Dulles Urges Three Power Pact at UN London Aid Talks
John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a three power treaty among the United States Great Britain and France could help secure Europe if four power talks fail He urged a four power or three power approach at London council of foreign ministers and outlined a long term program tying aid to a new unified Europe He also pressed rapid aid linked to a coherent long range plan and German productivity in the Ruhr region
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
U. S
United Nations
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
France
Europe
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Committee
Italy
Austria
Germany
Ruhr
British Policemen Killed In Tel Aviv Disturbances
Two British policemen were shot to death in Tel Aviv and a third in Jerusalem as gunmen from the Jewish underground launched a reprisal campaign. The toll rose to nine British dead and 30 wounded since the violence began this week amid funerals for youths killed by British raids.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem-Jaffa
Stern Gang
Haifa
Jewish Agency
Lake Success
Murphy pleads no contest in manslaughter case
Murphy 27 of Conover pleaded no contest to manslaughter in the shooting death of Jerry Hunsucker 26 at the Mur home estate. He faces a five to seven year prison term after admitting he grabbed a gun during a fight over an old grudge and that it fired accidentally.
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Newton
Carroll Murphy
Conover
Tgun
Hunsucker
Murhome
Murphy
Nolo Contendre
Superior Court
Allen Gwyn
Weather Outlook for North Carolina on Saturday November 15 1947
Increasing cloudiness across North Carolina with cooler daytime temperatures and occasional light rain. Warmer tonight with light rain in the western and southern portions this afternoon. Saturday expected to bring rain and cooler temperatures with sunrise at 6 56 and sunset at 5 13.
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North Carolina
Widow Keeps Son's Body at Home Despite Religious Rules
In San Francisco a widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Lewry, keeps the body of her son Private Eugene Raymond Lewry at home after his 1945 death in Germany. She arranged a home casket with flag, candles, and gardenias, removing a banister to fit the coffin, saying she wants his last furlough at home but is constrained by religious law.
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San Francisco
Navy
Mary Lewry
Pfc
Eugene Raymond Lewry
Eugene
Duren
Germany
Joseph Connolly
Red Gathering in Marseille Fired Upon
The communist dominated Rhone delta labor council met to decide on a general strike in Marseille as troops stood by to prevent a repeat of Wednesday’s violence. Bus and truck drivers along with seamen and other workers walked out, paralyzing the waterfront. Gunfire hit the Marseille Communist Party headquarters during a leftist funeral demonstration, with no casualties reported. Police guarded communist HQ and the RPF offices.
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Marseille
Rhone
France
Arles
Aix
Communist Party
Charles de Gaulle
French Peoples Party
RPF
Italy's Left on Warpath Amid Civil War Warnings
In Rome the left wing, ousted from government after May, signals civil war risk during a heated constituent assembly debate. Communist Giuseppi di Vittorio calls for dissolving fascist groups to save the country, while Palmiro Togliatti vows to continue the fight against De Gasperi on a parliamentary level.
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Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Constituent Assembly
Giuseppe di Vittorio
General Labor Confederation
Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
de Gasperi
Darrell Hughes Killed While Crossing Near Jamestown
Nine year old Darrell Hughes, pupil at Jamestown school, died after being struck by a truck on Centennial avenue extension just outside the city. Police withheld charges against driver Lloyd Pierce of Trinity Rt. 1. Witnesses said the youth darted into the street as two cars passed. another boy crossed safely. The body remains at the funeral home.
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Darrell Hughes
Jamestown School
Centennial Avenue
Lloyd Pierce
Trinity Rt. 1
Robert Hughes
Hughes
Jamestown
High Point Memorial Hospital
Yow
1947 tobacco crop near 1946 all time record
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1947 tobacco crop of 2,191,000,000 pounds, about five percent below the 1946 record, up nearly two percent from last month’s estimate. The forecast marks a near record production for the season.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Retail Food Prices Hit Record High in September
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports September consumer price index around 164 percent of the 1935 39 average, pushing living costs up about two per cent for moderate income families.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Firm Owned By General's Friends Given Contracts
Lawrence D. Bell testified Bell Aircraft awarded 1 053 000 in wartime subcontracts to Aviation Electric of Dayton Ohio claimed to be owned by Meyers' friends. Meyers said he had no financial interest. The committee noted Meyers held 2700 shares in other firms and discussed moral and legal risks of procurement conflicts.
