Murray Hopes Strikes Will Not Flare Up
CIO moves to seek a third postwar wage round. Philip Murray expresses hope strikes won t be needed to win increases. Meanwhile 40 000 members of the Atlantic and Gulf coast steamship engineers seek a 15 percent basic rise. The Chicago printers strike enters its tenth day as ITU battles over contracts and Taft Hartley law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
CIO
Philip Murray
Washington
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
New York
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Steamship Companies
Chicago
AFL _ International Typographical union
Woodruff Randolph
ITU
Randolp
Albert Antrim
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
Four Million Men Equipped For Fighting
Washington report shows Soviet Russia with about 4.05 million armed, eight satellite states totaling 1.12 million, and free European forces at 2.79 million. US forces in Europe and U S total 371,000. Committee urges $590 million aid for Austria France Italy and China while warning against overextended plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
China
Russia
Arma
House
War Department
Senate
France
Italy
Austria
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Asia
Germany
Soviet Union
Alrea
Truman
Fresh Disorders Strike Jerusalem Amid Palestine Turmoil
Riots and gunfire flare in Tel Aviv Jaffa and Jerusalem as Arab protests over the UN partition plan escalate. Reports say 14 dead and 38 wounded in the latest violence with casualties among Jews and Arabs in several incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tel Aviv- Jaffa
Palestine
Jerusalem
Tn Cairo
al Sahar University
Hagana
Aviv
Jerusa
Arabs and Jews clash in no man’s land near Tel Aviv Jaffa
In no man’s land between Tel Aviv and Jaffa Arabs and Jews fought with guns grenades knives and fire. Official counts place deaths since dawn yesterday at about 20 amid a three day strike protests to the UN partition plan. Jerusalem imposed curfews as violence spreads and mass flight from trouble areas continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
No-Man’s Land
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
New York
Abba Hillel Silver
The
Jewish Agency
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Dec 4 1947
Increasing cloudiness and milder conditions expected today and tonight. Thick cloud cover with heavy rain chances in the northern and western portions. Sunrise at 7 15 and sunset at 5 06 bookmark the Thursday calendar date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Alienation Suit Dismissed in Connecticut Supreme Court
The Connecticut Supreme Court dismissed a $10,000 alienation suit by 18 year old Donald Taylor of New Haven against Stanley Keefe. The court ruled a minor cannot claim damages for alienation of a mother's affections, upholding the mother's natural right and distinguishing it from a spouse's legal right. Mrs. Helen Taylor had divorced Leon Taylor in 1944.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Supreme Court
Donald Taylor
New Haven
Helen Taylor
Stanley Keefe
Taylor
Keefe
Leon Taylor
Stabilization Fund Request Is Shelved
A key inter government committee has shelved a $3 000 000 stabilization fund for Western European currencies to support the Marshall plan. They will urge President Truman to omit the request in the forthcoming Marshall plan message, suggesting funds may be considered later if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Truman
Congress
Cargo Of Cigarettes Hijacked In Mass
A truck carrying cigarettes valued at $60,000 was hijacked near Mystic Parkway. A semi conscious man named Will Regan told police he was attacked by two men after stopping for directions. Police Lieut. Earl Elliott said Regan reported the assault and theft to authorities in Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Mass
Mystic Parkway
Earl Elliott
Will Regan
One-Pound Baby Alive In England
In Exeter England a baby weighing one pound is alive in hospital today six weeks after birth. The girl Marjorie was born two months premature to Mrs Arthur Bastin wife of a motor mechanic. A hospital spokesman said the baby has a good chance to survive and she is fed through a tube under an oxygen tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
England
Marjorie
Arthur Bastin
Nurses Walkout Hits James Walker Hospital in Wilmington
North Carolina Nurses association reports 31 nurses at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington plan to resign in two weeks over working conditions and bargaining. About 50 nurses on staff, with potential further resignations, unless administration negotiates with the state body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Raleigh
Marie B. Noell
North Carolina Nurses ‘Association
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Memorial
James Walker
Noell
State Nurses Association
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Lie to Pay Visit To Palestine
Secretary General Trygve Lie announced plans to visit Palestine as head of a five nation commission overseeing partition. He will travel to Europe in January to review prospects for the 1948 General Assembly. Also named Victor Ho of China to head the Korean independence commission. Bunche to lead UN secretariat for the partition overseer group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Trygvie Lie
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Trusteeship
Holy Land
Lie
Palestine
Europe
General Assembly
Victor Hoq
China
Korean Independence Commission
Bunche
Partition Overseer Group
U. S. State Department
Heating Oil Meeting Called For Charlotte
Mayor H H Baxter urged six major heating oil firms in Charlotte to meet this afternoon to tackle a local heating oil shortage. He cited calls from more than twenty residents, including ex G L s families, facing no fuel for home heating as deliveries drop up to 40 percent. The mayor seeks an equitable distribution so no one will be left cold this winter.
