West Coast Ship Pact Clears Decks for Early Resumption
Negotiators announce settlement terms ending the 86 day CIO Longshore strike on the Pacific coast and an AFL longshoremen walkout on the Atlantic. Ratification by about 515 strikebound ships and 92 000 maritime jobs hinge on union votes, with wage gains of 15 cents on the Pacific and 13 cents on the Atlantic. Dock work should restart within a week on 265 idle ships.
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San Francisco
CIO
Pacific Coast
AFL
Atlantic
Collins Radio Leases Tract For Research Near Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio will install a heavy power field station north west of Cedar Rapids for antennas and radar research. The site along Primary highway 74 near Crawford quarry will study microwaves, high power use for industrial heating, and possibly television antennas. Prof. Donald H. Menzel will be associated with cosmic ray origin theory. construction start and cost were not set but are expected soon.
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Cedar Rapids
W. W. Salisbury
Collins Radio Company
Collins
Salisbury
Salisbury-Menzel
Donald H. Menzel
University of Iowa
Harvard University
Collins Company
Pale Road
Crawford Stone Quarry
Turkey Uneaten As Wife, Child Fail To Appear
Detroit autoworker Marvin Park awaited Thanksgiving with a turkey uneaten as his wife Rose 33 and son David 2 disappeared Oct 6. A bus sighting in Marion Ohio and a lunch counter photo id spurred hopes they went to Beckley West Virginia or possibly Oklahoma City. Park said he and his wife did not quarrel and he planned for Christmas while waiting alone.
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Detroit
Marvin Park
Rose
David
Park
Marion
Ohio
Reed resigns as superintendent of Eldora Iowa Training School
Charles Reed announced his resignation as superintendent of the Iowa Training School for Boys at Eldora effective December 16. Hollis Miles will serve as acting superintendent. Reed, appointed September 1, 1947, did not state a reason and previously clashed with lawmakers over use of a security building for inmates.
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Des Moines
INS
State Board of Control
Charles Reed
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Reed
P. F. Hopkins
Hollis Miles
Eldora Institution
Hopkins
St. Charles
Ill
Illinois Training School For Boys
Fred Cooper
Fort Dodge
Legislative Interim Committee
Santa Claus Brightens Cedar Rapids Parade to 20000
A festive Cedar Rapids parade drew an estimated 20 000 spectators, mostly children, as Santa rode a midget racer through First Avenue and Third Street. He handed out candy and comic books on the Plaza after greeting cheering crowds and judging parade prizes. Fire trucks from department headquarters responded to a scare along B Avenue NE. Santa then boarded a plane for the North Pole, joking about packing. The event showcased multiple prize-winning floats and performances by local groups.
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Gazette
Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Santa
First Street
B Avenue NE
North Pole
Bachelors Divide Work as Sitters
Two bachelors split infant care for three days and took the 18 month old girl to the central police station. Eugene Everette said the mother left the child in his South State street hotel room, with Max Starbanks assisting daytime care. Police entrusted the child to St. Vincent's orphanage and sought the mother.
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Chicago
Central
Larry Gorey
Eugene Everette
South State Street
Everette
Max Starbanks
Starbanks
Gorey
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
Ballot Denial Charges Prompt Senate Inquiry
The National Negro Council charged 2,000,000 Negroes were denied the vote in five southern states this year and urged public hearings. Edgar G. Brown asked for investigations in Birmingham Jackson New Orleans Atlanta and Columbia S C noting violations of federal law in primary and general elections.
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Washington
National Negro Council
Senate
Edgar G. Brown
Council
Birmingham
Jackson
New Orleans
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Turkey and Stork Too Much in Day
Boston AP reports Patrolman John Mee faced a double duty day as a turkey and a stork disrupted his Thanksgiving. After dinner he rushed to the hospital where his wife gave birth to an eight pound girl, then he returned to work as Lt. Patrick J. O'Donnell urged him to take the night off.
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Boston
John Mee
Mee
John
Maureen
Patrick J. O’donnell
Little Merchant Pay Your Paper Boy Promptly
Advertisement urges timely payment to newspaper boy, who buys at wholesale and sells at retail, asking customers not to delay or he may need to return for payment and expressing appreciation for cooperation.
Chiropractors Denied Draft Deferment Protest
Washington AP reports Selective Service rejected requests to defer chiropractic students. A healing arts committee had recommended deferring medical and dental students but omitted chiropractors, prompting claims of discrimination by the National Chiropractic Association and the National Capital Chiropractic Society. The agency cited the need for doctors and no shortage of chiropractors as reasons.
