India Proposes New Plan to End Korea POW Deadlock
India submits a compromise resolution to resolve the Korean war prisoner issue. The United States rejects it, warning it may prolong the deadlock. The plan would set up a four nation commission to decide fate of prisoners within 90 days and then refer unresolved cases to a political conference after hostilities end.
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United Nations
N. Y
INS
India
United States
U. S
China
U. N
U.S
Korea
Cles
Palestine
Superforts Bomb Target 20 Miles From Manchuria
American B 29 Superforts bombed a North Korean mining center 20 miles from the Manchurian border near Choaktang and Pyongyang. Airmen reported heavy enemy activity but no fighters engaged. raids hit mint processing, ammunition dumps, and troop positions along the front.
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Seoul
Manchuriar
Af Choaktang
Yalu River
North Korea
Manchuria
Air Force
Gnre
Reds Besiege Key Indochina Bastion
French aircraft bombed Red River delta bases from Saigon Hanoi and carrier Arromanches round the clock. French high command said 40 000 to 50 000 Communist led rebels are inside the delta defense bastion with more entering from outside.
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Alen Hanoi
Une
Saigon
Hanoi
Arromanches
Red River
Delta
Page & Col
Clay Says Stalemate No Solution in Korea
Gen Lucius D Clay warned there is no fix in the stalemate Korea requires a determined plan and quiet talks with Russia to end the war. He decried concessions to Russia at Yalta and Potsdam and urged limiting secret pacts to wartime needs. He spoke at the Charles J Tan Chamber of Commerce dinner in Weirton with 300 attendees.
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Lucius D. Clay
Russia
U. S
Germany
Yalta
Potsdam
Senate
Europe
Charles Jtan Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Boone Hotel
Gen. Clay
Thomas E. Millsop
Weirton Steel Co
Millsop
Deal Thompkins
Chamber
M. R. Mathews
James S. Conley
Court Decision Dims Rosenbergs Fate in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's conviction and death sentences by an 8-1 vote, with Justice Black dissenting. The ruling means prosecutors can seek an execution date, while Justice Frankfurter said Congress abolished power to commute such sentences. The decision also denied Morten Sobell's appeal.
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Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
High Tribunal
Justice Black
Russia
Justice Frankfurter
High Court
Congress
New York
Sing Sing
U. S. District Court
Tribunal Todas
Morten Sobell
Bouchelle Frees Prisoner and Denounces Jail Justice
Circuit Judge Julian F. Bouchelle ordered the permanent release of Lee Meadows from the county jail after ruling the prior sentencing and habeas corpus actions were a travesty on justice. Meadows had pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was released on bond after Sheriff Carson Richards failed to appear to justify the custody. The judge voided the earlier proceedings before Justice Theodore French and called them an outrage, while directing a writ of habeas corpus be issued.
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E. C. Guthrie
J. A. Woodley
Richards
Tudge Bouchelle
Meadows
John L. Goshorn
Bouchelle
Justice of the
More Polar Bases For U S Hinted In Greenland
Copenhagen reports Denmark Greenland officials say the United States will build or upgrade at least four air bases on Greenland to extend polar routes toward Russia. Danish sources expect an announcement soon, while Washington and the UN deny new Greenland base plans.
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Denmark
U. S. Air Force
Free World
Russia
Greerdand
Finn Nielsen
Greenland Department
Washington
State Department
Greenland
United Nations
New York
Ole Bjorn Kraft
U. S
Ike Truman Meeting Aims to Show U S Unity
Washington reports that President Truman and President elect Eisenhower plan a White House meeting to present a united front on foreign policy and the transfer of power. They expect to brief on difficult international issues and signal national resolve for peace amid looming security challenges.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
America
Oval
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
Trumen
Congress
Korea
Indochina
Iran
North Africa
Marland Opposes New Race Track in West Virginia
Letters to Dr J Blair Morton Kanawha Presbytery stated clerk express mixed views on the Hurricane race track plan. Gov elect Patteson and Gov Marland voice strong opposition while other officials and promoter Tweel respond. prosecutor Taylor notes constitutional rights and potential persuasion to halt the project.
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Hurricane
J. Blair
Morton
Kanawha
Presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Presbytery
Okeyi
Patteson
Marland
Putnam
Cabell
Nicholas J. Tweel
West Virginia
Elert Marland
Rosemary F. Hotopp
Frank L. Taylor
Kanawha County
Tweel
Tammany Leader Admits Draft Deferment While Jobless
New York November 17 A gavel banging crime probe heard Carmen de Sapio head of Tammany Hall confess he received a World War II draft deferment as an essential worker despite not having a regular job from 1938 to 1946. He testified his parents ran the real estate business and he was part of it. The hearing explored Tammany influence and alleged ties to racketeers in New York City.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Carmen
J de Sapia
Manhattan ‘Democratic Organization
Tammany
de Sapio
de Sapie
State Decides Against Appealing Pike Ruling
John Lb. Lewis warned that unrest will spread in the coal fields until miners receive the full $1.90 daily pay raise. He hinted 350,000 soft coal workers may resume protest actions despite the Wage Stabilization Board ruling.
