Molotov Urges Three-Power Collaboration For Peace
Molotov in a Moscow speech presses joint efforts of Russia Britain and America to secure victory over fascism and advance the new international organization for lasting peace. He warns good intentions alone won't suffice without action.
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Molotov
Stalin
Moscow
Brown
Black Sea
Russia
Britain
America
International Organization For Lasting Peace
Intensified Fighting Reported in China Fronts
Chinese communists claim victory over 70,000 Nationalist troops along the Peiping Hankow railroad and report intensified fighting in Shan si and Suiyuan. They say recaptured Tzehsien in Hopeh and tighten the ring around Kwe Suiyuan while forces move toward Paotow as Yenan-Nanking tensions rise.
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Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Kugamintang
Shansi
Suiyuan
Hopeh
Tzehsien
Yenan
Chuking
Ha Lung
Kwe Suiyuan
Paotow
Peiping-Suiyuan
No Effective Defense Against Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Engineers of Oak Ridge say there is no defense against the atomic bomb and urge broad tests before atomic energy legislation. They call for reports by lawmakers who studied Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a national monument marking the test site, tests on captured ships, and demonstrations on modern fortifications both above and below ground.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Engineers of
Congress
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Mexico
Fluctuations Record Tobacco Prices in Southeast Hubs
Raleigh reports sharp price swings in Virginia and North Carolina tobacco amid weaker demand for lower grades. Eastern belt sold 2,674,494 pounds and middle belt 2,619,450 with average declines to 45.46 and 46.92 respectively, while totals for the season rise to 186.18 million pounds at 43.04.
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Raleigh
Virinia
North Carolina Tobacco
Federal State Market News Service
Middle Belt
Market News
O'Dwyer Elected Mayor Of New York City
Across major cities, postwar voting produced mixed results. William O’Dwyer wins New York mayoral race as CIO leader defeats in Detroit. Democrats gain in Cleveland Pittsburgh Boston and upstate New York while Republicans hold Syracuse Buffalo and several congressional seats in New Jersey and Illinois.
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O’dwyer
Goldstein
New York
William O'Dwyer
American Labor Party
New York City
Brooklyn
Jonah J. Goldstein
54Th Street
Manhattan
O'Dwyer
CIO
Detroit
William Aes
Newmente
Edward J. Jeffries
David J. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Janes A. Burke
Cleveland
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
Syracuse
Buffalo
Frank J. Costello
Bernard J. Dowd
New Jersey
D. Lane Powers
Frank A. Athens
GOP
Frank S. Katzenbach
Illinois
Congress
Royce
Spinger
James D. Heidinger
Mathews
House
New Mexico
Earl of Halifax to Decorate 35 U S Officers
Washington November 7 the Earl of Halifax will confer decorations on 35 United States officers and others at the British embassy on behalf of King George VI. Included is Captain Robert Lee Ford of Lexington North Carolina named honorary commander of the military division of the Order of the British Empire for his leadership with Greek irregular forces.
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Washington
George VI
Earl of Halifax
United States
the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Robert Lee Ford
Lexington
N. C
Formal Search For Tot Ends Area Covered
In Downieville California on November 7 the formal search for three year old Dickie Suden ended as heavy snow fell over the rocky Sierra mining area. Father Joseph Suden, a gold mine operator, said army troops would be withdrawn and forest service personnel no longer sent. The area within which the boy could reasonably be found has been thoroughly covered.
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Downievile
Calif
High Sierra
Dickie Tum Suden
Joseph Tum Suden
Forest Service
Appeal Denied for Lord Haw Haw Treason Conviction
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw had his appeal against high treason conviction denied. His lawyers may seek the attorney general's permission to bring the case to the House of Lords for review.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
House of Lords
Atomic Energy Talks Open With British And Canadians
President Truman will host three power talks at the White House on Saturday then aboard the Potomac yacht on Sunday. Attlee and Mackenzie King will join the president to Arlington cemetery to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. Churchill in London urged restraint on sharing bomb details.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Potomac
Attlee
Great Britain
Mackenzie King
Canada
Arlington Cemetery
America
Winston Churchill
Britain
London
Russia
United States
Churchill
New Yorker Accident Victim in Greensboro
Mrs Bonnie Louise O Shea 24 of Buffalo New York died in a Greensboro hospital at 335 am from injuries from an automobile crash at 630 pm the previous day. 1st Lt Eugene C F Fisher 25 also of Buffalo and linked to the wreck faced manslaughter charges and 2000 bond as the overseas replacement depot driver was jailed after the crash which overturned on a curve leaving him with minor injuries.
