Bank Strike in Italy Sparks Fears of Wider Unrest
A nine day bank workers strike involving 60 000 employees paralyzed parts of Italy and threatened a nationwide general strike. Communist led unions in Milan and Rome endorsed the action while authorities prepared for possible disorders amid factory seizures and protests in Parma Padua Mantua and Bologna as labor and political tensions rose.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
General Labor Confederation
Interior Ministry
Amintore Fanfani
Alcide de Gasperi
Parma
Padua
de Gasperi
Mantua
Bologna
First Cars In NC Auto Inspection Fail First Time
Fort Bragg hosted the state first car inspection line where the first four cars were found faulty. Mrs. Ernest Lamamme, wife of a Fort Bragg colonel, had a left headlight misaligned and seven days to fix it. Sergeant Robert English received the first inspection card and windshield sticker. Inspections take about fifteen minutes. Additional lines open January 12 in multiple cities and January 19 in others.
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Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Ernest H. Lalamme
Robert English
Raleigh
Durham
Elizabeth City
Greenville
Wilmington
Greensboro
High Point
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville
Gastonia
Weather Outlook North Carolina Saturday
Partly cloudy and cooler weather expected in North Carolina through Saturday. The forecast mentions increasing cloud cover and a dip in temperatures into the weekend with light winds.
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North Carolina
Easenday
Police Find New Cache Of Explosives
A farm raid in Wall township and a large truck trailer near an Asbury Park garage uncovered 57 tons of surplus army explosives tied to a Palestine bound shipment. Nine men were arrested. Charles Lowy of Asbury Park faced charges and bail rose after the truck seizure.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Monmouth County
J. Victor Carton
Jersey
Romulus
N. Y
Carton
Charles Lowy
Lowy
Justice of the Peace
Fred Quinn
Freehold
Wall
Housewife Threatens Betty Grable
A 20 year old housewife, Jane Bean, was jailed on a federal extortion charge after sending a letter to actress Betty Grable demanding five thousand dollars to prevent the kidnapping of Grable's youngest child. Bean was arraigned before U S Commissioner David B Head and held on one thousand dollar bond with a hearing set for January 15. FBI Chief Richard B Hood said Bean recently arrived from Kaufman Texas and that her husband Wilford E Bean, a glass company employee, is not involved. The letter claimed two men planned to kidnap the child but would refrain for the money. Grable and Harry James have two children Victoria and Jessica.
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Los Angeles
Betty Grable
Jane Bean
U. S
David B. Head
Richard B. Hood
FBI
Bean
Miss Grable
Harry James
Hood
Kaufman
Texas
Wilford E. Bean
James
Victoria
Jessica
Grain Probe Expands as Stassen Implicates Officials
Harold E. Stassen testified before a senate subcommittee that insiders profited about 4 million dollars trading commodities since the war. He alleged Edwin Pauley did not fully disclose his trades and suggested continued investigation into government integrity.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Senate Appropriations
Edwin Pauley
Secret of the Army Royals
Pauley
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Department of Agriculture
Edwin W. Pauley
Army Royall
House
Ways and Means
Hoffman
R-Mich
Andresen
R-Minn
Special
House Committee
Midwest
Chicago
Taft Attacks Truman Program as Path to Totalitarian State
Senate Republican Taft unleashes a radio attack on President Truman's state of the union proposals calling them ghosts of the New Deal with new trappings. He labels the tax plan a path to national bankruptcy and a totalitarian state while condemning inflation and welfare measures.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Biatentsrvys
Senate
Congress
Hatch
GOP
Republican Senate
Flaty
Ohioan
Poe
Lie Expresses Confidence In Security Body's Ability
Lie says the United Nations Security Council will use every necessary power to implement the Palestine partition by October 1 1948. He notes the plan has General Assembly approval and that the commission must establish an independent Arab and Jewish state, with UN backing but not military forces from the secretary-general.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine
de Anas
Lie Gig Nol Menton
Council
U. N. Palestine Partition Commission
Lie
Assembly
General Assembly
Commission
Princess Anne Heads to Switzerland for Mihai Wedding
Bareheaded Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma travels by train to meet former King Mihai of Romania in Switzerland to finalize wedding plans. Her father Prince Rene and mother Princess Margrethe offer remarks about ordinary life and potential US settlement after marriage.
