New Era Of Frankness Envisioned In Diplomacy
London report says United Nations delegates foresee a new era of frankness in international diplomacy. Soviets and Britain clash openly over Greece while many expect an amicable solution. Debate may shift from secret diplomacy to on the table discussion. Bevin welcomes inquiry into Russia's charges about British troops in Greece.
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Jack Smith
London
United Nations
Russia
Great Britain
Greece
Ernest Bevin
Spain faces a Franco crossroads under Potsdam scrutiny
Madrid reports a pivotal moment as Franco contemplates three paths after the Potsdam declaration. Monarchists push for Don Juan on the throne while Republicans seek exile or abroad action to topple Franco. the generalissimo weighs a dignified accommodation with the Allies amid palace pressure.
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Madrid
Crystal My
Spain
Don Juan
Franco
Generalissimo
Northern Cold Wave Grips Nation As Temps Plunge
The Associated Press reports two cold masses spreading frigid air across the north while the south enjoys milder conditions. Dakotas center a disturbance moving east with fringes reaching North Carolina as Devils Lake North Carolina records 24 below zero and Duluth 15 below. Light snow falls in the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
North Carolina
Devil’s Lake
N. C
Duluth
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Mississippi Valley
Great Lake
South
Georgia
Gulf States
Louisiana
Connecticut area recommended as UN headquarters site
A United Nations committee recommended the Greenwich Stamford area in Connecticut as permanent UN headquarters with New York City as the interim site. The committee also reported possible roles for Hyde Park on the Hudson Blue Hill near Boston and the Boston north shore area in ongoing site discussions.
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London
Greenwich-Stamford
Connecticut
United Nations
New York City
United Nations Committee
UNO
Hyde Park
Hudson
Blue Hill
Boston
North Shore
Britain to Withdraw From Greece Amid UN Debate
In a UN council session Britain signals ongoing withdrawal from Greece after national elections. Delegates note Russia’s limited push on the case and praise frank discussion as a hopeful sign for peace. Bevin defends Britain against Soviet propaganda while Senator Connally cites open airing of issues as essential to understanding actions.
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Britain
Greece
Russia
UNO
Andrei Vishinsky
League of Nations
Hartvig Frisch
Bevin
Connally
D-Tex
United States
Pay Increases Totals 10 Million for Southern Bell Workers
Wage agreement signed in Atlanta covers 33 000 non supervisory employees across 11 states. The contract lifts operators' pay by 3 to 4 dollars weekly in small towns and 3 to 9 dollars in larger communities, totaling roughly 10 million dollars annually.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Federation of Telephone Workers
Alabama
Ida
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennesee
Groundhog sees shadow. six more weeks of winter forecast
Punxsutawney groundhog club reports the creature emerged at 7 52 am at Gobblers Knob and saw its shadow. The club confirms six more weeks of winter. rival lodge in Quarryville also saw a shadow but predicts four weeks of inclement weather.
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Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Gobblers Knob
Quarryville Groundhog Lodge
Pennsylvania
W. A. Hensel
Giant Planes Seek Transcontinental Speed Record Flight
A giant TWA Constellation is set to depart Los Angeles tonight to chase a new transcontinental speed record for passenger transports. The same plane earlier flew New York to Burbank in 10 hours 49 minutes, beating the prior 11 hours 43 minutes by 54 minutes. The large airliner carried 51 passengers, left New York Friday, then Kansas City, and arrived Burbank after a flight with improved times.
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San Francisco
TWA
Los Angeles
New York
Burbank
Calif
Kansas City
Gastonia Man Appointed to State Recreation Commission
Max A. Parrish of Gastonia is appointed by Governor Cherry to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Gunter. The term expires July 10, 1950.
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Raleigh
Max A. Parrish
Gastonia
Cherry
State Recreation Commission
Charles W. Gunter
Sunspots May Disrupt Radio Communications
New York February 2 large sunspots appear on the sun s upper right edge. Robert Coles Hayden Planetarium associate curator says disruptions to radio wire communications are possible today or tomorrow though no definite predictions are available. Planetarium chairman Gordon Atwater notes spots should remain visible for about 18 days and could bring aurora displays at night.
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New York
Robert Coles
Hayden Planetarium
Planetarium
Gordon Atwater
Bodies to be recovered from Elk Mountain crash site
Two parties prepared to reach Elk Mountain Wyoming today to recover the 21 victims from a United Air Lines crash. A rescue squad locates wreckage 10 000 feet up the slope while the plane is described as disintegrated with no fire indications. A pair of Hanna coal miners found the survivors’ remains and are leading the ascent by snowshoes and snowcat to blaze a trail to the wreckage.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
United Air Lines
New York
Hanna
Edward
Joe Hicks
Weasel
Naval Captain testifies on Winds message in Pearl Harbor probe
Navy official L F Safford testified before a Pearl Harbor inquiry that a secretary of the navy representative pressed him in 1945 to say no winds message was intercepted. Lt Commander John Connett was named as the adviser to Admiral Hewitt. He said the effort aimed to erase earlier testimony about a coded message allegedly signaling war.
