World Today notes rising pressure on British empire
The column cites Nehru in Bombay calling for revolt and Egyptian Prime Minister Nekrashi demanding full independence including troop withdrawal. It discusses India's struggle following the Cripps mission and Britain's hold on the Mediterranean life line through the Suez Canal, with Egypt and the Sudan under British-Egyptian influence.
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Wen
Attlee
Gues Truman
Palestine
Pandit Nehru
Mahatama Gandhi
Bombay
India
Nekrashi
Nehru
Cripps
Java
Ament
Arouk
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Far East
Middle East
Sudan
Governor Assumes Full Responsibility For Retirement Of Baxter Durham
Raleigh. Governor Cherry takes full responsibility for the retirement of Baxter Durham, head of the state teachers and retirement system. Durham, 67, argued the ouster was not mandated by law and warned that a 65 year age limit would force out some 700 workers. He noted he was offered a job as assistant to Nathan Yelton but declined. The governor has shown support for removing holders over 65, though no policy was announced. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Tor Durham
Cherry
Durham
Leigh
Nathan Yelton
State Board of Education
Yelton
America Agrees To Committee For Palestine
President Truman said the United States would form a two nation joint committee to study the Palestine problem with Britain and America taking part. The move follows Truman's proposal to allow 100000 Jews into Palestine, a figure Attlee found excessive. Bevin told Parliament Britain agrees to the committee but doubts Palestine can significantly aid Jewish migration from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
Palestine
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Europe
Inquiry Into Cotton Mill Sale Sparks Union Probe
The Textile Workers Union of America CIO demanded a full investigation by the National Labor Relations Board into the sale of the Wilson Cotton Mill to a Rocky Mount firm. TWUA alleges the sale was intended to defeat the union and violate the act, citing a letter from Toby E Mendes to Wilson Mills Co. treasurer Patrick Deans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Cotton Mills Company
Mendes
Textile Workers Union of America-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
North Carolina Baptist Convention Opens In Raleigh Rally
About 1,500 delegates attend the North Carolina Baptist state convention at First Baptist church Raleigh opening three days of sessions led by Dr Ralph A Herring with theme The Task of North Carolina Churches in the Post War World. Officers elected include W S Caudel president and L B Munn secretary with Christian education workers naming Paul Crandell president Zula Rogers vice president and Sue Ellen Ray secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
First Baptist Church
Louis
Gaines
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Ralph A. Herring
Winston-Salem
W. Perry Crouch
Asheville
Reparations Chief Takes Up His Duties In Tokyo
President Truman's reparations representative Edwin S. Pauley arrived in Tokyo to size up the postwar situation. He planned to shape statements on the reparations bill and expected to have plans in hand before leaving, without indicating duration. He traveled with Navy Undersecretary Artemus L. Gates aboard a private plane.
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Tokyo
Truman
Edwin S. Pauley
Jane
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Health in American camps shows lower illness rates
In September the chance of G.1 becoming ill was one in a hundred, now it is one in two hundred, says Brig. Gen. G. W. Rice, U S Eighth army surgeon. He credits diet, fitness, and housing for improved health. common illnesses are colds, respiratory diseases, and malaria, with some yellow jaundice and dysentery cases.
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Yokohama
G. W. Rice
U. S. Eighth Army
Japan urged to raise taxes as postwar plan totals eyed
Seventeen members of the repatriations commission met with General MacArthur's staff on November 9 as Pauley signaled start of deliberations. The currency council urged a 1946-47 budget not exceeding 15 billion yen and tax revenues to rise from 14 to 70 billion yen, amid a ballooning black market and wartime pressures. MacArthur announced consolidating two Japanese armies into a single force under Lt General Robert L. Eichelberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reparations Commission
MacArthur
Pauley
Finance Ministry
Currency Council
Yomiuri Hochi
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
Traffic Manager Appointed for Greensboro Port Area
Washington Navy 13 announces Morgan T. Bellah as regional traffic manager at Greensboro High Point North Carolina terminal. He will supervise traffic offices in Raleigh-Durham Rocky Mount Charlotte and Hickory. Bellah transfers from Knoxville Tennessee where he was district traffic manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Navy
Pennsylvania-Central Air Lines Today
Morgan T. Bellah
Greensboro High Point
N. C
Bellah
Raleigh- Durham
Rocky Mount
Charlotte
Hickory
Knoxville
Tenn
Truman Proclaims November 22 as Thanksgiving Day
President Truman has proclaimed November 22 as Thanksgiving Day. He urged Americans to give thanks with humility and recognize that salvation came not from any single arm but from united effort.
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Washington
Truman
Nation's Idle Hovering Near 272 000 Mark
James Press reports the labor front shows about 272000 workers idle nationwide due to work stoppages. Quiet remains after Armistice day holiday while threats of strikes hover in major industries.
