Britain and U S Agree on Atomic Priority at UN
The United States and Britain urged the United Nations to give atomic weapons top priority in world disarmament while differing over the veto. The U N press office announced a Sunday meeting at p m EST and Australia urged opposition to the veto. The U S proposed that the Security Council promptly consider practical measures for general armament reduction and national control of atomic technology to ensure peaceful use.
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Assembly
Australia
Tck
United States
General Assembly
Security Council
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Maps New Strategy For Battle
The government approved retroactive fines of 1 to 2 dollars for each day of idleness in the soft coal strike. Collectible only when miners return to work, these fines would be deducted from pay and directed to the union medical fund controlled by the union itself.
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Washington
Guilford Votes On Teacher Pay Increase Proposition
Guilford voters will decide on January 14 whether a 20 cent per $100 tax levy should fund salary supplements for county school teachers. The Guilford County Board of Education approved the petition of 85 voters and rural Parent Teacher Associations prompted the action. The county commissioners must approve the date after December 14, with election logistics handled by the commissioners.
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Greensboro
Guilford
E. D. Idol
Weather Summary From Washington Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau report lists temperatures and rainfall for the four end in eight areas including principal cotton districts and other regions. Data covers temperatures highs and lows and precipitation patterns across the reporting areas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Army to Ask Large Sum to Meet Occupation Expenses
War Secretary Robert P. Patterson told the United Jewish Appeal conference that the United States must seek a January deficiency of 369 million dollars to cover occupation costs for the first half of 1947. Of this total 105 million is slated for rehabilitation and resettlement of 620000 displaced persons in Austria and Germany. He noted 3 million have already returned home since the war and that costs for 1947-48 are uncertain.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Robert P. Patterson
Austria
Germany
Patterson
United Jewish Appeal
Europe
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt Views No Concern To House Committee
Chairman Wood stated Roosevelt's recently expressed views are of no concern to the House Un American Activities Committee. Rep Smith criticized Roosevelt as an ambassador of ill and urged muzzling and repatriation if reports are true. Roosevelt denied criticizing U S policy in Moscow.
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Washington
Wood
D-Ga
Elliott Roosevelt
House UN- American Committee
Roosevelt
Lawrence H. Smith Rae
Byrnes Smith
Moscow
Los Angeles
Toll Road Deaths Rise Amid Week’s Crashes
State highway patrol reports 13 killed and 91 injured in 159 accidents during the week of November 19. Through October tolls show 821 deaths and 4,963 injuries in 8,300 highway crashes.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Accia
Christmas Tree Dimout Ordered in 21 States
John D. Small, civilian production administrator, ruled that the 21 state dimout ban on ornamental lighting does not cover indoor home Christmas trees. The order applies to indoor trees in stores and business buildings and all outdoor trees.
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John D. Small
Atomic Energy To Stay Under Military Rule
Washington dispatch reports that civilian atomic energy plans may keep the army’s Manhattan district operating into mid-1948. The war department’s appropriation includes 375 million dollars for atomic service through June 30, 1948, to maintain control while the civilian commission led by David Lilienthal assumes full duties.
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Washington
Civilian Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Manhattan
Atomic Energy Research and Development
Super Agency
War Department
Atomic Service
Leslie R. Groves
David E. Lilienthalan
Half Million Idle In Coal Mine Strike
The ten day coal walkout spreads economic strain as unemployment rises in related industries. An AFL United Mine Workers shutdown threatens to push total jobless past a million, with thousands of factory and foundry workers idled and rail shops resuming only partial operation in Paducah.
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Pittsburgh
AFL United Mine
Associated Industries of Georgia
Alabama
Logan
W. Va
Paducah
Illinois Central Railroad
Wayne A. Johnson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Task Force To Test Tactics In Aleutians
The army launches its first major post war Arctic test with three months of operations in the Aleutians. The Adak unit named force Willislaw will face severe storms and 110 mph winds after warm up drills in California. Two other groups of 1200+ men operate in sub zero cold at Fairbanks Alaska and Camp McCoy Wisconsin under task forces Frigid and Frost.
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Washington
Arctic
Aleutians
California
Willislaw
Adak
Fairbanks
Alaska
Camp McCoy
Wis
War Department
Birthday cake marks Churchill milestone with war relics
In London on November 30 a two foot high birthday cake honored Winston Churchill. The 60 pound cake featured 32 haiks symbolizing frose wear from his school days, an RAF helmet from the last war, a tin hat from the Battle of Britain, and a fur cap from Yalta. Churchill, turning 72, had no candles to mark the year.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Yalta
Eastern Carolina natural gas may solve future fuel shortages
In Morehead City on November 30, reports say eastern North Carolina could supply natural gas to ease coal shortages. The Carolina Petroleum Co has drilled four wildcats in Merriman and spudded a fifth near Thanksgiving, with earlier wells near Crab Point showing oil gas indications. Standard Oil of New Jersey reports a nearly two mile long Cape Hatteras well found granite with no production but suggests deeper oils or gas may exist nearby. A second well near Pamlico Sound and a drilling program west of the Outer Banks near Rodanthe are planned as gas bubbles appear.