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Washington
John Lb. Lewis
Lewis
Roger L. Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
United Mine Workers
Put- Nam
FBI Starts Widen Probe As Pickets Grow At Elk River Strike
FBI agents arrived in the Elk River Coal and Lumber Co strike town to probe possible federal violations tied to a month long work stoppage. Spearheaded by Fred Hallford, the Pittsburgh special agent, the team was dispatched after two Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad bridges were dynamited. State police reported about 50 pickets at dawn, roughly double the prior turnout, with officials urging calm as a federal inquiry begins.
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Wisden
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elk River
Evia
Acid Fumes Claim Two Men At Viscose Plant
One welder died and another was overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes in an acid tank at the American Viscose Co. plant in Nel tro. Harold Crighton Winters 37 of Parkersburg a constriction worker for Riggs-Distler Corp. died after a fan belt broke cutting oxygen. Fred Johnson of Parkersburg also of Riggs-Distler was treated at Thomas Memorial Hospital in fair condition.
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American Viscose Co
Neltro
Harold Crighton Winters
Parkersburg
Riggs-Distler Corp
Baltimore
Fred Johnson
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Fourth Flying Boxcar Crash Kills Nine in Montana
A flaming Air Force Flying Boxcar crashed near Billings Montana killing nine and wounding eight as part of a weekend aviation disaster tally. The weekend toll rose with eight others listed dead or missing in military and civilian crashes, including incidents in Alaska and Korea, as searchers traced 20 crew members.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Montana
Alaska
Seoul
Korea
Billings
Mont
Raleigh GI Dies In C 119 Crash In Korea
Army announces Pfc. Freelan Shrewsbury of Amigo Raleigh County among 34 dead when a C-118 Flying Boxcar crashed near Seoul. Report lists seven Air Force crewmen and other soldiers killed, with multiple other crashes and ongoing investigations noted.
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Raleigh GI
Freelan Shrewsbury
Amigo
Raleigh County
Korea
Air Force
Canvass Shows GOP Gain After Missing Precinct Vote Totals
The county canvass found that Precinct 124 Boyd School totals were misreported from one voting machine. The second machine showed Democrats averaged 75 more votes and Republicans 165 more. no intent suspected, corrections made. Slack, a Democratic candidate for assessor, was noted as successful.
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Boyd School
Toniy
John M. Slack, Jr
William G. Day
Wyoming recount delay okayed in gubernatorial race
The Wyoming County recount for the governor’s race was postponed at the request of Rush D. Holt the defeated Republican candidate. Holt has other recounts pending in Marion Mingo McDowell and Fayette Counties and trails Democrat William C Marland by about 28 290 votes based on 20 counties official returns and AP tabulations in the rest.
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Pineville
Wyoming
Rush D. Holt
Holt
Marion
Mingo
McDowell
Fayette
Associated Press
William C. Marland
West Virginia Will Not Appeal Turnpike Ruling
West Virginia will not appeal Judge Ben Moore's ruling favoring a two lane turnpike over a multi lane toll road. Attorney General John G. Fox said the decision followed talks with Governor Patteson and that the Turnpike Commission must promptly proceed with construction per the 1947 Turnpike Act.
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Fox
West Virginia
Ben Moore
Atty
John G. Fox
Patteson
Moore
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Commission
Guaranty Trust Co. of
New York
Editorial on turnpike bond issues and state intervention
The piece discusses the turnpike controversy editorial Bondholders Versus The People. Fox, attorney general, joined as an intervenor in federal court under Rule 248. Gov Patteson, from New Orleans, says not appealing avoids delays and extra bond interest. The judge heard a petition for a declaratory judgment before turning to Page 8.
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Fox
Patteson
New Orleans
Moore
Witness Recalls Stomp Fatality in Belle Murder Case
Intermediate Court jurors heard that Luther Calvert 46 of Belle stomped his wife Margaret Calvert dragged her by the hair into a bedroom and stomped her again on August 20 at the Calvert home. State witness Margaret Rotenberry testified detailing the sequence of events.
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Luther M. Calvert
Belle
Margaret
Margaret Rotenberry
Calvert
Wonderland Parade Tonight Lights Route With Santa and Floats
The third annual Wonderland Parade steps off at 7:39 p.m. from Reynolds Street playground, with Santa Claus leading the four sections including Oz and Alice in Wonderland. Boy Scouts take part and a 100,000 crowd is expected to view the festive procession through Charleston streets.
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Hanawher Valley
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Reynolds St
Duffy St
Santa Claus
North Pole
Emerald City
Sare
Lewis Carroll
Aludilin
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