Courts Curb In Telephone Strikes Across States
Court orders curb picketing by Western Electric workers amid Bell System wage dispute with CIO CWA. One clash in Haverhill Mass. teletype outages reported in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Baltimore. eight state injunctions in effect. wages sought around 15 cents an hour. negotiations led by CWA officials.
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New York
Bell System
Haverhill
Mass
Western Electric Company
Big Equipment
CIO Communication Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Bell Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Bell Telephone Company of
Philadelhia
New Jersey
Alabama
Supreme Court
Southern Bell Telephone
Pierre
S. C
Joseph Beirne
CWA
CIO
Chicago
Beirne
William Dunn
Western Electric
Union
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Pickets Strike Across Telephone Centers Stirs Work Actions
Pickets disrupted normal service as Western Electric workers set lines against cross picketing. Operators from CWA divisions temporarily replaced strikers while some locations including New York City saw withdrawn lines. Some returning operators faced noncompete demands to avoid honoring pickets. a group then formed its own line. Court orders halted picketing in several states. Nebraska mediation failed to progress.
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Western Electric
CWA
New York City
Louisiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Alabama
Nebraska
Arms Laden Ship Still Hung on Reef
Cherbourg France November 16 The American liberty ship Tini carrying 4000 tons of arms remained aground on a reef near Cherbourg despite four tugs efforts to refloat at high tide The vessel's stern was reportedly out of the water and a break up was feared One report said the cargo included Sherman tanks bound for landing at Cherbourg with calls planned at Antwerp Rotterdam and Bremen after Cherbourg
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Cherbourg
France
New York
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Bremen
US Peace Aim Warns China Over Korea Invasion
From Tokyo reports US leaders push for peace and warn China against intervening in Korea. In Northeast Korea advancing Allied forces stretch a 15 mile front along the Chongchon, with ground gains reported by US First Corps and Seventh Division as Red positions pull back. British Commonwealth forces push north of Pakchon while Hungnam port opens to shipping easing pressure on Wonsan.
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Tokyo
Seventh Division
Manchurias
Korea
Chongchon River
Pakchon
Yongsong
First Cavalry
Yongbyon
Tokchon
Seventh Regiment
Changjin
Seventh Infantry
Pujon Reservoir
17Th Regiment
17Th
Kapsan
Myongchon
US 10Th Corps
Fifth Air Force
Chongchon
Wonsan
Hungnam
London
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Hit And Run Driver Kills 5-Year-Old Austin Boy
A five year old boy, Paul Dominguez, was struck and killed by a hit and run driver at Ninth and Northwestern Streets in Austin. The driver fled the scene as police, aided by witnesses, searched the east side. Dominguez was pronounced dead at the scene with severe chest and head injuries. funeral arrangements will be announced at 251 East Ninth Street.
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Paul Dominguez
Benito Dominguez
Fast Ninth Street
Ninth
Nortwestern Streets
WE. Carlson
East Avenue
Carlson
Dominguez
R. D
Boss) Thorp
Alfred Whited
East Ninth Street
Whited
Jim Whited
Dominguez Boy
Young Whited
Justice of the Peace
Travis Blakeslee
Thorp
Austin
Cook Funeral Home
Victoria Hernandez
Antonio Hernandez
Pee Dominguez
Manuel Dominguez
Thanksgiving meaning through a farmer’s lens in Texas
The notice highlights varied Thanksgiving meanings from turkey to reflection, noting Texas farmers and ranchers urgently needing rain. It mentions a booming cotton mill operation in Central Texas and hints at broader economic effects, with references to Page 1 and Page 30 sections.
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Texas
Policeman Hurt In Auto Chase In Austin
An Austin officer was injured in a crash while pursuing a speeding car in the 6300 block of the Dallas Highway. Officer J C Bridges suffered four fractured ribs when his patrol car collided with an empty dump truck driven by Arthur Salas.
