Iran Ready for Direct Talks with Russia
Iran said it was prepared to pursue direct negotiations with Russia after the United Nations Security Council urged such action while preserving its jurisdiction. Bevin accused Russia of a nerves war and Iran signaled potential talks if the council recommends direct negotiations.
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London
Iran
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Tehran
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Security Council
UNO
Council
Tranian
S. H. Taqizadeh
Cold Canadian Air Heads Southward Invasion
A sharp cooldown from a cold Canadian air mass moves south and east, driving subzero temperatures in North Dakota and eastern Montana as it spreads into the east and southeast tonight and tomorrow. Rain impacts Mississippi to Indiana while snow transitions to rain in the Great Lakes area and Florida, the Northeast, and Southwest stay clear.
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North Dakota
Montana
New England
New York
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Great Lakes
Florida
Hubby Suffering From Amnesia Says Spouse Seeks Annulment
Olivia Josephine Oswald Wer muth filed for annulment against Maj. Arthur Wermuth claiming they were wed before his return from a prison camp in Bataan. She insists the general’s amnesia claim is fantastic and notes wedding photos may refresh his memory.
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Manila
Olivia Josephine Oswald Wermuth
Maj
Arthur Wermuth
Bataan
Miss Oswald
Arthur
Oswald
Wermuth
OPA Urged To Take Production Duties From Prices
Senator Capehart urged President Truman to place production responsibility under OPA along with price control. He argued OPA currently focuses only on prices and cannot boost production effectively. Capehart said unifying duties would ease OPA extension and secure production until a new plan.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Capehart
R-Ind
White House
End Of Erwin Mills Dispute May Come Today
JOUAHAM Jan 30 Negotiations in the three and a half month old Erwin Cotton mills strike were to resume this afternoon under encouraging conditions. The management announced a new wage offer based on a 65 cent minimum, 10 cents above the current figure.
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Jouaham
Erwin Cotton Mills
Frank T. Devyver
Prompt Action Urged as Truman Seeks Britain Loan
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 3.75 billion dollar loan to Britain to boost production and employment and to promote world trade. He said the credit would help Britain buy essential food and materials, relax exchange controls, and move toward peacetime trade. The move, he argued, would aid global recovery and reduce economic rivalry risks.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Britain
Senate
House
United States
United Kingdom
17 Year Old Boy Becomes Youngest Family Man in Service
Kenneth D. Beckstead aged 17 is described as the youngest family man in the U S Army with four month old twin daughters. He needed parental consent to enlist in the air corps and received it from his step father and mother, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Rush of Plainfield New Jersey.
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Watertown
N. Y
Kenneth D. Beckstead
U. S Army
Air Corps
Lawrence Rush
Plainfield
N. J
Hopkins Rites Set for Friday in New York
Funeral services for Harry L. Hopkins 55 former special assistant to the late President Roosevelt will be held at 2 pm Friday at St Bartholomew's Church in New York with Dr George Paull T Sargent rector officiating. Burial place not announced. Hopkins had been a patient at Memorial hospitals since last year and the illness remains officially undetermined.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
George Paull T. Sargent
Hopkins
Peck Weeny
Memorial
Warning Of Sneak Was Disregarded In Pearl Harbor Warning
Navy Captain A H McCollum testified before a Senate committee that a near term warning of hostilities with Japan was drafted two to three days before Pearl Harbor but editors refused to send it. He said his version warned of a coming conflict, but Admiral Turner edited it to resemble a routine information note.
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Washington
Navy
A. H. McCollum
Japan
McCollum
Far Eastern
Navy Department
United States
Senate House
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Wilkinson
R. K. Turner
Turner
Textile Workers Get Wage Boost
About 19 700 textile workers gain wage increases of 10 cents hourly announced in Concord. Cannon Mills president C A Cannon said 18 000 Cannon plant employees in Concord Kannapolis China Grove Salisbury and Rockwell will receive raises to a minimum of 65 cents per hour starting February 1.
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Concord
C. A. Cannon
Cannon Mills Company
Cannon
Kannapollis
China Grove
Salisbury
Rockwell
Ogburn F Stafford Named President of Pilot Life
Greensboro report states Ogburn F Stafford, formerly president of Gate City Life Insurance, is now president of Pilot Life Insurance after the Gate City merger. Pilot Life reports $297,149,006 in insurance in force at end of 1945.
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Greensboro
Ogburn F. Stafford
Gate City Life Insurance Company
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Gate City
John L. Lewis Praises AFL After Reaffiliation
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, announced the union’s return to the AFL and predicted benefits for labor. He said the CIO, which he founded, faced trouble, and argued the merger would strengthen the AFL and unify the labor movement, calling it a sign of the future. The remarks came at his first AFL executive council session in ten years. Continued on Page Two.
