Spy Probe Committee Incapacitated
The House on American Activities committee faces a lull as Chairman J Parnell Thom and two Republicans are in lame duck status awaiting Democratic control January 4. Referrals delay Reds in Hollywood and atomic spy hearings, the Condon case, and other inquiries. Party changes mean a reorganized panel and possible halted sessions while Thom’s indictment and a grand jury probe unfold.
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Washington
House on-American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Pares
Edward A. Condon
Holywood
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Congress
Thomas
Thas
U. S
George Morris Fay
Democratic Leaders Rebuff Mrs Roosevelt's Purge Plan
In Washington on November 9, Democratic leaders dismissed Eleanor Roosevelt's proposal to purge States' Rights sympathizers from the party. National Chairman J Howard McGrath signaled chairs would be decided by House and Senate members, not the national committee. Roosevelt urged ousting southern Dixiecrats and named Rep John Rankin and Sen Olin Johnston as examples. Officials defended Johnston's campaign record, noting his cooperation with the party.
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Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
J. Howard McGrath
House
Senate
Congress
National Committee
McGrath
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Truman
Paris
Mr.Trumen
Rep
John Rankin
Miss
Olin Johnston
Johnston
Tropic Storm Brewing Off Nassau Coast
A tropical storm with winds near 60 miles an hour formed overnight in the Atlantic about 400 miles northeast of Nassau. The disturbance's center is roughly 600 miles from President Truman’s Key West vacation spot as a Navy hurricane hunter ship heads to the area, with an Army weather plane to follow. Grady Norton said the low pressure area evolved into a storm during the night.
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Miami
Fila
Atlantic
Nassau
Truman
Key West
Federal Storm Warning Service
Navy
Army
Grady Norton
East Coast Shipping Tieup Averts Labor Stoppage
A threatened East Coast shipping tieup was averted after a tentative settlement with AFL Longshoremen to raise base wages. The pact increases day shift pay from 1.75 to 1.85 per hour, adds 15 cents for night and weekend work, runs one year retroactive to Sept 15, guarantees four hours of work, and expands vacation benefits for high-hour workers. The deal follows an eleven hour session and is subject to ratification by employers and the ILIA.
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New York
AFL
International Longshoremen's Association
Gulf Coast
Thomas R. Steutel
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horeman
Portland
Hampton Roads
Wife Dies as Husband Is Burned in Home Explosion
Mrs. George S. Smith, 19, died of burn injuries at Community hospital after a cookstove oil explosion at their Roxboro home. Her husband, 21, was burned while trying to save her. funeral arrangements underway.
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Roxborqd
George S. Smith
Palestine Armistice Advocated By UN Panel In Paris
The United Nations political committee urged Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania to cooperate with Greece to settle the Balkan crisis from the Greek civil war. A proposed armistice would cut armaments create demilitarized zones and separate Jews and Arabs. The Security Council planned to close Paris meetings by December 16.
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Balkans
Paris
United Nations Political Committee
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Balkan
Nottice
U.N. Commission On the Balkans
Unscob
Security Council
Palestine
Trygve Lie
A. H. Feller
Berlin
South Africa
Southwest Africa
Union of South Africa
Germany
League of Nations
U. N
Ales Bebler
Closed Shop Argument Reaches Supreme Court For Three States
The Supreme Court scheduled three hour oral arguments on labor laws in Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina about banning union closed shops. Justices weighed state constitutional amendments and a Taft Hartley Act provision amid debates over union member work rights and non member competition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Questere
Florida
State Court
Warlick and Ferguson Await Confirmations for Posts
Two North Carolinians, Wilson Warlick of Newton and Garland Ferguson Jr. of Greensboro, appear certain of federal posts after Democratic control resumes. Warlick, named to the western district of North Carolina, and Ferguson, long a Federal Trade Commissioner, are expected to be confirmed as a mere formality following a GOP hold during the last Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Superior Court
Wilson Warlick
Newton
Garland Ferguson, Jr
Greensboro
Warlick
Western District of
North Carolina
Ferguson
The
Trade Commission
Hoey
Truman
New England Textile Mills Modernize for Better Prospects
New England textile leaders say post war readjustment is underway with profits easing but future prospects improving. Mills like Goodall Sanford in Sanford Maine invest nearly 2 million dollars in high speed equipment boosting production by about 50 percent. Sulloway Hosiery Mills at Franklin New Hampshire automates and expands to 60 types of hosiery, while layoffs are viewed as strength indicating lack of bloated inventories and a move toward cost cutting and new markets.
