Riots and Strikes Flare Across Shanghai Nanking Hankow
AP reports unrest spreads in Shanghai Nanking and Hankow as Chinese Communists push through Manchuria and anti foreign sentiment rises. Nationalist hold weakens in north China while American dependents evacuate Nanking and Shanghai. General MacArthur dispatches ships from Japan to assist.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hankow
Associated Press
Manchuria
China
Pengpu
Suchow
Pital
MacArthur
Japan
Ben Bridges
R-Nh
Europe
Asia
East
Miam C. Bullitt
Aitment
Lestine
U.N
Negev T
Palestine
Tey
Ais
U.N. Ie
Unions see fresh ammunition for pay hike drive
Washington report shows wages lag prices and unions push for a fourth round of pay raises. AFL backs cooperation to raise productivity and curb costs while a labor survey notes contracts show a pattern of higher wages. Bureau data indicate factory pay rose 30 percent weekly and 33 percent hourly postwar, despite price gains eroding real purchasing power.
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Norman Walker
Washington
AFL
National Foremen’s Institute
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Japan
Bureau
Forrestal DUE MN EUROPE TODAY
Secretary of Defense Forrestal, a civilian head of the U S armed forces, is due in Europe today. He will meet American officials in Frankfurt Berlin and London with Gen Lucius DClay and other leaders to discuss alliance matters and military stakes.
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Elton
Fay
Washington
Unitedites Armed Forces
Europe
Afr
Ris
Frankfurt
Berlin
Lonn
Lucius D. Y
Forrestal
Clay
Viscount Montgomery
Western European Alliance
G. L. Estill Dies At Charleston Home
Calvert L. Estill, 55, Charleston correspondent for the Ogden chain of newspapers, died at his home last night after a two year illness of a heart condition. He had served four years as secretary to former Governor William C. Estill. Page 3.
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Charleston
Calvert L. Estill
Ogden
Willi
C. L. Estill
Pistol Found Linked to Slayings of Maryland Couple
Investigators in Waterloo Maryland say they have the odd caliber foreign pistol that killed Glen Burnie postal worker John Mahlan and Mary Kline. A 23 year old Black man and his three brothers were questioned as authorities express confidence the case is solved.
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Waterloo
Glen Burnie
Baltimore
State
Anne Arundel County
John H. Mahlan
Mary C. Kline
Mah- Jan
Annapolis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Rafael Villasenor
Chicago
William Gervais
Clara Foote
Tioai
Change Site of V. F. W. Memorial Services
Memorial City Post No 3081 V F W announced a site change for Armistice Day memorials from the V F W plot near City hospital to the National Cemetery. Services will begin at 11 am, following requests by families of service members buried at the cemetery.
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City Hospital
National Cemetery
Memorial City Post
Woody Squires
Opening Of New Theatre Promised In Late March
Charleston announces the appointment of Kermitt McKeever as chief of the division of state parks. McKeever, 28, formerly Watoga State Park superintendent, succeeds Watt Powell. The article notes a merit-based promotion policy and McKeever’s earlier roles in park management and agriculture service. Opening of a modern theater in Graf ton is delayed by material shortages and a fatal local death, with bids due by November 15 for a four month renovation.
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Charleston
New
Kermitt McKeever
Division of State Parks
C. F. McClintie
McKeever
Watoga State Park
Watt Powell
McClintic
Parks Division
Droop
Parahontas County
Lost River State Park
Watoma
U.S. Department, of Agriculture
Harrisonburg
Glenville State College
West Virginia University
T. M. Manos
Greensburg
Grafton
Manosin
Manos Theater
Possible Draft Of Doctors May Become Necessary
Charleston nov 10 the possibility that drafting of doctors might become necessary to fill vacancies in the armed forces was disclosed by maj gen lewis b hershey national head of the selective service system who visited here with state adj gen charles r fox on his way from white sulfur springs to battle creek mich where he will deliver an armistice day address tomorrow Hershey spoke before deans of medical colleges detailing an insistent demand to fill army navy and marine corps doctor vacancies and the need for planning a method to obtain xx percent doctors by some means.
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Charleston
Lewis B Hershey
Selective Service System
Adj
Charles R. Fox
White’ Sulphur Springs
Battle Creek
Mich
General Hershey
White Sulphur Springs
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Truman story in bee play by ose press
Moscow dispatch reports Truman may visit Moscow for talks with Stalin, prompting comment in foreign Moscow colony. The Dispatch noted Truman could meet Stalin in his capital, while a plan for peace was discussed. U S Ambassador Smith said no link to Berlin, and Seoul denied troop involvement in Korea. Truman page 6.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Washinton
Payne
Truman
Russia
Stalin
Dispatch
Washington Times Herald
Tris Coffin
Times Herald
Washington
Soviet Union
U. S
Walter Be- Gell Smith
Berlin
South Korea
Uttve
U.S. Army
Seoul
Londoners Await Birth Of Princess Elizabeth Baby
Londoners anxiously await the birth of Princess Elizabeths baby expected this weekend. The event will be low key yet still marked by pomp, with public turnout reflecting royal popularity. King George VI plans a toned down approach, halting the home secretarys traditional proximity to the delivery. See page 3 for more.
