Big Powers Seek Private Vote Charter Change Deal
Britain denounces Russia veto as five powers plan a private meeting to modify voting power in the UN Charter. In Atlantic City CIO leaders brace for internal rifts and wage talks after recent Sloan remarks, with President Murray enforcing unity as he prepares for re election.
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Great Britain
Russia
General Assembly
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Atlantic City
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Phillip Murray
Harmony
Murray
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Government freezes coal supplies amid looming miners strike
The government orders a nationwide coal freeze placing in transit stocks and current output under control. Distribution will favor utilities railroads ships hospitals laundries food plants and households with less than 10 days of supply. John L. Lewis rejects a 60 day truce as talks stall and officials weigh further actions.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Krug
Lewis
Charles G. Ross
White House
Trueman
Annapolis
Great Lakes
Georgia Unit System Comes Up Again in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was asked to rule on the constitutionality of Georgia's unit system where a candidate can win a majority of county unit votes yet lose the election. Petitions for rehearing urge review of lower court rulings upholding the system's legality. The cases reference Gov-elect Eugene Amadge and Rep-elect James Davis who won Democratic primaries without a plurality of popular votes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Ular
Eugene Almadge
James Davis
Cullen B. Gosnell
Emory Univerty
Robert Lee Turman
Atlanta Ague of Women Voters
Earl P. Cook
Rgia Tech
Weather outlook and rainfall report summary
Weather report for Washington dated November 16 1946 notes cloudy conditions with intermittent light rain and cooler mountain temperatures expected Sunday night. Sunrise and sunset times are listed for Sunday and Monday with temperatures and rainfall figures summarized for the region.
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Lendar
Ask Higher Scale for Teachers in North Carolina
About 125 teachers at the South Piedmont district meeting favored a higher salary plan than the 20 percent increase proposed by the NCEA. A committee led by R. L. Fritz Jr. of Hudson will contact Claude Grigg regarding the higher scale. Delegates urged a statewide meeting to consider recommendations and argued the state has funds to pay teachers adequately.
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Lotte
North Carolina Education Association
South Piedmont
R. L. Fritz, Jr
Hudson
Claude Grigg
NCEA
Fritz Ai
President Truman Speaks to Midshipmen on World Welfare
President Truman, returning from Annapolis after the Navy Penn State game, tells midshipmen the United States must be run for the welfare and peace of the world. He plans a week’s rest in Key West starting tomorrow.
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United States
Washington
Truman
Annapolis
Navy
United States Naval Academy
No Verdict On Rent Decontrol
The OPA has not yet decided on rent increases though officials and informed sources foresee an adjustment. The agency aims for an early ruling on a 15 percent rent hike and progressive decontrol, while Roy L. Thompson notes some cases may justify increases due to higher landlord costs.
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Washington
OPA
Roy L. Thompson
Price Decontrol Board
More Building is Lid Lifted
James R. Edmunds Jr president of the American Institute of Architects urged removal of rent ceilings on new housing saying it would stimulate construction for rent. He urged abolition of all other federal housing and construction controls except existing rent controls which should be liberalized to avoid restrained building and high costs.
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Washington
James R. Edmunds, Jr
The
American Institute of Architects
Edmunds
Institute
U.S. and Britain Protest Romania Elections
Britain and the United States filed formal notes with Romania in Bucharest protesting the run up to next Tuesday's elections. The notes criticized Romania's replies to earlier notes and referenced Teohari Tatarescu's warning of broken heads but no major incidents. Burton Y. Berry delivered the U.S. note to Prime Minister Petru Groza's government.
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Bucharest
Teohari Tatarescu
Romania
State Department
United States
Petru Groza
Burton Y. Berry
Negro Gets Life Sentence For Killing Choir Singer
Spencer Indiana November 16 Joseph Luther Woolridge 29 Bloomington handyman pleaded guilty to the stone quarry slaying of Phyllis Coleman 32 Bloomington choir singer and was given a life term by Circuit Judge Frank M. Martin A second murder indictment in the Koontz case was nolled Woolridge said he surprised the pair in a quarry tryst bashed Koontz with an iron bar then strangled Coleman and threw both bodies into a sludge pit.