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Copenhagen
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
Switzerland
Mihai
Romania
Prince Rene
Margrethe
Berlingske Tidende
Anne
United States
America
Robbers Take Big Haul In Bank Raid
Four armed men robbed the mid city branch of Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans and fled with about 100000 dollars. Detective Tardo said 60000 was missing from the vault and 40000 from other parts of the vault and tellers cages.
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New Orleans
Mid-Aiy
Hibernia National Bank
Joseph Tardo
Ford Company Faces Suit By Inventor
In New York on January 9 a $251 million damage suit was filed in federal court by Harry Ferguson against Henry Ford II the Ford Motor Co Dearborn Motors Corp and seven other officers alleging patent infringement copying Ferguson tractors and anti trust conspiracy to push Ferguson Inc Detroit out of business Ferguson calls the suit ridiculous and says Ford officials will respond at the proper time and place
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn Motors Corp
Harry Ferguson
Ferguson
Harry Ferguson, Inc
Detroit
Henry Ford 2Nd
Ford
Fifth set of twins born in Belfast mother of five pairs
Mrs Arthur Kelly 40 in Belfast gave birth this week to her fifth set of twins a boy and a girl. She is married to a county town dock laborer.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Arthur Kelly
United Front urged on European recovery program
Senator Hatch and Senator Smith pressed Congress to unite across parties for the European recovery plan. They urged a non political compromise on administration of aid with a joint group from policy committees and the foreign relations panel. Hatch warned party politics would spell disaster and called for a united American program.
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Washington
Congress
Hatch
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Marshall
House
New Jersey
Senate
Republican
Democratic
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Europe
New Mexico
Airman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
United States to Transfer Four Fleet Submarines to Turkey
The Navy announced the transfer of four fleet type submarines Brill Blueback Boarfish and Chub plus navy crews to Turkey as part of a 100 million dollar Turkish aid program. The move comes as 1,000 Marines head to the Mediterranean amid ongoing Greek Turko tensions and regional fighting.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Mediterranean
U. S
Greece
Russia
Europe
Brill
Marshall Denies Resignation Rumor Over Recovery Plan
Secretary of State Marshall called resignation speculation completely incorrect at a news conference. He said he would not alter his stance regardless of Congress action on the European recovery program and urged Congress to meet all the plan’s requirements.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
George Marshall
Marshall
United States
Great Britain
Lewis Douglas
Congress
Marines May Go To Palestine Guard U S Consulate
London Jan 9 Highly qualified informants in Whitehall said the United States has asked and received approval from the Palestine government to dispatch U S marines to the Holy Land as a guard for the U S consulate there.
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London
Whitehall
United States
U. S
Holy Land
Violence Flareups In Holy Land Trigger First Alarm
In Jerusalem the first general alarm in six weeks followed a two hour battle as 300 Arab volunteers crossed from Syria to clash with Jewish settlers near Kfar Szold and Dananu. Two settlers were injured while Arab attackers and a separate bus bombing wounded a British constable and two Arabs.
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Jerusalem
Arab People’s Army
Syria
Upper Galilee
Fawzi Nauki
Kfar Szold
Henrietta Szold
Dananu
Holy Land
Old City
Halevy Herzog
Stern Gang
No Change Noted In Condition Of Daniels
Raleigh report says Josephus Daniels publisher of the News and Observer remained seriously ill with bronchitis. Physicians continued oxygen therapy as he has been in critical condition for the past 48 hours.
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Daniels
Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
The
News and Observer
Suit Dismissed Against Carolina Coach by Watta Bakery
A jury in civil municipal court yesterday afternoon dismissed Watta Bakery's damage suit against the Carolina Coach company.
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Watta Bakery
Carolina Coach Company
Poland Eyes Limited Accord With USSR After Hitler’s Invasion
An installment in The Coming Russian Terror recounts Poland’s cautious stance after Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. The Polish Government-in-Exile in London signals willingness to seek understanding with the USSR under conditions, while Britain and the United States weigh their positions amid the Franco-Soviet and Allied realignments.
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Red Cross
Hitler
Russia
Winston Churchill
United States
Sumner Welles
Poland
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Graham
Secretary of Agriculture Andans
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
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Republican Congress
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