Soviet seeks mandate end and UN transition for Palestine
Moscow demanded British end the Palestine mandate by January 1 next year and troop withdrawal by May 1, 1948. It proposed a one year transition to independence with UN Security Council oversight, rejecting U.S. plans to hand administration to Britain. Arab delegates said the Arab bloc opposes partition and pushes for an independent Arab Palestine. Jamal Husseini denounced partition as a political monstrosity and vowed Arab resistance.
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Palestine
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Holy Land
U. S
Egypt
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Youth Admits Slaying Of 7 Year Old
Coroner A L Brodie said 11 year old Howard Lang signed a statement admitting he stabbed Lonnie Fellick during an argument over a theft of $10 from his mother. The body was found in a suburban forest preserve with the head crushed. the coroner noted uncertainty about a knife due to the body's condition. A 17 year old girl is implicated and will be state’s witness.
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Chicago
A. L. Brodie
Howard Lang
Lonnie Fellick
Lonnie
Lang
Alma Lang
Brodie
Union Seeks Fifteen Cent Hike Affects Six Southern States
The CIO Textile Workers Union of America threats a Thursday strike covering 30,000 organized workers in six southern states Alabama North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Georgia and Tennessee if a 15 cent per hour wage rise is not granted. Dialogue shows mill owners resisting beyond five to seven and a half cents while unions press for equality with northern mills.
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Manville
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
George Baldanzi
TWUA
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Basil Browder
Dan River Mills
Southern
Twua Southern
Atlanta
Lowenstein
Carolinas
Browder
Baldanzi
Cone Mills
Greensboro
Piedmont North Carolina
South
Fred Flagler
High Point
Thomasville
Wade Parker
Amazon
Parker
Hanes Cotton Mill
Winston-Salem
Labor Party Hit in Elections and Labor Strike Set
Britain’s major parties respond to municipal results with Conservatives gaining 618 seats and Labor losing 644 as Winston Churchill and Lord Woolton demand a national vote, while a CIO TWUA strike threatens four mills in North Carolina if wage raises are not met.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
England
Wales
Labor
Winston Churchill
Lord Woolton
Republicans Will Offer Objections
President Truman faced mounting Republican opposition as the economic council urged anti inflation measures while backing Europe aid. They warned high taxes and price controls could clash with tax cut plans and the looming November 17 special session. The administration weighs more than 3 billion in gifts for Europe alongside loans.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Council of Economics
GOP
Marshall
United States
Mr. Truman
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Council
The
Economic Council
Rep
Knutson
Rminn
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Polish Opposition Leader Flees to Britain for Sanctuary
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of Poland’s peasant party, arrived in Britain by plane and was promised sanctuary by the government. A Foreign Office official said the plane landed at Manston airfield, southeast of London, and Mikolajczyk’s whereabouts had been a mystery since he fled Warsaw two weeks earlier.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Warsaw
Britain
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Mikolajczyk
Christopher Mayhew
Foreign Affairs
Poland
Polish opposition leader flees Poland for Britain
London reports Stanislaw Mikolajczyk fled via the Russian zone into the British area after learning the Moscow backed Polish government planned to sentence him and two other peasant party officials to death. A Polish foreign ministry spokesman said a parliamentary commission would probe the flight. Mayhew confirmed Mikolajczyk arrived and landed with permission.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Germany
Weather summary for several cities with overcast and rain
The weather report notes cloudy cool conditions with occasional light rain today in the region. Tuesday expected to be slightly warmer with continued cloudiness. Temperature and rainfall data are listed for 24 hours ending 8 30 am across multiple cities including Charlotte Charleston Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville Greensboro Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Meridian Mobile New Orleans New York San Francisco Spartanburg Tampa Washington Wilmington and more.
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Orth Carolina
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mini
St . Mobile
New Orlas
New York
San Antonio
San Fcisco
Spartanburg
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
Peru Earthquake Strikes Mountains Killing Dozens And Paralyzing Help
Planes carrying nurses medicine and food were sent to Peru’s mountain regions after a Saturday earthquake that killed at least 50 and levelled San Ramon La Merced and Satipo. Bad weather hindered landings and officials warned of possible parachute drops if needed. Satipo suffered floods from landslides and damage to a hospital high school church and government buildings.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
San Ramon
la Merced
Satoe
Spatches
el Comercio
San Felix
Margaret Truman Plans Texas Concert Tonight
Miss Truman will perform a 12 piece program in Fort Worth, opening with Mozart and closing with a Spanish song. She comments on style and escort rules, saying secret service men do not accompany her on dates and she has no special boyfriend.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Margaret Truman
Secret Service
Padilla
Miss Truman
Nazi and Top Assistants Convicted by American Court
Lt. Gen. Oswald Pohl and two aides in the SS administrative office were convicted of multiple crimes by an American court in Nurnberg. The tribunal labeled the defendants as wholesale murderers and detailed their roles in the Nazi system.
