Mines reopen forecast as miners walk out nationwide
Hundreds of bituminous miners quit work in protest over John L. Lewis contract demands while operators warn of coal prices rising and jeopardizing the economy. About 10 000 idle in West Virginia and Pike county Kentucky. officials expect mines to reopen Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
West Virginia
Pike County
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lewis
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers
John D. Battle
The
Coal Association
Interior Department
White House
N. H. Collisson
Vote Forecast and Campaign Heat Across Regions
Statewide turnout is expected to top 600 000 with heavy western activity as Democrats and Republicans rally for 12 congressional seats and numerous local posts. Ballot access and absentee irregularities are among the campaign issues as servicemen return home to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Piedmont
Democratic Party
North Carolina
West
W. T. Joyner
Weston Seismograph Records Strong Five Hour Quake
An earthquake described as very strong and of five hours duration was recorded at 1 42 32 p m on the Weston College seismograph. Officials located the quake 6 420 miles northwest of Boston in the sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Mass
Weston College
Boston
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
Carmack renews charges on McKellar campaign irregularities
Edward Carmack, unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Tennessee senator, renews accusations to the senate campaign expenditures committee about irregularities in Senator McKellar's campaign. Carmack had lost the nomination to McKellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Carmack
Tennessee
Senate
Senator MckKellar
Carmack
WicKellar
Weather report shows scattered showers across regions
A late afternoon weather summary lists temperatures and rainfall readings for major cotton areas and other cities. Notable values include New Orleans 85 high 61 low with 0.64 inches, Seattle 51 high 37 low, and Portland 44 high 40 low with 0.20 inches.
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South Carolina
Miami St
Mini St
Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Phila. Ti
Phoenix
Portl'd
Richmond
Louis
Antonio
Francisco
Seattle
Tam
Washington
Estonian Refugees Granted Immigration Visas by Truman
48 Estonian refugees in Miami learned they may remain in the United States after President Truman announced they would not be deported and would receive immigration visas. Capt. Felix Tandre led the group as officials planned their release and winter plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Truman
Land of Opportunity
Washington
Felix Tandre
United States
White House
Sweden
Russia
Bevin Quietly Optimistic On Europe Peace Talks Arrival
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin arrived in New York aboard the Aquitania for four power talks to shape postwar Europe. He urged care, defense, and tolerance in treaties for Nazi Germany’s satellites and said all parties want peace. Bevin expects early discussions on a Germany treaty after Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris, JR
New York
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Nazi Germany
United Nations
Bevin
DE Murville
Maurice Couve de Murville
Aquitania
Germany
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Belgium
Netherlands
Holland
James F. Byrnes
Minis
Police arrest another for embezzlement
Kings County Assistant District Attorney Julius Helfand announced the arrest of Isadore Rappaport 55 a New York Optical official on three charges linked to an alleged embezzlement of about 832000 from the Mergenthaler Linotype company He was booked on grand larceny forgery and conspiracy to commit those crimes in Brooklyn and to be arraigned tomorrow The case involves William Arthur Nickel a Mergenthaler cashier now under arrest in Miami and awaiting extraditionAuthorities broadcast a nine state alert to detain another New York resident as cooperation widens and $71000 in cash plus 25000 in jewels and furs have been recovered in New York
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New York
Kings County
Julius Helfand
Isadore Rappaport
New York Optical Company
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Rappaport
Brooklyn
Helfand
Ultima Optical Instrument Company
William Arthur Nickel
Mergenthaler
Miami
Nickel
Joseph P. Hoey
Hoey
Palm Springs
Los Angeles
Calif
N. Y
Miles F. McDonald
Many Overseas Marriages Fail
New York report notes that about 12 000 wartime marriages between American soldiers and foreign women have broken up. R G Mastrude of the international migration service said many G I brides were abandoned after surveys in the European theatre. He estimated 75 000 to 100 000 G I marriages in the United Kingdom and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Mastrude
International Migration Service
Mastrude
United States
Aquitania
Mastrade
United Kingdom
Europe
Four Anti Negro Order Members Jailed In Atlanta Disorders
Four members of Columbians Inc an anti Negro secret order were jailed in Atlanta on charges of inciting a riot during a demonstration against a Negro family moving into a white house. Authorities said the group boasted of patrolling streets to defend a progressive white community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Columbians, Inc
