Miners Split From AFL Deepens 1948 Political Rift
John L. Lewis disaffiliated the United Mine Workers from the AFL marking a second split since 1937. The move signals possible independent runs in the 1948 presidential race as Green AFL leaders note Lewis seeks political autonomy amid tense AFL ties.
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John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Executive Council
William Green
Green
New York
Labor
K. C. Adams
UMW Journal
CIO
Roosevelt
Chicago Gun Rampage Ends In Slaying And Arrests
Three gunmen killed three men and wounded two others in a spree across Chicago and suburbia. One suspect was slain by police and another captured after abducting four men from a south side garage. Victims include Nick Kuesis and his brother John. suspects include Tom Daley Lowell Fentress and James Morelli.
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Chicago
South Side
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Nick Kuesis
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Tom Daley
West Side
Daley
Eugene Barry
Lowell Fentress
Barry
Fentress
James Morelli
Morelli
John Kuesis
Frank Baker
Attempted Rape Charge Against Yadkinville Man
Tom Driver 25 of Yadkinville is bound for the February 2 term of Yadkin county superior court on a charge of attempting to rape a girl aged along the Boonville highway. Magistrate Roger Russell found probable cause after the alleged assault near Yadkinville high school. Driver denied the accusation saying he only laid a hand on her shoulder.
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Yadkinville
Tom Driver
Yadkin County
Driver
Weather shows cold spell across region with light south rain
The weather summary notes cloudy, continuing cold conditions through Sunday with light rain along the south and near the coast tonight. Interior areas may see freezing temperatures tonight with warmer conditions Sunday. Official records show temperatures from various cities including Charleston 40, Charlotte 45, Greensboro 46, Raleigh 41, New York 48, San Antonio 42, and Washington 0 to 8.9 inches?
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Washington
Republicans Consider Curbing Inflation Without Full Price Controls
Washington report says Republican leaders favor a cautious cost of living statement. Senator Taft prepared a draft to be shown to the party conference notes no strong attack on Truman's standby wage price and rationing plan. The plan outlines GOP inflation fears and actions to be pushed in January and a possible pre-session move next weekend.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Cone Merger Approved By Stockholders
Stockholders of Revolution Cotton Mills and Proximity Manufacturing Company approved a stock merger forming the Cone Mills Corporation as of January 1. The merger consolidates 13 North Carolina mills and The American Spinning Company of Greenville South Carolina under a $50 million authorized capital stock and 5 million shares of common stock. Marion Heiss becomes a vice president of the new corporation. policies and staff remain largely unchanged.
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Revolution Cotton Mills
Proximity Manufacturing Company of
Coneoy Corporation
Cone Mills
Cone Mills Corporation
Marion Heiss
Revolution
Proximity Becmes
New Corporation
Cone Corporation
North Carolina
American Spinning Company
Greenville
S. C
Cone Export and Commission Company, Inc
New York
Dixie Council Pledges Help To Souths People
The Southern regional council in a letter to President Truman pledges to aid education suffrage and equal opportunity for all the souths people. It commends the president for appointing the committee on civil rights and urges thoughtful consideration of its report. The council says southernors should combat injustices tied to race prejudice and segregation.
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Atlanta
Southern Regional Council
Truman
Committee On Civil Rights
South
Three-Man Panel to Try Avert AFL Telegraph Strike
A conciliation panel of John Murray Frank Walsh and H Ross Colwell will meet Tuesday in Philadelphia to avert a pre holiday strike by about 50 000 AFL Western Union workers outside New York City. The union trio seeks a 15 cent hourly wage increase as they complete strike votes.
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Philadelphia
AFL
Western
New York City
H. Ross Colwell
Federal Conciliation Service
John Murray
Frank £. Walsh
Colwell
Commercial Telegraphers Union
The
Telegraph Employees Union
Telegraph Workers Union
Government Ends Italian Strike After 48 Hours
Rome reports show riot police patrolled as the 48 hour Communist led strike ended with both sides claiming victory. The chamber of labor announced victory while Il Popolo called the strike a failure as Rome and Rome province offered winter relief funds to unemployed workers.
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Italy
Chamber of Labor
Il Popolo
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Giuseppe di Vittorio
National Labor Confederation
CGIL
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Chamber of Labor Communications
Talian
Mar
Cold Weather Grips Much of Nation With Subzero Readings
Cold waves continued across a wide area with subzero readings in the Midwest. Watertown South Dakota fell to 5 below and Duluth Minnesota at 4 below. Mobile Alabama saw 38 and Gulf Coast areas stayed below normal. Light snow occurred in the Great Lakes region and rain along the Gulf Coast.
