Six Neutral Nations Call UN Security Council Meeting
Six neutral members Argentina Belgium Canada China Colombia and Syria planned a session to assess a plan to break the Western powers Russia Berlin stalemate. They aim to decide if a new council proposal can end the crisis with Western responses due.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Security Council
Argentina
Belgium
Canada
China
Colombia
Syria
Council
United States
Britain
France
Russia
UN Secretariat
Ilin
Juan A. Bramuglia
Bramuglia
U S Policy Talks Begin After Election
President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall meet in Washington to discuss foreign policy with China and Cold War strategy highlighted. Marshall arrives from Paris for a first post election review, with discussions planned on aid and U N tensions.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
China
Paris
Key West
Fla
White House
Marshall Plan
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
United Nations Assembly
Marshall Truman
State's Death Toll Big On Week-end
North Carolina suffered its worst death toll in months with 19 killed from Friday 6 p.m. to midnight Sunday. Crashes fires and accidents led the tally with many young victims including Rudy and Gary Bolling in a Rutherfordton barn fire and 9-year-old Tamara Hatchcock near Albemarle. An 11-year-old, William EI, died in Lincolnton during a game of cowboys and Indians.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Elmer Bolling
Rudy
Gary
Rutherfordton
John Richard Henderson
Charlotte
Matthews
Tamara Jo Hatchcock
Albemarle
Lincolnton
William Eimore
Queen Elizabeth Crew Back to Work After Agreement
Striking crewmen of the Queen Elizabeth return to duty as Cunard White Star pledges not to sail to the United States until the East Coast longshoremen strike is settled. The line also will not sail to Halifax and will restore full service for about 1,500 passengers aboard the ship.
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Southampton
Eng
Queen Elizabeth
Cunard
White Star Line
United States
Halifax
White Star
New York
Pat" Bryce
Elizabeth
Byrnes Declares He Will Not Seek Senate Seat in 1950
James F. Byrnes, former secretary of state and Spartanburg resident, states he will not be a candidate for the U S Senate in 1950. He cites a reporter Doris Freeson noting plans to rehabilitate South Carolina in the Democratic Party scene and asserts he will not run under any circumstances.
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Greenville
8. C
James F. Byrnes
United States Senate
Supreme Court
War Mobilizer
Spartanburg
Greenville News
Doris Freeson
Washington Evening Star
Tefore
Bishops Blast High Court Ruling on Religion State Ties
United States bishops in Washington denounce Supreme Court interpretations of the establishment clause as eroding religion. They warn of secularism banning God from public life and promise to press for a reversal to curb what they call federal interference in church matters. The statement accompanies their annual meeting remarks.
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Washington, Navy
Supreme Court
Congress
God
Northwestern to Play in Rose Bowl Next New Year
Northwestern's second place Wildcats were unanimously chosen to represent the Big Nine in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Michigan, the undefeated league champion, was ineligible for a return trip due to a conference rule limiting Rose Bowl appearances to one in three years. Northwestern will meet the Pacific Coast Conference representative in Pasadena.
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Evanston
Ill
Northwestern
Wildcats
Big Nine
K. L
Tug) Wilson
Michigan
Wolverines
Pasadena
Milwaukee union leader Christoffel perjury conviction upheld
The U.S. Seventh Circuit affirmed Harold Christoffel's perjury conviction for falsely testifying to a House labor committee that he had no Communist ties. The ex-president of Local 248 UAW-CIO at Allis-Chalmers was sentenced to two to six years and released on $85,000 bail pending appeal.
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Uaw-Cio
Allis- Chalmers
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Edward M. Curran
Purge Move Chooses Duff as Possible GOP Leader
In Washington on November 22, talk centered on Governor James H. Duff of Pennsylvania as a potential successor to Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. as national GOP chair. Duff, influential in a key state, is seen as anti Dewey and remains uncommitted publicly to any leadership contest. He helped balance Pennsylvania’s 28 of 73 ballots for Senator Taft amid internal party divisions after Dewey’s defeat.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
GOP
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
National Committee
Dewey
Philadelphia
Truman
Edward Martin
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Fuquay-Varina Suffering Major Warehouse Fire
Fire destroyed New Deal warehouse No 1 in Fuquay Varina causing about 115000 in damages. Raleigh Angier and Apex fire units aided the local department to control the blaze by 10 am. The building suffered about 80000 in structural damage and listed losses included tobacco and scrap weed. Four nearby dwellings were demolished and two more severely damaged with total losses around 10000. Roy Tilley reported the alarm at 9 am.
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Fuquay-Varina
New Deal
Raleigh
Angier
Apex
King Roberts
King
Roy Tilley
Rumblings Of New Fighting Reported From Suchow
Reports from Nanking indicate renewed fighting near Suchow and around Nienchuang as Communist forces threaten the eastern flank. Independent dispatches note a revived Red drive while government reports claim troops still control the initiative, with heavy Reds losses reported near Nienchuang.
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Nanking
Suchow
Nienchuang
French lecturer Marsan afraid of women judges
Claude Marsan a 38 year old French lecturer on how to make love and his red haired assistant Barbara Weir were arrested in a nightclub raid for conducting a show before minors. Marsan appeared before Municipal Judge Mildred Lillie and asked for another day to study his plea saying he would prefer a male judge to explain his innocence.
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Los Angeles
Claude Marsan
Barbara Weir
Marsan
Mildred Lillie
More Rain and Stable Temps Across the Carolinas
The forecast calls for continued rain with little temperature change in the Carolinas. Rain covered both states in the past 24 hours ending at 7 30 am with almost an inch falling at many locations. Morning lows ranged from 45 to 55 degrees in cities including Winston Salem Raleigh Florence Charlotte and Charleston.
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Florence
Elizabeth City
Lumberton
Anderson
Cherry Point
Columbia
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Raleigh
Hickory
Rocky Mount
Mythie Beach
Greensboro
Greenville
S. A
Charlotte
Wilmington and
Spartanburg
Charleston and Hatteras
New Bern
CIO Begins 10th Meeting In Oregon
In Portland on November 22 the CIO opened its tenth convention with a split between anti communist right wing and dwindling left wing. About 700 delegates from 40 unions gathered as Philip Murray, swinging the gavel, issued an annual report outlining an eight point essential economic program including price controls and an excess profits tax. Lee Pressman arrived from New York to advise on strategy.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Henry Wallace
Lee Pressman
Senate set to curb filibusters amid civil rights talks
Senate Democrats might delay blocking filibusters while negotiating with Southern opponents over civil rights measures. A plan would have a committee study Senate rules, possibly applying cloture across any motion, and Vandenberg urged a rule change to force votes on national emergencies by 90 percent of members.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Vandenberg
R-Mich
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
AFL delegates near end of Cincinnati labor congress
The 67th annual AFL convention nears adjournment as the international relations committee urges a defensive alliance against Russia and a halt to Soviet trade. It calls for UN unity, European recovery backing, German zone integration, and U.S. support for a united Europe and Baruch atomic energy plan.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Committee On International Labor Relations
International Labor Relations Committee
AFL
Russia
America
Free World
Europe
United States
United Nations
U. S
Moscow
Germany
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek appeals for immediate aid to China
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek appealed to the United States for swift air support to China in its civil war. In a broadcast from Nanjing, she warned that communist victory would threaten Asia and world peace, urging decisive aid to prevent China’s fall and preserve U S strategic interests in Asia.
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Chiang Kai - Shek
United States
China
Nanking
American Broadcasting Company
Asia
Europe
Madame Chiang
America
Japan
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Oksana S. Kasenkina
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