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Charlotte
H. H. Baxter
Baxter
G.l.'s
Saboteurs blamed for Paris Lille rail wreck
Paris December reports say saboteurs caused a fatal Paris Lille train wreck. Police in helmets, 5000 strong, guard the national assembly as the government’s five section strike control bill moves forward. Champs Elysee area remains tense with barriers at Place Franklin Delano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of the
National Assembly
Paris-Lille
Assembly
Champs Elysee
Franklin Delano
Train Derailment Near Arras Kills Dozens
A Paris to Lille passenger train derailed near Arras in the early hours. Officials blamed saboteurs. Arras hospital reported 20 dead with 17 bodies recovered and 3 believed trapped. About 40 injured, 27 hospitalized, as rails failed at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arras
France
Paris
Lille
French Assembly Passes Sabotage Law After Rail Threats
The French assembly recessed after voting substantial anti sabotage measures amid strikes. A derailment near Arras reportedly killed 12 people as saboteurs disabled track sections near midnight. New penalties include up to 500,000 Francs fine and five years jail for saboteurs or strike instigators.
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Roosevelt
Road Point
Concorde
Atrack
Arras
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Corn And Oats Slightly Lower In Chicago Trade
Good rains in the winter wheat belt prompted selling on the board of trade. Corn and oats slipped slightly while wheat opened lower. December quotes showed wheat near 3.06, corn around 2.55 to 2.56, and oats moving modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Dulles Plans Paris Trip to Influence French Policy
John Foster Dulles, adviser to Secretary of State Marshall, will travel to Paris on a personal fact finding mission approved by Marshall. The aim is to influence U S policy amid the French internal crisis and to link Marshall Plan recovery with European economic integration discussions in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Foster Dulles
Republican Party
Marshall
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Paris
Dulles
Georges Bidault
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle
U. S
Europe
France
Italy
Washington
Germany
Economic Organization of Europe
Total State Revenue Sets New November Record
State revenue across three funds totaled 11,581,381 in November, an 18.44 percent rise from 1946. Sales tax remains about half of general fund receipts, with gains in franchise and income taxes and a 377.15 percent jump in the operators chauffeurs license fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Revenue Department
Department of Agriculture
Wildlife Resources Commission
Insurance, Labor
Secretary of State
Plan to Trap Reds In U. S.
Washington reports a congressional inquiry into methods to curb Communists. Rep. Nixon proposes compulsory registration of all Communists as agents of a foreign government and aims to move forward with a bill at the January session. The House American Activities subcommittee was convened to find a suitable anti Communism measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Congress
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
America
House
American Activities
McDonald Calls for Higher Pay to Combat Teacher Shortage
In Louisville Dr. Ralph McDonald of the National Education Association warned of a colossal elementary teacher shortage and urged sweeping reforms. He proposed starting salaries for teachers at 2400 dollars and rising to 5000 dollars or more with experience, criticizing spending patterns on liquor versus education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association
Ordway Teach
Board of Higher Education
New York City
Ralph McDonald
McDonald
Washington
National Education Association
Department of Higher Education
Soldiers Battle Snowstorms In Hunt For Plane
Weary American soldiers fought through blinding mountain snow along the French German border to find a missing U S air transport plane with 20 aboard. Air force officers said the search would continue though they admitted hope may be fading. French gendarmes joined U S troopers in seeking the C 47 wreckage believed to have crashed en route from Pisa Italy to Frankfurt Germany.
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Bitche
France
U. S
Air Force
U. S. Constabulary
Pisa
Italy
Frankfurt
Germany
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Murray
Eniwetok Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
John E. Hull
Eniwetok Atoll
Western Pacific
Mihaul
Mihai
Romania
Anne
Bourbon-Parma
MGM Film Studios
Boreham Wood
Elizabeth
Lausanne
Switzerland
Radio
Eng
Guard Chamber
Lucile Gobster
Barbara
Los Angeles
Laan
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