CWA Plans Strike Vote Across Six States
Ray Hackney, Texas director of the Communications Workers of America, said union employees of Southwestern Bell in six states will vote on a strike within 15 or 20 days unless the company improves its wage offer. The latest proposal ranged from no raise for 20 percent of workers to a $5 weekly increase for top jobs, averaging four to five cents an hour. Delegates at a Galveston convention authorized the vote.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Teleone Company
Ray
Hackney
Texas
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Galveston
Knife and Fork Club learns to worry wisely in Austin
Dr David Seabury addressed about 200 Knife and Fork club members at the Austin hotel on how to worry successfully. He urged positive worry as forethought and warned that negative worry breeds fear and anxiety, listing six never commands and contrasting Hitler and Eisenhower to illustrate worry types. Louis Slaughter introduced the noted psychologist and author of two self help works.
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Austin Knife and Fork Club
Austin Hotel
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Dr. Seabury
United States
Dr. Seaury
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Russia
Eisenhower
Louis Slaughter
Magician Will Goldston’s Secrets Bequeathed to Friend
In Folkstone England the late magician Will Goldston left three locked books of tricks to his English friend Thomas Harris of Derby. Upon Harris's death the volumes go to the British Museum in London. The volumes detail tricks learned from Houdini Horace Golding and other masters.
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Folkstone
England
Will Goldston
Thomas Harris
Derby
Harris
British Museum
London
Goldston
Houdini
Horace Golding
Fizzling Finnish Strikes Show Reds Losing Power
Helsinki strikes failed to force concessions as Communist influence wanes in Finland. The blocking of railway and factory actions, internal party purges, and Premier Fagerholm’s stance have shifted power away from Communists and toward a center-right coalition. Russia’s limited support and fear of underground fascist revival underpin the shift as the Soviets press for stability and reparations.
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Helmuth Gottschalk
Co Ht
Copenhagen
Denmark
ONA
Fagerholm
Social-Democratic
People’s Democratic League
Finland
Russia
Communist
Truman Stalin meeting rumors loom despite Attlee rebuff
London dispatches report Polish and satellite press hype a proposed Truman Stalin face to face, while Prime Minister Attlee rejects a special meeting. White House aides say Truman has no plans for Moscow talks. Moscow New Times credits direct talks for Truman’s vote gain and notes Wallace's Progressive Party impact.
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Poland
Attlee
H. L. Austin
House of Commons
Truman
Stalin
United Nations
Moscow Eygee
From Washington
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Herald
Moscow
White House
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Fla
Pres
Moscow New Times
Frsday
Fred M. Vinson
New Times
Soviet Union
Henry A Wallace
Progressive Party
Wallace
Court Told Fields Liquor Left to Pass
Hollywood, Nov. 11. Bulb-nosed comedian W C Fields asked in Superior Court that his $2,500 liquor stock be given to cronies. He named his brother Walter and director Gregory La Cava. Filed by attorney for incorporation into Fields' will along with other personal effects to Charles Byer Gene Fowler George Moran Dave Chasen and Bob Murphy.
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W. C. Fields
Superior Court
Walter
Gregory la Cava
Leo Schaumer
Fields
Charles Byer
Gene Fowler
George Moran
Dave Chasen
Bob Murphy
Pilot Escapes Jet Crash Near Brooks AFB
First Lieutenant Richard G. Croskey escaped injury when his F80 jet spun from 4000 feet and crashed a mile north of Brooks Air Force Base. Croskey, of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at March AFB, Calif, was on a routine training flight from Ellington AFB, Houston to March AFB.
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San Antonio
Richard G. Croskey
Brooks Air Force Base
Croskey
12Th Tactical Reconnaissance
March Air Force Base
Calif
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Cale Teeth Wearers and the TF AW C Ors App
A fragment notes a device or app named Cale Teeth Wearers and TF AW C Ors, with unclear context. The text implies an app related to dental wearers or protective gear, but details and connections remain unreadable.
Vandenberg Defends US Policy After Election
Senator Vandenberg insists US policy remains firm despite Soviet charges. He debunks claims of aggression and reparations, says America seeks no conquests and demobilized quickly. He calls for collective security and reciprocal friendship, warning against booby traps while supporting independent nations in defense of freedom.
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Pres. Truman
Michigan
America
Vandenberg
United States
Greek Premier Will Quit Today
Athens official says Premier Themistokles Sophoulis will resign at noon Friday. He announced last week the coalition Liberals and Populists would quit amid Greek UN negotiations and a crisis sparked by Liberal deputy Venizelos. He cites government inefficiency and failure to combat guerrillas led by Markos Vafiades.
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Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Liberal Party
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Bold Burglars Steal $150,000 in Ontario Bank
In Maxville Ontario a bold gang used acetylene gas and a blow torch to breach the Bank of Nova Scotia vault and steal about 150000 dollars. They fled in a blue 1948 Chrysler sedan later found 14 miles away. the robbery was noticed by a janitor on Armistice day.
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Ont
Bank of Nova Scotia
British round the world flier leaves Adak for Cold Bay
Mrs. Richard Morrow-Tait and her navigator departed Adak Alaska for Cold Bay and planned routes through Anchorage to Canada for a possible trans Atlantic flight home.
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Adak
Alaska
Richard Morrow-Tait
Cold Bay
Alaska Peninsula
Anchorage
Canada
Senate panel to tackle repeal of Taft-Hartley Act
Senate labor committee headed by Elbert D. Thomas plans early action on repeal efforts to undo key Taft-Hartley provisions with Democrats set to lead the panel. Hartley predicts limited changes including ending the closed shop ban, while Thomas advocates public opinion driving reform and supports expanding federal school aid and a higher minimum wage.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Salt Lake City
Fred A. Hartley
R-N.j
Hartley
Congress
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congre
National Health and Safety
Labor Committee
Senate
Huge German Strike Slated
A large planned strike in Germany targeted public utilities including rail, power and water facilities with workers ordered to stay on duty. Airlift related work was excluded. The American military governor opposed the move as harmful to European recovery but did not intervene. A spokesman defended free trade unions and the right to strike as part of US policy.
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Berlin
United States
Mack's Proves Price on Meat Can Be Lower
Mack's Super Market in Pittsburgh offered markedly reduced prices on meat and essentials on Thursday. Hamburger sold at 25 cents per pound while bacon was 31 cents. other local grocers charged 53 to 55 cents for hamburger and 68 cents for bacon. Owner Morris Deakter cited volume driving profits and claimed prices match packing house changes, listing specific weekend prices like boned beef roast at 51 cents and frying chicken at 42 cents per pound.
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Pittsburgh
Homewood
Mack
Morris Deakter
Greyhound Drivers Announce Western Strike
San Francisco reports that Pacific Greyhound drivers announce a strike set for midnight November 14 in California Oregon Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico and Texas if the company fails to present an acceptable wage offer.
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San Francisco
Pacific Greyhound
California
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Weather Delays Airlift During Reflective Corridor Tensions
Bad weather slows a British American airlift as pilots report radio bearings drift and Russian fighters stay grounded. In 24 hours ending noon, 2241 tons of supplies arrived, under half the city’s minimum daily need while a stockpile exists from clearer days. Officials note Soviet media hints at Truman Stalin talks amid a November 9 Moscow notice.
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Truman
Stalin
Police Find Real Trouble In Detroit Party Incident
Detroit police officers broke up a noisy Saturday party with no trouble. Returning to their scout car within ten minutes they found it stolen. The car later reappeared with a smashed radiator one wheel missing and two tires flat. Officers walked back to the station.
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