Rioting Leaders in Tel Aviv Area Sparked by Immigrant Tension
Dispatches report two days of unrest in Tel Aviv linked to immigration policy. British forces enforced curfews with armored cars and Airborne Division patrolling streets. Witnesses say hundreds arrested, casualties range from three to five deaths and about 100 injuries, with property damage near 900,000 pounds. Isaac Toevy urges Jewish leaders to show restraint and avoid violence while authorities consider lifting the curfew.
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Texusalem
Tel Aviv
Isaac Eea Toevy
Gat Airborne Division
E. L. Bols
No Solution Near In Wage Disputes AFL Truckers Walkout
AFL truck drivers struck at midnight in eight Midwest states amid failed negotiations. About 2,000 workers affected locally, with estimates of 4.295 million people off the job nationwide. Regions hit include Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts of Wisconsin. Additional national labor strife and wage disputes impact shipping, Detroit, and the auto industry, with ships delivering supplies and troops in Kodiak area.
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Ipenagein Presa Afl
Aenbens
Fred Snyder
Minneapolis
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
Lou Hosking
Midwest Truck Operators Association
Snyder
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle
Kodiak
Eugene
Ore
CIO International Woodworkers of America
APL Lumber
AFL Mber
Pacific Northwest
Sven
AFL
San Francisco
Rkers
San Francisco Bay
Peace Feelers Rejected By Auto Leaders In Wage Row
Detroit AP reports the auto industry and CIO Auto Workers union rejected fresh peace feelers over the wage dispute as the big three carmakers entered the talks. Sharp verbal blasts followed, with the union demanding a 30 percent wage increase and the tripartite entry underscoring rift between employers and the union.
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Detroit
Automobile Industry
CIO Auto Workers Union
Nazi Belsen Camp Leader Convicted in Trial
In Lueneburg Germany a British military court found Siegfried Kramer commandant of Belsen and Oswiecim camps guilty of atrocities and brutality. Dr Fritz Klein and 22 year old Irma Grese among 45 SS guards tried in the GineWeek trial were also convicted.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Sie
Kramer
Belsen
Oswiecim
Fritz Klein
Irma Grese
GineWeek
Santa Use Receivership Approved by Federal Judge Igoe
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe approves the trust for the Chicago Surface Lines in receivership. He orders a $10 Christmas payment to each employee still serving in the Army Navy and other services.
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Chicago
Michael L. Igoe
Igoe
Army Navy
Commission Rejects Lease Bid For Howell Building In Dothan
The city commission rejected a proposed 15 year lease to W. H. Bailey for the old Howell school building. It asked Bailey to revise the offer with details on employment, payroll and products, and to present a better proposal before the city would proceed.
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Commission
Howell
W. H. Bailey
Bailey
W. C. Farmer
Board of Education
City Commission
Dothan
Alabama
Soviets Hold Key To U.S. Atomic Question Amid UN Debate
Washington dispatch reports that Moscow's reply will shape the future of the Anglo American atomic program and UN efforts. President Truman and Allied leaders proposed an atomic energy commission under the UN Security Council to share data and set controls. Officials express cautious optimism that Russia will cooperate, linking disclosure of atomic information to a Russian willingness to reduce secrecy. In China a train carrying Major General Peck was fired on by Communist forces near Tangshan to Chinwangtao, with mines destroying track and no American casualties reported.
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John M.eightower
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Mackenzie King
Canada
United Nations Organization
Special Commission On Atomic Energy
Russia
London
Byrnes
State Department
Charleston
D.C
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Security Council
Atomic Commission
America
France
China
Council
Wedemeier
Keller Rockey
Third Amphibious Corps
Rockey
Tang- Shan
Chinwang
Jao
Lavanhsien
Peck
Associated Press
Olen Clements
Tientsin
Tangshan
Chinwangtao
Clements
Flurry Heads Dothan PW Council Meeting
Bruce Flurry, city school superintendent, elected chairman of the Houston County Professional Workers Council. Mrs. Asa Lisenby named secretary at a meeting at the Dothan Recreation Center. An album of council records was presented to retiring chair Rev. G Ralph Madson, who will become pastor in Albany, Georgia. New officers and guests attended. about 30 members present.
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Bruce Flurry
Asa Lisenby
Houston County Profeasonal Workers’ Council
Dothan Recreation Center
Lisenby
Ralph Madson
Episcopal Church
Albany
Dothan
BMG Takes Krupp Holdings In Reich
The British Military Government took possession and control today of all property owned by Friedrich Krupp of Essen and its subsidiaries in the British occupation zone. A controller has been appointed with headquarters in Essen to assume immediate control of all Krupp assets and the present management will be dissolved.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Friedrich Krupp
Essen
Head Krupp
Turkeys Abundant for First Peace Time Thanksgiving
Chicago reports a large turkey crop for the upcoming Thanksgiving, with 44,158,000 birds and a 22 percent rise over last year and 44 percent above the 10 year average. The Institute of American Poultry Industries says supply is ample in most regions for holiday feasts.
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Chicago
America
Institute of American Poultry Industries
County Hits Halfway Mark in Bond Sales Drive
Houston County reports reaching halfway of a 1,155,000 Victory Loan quota as county chair Robert Ramses notes sales of all series totaling 2,612.35 yesterday and 43,089.80 to date. E bonds lag. schools show activity with a notable rise at Lothan High School as students contribute. Ramsey urges buyers to support the Roosevelt Memorial Bond and the Housevelt Memorial Bond to honor sacrifices and aid returning troops.
