Big 5 to Open Secret Parley On Veto Issue
Big powers ready secret talks at the Waldorf Astoria to modify the UN veto rule. Britain United States and France seek changes while Italy Trieste remains a key issue toward a peace pact. France urges subcommissions and rapporteurs to reduce veto use and avoid public boxing contrasts in Security Council debates.
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Big 5
New York
Unit#4 Nations Assembly
Iit
Trieste
Italy
China
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Assembly
Lake Success
Rttch
U. N. Security Council
Ernest Joe Big
Security Council
Survivor at Skra Describes Attack
An intelligence officer notes evidence of a coordinated foreign directed campaign to create a Communist state in Northern Greece. A survivor reports being herded into a straw shed and machine gunned, with three relatives killed and her village set ablaze by attackers armed with submachine guns.
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Song
3D Myco
Skre
Greece
Idea
Skra
Salonika
Tur
Mrs Brown Gall Bladder Talk Sparks Public Grumble
Willie Willis reports on Mrs Browns extended chat about her gall bladder and stomach illness drawing sharp reactions from listeners who call it rude to hear so much personal medical detail in public.
Army Holds Up Draft Decision in War Dept talks
Washington November 17 Officials said a proposal to drop the draft in favor of universal military training has been discussed as a possible solution to postwar manpower. A final decision rests with Secretary Patterson and Gen Eisenhower. The Army pushes a six months annual training plan for a million youths to secure a 3,500,000 man force. extension of selective service beyond March 31 is uncertain amid low volunteer recruitment. The draft decision is being delayed as discussions continue.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Patterson
Dwight D.eisenhower
National Guard
Hisenhower
Dead and homeless after Ashland fire in Ky
Fire swept two frame apartments in Ashland early today killing Arthur Henry Bolton 67 and Mrs Hilma Hall Boggs 39. Two nearby houses were destroyed and 18 families left homeless with several others hurt jumping from second floor. Origin undetermined and losses estimated at tens of thousands.
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Ashland
L—M
Sveral
Burris Henley
Arthur Henry Bolton
Hilma Hall Boggs
George 5. Kimblen
Flosse
CIO Rejects Communists Pledges Loyalty to America
Atlantic City dispatch reports CIO factions unite on a statement resisting Communist interference and pledging loyalty to American free institutions. President Murray announced the policy, aiming to solidify unity for upcoming wage battles, with a six member committee delivering unanimous approval to the executive board. The article also previews Truman's Florida trip, signaling a showdown with John L. Lewis over the coal crisis and a possible government strike response.
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CIO
America
Atlantic City
N. 7
Free Institutione
Philip Murray
Murray
Slav Divisions Said Near Border Amid Greek Tensions
A highly placed, unnamed source in ISTANBUL claimed Yugoslavia has at least 211 divisions along the Northern Greece frontier with Russian officers nearby. He said specialized Yugoslav units moved south as clashes near Skopje and Solonike spiked while reports of a free Macedonia movement emerged from Skoplie and Velusina.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Greece
Marshal Tito
Salonika
Skva
Macedonia
Bukovo
Bitolj
Novi Sad
Belgrade
Elst
Jeft
Olters
Velusina
Buf
Soviets Charge Iran Intrigue in Pre-Election Tensions
Moscow reports two Russian papers accuse foreign circles and Iranian reactionaries of stirring armed conflict in oil-rich Iran as a prelude to national elections. Pravda claims plans to apply armed force in Azerbaijan province, while Trud blames British agents and asserts foreign provocations rise ahead of the Iranian majlis polls.
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Moscow
Forrige
Iran
Pravda
Communist Party
Azerbaijan
Tudeh
Uranian Azerbaijah
Trud
Tehran
Tudeh Party
Thei
Six Hurt When Auto Overturns Five Times
Six persons were injured at 3 30 pm yesterday when a Chevrolet sedan left the road at Big Chimney near Meadow Brook Golf course and overturned five times down an embankment. They were taken to Mountain State hospital in Cunninghams ambulances. Thomas G Walker 22 Rand suffered a broken collarbone and injuries to the right leg and chest. Others hurt included Billy B Lemon 20 Rand driver with a broken ankle Richard L Harris Belle 23 rib fractures Donald Wilson Rand injury to left arm Jennings Groak Rand head laceration and John York Ohio chest injuries.
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Big Chimney
Meadow Brook
Mountain State Hospital
Cunninghams
Thomas G. Walker
Rand
Billy B. Lemon
Richard L. Harris
Belle
Donald Wilson
Jennings Groak
John York
Ohio
Kilgore Seeks War Profiteering Probe Start
Senate war investigating committee to be asked to set war profiteering housing and surplus property inquiries at its agenda before the Republican Congress session. Kilgore says evidence should show need for continuing war contracts probes and may open public hearings on profiteering. Clay testimony and Germany policy costs also on the panel's planned agenda.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Congress
Kilgore
D-Wova
Senate
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
New York
State Byrnes
Nist
Ball
R-Minn
Mom Kilgover
Nazi held linked to cave massacre tied to Rome blitz
Rome dispatch says Allied Caserta reported Nazi Col Eugene Dollmann arrested by Italian police is linked to the Ardeatine cave massacre. Two German generals face trial in Rome for the reprisal killings of 335 Italians after a bombing that killed 32 Nazi troops. Two Italians were executed and one lynched.