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Morehead City
Little Inch
North Carolina
Carteret County
Carolina Petroleum Company
Merriman
Carolina
Standard
N. J
Pamlico Sound
Rodanthe
Seek Improvements In State Air Service
TheCharlotte aviation committee urges the legislature to improve air service in North Carolina and curb what it calls a monopoly by eastern lines. Bob Lassiter says further steps will be planned at the state aeronautics commission meeting in Raleigh Tuesday to request the Civil Aeronautics Board study improved service and prevent a single line from monopolizing the market.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charlotte Aviation Committee
Eastern Airlines
Charlotte News
Bob Lassiter
the News
State Aeronautics Commission
Raleigh
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hitler ranked Stalin as a great world statesman says Nazi document
A wartime Nazi transcript published by the American war crimes staff claims Adolf Hitler listed Stalin Mussolini and himself as the three great world statesmen in 1939. Hitler allegedly called Hirohito weak and cowardly at a conference before the Poland invasion and prior to allying with Stalin.
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Washington
American
War Crimes Prosecution
Adolph Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
British Seek To Prevent War in India
London officials urged a roundtable to avert communal war as Indian leaders from Congress, Moslem League, and Sikhs prepared to fly to London with Viceroy Wavell. Jinnah briefly reconsidered participation after Attlee pressed Nehru to attend, tying it to Britain’s transition plan for independence.
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India
London
Indian Congress Party
Karachi
Lord Wavell
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Amost
Attlee
Jawalharlal Nehru
Congress
Britain
Wage Guarantee Seen as Path to Prosperity
A government study contends a guaranteed annual wage can stabilize the economy and propel prosperity. Latimer reports that guarantees may fit with state unemployment systems and need broader federal and state support, with a full economic impact study ongoing by economists Samuelson and Nomics. The CIO warns OWMA pressure could truncate the study before key aspects are finished.
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Washington
Murray W. Latimer
National Railroad Retirement Board
White House
Latimer
Violence resurges in Jerusalem at Mahaneh Yehudah
In Jerusalem nightfall attack on Mahaneh Yehudah police station marks one of the fiercest bursts of violence in years. Gunfire from rooftops, explosions possibly from road mines, and police counterfire drove troops to pursue attackers toward rocky ravines north and west of the city.
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Jerusalem
Mahaneh Yehudah
Holy Land
Five Additional Junior Colleges Urged By Dr. Poe
Dr. Clarence Poe Raleigh editor urged a broader Eastern North Carolina plan focusing on improved education, stronger agriculture industry balance, and better health facilities. He spoke at the Eastern North Carolina Press Association session advocating better teacher pay and expanded vocational education including opportunities for Black citizens.
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Greenville
N. C
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
North Carolina
Eastern North Carolina Press Association
Poe
Ten Die in Peron Crowd Surge in Tucuman
In Tucuman Argentina on November 30 a crowd gathered for the wife of President Juan D Peron. Police lines broke as the crowd surged forward and toppled a reviewing stand. At least ten people were killed and over a hundred injured.
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Tucuman
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Truman Solidarity Backing for Hard Lewis Fight
President Truman has broad bipartisan backing for a non compromise finish with John L. Lewis. Democrats and Republicans say he should press to a final showdown without concessions seen as a victory for Lewis. Some Republicans foresee congressional action to curb Lewis if the coal strike continues when the new GOP congress convenes.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
House
Congress
Miners Bet On Appeals As Walkout Enters Week Ten
Counsel for John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers plot a circuit court appeal if a district court ruling goes against them. They seek to stay any contempt sentence. Southern coal producers may oust Edward R. Burke after his talk with Lewis. Ten directors have repudiated his statement amid a nationwide 400000 miner strike and 100000 other workers laid off. A further 167000 were idle as fuel shortages bite. Government says a 21 state dimout will not stop indoor illumination.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Edward R. Burke
Lewis
Burke
Germans In U S Zone To Vote Today
Nearly 7,000,000 Germans in Bavaria and Greater Hesse will vote on new constitutions and legislatures with Greater Hesse deciding on socializing basic industries. Wuerttembergs Baden already approved its constitution and elected a parliament last Sunday.
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Germany
Bavaria
Greater Hesse
Greater
Hesse
Europe
Wuerttembergs
Baden
U. S
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