Eisenhower says Russia seeks friendship with United States
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the House Military Committee that Russia has no reason to seek war with the United States and wants to be friends. He asserted there will never be a war between Great Britain and the United States and cited U S military power as the key to world peace while supporting Truman’s universal military training plan.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Truman
Eisenhower
House Military Committee
Rep. Parnell
R-Nj
Germany
America
British Commissioner warns Tel Aviv rioters death penalty
In Tel Aviv rioters faced a death punishment warning from British acting high commissioner Shaw after two Jews died and 27 were injured in curfew clashes. Troops fired to quell protests as Jewish resistance to immigration policy continued. An appeal for discipline followed over Palestine radio with mayor Rockach urging calm.
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Jerusalem
G. W. W. Shaw
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jnst
Sixth Radiate
Red Devils
Shaw
Palestine Radio
Isreal Rockach
North Carolina Virginia flue-cured tobacco prices edge up
Strong bidding produced a slight upward trend in some grades on the North Carolina and Virginia flue-cured belts with improvements of 1 to 2 dollars for common and smoking leaf. Tuesday sales totaled 1,480,000 tons at 45.88 per hundred, lifting season totals to 132,451,867 pounds at 43.42.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Improved Air Line Connections For Carolinas Effective Today
Greatly expanded airline connections for the Carolinas took effect today. Pennsylvania Central resumes an east west route linking Norfolk and Knoxville, with a nine hour Miami route via Cleveland Akron Roanoke Winston Salem Greensboro High Point Charlotte Columbia Jacksonville and West Palm Beach. PCA schedule includes Elizabeth City Rocky Mount Raleigh Durham Greensboro High Point and Asheville Hendersonville with Hickory added after airport upgrades. The airline hosted a send off last night with Monro president Gael Sullivan and Governor Cherry, plus delegations from stops statewide.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Norfolk
Knoxville
Eastern Airlines
Miami
Cleveland
Akron
Roanoke
Winston-Salem
Greensboro High Point
Charlotte
Columbia
Jacksonville
West Palm Beach
PCA
Elizabeth City
Rocky Mount
Raleigh-Durham
Greensboro - High Point
Asheville-Hendersonville
Hickory
Monro
Airlines
Gael Sullivan
United States
Cherry
Labor Front Facing New Walkouts
Associated Press reports widespread strike threats. About 275,000 idle as 7,000+ long distance operators in Illinois and Indiana risk walkout after wage talks collapse. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph faced 20 percent demand for maintenance workers. AFL shipyard workers urged action by November 25 on the Pacific coast. In San Francisco Bay, 60,000 idle with 5,000 steamfitters, 40 percent pay demand proposed. Alaska Steamship’s passenger fleet tied up over overtime and dining room use.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
San Francisco
William Burke
CIO American Communication Association
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pacific Coast
AFL
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL Metal Trades Council
Two Carolinians Among Four Fliers Lost Over Potomac
Navy lists four airmen missing after parachuting from a distressed plane over the Potomac river on Monday. Among the missing are Lt. Comdr. Fred M. Covington of Wadesboro and Lt. (jg) Stephen Dechsman of Gneiss. Two fliers parachuted to safety. little hope remains for survivors.
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Washington
Navy
Potomac River
Fred M. Covington
James Covington
Camden Road
Wadesboro
Stephen Dechsman
Thomas F. Dechsman
Gneiss
Japs Reported To Tokyo Day Before Sneak
Japanese envoys in Washington informed Tokyo the day before Pearl Harbor of working with influential figures behind frontal negotiations with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. The disclosure came as the Pearl Harbor hearings opened, detailing intercepted diplomatic messages from July to December 1941 and a 253 page record.
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Washington
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
State Hall
Congressional
William D. Mitchell
Senate
Hull
State Department
Dwight Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Joint
Eisenhower
House Military Committee
United States
Russia
W. Mallon
House Small Business Committee
Chester Bowles
Ex-Policeman Bellm Charged With First Degree Murder
Edward Bellm a 46 year old former Detroit police lieutenant and self styled private investigator was charged with first degree murder in the Oct 30 killing of Alberta Rose Young 35 wife of an Army Air Forces captain. The warrant was issued by Justice Luther Green at Rochester. Theis 29 was cleared and left for New York after returning for the investigation.
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Pontiac
Mich
Edward Bellm
Detroit
Alberta Rose Young
Army Air Forces
Bellm
Oakland County
Justice of the Peace
Luther Green
Rochester
Justice Green
Auto Dealers Protest Bowles Prices Amid Production Fears
Capitol Hill summary notes a Pearl Harbor inquiry, Eisenhower backing universal military training, and the Auto Dealers association protests Bowles price controls. Dealers claim Bowles ignored potential car production curtailment from strikes, urging reconsideration of pricing policies.