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Princess Elizabeth
Edward L. Campbell
London
Elizabeth
Sueday
Cockney East End
Swank
George VI
James II
Londoners
UN Political Committee backs Greek aid cut shift
United Nations Political Committee approved a resolution demanding Albania Bul guerrillas stop aiding the Greek government amid a 48 to six vote. Russia and Ku Klux Klan oppose the measure as four nations push peace moves and a separate plan for Palestine talks.
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Edward Curtis
Paris
United Nations
Jainty Today
Albania
Bulguerrillas
Yugoslavia
Greece
China
France
Britain
United States
Russia
Soviet
Security Council
Palestine
Ralph Z. Bunche
United Nations Social Committee
Driver Escapes Injury In Lone Car Crash Near Grafton
Hugh A. Lytle, 49, of Mason town, Pa., escaped serious harm when his 1947 Buick sedan plunged over a hill on Route 119 three miles south of Grafton near the M. J. Bennett residence at 4:20 yesterday. The car was demolished but Lytle suffered only a shoulder bruise and minor injuries, hospitalized overnight in Grafton City. State Trooper Tribbett said Lytle skidded while negotiating a curve, turned around, and hit a tree while en route to Buckhannon to fetch his daughter from West Virginia Wesleyan College for Thanksgiving.
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Hugh A. Lytle
Masontown
Route 119
Grafton
M. J. Bennett
Lytle
Grafton City
Tribett
Dependent Evacuations From China Amid Hunger Riots
Nov 10 AP report says American dependents flee China by air and sea as Reds tighten control. Cities like Suchow, Penzou isolated. Peiping-Tientsin corridor jittery. Riots, gunfire injure and trample crowds while missions withdraw. Hospital Ship Repose and transports General Collins Buckner Patrikch prepare evacuations from Shanghai to Nanking area.
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Harold K. Miles
Nanking
China
Suchow
Penzou
Hankow
Peiping-Tientsin
Taku
Gulf of Chihli
Tsingta
Shanghai
U. S. Army
General Collins
General Buckner
Patrikch
Buck
Nanking Nas
U. S
Vast Industries To Be Turned Over To German Control
In Frankfurt on November 10, the British and American military governments announced that the vast German coal, iron and steel industries in the bizonal area will revert to German ownership in the near future. Military governors retain some powers. Gen. Lucius D. Clay heads the American office. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson heads the British. The Ruhr industries have been technically owned by the military governments since the war. New German companies will be established to operate the concern.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius “D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Britain
Ruhr
Comsee
Warmest Night Since August 31 Shocks Taylor
Taylor residents report the warmest night since August 31 with a low around 62 degrees before a morning drop to 43. The forecast calls for colder temperatures and snow flurries in the north tomorrow. Yesterday's high reached 65 with rainfall at 7 am totaling 0.14 inches.
Truman may visit Moscow amid reports from Russia
ERNEST B. VACCARO reports from KEY WEST that Moscow dispatches claim President Truman considers a trip to meet Premier Stalin. Aide AL Eben Ayers declined comment while noting Truman often invites talks, but he has said he will not leave the country. Secretary Marshall opposed sending Vinson, and no decision on sending emissaries was made during the vacation.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Moscow
Truman
Stalin
White House
AL Eben Ayers
Ansistant
Marshall
Justice Vinson
Russia
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Stores to close on Armistice Day in Taylor County
Armistice Day will be observed in Grafton with nearly all business houses shutting for the thirtieth year. Stores and grocers will close along with the First National Bank and the Taylor City Court House. Post Office operations will halt with no window service or mail delivery, though night collections will occur. Flues will be displayed citywide and at homes to mark the day.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Claude Ebert
Taylor County Board of Trade
First National Bank
Taylor City
Grafton Sentinel invites A J BorbellO to Dixie Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites A J Borbello at Lmadder Street to attend tonight's presentation of Mr Reckless starring Barbara Briton and William Eythe at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
A. J. Borbello
Lmadder Street
Mr. Reckless
Barbara Briton
William Eythe
Dixie Theatre
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Havana
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State Parks Division
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Truman Story
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