Nationalists Halt Commies Near Suchow
Nationalist forces push east and north of Suchow in a decisive victory. Gen Huang Po-Tao’s Seventh Army advances toward Hsinanchen and Lienyunkang, while air force chief Chow Chih-Jou’s unit rests after turning back the Communist lunge. Rail repairs urged to speed northward movement. Government claims 130,000 Communist casualties, 40,000 own losses, predicting limited winter air operations.
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Nanking
Suchow
Huang Po-Tao
Seventh Army Group
Lunghai
China
Hsinanchen
Lienyunkang
Tientsin
Chow Chih-Jou
Chow
Manchuria
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Suchow Plain
Canal May Obliterate Tiny Ohio Community
Pittsburgh reports a major canal project valued at 439 million dollars threatens Austinburg Ohio. An Austinburg delegation appeals to Army engineers during hearings for Lake Erie to Ohio River canal fearing 28 feet of flooding that would displace 250 residents. Retired postmaster A D Owen voices distress over leaving his lifelong home.
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Pittsburgh
Weaile Mammoth
Ohio
Austinburg
Ashtabula
Grand River
A. D. Owen
Hints Austin May Quit Post As UN Delegate
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger suggested Warren Austin may resign as chief American UN delegate due to ill health. Austin traveled from Paris to Washington to enter Walter Reed hospital for treatment of a lingering cold. President Truman named John Foster Dulles as acting American chief delegate to the U.N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Warren Austin
United Nations
American Broadcasting Company
Eleanor and
Anna Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Austin
Paris
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Gettysburg Address Returned Home After Five Years
Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg address, penned by the martyred president, is returned to Gettysburg Pennsylvania where the manuscript was first inspired. The Freedom Train carried the document to the site of the decisive Civil War battle, drawing thousands of sightseers to view the yellowed relic among 126 other plastic encased mementos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Fourth Round Wage Drive In Offing
Walter Reuther told Portland business leaders the CIO may back a fourth round wage increase for 1949 and 1944 purchasing power gaps. He noted a possible CIO convention push toward higher wages without price rises and urged open bargaining on prices and profits. Reuther spoke amid security concerns after a Detroit shooting and faces CIO anti-Communist measures at next week’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
CIO
Boston
Reuther
General Motors
Detroit
City Club of
Kitty Hawk Plane Returns To Its Home Port
The Wright brothers historic Kitty Hawk returns to Bayonne New Jersey after twenty years away in England. The famed plane arrived aboard the carrier Palau guarded by Marines and sailors, packed in crates once built by Orville Wright, marking its return to the land of its origin.
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Bayonne
N. J
Wright Brothers
England
Palau
Orville Wright
North Carolina
Has Anyone Seen Mullisolibski in Decatur Illinois
Decatur Illinois November 19 192? brothers sisters Anna and Marcellie Mullisolibski of New York seek 21 year old Mullisolibski who left the city about two weeks ago and said he would work at a U S Army signal depot in Decatur They arrived and could not locate him the depot had no record and his post office box was canceled
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Ill
Mullisolibski
Anna
Marcellie
New York City
New York
U. S. Army Signal Depot
Compromise Ends Domestic Dispute in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia November 19 a $250000 suit brought by Mrs Sarah H Schnitzler against Mrs June Carroll Krause was settled out of court. The other case by President Earnest W Krause of Wheeling Machine Products against Elwin Howard Schnitzler remains pending with a $100000 claim. Jurors were dismissed until November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Sarah H. Schnitzler
June Carroll Krause
Still Pemding
Earnest W. Krause
Wheeling Machine Products Company
Elwin Howard Schnitzler
Krause
Schnitzler
World citizen Garry Davis disrupts UN assembly in Paris
Garry Davis a 26 year old U S air force veteran shouted for a one world organization in the United Nations hall. He was removed by police and held for over four hours before release. A second intruder Robert Sarrazac Soulace a former French resistance colonel delivered a prepared speech in French from the opposite balcony as police cleared photographers and delegates watched. UN President Herbert Evatt called the disruption accidental and well organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Garry Davis
United Nations Assembly
Davis
U. S. Air Force
Eevee
Weeny Wena
Robert Sar
Rayburn says US economy healthy despite fears
Speaker-to-be Sam Rayburn dismissed widespread fears about the economy amid Truman’s administration. He warned any recession would be man-made, predicted cooperation between White House and Congress, and noted strong buying power and prosperity.
