Loyals Claim Victory On Suchow Front
The Chinese government claimed a major victory at Suchow as pro government outlets hailed a rout of Communists northeast of the city. Reports from the defense ministry and Hollington Tongden claimed Suchow fell or was about to fall, while others warned the Reds were withdrawing. The U.S. Embassy urged Americans to leave China amid volatile conditions.
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Nanking
Suchow
Defense Ministry
U.S
China
Hollington Tongden
Associated Press
Koomintang Daily News
Suchan
Harriman eyed for top ECA post in Truman term
Washington reports speculated shifts in the economic cooperation administration with W Averell Harriman possibly replacing Paul Hoffman as ECA head or becoming secretary of state if Marshall leaves. Harriman, currently ECA’s No 2, was en route from Paris to Washington as talks circulated about January changes.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Marshall Plan
Truman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Harriman
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
T Harriman
Europe
Europe, Now Is No. 2 Man In the Recovery Agency
George C. Marshall
State Department
Jiarriman
Paris
Capitol Hill
Hoffman
Charles F. Brannan
ITU Concedes Taft-Hartley Demands in Court Ruling
INDIANAPOLIS November 16 The International Typographical Union locals negotiating new contracts have dropped several demands after a federal court order. The four AFL officers said the union is complying with Judge Luther Swygert’s Taft-Hartley injunction by ceasing closed shop and anti non member clauses and submitting replacement language. Also from Raleigh NC November 16 The Democratic National Committee's North Carolina headquarters reports a campaign profit of 5693.36 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Newset 4Els
AFL
ITU
Luther M. Swygen
Indiana
U. S
Swygert
Red
Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Two Killed In Henderson Auto Crash On Highway 158
Near Henderson Alamance county residents died when a car left U S 158 on a curve five miles west of the city and rolled over. Driver Fred Sootonenn 36 Haw River and Margaret Grady 24 Burlington were killed. Injured Virginia Perry 23 Burlington and Ed Woodrow Tew 35 Haw River were treated at Maria Parham hospital. Coroner said no inquest.
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Henderson
Alamance County
Here
State Ee Patrol Corp
A L. Taylor
Fred Thomas Sootonenn
Haw River
Margaret Grady
Burlington
Maria Parham Hospital
Virginia Perry
Sidney St
Ed Woodrow Tew
Perry
Tew
WH. A. Ellis
Food Prices May Recede With Bumper Farm Crops
Harold G. Moulton president of the Brookings Institution in Washington forecast real relief from high food costs due to bumper crops. He said lower retails would ease wage pressure and labor demands, though full effects may take a year as production expands.
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Chicago
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Moulton
American Finance Conference
Ocean Queens Dock Bound As East Coast Strike Continues
East Coast shipping tightens as longshoremen blockade ports including Halifax and New York. The S S America remains in port and Queen Elizabeth's sailing from Southampton is cancelled. Canadian AFL affiliates warn Montreal and St John ports will be affected as the strike spreads.
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Ocean Queens Dock
New York
Queens
United States Lines
S. S. America
U. S
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Portland
Hampton Roads
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Montreal
St. John
New Brunswick
Joseph P. Ryan
UN Orders Palestine Armistice to Start Immediate Talks
The United Nations Security Council ordered Arabs and Jews in Palestine to begin an immediate armistice and negotiate a permanent peace. The vote showed nine abstentions with Syria China and Belgium backing an amendment. the US and others supported the original text.
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Paris
United Nations Security
Palestine
Russia
Ukraine
Canada
Belgium
France
Galilee Front
Syria
China
United States
Colombia
Britain
Argentina
U. S
Phillip C. Jessup
Aubrey S. Eban
Ased
Security Council
Negev
Negev Desert
U. N
Israel
Eban
Faris el Khouri
State Accounting Board Restrained By Superior Court
Greensboro report says Judge William H. Bobbitt issued a temporary injunction stopping the North Carolina board of accountancy from sending the 200 examination papers to the American Institute of Accountants for grading. The order directs the board to show cause on November 29 why the injunction should not be made permanent.
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Greensboro
Public Accountants
Raleigh
New York
William H. Bobbitt
North Carolina Board of Accountancy
American Institute of Accountants
Thomas V. Osborne
State Board
Superior Court
Osborne
A Word to the Prince of Edinburgh by James Marlow
Washington Nov 16 Excerpt from a column advising the future monarch of England. The writer notes royal timing and luck, comparing past kings and queens, and says the modern world treats rulers less with fear and more as ordinary people.
