Santa Claus Isn't Coming This Year Walkout Hits Miners Hard
Pittsburgh area miners brace for a fourth walkout this year as soft coal workers face layoffs and wage losses. John L. Lewis warns of strike charges while families fear a bleak Christmas amid transportation and rail layoffs. The walkout end date looms at midnight, with widespread impact on related industries and communities.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Bsid
Joe Lipinski
Coverdale
Albert Mueller
Molienauer
Bridgeville
Joe Liveretti
Wailer Komosinski
Carnegie
Thomas Drops Fraud Defense To End Trial
Rep J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey abruptly abandoned his defense and pled nolo contendere to a four count indictment alleging payroll padding and conspiracy against the government. Federal Judge Holtzoff set December 9 for sentencing, with a maximum penalty of two years in prison and forty thousand dollars in fines. If following precedent, Thomas may resign from Congress though House rules would govern. The government was surprised as proceedings shifted when co defendant Helen Campbell was dismissed from the case.
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J. Parnell Thomas
R.N.J
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Vet Con Ocensional Pira Menteriaos
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Misa Helen Campbell
Justice Department
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Picasa
McCloy Confronts Neo Nazi Groups in Germany
U S High Commissioner John J McCloy said neo Nazi groups are emerging in Germany but the Western Allies can intervene if needed. He favored allowing German reaction and noted Allies retain powers to counter groups that threaten Allied policy. He refused to specify when intervention would occur.
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Frankfurt
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U. S
John J McCroy
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McCloy
Willie Willis Endures Painful Arm Injury
A venting note recalls Willie Willis wishing it had been his leg rather than his arm skinned, lamenting the lack of concern for injuries unless they slow him down. The speaker conveys frustration at being judged for not limping or showing visible hurt.
Surplus Forces U S to Reject Foreign Butter
Denmark and at least six other nations were blocked from shipping butter to the United States at below government support prices due to a 200,000,000 pound American surplus. Agriculture Department officials said Congress authorized the action, highlighting conflicts between Marshall Plan export aims and trade pacts. Diplomatic sources noted tariff cuts still favored American exporters.
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Denmark
Agriculture Department
Congress
Sweden
Norway
Stiffer Emergency Teacher Cert Requirements Proposed
State Superintendent W W Trent called for tighter rules on emergency teaching certificates to take effect in the 1930-31 school year. The plan asks for emergency teachers to complete at least six college credit hours related to regular certification, replacing the current three hour minimum. If not met, teachers would hold a special emergency certificate with a $20 monthly pay cut.
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W. W. Trent
State Board of Education
Water Shortage Nears Crisis in New Jersey
New Jersey faces a desperate water shortage with one community completely dry and Monmouth County's Roosevelt town running on a 60 day supply. Artesian wells there went dry prompting workers to drill 40 feet deeper while an emergency water haul from Hightstown aids residents. Scarcity leading to street-side rinsed ashcans and emptied tubs awaiting relief.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Roosevelt
Monmouth County
New York City
Hightstown
Chiang Flees As Chungking Falls to Reds
Chiang Kai-shek fled Chungking as Communist forces entered the outskirts of the city. Reports from Taipei and Hong Kong indicate Chiang resettled in Chengtu, making it the fourth Nationalist capital within a year. Dispatches describe gunfire and a hurried evacuation as Red troops advanced.
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Chungking Falls
Reds
Chengtu
Hong Kong
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Fortmona
Sing Tao Man Po
Liu
Pe-Cheng
Yangtze River
Kiangpeh
Taipen
Chongtu
Reda
Marjorie Chen
Wives Plan Sitdown to Free Held Husbands in China
Mrs. Ruby Smith and Mrs. Shirley Bender vow a Washington sitdown at the start of the year to pressure the government to secure release of their husbands, Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach and Marine Master Sgt. Elmer Bender of Cincinnati, seized since October 1948. The two women, mothers and wives, are coordinating efforts from homes in Chicago and Long Beach while continuing outreach to the President and Congress.
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Cal
Ruby Smith
Shirley Bender
Washington
Navy
William C. Smith
Elmer
Bender
Cincinnati
Chicago
Russia Skips Protest Over Ward Case With U S Allies
Washington reports that Russia and its satellites refused to protest to China over the treatment of U S Consul General Angus Ward. Nineteen nations including Australia France India Italy Norway and the United Kingdom joined the U S in protests, while Soviet bloc countries did not respond. Acheson condemned Chinese actions and warned of violations of U S rights.
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INS
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Acheson
Red Ching
U.S
Angus Ward
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
China
Soviet Union
U. S
Regimne
Isbrandtssen Line
New York
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Proteata
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Egypt
France
India
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Holland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Philippines
Poland
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
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Physicians Rebuke Nurses for Stand in WV Medical Row
The West Virginia State Medical Association condemned nurses for tabling a resolution opposing socialized medicine. In a White Sulphur Springs meeting report, the group called the action an all-time low in its public relations campaign and urged doctors to explain the bill to nurses, warning of similar penalties under socialized medicine and urging campaign engagement.
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Medical Assoc
West Virginia
Nurses Assoc
White Sulphur Springs
America
Bulgaria Indicts Eleven To Set Up Treason Trial
Bulgaria charges Traicho Kostov and 10 co defendants with treason spying and sabotage in a 20 000 word indictment. Prosecutors accuse Kostov of working with American British and Yugoslav agents to sever Bulgaria from the Soviet Union and seek Yugoslav military help for a coup. The case mirrors the Rajk trial in Hungary and comes as a broader push against Titoist opponents.
