Reds Seize Two North China Cities
Reports from Chungking say two North China cities fell to Communist forces amid talks of a four point nationalist peace plan. Kwei sui and Tatung reportedly came under Communist gains, signaling a stronger position in Inner Mongolia. The government denied planned offensives while presenting a plan calling for troop停 stay put and rail safeguards.
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Chungking
North China
Kweisui
Suiyuan
Tatung
Inner Mongolia
Peiping- Tientsin
China
Chinese Ministry of Information
Shansi
K. C. Wu
Yenan
Hopes of Strong China Threatened
Washington officials warned that civil strife in China endangers the prospect of a stable US backed China in Asia. They feared American Marines or Army forces could be drawn into fighting between Communist and government troops despite White House and State Department intentions.
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Washington
United States
China
Asia
White House
State Department
Attlee to Arrive in Washington November 10
NBC reported Attlee will arrive in Washington on November 10 for talks with President Truman and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King on atomic power. The NBC broadcast noted the upcoming discussions will focus on postwar nuclear policy and allied coordination.
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Attlee
Washington
New York
NBC
Summer in Frisco Brings Record Warmth for November
The thermometer reached 82 degrees in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon matching the all time November record set in 1885. The unusually warm spell ties the city to an historic high for the month with forecasts showing continued mild conditions.
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San Francisco
INS
Footprints Offer Hope in Search for Missing Dickie Suden
In Downieville California searchers tracing fresh footprints toward a ravine half a mile from the summer home of Dickie Suden and his prominent parents, Mr. and Mrs Joseph Suden, found clues in the Sierra Nevada wild country. Heidi the sheep dog followed the prints briefly as about 200 people scoured the wood and hills for the 38 year old man who disappeared three days earlier.
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Downieville
Calif
Dickie Jum Suden
Sierra Nevadas
Dickie
Joseph Tum Suden
Suden
Heidi
Nine Hurt in West Iowa Head On Crash Near Oakland
Nine persons were injured five miles east of Oakland on Highway Six, one critically. Des Moines residents Frances Wright and Virgil Wright were among the injured. Mrs Wright died later from skull and limb fractures.
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Council Bluffs
Frances Wright
E. 25Th Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Oakland
Jenny Edmundson Hospital
Virgil Wright
John Pharmarrow
Pharmarrow
Dale Lowery
Kansas City
William Clark
Dubuque
Stanly Alden
Shellsburg
Joseph S. Westvold
Ankeny
Fort Crook Hospital
Omaha
Earl Hawke
Eleanor Such
Chicago
Herbert Thomas
Lowery
Clark
Alden
Westvold
Hawke
Such
Thomas
Fire at Havana theater? Children flee safely
About 200 children escaped unharmed when a Havana, Illinois, theater burned Saturday. They filed out quietly as flames spread through the building, avoiding injuries.
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Havana, Ill
Havana
Orphan Areas of Europe Series Starts Today
The Gazette begins a ten part feature by the National Geographic Society on European regions whose future control may hinge on international agreement. It covers the Saar, Trieste, Ruhr, Dardanelles, Silesia, Rhineland, East Prussia and more with maps and context for teachers, students, and adults tracking postwar settlements. The Saar article appears on page 10.
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The
Gazette
Europe
Saar
Government Names Conciliator to Break Steel Wage Impasse
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach named Arthur S. Meyer to mediate the steel wage dispute between United States Steel and the CIO. The move aims to restart bargaining and support Truman's wage price program as postwar reconversion debates loom. The labor-management peace parley opens with Truman addressing delegates from management and labor.
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Washington
INS
Pearl Harbor
Schwellenbach
Arthur S. Meyer
New York State Mediation Board
United States Steel
CIO
Truman
Meyer
Labor Department
Schnellenbach
Commercce Wallace
Three Jowans Cited For Heroism on Sub
Nine sailors received the Presidential Unit Citation for heroism in action against German submarine U-505 off French West Africa. Attached to escort carrier Guadalcanal, the unit towed the damaged submarine across the Atlantic after forcing it to surface. The cited men include John W. Kubert of Baldwin Iowa George D. Owen of Maquoketa Iowa and Howard D Sherer of Hampton Iowa.