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Washington
Selective Service
National Chiropractic Association
National Capital Chiropractic Society
Lewis B. Hershey
Capital Society
Ickes Stamp Collection Sells For 57585 At Auction
Harold L. Ickes former secretary of the interior saw his stamp collection fetch 57585 at a public auction. Auctioneers announced Friday.
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New York
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
West says unified Berlin government needed for Four Power currency control
The United States, Britain and France doubt Four Power control of Berlin currency is possible until a unified Berlin government is restored. They note Four Power administration is being rapidly diminished and resist Soviet sole control of Berlin finances. The Soviet reply urges acceptance of the Moscow August 30 Four Power accord as the basis for control.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Berlin
Big Four
Juan A. Bramiglia
U.N. Security Council
Bramiglia
U.N
Bank of Emission
West
Moscow
Bargain painting may be worth a thousand dollars
Newark student Bernie Martin paid five dollars for a grimy portrait of a girl in a red velvet dress. Art directors and experts urged identification at the Met in New York and Boston, suggesting the work may be from the early 1800s French school and worth at least a thousand dollars.
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Newark
Bernie Martin
Bernie
G.I
Houston
Newark Academy of Arts
Theodore R. Bogut
Jeff Markell
Martin
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan
Boston Museum of Arts
Boston
U N Vetoes Slap At Marshall Plan
In Paris the United Nations assembly rejected a Polish resolution to ban economic pressure as a policy tool. Dr Oscar Lange led the Slav bloc against the European Recovery Plan calling it an American economic cold war. The vote was 33 to 6 with Russia and the bloc siding with the Polish bid. Willard L Thorp opposed the proposal, arguing it would discredit ERP.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Poland
Oscar Lange
Lange
Russia
Willard L. Thorp
United States
Filipinos Bow to Japanese Soldiers in Occupied Philippines
At a location in Manila two Filipino farmers encountered two actors in Japanese uniforms. The farmers stopped, then bowed from the waist as required by occupying Nipponese soldiers, illustrating the tense scene during the occupation.
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Manila
Philippines
Woman in Aisle Crusher and Doors In Enka Voice
A humorous line notes a woman tearing through an 18 inch aisle in a crowded store and then returning home to knock doors off a 12 foot Enka Voice. The quip plays on sudden, disruptive energy in everyday scenes.
Truman rejects inviting Chiang Kai-shek to U S
President Truman declined Rep. Bloom's proposal to invite Chiang Kai-shek to the United States to present China’s plight in person. Bloom said the nation needs real information on the Chinese situation, while Mme. Chiang reportedly plans a U S visit with no official invitation yet.
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Washington
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
Rep
Bloom
D-N.y
House
Congress
White House
Chiang
China
State Department
Mme
Chiang Jis
United States
Chiang Kai-shek reshapes Chinese leadership with liberal moves
President Chiang Kai-shek names Sun Fo premier replacing Wong Wen-hao and appoints Chang Chun to head the central political council. Sun, Sun Yat-sen’s son, and Chang are seen as liberals. Sun to form a war cabinet with broad emergency powers and include diverse government cliques.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Fo
Wong Wen-hao
Chang Chun
Central Political Council
Sun
Sun Yat-sen
Chang
Communist Forces Move Toward Yangtze Near Suhsien Lingpi
Nanking area notes show Communist troops advancing toward the Yangtze, shifting on the Suchow eastern flank and regrouping east of the Pukow-Tientsin line. Nationalists near Peiping-Tientsin prepare for a major clash as reports dispute control of Suhsien.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Suhsien
Lingpi
Suchow
Pukow-Tientsin
Pengpu
Peiping-Tientsin
Central
Be Courteous Drivers Win Theater Passes Week Start
Today marks the start of Drivers Courtesy Week as the police heighten patrols through December 4. Officers will log license numbers and issue courtesy summons to drivers deemed extra courteous, with theater passes awarded. passes are not limited. City Manager Francis C. Gillon says any deserving motorist may receive one.
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Cedar Rapids
Tri-States
Francis C. Gillon
CIO Re-Elects Murray as Head
Portland delegates re-elected Philip Murray as CIO president by acclamation after a boisterous 46 minute demonstration at the national convention.
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CIO
Murray
Portland
Philip Murray
U.S. infant adoptions boom at peak pace
Washington officials report infant adoptions rising nationwide with childless couples driving demand. Agencies say at least ten requests exist for every available baby, and one agency halted new applications due to overwhelming demand.
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U.S
Washington
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