48 ESTONIANS TO STAY IN U.S. Coal strikes halt soft coal output
Wildcat strikes hit soft coal production with about 5700 miners striking Friday amid tensions over the status of a federal contract with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. SFA notes 42 mines closed in Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia while anthracite output rises. Labor talks resume Monday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
SFA
Lewis
Interior
Krug
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Reds Bat Zero in English Election
London reports show 360 English and Welsh wards tabulated at noon Saturday with 217 Communist candidates defeated. Labor gains dominate as the party wins 235 contests while Conservatives win 134 and Liberal 16. Independents win 61 contests.
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Reds
London
INS
England
Wales
Labor
Labor Party
Conservatives
Liberal Party
Independents
Atom Bomb Task Force Broken Up After Bikini Tests
The Bikini atomic bomb task force is dissolved. Vice Admiral W H P Blandy will command the Atlantic Eighth Fleet. About 42 000 men 200 ships and 150 planes return to their original organizations. Only two tests were completed two planned three.
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Washington
Joint
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Eighth Fleet
Atlantic
Teachers Union Votes To Strike In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers votes 342 to 25 to strike after superintendent Willard Goslin rejects a demand for 5000 dollars yearly. Goslin offers 3600 for bachelors by 1949 and 3800 for masters, with the current top salary at 3000.
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Minneapolis
Charles Boyer
Minneapolis Federation of Men Teachers
AFS
Willard Goslin
Goslin
Georgians Push to Disband Secret Columbians Society
The Columba ians a secret white supremacist group face arrest of a founder and four members on incitement charges after warnings to a Black resident to stay out of a mixed block. The Atlanta Constitution urged Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge to help revoke the charter and root out the organization amid ties to violence and a recent bombing. Clergymen veterans groups and AVC pressed for dissolution and investigations into firearms and explosives.
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Atlanta
The
Columbians
Atlanta Constitution
Eugene Talmadge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Talmadge
American Veterans Committee
Georgia
AVC
King Sized Premiere Roars Through London Crowds
Thousands mobbed Leicester Square for the royally sponsored premiere of A Matter of Life and Death. Three women injured, over 100 given first aid as police struggled to manage the crush outside the Empire theater. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended with the princesses, praising the event as marvelous.
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London
Leicester Square
George VI
Empire Theater
Hollywood
Pat O’brien
Ray Milland
Joan Bennett
Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund
Queen Elizabeth
Couple Gives New Born Son Right To Name Self
In Wilmington California truck driver Joseph Corey and wife Lucille granted their newborn son the right to choose his own name when he is old enough. The six and a half pound baby was born Friday at San Pedro General hospital, and the couple said names chosen by parents can handicap a child.
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Wilmington
Calif
Joseph Corey
Lucille
Corey
San Pedro General Hospital
Small States Push for Voice in Reich Treaty Talks
The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg pressed the Big Four to include their border rectifications in preliminary German peace treaty discussions. Bevin Byrnes and Molotov prepared for weekend talks as Bidault delegates for France until after Nov 10 elections. The four powers plan to start talks on Germany around Nov 20.
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New York
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Hitler
Satelliites
Couve de Murville
Bidault
Big Four
Wallace urges acceptance of Soviet disarmament plan
At a Chicago rally Henry Wallace urged that the United States pursue world disarmament if peace is desired. He described Molotovs call to the UN general assembly as a challenge and said the nation should join in a world disarmament effort while resisting anti Soviet rhetoric.
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Chicago
Henry Wallace
United States
Russia
Wallace
Molotov
General Assembly of the United Nations
Chicago Stadium
Truman
Churchills
Colonel McCormicks
London Express reports U S 96 atom bombs six monthly
The London Daily Express claims the United States has 96 atom bombs with output of six per month and details a 25 foot long device with two parachutes and a gun like detonating mechanism. It cites storage eight bombs and three Hanford piles not expanded, plus plutonium use and radiation shielding.
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London
INL
London Daily Express
United States
the Express
America
Japan
Nagasaki
Hanford
Washington
Bikini
Express
Terrorism in Bulgar Vote Cited by Britain
London reports a Foreign Office spokesman said severe terrorism during Bulgaria's election campaign influenced the Communist victory. He cited militia involvement in blocking opposition meetings, road blocks, multiple voting by officers, and physical attacks, noting a drop in terrorism on election day.
