Peace talks stall as coal conflict drags on
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators remain in a stalemate as Dec. 1 deadline looms for a new contract. Lewis awaits operator initiative for negotiations while Cyrus S. Ching backs no peace meeting. President Truman signals possible use of Taft Hartley provisions if a national emergency arises.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
U S Efforts to Free Envoy Stalled in China
The State Department reports no progress in contacting Chinese Communist authorities over Angus Ward the jailed consul general at Mukden. Ward and nine other staffers remain detained or unable to leave Manchuria as reading materials funds and clothing are requested for the imprisoned group and their colleagues.
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Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
China
William N. Stokes
Ward
Fulton
R-Pa
U. S
Acheson
Lucius D. Battle
McDermott
Battle
Terrorized Girl Slays Boy Friend in Virginia Auto Standoff
Theresa Koenig 19, a Washington art student and navy draftsman, shot Charles Kenneth Ellyett 22 after he threatened dynamite and attempted to assault her during a night drive near Berryville Virginia. She said she acted in self defense. charged with manslaughter and released on bond, arraignment set.
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Berryville
Washington
Virginia
Theresa Koenig
Sheriff's Office
Charles Kenneth Ellyett
Huyett Woods
Miss Koenig
Navy Department
Ellyett
Arlington
Paul Koenig
Elliott
Theresa
William W. Bryant
Bryant
Ellyetts
Virginia Owens
Look, No Locomotive After Sideswipe at Intersections
Buena Park Calif Nov 18 A Santa Fe passenger train struck a truck at a crossing. The locomotive vanished after the impact and was found four miles away. The engineer said air braking was severed and the train coasted to a stop no one was hurt.
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Buena Park
Calif
Santa Fe
C. E. Harmon
San Diegan
Idaho youth 16 confesses to seven year old girl slaying
Neil Butterfield, 16, confessed orally to the slaying of Glenda Joyce Brisbois, a seven year old girl from Burley. He admitted striking her with a bumper car jack and pushing her into a canal near her Burley home. He will be arraigned on first degree murder at Cassia county line.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Saul H. Clark
Neil Butterfield
Burley
Clark
Glenda Joyce Brisbois
Jerome
Butterfield
Cassia
State orders death-penalty case for California girl slayer
Fred Stroble, 66, confessed sex slayer, was sent to California’s gas chamber after admitting prior molestation of a girl. He appeared in municipal court with a preliminary hearing set for Monday, then to be bound over for trial in superior court where first degree murder with premeditation could yield the death penalty. The murdered child Linda was found near an incinerator at the Hausman home, with Stroble’s ties to the family noted. He had been missing after fleeing from the Hausman residence and was a bail jumper on a prior molestation charge.
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St. Louis
Jane Hadley Barkley
Shangri-La
Himalaya
Telvision
Winston Churchill
St. John’s Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
California
Linda
Municipal Court
Dawson
Stroble
Superior
Alexander
Little Linda
Ruben Hausman
Rochelle Hausman
Jules Glacoft
Mexico
Chicago
Hausman
30 Day Truce In Maritime Labor Dispute
Washington reports AFL Masters Mates and Pilots agreed to a 30 day truce with Atlantic and Gulf ship operators. A threatened 2000 deck officers strike is paused until December 15 while negotiators seek a friendly settlement on wages working conditions and hiring practices amid a Pacific coast shipping dispute.
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Washington
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf
Charles F. May
Masters
San Francisco
Pacific Shipowners
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Ban on Combat Aircraft at National Revised
The Civil Aeronautics Administration narrowed its ban at Washington National Airport to exclude bomber types modified as executive transports. The change allows many planes used by corporate officers and for special military missions, including B 17s flown for Vice President Barkley.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Washington National Airport
Barkley
U S Base On Guam Damaged By Typhoon
Typhoon struck Guam extensive damage with no deaths and few injuries. Wind speeds near 144 mph, moving toward east China Sea. Camp Wreck naval facilities and depot seriously damaged. Inarajan 60 to 70 percent destroyed, Santa Rita lost 100 houses. two main schools nearly demolished.
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Guam
East China Sea
Formosa
Okinawa
Philippines
Fleet Marine Force
Naval Supply Center
Fifth Service
Inarajan
Santa Rita
Sixth B-29 Crash Kills In Florida Air Base Tragedy
A B-29 from MacDill field crashed into Tampa Bay as crews hunted a missing plane off Bermuda. Five of nine aboard died, four survived, as ground crews battled flames and mud. Air support grounded all B-29s pending engine modernization reviews.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Atlantic
Tampa Bay
Air Force
MacDillfield
Bermuda
Air Force Base
Roswell
Crommelin Faces Another Blast Against Navy Policy
Navy Captain John G. Crommelin lashed at military leadership as the Navy announced a 20 percent cut in naval combat planes and skeleton status for six air bases. The move comes amid broader reductions across the armed services, following Crommelin’s recent public reprimand and demand to have it erased or face court martial. Admiral Forrest Sherman withheld comment while Crommelin awaited a reply to his challenge.
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Washington
Navy
John G. Crommelin
Military High Command
Crommelin
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Stormy Petrel
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Sherman
West Virginia Turnpike Plan Advances Toward Details
Frank S. Easley, Bluefield turnpike commissioner, says toll highway from the northern panhandle to near Bluefield nears concrete terms. The route about 180 miles long would cut Bluefield to Wheeling distance from 290 to about 180 miles, with tolls covering costs and upkeep until debt is paid, after which control passes to the state.
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West Virginia Panhandle
Bluefield
Easley
Larry Laurent
Panhandle
West Virginia
Frank S. Easley
Easly
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Wheeling
Ohio Line
Pennsylvania Line
Virginia Line
Charleston
Turnpike Commission
America
West Virginia Turnpike Association
Okey Patteson
Ray Cavendish
D. Holmes Morton
William O. Stathers
Clarksburg
Edward J. Flaccus
Morton
Stathers
Cavendish
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
New England
Irwin
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Berse rk Vet Wounds Two Cops At VA Office
Erie Pennsylvania November 18 a 28 year old war veteran Charles Hartwell held the Veterans Administration office at gunpoint for an hour and critically wounded two police officers Sergeant Leo Waldinger and Patrolman Leo May. Hartwell a former railroad brakeman was restrained after firing into the office staff and is held in Erie county jail on an open charge.
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Erie
Veterans Administration Office
William Donahue
Charles Hartwell
Eric Hartwell
Warren
Leo Waldinger
FBI Training School
Leo May
May
Waldinger
Hartwell
Pittsburgh
Arthur Criswell
Criswell
Erie County
Bishop Manning Dies at 83 Former New York Episcopal Bishop
The Right Rev. William T. Manning, 83, longtime New York Episcopal bishop and outspoken advocate of traditional marriage, died at St. Luke's hospital after bladder and kidney involvement. He retired after 25 years as bishop and helped build the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He criticized royal divorce and fought for unification of Christian churches while opposing lotteries and joint tax returns for married couples.
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New York
William T. Manning
St. Luke's Hospital
Maine
Otis R. Rice
Manning
St. John the Divine
Edward VII
William R. Moody
Lexington
Frank Whittington Creighton
Michigan
Elliott Roosevelt
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Carleton S. Hadley
Woodrow Wilson
Alben Godbold
Ivan Lee Holt
Barkleys
Wabash Railroad
Ops
Ching
Frank Amos
Northern
Western
Amos
U.S
Stockton
W. W. Williams
Williams
Jerome County
Leroy Dawson
Maritime Row
National
Beserk
Bishop W. T. Manning
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