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Mernberg
Oswald Pohl
Pohl
Heinrich Himmler
Pohl Hanged for War Crimes as Nazi Tribunal Convicts Others
Lt Gen Oswald Pohl, a top SS official head of camps where millions died, was sentenced to hang. Fourteen others were found guilty and three acquitted. the tribunal said lack of intent could absolve an SS operative if crime intent was not proven.
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Muernberg
Germany
Oswald Pohl
Convicted Nazi officials dubbed monsters of depravity
The court convicted Pohl and deputies August Frank and George Loerner along with Karl Fanslau and Hans Loerner for building a concentration camp system and trading human lives for loot. Joseph Vogt was acquitted, deemed only a bookkeeper.
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Pohl
August Frank
George Loerner
Karl Fanslau
Hans Loerner
Joseph Vogt
Rain forecast over North Carolina with heavy weekend rain
Occasional light rain is forecast across North Carolina to accompany a heavy weekend downpour. North Carolina rainfall totaled 1.21 inches in Asheville, 1.88 in Charlotte, 0.98 in Greensboro, and 0.79 in Wilmington in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. Today. Weekends highs reached into the 70s in Wilmington with a 72 degree high and 64 degree low.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensbo
Wilmington
Virginia
Carolinas
High Tides Cause Much Damage in Carolinas and Virginia
Abnormally high tides battered coastlines from Virginia to the Carolinas causing property damage estimated in many dollars. The nine foot two inch Charleston tide flooded low areas after winds diminished and the city awaited another high tide predicted for the morning.
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Charleston
S&s. C
Carolinas
Virginia
Charleston Mayor Covington Uses Boat To Help Stranded Citizens
Charleston Mayor James C Covington Jr drove his boat to a service station on New and Tradd streets and ferried stranded residents after a nine foot plus tide turned part of Charleston into ocean for hours. The boat floated off its trailer and he offered a lift to those in need.
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Charleston
D. C
James C. Covington, Jr
New and Tradd Streets
Atlantic Ocean
Covington
Coast Guard Rescues 19 Off North Carolina Coast
Strong winds toppled through beaches and waterfronts along three states. Gusts reached 40 mph then fell below 20 mph at night as high tides submerged Outer Banks from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras. Coast Guard rescued 19 people along the coast including four seamen from a 60-foot yacht near Morehead City.
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North Carolina
Oregon Inlet
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras-Manteo
Coast Guard
Morehead City
New Diploma Service Expands For World War II Veterans
Washington reports the American Council on Education says testing service agencies linked to a nationwide network have issued diplomas to more than 509000 veterans whose high school education was interrupted by service. An estimated 2000000 more are eligible. 19 states also offer diploma service to non veterans of high school age.
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Washington
American Council On Education
Off-Year Elections Set Across Several States and Cities
Voters in Mississippi Kentucky Ohio Indiana New York and major cities like Philadelphia San Francisco Cleveland and Detroit go to the polls for state and municipal races. Kentucky focuses on the governor contest between Earle C. Clements and Eldon S. Dummit. Mississippi Senate seats feature six candidates including Colmer and Rankin. Special congressional elections occur in New York 14th Ohio 4th and Indiana 10th. Philadelphia sees Richardson Dilworth oppose Bernard Samuel. San Francisco hosts a three way race for the mayoralty with Havenner MacPhee and Elmer Robinson vying.
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Mississippi
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cleveland
Detroit
Theodore G. Bilbo
U. S
William M. Colmer
John E. Rankin
Richardson Dilworth
Bernard Samuel
Dilworth
Quaker City
Roger Lapham
Franck R. Havenner
Chester R. MacPhee
Board of
City Supervisors
Superior Court
Elmer E. Robinson
Bishop Urges Wider Christianity to Aid Postwar Peace
The presiding bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of New York urged church members to apply the war effort to spreading world Christianity as a means to win the peace. Speaking at St Pauls Episcopal Church Winston Salem he warned that the next 10 to 20 years will decide between chaos and peace and expressed hope for peace prevailing.
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Winston-Salem
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Thunderjets Perform Well In Tests
The United States Air Force announced that the P-84 Thunderjet fighter is now fully qualified for operational service after firing tests at the Republic Aviation plant in Farmingdale. About 550 more P-84s are on order, with additional aircraft in use and a $15 million addition to a $25 million prior order.
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United States Air Force
Toda
USAF
Farmingdale
L. L
Republic Aviation Corporation
Air Force
Republic
Coe Usaf
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Foreign Ministry
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Raymond Blackburn
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Augusta
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Boston
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Satipo
Satipo River
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N. Carolina
U.S
Earle C. Clements
Eldon S. Dummit
Simeon
Willis
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