Churchill to Back Labour Plan on Conscription and Defense
In London Churchill reiterates belief in a large Russian force and pledges support from his party for the Labour government plan to continue peacetime conscription. The king’s speech outlined nationalization, defense ministry creation, and international aims while security was tightened around the Lords House. Attlee follows with remarks on modern weapons and the need for trained reserves in Britain.
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London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Churchill
House of Commons
H. C. Osborne
George VI
House of Lords
Austria
Germany
Burma
British Empire
Attlee
Britain
Pickets Disrupt Atlantic Greyhound Terminal Work
Pickets from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers blocked the Atlantic Greyhound Bus terminal project on South Bland Street delaying the $200 000 structure. Electrical contractor U D Carter barred restart without talks with architect George D Brown and Greyhound lawyers. Union agent U G Schoonover said workers are 100 percent union with only laborers non union, while Carter insisted on hiring only union men and would not sign a closed shop agreement.
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Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Bluefield
Carter
Brown
Greyhound
Schoonover
Court Denies Gordon Appeal in Merced Murder Case
William Gordon, 21, ex-sailor from Washington DC, loses appeal on murder conviction for the April 1 shooting of Bluefield housewife Mrs. Josephine Carr. He is slated to die at Moundsville State Penitentiary November 29 after a Mercer county jury found first degree murder with no mercy. He was captured in Cincinnati about 14 hours after the slaying.
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William
Billy) Gordon
Columbia
D. C
State Supreme Court
Gordon
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Josephine Carr
Bluefield
Carr
High Court
Young Gordon
Mercer County Criminal Court
Princeton
F. Morton Wagner
Supreme Court
D. M. Easley
Clem Merz
Train wreck in Revigny Sur Ornain kills scores
A Paris to Strasbourg freight train rammed a local passenger train in dense fog at Revigny Sur Ornain station. Reports say 31 to 35 people died, about 30 injured, many of them schoolchildren, as the locomotive exploded and steam scorched survivors. Rescue efforts were hindered by the fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
France
Protests Hit City Paving Assessments At Board Meeting
City board hearing on paving costs draws protests from Lower Frederick Street residents led by T E Crowder who object to charges for catch basins bonds printing and legal costs. They urge city provision of services and partial relief for arterial street users. A second case by G D Yates also faces a hearing two weeks hence.
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T. E. Crowder
Lower
Frederick Street
G. D. Yates
Woodrow Avenue
Mary Phelps
Fayette and Bath
Major R. White
Ellis Street
Savannah Tynes
Allen Street
Arnold G. Porterfield
John G. Curtis
Top Hat
Curtis
Rockbridge Street
Bland Road
Oakhurst
A. Harry West
Nazis To Be Taken To Spandau Prison
Berlin officials announced that seven Nazi leaders sentenced by the international tribunal will be moved from Nuremberg to Spandau Prison in Berlin under tight security. The red stone facility is being reinforced for secure confinement with seven inmates occupying separate cells in a renovated block.
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Berlin
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Spandau Prison
Spandau
Rudolf Hess
Walther Funk
Erich Raeder
Baldur von Schirach
Albert Speer
Konstantin von Neurath
Karl Doenitz
Spanau
Recounts Sought in Three West Virginia Counties
Republican Thomas Sweeney asked recounts in Fayette Mercer and Wyoming counties as the official canvass began in West Virginia's U S Senate race. Kilgore held clear leads in each county with vote totals reported and Mercer recount set to begin Thursday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas B. Sweeney
West Virginia
U. S. Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Kanawha
Sweeney
Fayette
Mercer
Wyoming
Kilgore
Reree High Command
Fayette County
Associated Press
Mercer County
Walter G. Burton
Princeton
Ministers Mix On Problem Of Trieste Control
Foreign ministers debated Trieste governance after the United States opposed a Soviet modification to the peace pact. Russia sought to cut governor powers and remove foreign troops, while Byrnes defended the French plan and asked for a paragraph by paragraph review. The council also approved prohibiting Italy from prosecuting soldiers who supported the Allied cause.
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New York
Foreign Ministers Council
Trieste
United States
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
Molotov
Russia
Byrnes
Paris
United Nations Security Council
OPA Injunction Petitions Dismissed in Richmond
Federal Judge Robert N. Pollard dismissed petitions for OPA injunctions against several Richmond meat merchants. He ruled the injunctions moot due to the lifting of OPA meat controls after a hearing on applicable legal points.
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Richmond
OPA
Robert N. Pollard
Pollard
Father Beats Child to Death During Nightmare
Willard Pollard, 25, of Red Hill, Arkansas, beat his three year old daughter Linda Joyce Pollard to death during a nightmare at about 2 a.m. The child suffered a skull fracture a dislocated hip and other injuries. The father awoke and found the child’s body. the mother slept through the incident.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Linda Joyce Pollard
Red Hill
Willard Pollard
W. T. Matlock
Pollard
Court Fails To Give Decisions In Post-Election Session
Washington November 12 the supreme court failed to hand down any decisions in its first post election session as factions within the court clash over harmony. The bench opened after a two week recess and offered no opinions though 92 petitions for review were acted on and hearings continued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred R. Vinson
Mr. Dooley
Indictment in brutal murder rape case shocks Tazewell county
Harold Duane Beavers, 20, of Maxwell in Tazewell county Virginia, is indicted by a grand jury on two counts murder and rape in the September 23 1946 killing of 15 year old Aileen Lockhart of Maxwell. Trial set for November 21 before Judge W L Sexton Jr. in Tazewell circuit court. The crime climaxes a tense investigation, with Beavers arrested after a car stop near Abingdon while fleeing.