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James Press
Labor clash over John L. Lewis AFL return questioned
Washington observers report a contention that John L. Lewis secretly has brought United Mine Workers back into the AFL. The claim emerged as the labor management conference reconvened after the Armistice Day holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clio-Auto Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Labor Management Conference
Efforts Stall to End Nation's Largest Strike by AFL Workers
A union spokesman said efforts to settle the nation’s biggest strike, involving about 60,000 AFL lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest, have stalled. Cont page ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Pacific Northwest
Sjahrir Becomes Premier as Dutch Press for Indonesian Unity
In Batavia Sjahrir named premier of the unrecognized Indonesian republic as British forces clash with nationalists in Soerabaja. Soekarno fades to a subordinate role while Sjahrir promises cabinet changes and cooperation with the Dutch. A three member commission will probe the Soerabaja fighting where seven Indian soldiers were wounded.
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Batavia
Java
Sutan Sjahrir
Soerabaja
Sjahrir
Deat Soekarno
Soekarno
Jogjakarta
Potsdam
49Th Indian Brigade
Hotel Grand
Supply Problems Are To Be Acute For Some Time
At a national fertilizer association meeting in Atlanta on November 13 J W Wizemann warned supply problems would be acute for some time He cited nitrogen deficiencies near 20 percent and phosphates and potash short by 10 to 15 percent He urged fast government action to secure potash for Europe for the 1946 growing season
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Atlanta
National Fertilizer Association
J. W. Wizemai
Washington
Inorganics
Chemicals Division
Civilian Production Administration
Germany
Europe
Truman Faces Questions Over Secrets Of Bomb
President Truman faces tough questions on atomic bomb secrecy as Congress and allies discuss sharing or withholding manufacturing knowledge. Senator Connally expects any agreement to pass Congress before taking effect, with scientists noting Russia could potentially reproduce the knowledge within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Connally
Dtex
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Russia
Alreay
America
Chinese Troops Seize Shanhaikwan as U S Denies Aid
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces take the rail town of Shanhaikwan from the Communists amid fighting, while American officials dismiss charges of excessive aid to China. Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer and Secretary Patterson stress war-time limits and no civil war involvement unless attacked.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Manchuria
Sa Rment
Ae Angtao
U. S
Aaa
Aria
United States
U. S.china
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
Patterson
Bowles Rejects Dealer Demands for Higher Auto Prices
Price Administrator Chester Bowles told the House Small Business Committee he rejects auto dealers demands for higher retail prices on new cars. He cited more than 5000 telegrams protesting OPA price plans and warned against pressure group tactics as he prepared to announce new auto prices the following Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
House
Small Business Committee
OPA
Bowles
No Reward For Taxicab Driver Who Returns $717
Gastonia report says taxi driver J. B. Foster found a purse with 717 dollars in his cab and traced the owner to return it. He refused no reward, instead asking the owner to pay the taxi fare for retrieving the money. Foster previously found 800 to 600 dollars and received a five dollar tip.
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Gastonia
J. B. Foster
Foster
Attlee Urges Peace Bonds as Attlee Addresses Congress
Prime Minister Clement Attlee spoke in the house chamber urging world prosperity and neighborliness as foundations of peace. He referenced talks with President Truman on atomic bomb secrets while a peacetime military training plan faced a narrow passage in a house committee by a 15 to 12 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Clement Attlee
Britain
House
Attlee
Truman
America
Sis
Attlee Seeks Strong US Britain Ties in Joint Session
Prime Minister Clement Attlee addressed Congress outlining a future of closer United States Britain cooperation. He urged cooperative peace with all nations, mentioned atomic bomb talks with President Truman, and defended the Labour party's commitment to freedom and democracy while avoiding promises on U.S. loan requests.
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Washington
Clement Attlee
Congress
Great Britain
United States
House of Representatives
Truman
Attlee
Britain
U. S
United Nations Organization
Lord K
Labor Party
Pilgrim Fathers
Florida East Coast Rail Hearing Shifts to West Palm Beach
Hearing on the Florida East Coast Railway reorganization moves from Washington to West Palm Beach. Florida DuPont inter inc and the Atlantic Coast Line seek control. Bondholders led by S A Lynch of Miami push for about $8 million cash distribution before any group gains control.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Florida East Coast Railway
Washington
Florida DuPont Inter. c
Atlantic Coast Line
S. A. Lynch of
Miami
Youthful Defense Witness Testifies For Yamashita
A 14-year old defense witness, Bislamino Romero, son of Artemio Ricarte, testified in Japanese about alleged Japanese brutalities linked to Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. Prosecution witnesses described meetings and orders. habeas corpus action looms as Yamashita defense seeks case dismissal.
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Manila
P. L
Percy Islands
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Bislamino Romero
Artemio Ricarte
Ricarte
Yamashita
Japan
Jose Galang
Romero
Galang
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Kure
Boneyard
U. S. Navy
Committee For Palestine
State Baptist
Canada
Mackenzie King
Stalin
Mier
Josef Stalin
Andrei Zhdanov
International
Joint Session of Congress
Fla
Florida
Philippine “Eee
Ilhelm Styer
United States Army
Western
Pacific
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