Secret Report On Military Rule In Germany Released
Washington December 3 A split widened in the Senate War Investigation Committee as four Republican members released a staff investigator’s confidential report on conditions in the American occupation zone in Germany. Chairman Kilgore charged it is not a committee report and cited hearsay evidence. He read Patterson’s letter opposing release and said the report distorts the military situation.
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Washington
Germany
Senate War Investigation Committee
Kilgore
D-W.va
Brewster
R-Me
Ball
R-Minn
Ferguson
R-Mich
Knowland
Half Ton Coal Limit In Charlotte As Crisis Bites
Charlotte coal dealers impose a half-ton cap for households and require a ten day supply statement under solid fuels rules. The Southern Railway reports about 5 000 temporary layoffs nationwide amid the soft coal crisis, affecting Asheville and Charlotte divisions. A Railway Express Agency spokesman notes shipments are accepted but delayed.
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Charlotte
J. Arthur Eagle
Dealers’ Association
Solid Fuels Administration
Carolinas
Southern Railway
Washington
Asheville
Railway Express
Weather notes warm spell ends as Carolinas face cooling trend
Weather report for the Carolinas notes calm, fair conditions with gradually rising temperatures followed by a cooler spell tonight and Wednesday. Extended forecast through Saturday shows temperatures 1 to 3 degrees below normal with a chance of rain Thursday night or Friday. Record excerpts list city temperatures across the region including Charlotte 33 and Greensboro 46.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Chinese Troops Expected to Seize Dairen Port
Chinese military authorities said Gen. Tu Li-Ming's forces would take over Dairen Manchuria's largest port, held by the Soviets since Japan's surrender. Putantien position troops near the border as negotiations with Red Army commanders continue. Unconfirmed reports claimed panic among residents and alleged Communist activity.
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Dairen
Yes
Inquiry of Bilbo Broadens Into Voter Abuse Scrutiny
Jackson Mississippi reports that Senator Theodore Bilbo's primary campaign faces a widening probe into how local officials handled black voters. Testimony from about 30 witnesses in seven counties cites advice warning of trouble for persistent registration efforts, registration obstacles, ballot challenges, and alleged intimidation including a deputy sheriff defying entry to a polling place and a veteran beaten after being denied registration.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
William Bender
Tougaloo College
Etoy Fletcher
Brandon
Everal
Socialist Vincent Auriol elected President of France
Socialist Vincent Auriol was elected president of the new French national assembly with 284 votes while Communist Marcel Cachin received 170 and radical socialist Alexandre Varenne 98. His win was aided by the conservative Popular Republican Movement led by Georges Bidault as premier. Maurice Thorez sought the premiership.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
French National Assembly
Auriol
Marcel Cachin
Alexandre Varenne
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
George Bidault
Bank Fires Because of Coal Strike
Pittsburgh reports 23,000 idled workers eligible for unemployment benefits as a 13 day AFL UMW coal strike spreads. Steel workers face fourth claim in a year amid fuel shortages that force layoffs on railroads including Southern Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio in a nationwide crisis.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-United Mine
Pennsylvania Employment Service
Southern Railroad
Washington, D. C
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk and Western
New York Central
Gardner Silent on Possible Ambassadorship to Britain
Washington dispatch reports fresh rumors that O. Max Gardner undersecretary of the treasury may be named ambassador to Great Britain. Gardner refused to comment on the reports and on a prior statement that he had not been offered the post and would not accept. The ambassadorship has been vacant since W Averell Harriman became secretary of commerce.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
the Treasury
Great Britain
W. Averell Harriman
Commerce
Burke quits as Southern coal association president
The Southern Coal Operators Association accepted the resignation of former Nebraska Senator Edward R. Burke as its president after opposition from about a third of the board. Burke had proposed a two week truce in the United Mines Workers strike and urged immediate talks with John Lewis to settle a new contract and regain control of government seized soft coal mines.
