East Coast Crippled Further By Expressmen Slow Down
A national slow down by railway express agency workers worsens East Coast disruption. Embargoes on rail and air express shipments hit New York, with ports and trucking stoppages adding to the cut in commerce. AFL dock and longshore strikes push delays from Maine to New Jersey and Halifax.
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New York
Railway Express Agency
East Coast
AFL
Maine
Virginia
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Armed Services
Railway Express
A. M. Hartung
Hartung
New York City
Jersey City
Weehawken
Hoboken
N. J
Long Island
Halifax
N. S
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Fire Levels Six City Blocks in Reynosa Mexico
A fire devastated six blocks in Reynosa Mexico along the Rio Grande, mostly in slum areas. By 9:30 p m fire trucks from McAllen Hidalgo County aided the blaze as the town lacking a water system relied on trucked water.
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Reynosa
Mexico
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Doan's Pills Offered For Kidney Trouble Signs
Backache, leg pains and tiredness may signal kidney or bladder trouble. Doan's Pills, a stimulant diuretic used by millions for over 60 years, promise relief by flushing waste from the kidneys and easing symptoms.
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Nature
Dean
Doan
US Suggests UN Set Arabs, Jews Fix Lines
The United States proposed at the United Nations that the final Palestine borders be left to Arab Jewish bargaining. A three nation commission would delimit frontiers with both sides and could take over the Palestine mediator duties. The plan aligns with Truman’s pledge to seek Israel’s consent before any territorial changes. Western Galilee and Negev disputes loom as key tests.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
Palestine
Assembly
Security Council
Truman
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Negev Desert
Galilee
Negev
Jessup
London
Foreign Office
Services Scheduled For Dobie's Mother
Last rites for Mrs. R. J. Dobie will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the Beeville Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Lipps officiating. She was the mother of Dr. J. Frank Dobie, the noted Austin author and folklorist.
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Beeville
R. J. Dobie
Beeville Methodist Church
Walter Lipps
Dobie
J. Frank Dobie
Austin
CIO Leaders Challenge Red Group at CIO Convention
In Portland on November 23 1947 CIO President Philip Murray led a push for a foreign policy measure backing the Marshall Plan. Left wingers split with supporters and leaders like Walter Reuther and Harry Martin urged unity as Murray taunted opponents to stand up and be counted.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Walter Reuther
Automobile Workers
Reuther
Harry Martin
American Newspaper Guild
James Carey
Adolph Germer
Western Cio
Joseph Selly
Communications Workers
Abe Feinglass
Chicago
Fur and Leather Workers
AFL Seeks New Ties With IAM and Miners Union
Cincinnati dispatch reports the AFL moving to start peace talks with the International Association of Machinists and offer terms to the CIO and John L. Lewis miners. William Green sees basis for accommodation to win back 650,000 machinists and seeks early AFL Machinists talks in Washington.
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AFL
IAM
Miners’ Union
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
International Sociation of Machinists
CIO
John L. Lewis
William Green
Green
Washington
H. A. Hayes
Eric Peterson
Harvey W. Brown
Machinists
William Hutchinson
The
Carpenters
Brown
Lewis
Miami
Legislative Council
Labor
Tobin
Norway Replies to Antarctic International Territory Plan
The State Department confirmed Norway has replied to the American proposal to declare part of Antarctica international territory. Officials said Norway, alongside Argentina and Chile, rejects the plan while Britain France New Zealand and Australia have not yet answered. The UK is said to be consulting its dominions before replying.
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Washington
State Department
Norway
Michael McDermott
Argentina
Chile
Britain
France
New Zealand
Australia
McDermott
United Kingdom
Stern Gang Prisoners Escape Tel Aviv Camp
Four teen Stern gang prisoners fled Monday night from an Arab village near Tel Aviv. It marks the third major escape after Israel arrested members following Count Folke Bernadotte’s assassination in Jerusalem. Earlier, eleven escaped from a jail near Tel Aviv and twenty from a Jaffa jail.
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Tel Aviv
Stern Gang
Stern
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Supreme Court Asked to Rule on Alabama Electoral Votes
The Supreme Court was urged to order Alabama electors to vote for President Truman. The electors were pledged to Governor J Storm Thurmond, the States Rights candidate, and the request came from attorneys for three Alabama voters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Storm Thurmond
South Carolina
Hoover Commission Targets Federal Red Tape and Waste
The Hoover Commission says federal procurement is mired in red tape. It estimates $250 million yearly could be saved and warns 150,000 supply workers, 17 naming systems, and many small orders drive costs. Recommendations due to Congress by January 13.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
Britain Faces Disappointment As King Fails Illness
Prime Minister Attlee met at Buckingham Palace to discuss the ill king who remains devoted to duty. Churchill and party leaders praised his wartime service. The king will handle palace duties from London while Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret take on external appearances.
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Dominions
Australia
New Zealand
Attlee
Buckingham Palace
Farler Attlee
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Palace
London
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Royal film showing cancelled amid London arrangements
Margaret and her son in law Prince Philip were among attendees at a royal command performance. The screening of the British film Scott of the Antarctic with American stars Virginia Mayo and Alan Ladd was cancelled next Monday.
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Royal Command
Hollywood
Scott
Antarctic
Virginia Mayo
Alan Ladd
British Public Misconceptions Prompt Know the Empire Campaign
London officials said three percent of Britons still consider the United States a colony. The Colonial Office announced at a news conference the launch of a Know the Empire campaign to correct that belief.
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London
United States
Colonial Office
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