French General Strike Falls Short of Nationwide Paralysis
Paris reports a 24 hour general strike led by two major unions mostly shutting mills mines and ports while transport disrupted and retail banks and offices operated as usual. Observers differ on success with few clashes and no widespread idle labor figures available.
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Paris
France
Workers Force
Communist General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Eugene Thomas
Robert Bothereau
Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH
An old style ad promotes FAG TYETH a non acid powder sprinkled on plates to hold them firmer and reduce looseness. It claims soothing gums and less embarrassment from loose plates and urges readers to obtain FPASTEETH at any Rue store.
Hirohito Poem For Yukawa Sparks Mixed Reactions
Tokyo reports Emperor Hirohito offered a poem praising Dr Hideki Yukawa Nobel physics laureate and Columbia University lecturer. The English rendering reportedly loses poetic value though the gesture is noted. A critic privately doubted the poem’s quality even in Japanese.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Hideki Yukawa
Columbia University
Yukawa
Japan
Stroble's Trial Re-stated Dec. 2
Fred Stroble, 66, former baker, charged in the mutillation slating of Linda Joyce Gla coft, 6, was arraigned and given a continuance until December 2 to enter a plea. He stood mute as public defender E. J. Howden secured a one week stay and Stroble was returned to his cell amid crowding in the Los Angeles courtroom. The district attorney said Stroble confessed to choking stabbing and striking the child with an axe after molesting her, while the public defender said plea timing should wait for further investigation.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Strobble
E. J. Howden
Adolph Alexander
Linda Joyce
Stroble
Wreckage May Be Beech Bonanza From 1948 York Deaths
A deer hunter found wreckage in Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana with three skeletons and the NC 2708V Beechcraft Bonanza. The plane carried Mr and Mrs Warren W York and pilot Joel Ritter missing since November 18 1948 after departing Waco for New Orleans. A search party will proceed by boat to reach the site. The Yorks were an Allentown investment family with a $500000 estate. Leland Smith offered a $5000 reward earlier. the York daughter and husband join the later search mission.
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New Iberia
Allentown
Pointe Coupee Parish
Baton Rouge
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Warren W. York
Joel Ritter
Yorks
Mineral Wells
Texas
Waco
Dallas
New Orleans
York
Warren W
Richard Covert
Hotel Greeters Convene in Dallas Tonight at Driskill
Hotel Greeters of America and Womens Division delegates from Austin Marlin Temple and Waco gather for a meeting here Saturday night. A business session runs with a cocktail hour and dinner at the Driskill Hotel starting at 7 30 p.m.
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Dijon
Athens
Palermo
Italian Confederation of Labor
Dortmund
Ruhr
Levis
Alpaca
the Real McCoy
ARMY
Army Air Force
Naval Air Corps
Austin Army & Navy
Louisiana
Dr. A. Burstyn
Optometrist
Congress
America
Fisher
Jack Stableford
Pontiac CO
Guadalupe
Austin
Austin, Texas
Pontiac
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