Bus Strike Strands Houston as Talks Continue
Houston transit workers face a noon deadline with a 20 hour bargaining session failing to reach a settlement. The strike paralyses traffic while union leaders weigh a company offer featuring hourly pay raises and staged increases. Officers direct traffic as riders seek alternatives amid tense negotiations.
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TSTOM
Houston
U.P
Oscar Ombe
Houstraisit Company
Reeney Transportation
Los
Union One
Ryan
Ransporters Union
Houston Transit Bron
Lewis Plan Fails in Coal Strike Push
United Press reports John Lewis failed to divide and conquer in the coal strike as officials predicted delays to a complete settlement. Murray's demand for a uniform Bethlehem style pension and welfare pact led Lewis to seek separate talks with miners, while governors urged Truman to intervene to avert shortages in cold midwest weather.
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United Fress John i
Lewis
Philip Murray
Bethlehem. Steel Corporation
Indiana
United Mine Workers
United Front
Murray
CIO Steel
Steel Industry
Bethlehem
Henry Schricker
Midwest
Meanshire
Truman
U. S. Steel
Minnesota
Luther Youngdahl
President Trumen
Ilinois
Trumen
St Paul
Youngdahl
Pruman
Copper mining magnate Solomon Guggenheim dies at 88
Solomon H. Guggenheim, longtime copper mining magnate and arts patron, died at his Washington home at 88 from a heart ailment. Survived by wife Irene and three daughters, he led a fortune built by the Guggenheim brothers and founded the Guggenheim Foundation in 1937 to promote modern art. He had donated more than 60,000 reproductions to the National Gallery of Art last August.
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Washdrigton
HR. Guggenheim
Milenaire Copper Mining
Ugpenksim
New York City
Gelheim Brothers
Irene
Hing
Guggenheim Foundation
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Guggenheim
Meyer Gugsenheim
United States
Switzerland
Colorado
Baytown Fair Bets On Big Weekend Plans
Baytown folks discuss upcoming events and tickets as the fair approaches. Local names like Leon Paine and Baker and CG share plans for Baylor Texas and Oregon games while others line up for coffee chats and football talk. Enthusiasm rises amid prep and travel chatter around town.
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Tommy
Baytown Fair
Leon Paine
Don Will
Tommy Rochelle
Oregon
Harold Bergeron
Blue Ank
Kerle
Wismer
Ifort
Galveston
Batty Hartt
Ecom Ing
David Glenn
Texas
A&m
Pat Patterson
East Texas Braces For Freeze Tonight
A high pressure system brings cooler air across Texas with near freezing temps forecast for East Texas. Dallas area expects near 32 degrees and frost possible in the northeast. Upper Panhandle could see sub freezing conditions. Skies are clear statewide with lows from the upper 30s to near 50 elsewhere. Dalhart reports 28 degrees as the region cools.
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Texas
Dallas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
John Zimmerman
Dalhart
Amarillo
Abi- Tene
Court frees 11 top Reds on bail pending appeal
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ordered bail totaling 260000 for 11 American Communist leaders awaiting appeal of their conspiracy convictions. Bonds ranged 20000 to 30000 each with four at 30000 and others at 20000, after government conceded a substantial question.
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U.S
Top Reds
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Civil Rights Congress
Learned Hand
Thomas W. Swan
Jerome N. Frank
House of Detention
Eugene Dennis
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert, G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis,Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Dennis
U. S
Witliemson
Stachel
International Hut and Leather Workers Union
Williemson
Potash
Gates
The
Daily Worker
Thompson
New York State
Davis
New York City
Winter
Michigan
Green
Winston
Ohio
Hall
John F. MecGahey
Communist American Politburo
Irving Shapiro
Communist Party
CIO Ready To Raid Expelled Left Wing Electrical Union
In Cleveland on November 3, the CIO executive board endorsed a new white union to replace the expelled left wing Electrical Workers, joining a bitter raid in labor history. James Carey leads the new group promising to raid current contracts, while UE left wingers vow to fight. Large employers like Westinghouse and General Electric await clarity as to bargaining units. The convention also expelled the Farm Equipment Workers Union.
