Intensified fighting nears Chiang cease fire order
In Nanking, fighting grows across the Shantung Peninsula as Chiang Kai-shek’s cease-fire order nears and Marshall seeks Communist support. Chou En-lai to meet with Marshall if no precondition. discussions on postponing the National Assembly continue amid troop clashes near Chefoo.
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Shanag Peninsula
Chiang Kai-ek
WU. S
Jorge C. Marshall
Hait
Marshall
Dang
Chen Cheng
Chou En-lai
Uree
Chou
Chiang
Lo Lung-chi
Demrocratic League
National Assembly
Political Consultative Council
PCC
Shantung Province
Chefoo
Manchuria
Brannon Child Dies. Funeral Today at Center Church
Damage to both cars was estimated by patrolmen at 1300. No charges were filed. The Brannon child, besides her parents, is survived by a brother Harry. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. at Center Church with Rev. Jeter Baldwin officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Holman Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 0. Dunaway
3. D. Wilkinson
Ozark Pitrol Station
Brannon
Harry
Center Church
Jeter Baldwin
Church
Holman Funeral Home
Alabama Voters Endorse Boswell Amendment Amid Political Clash
The speaker warns that Tuesday's election proves Alabamians oppose CIO backed radical groups and pledges Alabama will stay true to Southern traditions. He argues Democrats must resist organized labor and assures no re registration will be required under Amendment No Four while registrars remain judicial officials.
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Alabama
Political Action Committee of
The
CIO
Congress of the
United States
Democratic Party
America
Alabama backers push for next steps after Boswell Amendment victory
In Montgomery AP report, Boswell Amendment supporters plan to solidify gains with proposed bills in the next Legislature to aid County Boards of Registrars. Governor Sparks calls the win a repudiation of hysteria and urges orderly progress, while Democratic Chairman McCorvey urges party unity and a reconciled path to workable suffrage laws for Alabama.
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Montgomery
County Boards of Registrars
Chauncey Sparks
America
Gessner T. McCorvey
State
Democratic Executive Committee
James F. Folsom
McCorvey
Folsom
Alabama
U S Opposes British Amendment in UN Debate
The United States declares it is unalterably opposed to the British amendment and will vote against it. Wellington Koo of China and Shawcross clashed as he interrupted Koo, revealing Britain’s stance. Delegates then approved the American resolution and the British amendment after clarification, though the U S continued to oppose the latter. Molotov and Ukraine’s Dimitri Manii sky urged Europe as the next session, awaiting formal presentation.
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U. S
United Kingdom
China
Wellington Koo
Shawcross
Koo
Europes
U.S
Molotov
Ukraine
Dimitri Z. Maniisky
Assembly
Europe
Dixie Republicans Oppose Preferential Primary Idea In 1948
Georgia Republicans and other Southern leaders rejected a presidential preferential primary for 1948 arguing the convention system best expresses the people's will. Delegates tied to Dewey but Republican factions varied on regional support and feasibility. Several state chairs doubted or opposed primaries due to costs and law limits, with no comment from North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wilson Williams
Columbus
Tom Dewey
Williams
Georgia
South
Nashville
A. V. Lane
Richmond
Curtis M. Dozier
Virginia
Claude O. Vardman
Alabama
Republican Executive Committee
Texas
George C. Hopkins
Louisiana
Arkansas
Wallace Townsend
South Carolina
J. Batss Gerald
Mississippi
S. D. Redmond
North Carolina
History and scope of fairs and fires in North America
The text notes the University of Havana founded in 1738, about 500 fairs held annually in Canada, fairs as a long standing aspect of American rural life, and over 200000 forest fires occurring yearly in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Havana
Canada
United States
France to Elect First Legislature in Ballot Sunday
Paris reports voters prepare to elect 618 deputies from 3,000 candidates in France and colonies. The election pits Communists against the MRP with major parties likely to hold the next cabinet. Experts say foreign and domestic policy unlikely to change significantly. Snow in Paris raises turnout concerns. Gen. De Gaulle stays aloof from clashes.
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Paris
France
MRP
Communists
de Gaulle
Birthday widow backs husband in bank looting case
Dorothy Lobel Collins recounted her husband’s surrender after a birthday visit in the prison bullpen. Collins and four other suspects, including Isadore Rappaport, Joseph Milstein, Irving Ozzy, Cohen and Joseph West, face arrests over a scheme that looted the Mergenthaler firm of about $70,000 monthly via fake invoices and forged checks. Collins held on $100,000 bail while Cohen, Rappaport, and Milstein posted $25,000 each and West remained held as a material witness.
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Collins
Nickel
Isadore Rappaport
Joseph Milstein
Irving Ozzy
Kel Cohen
Joseph West
Cohen
Rappaport
Milstein
West
Mergenthaler
Georgia Klan charter case pushed to Nov 25 hearing
Assistant Attorney General Daniel Duke filed amended charges in Fulton Superior Court alleging the Ku Klux Klan sought to merge with the German American Bund in 1940 to form a racially supreme organization. The state seeks to revoke the Klan’s charter as a charitable group while Gov-elect Eugene Talmadge faces pressure over the suit.
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Atlanta
Filis Arpall
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Daniel Duke
Kian
Fulton
Bund
Klan
Duke
Talmadge
Columbians, Inc
Columbians
Superior Court
Eugene Sanctuary
Ministry of Propaganda
America
Hts
Storm Travers
Edward James Smythe
Protestant War Veterans and Protestant Chaplain Association
New Jersey
Smythe
Gerald L.K. Smith
Continental Teague For Christian Freedom
Millard Grubbs
Louisville
Attlee voices doubts on UN uses and postwar Europe
Prime Minister Attlee criticizes the United Nations for propaganda and disrepute, urging objective proceedings. He argues the UN can succeed only if nations preserve their ways of life while serving the world common good. He calls for German demilitarization and democratic governance to spur postwar recovery.
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Attlee
U. N
Ernest Bevin
United Nations
Europe
Germany
Aillee
Lions Club Parade Features Local Bands and Float Decor
Dr R L Tindell and two children rode the Lions Club float driven by Dowling Thomas. Miss Martha Jean Nordan and Miss Evelyn Vann sponsored cars. Troy High School band led, followed by Herman Mean’s Marianna band, Quincy unit, and Dothan’s T4-piece. Lions members rode a jalopy with Jab Shirley at the wheel. Spectators missed part of the parade as Dothan passed.
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R. L. Tindell
Lions Club
Lion Dowling Thomas
Martha Jean Nordan
Crimson Tide
Bees
Evelyn Vann
Caribs
Havana
Cuba
Troy High School
Herman Moll
Herman Mean
Marianna
Troy
Quincy Aggregation
Dothan
Pride and Joy
Paul Gamble
Paul Allen
Otis Byrd
Jab Shirley
Byrd
Harry Gilmer
Gamble
Allen
GOP wary of reactionary policy as 1948 election looms
A report notes Rep. Wma e ep and GOP leaders plan a December session to discuss curbing presidential powers and pushing decontrol. Morse warns the party to avoid postwar mistakes, while Truman aims to press decontrol and streamline the Agriculture Department as Armistice Day events mark the day at Arlington Cemetery.
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Repblianna
GOP
Payne “Marte
Republic
Clith R. Hope
Kan
House Agricult Committee
Truman
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Ideal Jewelry CO
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Iowa
Senate
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Dixie Republicans
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Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Arnings
Dothan Federal Savings & Loan Assn
S. Foster St
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Ruby
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