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SOFTS
Rajk
Traicho Kostov
Cdnies
Laszlo Rajk
Budapest
Kostov
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Georgi Dimitrov
Yugo
Tito
Communist Information Bureau
Yugoslav Defiance Before UN Over Tito Crisis
Yugoslav delegate Sava Kosanovic told the 50 nation UN assembly that no Cominform resolution can undermine Tito's government. He stressed Yugoslav support from the Yugoslav Peoples Front and accused the Soviet backed move of failing to align with peace. Hector McNeil called the Cominform resolution more of a war manifesto than a peace one.
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Cominform
YORK
Yugoslavia
United
Netongtheen
Cominiform
Marshal Tito
50-Nation Assembly
Tito
Sava Kosanovic
Peopes’ Front
U.N
Hector McNeil
U S Readies Arms Release After NATO Plan
A senior source said the United States will pour arms into Western European armies within weeks following NATO plan approval. General Omar Bradley announced satisfaction with defense plans drafted by 12 NATO nations as ministers prepare to meet. The package includes 900 million dollars of semimilitary aid, about 500 million for surplus arms and 400 million cash to strengthen arms production. Bradley and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson also met with French Defense Minister Rene Pleven.
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Paris
United States
Omar Bradley
U. S
Joint-Chiefs of Staff
Truman
America
Congress
Bradley
WU. S
Louis Johnson
Rene Pleven
Weather Map Preview By Telephoto Map
A new weather forecast will begin Sunday in The Gazette presented as a telephoto map showing general conditions for the upcoming hours. The service, exclusive with The Gazette, will provide regional forecast details through Acme Telephoto. The Charleston Gazette The State Newspaper
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Charleston
Mayors urge highway movement shifts in cities
Choking traffic and losses plague American cities as about 250 mayors attend the American Municipal Association conference led by G Donald Kennedy of the Automotive Safety Foundation. He cites 43 million motor vehicles, with most movement on city streets, and calls for rapid shifts in highway planning within municipalities.
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Cleveland
iPi
G.donald Kennedy
Washington
Automotive Safety Foundation
American Municipal Assoc
Kennedy
Infantry A-Bomb Plans Discussed
Washington reports Gen. J Lawton Collins outlined Army revamp for atomic era with new tanks guns and tactics including study of using the atomic bomb against infantry airborne operations to play a major future role. He noted plans to buy 24 ton tanks for training and mentioned two new developments amid questions on bomb burst size and radiation effects.
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Washington
iThe Army
J. Lawton Collins
Army
A-boumb
Bridges Perjury Trial Defense Grills Witness
In San Francisco on November 30 17 Defense attorney Vincent Hallinan pressed cross examination of Government witness Schoemaker at the Harry Bridges perjury trial. Hallinan questioned details of Schoemaker's talks with agents and lawyers and pressed for the exact topics discussed noting Schoemaker called Hallinan a smart boy. Bridges a CIO Longshore leader faces charges of perjury and conspiracy for denying Communist ties when applying for citizenship in 1945. Hallinan said he would keep Schoemaker on the stand to reveal the true picture.
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Bridges
San Francisco
Vincent Hallinan
Buss
Harry Bridges
Hallinan
John Schomaker
CIO
Schomaker
Schumaker
Hiss Jurors Hear Naval Note Linked to Duggan Trial
In New York the Alger Hiss perjury case mentions Lawrence Duggan a former State Department aide linked to a cryptic note about prewar battleship plans Duggan died last December from a fall in New York Noel Field another former aide is also named by a trial note Field vanished in Europe months ago likely behind the Iron Curtain
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Lawrence Duggan
State Department
Alger Hiss
Duggan
Noel Field
Field
Europe
Truman Stays Ready as Coal Strike Looms
President Truman monitors a potential coal strike while weather cooperates for a Florida vacation. He hopes John Lewis will extend the strike truce beyond midnight and avoid invoking Taft-Hartley, as aides coordinate with Cyrus Ching and John Steelman to restart negotiations between United Mine Workers and operators.
UMW Confirms End Of Coal Truce Sinkers Walk Out Tonight
A United Mine Workers official confirms the 400,000 miners will quit the mines at midnight ending a three week truce after John L. Lewis halted a policy committee meeting. Pittsburgh area crews report the strike is on and President Truman watches developments from Key West as Lewis secludes himself in the Roosevelt Hotel.
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John L. Lewis
Hotel Roosevelt
New York City
Thomas Kennedy
John Owens
Lewis
New York
Navy
INS
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Pittsburgh
Truman
White House
Key West
Fla
Charles G. Rogs
Union
For & P.m. Ay
Roosevelt
Dennis Marshall
UMW District 5
Nuts
State's Diggers Walk Out of Pits
West Virginia miners walked out of the pits last night for the fourth time this year, ending a three week truce called by United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis. The Kanawha Valley coal firms said mines would stay open but few miners would work without UMW sanction. reports of no IL p m shifts circulated amid limited official comment.
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Poe
Lewis
Eyebrown
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Round House
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UMW
Mississippi River
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Kanawha
Assoc
Saie
Hatfield-Campbell Creek Coal Co
Rensford
Campbell Creek
Kanawha Association
Fairmont
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