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Austin
Dallas
J. C. Bridges
Arthur Salas Santon
Santa Maria Street
Bridges
Brackenridge Hospital
Carl Petri
J. C. Barnett
Petri
45Th
Guadalupe
Fifth
Neches
St. Bernard
Eighth and
San Jacinto
12Th
Lavaca
East 1Th Street
East Sixth Street
Two-Year-Old Found After Lost Five Hours Near Waco
Rowena Kathleen Gibson aged two wandered from her grandfather’s Wortham Bend home into nearby woods and survived five hours lost. Three helicopters from Connally Air Force Base joined residents in a search before she woke to a buzzing sound and surfaced onto a highway. She was uninjured aside from a few scratches and was found by Mrs Joyce Shows as dusk neared.
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Waco
Irving
Rowena Kathleen Gibson
Wortham Bend
Connally Air Force Base
Joyce
Rowena Kathleen
Onita Grand Ents
Paren
Truman warns China while signaling U S restraint on war
President Truman said the United States will take every honorable step to avoid war with Communist China while pressuring Beijing to stop hindering United Nations forces in Korea. He warned Chinese authorities not to obstruct UN efforts and stated the U S has no intention to invade Manchuria, urging peace and shared responsibility for restraint in the Far East.
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Wu Hsien-Chuan
Moscow
United Nations
China
Korea
Formosa
Washington
Navy
Truman
United States
Peking
Manchuria
Reds
Kremlin
Russia
Far East
Mr. Truman
Dean Acheson
Korea- Manchuria
Acheson
Truman vows to push fair deal despite GOP gains
President Truman said he will press for his entire fair deal program as long as he is in office. He will send the full program to Congress in January and rejected calls to reconvene early. He defended Secretary of State Acheson, noted Taft’s Ohio win was lawful, and outlined aims for Korea funding, taxes, statehood, rent control, and Japan peace talks.
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Washington
Truman
82Nd Congress
GOP
Congress
Acheson
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
House
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Franco Spain
Madrid
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Democrats Stifle GOP Push on Excess Profits Tax Plan
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee blocked three Republican substitutes to the excess profits tax plan backed by President Truman. Chair Doughton said limiting hearings to the excess profits tax was the only feasible path for quick action before the lame duck session. Business witnesses labeled the proposal discriminatory to small firms and inflationary, while proposing alternatives such as higher normal corporate tax, higher individual rates, and new excise levies.
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Washington
I- Democrats
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Congress
Mar
Tin
Massachusetts
Martin
Senate
Leon Henderson
Business Committee
Free Enterprise Sysem
Lucky Girl Killed Knocking Over Rifle at Home
In Vevay Indiana a 13 year old girl Bessie Jane Lock died after a rain swollen creek kept her home from school and she knocked over a 22 caliber rifle. The accidental shooting occurred within minutes causing a fatal neck wound. Parents are Mr and Mrs John H Lock.
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Vevay
Ind
Bessie Jane Lock
Here
John H. Lock
US War Casualty List Reaches 28 881 Through Nov 10
The Defense Department said 28,881 American casualties were officially reported in the Korean War through Nov 10, including 4,283 killed in action and 511 who died of wounds. The tally also lists 19,740 wounded, 4,347 missing, 517 returned to units, and 107 captured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Soviets Mining Uranium In Northwestern China
A Formosa dispatch reports Soviet mining of uranium in Northwest China. The tip, brought by Colonel Mo Wei-Hain, nephew of a former Sinkiang governor, says Mo fled to Formosa via Kashmir and Pakistan.
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Hong Kong
China
Formosa
Mo Wei-Hain
Sinkiang
Kashmir
Pakistan
Pan-Asia News Agenccy
Big Bombers Crash Kill 13 Near Tucson
Thirteen airmen died and 10 survived after two Air Force planes, a B29 tanker and a B50 bomber, collided during suspected refueling over the Black Mountains west of Tucson. Rescue teams searched the rugged site while eye witnesses described two burning fuselages and scattered wreckage across a mile radius.
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Tucson
Ariz
Air Force
Desert
Here
Elwin Pinett
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Papago
Simakya
Sells Reservation
Horseshoe
Black Mountains
Steven Ramon
Somakya
Robert Moore
The
Arizona Daily Star
Moore
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Maurice Thorez
Paris
Germany
Northwest Bell Telephone Company
Editorial
RADIO
Reuben
Hell
Pinett
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Tucson Municipal
Davis-Monthan
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