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Key West
Fla
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Texas
Congress
White House
Congressional
Rayburn
Labor Department
Maurice Tobin
Wall Street
Barkley
Mr. Truman
United States
Truman Loses Mississippi Electors as Convention Adjourns
Jackson Miss November 19 President Truman lost hope of securing Mississippi electoral votes as the state Democratic convention, in recess since August, adjourned officially after pledging electors to States Rights candidates Thurmond and Wright. Observers noted the delay aimed to relieve electors from their pledged votes and from a pledge not to vote for Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Truman
Mississippi
J Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Field L. Wright
Thomas Dunn
Meridian
Capitol
Thurmond
Wright
Eleven Hurt In Big Inch Gas Pipeline Explosion Near Seymour
Eleven men were injured when the Big Inch natural gas pipeline exploded at a pumping station eight miles northeast of Seymour Indiana. State police said three men were unaccounted for over two hours after the blast. Flames rose high as heat hindered rescue and firefighting efforts. Eight of the injured were treated and released at Schneck Memorial Hospital. three hospitalized were not in serious condition. All injuries were burns mainly on the face and arms. the hospitalized men may have inhaled smoke or fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
Here
Schneck Memorial Hospital
UN Rejects Russian Arms Reduction Proposals
The United Nations assembly defeated Russia’s bid for a one third cut in the armed forces of the five major powers and for an immediate ban on the atom bomb. A western resolution for study of steps toward eventual arms reduction was approved 43 to 6 with Yemen abstaining. John Foster Dulles called the Soviet plan irresponsible while Andrei Vishinsky accused the U.S. and Britain of an arms race. Secretary Marshall met with British and French ministers on the Ruhr and Berlin blockade before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Russia
John Foster Dulles
United States
Andrei Vishinsky
Britain
U. S
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Yemen
U. N
Vishinsky
Security Council
France
China
Vishnncky
Marshall
Ruhr
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Robert Murphy
Clay
Berlin
Washington
Truman
Divorces Hit Egypt and Iran Royal Families
Cairo reports Queen Farida and Shah Iran’s Princess Fawzia were divorced from their royal husbands. Farouk signs the decree ending his marriage to Farida who bore three daughters. Both thrones require a male heir, and observers call the dissolutions personal rather than geopolitical.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iran
Farouk
Farida
Fawzia
General Motors Hikes Cadillac and Buick Prices for 1949
General Motors boosted 1949 Cadillac prices by about 3.2 percent from 1948. Buick models rise $50 to $100 depending on the line. Optional Dynaflow transmission, windshield washer and dual backup lights become standard on 1949 Buicks. 1948 Road Master options priced at $247.50. No price changes announced yet for Oldsmobile Pontiac or Chevrolet.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Cadillac
Reds fail to disrupt UNESCO conference with gunfire
In Beirut on November 19 Lebanese Communist demonstrators fired on police outside the UNESCO third world conference building. About 40 youths demonstrated and no injuries were reported as the meeting continued. Ten people, including one woman, were arrested and others fled into the hills as police conducted searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Saarch
Blizzard Strands Passengers as Western Kansas Trains Go Missing
A winter blizzard in western Kansas stranded passengers and stalled multiple trains including Santa Fe No 3 and several Union Pacific and Rock Island services. Dispatches from Dodge City and Colby described snow drifts up to six feet, halted traffic, rescues of motorists, and communications outages. No fatalities were reported though livestock losses and food shortages were noted as crews hunted for the California Limited and other stricken trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Dodge City
California Limited
Cimarron
Milton R. McLean
Topeka
National Guard
Rock Island Railroad
Colby
Colorado-Kansas
Robert Current
Continental Airlines
George Cramp
Denver
Current
St. Louis
Westman
Kas
Colorado Line
W. A. Gossett
Cimmaron
Bell Telephone Company
Dodge City Globe
Thomas County
Joint Hearing On Dock Strike Held
Federal mediators opened the first joint bargaining session in the 10 day old east coast dock walkout. A 14 member shipping firms committee and a 125 man ILA delegation met with three U S mediators to discuss overtime pay and wage rises as Atlantic ports stayed quiet.