M. A. Hornsy
Homer L. Loomis, Jr
James M. Akins
Jack Price
R. Nhitman
Whitman
Order
Hornsby
Loomis
Atlanta Police Department
American Veterans Committee
Georgia Association of Women
Hirohito Praises New Japanese Constitution
Tokyo reports that Emperor Hirohito embraced postwar Japan’s new constitution which renounces war, promotes permanent peace, and limits imperial prerogatives. The Diet read the charter as a complete revision reflecting the freely expressed will of the people, contrasting with Meiji era beginnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Peror Hiroto
Diet
Meiji
House of Peers
Pioneer Business Woman Flora Creech Dies in Raleigh Hospital
Flora Eloise Creech a Raleigh administrator to thousands of servicemen in World Wars I and II died after a 10 day illness at a local hospital She was the first state woman employed by the Internal Revenue Service served under five collectors and worked 40 years in federal government Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Raleigh
Flora Eloise Creech
Internal Revenue Service
Carl Duncan
Martin E. Wheeler
Josiah W. Bailey
William Grissom
Charles H. Robertson
Politicians Clash Over Election Outcomes In 1946 Contest
The 1946 ballot fight drew clear forecasts from both parties. Democratic National Chairman Hannegan predicted a strengthened party majority in both the Senate and the House, while Republican Chairman Reece touted a Republican congress with a large House majority and a Senate edge. Indiana Republican Halleck cited a 46 seat gain. President Truman remained silent at his Independence Missouri home as campaign events wound down.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Robert E. Hannegan
Carroll Reece
Reece
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Committee
Truman
Independence
Roger T. Sermon
Wyatt Forecasts 65 Billion Housing Loans Amid Stalled RFC
Washington reports Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt predicting victory for a $65,000,000 loan program to spur mass production housing. September showed a 25 percent rise in occupied new dwellings, with 79,500 starts and 49,800 of them permanent homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wyatt
RFC
General Panel Company
Los Angeles
Knox Corporation
Thomson, Ga
Lustron Corporation of
Chicago
Reliance Homes, Inc
Lester, Pa
Higgins, Inc
New Orleans
Lustron
Higgins
Reliance
Harry H. Steidle
NHA
Graham Advances Program For South
In New York on November 2 President Frank P. Graham of the Consolidated University of North Carolina outlined a ten point program for a southern renaissance to spur national economic and spiritual revival. Read by William H. Poteat due to Graham's illness, the address praised the old South as a new frontier for a more productive and nobler America, as he accepted the Clendennin award from the Workers Defense League.
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Berlin
Night Express
New Orleans
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Emperor Wilhelm
Unter den Linden
North Eight
West Eight
New York
Frank P. Graham
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Graham
Workers Defense League
Clendennin
Chapel Hill
William H. Poteat
University Ymca
Old South
America
Natives Hampering Search For 1378 U S Fliers
War department reported hostile natives and monsoons hinder the hunt for 1,378 American fliers missing in southeast Asian jungles. An American search party with French escort was ambushed in French Indo China on Aug 16 while seeking remains of seven airmen who escaped a crash. With the monsoon ending, ten search and recovery teams will resume the effort in the India Burma zone spanning Assam Bengal northern Burma and Southern Burma.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas B. Larkin
American Graves Registration Service
Army Quartermaster General
New Britain Island
Pacific
Southeast Asia
India- Burma
India-Burma
Netherlands Indies
Pacific Islands
Indo-China
Assam
Bengal
Burma
Poll Shows Vets Favor Gov't Bonus
Two thirds of American Veterans of World War II members favor a federal bonus based on a Washington headquarter poll. The group did not reveal polled numbers but said veterans nationwide voted about three to one for a bonus. Some Amvet posts reported their members were undecided on the issue.
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San Francisco
U. S
Pacific
Yes
West
Cioarine
AFL
T and Gulf
Pasa
Colice
MMP
Gulf General
MEBA
Ma- Engineers Beneficial Associa
Washington
Soviet Move Toward Disarmament Reported
Moscow reports say American diplomats were informally told six months ago of Soviet interest in disarmament. Molotov had proposed curbing arms at the United Nations, a stance not surprising to U.S. leaders. Stalin favors strict international control but may resist any plan that infringes Soviet sovereignty.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
United Nations Assembly
Warren Austin
Henry A. Wallace
Stalin
Russia
U.S.S.R
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W. Arthur Nickel
NCA
W. M. Weaver
Hirohito
John T. Jones
District 16
John O'Leary
UMW
Capt. N. H. Collisson
Kaiser
U.S
Amvet
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