Showdown Near Between De Gaulle and French Reds
Paris reports a dangerous clash looming between Gen. Charles De Gaulle and the Communists. Riots have already caused one death as voters favor De Gaulle's RPF in a recent upper-house victory. The Communists denounce the indirect council election as anti democratic while mobilizing millions.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Maciata
Cam
Ene MC Vous
Rally of the French People
RPF
Council of the Republic
Flormond Bonte
National Assembly
Truman Maintains Silence On Administration Makeup
President Truman kept silent on his incoming administration while in Key West Florida aboard the Williamsburg. He used a Fort Jefferson history visit to avoid commenting on policy plans. Campaign audiences heard he would push for a broader new deal and other reforms including farm price supports civil rights and a national health program.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Fort Jefferson
Florida
Williamsburg
Margaret
Samuel Mudd
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
White House
Dr. Mudd
Kersten Calls for Special Session to Halt World Communism
Rep. Charles Kersten urges a special congressional session to address what he calls the Soviet threat. He seeks actions including immediate peace with western Germany, airlift replacement by overland provisioning, a western coalition against communism, Alaska fortifications, and settlement of the West Coast shipping strike. He also notes investigations into alleged communist activity in unions.
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Milwaukee
Charles Kersten
R-Wis
Congress
Truman
Kersten
Germany
Berlin
China
Alaska
Moscow
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
House Labor
No New Polio Cases Reported Saturday
Raleigh reports no new infantile paralysis cases for the first time since late May. The week totals 20, bringing the year’s state count to 2,432. The 20 cases exceed last week’s 17 while five November onset cases have been recorded so far.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
GOP Turns Over Control of Jan 2 Inauguration
Washington November 13 The Republicans handed ceremonial control of the January 20 inauguration to the Democrats. Senate presiding officer Vandenberg named Hayden and McGrath to the joint inauguration committee, replacing Brooks and Barkley who move to other posts. The committee remains evenly split with three Democrats and three Republicans amid pending House appointments.
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Washington
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Hayden
Arizona
McGrath
Rhode Island
Joint
Brooks
R-Ill
Barkley
D-Ky
Wherry
R-Nebr
Barky
Artin
R-Mass
Churchill Attacks Attlee Over Partisan Unity Move
In London on November 13 Winston Churchill criticized Prime Minister Attlee for refusing to appoint a bipartisan British delegation to a Western European Union committee. Attlee said only Labour members would be named, a stance Churchill warned could depress unity and disappoint the United States. The dispute mirrors a long quarrel between wartime premier Churchill and the Labour government over Western European Union plans.
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London
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Churchill
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Western European Union
Holland
Labor Party
Movement For
European Unity
United States
Labor
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Rank and File
South Atlantic
Gulf
AFL Long Foremen’s Union
Railroads Ban All Export Goods To Eastern Seaports
A strike of 65 000 dock workers and a rail embargo halted 200 ships and much export commerce from Maine to Virginia. AFL longshoremen quit in ports as railroads banned export freight to Philadelphia Baltimore Wilmington and Hampton Roads delaying shipments to New York and Boston.
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Associated Press
AFL
Maine
Virginia
Association of American Railroads
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Hampton Roads
New York
Boston
Car Crash Kills One Injures Another Near Vogue's Dry Cleaners
Two men were in a high speed collision on English Street near Vogue's Dry Cleaning. Richard Moore of Willowbrook Street died from brain concussion and crushed chest. Kent W. Hall of Virginia Avenue was hospitalized in serious condition with brain concussion and facial injuries. A second pedestrian, Rufus Poe of High Point, remained unconscious with a fractured skull after a separate collision near Carr's store on Asheboro road. Authorities reported no charges against the driver in either incident.
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English Street
Richard Moore
Willowbrook Street
Moore
Kent W. Hall
Virginia Avenue
Hall
Vogue
Rufus Poe
High Point
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Poe
Carr
Asheboro Road
Trade Policies Committee To Resume Hearings On Pricing
The Senate trade policies committee will resume hearings on the right of individual businessmen to price products as they please. Thirty three witnesses from steel, sugar, cement sectors and Gen. Robert E. Wood of Sears Roebuck will testify over four days with a recess to Nov 29 for five more days of hearings.