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Houston County
Robert Ramses
Deland
Ihe
Lothan Htgh
Drsc
Hautse
Ramey
Ramsey
Pengle
Batte
Roosevelt
OPA Mum On Auto Ceiling Fix Date
OPA will announce price commitments for new autos after studying fresh cost information from dealers. Officials expect a long awaited decision but provide no definite date as the review continues.
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Washington
API
OPA
Mistreatment at Camp O'Donnel Prison Camp Described
Technical Sergeant Hugh K. Cox, a Stocomb native, recounts brutal conditions at Camp O'Donnel in the Philippines. He cites filth, meager rations, and torturous treatment as causes of high death rates among American prisoners, with dysentery malaria and malnutrition as primary killers after the Bataan death march.
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Hughey KK. Cox
Stocomb
Camp O'Donnel
Lugen
Eralph M. Raughtry
Slocomb
Hugh K. Cox
A. F. Cox
Tazon
Philippines
Cox
Bataan
United States
Eisenhower Urges Unified Armed Forces Command
President Eisenhower told the Senate Military Committee that the United States must place all armed forces under a unified command to avoid future emergencies. He warned that joint command without unity risks failure and highlighted the need for balanced power across land sea and air.
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Washington
Generge Eisenhower
Pearl Harbor
Cancer
Senate Military Committee
Admiral King Says Navy Unready For Major War Now
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King told a Congressional committee that the U S Navy is not prepared to fight a major war immediately. He cited rapid demobilization and disintegration of key personnel as leaving the Navy short of a fighting force. King warned the fleet would need rapid expansion from peace to war strength and endorsed universal military training legislation.
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William F. Arrogast
Washington
APY - Th
Navy
United States Navy
Ernest J. King
Umiver Ab Oansl
King
Unite
Deroy Johnson
Calif
Koogt
Tromeann
Universal
Chilean Poet Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Lucita Gadoy Algayaga of Chile, a 56 year old former school teacher and lyric poet writing in Spanish under the name Gabrela Mistral. The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters awarded the prize, roughly valued at four dollars, with translations by Mjalmar Gullberg boosting her visibility in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Lucita Gadoy Algayaga
Chile
Gabrela Mistral
Royal
Swedish Academy of Letters
Hax
Iby Mjalmar Gullberg
De Gaulle Reveals Plan to Step Down as French President
Paris reports Gen De Gaulle intends to resign as president amid disputes with the Communist party. He will seek an interim role as leader of a new cabinet coalition during the Fourth Republic's formation. A Constituent Assembly elected him to serve through the transition. The Assembly was to convene to hear and act on the resignation.
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Parisapy
Reward Offered For Conviction Of Dog Poisoners
Police announce a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals poisoning dogs. Chief Draughon says poisoning is a public hazard and notes children have accessed poisoned meat. Stray dogs are being impounded and destroyed unless claimed by owners within two days.
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Polson
Chisi
Peaker Poleon
Draughon
Sid Tie Pole
W Collen Helper
Sid
Watt
Petition to abolish Jasper mayor form wins attention
In Jasper Alabama a petition to abolish the mayor council system is circulating. Mayor John C Burtin accuses state senator Reuben L Newton of backing ex servicemen in the campaign while Newton says twenty war veterans lead the effort demanding a town with equal representation for all. Burton, serving his fourth term, vows to fight the challenge and win again.
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Jasper
Ala
John C. Burtin
Reuben L. Newton
Newton
Burton
Jone Sloseid
Bern
Navy convoys in Pacific before Pearl Harbor revealed
Senate testimony uncovers a 1943 order routing merchant ships along a Southern Route and assigning convoy duties. Admiral Harold Stark's instruction, discussed by Admiral Husband Kamiel and Admiral in Inglis testimony, indicates at least two convoys westbound the week prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. A Japanese message quoted Roosevelt and Hull doubting war warnings.
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Wasiington
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
Inguuay
Admirsl T Bo Inglis
Ked
Harold E B. Stark
Stark
San Francisco
Inghs
Husband F. Kamiel
Ferguson Jr-Mich
Inglis
Adimrad
Ferguson
Boise
Michigan
Beore
Pearl Marbury
Tate
Roosevelt
Japan
Kithi Saburo Momus
Tole Nonira
Cordell Hull
Nonura
Saburo Kurnan
Recreation Center Futures Subject For City Commission
City Commission planned a discussion on a Board of Trustees recommendation to close Tiothan Recreation Center for soldier activity as of Dec 3 during a small troop presence. The center had hosted a Youth Center for about two months until Feb 1 under supervision. Shared operating costs with the Federal Works Administration since 1943 totaled 46,080 from May 1945 to Oct 1946 with FWA contributing 23,323 and the City 18,976.
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Board of Trustees
Tiothan
Miemdaliony
Bir AL A
Winter
Feders Works
du Than
Burton
FWA
Army relaxes discharge rules for enlisted with many children
The Department announced changes allowing Army enlisted personnel with three or more children under age 18 to be discharged upon request. The reforms, effective December 1, also reduce certain discharge requirements for officers and enlisted personnel, extend length of service as a discharge factor, and release all married Wacs regardless of age or prior status.
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Washington
Thall Army
Prioe
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