Activities Committee accused of associating with Soviet spies.
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Robert A. Lovett
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
E. J. Condon
Bureau of Standards
UnAmerican
Acre Committee
Farm Income Began Plunge in October
A U S Agriculture Department report shows farm receipts from sale of products fell three percent in October over the previous year, the first October decline since the war ended. After a postwar peak in September, incomes began a downturn.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Three hurt in gun fight with ex convict barricaded home
In Gastonia North Carolina a paroled convict Ray Aldridge 21 barricaded his family home and shot three people before police and state patrolmen cornered him with pistols rifles and tear gas. Spectators watched as officers overwhelmed and captured him after a siege that lasted hours.
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C. R. Brewer
Ray Aldridge
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Dewey and Family Leave on Vacation for Arizona
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and his family flew to Tucson, Arizona, for a two week vacation starting Sunday to rest. He refused to discuss politics, saying he would make no policy statements during the trip.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Tucson
Ariz
Last Word: Husband Resigns After Win in Foster Election
Leslie Stone, running as a Republican, defeated his wife Lillian B. Stone, a Democrat, for town treasurer and tax collector. He resigned minutes after being sworn in as part of a pre election plan, and the Town Council named Mrs. Stone to fill both offices.
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Foster. R. I
Leslie Stone
Lillian B. Stone
Hires Spreading In East Texas Again
East Texas forest fires spread to new areas as north winds return. Texas Forest Service officials call the situation serious with 48 fires across more than a dozen counties. District reports list multiple fires, hundreds of acres burned, all currently under control. Chief J. O. Burnside says many fires are man set and caused by people's actions.
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Texas
Texas Forest Service
M. W. Dunmire
Division of Forest
Marion County
Nacogoches
Angelina
Houston
Nacogdoches
Polk
Trinity
Tyler
Larkin
Liberty
Newton
Jasper
San Augustine
Sabine
Harris
Montgomery
San Jacinto
Walker
J. O. Burnside
Forest Protection Division
Burnside
Final notes cloud Tennison suicide case in Ark
Sheriff Crider disclosed that H B Tennison, 18, Texarkana, swallowed poison after writing three final messages. One note was titled My final word, another began This is my last word to you fine people, and a third started This is just a last word to all of you. All were typewritten and reference phantom Texarkana slayings.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Bruce Crider
University of Arkansas
Texarkana
H. B. (Doodie) Tennison
Ark
US Moves Toward Western Alliance Under Truman Plan
Washington dispatch reports President Truman has approval to pursue a North Atlantic mutual defense and European alliance. Key officials Lovett and Douglas briefed on Western Europe aid, Cold War state, and UN issues as European nations prepare proposals for an alliance.
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Western Europe
North Atlantic
White House
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Key West
Fla
Lovett
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Europe
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