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Washington
Senate Trade Policies Committee
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Chicago
Dangerous Water Emergency Hits Columbus Ohio
A 36 inch main rupture halted Columbus water service for hours. By 9 30 a m limited supply returned as officials by passed the break with smaller lines. Citywide outages affected 500000 residents including homes hospitals and businesses. Fire crews hauled water from outside to prevent fires during the two day repair outlook.
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Columbus
Ohio Capital
Southern Senators Vow Filibuster Over Rule Changes
Southern Democrats warn they will filibuster if the Senate moves to apply cloture to motions as well as bills. Senator McClellan of Arkansas notes administration aides discuss changing rules to curb lengthy debates, amid civil rights proposals. Republicans expect a push to use cloture to limit talks.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Dixie
Truman
Congress
House
World Federation Could End Armament Race, Says Ward
James P. Ward of New York urged a world government even without Russia to curb the arms race. He argued U S restraint within the federation would push Russia toward peacetime policies and acceptance of Soviet membership as beneficial to the Russian people.
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Minneapolis
James P. Ward
New York
United States
Federation
Soviet Union
Two Die in Motorship Explosion at Tacoma Harbor
Two men died and at least six were injured when an unexplained explosion and subsequent fire ripped through the Swedish motorship Los Angeles at Port Tacoma Pier No. 2. The victims include a guaranty engineer Mr. Olson and refrigeration engineer Ralph De Fleer.
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Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Europe
Olson
Ralph de Fleer
Tacoma General Hospital
Port Tacoma Pier No. 2
Queen Craft
Johnson Line
C. P. Biendacher
Y. R. Greenwall
Goethenberg
Sweden
Scandinavia
Roark Bradford Dies at 52. Noted Negro Writer
Roark Bradford longtime New Orleans author of Old Man Adam and His Chil Lun and founder of Negro tales died at his French Quarter home at age 52. Funeral plans include cremation with ashes cast into the Mississippi River. Survived by widow Mary Rose Himler and son Richard, 16.
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New Orleans
Roark Bradford
Adam
Chillun
Green Pastures
French Quarter
Bradford
French West Africa
Mississippi River
China
South Seas
New York World
Lauderdale
Tenn
Marc Connelly
Little Bee Bend
Vanceville
Atlanta Georgian
Macon, Ga
Telegraph
Lafayette, la
Daily Advertiser
Government Forces May Withdraw From Suchow Front
Reliable sources report the government plans to move its army headquarters from Suchow to Pengpu while encircling Communist forces shell the Suchow airfield. The retreat would sever Suchow from Nanking as Red claims of trapping Gen Huang Po-tao’s army surface. Legislative Yuan members were told facilities would be provided for those wishing to leave Nanking.
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Suchow
China
Pengpu
Red
Communist Radio
Reds
Huang Po-Tao
Seventh Army
Grand Canal
Legislative Yuan
Sun Fo
Chen Li-Fu
Rewards Total 11200 In Co Ed Murder Case
Rewards totaling 11200 spurred the search for Theresa Foster a 18 year old engineering freshman found dead near a creek nine miles south of Boulder Colo officials announced a 10000 prize from Colorado University and 1200 more from Boulder residents added to the jackpot The case follows her disappearance Tuesday after a Catholic student meeting and her body was found Thursday Her death is not linked to another campus disappearance In Greeley Lillian De Bell left a note and a Denver bus sighting prompted police reports Denver Post hired Erle Stanley Gardner to interpret the evidence and criminologist Lemoyne Snyder to assist Boulder sheriffs office officers checked sex offender activity and questioned carless absent students Two Amarillo men questioned in the case were released
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Colo
Theresa Foster
Colorado University
Board of Regents
Boulder
Miss Foster
Here
Arthur Everson
Lillian DeBell
Colorado State
Greeley
Denver
Lillian
McCook
Nebr
Denver Post
Erle Stanley Gardner
Gardner
Lemoyne Snyder
Michigan Crime Detection Laboratory
Snyder
Post
Amarillo
Tex
Foster
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Marshall Mars
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Gop
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Harry Bridges
Trade Policies Committee
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Ship Lines
John M. Franklin
United States Lines
Louis Gustav
America
New York City
World Federation
Harold K. Milks
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