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London
Foreign Office
Chicago Theater Screens Sabotaged
In Chicago theaters, films were interrupted by newsreels amid reports of repeated sabotaged screenings. Essaness Theaters president Edwin Silverman blamed union organizers for the acts as theater owners conferred on a response.
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Chicago
Alan Ladd
Edwin Silverman
Essaness Theaters Corporation
Eugene J. Atkinson
Motion Picture Operators’ Union
Silverman
Millikin Drops Liquor Theme From Homecoming Decor Contest
Millikin University in Decatur will disqualify any fraternity or sorority house decorations featuring liquor themes after complaints from townspeople about the contest. President J Walter Malone announced future entries using liquor imagery would be automatically rejected.
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Millikin University
Decatur
Kentucky Mountain
J. Walter Malone
British Deny Leander Hit By Albanian Fire
Trieste AP reports the British light cruiser Leander docked with officers and crew denying any shelling or small arms fire from Albanian shore batteries. They cite no damage beyond a long existing funnel hole and say reports of an attack are absolutely untrue.
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Trieste
Royal Navy
Adriatici
Leander
Corfu
Denver Strike Closes Major Supermarkets in Protest
Denver faced the closure of more than 100 large groceries and meat markets as 1,250 clerks and meat cutters walked out seeking immediate resumption of talks. Neighborhood stores largely stayed open, with about 35 union shops operating under temporary agreements. Local 634 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and 750 Retail Food Clerks members, AFL affiliates, are on strike.
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Denver
Leuy
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
Retail Food Clerks Union
Local 7
The
AFL
Truman Allows Estonian Refugees to Stay in U S
President Truman announced that 48 Estonian refugees threatened with deportation to Miami will not be deported and will receive immigration visas. He cited joint efforts by the secretary of state and the attorney general as enabling them to remain and possibly become citizens, amid fears of Russian persecution if returned.
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Washington
President Truman
Miami
Fla
Mr Truman
White House
Atlantic
Immigration Service
Truman
United States
Truman Maintains Quiet Stance Ahead of Election
President Truman kept a hands off approach to politics in Independence Missouri as Jackson county Democrats warned against voting for the Democrats. He skipped a pre election rally, chose to join his 93 year old mother Martha E Truman and sister Mary Jane in Grandview, and attended Battery D of the 129th field artillery reunion instead.
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Independence
Truman
Jackson County
129Th Field Artillery
Missouri
Jefferson City
Sedalia
Mr. Truman
Sam Rayburn
Roger T Sermon
Sermon
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
Weather Reporter Foresees Cold Front Moving Into Iowa
Cedar Rapids notes show a warm Friday with 55 degrees then a rapid drop into the weekend. Weatherboy predicts much colder air for the state by Monday morning as freezing temperatures spread across Iowa after Saturday highs in the 40s.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Iowa City
University of Iowa Extension
Benny
Towa
Lilienthal Sworn AEC Chairman In Ceremony
Former TVA head David E. Lilienthal was sworn in as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission on Saturday, using his Sunday school Bible in a Knoxville ceremony.
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Knoxville
Tenn
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
United States
F Atomic Energy’ Commission
Korea calls for end of occupation and unity in Korea
South Korea's Representative Democratic Council urged immediate withdrawal of American and Russian troops while proposing US forces stay until Russians leave. The UN secretariat published Louise Yim's note citing economic strangulation under the divided zones and warning of regional and world peace threats. Sweden Iceland and Afghanistan were approved for UN membership by the 51 member committee ahead of general assembly ratification.
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Lake Success
N. Y
INS
Representative Democratic Council of
South Korea
Korea
United Nations Secretariat
General Assembly
Louise Yim
Council
United States
U.S
U.N
Sweden
Iceland
Afghanistan
Political and Security Committee
Community Chest Campaign Nears 150000 Mark
Community Chest drive total reached 149775 by noon Saturday, 7512.37 over goal, at 108 percent of 142262.63. Co chairs George Hearn and John W. Miller reported while audit begins Friday night and will continue next Friday. Three firms joined merit list bringing eligible count to 117.
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Cedar Rapids News
George Hearn
John W. Miller
Shirley Bechtel
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Cherry-Burrell Company
Temple Skating Rink
C. W. His
Loan to Czechs Held Up by Britain Admission
London officials acknowledged a halt in a $10 million loan to Czechoslovakia while denying a formal US request to withhold the credit. A foreign office spokesman said signing was postponed for a moment pending a final decision.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
Czechoslovakia
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