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Harold Duane Beavers
Maxwell
Tazewell County
Aileen Lockhart
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit
Tazewell Country Club
Tazewell
Deskin
Jacob Turner
Herbert A. White
H. C. Lockhart
Virginia
Beavers
Ablingdon
Bowen Thompson
Tra Ratliff
Route
Veteran Cries for War Record as He Faces Death
Ross J. Abbott, 24, a Purple Heart veteran, was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Pansy Lucille Twigg near Deale Island Maryland. He pleaded guilty to shooting her during a swimming party and confessed to shooting himself. The judge called the murder brutal and unjust and said Abbott must die.
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Cambridge, Md
Ross J. Abbott
Tn Ananthaw
Bascmicil VU Auvulic
Abbott
Pansy Lucille Twigg
Dea! Island
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Laird Henry, Jr
Crab Fisher
Purple Heart
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Dorchester County
Pansy
Colorado Mercy Missions Battle Blizzards Across State
Emergency teams flew and drove to reach stranded ranches and towns in eastern and southern Colorado amid 10 to 18 foot snow drifts. Fifteen deaths are linked to the storm as planes from Colorado Springs and Denver dropped hay and supplies to thousands of cattle and trapped families.
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Denver
Colorado
Edwin H. Jones
Orville Shaw
Colorado Springs
Roy Rusher
Ordwar
Pueblo
Hugo
Limon
Peterson Field
Young Moseley
Lincoln County
Stapleton
Chu Wright
Boone
Pueblo Ordnance Depot
Grisham
Fowler
E. L. Buchanan
Martin Urges Out In Income Taxes
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts favors a 20 percent income tax cut across the board and a streamlining plan. He calls for reduced government spending, a hands off stance on choosing a floor leader, and Speaker in line for the presidency if vacancies arise. He will meet with the Republican steering committee to shape policy after the election.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Congressional
House
Martin
Congress
Assembly of the Republican House
Legisla
Cardinal Dies Of Heart Stroke In Rome
Cardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni, 69, the ranking cardinal deacon, died after two recent heart attacks at the Palace of the Holy Office. A Milan native ordained in 1899, he was elevated to the purple in 1935 and served in multiple congregations and as protector to many religious orders.
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Rome
Camillo Cardinal Caccia Dominioni
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Caccia Dominioni
Palace of the Holy Office
Milan
Pius XI
St. Peter's
Housing Parley Ends in Row Over RFC Loans
Washington November 12 President Truman failed to bridge the rift between housing chief Wilson Wyatt and the RFC over nearly 90 million in assembly line home loans. Wyatt and RFC director George E. Allen left the White House after a 45 minute session saying there was complete disagreement and no settlement. They planned to reconvene tomorrow to press for emergency loans despite RFC doubts about equity and risk.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
RFC
Wyatt
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Allen
John R. Steelman
White House
Allen Vs. Wyatt
Rogge Denies Clark Misstated Facts Over Speech Disclosure
O John Rogge, fired by Attorney General Tom Clark for quoting a confidential wartime sedition report, claims he had permission to discuss contents. Rogge sent Clark a letter asserting he talked with him before the Swarthmore speech and believed he was free to disclose. Clark says Rogge willfully violated department rules by quoting from the report.
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Washington
O. John Rogge
Tom Clark
Clark
Rogge
Department
Swarthmore
Negotiations Reopen Over Soft Coal Dispute With Krug
Washington officials reopen talks as Secretary Krug invites key mine operators to meet amid stalled Krug-Lewis contract. John L. Lewis plans to press for higher pay and shorter hours, with a possible strike after November 20 if extension fails. Industry leaders split on unionization and safety fund terms.
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Washington
Krug
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edward R. Burke
Big Southern Coalucers Association
Burke
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Battle
U. S
Bureau of Labor Statstics
Soviet Arms Cut Talk Welcomed at U.N. meeting
The United States welcomed renewed Soviet offers to begin disarmament talks and Andrei Gromyko urged speeding up work on disarmament and troop presence issues at the United Nations. The political committee approved a watered down Australian plan to form assembly and Security Council rules for admission of new members.
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United Nations
Security Council
Assembly
Nonenemy
Gromyko
General Agee
Security Coun
United Kingdom
Ching
United Eee
France
Fyumeey
Delgate
Menesee
Molotov
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Tazewell Jury
J.O. Stalcup
Lucille Twigg
Melvin Silberg
Somerset County
Prentiss W. Evans
Mercy
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