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Associated Press
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Texas
Alabama
Ertown
Duluth, Minn
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Tobacco Prices Mixed Across State Marts in NC Week Wrap
Tobacco markets in North Carolina closed the week with a mixed trend on flue cured belts. Middle belt prices fell across leaf, smokin leaf and cutters, while logs held steady. Old belt prices were mostly steady with gains on leaf and heavy nondescript, offsetting earlier losses. Auctions: middle belt 901,480 pounds at 34.88 average. old belt 9,619,396 pounds at 34.12 average, down from Wednesday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Progress hailed as 11 NC hospital projects approved
Health leaders in North Carolina praised federal and state action approving 11 hospital projects with bed capacities from 15 to 100 each. The U S Public Health Service and the state medical care commission announced the plans in Washington and Raleigh, with final Surgeon General approval needed before construction.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
Medical Care Commission
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Troy
Laurinburg
Clinton
Louisburg
Siler City
Roxboro
Albemarle
Manteo
Scotland Neck
Belhaven
Am Stead
State Medical Care Commission
Greenville
Lenoir
Henderson
Public Health Service
The
Commission
High Point
Ferrell
Masked attacker hunted after attempted rape in North Carolina
In Yanceyville Caswell County officials seek a masked African American man after he allegedly forced entry and attempted to choke Mrs Alvin Massey, mother of eight. Bloodhounds trailed about two miles before losing the trail, with the suspect believed to have boarded a vehicle at a key point.
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Yanceyville
Alvin Massey
Caswell County
J. H. Gunn
T Point
Soviet Protest Over Paris and Marseille Arrests
Paris reports a Soviet foreign ministry spokesman says Moscow protested new French arrests of Russian citizens in Paris and Marseille. The note was delivered and translated. no details were given. The charge d affaires in Moscow seeks immediate liberation, as France defends expulsions as lawful amid recent strikes.
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Paris
Foreign Ministry
Larseille
Charge d Affaires
Jean Chauvel
Moscow
France
Son Injured By His Father In Charlotte Crash
The car of Joe William Ross of Matthews collided near Pineville with a vehicle carrying four teens returning from a basketball game. His son was seriously injured and another teen, Robert Leitner Miller, 16, died. Robert Ross, 16, is hospitalized with minor injuries. The elder Ross faced a manslaughter charge.
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Charlotte
Joe William Ross
Matthews
Robert Leitner Miller
Pineville
Robert Ross
Ross
Bomb kills six Arabs near Jerusalem Damascus Gate
A bomb near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate kills six Arabs and injures others as police fire on crowds. Eyewitnesses say a Jewish taxi threw the bomb. a separate fire in Jaffa Road area is reported but denied by officials. Police chase the taxi as occupants abandon a flash bomb.
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Jerusalem
Damascus Gate
Palestine
Associated Press
James Pringle
Pringle
Ball calls for caution on Marshall plan aid to Europe
Senator Ball of Minnesota urged in Philadelphia that the United States should consider limiting or conditionally backing the Marshall plan. He warned against becoming an international Santa Claus and pressed for guarantees that expenditures yield results. He linked approval to France tying its zone in Germany to Allied zones and to foreign exchange reforms, with Britain to supply coal to Europe.
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Philadelphia
Ball
R-Minn
Foreign Policy Association
France
Germany
Britain
Europe
Ballentine weighs gubernatorial bid amid timing concerns
Lieutenant Governor L Y Ballentine says he is seriously considering a run for governor but will announce only when conditions justify. He expects to align farming and dairy interests to allow time for a campaign and stressed the decision hinges on non political factors.
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Raleigh
L. Y
Stag
Ballentine
Meet Postponed as Ministers Battle Over Reparations
London December 13 The foreign ministers session was postponed until Monday to cool tensions after last night's heated argument. U S delegates say further talks would gridlock on reparations, making progress on economic topics unlikely. Marshall weighs whether to end the conference or finish the agenda, while Molotov signals openness to continuing talks.
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London
Foreign Ministers
Conference
U. S
Marshall
Molotov
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Lewis W. Douglas
Liey
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Bevin
Bidault
Bandit Nets Fifty Cents After Failed Detroit Hold-Up
DETROIT December 13 The bandit who tried to rob Wayne Ruggles ended up 50 cents in the red Ruggles 30 said a man lay in his car and so the bandit demanded gas money Ruggles drove until near empty then the gunman ordered his wallet which was empty and the holdup man quit.
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Wayne Ruggles
Ruggles
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