Congress Plans Downward Cap on Defense Spending Next Year
Senator Tydings says a new Congress will target a 14 to 15 billion dollar defense ceiling for the coming year while ensuring national strength and peace. He expects a full report from Marshall and Forrestal, reviews of draft law, and continued coordination among army navy and air forces.
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Washington
Tydings
Dmd
Armed Services
Congress
America
Senate Armed Services Committee
Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Group
House
Senate
Air Force
Navy
Army
CIO to Reelect Officers and Demonstrate for Murray
In Portland Oregon CIO delegates move to reelect officers and stage a demonstratio for Philip Murray 62 as leader of 40 unions. Murray has broad support and vows to curb leftist influence while expanding funding for southern organizing and national CIO activities.
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CIO
Portland
Ore
Philip Murray
Dorothy Lee
Allan Haywood
National
CIO Organi
Murray
Daily Worker
Communist Party
United Electrical Workers Union
Longshoremen’s Union
Fur Workers Union
Albert J. Fitzgerald
The
Electrical Workers
Fitzgerald
Sealed Execution Plan For Tojo And Six Others
General MacArthur moved to halt public detail on the planned hangings of seven war leaders including Hideki Tojo by routing all prisoner death notices through his public information office. Daily updates will state whether executions occurred, with no other announcements. Mrs Tojo asked for her husband s body and the others bodies be delivered to relatives, but cremation was planned.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Public Information Office
Hideki Tojo
General Headquarters
U. S. 7 Army
Sugamoison
Tojo
Nazi Publishers May Regain Control of Germanys Press
A report notes that western Germany could see former owners reclaim papers after denazification. Licensees run plants now. once cleared, owners may retake control, risking a return of Nazi editorial stance and propaganda influence led by Goebbels.
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Germanys Press
Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
Chinese Reds Move Closer To Yangtze
Communist forces push toward the Yangtze near Suhsien and Lingpi with Red units advancing south of Suchow around the Pukow Tientsin rail line. National forces in Peiping Tientsin area prepare for a major battle as Suhsien status remains contested.
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Yangtze
Nanking
Yangtze River
Suhsien
Lingpi
Suchow
Pukow-Tientsin
Pengpu
Suhsien-Lingpi
Peiping-Tientsin
China
Central
Red
Woman Shot to Death in Target Practice Outhouse
In Middlesex on November 25 a 67 year old woman Miss Dhotha Parnell was found shot in an outhouse used by two men and a boy practicing with a rifle. Coroner J Durwood Creech ruled accidental death from a .22 bullet hitting her temple.
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Middlesex
J. Durwood Creech
Smithfield
Dhotha Parnell
Miss Parnell
Nora Narron
Narron
Wesley
Clayon
New Labor Bill Aims to Restore Wagner Act Core
Washington reports a new administration draft to replace Taft Hartley with a plan restoring most Wagner Act provisions plus modified Taft Hartley sections. The team led by William Tyson Kenneth Meikelsohn Red Livingston Charles Donohue and Kenneth Robertson prepares alternate drafts and rendezvous with President Truman's aides.
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Congress
Truman
Tobin
Mr. Truman
William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Kenneth Meikelsohn
Queen Elizabeth Sails Amid Austere, Strained Passenger Wallets
In Southampton 1500 passengers remain aboard the Queen Elizabeth as repairs or layover extend. Most travelers face tight budgets with many reporting as little as 10 dollars left, affecting onboard spending on the voyage to New York. The ship plans a Sunday departure, though schedules run behind.
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Southampton
England
New York
Cherboug
Japanese Soldiers Killed in Sapporo Incident
Two Japanese men died and five others were beaten by two unidentified American soldiers in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Military police pursue the attackers as four injured remain in serious condition.
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Sapporo
Hokkaido
Japan
Maritime Settlement Extends to West Coast
San Francisco reports that 86 day CIO longshoremen strike on the Pacific Coast nears settlement with terms for pacific coast and 17 day AFL Atlantic coast to be ratified by members. The pact would reinstate about 92 000 maritime jobs, release Marshall plan cargo, and lift western rates to 1.82 dollars per hour with 15 cent rise.
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San Francisco
CIO
Pacific Coast
AFL
Atlantic
Pacific
Blum Claims Moscow Supports De Gaulle's Return
Paris reports Leon Blum asserts Moscow is covertly backing Charles de Gaulle to regain power in France. Blum cites recent articles and adds de Gaulle’s anti all but outlines backing for policy shifts, including opposition to Atlantic security pacts and Western defense efforts.
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Blum
Moscow
de Gaulle
Paris
Leon Blum
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaullist
Germany
Europe
The Free Enterprise Concept and Its Limits
James Marlow discusses the phrase free enterprise as a slogan for both business and labor. He argues true freedom requires government limits to protect general welfare and cites price controls and the Taft-Hartley act as evidence of shared constraints. The piece notes the term’s origins and warns against overuse without vigilance.
Main Line Train Wreck Delays Fredericksburg Route
A 50-man crew works to clear tracks near Fredericksburg after the Atlantic Coast Line East Coast champion derailed upon colliding with a derailed freight train. The engine was torn from the Champion as it traveled from New York to Miami. One dining car attendant, Fletcher Anderson, 27, was hospitalized with back injuries. Passengers received first aid. Officials expect hours to restore service on the line.
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Fredericksburg
Ecker
Atlantic Coast Line
Hamilton
Here
New York
Miami
Fietcher Anderson
Ohio
Richmond
Potomac Railroad
Poland and U S clash over ERP at UN assembly
In Paris the Polish delegation denounced the European recovery plan as an economic cold war tactic and accused the United States of using economic power to influence eastern Europe. American Willard Thorp defended ERP and export policies while Czech minister Vladimir Clements attacked US discriminatory trade practices. The UN session also eyed Palestine options and a Negev partition dispute.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Oscar Lange
Poland
United States
Lange
Assembly
Willard L. Thorp
Thorp
Vladimir Clements
Britain
Negev
Palestine
Israel
Syria
Russia
Kerr Scott Still Away From Capital
Governor elect Kerr Scott remains missing for four days and is said to be on vacation secretary Miss Martha Fleming confirmed. Friends questioned his absence from a budget commission meeting and sessions as officials and relatives speculate on his whereabouts including Thanksgiving plans and possible trips north or to Florida.
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Kerr Scott
Martha Fleming
Scott
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
Kerr
Haw River
Ralph Scott
Florida
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Nathan Robertson
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