Riots Rock Shanghai as Vendors Clash with Police
A weekend riot in Shanghai left thousands injured and reports of deaths denied by officials. Mayor Wu limited vendors to sections of the city while accusing communists of trying to spark a general strike. An Associated Press photographer witnessed a crowd at the Whangpoo police station as police opened fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Shanghai
K. C. Wu
Associated Press
Don Carlos Roque
Whangpoo
Roque
Rioters Clash as Police Fire Into Demonstrations
Police fired into a mob during protests amid clashes with demonstrators. The scene showed no evident foreign element, though some foreigners reported their cars halted and faces punched by rioters.
Promoter Faces Mail Fraud Charge Over War Victory Program
Federal indictment names Ralph E. Richards also known as Paul Curtis and ten aliases. He and aides Frances Short Bowlin and Ernest A. Samuelson allegedly sold broadcasts to Georgia radio stations and merchants under a Community Victory Program promising war bonds stamps and relief but delivered only transcriptions and few bonds. The scheme allegedly defrauded outlets in Atlanta Columbia Cedartown Griffin Gainesville Macon and Rome with funds diverted to promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
Ralph E. Richards
Paul Curtis
Frances Short Bowlin
Ernest A. Samuelson
Fire damages home on East Rock Street in Hartselle
Small damage occurred in a Sunday afternoon blaze at the home of Mrs F M Horsley on East Rock Street Hartselle. Firefighters arrived after 315 pm and swiftly controlled the fire. Origin suspected to be a defective flue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Horsley
East Rock Street
Hartselle
Wage Increase Aimed at Aluminum Company Talks
James Thimmel, vice-president of the CIO United Steelworkers, announced demands including a substantial wage increase and guaranteed annual wage during contract negotiations with Aluminum Company of America beginning tomorrow in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
James Thimmel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Balkan Crisis Heats Up As Tsaldaris Pins Bet On UN
Mackenzies column notes growing tension in Greece amid civil conflict and BalkanFront clashes. Premier Tsaldaris sends complaint to Russia, shifting focus to United Nations amid alleged meddling by Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The piece links Greece Britain and Moscow in a high stakes struggle over influence and the Dardanelles.
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Balkans
Tsaldaris
Russia
United Nations
Greece
Balkan
Athens
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Moscow
England
London
Britain
Soviet Union
Europe
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
John Bull
U. N
Mortgage Sale Notice in Morgan County Alabama
Legal notice states J B Grooms and Lucy Grooms mortgage to Home Owners Loan Corporation dated 1935 and 1940 with default. Property in Decatur Alabama Lot 22 Block 26 Addition 4 Decatur Land Improvement shown in Probate Office. Sale to pay secured debt and expenses set for December 20 1946 at Morgan County Courthouse.
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State
Alabama
Morgan County
J. B. Grooms
Lucy Grooms
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Mortfac
Court House
Decatur
Towit
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Molotov May Take Stalin's Post Next
London reports a new push for Vyacheslav Molotov as Stalin’s successor. Moscow papers praise him as Stalin’s closest assistant and he is named honorary member of the Soviet academy of science.
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Molotov
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Academy of Science
London
Paris
New York
Communist Party
Russia
Council of Ministers
Georgi M. Malenkov
Andrei Andreyev
Lavrenti P. Beria
A. A. Zhdanov
A. I. Mikoyan
L. M. Kaganovich
Malenkov
Politiburo
Nikolai Lenin
Zhadanov
Wtos
Ningrad
Mortgagee notices attorney fees dated 1946
Home Owners Loan Corporation files notices through Peach Cadwell and Shanks for mortgagee attorney fees. Dates listed include November 18, November 25, December 2 and December 9 of 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Peach, Caddell & Shanks
Attorneys For Mortgagee
Home Demonstration Club December Schedule
The Home Demonstration clubs publish a December schedule with meetings at South East Rock Creek Union Florette Danville Massey Waldermose Eva Hopewell Center Point Austinville Windes Lacey Springs Ryans and hostesses listed by area. Meetings run from December 6 to December 31 with local leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South East
W. C. Kirkpatrick
Rock Creek
Union
Susie Johnston
Florette
J. W. Lynn
Danville
Addison Randolph
Massey
J. F. England
Waldermose
Eva
Hopewell
Center Point
Austinville
Justin Roberts
Windes
Lacey Springs
Ryans
United States Must Control Pacific Islands Says Naval Panel
Rep. Ed V. Izac and another House naval sub committee member told reporters in Tokyo that unilateral control of key Pacific islands is essential. They stated the Pacific is clearly America’s ocean and emphasized U S leadership in postwar arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
House
Orient
Ed V. Izac
D-Calif
Soviet Leadership Roles Revealed in 29th Revolution Anniversary
The text lists Beria directing atomic energy, Andreyev overseeing the purge of collective farming, Mikoyan as foreign trade minister, and Kagana vich a Jewish council vice chairman, noting their Georgian Armenian and Jewish backgrounds respectively.
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Beria
Stalin
Russia
Andreyev
Mikoyan
Kaganovich
Council of Ministers
Jimmy Goes Abroad on a Made in the USA Mission
A New York description portrays a young man named Jimmy planning a overseas trip under a philanthropic banner. He outlines profits from cigarets and travel perks while intending to inspect foreign work and live comfortably, aiming to profit with little personal effort before returning home.
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New York
Jim
Witaw Aiencan
Jimmy
Dealh
Tll
Cliffs on Easter Island Reach Over a Thousand Feet
A description notes that several coastal cliffs on Easter Island in the Pacific soar more than 1000 feet high, highlighting the dramatic vertical scale of the terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easter Island
Pacific
Doctor's Invention Offers Free Trial for Rupture
Kansas City readers can test a Doctor's Invention for reducible rupture for 30 days. No cost for a $3.50 truss if they participate. if not satisfied, they may return the device but keep the truss. Write Physician's Appliance Co. at 1052 Koch Bldg. 2906 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Physician’s Appliance Co
Koch
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