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James Marlow Washington
Prince of Edinburgh
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
George VI
England
Delayed Showdown Signals GOP Leadership Shakeup
Washington reports that a move to fire top Republican leaders may be postponed to early next year. Clarence Budington Kelland pushes for a house cleaning from top to bottom as he attacks the Dewey-era campaign and the Albany group for an arrogant, contemptuous effort. The meeting is expected after the new year with all members free to speak.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Clarence Budington Kelland
Arizona
Republicans
Kelland
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Kellands
Thomas E. Dewey
Yaterday
Albany
State Baptist Meet Opens In Charlotte
The North Carolina Baptist State convention opened in Charlotte with 1700 delegates under the theme Christ Is the Answer. Dr. Duke K. McCall of Nashville will address the session and speakers include James S. Potter F Orion Mixon Casper Warren Clyde E. Bauman and E V Hudson. They will discuss raising 7500000 to move Wake Forest College to Winston Salem and elect officers for the state pastors conference.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Christ
Duke’ K. McCall
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
Price Trends Mixed On Flue-Cured Belts
Raleigh reports mixed price trends on the old and middle belt flue cured tobacco markets. Old belt leaf grades mostly fell while high grades rose slightly in other groups. Middle belt leaf held steady to a touch lower with lugs primings and nondescript firm to higher. Smoking leaf and cutters unchanged.
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Raleigh
Grange Rejects Subsidy And Crop Control Plans
Portland Maine November 16 A National Grange committee rejected rigid production crop controls and cash subsidies as solutions to farm prosperity. The report favors steady industry output, price supports to guide production, and reserves crop controls as a last resort, opposing subsidies as inflationary and debt increasing.
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Portland
National Grange Convention
Farm Organization
Grange Agriculture Committee
Grange
Hypnosis as Anesthetic Used by North Dakota Dentists
Seven North Dakota dentists report using hypnosis as an anesthetic with 97 percent effectiveness in trials on 250 patients since February. Psychosomatic sleep allows patient control and claims safe, pain free dental procedures without affecting mind or health.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Thomas R. Burgess
Concordia College
Enderaa D
North Dakota Dental Society
France and Soviet Berlin Talks Standoff Deepens
In Paris and London the Berlin crisis prompts Soviet demands for four power talks while France declares firm support for US and UK against talks under duress. French cabinet approves a note to Lie and Evatt and stresses willingness to conciliate without conceding to Russia.
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London
Germany
Berlin
United Nations
Leivos Tary
Trygve Lic
H. V. Evatt
U. N
Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Lie and Evatt
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Francois Mitterand
Mitterand
Robert Schuman
Trygve Lie
Lie
Evatt
Truman
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Moscow
Stock Market Keeps Upward Momentum After Election
New York traders see a third straight post election gain as fractions rise. Major issues push higher with Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal up after a 75 cent dividend lifting 1948 distributions. Other gainers include Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck Caterpillar United Aircraft and more while a few like U S Steel General Electric and Westinghouse lag.
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New York
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Caterpillar Tractor
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
International Nickel
Dow Chemical
J. C. Penney
Superior Oil of California
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Standard Oil (Nj
Twentieth Century-Fox
U. S. Steel
National Distillers
General Electric
Westingpannene
Pacific Western i
Employee Bonuses At Proper Corp Across Several States
Six thousand employees of the Proper corporation in Hopedale Massachusetts and other towns including Tupper Lake New York Guilford Maine Beebe River New Hampshire Framingham Rhode Island Pawtucket Rhode Island Biltmore North Carolina Spartan South Carolina and Atlanta Georgia will receive bonuses December 17 according to notices posted yesterday. Bonuses range from 30 dollars for workers employed since June 1 1948 to 85 dollars for those employed more than ten years.
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Hopedale
Mass
Tupper Lake
N. Y
Guilford
Bennington
Beebe River
N. H
Framingham
Pawtucket
R. I
Biltmore
N. C
Spartan S
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Louis Laurent
William L. MacKenzie King
Ihe
Macenzie King
Loyals
Suchow Line
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Congress
Congressional
Senate
Averell Harriman
Brookings
State Accounting Board
Prince
The
Honorable Artillery Company
Great Britain
Elizabeth
Philip
Tower Bridge
Thames
Paign
Dewey
National Committee
Scott
Ed Martin
Pennsylvania
Joseph Grundy
Berbert Brownell Jr
J. Russell Sprague
Ed Jaeckel
Buffalo
Sprague
State Baptist Meet
Sidy
J. W. Fichter
Ohio Grange
Fichter
House Committee On Agriculture
Rep
Cooley
DNC
Grange Committee
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