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Washington
Southern Coal Cers Association
Nebraska
Edward R. Burke
John Lewis
Association
Burke
Pes
Iving Burke
United Mines Workers
Lewis
Ickes Called To Testify At Hearing On War Pipelines
Harold L. Ickes was called before a House committee to discuss the ultimate disposal of the wartime oil and gas pipelines. The $145 million project, praised as a potential national asset, faces debate over its permanent use with gas flowing within a week to ease coal strike shortages.
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Washington
Little Inch
Harold L. Ickes
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
House
Ickes
Seaboard
John L. Lewis
Jo A. Krug
Byrnes Reveals Pact on British American Economic Merger
Secretary of State Byrnes and Foreign Minister Bevin announce a British American economic merger in Germany to take effect January 1. They aim to make 40 million Germans self sufficient in three years and seek talks with Russia and France on broader German unification.
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New York
Byrnes
Bevin
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Governors Debate Rent Control at Governors Conference
Miami Beach reports that the 1947 national governors conference plans study of federal state relations. Gov Millard Caldwell leaders the Florida panel as executive council discusses federal aid and rent ceiling control. Caldwell says federal control likely continues. some governors favor state action if federal rules end.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Utah
Millard F. Caldwell
Forida
Executive Council
Board of Managers
Council of State Governments
Caldwell
Carolinas Hit By Cold Front From Canada
Cold snap sweeps the Carolinas with temperatures dropping around 20 degrees from overnight. Wilmington 25 Raleigh 16 Spartanburg 22 Charleston 29 Greensboro 15 Charlotte 21 Asheville 14. Charlotte nearly hits a 67 year December 2 record. Mt Mitchell records a high of 4 with no low listed.
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Colum
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mt Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Spartanburg
Washington
Wilmington
Na Sh Onsen
Carolinas
Central Canada
Charleston
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
North Carolina
Teachers Pay Raise Meetings Planned in Hickory and Fremont
Four meetings will promote a resolution calling for a 40 percent raise in teachers salaries. R L Fritz Jr of Lenoir chairs the state steering committee. NC Educational Association backs 20 percent. South Piedmont district endorses doubling to 40 percent.
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Hickory
Fremont
R. L. Fritz, Jr
Lenoir
North Carolina Educational Association
South Piedmont
Disarmament Debate Focuses At United Nations Session
At Lake Success the United States urged a comprehensive world disarmament system with free inspection. Soviet Andrei Vishinsky waited for Moscow instructions as the committee weighed disarmament, the veto, and Franco Spain amid calls for urgent action.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Russia
United States
United Nations
Spain
UN Political and Security Committee
Vishinsky
U. S
Tom Connally
Security Council
Connally
India Leaders Meet British Viceroy in Last-Minute Talks
Lord Wavell meets Prime Minister Attlee and cabinet experts at 10 Downing Street as time runs short for Britain's plan to smooth India’s path to independence. Nehru, Jinnah, and Baldev Singh accompany him after a Karachi flight.
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London
India
Britain
Lord Wavell
Attlee
Subcontinent
Wavell
Karachi
No. 10
Downing Street
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Mostem League
Sardar Baldevva
England
Oakland Hit By General Walkout
AFL called general strike in Oakland and the East Bay affecting 1,000,000 people. Street cars and key bay bridge commuter trains did not operate as Pickets patrolled plants and city officials considered disaster plans to bring in essentials.
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Oakland
Calif
East Bay
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Bay Bridge
Oakland Tribune
The
Post-Inquirer
Ralph York
Jurist Defers Sentence in UMW Contempt Trial
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers were found guilty of contempt for defying a court injunction aimed at averting the coal industry crisis. Judge T Alan Goldsborough deferred sentence, requesting recommendations from counsel, and Lewis spoke against government injunctions as he faced possible penalties.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Lewis
AFL
Joseph A Padway
Padway
UMW
Norris-La Guardia
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Chattanooga
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