Russia May Pull Out Of Germany
State Department bulletin speculates that Russia may sign a German treaty with the new German Democratic Republic and withdraw occupation troops next year. The piece, by Henry B. Cox, notes shifts in East German Soviet authority and possible peace talks with a Soviet satellite, amid long running debates on occupation status.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Germany
Etme
German Democratic Republic
Germ
Henry B. Cox
Te Department
Ger
Et Control Commission
Tally State Department
Gery
Tate Acheson
Posnl
Acheson
Andench
Tern
Europe
Truman Sends Autographed Photo to Boy in Wake of Murder
Lynn Massachusetts December 1 The White House sent Laurence Goldstein an autographed photograph of President Truman after his father was killed overseas in World War II. The 11 year old boy faced taunts calling him dirty Jew and his mother asked why her father had to die. Administrative Assistant David Niles enclosed a letter from the president urging him to keep his father’s ideals alive and to fight injustice and prejudice.
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Lynn
Mass
Ite House
Laurence
Truman
The
Ant
David K. Niles
Mr. Truman
Thousands Still Owe N. C. Income Taxes for 1946
Raleigh tax crackdown targets 1946 filers and non filers. Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw says about 3 000 to 4 000 individuals in Winston Salem Greensboro Charlotte and similar cities are under review for unpaid or underpaid returns. Agents will contact delinquent taxpayers to file with a 25 percent penalty if not voluntary.
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Raleigh
State Revenue Department
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
Revenue Department
Revenue Commissioner
Stock Market Opens Down Then Recovers After Coal Miner Walkout
New York traders faced a unsettled start as a brief dip reversed into modest gains following the miners walkout timed at midnight. Losers included General Motors U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Anaconda Copper and Standard Oil NJ while gainers featured U S Steel Chrysler Goodyear Caterpillar and Westinghouse Electric with other industrials mixed.
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New York
General Motors
U.S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Schenley
Anaconda Copper
Pennsylvania R. A
Baltimore and Ohio
Standard Oil
J. I. Se
U.S. Steel
Chrysler
Goodyear
Caterpillar Tractor
International Nickel
Nickel Plate
Westinghouse Electric
Northampton Convicts Escape With Prison Truck
Six armed Northampton County inmates fled into Virginia in a stolen prison truck after using a camp foreman as a shield. Foreman Logan Collier was briefly held as others forced guard James Moser to drop his shotgun before three more prisoners joined the escape. The six long-term offenders are to be considered dangerous.
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Jackson
Northampton County
Virginia
Northampton
D. M. Sellers
Sellers
Logan Collier
John Hookano
Fayetteville
Collier
James Moser
Moser
Hookano
J. B. Moore
U S faces possible payment to Chinese consulate workers
Washington reports the United States may owe a lump sum to the Chinese consulate in Mukden before consul general Angus Ward and staff can depart. Acheson said Ward plans a Saturday settlement amid fears of delays from claims seen as a possible shakedown, with dismissal and severance pay rules cited. The Mukden post employs around 20 Chinese clerks and could involve up to 50 claimants including servants.
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Washington
United States
Angus Ward
Mukden
Acheson
Ward
Communist “People
Peiping
Federal income tax forms begin mailing to North Carolinians
The Greensboro post office handled the first batch of about a million federal income tax forms sent from the office of Charles H. Robertson, collector of internal revenue for North Carolina. The mailing marks the start of the tax season in the state.
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Greensboro
Charles H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
President Not To Intervene In Coal Strike Crisis
Rep. J Parnell Thomas faces up to 32 years in jail and a 40000 dollar fine after pleading no contest to war profiteering charges. A swift two and a half day trial found money paid for work not done and payrolls for relatives. Expulsion or resignation are possible outcomes as sentencing looms.
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Washington
House
J. Parnell Thomas
Capitol Hill
Thomas
Alexander Holtzoff
Allendale
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Electrical Union Wary Of Court Actions
The CIO's new electrical union backed a policy declaration denouncing court actions it says harass its membership drive. About 400 delegates approved the statement by acting leader James B. Carey urging courts to avoid actions that interfere with union efforts, amid suits by United Electrical against the IUE.