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Washington
Naval
L. F. Safford
Secretary of Navy
Pearl Harbor
Bse
Senate
House
Safford
John Connett
Connett
Secretary of the Navy
Adm
H. Kent Hewitt
Hedwitt
Forrest
Navy Department
Naval Communications
Sonnett
Admiral Hewitt
Frank Knox
Stark
Knox
Navy
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Sennett
Congressional
United States
Tokyo
Hewitt
Possible Loan Rejection Seen By Britisher
Sir Stafford Cripps, president of Britain's board of trade, told automobile workers in Birmingham that Congress may turn down the American loan to Britain. He warned that if the loan is not used to rebuild exports in the next three to four years, Britain will waste the aid and lower its standard of living.
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Birmingham
Eng
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Board of Trade
Congress
Stafford
U. S
Byrnes and Truman Deny Rift Over Policy
President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes presented a united front to reports of a disagreement on foreign policy. Byrnes insisted he has full presidential support and said he never sensed any rift, while addressing questions about Argentina and Peron. The exchange followed a White House cabinet meeting and a Truman comment on who shapes policy.
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Washington
Truman
Byrnes
United Front
White House
Mr. Truman
State Department
Addy
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Tito Announces Cabinet Members
Marshal Tito announced his Yugoslav federation cabinet to parliament stating all parties in the people’s front agreed with his choices. He retained the defense portfolio from the old government and Stanje Simic was named foreign minister.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
People's Front
Tito
Liberation
Stanje Simic
United States
Bradley Defended by Eisenhower as VA Probe Battle Grows
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged support for Gen. Omar Bradley amid a clash over the Veterans Administration leadership. The American Legion urged Bradley's removal or replacement by a seasoned businessman, while other veterans groups backed Bradley and called for granting his plans more time. Congress showed caution as the dispute continued to unfold.
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Washington
American Legion
Omar Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Legion
Bradley
Congress
Chary
The
National
John
Atomic bombing toll from Hiroshima totals 306545
Tokyo reports the Hiroshima bombing on August 6 caused 306545 casualties with 78150 killed 13983 missing 9428 seriously injured 27997 slightly injured and 176987 general sufferers including sickness and homelessness.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Allied
Pulpwood Chief Earle Named President of SPC A
T W Earle of Orangeburg South Carolina will head the Southern Pulpwood Conservation association as president for 1946 succeeding C O Brown of New York City. Karl Swenning of Worth Whitney Corp is new vice president. The executive committee includes Damtoft Gaynor III and Major J H Friend. The group will run conservation experiments across the south focusing on forest fire control seedling seeding and proper cutting methods.
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Atlanta
T. W. Earle
Orangeburg
S. C
Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
C. O. Brown
New York City
Earle
Gair-Santee Corporation
Karl Swenning
aaworth-Whitney Corporation
Chile
S.P.C.A
W. J. Damtoft
Champion Paper and Fiber Company
Canton
N. C
E. J. Gaynor III
Brunswick Pulp and Paper Corporation
J. H. Friend
Southern Kraft
International Paper Company
Mobile
Methodists Schedule Western North Carolina Conference Session
The Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church will meet October 27 at Central Methodist church in Asheville to resume after the war. Bishop Clare Purcell announced the time and place at a cabinet meeting in Greensboro. The committee also set March 10 to launch a fundraising campaign of 1 245 000 dollars for Methodist colleges in the state.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
Asheville
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Methodist College Advance
Shuford Mills raise pay for 1485 workers in two towns
About 1,485 employees at Shuford mills across Hickory and Granite Falls will receive pay increases ranging from 10 to 13.8 cents per hour, effective February 4. The move covers nine plants and affects wages across the wage scale.
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Hickory
Shuford Mills
Granite Falls
White House Pressures Steel Labor Dispute Escalates
President Truman calls OPA head Bowles to press price issue as steel strike looms. Feinsinger signals settlement remains aim, not seizure, amid wage talks with CIO and AFL, GM coast-to-coast strike, and shipyard labor talks stalled with hearings set to continue.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
Truman
OPA
Chester Bowles
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Steel
Tiow
Feinsinger
Aan
Sean
Bowles
South Carolina
John Wader
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
General Motors
James F. Dewey
Detroit
Schwellenbach
Shipbuilding Stabilization Conference
AFL
Chilean Labor Confederation Calls Strike
The Chilean confederation of labor calls a crippling strike to gain recognition of nitrate unions and form farm workers unions. A partial strike affects railroad, electric, metallurgic and construction workers starting 6 am. A general strike of about 300,000 workers begins Monday to oppose the government decree dissolving the nitrate unions amid recent bloodshed in Santiago.
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Sanita
Chile
Chilean Confederation of Labor
Confederation
Santiago
Federation
Carabineros
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