Settlement Reached in Maritime Walkout Ends Longshore Strike
Terms agreed to end 18 day CIO and APL longshore walkouts on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts set the stage for early resumption of shipping. Union members vote on pay raises to 15 cents hourly and a shift in wage scales, with enhanced benefits and grievance procedures.
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PRR Derailment disrupts service in Pennsylvania
A PRR freight derailment halted middle division service for 12 hours at Howard Pennsylvania. Fourteen coal cars from an Alloo ra to Williamsport freight train derailed on the Bald Eagle branch causing a pause in rail operations. passengers on two daily trains were bused between Howire and Williamsport.
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Search Continues for Missing Ship Huestar After Weather
A prolonged late 19th century style report notes a renewed search for the Bettiah freighter Huestar after weather wrecks and failed radio contact on November 14. Authorities in Bermuda and Halifax tracked debris and potential signals while the vessel bound from New York to Bermuda and Argentina disappeared east of New York in 600 miles of sea.
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Phil Adélphi
U S Opposes British Plan for Palestine Revisions
Paris officials report the United States objected to Britain's latest Palestine proposal. Amendments urged soften references to the Bernadotte report and tilt toward the UN plan of 1947. A UN security council Palestine committee met to review progress and discuss troop withdrawals in the Negev.
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Spartansburg 12 Year Old Faces Juvenile Court Looting Case
A 12-year-old Spartansburg boy will be heard in juvenile court in Meadville on December 4 for stealing about $125 in items from parked cars in the Spartansburg area. State Police at the Corry substation traced the boy after a report of two guns stolen from a car. Investigators found he had taken several other articles over the past two weeks. the guns were valued at $100 and the rest at about $25.
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Treasury report shows receipts expenditures and debt total
Treasury data dated November 22 show receipts of 198 542 904 37 expenditures 60 087 799 82 and a balance of 4 596 306 024 98 with total debt 252 65 217 010 41. In Karachi a plane crash near Lahore kills 21 people on a Karachi to Peshawar flight operated by Pakistan Airways.
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Peshawar
Red forces shift nearer to the Yangtze, amid Chinese battle
National and Communist forces in North China brace for a major clash as Red units push toward Suchow and the Yangtze corridor. Central News Agency notes decisive battles ahead near Peiping and Tientsin with reinforcements massing and air support tightening.
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Taelona
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Yangtze
Suchow
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Peiping-Tientsig
Daring Prison Break Foiled at Cook County Jail
A prisoner was killed and eight others surrendered after inmates sawn through a 22 foot wall at Cook County Jail. Guards thwarted the escape as about 1,000 prisoners were moved to cells. three guards were suspended for failing to count heads. Andrew Evans, 28, of New Orleans, an ex convict with a police record since 1997, led the column.
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Chicago
Frank G. Sam
Elmer Michael Walsh
William Riley
Riley
Andrew Evans
New Orleans
Mine Employee Shot in Attempted Payroll Hold Up
Three gunmen attacked at a Republic Steel coal mine near Hore in Har marlville Pennsylvania. One employee was shot another beaten and a third abducted as workers resisted the attempted payroll theft. mine officials saved payroll and halted the crime.
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Secretive execution plan for seven Japanese leaders
Reports state seven war lords linked to Japan will be executed under sealed orders from a high command, with no public confirmation until after dawn each day. The fate of Hideki Tojo’s associates remains to be announced by the General Headquarters as the cremation and burial process is arranged.
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Tokyo
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Uday
Eigith
Itinesale
Mild Thanksgiving Weather Promises Easy Travel
Thanksgiving week sees a milder clime than last year with daytime highs near 46 after a clear dawn. Traffic in the hills stays light as highways report good visibility though a mild frost dips overnight to around 20.
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GOP lawmakers to meet December 8 in Harrisburg
GOP leaders in Harrisburg announced a December 8 meeting to choose House leaders for the 1949 session. Rep. Herbert P. Sor, acting speaker, and others discussed possible candidates including Charles H. Brunnet Jr., W. Stuart Helm, Wayland C. Watkins, and Robert D. Fleming, amid a tight Republican majority and upcoming tax and unemployment debates.
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Vie Stake Tore of
Ghijlman M. Harvey Taylor
Herbert P. Sor
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Charles H. Brunpet, Jr
Novristown
W. Stuart Helm
Kittanning
Tyan C. Watlins
Tower City
Robert D. Fleming
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Holiday Mishaps Claim 108 Lives
The nation records 108 fatalities from violent accidents during the Thanksgiving holiday from Wednesday to Thursday midnight. About two thirds occurred on highways with 68 traffic deaths. the remaining 40 died in misc causes such as drowning plane crashes and falls. The year’s toll compares with 128 last year and 83 in 1846.
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Pen Elec Granted Rate Increase
Harrisburg Nov 26 The Public Utility Commission approved Pennsylvania Electric Union rates, establishing a uniform fuel charge based on system average costs. The schedule raises charges for about 650000 customers and lowers rates for 4164 customers affecting service in multiple Pennsylvania counties.
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Two Buffalo Men Plead Innocent in Kidnapping Case
Otis Kane 22 and Arthur Johnson 21 entered pleas of innocent in Buffalo for kidnapping first degree robbery and first degree grand larceny. They allegedly abducted James Younger in a carjacking last month, binding him with a blanket before dumping him at an undisclosed location. State Police arrested Kane and Johnson after the incident and they face related assault charges.
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Used car dealers seek two men on $12,000 fraud charge
Pittsburgh police seek C. B. Hyer and James Pring of Springfield Ohio on warrants for fraud over $12,000 in the purchase of five autos. Tuck Teitelbaum, used car lot operator, said he traveled to Springfield and could not cash a check the men gave him for the cars. He identified them as members of State Motor Sales Co. of Springfield and recovered the five vehicles.
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Ohio Land
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C. B. Hyer
James Pring
Springfield
Hem ‘Witty
Tuck Teitelbaum
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Tydings Plans to Invoke Ceiling on Defense Spending
Fragmented and garbled report mentions Tydings hints at limiting defense spending. Notes confusion over locations including Sapporo Japan and Guam, with references to survivors from a sunk vessel and unidentified American troops. No clear single event or coherent detail is presented.
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European Aid Plan Attacked by Slav Group
The United Nations Assembly defeated a Polish resolution on economic aid and faced sharp criticism from a Slav bloc. Poland and Czechoslovakia accused the United States of discriminatory trade practices as the ERP debate highlighted concerns over military security and export policies.
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Unlted Nations Assembly
Tiawl
Eucspean Revue
BRE
Oly Lange
Poland
Lange
Assembly
Wilfred le Thorp
Polina
United States
Mokotowrada
Thorp
Vladimir Clementis
Czechoslovakia
Rome
City Service Station Looted Last Night
Reports from Philadelphia detail a break in at the City Service Station on West Washington Street. Officers found the entrance pried and cigarettes and candy stolen, suspected youths. A jury reported no verdict in the O’Malley malfeasance trial.
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