Russia Training German Prisoners For Future Wehrmacht
The international committee for the study of European questions says Russia uses Soviet military schools to train captured German soldiers for a future German army. It reports several dozen divisions formed from German POWs in Russia and notes alleged Russo German arms collaboration in the Soviet zone. The group cites Von Paulus and others directing training for officers and NCOs across Europe and in the Soviet Union near Leningrad Minsk and Crimea.
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London
International Committee For the Study of European
Russia
Germany
Europe
Soviet Zone
von Paulus
Erilia
Yugoavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Wehrmacht
Scandinavia
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Minsk
Crimea
von Seydlitz
Wagner
V. M. Molotov
Builders anticipate 13 percent rise in 1948 construction volume
Washington producers' council says 1948 building volume may reach about 14,000,000 dollars, up from 12,400,000 this year. David S. Miller notes private residential activity to rise around 5 percent, with 25 percent more in commercial, 11 percent in farm, and 14 percent in public utility work, while industrial construction could fall 23 percent.
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Washington
Producers’ Council
David S. Miller
Emi Cent
Army Officer Defends Hughes in Senate War Probe
Former air force officer testifies that army and government agencies share blame for delays in Hughes war plane production. He argues it is unfair to single out Hughes and says priorities, engines, and materials were not supplied when needed. He also accuses investigators of cherry picking and questions the committee’s motives.
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Howard Hughes
Capital
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army
Air Force
Ofne
Hughes Aircraft Plant
Hughes
Fabian
Ferguson
R-Mich
Methodists Back Durham Site for Preachers' Home
North Carolina conference of the Methodist church voted to accept a 30 acre site near Duke University in Durham for a superannuates home reversing yesterday’s rejection. Delegates began finalizing business ahead of tomorrow’s sessions with devotional services and the announcement of Bishop Peele’s 1948 assignments.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Durham
Yester
W. W. Peele
Columbia
S. C
Key Taylor
Walstonburg
A. P. Brantley
T. M. Grant
Rocky Mount
A. J. Hobbs
Raleigh
H. B. Porter
Sam Underwood
Greenville
A. W. Oakes, Jr
Weldon
W. J. Smith
Bethel
Gurney P. Hood
W. N. H. Jones
Duke University
Pearson Proposes Compromise Plan on Palestine Partition
Lester B. Pearson of Canada offered a compromise plan to unite the United States and Soviet Union on Palestine. The proposal envisions a UN administered Holy Land interim period with a commission chosen by the General Assembly and answerable to the Security Council. The US favors a three man commission while the Soviet Union wants an 11 nation council.
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Lester B. Pearson
Canada
United States
Russia
Palestine
Holy Land
General Assembly
Security Council
Soviet Union
Herbert V. Evatt
Assembly
United Nations
Evatt
U. N
High Winds Lash New England Area
Severe storm sweeping New England causes two deaths as winds up to 60 mph disrupt roads, telephones, and power lines. Narragansett Bay reports 40 to 45 mph winds with gusts to 60, flooding streets and toppling trees. A 306-foot patrol frigate broke moorings near Davisville, many craft sunk or drifted. Rhode Island towns report $50,000 in craft damages and traffic halted on Newport Portsmouth highway.
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Boston
New England
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Cranston
R. I
Din Salem
N. H
Helen Rt
Portland
Davisville
R. L
Narraansett Bay
Roger W.ler
Sakonnet
Newport
Portsmouth
R. 1
City Point-to-Dudley Street
Marshall Expected to Give Estimate on China's Needs
Secretary of State Marshall is to appear before the House and Senate Foreign Affairs committees to outline aid needs for China and the Far East. Reports say China may require about 1 billion dollars next year, with policy still undecided. The testimony will also tie European recovery to broader global benefits and touch on China relief measures already in progress.
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Marshall
China
Washington
House
Senate Foreign Affairs
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Europe
Far East
State Department
Korea
Japan
Philippines
France
Italy
Truman Urges Nation to Support Education Week
President Truman called on all Americans to provide children with a sound education as American Education Week opens November 9 to 15. The NAEs notes expect over 10 million visitors to schools, urging public backing for democratic learning and improved school conditions.
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Washington
Truman
National Education Association
Republic
Truman to lay wreath at tomb of unknown soldier
President Truman will place a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during Armistice Day ceremonies sponsored by the American Legion.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
American Legion
Allies reject Russian plan for central German government
The United States Britain and France rejected Moscow’s demand to create a central German government before a peace treaty. Deputies broke up after 2.5 hours with no progress and plan to reconvene Monday. Ministers meet again November 25 to resume treaty talks.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
U. S
Robert Murphy
Germany
Andrei A. Smirnov
Russia
U.S.S.R
China
Albania
Communism Losing Ground In Western Europe
AP reporters across Europe describe a downturn for communist influence in western Europe since mid year as Marshall plan support and US aid boost anticommunist sentiment. In eastern Europe Soviet control tightens while Berlin and Italy show setbacks for communist groups.
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Europe
Communist “Shock Co
Red Army
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Germany
Gallagher
Churches Urge Understanding of Soviets
Six teen American church leaders issued a statement urging Christians to mobilize religious and moral forces to improve American Soviet relations. The pledge, issued via the Inter-Church Committee of the American Russian Institute, calls their effort a supreme moral test for American Christians and appeals for a worldwide peace founded on better ties with the Soviet Union.
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New York
Urgin
Soviet Union
Inter-Church Committee
American Russian Institute
Louie D. Newton
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Charles K. Gilbert
Protestant Episcopal Church
Albert Buckner Coe
Oak Park
Ill
Congregational Christian Committee For War Victims and Reconstruction
William E. Lampe
Philadelphia
Evangelical and Reformed Church
William J. Arms
Peoria
Stephen H. Fritchman
Jamaica Plain
Gunman Kills Two Reno Cops In Hotel Fight
In Reno an escaped inmate confessed to killing two police officers in a hotel room during a gun battle. The suspect David Blackwell 18 of Tacoma Washington and two accomplices were captured and jailed on open charges with murder and robbery allegations pending.
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Reno
Clayton Phillips
David Blackwell
Tacoma
Wash
Roy Geach
Allen Glass
Phillips
Blackwell
Washington State
Washington State Reformatory
Monroe
Grant N. Bowen
Arnold Thomassen
Syracuse
Neb
James E. Blake
San Francisco
Gene Cowan
Daryl Read
Geach
Glass
Carleton
Thomassen
Marshall plan aid costs outlined by Truman committee
President Truman's foreign aid committee urged a four-year European bolster plan costing 5.75 billion dollars to U.S. taxpayers with at least 3 billion in 1948 grants and a total outlay of 12 to 17 billion. The report backs year-to-year aid, no binding strings, and rapid congressional review. Members praised the plan as a major basis for Truman's Paris recommendations as Harriman guides the effort with 16 European nations. Vandenberg Foresees quick approval, Hastings predicts yearly appropriations.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Europe
Truman
Committee On Foreign
Congress
Paris
Toe
Rotary
Marshall
U. S
White House
Harriman
Executive Branch
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harriman Group
Hatch
D-Nm
Ferguson
Harriman Committee
Sta
Potato Ration Faces British Shortages
London reports that the food minister John Strachey announced potato sales will be limited to three pounds per week per person, due to a drought and floods reducing yields. Candy rations will drop 25 percent from four to three ounces weekly starting January 4, as Britain tightens food controls amid a long list of shortages.
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London
John Strachey
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