Negro to Head Major Committee Sparks Party Clash
In Washington the new Democratic House faces a race issue as Rep. William L. Dawson of Illinois eyed to chair a key committee. Although fourth-term, Dawson would be the first modern day Black leader to head a major panel, with seniority guiding chair assignments under Ways and Means.
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Rep. Dawson
Washington
House
Congress
William L. Dawson
Eof Ilinois
Chicago
Dawson
John W. McCormick
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Illinois
Fourteen German war criminals hanged at Landsberg prison
In Munich on November 5 1945 fourteen German war criminals were executed at Landsberg prison accelerating postwar hangings. Among the condemned were Max Gartmann Ernst Ittameier Johann Strum Waldemar Feldmeier Friedrich Heldebrandt Wilhelm Bollow Karl Gronwaldt Ewald Haselow Kurt Mueller and Frank Pensien.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
U. S
Thers
Max Bruno Gartmann
Bad Salzdefurth
Ernst Ittameier
Wassertruedingen
Johann Strum
Waldemar Feldmeier
Friedrich Heldebrandt
Gau Mecklenburg
Wilhelm Bollow
Heldebrandt
Karl Gronwaldt
Ewald Haselow
Kurt Mueller
Frank Pensien
Former Justice Micheal Schenck Dies In Raleigh
Former state supreme court justice Michael Schenck died at his Raleigh home after months of illness. Funeral services will be at Christ Church on Sunday with burial Monday in Henderson. Survived by widow Rose Few, son Michael Schenck Jr, daughters Rosemary Vaughn and T. M. Ripley Jr., seven grandchildren. career included service as superior court judge and solicitor in the 18th district.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Michael Schenck
Christ Church
Henderson
Schenck
North Carolina
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
18Th Judicial District
Cameron Morrison
Hendersonville
Oak Ridge Institute
University of North Caroina
Rose Few
Justice Schenck
Michael Schenck Jr
Rosemary S. Vaughn
T. M. Ripley, Jr
Aberdeen
Americans to evacuate 1000 dependents from Nanking Shanghai
US officials announce rapid evacuation of about 1,000 American wives and children from Nanking and Shanghai as possible hostilities loom. General Barr says military personnel will stay. Admiral Badger notes readiness to protect and evacuate foreigners if needed. Marines may be landed in Shanghai. notices urge departure due to winter, food shortages, and disrupted transport amid rising tensions with Chinese communists.
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Nanking
Nanking-Shanghai
David G. Barr
U. S
Barr
Oscar Badger
U. S. Western Pacific Forces
China
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Admiral Badger
North China
Clark
Suchow
East China Military Headquarters
Chen Yi
Royall Voices Against prejudice driven Southern politics
Army Secretary Royall warned that any southern movement based on prejudice or injustice will not endure. He spoke at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College and referenced a Roanoke speech urging extremists to push for practical progress, while defending the fairness shown to the Negro race.
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Greensboro
Army
Royall
Southland
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
Roanoke
Roy H. Brown
North Carolina
Prices Sagging On Two Tobacco Belts
North Carolina tobacco growers hoped for a price rise as the Middle Belt prices fell by about $1 to $4 from Wednesday, marking the lowest level of the season. The Eastern Belt also showed declines while the Old Belt did not drop.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
TVA Expansion Program Receives New Life After Election
After Tuesday’s elections TVA gains momentum as Democrats shift to the majority and Republicans who blocked funding lose seats. McKellar is set to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee, potentially paving the way for renewed TVA funding and possible overhaul of TVA legislation with Chavez likely to head the new Senate Public Works Committee.
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Senate
Uary
TVA
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ploeser
Missouri
Dworshak
Idaho
House Republicans
Ploesers
Congress
McKellar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gore
Rep. Whitten
Senate Public Works Committee
Chavez
D-Nm
Revercomb
R-Wva
Steel, Motors And Rails Lose In Early Trading
The New York stock market opened lower as investors pulled back from a rally. Steel shares led the decline with U S Steel dropping after a block trade, followed by Bethlehem Steel General Motors and several others including Chrysler United Aircraft and Standard Oil.
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U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
N. S. Rubber
Santa Fe
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil (Nj
Texas Co
Sinclair Oil
United Aircraft
U. S. Gypsum
DuPont
Dow Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
American Telephone
Dewey Still Cannot Figure 1952 Election Results
Albany report notes overconfidence blamed for Dewey defeat. Governor Thomas E Dewey, confident polls and White House expectations influenced campaign strategy. Aides say underestimation of Truman and neglect by GOP voters shaped outcome and polls misled leaders.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Fk. Dewey
Lee
New York
White House
Dewey
United America
Truman
Ickes May Be Handed Cabinet Job
Rumors spread that Harold L. Ickes could rejoin President Truman's cabinet as speculation grows on possible reshuffles. The report notes differing levels of cabinet activity across departments while highlighting Secretary of State Marshall and Secretary of Defense Forrestal as unlikely to campaign.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Thomas Elusive Dewey
State Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Labor
Tobin
Agriculture Brannan
U S Promises to Stay Strong in World Affairs
In UN debate, John Foster Dulles defends U S strength and disarmament halt as necessary for security and global friendship. He rebuts Russian charges, warns of veto and missing contingents hindering UN action, and Garbles Greek civil war claims.
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U. S
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Russia
Dulles
United States
Republican Party
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UN Special Commission On the Balkans
Unscob
Vishinsky
Unscor
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Security Council
New Remedy for Congestive Heart Failure Described
Durham reports Dr. Harry Gold of Cornell medical college describes a five factor treatment for congestive heart failure at Duke university. The method uses milk and water diet, digitoxin, mercurial diuretic injections, weight charts, and daily pills, claiming faster recovery and lower death rate.
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Durham
United States
Harry Gold
Cornell University Medical College
Duke University
Gold
Dr. Gold
Duke
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
United States Revitalizes French Divisions in Western Europe
The AP report from Frankfurt claims the US secretly revitalized three French divisions with $5 million worth of American equipment. The forces are reportedly on a war footing in the French zone of occupied Germany as Washington weighs authority and aims to strengthen Western Europe against Soviet power.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Europe
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
State Department
Truman
Lucius PD. Clays
Western
Man Released From Joliet After Denied Bible Study Extension
Arthur H. Hiller 29 was freed from Stateville after his six month Bible study extension request for ministry work was denied. He served 38 months of a 2 to 4 year auto mobile theft sentence and planned to continue religious studies, with his first address set for a Youth for Christ meeting in Muskegon Michigan.
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Hiller
Peter Tanis
Wheaton
Youth For Christ
Muskegon
Mich
Truman appeals for unity after return to Washington
President Truman spoke from the White House porch appealing for cooperation to tackle national problems. He pledged to do the job to the best of his ability as thousands cheered his triumphant return up Pennsylvania Avenue to the executive mansion and Union Station.
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Mr. Truman
White House
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Barkley
McGrath
Senator Barkley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Union Station
Station Plaza
Washington
Truman
Nastion
Executive
Three Planes Missing With Thirty Aboard
Three aircraft with about 30 people were missing in the North Pacific region. A Pacific Alaska Airlines DC-3 vanished from Yakutat to Annette Island after leaving Anchorage for Seattle. A navy Neptune bomber and a PBY Catalina also disappeared off Washington British Columbia and the Aleutians, with crews unreported. Search efforts were underway.
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Associated Press
North Pacific
Pacific Alaska Air Express
Anchorage
Seattle
Navy
Washington - British Columbia
Aleutians
Alaska
Yakutat
Annette Island
Cape Spencer
Sitka
Minetary
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
J. Howard McGrath
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Wyoming
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