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Iladelphia
E Cio
New Electrical Work Union
James B. Carey
Carey
State to Get 141093 For Forest Roads
The Commerce Department Bureau of Public Roads announced apportionments from a 20 million dollar federal aid fund for National Forest highway improvements. Forty states Alaska and Puerto Rico will receive shares based on land area and government land value in National Forests. Road selections will follow recommendations from the bureau staff state highway departments and the Agriculture Department Forest Service. The 1951 fund matches the current year. The Forest highway system includes about 23250 miles of roads.
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Washington
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Commerce Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Agriculture Department Forest Service
Carolinas Mail In Freezing Weather Touchdown
The Associated Press reports a return to freezing temperatures across the Carolinas after brief warm spells. City by city drops ranged from 30 to 33 degrees with readings near 30s in Columbia Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh and Charleston. The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions with a bit of warming tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Carolina
Columbia
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Asheville
Wilmington
Spartanburg
Charleston
U. S. Weather Bureau
Duluth
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Chiang Back In Command Of Nationalist Forces
Chiang Kai-shek resumes control of Nationalist operations from Chengtu as Chungking falls to Communist forces. He convenes emergency council leaders to halt the Reds and assumes no immediate return to the presidency. The move signals a rapid shift as Chungking is occupied and transport to the city ends.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chengtu
China
Chiang
Telecommunications Bureau
Hong Kong
Nanking
Canton
Five Burned To Death In Clinton Farmhouse Fire
A kerosene explosion at a farm dwelling near Clinton caused flames to engulf the five room house killing Barbara 7 Barbara Jean 5 Frank 3 Nancy Day 1 children of Mr and Mrs Ernest Autry and Mrs J W Tyndall a widow about 40 Three others were hospitalized with burns Sheriff Perry Lockerman said Autry appears to have poured kerosene on wood in a stove causing live coals to ignite The house seven miles south of Clinton owned by Mrs Tyndall was destroyed Autry couple critically burned Young Tyndall less severely burned.
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Clinton
Here
Barbara
Jean
Frank
Nancy Day
Ernest Autry
J. W. Tyndall
Autrys
Joe Freeman Tyndall
Perry Lockerman
Autry
Housing chief ends rent controls in Pitt County area
Washington reports Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods has removed rent controls from Pitt County North Carolina including Greenville after determining rental housing demand in the area has been reasonably met.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Pitt County
North Carolina
Greenville
500-Pound Bear Killed In Washington County
A 500 pound bear considered one of the largest seen in northeastern North Carolina was killed by ten men in Washington county. Walter Allen of Weona felled the charging bear with five shotgun blasts from 10 feet away near a farm, its brain killed, after damaging area corn crops.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Washington County
Walter Allen
Weona
Rise of German Nationalism Raises American Alarm
Franklin Germany Dec. 1. American officials voiced concern over rising German nationalism as a U S high commissioner noted increases in nationalist tendencies in western Germany. A high commission survey of Germans found nationalists more vocal with waning Allied control but no broad Nazi upsurge.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
High Commission
Sone
McCloy
Bavaria
Friends
Otto Strasser
Canada
Strasser
East
West
Berlin
Bremen
Percen
Lewis Puts Back Three Day Week For Coal Miners
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners to return to a three day week with hard coal and bituminous workers to follow next Monday through Wednesday. The move ends the nationwide strike after a three week truce and shifts focus to company level agreements. Anthracite miners had already resumed work in September.
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Harold W. Ward
New York
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Charles G. Ross
Key West
Fla
Truman
Ross
Fourth coal walkout shuts down nation’s bituminous mines
The December strike by United Mine Workers idles 400,000 diggers as maintenance crews work, with Pittsburgh area steel company mines and Illinois, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania operations shut. Families brace for a bleak Christmas as the strike deepens.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Steel Company
Frick Coke Co
Sidiary
U. S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Benton, Ill
UMW
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine
Government
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Lou Goldstein
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Alexander M. Holtgott
Prese Campbell
Republic
U.S
Lo Wu
Communist China
Red China
Communist
New Electrical Union
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Silesia
East Prussia
Saar
Danzig
Sudetenland
Alsace
Bohemia
Austria
Hitler
Poland
Sears
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