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Bowles
Civil Service Pay Rise Approved for 20 Percent Hike
Washington November 15 The senate civil service committee backed a bill to raise civil service pay by 20 percent. Proposals to boost congressional pay from 10 000 to 20 000 cabinet salaries from 15 000 to 20 000 and Supreme Court officers from 20 000 to 30 000 were left for debate. Senator Mead questioned if the 20 percent rise would apply to cabinet members.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Supreme Court Ogee
Mead
North China Situation Described as Delicate in 1945
Three months after Japan's capitulation in Peiping reports say North China and Manchuria remain delicate as Communist and nationalist forces jostle for control of territory no longer held by a foreign power, with occasional clashes.
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Peiping
Japan
China
Manchuria
Russians Begin Handing Over Manchuria Facilities
CHUNG KING November 15 The Russians have handed over Pos and are set to withdraw soon from Manchuria under an agreement allowing continued Russian use of facilities until their exit. The dispatch said the Chinese government was notified Russians would leave by December 1.
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Chungking
Manchuria
War-weary troops ponder path home from China and Korea
The piece notes Japanese awaiting disarmament and repatriation, American Marines anxious for orders, about 100000 Koreans in North China awaiting repatriation, and scattered Germans facing eventual return to the Reich. It describes a looming civil war with a strategic, rumor-driven Chinese theater, where communists hold six provinces and central government aims to crush obstacles.
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China
North
Reich
North Carolina Firms Pick Industrial Union for Bargaining
The National Labor Relations Board announced that employees at International Minerals and Chemical in Hilton and S F Royster Guano in Navassa voted to designate the Industrial Union of Marine and Ship Building Workers as their collective bargaining agent.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Emloyees
North Carolina
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
Hilton
S. F. Royster Guano Company
Navassa
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
CSO
British Indian Troops Hammer At Strong Points In Soerabaja
British Indian troops fought deep into Soerabaja as the six day battle continued with no slackening in Indonesian resistance. The 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade seized justice and government buildings after a brutal defense by nationalist forces using light automatic weapons machine guns and armored vehicles. In Batavia Sjahrir issued a 15 page pamphlet outlining his principles for Indonesia’s future and condemning Japanese propaganda that stirred anti foreign sentiment.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
123Rd
Sutan Sjahrir
Sjahrir
Naval memorial service for Dixie Kiefer and six sailors
Special services were held today for Commodore Dixie Kiefer commander of the first naval district air bases and five other navy men killed in a plane crash near Beacon New York on November 11. Bodies of the others were sent to their homes yesterday including Clarence Hooper 22 aviation machinist mate third class of Greensboro North Carolina.
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Quonset, R. L
Dixie Kiefer
First Naval District Air Bases
Navy
Beacon
N. Y
Clarence Hooper
Aviation
Greensboro
N. C
Crisis in Germany Deepens as Winter Hunger Grows
AP analysis notes friction between France and allies over Ruhr control and Rhineland occupation. Washington discussions signal U S scrutiny of German policy under Truman and Byrnes. A German observer describes restless youth, lingering Nazi indoctrination, and anti American sentiment amid occupation hardships.
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Germany
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
America
Washington
John M. Hightower
Truman
State Byrnes
Trial Of Dying Krupp Postponed At Nuernberg
The international military tribunal granted a motion to postpone the war crimes trial of Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach until his physical and mental condition permits it. The Krupp charges remain in the docket as officials consider whether the 75 year old armaments maker can attend despite alleged senile softening of the brain.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Gustav — von Bohlen
Halbach
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Krupp
I Ae
Fh Yan
Inter
Baptists Reject Hospital Debt Proposal at Raleigh
The Baptist state convention voted down a plan to assume the debt of Winston-Salem Baptist Hospital and provide 400000 to build a new wing. A minority argued against incurring further debt and urged study by the general board, with a report to the 1946 convention.
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Raleigh
Baptist State Convention
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
General Board
F. Clyde Turner
Greensboro
F. Orion Mixon
Recorder
North Carolina
Three Powers Propose UN Role for Atomic Energy Control
The United States Britain and Canada propose placing the task of arranging world cooperation on atomic energy under the United Nations. They vow to keep bomb know how secret from all but agreed nations until universal safeguards are in place. A six day conference produced a plan for a UN commission to draft recommendations on peaceful use, full scientific exchange, arms control, elimination of atomic weapons, and verifiable inspections.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
United Nations
Truman
Minis Attlee
MacKenzie King
White House
Russia
Moscow
Japs Propose Streamlined Imperial Advisory Circle
Tokyo reports Asahi outlines a plan to abolish the key privy seal role while keeping the inner imperial circle, replacing it with a streamlined group led by the grand chamberlain, the imperial household minister, and the president of the privy council, with diet presidents joining premier selections.
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Tokyo
Privy Seal
Asahi
Imperial Household Ministry
Privy Council
Koichi Kido
Kido
Associated Press
Diet
Vanet
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