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Manila
Santo Tomas
A. V. H. Hartendorp
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Hartendorp
U.S. Military Commission
Yamashita
Islands
Greensboro
Bonnie Louise O'Shea
Buffalo
N. Y
Eugene C. F. Fisher
Overseas Replacement
Guilford County
Office moves regional veterans office to Charlotte
General Omar N. Bradley announced the relocation of the regional veterans office from Fayetteville North Carolina to Charlotte as part of veterans administration changes.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Fayetteville
N .C
Charlotte
Rising Strife Across Tripolitania Sparks Curfew Riots
An anti Jewish demonstration in Tripoli and related rioting left several dead and many injured as Arabs attacked Jewish quarters in Souk El Juma with police imposing a curfew. Libyan calls for independence from Italy gain attention amid international interest in Tripolitania.
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North Africa
Souk el Juma
Cassabat
Zloten
Tripolitania
Arab League
Italy
Cirenaica
Russia
London
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ministry of Information
Tripoli
Hirohito Seeks Diet Session and Police Shakeup in Japan
Emperor Hirohito announced a December 24 Diet meeting amid expected extra session starting December 10 to weigh election law revisions. Tokyo police chiefs discussed a people’s police and civil weapon controls as government sacks over 5,800 staff and sets civilian advisory boards. Earlier, thought police and military police were dissolved and leaders jailed. Under MacArthur orders, 507 political prisoners were released and 2,926 others ended protection and surveillance.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Diet
Kyodo
Japan
Home Ministry
MacArthur
Wages Roil Labor Management Talks at National Conference
At the Washington conference unions press wages as a prime issue. The CIO demands wage discussion while AFL CIO fight over committee parity ends with a 16 member panel. Steelworkers seek a strike vote after Republic Steel rejects a $2 day raise. A December 4 shipbuilding wage conference is planned with a 30 percent demand by ship workers.
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Washington
Labor-Management
CIO
AFL
Labor
Lewis’ Umw
Railroad
National Labor Relations Board
United Steelworkers
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Rer
Ernest A. McMilan
National Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
Body of N C Marine Found Near Tracks in Kansas
The body of Marine Austin F. Gilbert of Hickory North Carolina route 3 was found yesterday near railway tracks at Burton about 18 miles east of Hutchinson Kansas. Harvey county coroner A G Isaac identified him from dog tags and billfold papers. The coroner did not state a cause of death.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Austin F. Gilbert
Hickory
N. C
Burton
Here
Harvey County
A. G. Isaac
Farmer Bob Doughton Celebrates 82nd Birthday
Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina nicknamed Mister Bob turns 82. His Laurel Springs home life and farm routine are recalled as colleagues plan a party at his Washington apartment with several staff members attending.
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Bob” Doughton
Washington
Robert L
Doughton
North Carolina
Bob
Capitol Bill
Reba
Laurel Springs
N. C
Coughton
Ways and Means
Taxicab Men May Join In Capital Strike
A government conciliator brought AFL taxi operators and company officials together in Washington to resolve a transport strike that began with four thousand street car and bus workers leaving yesterday. Rep. Jennings Randolph and Edgar Warren urged a meeting, with Randolph noting progress and planning further talks to persuade taxi drivers to participate.
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Washington
Ee Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
House District of Columbia
Randolph
Edgar L. Warren
AFL
AFL Taxi Operators’ Union
Seizure of American Crewmen Reported Near Chinwangtao
In Shanghai the seizure of several American sailors from a liberty ship by Chinese communists triggered a news blackout at U S Army headquarters. Reports were vague with some sailors reportedly released after apologies. inquiries were referred to the Tientsin consulate.
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Shanghai
Chinwangtao
U. S. Army
United States
Tientsin
Communist Attacks Reported Along Tatung Puchow Rail Line
A Chinese dispatch says communists attacked multiple points along the Tatung Puchow railroad with Hohien among towns west of the line. The central government claims Kuomintang forces repelled over 30 attacks on Chaocing in four days. A semi official report says the Reds breached the Yellow River dyke near Tai Yang in eastern Henan flooding hundreds of square miles. The communists also claimed victory in eastern campaigns against eight divisions north of the Yangtze, including units armed with American weapons, signaling a potential shift in Chiang Kai-shek's northern campaign.
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Tatung
Shansi
Tatung-Puchow
Hohien
Kuomintang
Chaocing
Yellow River
Taiyang
Henan
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping-Hankow
North China
Manchuria
South Boston Man Elected Va.'s Governor
William M. Tuck, 49, of South Boston, defeated S. Floyd Landreth and Howard Carwile to become Virginia governor. The longtime Byrd Organization leader won by more than two to one as Republicans gained seats in the House of Delegates, with Tuck securing 102,972 votes to Landreth’s 47,344 and Carwile’s 3,929.
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Richmond
William M
Big Bill
Tuck
South Boston
Virginia
United States
Harry F. Byrd
S. Floyd Landreth
Galax Republican
Howard Carwile
Iee
John Garland Pollard
House of Delegates
Landreath
Carwile
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