Reuther Urges Fourth Postwar Wage Round
Walter Reuther president of the United Automobile Workers told Portland audiences the CIO plans a fourth wage round to restore purchasing power. He backed wage increases without price hikes and urged bargaining based on facts not economic power, criticizing steel industry underutilization and calling for new facilities if needed.
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Portland. Ore
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Reuther
CIO
Resolutions Committee
New York City Cio Council
City Club
UAW
Truman
Texas Demos Meet Tonight At Dallas Fete
About 700 Texas Democrats gather in Dallas for a Democratic dinner with five keynote speakers including Tom Connally Lyndon Johnson Tom Clark and Sam Rayburn Beauford Jester was listed as a speaker but Austin reports he and his son left for a deer hunting trip Johnson from Washington Clark from Gettysburg Rayburn from Key West and Beauford Jr introduced by Tom Tyson secretary of the State Democratic Committee
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Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Tom Clark
House
Sam Rayburn
Beauford
Austin
Beauford Jr
Harry Seay
Connally
Johnson
State
Democratic Committee
Washington
Clark
Gettysburg
Rayburn
Key West
Fla
Truman
Tom Tyson
State Democratic Committee
Burned Out Newest Style Tonsillectomy
John Kaiky a 35 year old New Suffolk New York resident suffered burns to his tonsils after swallowing a lit cigar during a minor traffic accident in Long Island City He was in his car when a truck rear ended it and he said he would keep smoking cigars after Dr Robert Schwinger arrived and treated him at St John s Hospital with his condition deemed not serious
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New YO
John Kaiky
New Suffolk
N. Y
Kainersky
Long Island City
Robert Schwinger
St. John’s Hospital
Queuille Faces Confidence Vote Over Communist Probe
French Prime Minister Henri Queuille signals Parliament will vote next week on a Communist motion seeking a parliamentary committee to investigate charges against the party finances. He argues the government must defend its handling of the Ruhr and German issues amid rising cross party concern.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Queuille
Ruhr
United States
George C. Marshall
Robert Schuman
Hector McNeil
UN Rejects Red-Proposed Slash in Arms
The United Nations Assembly defeated Russia's demand for a one third reduction within a year of the five great powers armed forces and for an immediate atom bomb ban. A Western resolution called for study by the conventional arms commission on steps toward eventual arms reduction.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Yemen
Vishinsky
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
China
Police Hunt Good Old Santa Claus
In Brownville on November 19 authorities alert immigration and border officials to watch for Santa Claus. The telegram notes the red suited figure may attempt illegal entry into Mexico after vanishing from a US home. A papier mache image was stolen in Columbus Mississippi and authorities seek its return.
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Brownville
Santa Claus
Rio Grande Gateway Bridge
Mexico
Columbus
Miss
Rayburn assures Wall Streeters on Truman era economy
Sam Rayburn said in Key West that the United States has nothing to fear about the Truman presidency and that any recession would be man made not due to the economic state. He dismissed talk of a Southern coalition and urged confidence in White House and Congress cooperation.
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Key West
Fla
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Texas
Congress
White House
Congressional
Rayburn
Wall Street
Pres. Truman
Barkley
United States
American aid floods Elizabeth Thilp with royal childhood gifts
Tiny Elizabeth Thilp, newborn amid Britain’s prince news, receives lavish U S support from a diaper service to a $1,000 crib and hundreds of toys. Americans rally to ensure the London infant enjoys a princess worthy upbringing as embassy clearance looms.
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New York
Elizabeth Thilp
London
Britain
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Mars. Thilp
East End
London Docks
Pigey Bank
James Mont
Park Avenue
Mont
Lillian Brogan
Alfred Leon Co
American Toy Guidance Council
William €. Ellinson
Washington
Richmond
Chicago
Detroit
Legation
Elizabeth Antosh
Miss Antosh
Johnstown
American Overseas Airlines
Chinese Civil War Signals Key Victory Near Suchow
Government forces report a major breakthrough with General Huang Po-Tao’s Seventh Army Group advancing 70 miles east and 30 miles north of Suchow along the Lunghai rail line. Air force actions pivot the fight as speculation grows in Nanking on the sudden shift in morale and plans for troop movements.