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Washington
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft Corp
Ohio
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Bell
Senate War Investigating Committee
Dayton Ohio
Aviation Electric Company
Jones
Air Force Procurement
Wright Field
Dayton
Ferguson
Raf Washington
Army
War Department
Fire Ravages Pilgrim Holiness Church and Businesses in Cambridge
Fire destroyed the Pilgrim Holiness church and a ware house along with a Wholesale grocery, a machine shop and three sheds in Cambridge Maryland. Damages are put at 100 000 to 150 000 dollars. The Harvey Wilson beer storage warehouse with 1800 cases was ruined. Church pastor Rev B H Lucas said the one story frame sect would need rebuilding.
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Cambridge
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Harvey Wilson Beer
Wilson Abbott
J. E. Andrews Wholesale Oe
B. H. Lucas
Astonishing Cabinet Shakeup Moves Cripps to Treasury
British labor regime faces crisis after budget leak scandal forces Chancellor Hugh Dalton to resign. Prime Minister Attlee names Sir Stafford Cripps as his successor, with Cripps hailed as austerity leader and potential dictator of economic policy. Churchill demands full select committee investigation.
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London
Britain
Hugh Dalton
Attlee
Sir Stafford Cripps
Dalton
Treasury
Sir Stafford
Austerity Cripps
Labor
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Two Killed and Two Hurt in Auto Accident Near Wilson
A truck automobile collision ten miles from Wilson yesterday killed B. R. Collier 60 of Micro and J. F. Marlowe 42 of Selma. Injured were Paul Kane Aycock 28 of Micro the driver, and Jasper Lassiter of Selma.
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Wilson
B. R. Collier
Micro
J. F. Marlowe
Selma
Paul Kane Aycock
Jasper Lassiter
Young Doctor and Wife Survive Five Days on Icy Ledge
Dr. Robert Dykes and his wife Marjorie of Taft California were rescued after five days on a 12000 foot icy ledge in the Uinta mountains. They endured near-zero cold, rationed food, and improvised warmth before rescue ships dropped supplies and an army C 47 delivered more aid. The couple faced frostbite and shock but survived with limited injuries.
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Evanston
Wyo
Robert Dykes
Taft
Calif
Uinta Mountains
Utah
Marjorie
Wyoming
Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram
Lawrence Modula
Evanstom
South Burro Peak
Executions Finish for Three in Raleigh Case
Three condemned men Ralph Vernon Litteral Marvin Claude Bell and Willie Little were executed in the Raleigh gas chamber after appeals failed Governor Cherry denied mercy calling the crime horrific Litteral faced sanity questions while Bell’s Supreme Court plea was rejected Little a Black Wake County man prayed as the chamber doors closed prior to the nine to thirteen minute gas exposure
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Raleigh
Elkin
Tennessee
Wake County
Ralph Vernon Litteral
Marvin Claude Bell
Litteral
Bell
Littoral
United States Supreme Court
Cherry
Willie Little
Bowman Gray
Winston-Salem
One Dead and Ten Hurt in Rocket Test Near Aylesbury
An explosion at Britain's rocket research station near Aylesbury killed one person and injured ten. The ministry of supply noted tests on rocket assistance to aircraft takeoff went awry. Eyewitnesses said two rockets were prepared. the first exploded, injuring bystanders. German experts led by Dr. J. Schmidt aided the station's work.
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Aylesbury
Eng
Britain
Ministry of Supply
J. Schmidt
Kiel
House Senate group calls for voluntary rationing law
A House Senate economic panel chaired by Senator Flanders proposes voluntary food rationing with a contingency law, plus tax relief for low income and voluntary restraints on price and wage increases. The report, supported by Senators Baldwin and Myers and Representatives Rich Kilburn and Hart, also urges study of a 40 hour week and possible temporary increase.
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Washington
Senate House
Flanders
Joint Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Baldwin
R-Conn
Myers
Rich
United States
Friendship Aid to China Draws Sharp Criticism
Sun Fo vice president of China calls the proposed 300 million dollars in U. S. aid to China a drop in the bucket and says American friendship is unreliable. He says Marshall favors Europe and China should seek its own salvation rather than rely on American charity.
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Nanking
Sun Fo
China Today
U. S
China
Sun Yat-Sen
Marshall
Europe
Railroad unions secure 15 cent wage boost for 200000
Two railroad operating brotherhoods and the nation's railways announced today a 15 cents an hour raise for 200000 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train Men and the Order of Railroad Conductors. The retroactive increase to November 1 totals 1.24 dollars for an eight hour day and amounts to about 100 million dollars annually.
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Chicago
Nation
Brotherhood of
Order of
Truman Orders Dismissal of Disloyal Federal Workers
President Truman declared that disloyal and subversive employees must be removed from the federal payroll while promising there will be no witch hunt. He framed the action as a loyalty standard rather than a broad purge.
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Washington, Navy
Truman
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