Fugitive Thompson Captured in Florida Prison Break Case
Sam H. Thompson, a North Carolina prison convict serving 25 years for second degree murder, was arrested in Miami Beach on November 8 after fleeing Pitt County State Prison Farm on September 17. He claimed he walked away due to an unsuccessful appeal and said he would return to prison.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Sam H. Thompson
North Carolina
C. A. Anderson
St Harrison
Pitt County
Pson
Disputes Plague Country As Flight Walkout Ends
The first major walkout by about 1,000 Trans World Airlines pilots over wages ended today with hopes of early settlement as state and company talks continue. The strike idled 15,000 non flying employees and grounded 115 aircraft along most of the 288000 miles of route across three continents. John L. Lewis may announce a coal shutdown by United Mine Workers next Wednesday after cabinet discussions at the White House. President Truman and Interior Secretary Krug weighed evolving coal tensions as War Secretary Patterson and Attorney General Clark indicated possible developments later in the day.
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Associated Press
Trans World
TWA
Idje
Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Truman
Interior Krug
Krug
Lewis
United Mine
War Patterson
Tom Clark
Lawyer Figures In Probe Over Trade Offer in Tucker Plant Case
Washington dispatch reports Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt pressed Attorney General Tom Clark to probe a New York lawyer who allegedly offered influence for 400000 in stock and 180000 in fees related to the Dodge Chrysler war plant lease. Wyatt said the lawyer pressed Tucker to sign contracts pivotal to the bid within hours.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Tom Clark
New York
Dodge-Chrysler
Ker Corp
Chicago
New Automobile Manufacturing
Lustron Corp
Wyatt
National Housing Administration
Dodge- Chrysler
Wustron
The
War Assets Administration
Tucker
Automan
Clark
Preston Tucker
Ministers Gather For An Informal Trieste Session
New York November 15 The big four foreign ministers met informally to push past the Trieste deadlock. Byrnes urged UN security council control with strong police powers while Molotov pressed for a limited role and a government council answerable to an elective assembly. The discussion showed the minority rights issue as key to UN prestige in Trieste.
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New York
United Nations
Trieste
Byrnes
United Nations Security Council
Molotov
Nine Point U S Stand Against Charter Veto Amendment
The United States rejects any amendment to the United Nations Charter to abolish or modify the big power veto in the Security Council. Sen Tom Connally outlines a nine point program urging voluntary restraint by the five permanent members and warns that division among major powers risks war. Argentina and others push for veto reform as debate opens with Poland defending the veto. Cuba and the Philippines call the veto a dictatorship.
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General Assembly
Connally
Trus. Os
Council
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Argentina
Cuba
Philippines
Security Council
Poland
Jose Arce
Australia
14 H Clubbers Key to Future Progress of North Carolina
State 4 H club leader L. R. Harrill told farm and home agents at the extension service meeting in Raleigh that the future progress of agricultural North Carolina will be elevated by 90 000 4 H club boys and girls currently trained in improved farm practices.
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Raleigh
L. R. Harrill
State College Extension Service
North Carolina
Aining
Weather Sketch North Carolina North Fair And Warmer
A forecast for the Carolinas shows near normal temperatures with a slight rise in east areas tonight. Light to moderate showers expected in the mountains late Sunday with the start of a front later in the period. Saturday through Sunday look mild with mostly partly cloudy skies.
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North Carolina
Par
Carolinas
Pines
Temperature Rainfall Readings Across Cities
Official weather records show 44 hours ending 8:80 a.m. with varied temperatures and rainfall. Cities listed include Charleston 62, Charlotte 64, Chicago 67, Columbia 47, Denver 50, Detroit 51, Greensboro 62, Little Rock 48, Los Angeles 61, Memphis 70, Miami 61, New Orleans 67, New York 41, Raleigh 60, San Antonio 72, San Francisco 38, Spartanburg 68, Tampa 72, Washington 58, Wilmington 62. Rainfall amounts range up to several inches in some locations.
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Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Fransville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Ton Angeles
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Transcontinental air service resumes as pilots strike ends
A 46 day dispute over pay and flight rules ends with a three man arbitration panel to settle rates and rules. TWA and the AFL pilots union sign the agreement in Washington. Full schedules will take two weeks and $2 million weekly revenue was lost during the stoppage. Details cover pay for pilots and co pilots and flight time limits for international service. The Oregon coast port strike tied up Coos Bay while CIO AFL jurisdictional issues were settled.