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Ington Stone Company
Nolle
Martin
Woolridge
Koontz
Lie backs U N budget split stance in principle
Secretary-General Trygve Lie says he agrees in principle with Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg that the United States should not bear one half of United Nations administrative costs. He notes current conditions might require a heavy share by one state but warns against long term dominance by any single nation.
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Lake Success N. Y
Trygve Lie
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
United Nations
Vandenberg
Lie
France Moves to Suspend Debate on UN Assembly Plan
The 51 nation political committee debated a French proposal to suspend the debate until the big five meeting. British sources said the Monday session in New York would proceed regardless, with Bevin Byrnes Koo Molotov Parodi expected to attend the 11 a.m. EST gathering.
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France
United Nation
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
James F. Byrnes
China
Wellington Koo
Alexandre Parodi
Molotov
Rout of Partisan Greek Force Near Skra
Saloni ka and frontier areas report confusion after a 1 000 strong partisan group attacked Skra and fled toward the Yugoslav border. Greek troops halted road traffic and restricted movement as small bands continue fighting near Moyet Paikon and Archangels.
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Salonika
Skra
Moyet Paikon
Archangels
Attlee Faces Labour Uprising Over Foreign Policy
Prime Minister Attlee prepares to seek a Commons vote of confidence Monday to crush a Labour Party revolt over foreign policy. Bevin’s UN policy gains backing from Anthony Eden as Labour MPs denounce the rebellion, calling it misinterpreted and harmful to Britain.
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Attlee
House of Commons
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Anotony Eden
Newcastle-on-Tyne
United Nations
Tom O'Brie
Comintern
Wallace
Britain
O'Brien
Trade Union Congress Executive Committee
GOP Drive to Bar Bilbo Gains Democratic Aid
The Senate campaign investigating committee voted a full scale inquiry into Senator Bilbo’s anti Negro stand. Public hearings will be held in Mississippi by December 2 to explore sworn complaints that he violated the constitution by blocking black voters.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Republican Committee
Mississippi
Bilbo vows pallbearer role amid senate fate rumors
In Hattiesburg Mississippi Senator Bilbo replies to reports his ill health may keep him from returning to congress. He says he will pallbear any predictor of his seating and will be ready for action when the senate convenes. He left town shortly after noon for Poplarville and could not be reached about the senate committee’s decision to hold election hearings in Mississippi.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Bilbo
Dmiss
Senate
Washington
Congress
Poplarville
Mississippi
Primary Renomination Fight Shapes Senate Seat Challenge
The article discusses a primary where a candidate seeks renomination. If charges are upheld, they could justify challenging Bilbo’s seat, with the Republican steering committee ready to act.
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Republican Steering Committee
Bilbo
Steering
Lewis Health Status Clarified After Illness
The United Mine Workers journal reassures members about President John L. Lewis health. A cover photo shows him after illness with wording that his health is completely restored following an appendicitis operation earlier this fall.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Reds Softening Stance on Trieste Issue
In New York on November 16 the four power foreign ministers group signaled a solid concession by Russia, raising hopes for an early resolution to the deadlock over Trieste's long-range control after five sessions of talks among Russia Britain France and the United States.
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New York
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Britain
France
United States
Double Tragedy Marks Girl’s 19th Birthday in Malden
Pauline Handy woke to her 19th birthday to find her father Clements W. Handy Jr. dead and his wife Ada gravely wounded. The 45 year old fireman fatally shot his wife Ada, then killed himself with a shotgun. Ada Handy died later in hospital. Neighbors note he had been in good spirits. motive undetermined. Pauline’s sisters Marilyn and Beverly and brother Robert were awakened by the gunfire.
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Malden
Mass
Pauline Handy
Pauline
Frank E. Lenehan
Clements W. Handy, Jr
Ada
Handy
Marilyn Whetford
Beverly
Robert
Teasing led girl to drown neighbor boy in river
Frances Wanstrett 17 confessed to police she killed Ross Key Jr., a partially paralyzed eight year old, after he teased her. Investigators search the Blue River for the body as the girl is held for questioning.
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Ross Key, Jr
Charles Welch
Frances Wanstrett
Blue River
Ross
Welch
Frances
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