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ST. Louis
French West Africa
Lambert-St. Louis Field Naval Air Station
Guadalcanal
Atlantic
John W. Kubert
Baldwin
Iowa
George D. Owen
Maquoketa
Howard
D. Sherer
Hampton
Souvenir Hunters Mar Missouri Amid Navy Day Visits
The battleship Missouri suffered damage from souvenir hunters as crowds swarmed during Navy Day activities. Officials report vandalism, pliers and wrenches used on fittings, and a two ton life raft released by a lever accident injuring a child amid a mass of about 1,000,000 visitors by Monday night.
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NEW York
Missouri
Philip Stromback
Stromback
The
Allotment of 9 Million for Iowa Farmers Conservation
A. J. Loveland announced a federal grant of 9.47 million dollars to Iowa farmers through the Agricultural Adjustment agency for soil building and conservation practices next year. Allocations cover all 99 counties and local committeemen will select suitable practices.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Agency
A. J. Loveland
Loveland
Labor Party Gains in British Borough Voting
Final returns from London and major provincial boroughs show the Labor Party winning 2 977 city and town council seats, up 1 245 from prior elections. Conservatives drop to 835 seats, liberals to 111, independents to 501, and Communists rise to 22 seats.
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Labor Party
London
Communists
Victory loan Hellcat gifted to Cedar Rapids school
A Navy Hellcat fighter, delivered from Norfolk to Cedar Rapids, will be awarded to the Linn County school achieving the highest Victory loan E bond sales. The grounded aircraft will be used for instruction, allowing students to study its engine, wing spars, propeller, and construction, while learning aircraft performance data from the World War II era.
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James F. Curless
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Hamilton
UD. B. Navy
Hahn Calls Meeting on C R Housing
Cedar Rapids Mayor F K Hahn announced a meeting of a representative group to discuss housing for discharged veterans returning at about 500 weekly. Invitations went to industry labor bankers realtors builders and material men for a Tuesday 2 p.m. session in city hall Grand Rapids.
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F. K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Hahn
Superior Court Room
City Hall
Cedar
Milwaukee
Willam K. Divers
National Housing Agency
Chicago
NHA
Wisconsin
Willow Run
Detroit
Kingsford Heights
la Porte
Ind
Middle West
Plane with 27 Crashes into Pacific Killing Seven
HONOLULU AP report says an army transport plane carrying 27 aboard crashed 450 miles east of Hawaii during a forced landing. At least seven dead, seven survivors rescued, 20 others in life rafts awaiting rescue. survivors to be taken to Hilo hospitals. The aircraft, LB380 Liberator converted, went down five hours after leaving Hickam Field bound for Fairfield Suisun.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Army Transport Command
Consolidated Airways
Pacific
Oahu Island
Air Transport Command
ATC
Hilo
Hickam Field
Fairfield-Suisun
Calif
Children's Suit For Broken Home Damages Upheld
The Seventh U S circuit court of appeals upheld a $100,000 damage suit by four Oil City children against Mrs Manam Lammere Parker claiming loss of their father's companionship and support after she enticed him away. The court found no existing law on point and reversed a district judge ruling. Mrs Parker also faces a separate $300,000 suit by Mrs Daily, with settlement reportedly under way.
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Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oil City
Manam Lammere Parker
America
England
Urban A Lavery
William J Campbell
Evan A. Evans
Will M Sparks
J. Earle Major
Parker
Navy
Daily
Veteran Offers Eye to Blind Sailor in Need
A Bronx veteran, George Brown, 42, offers to donate an eye to William Bingham, 24, a Charleston Navy hospital patient losing sight in both eyes from an Okinawa disease. The gesture follows delays in visa relief for Bingham’s New Zealand family and widespread appeals by Congress and local editors.
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Charleston
S. C
Navy
New Zealand
G.I
South Carolina
William Bingham
George Brown
Bronx
N.Y
Bingham
Okinawa
America
William H. Townes
Spartanburg, S. C
Herald
Tom C. Clark
Brown
New York
Townes
AFL Tioup Threatens New Orleans
AFL officials warned a 24 hour protest strike could shut the New Orleans area if Congress does not order an investigation into the closing of Higgins Industries plants. Donnell said 75,000 to 100,000 AFL members could be affected as the dispute continues amidst wage talks nationwide.
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Associated Press
AFL
New Orleans
Higgins Industries
William L. Donnell
New Orleans Metal and Building Trades Council
Andrew J Higgins
Higgins
Donnell
Senate
Congress
Wiggins
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
San Francisco Bay Area
U. S
Pacific Northwest
CIO Lumber
New York City
Diamond Workers Protective Union of America
New York
American Export Airlines
CIO
National Mediation Board
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