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Nents
Washington
Paul E. Richter
TWA
David L. Behncke
AFL Pilots Union
Cio-Afl
Coos Bay
Ore
CIO Marine Engineers
Commodities Jump After Decontrol Says OPA
OPA economists report 28 major commodities rose about 7.4 percent in the first two trading days after last week's decontrol action. Industrial raw materials gained 12.4 percent while foodstuffs advanced about 1 percent. Since last June 30, foodstuffs led with a 56 percent rise versus 38 percent for other items, and overall wholesale increases total 45 percent. Forecasts vary among economists.
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Washington
OPA
Immediate Change In British Foreign Policy Demanded
In London a Labour revolt seeks an immediate shift in British foreign policy to avoid a potential conflict with the Soviet Union and the United States. Bevin faces a strong challenge as Labour rebels push for a more Russia friendly stance, while Bevin’s leadership may withstand a confidence vote.
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London
Laborty
House of Commons
Clifton Brown
Toy
Soviet Union
United States
Ernest Bevin
Lumping Of Agencies Planned In Wartime Liquidator Move
Washington reports that the government plans to merge CPA agencies and possibly more into a single liquidating unit following President Truman’s decontrol order. Officials including John R. Steelman and budget leaders discussed folding extinction-bound agencies like OPA that once controlled prices and much production and distribution.
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Washington
CPA
Truman
John R. Steelman
Budget Bureau
OPA
Taber proposes $9 billion federal budget cut and 1 million civil service layoffs
Rep. Taber of New York, poised to lead the house appropriations committee, urged a minimum $9 billion budget reduction and dismissal of at least 1 million civilian government workers. He argued the cuts could save about $3 billion while preserving efficiency.
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Washington
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Seven Americans Share Nobel Prizes Across Disciplines
STOCKHOLM November 15 Seven Americans known for science and international work share Nobel prizes. The peace prize of 34000 dollars is split between Emily Greene Balch and John R. Mott. The literature prize goes to Hermann Hesse. The physics prize honors Percy Williams Bridgman. Chemistry honors James B. Sumner John Howard Northrop and Wendell M. Stanley. Medical prize awarded to Harman J. Muller for X-ray induced mutations.
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Stockholm
Emily Greene Ralch
Wellesley
Mass
John R. Mott
Orlando
Fla
Herman Hesse
Germany
Mont
John Howard Northrop
Wendell M. Stanley
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
Harman J. Muller
Indiana University
Mrs America crown turns on Pollock family crisis
In Columbus on November 15 1944 Janice Pollock 24 chose to abdicate the Mrs America title to stay with her husband Marion Pollock and four children amid a tour plan and contest debates. Her husband initially supported relinquishing the crown but later considered keeping it. Contest manager Burt Titcomb defended the title and suggested an alternate could serve.
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Columbus
Pollock
Janice Pollock
Bruenette Beauty
Marion S. Pollock
Jackson
Miss
Burt Titecomb
Pollocks
Fidence
Burt Titcomb
America
Loyalists of Greece Take Town
Greek government forces recaptured the mountain village Skra near the Yugoslav border after a three day assault that left a high death toll and mutilated bodies reported by officials. Tsaldaris called the attack the most savage on a Greek village and said attackers came from Yugoslavia.
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Athens
Skra
Foreign Ministry
United Nations Security Council
Constantin Tsaldaris
Yugoslavia
Tsaldaris
Salonika
Ministry of Post and Telegraph
Communists Walk Out As Chiang Opens China Assembly
In Nanking Chiang Kai-Shek convened the national assembly as communist delegates boycott and leave. Gen Chou En-Lai warned civil war risk rises in North China while Madame Chiang attends as the assembly is adjourned for a preparatory session.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
National Assembly
China
Chou En-Lai
Communists
The
Democratic League
Generalissimo
Madame Chiang
Truman rejects Lewis on Krug coal wage plan call
President Truman announced John L. Lewis rejected Secretary Krug's coal wage plan. Truman labeled the government proposal fair and equitable and urged serious reconsideration. He argued government cannot act as bargaining agent without undermining true collective bargaining between management and labor. Krug’s plan has been accepted by the bituminous mine operators' negotiating committee.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Julaiar Kor
Krug
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