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Nanking
Suchow
Huang Po-Tao
Seventh Army Group
Lunghai
China
Tientsin
Chow Chih-Jou
Chow
Manchuria
Edge of Bitter Plains Norther Brings Freeze Here Saturday
A severe early winter blizzard from the Plains States roared east Friday stranding trains and autos and isolating over 100 towns. The storm caused at least eight deaths, including four on icy highways, with huge snow drifts and coated highways.
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Bitter Plains
Plains States
Marooned Kansas Bus After 10 Hour Rescue Bid
Kansas authorities and volunteer crews spent ten hours Friday attempting to reach a school bus stranded on a rural road twelve miles south of Oakley by a blizzard. Up to Thursday morning the bus had been picking up children, with unknown numbers aboard. The storm also trapped a Greyhound bus west of Colby, its passengers believed sheltered in a farm home. Across the region, winds up to 85 mph and heavy snow blanketed several states, while stockmen reported missing livestock and roads remained impassable.
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Kansas
Greyhound
Colby
Denver
Wheat
Utah
California
Richard Giovannavazzi
Marine Corps
Los Angeles
Junction
Beaver Pass
Giovannavazzi
Bryce Canyon National Park
Beaver
Carl G. Beede
Dodge City
South Dakota
Delmont
Highway 50
Texas
Dallas Weather Bureau
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Wichita Falls
Marfa
Tobin Power Upped Presidential Plans To Restore Labor Agency
President Truman plans legislation to restore the Labor Department to major Cabinet status and grant Maurice Tobin broad authority in labor relations. White House sources say Tobin and Steelman will draft a bill to repeal Taft Hartley and replace it.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Labor Department
Maurice Tobin
White House
Saies
Diedman
Tobin
Steelman
Big Inch gas blasts injure twelve near Seymour Indiana
Two loud explosions tore through the Big and Little Inch pipelines near Reddington, Indiana, injuring 12 and leaving 3 missing. Firefighters gained control within an hour as winds spread scattered fires across acres. seven Texas Eastern workers were burned escaping the flames.
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Seymour
Ind
Big
Little Inch
Evaluator Commends Austin Junior Highs Inadequate Libraries Urged
Dr. Maurice Ahrens, Denver public instruction chief, called Austin junior highs above average but faulted libraries as totally inadequate. He urged more arts and music, better art labs, and a core program focusing on social and emotional growth.
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Austin
Maurice Ahrens
Denver
Ahrens
Venezuelan Crisis Rumors Rally as Palace Sealed
In Caracas on November 19, streets in front of the presidential palace were closed by armed troops amid renewed rumors of a political crisis. Palace spokesmen said conditions were normal while officers moved machines guns and two tanks from palace grounds to the street, signaling ongoing military influence under President Romulo Gallegos.
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Caracas
Venezuela
War Ministry
Romulo Galpeer
Knife Blade Stays in Neck For 7 Years
L. E. Stearns, manager of the J. C. Penney store in Asheville, carried a broken knife blade in his neck for more than seven years after a 1941 assault. A fluroscope revealed a 13-4 inch blade wedged near the jugular, and surgeons removed it after an operation. Stearns, who served in the Army until 1946, returned home the day after.
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Asheville
N. C
L. E. Stearns
J. C. Penney Company
Stearns
Norburn Hospital
Dodge City Deluged by Blizzard Stranded and Rescued
Dodge City Kansas faced a major blizzard as hundreds of travelers and farmers entered the town, with more than 100 people stranded in snow and rescued by 15 search parties. Cars and buses were buried in six foot drifts on Highway 50, while residents fed guests by candlelight.
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Dodge City
Kans
Claude L. Hetzel
Kitty Hawk Returns to U S Soil in Smithsonian Move
The Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers biplane that first flew, arrived in the United States aboard the carrier Palau after 20 years in London. It accompanied 24 descendants and will be sent in crates to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for display and historic designation.
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N. J
London
Wright Brothers
Palau
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
England
Orville Wright
Smithsonian Institution
Institution
Samuel Langley
Smithsonian
Small Dog Credited With Saving 12 People
A small dog in St Therese Quebec is credited with waking 12 people after a fire broke out in a village house near Montreal. The barking reportedly woke owner Paul Etheier and enabled 11 others to escape before the home burned down.
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ST. Therese
Quebec
Montreal
Paul Etheier
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