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Boston
Navy
New England
Royal Little
Textron Corporation
Little
South
Goodall-Sanford Mills
Sanford
Franklin
President Silent on Reorganization of Top Administrative Departments
President Truman spends a Key West vacation as speculation swirls about cabinet reshuffles. Reports say Lovett may leave state post, Sawyer possibly exits commerce, Marshall may stay, and Forrestal’s departure could come soon. McGrath and Barkley arrival likely to trigger wider discussions of top officials' futures.
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Robert A. Lovett
J. Howard McGrath
Alben W. Barkley
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Charles Sawyer
Commerce
Marshall
State Department
James V. Forrestal
Eichelberger Sees Japan As U S War Ally
Lt Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, former Eighth Army commander in Japan, says Japan could become a powerful ally of the United States if another war occurs. He spoke at the Ohio Society of New York banquet text in advance and was allowed to present by talking rather than reading. The event drew newsmen, who were barred at the last moment.
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New York
Navy
Robert L. Eichelberger
Japan
United States
Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Ohio Society of New York
Florence P. Rydell
New Bern Man Develops Plan to Extract Manganese
Cliff Dougherty of New Bern fresh from patent No 2340870 proposes a process to make manganese sulfate from low grade ore, enabling domestic manganese supply. Originating in North Carolina research, the plan could revive an $8 million plant near Las Vegas New Mexico and may utilize North Carolina ore, including deposits near Sevier in McDowell County.
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New Bern
Cliff Dougherty
Dougherty Chemical Company
Dougherty
Minerals Division
N. C. Department of Conservation and Development
Las Vegas
N. M
North Carolina
Sevier
Marion
McDowell County
Rain Spreads Across Carolina Mountains and Piedmont
Rain moved from the mountains into the Piedmont as a cold air mass advances eastward. Forecasters need more data to confirm its reach with a forecast for tomorrow calling for clouds occasional rain and mild temperatures. Mount Mitchell recorded 32 and Asheville 37 as the morning lows.
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Associated Press
Carolinas Mountains
Piedmont
Carolinas
Mount Mitchell
Asheville
Prices fluctuate as sales vary in flue-cured belts
Raleigh tobacco sales reflect uneven pricing on the old belt with most changes from 1 to 3 per hundred pounds and middle belt prices dipping 50 cents to 3, some up to 4. Gains and losses balanced amid heavy volume.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Three Rain Producing Methods Studied by GE Scientist
Dr. Bernard Vonnegut of General Electric outlined three weather modification techniques at the Asheville gathering of the American Water Works Association and North Carolina Sewage Works Association. Dry ice seeding, silver iodide ground dispersion, and water seeding from above were described, with the note that the latter two are in early stages and success remains unproven.
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Asheville
Bernard Vonnegut
General Electric Company
North Carolina
American Water Works Association
Israel Requests UN Probe Into British Troop Movements
Tel Aviv authorities formally asked the United Nations truce headquarters to investigate reports of British troops entering Trans-Jordan and Palestine. Israel also accused Britain of rearming Iraq and Trans-Jordan, citing arrivals of arms and tanks in Basra aboard a British ship and urging an immediate inquiry by UN military observers with the Arab legion.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations Truce Headquarters
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Iraq
Ralph Bunche
Basra
Walter Eyton
Israeli Foreign Office
Gaza
Araba
Mafrah
Aqaba
Paul Monk
United Nations
Arab Legion
Reds Impose New Traffic Controls in Berlin
In Berlin on November 9, Soviet forces set up six major roadblocks at sector borders to inspect all traffic. Food and cargo pass only with release permits. confiscations apply otherwise. The move aims to protect the Soviet economy and occupation zone as tensions rise with Western currency concerns.
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Berlin
William T. Babcock
U. S
West Berlin
Surge of Selling Drives Down Blue Chip Stocks in Early Trading
A sudden surge of selling hit the New York stock market after an initial upturn, with losses ranging from fractions to about 3 points. Decliners included Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Goodyear Tire, Sears Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft, Kennecott, Gulf Oil, and Standard Oil NJ, while several dividend news items continued to appear.
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New York
Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Goodrich Tire
Sears Roebuck
Oliver Corp
Douglas Aircraft
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
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U.S
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