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Cleveland
Ohio
CIO
Ial
d.James Carey
New York
Carey
Westinghouse
General Electric
Smeller Farm Equipment Workers
Speed Recovery Plans Aid Nations Told
Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G Hoffman urged urgent unity among Marshall Plan states to avoid a new dark age. He warned OEEC council that next months’ actions could shape history, as Europe debates freer trade and a radical overhaul of Marshall Plan aid. Irish Foreign Minister Sean MacBride criticized Britain's pound devaluation for destabilizing Europe’s economy.
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U.S
Paris
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Hoffmas
Western
Council
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Cruoda
Sean MacBride
Britain
Catholic Cardinal Marmaggi Dies of Pneumonia Attack
Francesco Cardinal Marmaggi, 73, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council, died in Vatican City after contracting pneumonia during a heart attack. Services are set for Tuesday. He was a native Roman and served as papal nuncio in Czechoslovakia Romania and Poland during 49 years of service.
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Vatican City
Francesco Cardinal Marmaggi
Sacred Congregation of the Council
Vatican
Marmaggi
Sacred College of Cardinals
Pius XI
Transteere
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Poland
Miseion Wucviee
Chest Drive Nears $10,000 of $59,898 Goal
Community Chest workers were still $10,000 away from their goal in the 1849 fund drive as late donations lifted the total to $49,321, up over $2000 from yesterday. The goal is $59,833 with five more firms achieving 100 percent status and two Baytown Refinery departments reaching their targets.
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American National Insurance
Spidler Drag Company
Fairy Godfrey Insurance
Fousten Lighting and Power Company
Baytown
Dock and Electrical
Jaycees Seek Scout Circus Return in Baytown
Baytown Jaycees plan a Scout Circus moving from West Texas Street to Mein Street with a 10 AM start, a 9:30 AM assembly, floats Indians and clowns and two junior high bands. Parade marshals Joe Arnald and W Jackson lead the event sponsored by the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Profits fund the Quart Shack and other youth programs.
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ini-Baytown
Baytown
Jeycees
Texas Hara- Ware Company
West Texas
Joe Arnald
W. ©. Jackson
Cirrcus
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Quart Shack
Corrigan Details Completion of Har ris County Shop Center
Dallas developer Leo Corrigan outlined plans for a new shopping center at West Texas and Market in Har ris County. The project, one of four centers including Houston sites on North Shepherd, North Main and Washington, will offer a large parking area and modern design. The four centers will span 3000 front feet and include restaurants, service stations, clothing stores, groceries, and space for other businesses.
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Corrigan
Bing Center
Waytown
Leo Corrigan
Dallas
Harris County
Houston
West Texas
Market
Pruett’ Es
North
Shepherd
North Main
Washington
Bolivian Pilot Told He Killed 55 in Airliner Crash
In Washington a Bolivian pilot, Eric Rios Bridoux, was told he killed 55 people in Tuesday's Eastern Airlines crash, becoming the sole survivor. Doctors report his relief relapse, his condition improved slightly while officials keep grim facts from him. The crash, described as history's worst civil aviation disaster, left 58 bodies recovered.
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Eric
Rios Bridoux
Rios
Souttiate
Truman Heads to Minnesota for Nonpartisan Speech
President Truman travels by train toward Minnesota to warn against reactionaries in both parties. He plans a 9:30 p.m. speech at St Paul Civic Auditorium after a parade in Minneapolis, stating the address will be nonpartisan and not target Democrats or Republicans.
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Tran Enroute
St.paul
Trumean Ieday
Minnesota
Minneapolis
CST
St Paul
St Paul Civic Auditorium
Washington
Szvanne
Disanois
Paul Powell
St. Gusk
Truman
Cumberland
Ming
Pat
Fullerton
Cumberland News
Cat travels 600 miles to return to Missouri home
A weary cat with a sore foot trekked 600 miles in 120 days from Michigan to Missouri. The cat named Yellow Jack preferred its Missouri home, arriving after July 4 and October in Hayti, Missouri, to join the Clemons family.
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Missouri
Michigan
Benton Harbor
Mich
Tom
Hayti
Bernice Clemons
Jack
Shane
Tropical storm hits Philippines. storm toll rises
The Red Cross reports 57 killed as a tropical storm sweeps central Philippines yesterday. The disaster left 31 deaths noted in Swhema area and 379 houses swept away. Local officials appeal aid as rescue operations continue.
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Philippines
Censtral
Red_Cross
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