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Green
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miami
Fla
AFL
Fila
Labor
CIO
Cavil
America
AFL Executive Council
UMW
The
CTO
Mine Workers’ Union
Hosiery Makers Seek Rayon Aid for Nylon Shortage
Southern hosiery manufacturers urge the civilian production administration to supply rayon until nylon yarn shortages ease. Taylor R. Durham, association secretary, denies exports of women’s hose and cites yarn scarcity as the cause of shortages.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Hosiery
Taylor R. Durham
Civilian Production Administration
Durham
Raleigh Fires Destroys Fifteen Cars in Gasoline Blaze
Raleigh fire officials logged a record blaze as gasoline spilled from a hotel garage tank ignited in a storm sewer. Fourteen cars damaged beyond repair along a street corridor. an explosion shook nearby buildings but no injuries or fires to structures were reported. Fire chief Ralph Butts says fumes accumulated in the sewer and the flames spread for blocks, consuming vehicles on both sides of the street.
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Raleigh
Ralph Butts
Hess Denied Right To Be Own Counsel
In MERNBERG Germany on January 30 the international military tribunal ruled Rudolph Hess may not defend himself. The court removed Gunther von Rohscheidt as his counsel and appointed Otto Stahmer to act for Hess. Hess had written he preferred no lawyer, witnesses, or documents.
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Mernberg
Germany
Rudolph Hess
International Military Tribunal
Gunther von Rohscheidt
Fuehrer
Otto Stahmer
Hermann Goering
Hess
Hourscheidt
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Charles Dubost
J C Little 67 Dies After Long Illness In Raleigh
J C Little longtime seventh judicial district solicitor from 1930 to 1934 died in Raleigh after a lengthy illness. The 67 year old public official passed away last night, with no further details released.
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J. ©. Little
Raleigh
J. C. Little
Seventh Judicial District
The World Today: Franco Portrait Through an Interview
An American friend describes Generalissimo Franco as an anomaly blending scholarly mien with royal surroundings. He leads a simple private life at El Pardo with his wife and daughter, protected from intruders, while a rare interview is conducted amid monarchic splendor.
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Madrid
Generalissimo
Franco
Geralissimo
el Pardo
Moorish Guards at El Pardo Palace Stir Spanish Sentiment
Dewitt Mackenzie recalls visiting the El Pardo palace and encountering Moorish mounted body guards as Franco’s security presence signals swift decision making. A secret police check moments after arrival underscores the tense atmosphere surrounding the visit.
Deadlock Over National Assembly Remains In China
Chinese officials and Communist delegates stayed firm on their demands at the unity conference subcommittee meeting in Chungking. The session ended with no progress as rumors of new demands from Yenan circulated, while Chou En Lai returned from Yenan with Mao Zedong. The conference aims to form a workable government and reduce internal friction before adjournment tomorrow.
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Chungking
National Assembly
Political Consultation
Unity
Yenan
Unity Conference
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Mao Tse-Tung
Associated Press
John Roderick
UNRRA Chief Reinstated Over Morgan Remarks
UNRRA reversed its plan to oust Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan after remarks on Jewish movement from Poland into the U.S. occupation zone. He was formally reinstated and praised by Herbert Lehman, UNRRA director general, as the organization reaffirmed confidence in his leadership.
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Washington
UNRRA
Frederick Morgan
Germany
Poland
U. S
Herbert Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
New windup efforts in steel and auto disputes
In Detroit the government prepared to renew a 175,000 CIO strike at General Motors as wage talks resume after mediator James F. Dewey met with both sides. In Washington the "last word" on steel price increases was reportedly delivered to the industry amid talks led by Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel. The CIO supports an 18.5 cent wage rise while U S Steel tops at 15 cents. a broad strike looms as Congress hones a new fact finding and mediation bill with civil liability and anti picketing limits.
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Associated Press
Steel and Automotive Industries
Congress
Detroit
CIO
General Motors
Corporation
United Auto Workers Union
James F. Dewey
Washington
Permson
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
New York
Fairless
U. & Steel Corp
United St
Truman
U. & Steel
House of Representatives
Rules Committee
House
National Labor Inment Mediation Board
Poptocsrom
Rep. Case
R-Sd
Allies Known of 1944 Bomb Plot Before Coup Attempt
Unpublished documents reveal that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were informed months ahead of the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler. OSS sources in Switzerland relayed progress reports on plan Valkyrie to anti Nazi circles, with Churchill told by a Swedish industrialist acting as liaison. A German general said the Vatican learned indirectly from Canaris through Vienna papal offices. Canaris was later executed.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Churchill
Vatican
Germany
Immanuel Schaeffer
Goeb
Adm
Wilhelm Canaris
Papal
Vienna
Canaris
Nazia
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