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Rome
Caserta
Wek
Eugene Dollmann
Ardeatine Cave
Ebergard von Mackensen
Italy
Kurt Maetzer
Nazy SS
Dollmann
55S
James J Walker in grave condition in New York
James J Walker, 65, famed former New York mayor, is gravely ill at Doctor's Hospital after cerebral thrombosis. Last rites were given by Father James Weber of St. Joseph's Church. Walker had resigned in 1932 amid a removal hearing and had recently been directing Majestic Records, living with his sister Nan Walker Burke.
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New York
James J. Walker
Haman
Walker
James, Weber
St. Joseph's Church
Mayors Parish
Debonair Walker
Einstein
Majestic Records, Inc
Nan Walker Burke
Five Britons Slain In Tel Aviv Blast
The Palestine government reports four British police officers and an RAF sergeant killed while six other policemen were critically injured when their truck was blown near Tel Aviv. Authorities say an electrically detonated mine caused the blast outside Citrus House, the Tel Aviv military headquarters.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Aviv
Citrus House
Chinese War Threats Push Prices to New Highs Across Markets
Reports from Nanjing and Shanghai say fear of a full scale civil war drives hoarding and price spikes. Currency rates soar on the black market as households buy essentials, while pro government forces warn of intensified fighting in Manchuria and Shantung.
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Nansing
Jily Mat
Shanghai
U.S
FEDEY
Yenan
Manchuria
Wsr
China
Shantung
Tavisions
Kang Pao
U. S
Njst
Chu Teh
Ho Lung
Lin Pao
Nanking
Hong Kong
Lewis Backed Down In 2 Other Crises
Washington reports that John L. Lewis faced a pivotal moment as the government urged miners to stay at work, testing his leadership amid a potential Wednesday midnight strike. In 1943 and 1919 he previously bowed to federal injunctions, calling workers back as the government stood against organized labor.
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Lewis
Washington
Navy
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis Wee
Wilson
Ship Strikers Nearing Accord Ends West Coast Tie-Up
A tentative agreement to end the West Coast maritime strike was reported as Presidents Truman and the government urged 400,000 AFL soft coal miners to stay at work. CIO leaders described the pact as substantial for unions seeking higher wages and changes, with ratification meetings set for Monday and a potential end time of 8 a.m. Wednesday PST if approved.
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Associated Press
Truman
John L. Lewis
AFL
San Francisco
CIO Wnsions
CIO
Harry Bridges
Grand Jury May Probe Vote Theft
Beckley, Nov. 17. Judge W A Riffe and Prosecuting Attorney Ned Ragland will confer on calling Raleigh county grand jury to consider evidence in the theft of Nov 6 ballots from the county courthouse. Thornhill, Lilly, Silman and others linked to the case face charges and a recount may be delayed as six precinct ballots remain missing.
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James Edward Silman
William Henry Lilly
Beckiey
State Fraud Commission
Raleigh
Thornhill
Themis B. Sweeney
Wheeling
U. S. Senate
Lewis
H. Miller
Ripley
GOP
Supreme Court
B.C. Callaway
Simon
Ragland
Eugene L. Scott Thornhill
Senate
Lilly
Co. C. Lewis
Ford Union Withdraws Strike Notice Averted by Workers
Ford Motor Co workers voted to withdraw a 30 day strike notice affecting about 65000 employees. The United Auto Workers CIO unit approved a health dispute settlement formula and moved to prevent a strike within seven days.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Focal 600
United Automobile Workers~ Cio
Diggers Told By Krug Pact Still Binding On UMWPits Open
Washington November 17 The government under President Truman orders posters and handbills posted in 3300 coal pits to keep mines open and honor the contract with the government despite John L Lewis threat to end the pact The Coal Mines Administration directs managers to keep mines open and miners to mine coal the nation needs Attorney General Clark and Krug discuss possible legal action as a 60 day revival offer to Lewis is rejected by the union and accepted by operators.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
John L. Lewis
Florida Keys
Boca Chicas N Naval Air Station
Navy
Ralph FE. Davison
7Th Naval District
C. W. Styer
Chester Nimitz
H. M. Gooner
Key West Naval Base
Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
J. A. Krug
UMW
Krag
Lewis Agar Poulielly
Gecreey
Hwill
Krug Pact
Jobn L. Lewis
Coal Mines Administration
Mine Workers Union
Secretary of the Interior Krug
United Mine Workers of America
Krug
Clark
Atty. Gen
Justice Department
Moving of Plane Victims Planned
A joint Ventura and Los Angeles County conference seeks the safest method to recover 11 victims from a Western Airlines crash on White Mountain near the LA Ventura line. Lt. Sewell Griggers said the plane nosed down and burned after impact, with the tail detached. searchers also pursue a missing light plane piloted by Roscoe resident Joseph Tautkas.
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Burbank
Cal
Ventura
Los Angeles
Western Airlines
White Mountain
Sewell Griggers
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Aerial Patrol
Jto Oxnard
Ventura County
Joseph Tautkas
Roscoe
Haevard Teacher’s Fat Boy Comment Sparks Mystery
A cryptic, misread clipping hints at a Harvard teacher and a vague remark about a “fat boy” drawing attention. The item mentions a man connected to Bisstra, with little definite context or names clarified, leaving researchers uncertain about the full incident.
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Bisstra
Stan Arneld
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