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New York
U. S
William N. Margolis
Atlantic
Virginia
Maine
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Margolis
U. S. Labor Department
Supreme Court
Halifax
Tran Atlantic
Cunard White Star Line
Liverspool
St. John
New Brunswick
Joseph P. Ryan
ILA
Ryan
Cunard Line
Fifteen German War Criminals Hanged at Landsberg Prison
Munich reports fifteen German war criminals were hanged at Landsberg prison in the crackdown that has seen 73 executions for wartime killings of concentration camp inmates and American soldiers. The clergy and several condemned men drew attention as Bishop Theophil Worm urged Truman to halt further executions.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Adolf Hitler
Mien Kampf
U. S
Theophil Worm
Wuerttemberg
Truman
Bishop Worm
Wilhelm Karcher
Johann Schneider
Loco Nazi
Isidor Klumpp
Adolf Eiermann
Hans Wolf
Quirin Flaucher
Meath
Flaugher
Mrs Kasenkina vows to stay in United States forever
New York November 19 Mrs Oksana Kasenkina a 53 year old Russian school teacher said she would never return to Russia and intends to stay in the United States. She spoke at a guarded news conference before leaving Roosevelt Hospital where she has been recovering from injuries. The act that made her internationally known followed her leap from a Soviet consulate window on August 12 and sparked a clash between consular officials and anti communists.
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New York
Oksana S* Kasenkina
Russia
America
Roosevelt Hospital
United States
Iwo
Labor Department Aims for Major Cabinet Status Under Tobin
President Truman plans a bill to restore the labor department to a full cabinet role with Maurice Tobin as labor secretary. John R. Steelman and Tobin will draft the measure to repeal Taft Hartley and elevate the department from statistics to decisive influence in labor matters.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Labor Department
Maurice Tobin
White House
John R. Steelman
Tobin
Steelman
Labor
Public Housing Unit Reorganized with New Field Offices
The public housing administration announced a nationwide reorganization creating 10 field offices and centralizing functions in Washington. Regional offices in New York City Atlanta Chicago Fort Worth and San Francisco will be eliminated. 4,848 projects with 865135 dwellings fall under PHA, with new field directors including Arthur R. Hanson for Richmond Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and DC.
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Washington
Public Housing Administration
New York City
Atlanta
Chicago
Fort Worth
San Francisco
PHA
John P. Broome
North
William P. Seaver
New York
West
Abner D. Silverman
Richmond
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Arthur R. Hanson
AEP Protests Utility Bid At Glen White
Appalachian Power protested Standard Utility Service corporation’s request to build and operate water and electric distribution systems in Glen White Raleigh County. The Public Service Commission held a hearing and continued it to December 19 for further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Glen White
Raleigh County
Public Service Commission
Standard Utility Service Corporation
Appalachian
Standard Utility
Labor Cheers Humphrey As Hero At AFL Meeting
Cincinnati reports Mayor Hubert Humphrey of Minneapolis was greeted as a hero by AFL delegates. The 37-year-old senator hopeful urged civil rights legislation and warned democracy needs harmony. Observers foresee possible cool receptions from conservative southern Democrats in the Senate.
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Cincinnati
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Joseph H. Ball
American Federation of Labor
Humphrey
Figld
Senate
Democratic Party
States’ Rights Party
Truman
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John Whalen
Francis O'Donnell
Jim O'Donnell
Kitty Hawk
One World Organization
Reds
Buick
Kanorado
Goodland
Lowryfield
Mrs. Kasenkina
Rik
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Massachusetts
New England
AEP
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