Montgom ery Opens West Europe Military Talks
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery begins a series of Western European military talks aimed at unifying armies and enabling interchangeability of personnel and weapons. He chairs the Western European Union military committee and meets British, French, and American governors as planners extend across France Belgium the Netherlands and West Germany. He also talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser after an armistice service in Düsseldorf.
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Herford
Germany
Viscount Montgomery
Europe
Western
Montgomery
Western European Union
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Merle
Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
Lucius D. Clay
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Duesseldorf
Drive Started For Scrap Iron Drive
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer names a 70 man committee to mobilize businesses and farmers to increase scrap metal ready for steel and iron mills. The panel includes trade association executives. aims to stockpile high grade scrap this winter and avoid diverting household items to junk dealers.
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Washington
Sawyer
Commerce Department
Hjalmar Schacht Hunted After Disappearance
Bavarian police launched a manhunt Sunday for German finance expert Hjalmar Schacht after he disappeared from his Wolverathausen home, prompting an intensive search across Munich and surrounding areas.
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Munich
INS
Hjalmar Schacht
Wolveratshausen
Keenan Reveals MacArthur Predicted Truman Victory
Keenan, chief prosecutor in the Tojo trial, said MacArthur forecast Truman’s election last July and told the White House. He disclosed a message from the occupation commander to President Truman at Tokyo airport after returning from Washington. Keenan quoted MacArthur praising Truman’s forthright leadership and predicting surprise for his critics.
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Tokyo
Joseph B. Keenan
Tojo
MacArthur
Truman
White House
Keenan
Washington
Associated Press
German Red Declares Soviet Police Armed
Walter Albright, a German Communist leader, told a rally in a Berlin Soviet sector factory that the German people's police force in the occupation zone is being armed with machineguns. The November 7 gathering marked the 31st anniversary of the Russian Revolution and drew about 800 Communist sympathizers.
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Berlin
Walter Albright
Delegates View Truman Victory Stabilizing UN Outlook
Paris dispatch reports United Nations delegates feel Truman’s election steadies UN policy and bi partisan foreign plans. They chair that continuity beat uncertainty if Dewey had won, though Arab states oppose Truman’s Palestine stance while Western Europe greets the move as preserving solidarity and alliances.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Russia
Berlin
Tle
United States
Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
White House
Palestine
Navy maneuvers in Argentia Newfoundland
A fleet of 100 ships and hundreds of planes conducted simulated aerial blows at Argentia Newfoundland as part of postwar maneuvers. The operation aimed to soften defenses for Marines ready to land, with battleship Missouri leading bombardment prep. Over 36,000 officers and men and 500 aircraft participated in dawn-to-dusk mock battles across the Atlantic theater.
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Argentia
Nfld
North Atlantic
Argella
Missouri
D. B. Duncan
Atlantic Seaboard
Newfoundland
United States
Seaboard
Placentia Bay
Pennsylvania Smog Victims Begin North Carolina Rest Trip
Twenty one residents sickened by the Donora smog and 19 who died last week will travel to North Carolina for a week of rest with all expenses paid. An invitation from Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach chambers attracted volunteers, with 11 more added after the initial response.
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Donora
North Carolina
South
Chamber of Commerce of Commerce
Wilmington
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Wrightsville Beach
Elizabeth Ostrander
Board of Health
Pittsburgh
Miss Ostrander
Relief Arrives as Tides Fall at Oregon Peninsula
Families stranded on a newly formed island at the end of the Bayocean peninsula receive boat-delivered supplies as high tides ease after a Pacific storm. Evacuations slow, bulldozers help move cars, and officials plan to seek federal surveys for repairs.
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Tillamook
Ore
Bayocean Peninsula
Oregon Coast
Russell E. Hoover
Bayocean
Tillamook Bay
Phantom killer notes examined in Texarkana case
Notes found in the phantom case suggest a link to the 1946 killings in Texarkana. Tennison allegedly fessed to three of the five victims while investigators await lab results on fingerprints from an automobile tied to the phantom.
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Tennison
Crider
Texarkana
Austin
Texas
Ark
Robert E. Hall
Miller County
H. B. Tennison
Virgil Starks
Hall
James Freeman
Austrians Favor Pullout by Occupying Armies
A Foreign Policy Association report finds Austrians overwhelmingly want the four occupying armies to withdraw. It notes three years of uncertainty and fears Russia could tighten pressure if Allies leave, but asserts Austria would stay united against communism and that Russia would need to use force to bring Austria into the Soviet sphere. The study was prepared by Winifred Hadsel.
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Washington
Foreign Policy Association
Austria
Russia
Red Army
Winifred Hadsel
Nebraska 1946 births exceed deaths by large margin
In 1946 Nebraska recorded 27 753 births and 12 365 deaths reflecting a population growth. The report highlights a strong birth rate and net gain for the state during that year.
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Nebraska
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