Murray Drives CIO to Proud Crusade of Organizing
The CIO board is empowered to act to organize workers where unions failed. Murray calls the drive the mightiest organizing crusade in American history as he enters his ninth year as president. He named White collar workers, government employees and retail clerks as priority fields and criticized six unions, while most leaders faced left-wing opposition.
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Portland
Ore
CIO
Phillip Murray
Murray
James Carey
United Office & Professional Workers Union
United Public Workers
Retail & Wholesale Union
Food & Tobacco Workers
Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
American Communications Association
Spite Killings Involving Three Boys In Gaylord
Three youths aged 13, 12, and 10 were held in Gaylord Michigan for the shooting of 66 year old Arthur King in woods near his home on November 18. Prosecutor Paul Kenny said the boys admitted the fatal shooting after skipping school and planning to cause trouble to cover up their truancy.
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Gaylord
Mich
Arthur King
Richard Pamer
Harry
Robert Black
Mick King
Paul Kenny
Kenny
King
Damer Brothers
Robert
Tar Heels poised for Sugar Bowl bid with win at Virginia
North Carolina would earn a Sugar Bowl berth to face an opponent likely Tulane or Oklahoma on January 1 in New Orleans if they defeat Virginia in Charlottesville. Rumors of a Georgia matchup were dismissed by sources as tickets and reservations remained in flux.
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Charlottesville
University of North Carolina
New Orleans
Tar Heels
University of Virginia
Oklahoma
Tulane
Greenwave
State Insurance Board To Grant Schools Hearing
RALEIGH November 27 The state insurance department will hear protests from the state board of education over a 25 percent rise in school building insurance premiums. Insurance commissioner William P Hodges and the insurance advisory board saw no justification, but a later request for a hearing was acknowledged and a meeting with the education board will be arranged.
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Raleigh
State Insurance Department
Ap of Education
Insurance Advisory Board
State Board of Education
William P Hodges
Education Board
Hodges
Paul Reid
The
Advisory Board
Board of Education
Madame Chiang to Deliver China's Aid Plea Directly to U S
Madame Chiang plans to present China’s appeal for foreign aid to the United States as Washington considers boosting the Marshall plan funding. Rep. Cannon warned of swift action to fill a $1.25 billion gap while President Truman backs accelerating use of the $4 billion European recovery fund.
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Washington
Cannon
D-Mo
House
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
80Th Congress
Rep
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Europe
Hoffman
White House
ECA
Germany
Trieste
China
U.S. Backs Soviet Currency Use in Berlin Plan
Paris Nov 27 AP Willard L Thorp assistant secretary of state said the United States accepts the Soviet mark for all Berlin use and maintains the Aug 30 Moscow directives as the basis for Security Council action. A neutral effort led by Bramuglia seeks a currency solution with a proposed expert commission including neutrals Russia and Western powers. The Berlin blockade remains unresolved and tied to currency questions.
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Paris
Willard L. Thorp
U. S
Berlin
United States
Moscow
Thorp
United Nations
Security Council
Russia
Juan Bramuglia
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Bramuglia
Farlher
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to Visit U S for Aid Appeal
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China's leader, prepares to depart for the United States within 48 hours to seek greater help for Communist threatened China. Government spokesman confirms the trip details will be disclosed later and notes her movements are kept secret. She may travel commercially or on the Generalissimo’s transport.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
United States
Washington
Madame Chiang
Generalissimo
Truman
Marshall
America
C. A. Eaton
New Jersey
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Jack Benny's Show Switches to CBS in Jan
New York reports the Jack Benny show will move from NBC to CBS on January 2, affecting a deal valued up to 4 million dollars. Benny's program, paying 25 000 dollars weekly, will remain produced in Hollywood for American Tobacco as sponsor, with west coast repeats at 9 30 p m Pacific.
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New York
Jack Benny
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC
CBS
Benny
Amusement Enterprises, Inc
Congress
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Hollywood
American Tobacco Company
Far West
Vishinsky Attacks UN Balkan Report as Garbage
At the UN General Assembly the Soviet delegate Andre Vishinsky derided UNSCO’s Balkan report as garbage and accused investigators of distortion and bias. He labeled the inspectors amateur detectives and pressed that Greece’s northern neighbors aided rebel groups, challenging U.S. aims in Athens. Tsaldaris warned Greece’s survival hangs on neighbor support and endorsed Evatt mediation efforts.
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Paris
Andre: Vishinsky
U. N
Balkans
Vishinsky
General Assembly
U. N. Special Committee On the
UNSCO
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Hollingsworth
Clare Hollingsworth
London Sunday Observer
Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
Greece
Tsaldaris
Assembly
Herbert Evatt
Australia
Carolina Power Plans Rate Increase Talks
Carolina Power and Light negotiates for permission to raise business and industrial rates, state utilities commission says. Chairman Stanley Winborne notes no general rate hike proposal or formal application has been filed and discussions focus on power finances.
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Raleigh
Carolina Power and Light Company
State Utilities Commission
Stanley Winborne
Dock Workers Balloting Today on Pay Agreements
Waterfront workers on the East and Pacific coasts vote today on new pay agreements that would end major strikes. AFL ILU leaders expect approval for 65 000 East Coast dockworkers and CIO longshoremen 27 000 to back tentative terms. Acceptance would release about 500 ships and unlock Marshall Plan cargos worth 30 million dollars. Some critics remain on both sides.
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New York
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Pacific Coast
CIO
Greece's Premier Clings To Life As Doctors Lose Hope
In Athens aged Greek Premier Themistokles Sophoulis, 89, clings to life seven hours after doctors abandoned hope. He stays conscious though heart action weakens. Physicians warned he may survive 24 more hours. He refused an egg preferring a glass of beer and earlier received the last sacraments.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
China Crisis Tests U S Aid Dilemma in Cold War
The piece outlines U S concerns over aiding the Chinese nationalists against communism, noting Congress and officials worry about economic strain and effectiveness. It warns of global stakes if China falls to Beijing’s communists and cites Japan as a fragile regional base in the Western Pacific.
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China
America
Russia
Far East
Western Pacific
Japan
Nippon
Blackout Fad Hits Pupils In Illinois
AVA Illinois November 27 a high school principal warned students they will be expelled if they continue the self induced blackout fad called Red Outs described by an Ava physician as similar to pilots blacking out in steep dives Chicago editor Morris Fishbein called the practice mass psychological disturbance among adolescents Dr Hammock said students kneel breathe deeply press lips on thumb puff cheeks and hold breath until fainting a freshman who blacked out 15 times lost consciousness for two hours and required a stimulant before waking in hysteria a friend fainted and had convulsions during the episode.
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Ava
Ill
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Suffering Ends For 14 Year Old Florida Student
In Seffner Florida Donald Youngglove a 14 year old star pupil died after a six month battle with dermatomyosit is a painful disease that caused muscle atrophy His body fell from 105 pounds to 35 pounds as he pleaded for relief His funeral is set for Tuesday and his mother expressed that he is at peace.
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Daddy
Donald
T. F. Youngglove
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