England's new Socialist government viewed from London
AP World Traveler DeWitt MacKenzie reports in London that England's new Socialist government faces varied opinions yet is praised by conservatives as a bright, active Parliament. Churchill leads the opposition as questions about Scotland dominate, with Labour under strong scrutiny as it tests national support.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
England
House of Commons
Churchill
Loyalists To Defend City At All Costs
Tehran reported government forces ordered to defend the capital amid an insurgent march from Azerbaijan province along the main rail toward Tehran. An insurgent column was said to have occupied Takistan, nine miles southwest of Kazvin, eighty five miles northwest of Tehran, as tanks and troops stood ready at Sharifabad.
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Tehran
Azerbaijan
Sharifabad
Kazvin
Takistan
Brothers Leave Army Together
Salisbury men William S. Kirchin and John J. Kirchin twins served in the Army Air Forces over four years and were discharged together at San Bernardino California. They entered service July 21 1941 at age 23 are sons of the late Mr and Mrs J L Kirchin.
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Salisbury
William S. Kirchin
John J. Kirchin
Army Air Forces
J. L. Kirchin
Sera
Air Corps
San Bernardino
Calif
Air Field
British Asked To End Action In Batavia
In Batavia Java on November 28 the Iran governor of western Java urged British forces to halt military action at Bandeng. British headquarters demanded evacuation of the residential area north of the east west railway line by noon next day. Civilians near posts barred within 200 yards.
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Batavia
Java
Western Java
Bandoeng
Doeng
Onty
General Weems Bails Out As Army Plane Crashes
Brig. Gen. George W. Weems parachuted to safety after an army C 45 transport crashed in rain near Walhalla South Carolina. Six other aboard also bailed out with two still missing and four found. Plane was en route from Bolling Field to Fort Benning with First Lt. R H Phillips piloting.
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Walhalla
S. C
George W. Weems
Here
J. J. Hardy
Bollingfield
Washington
Fort Benning
Weems
Lawson Field
R. H. Phillips
Rescue Party In Search Of Stranded Airmen
Rescue party trudges through rough mountain country east of Coos Bay to reach airmen who parachuted from a C 46 transport that vanished in a storm off the Oregon coast. State police report two airmen reached a logging camp about 20 miles away. others are believed waiting, with one reportedly suspended in a tree. Police say the two airmen reported 13 additional crew members, conflicting with Army reports listing six aboard the missing plane.
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Coos Bay
Ore
Here
Oregon Coast
Army
Bomb Supply, Says General
General Groves told the Senate Atomic Energy Committee that the country needs a steady supply of atomic bombs and outlined production costs. He warned that an atomic bomb in Washington could devastate a two mile area including the White House and Capitol. He cited Hiroshima and Nagasaki casualties to illustrate potential destruction. In other actions, Senate debate over the UNO and a House fight over dam construction continued with leaders clashing over interruptions.
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Washington
L. R. Groves
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Amo
White House
Capitol
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Senate
United Nations
House
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
UNO
Reers
Connally
Kenneth W. McKellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Churchill Attacks Government Over Demobilization
Winston Churchill denounced the British Labor government's incompetence and feebleness in a speech to the Conservative general council. He urged opposition to rapid demobilization and conversion to a socialist future, condemning the country’s plight and praising the United States’ postwar shift from war to peace.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Americans Dump Materiel In Sea
Sydney dispatch reports Americans abandoning Pacific areas are dumping into the sea or burning millions of pounds worth of gear. Australian officers call the destruction staggering in scope and thoroughness. The Americans argue that shipping it home would just move junk from place to place.
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Sydney
Australia
C. A. Burley
Sydney Sun
Rabaul
Pacific Islands
Burley
Pacific
Motors in Washington as GM wage dispute seen
CIO UAW officials meet with Edgar Warren while GM President Wilson stays in Detroit due to strike conditions. In Saginaw 400 CIO pickets reduced 65 supervisors. wage issues trigger first week of a strike idling 225000 GM workers. CIO tool and die unions seek monthly 5 for 31000 members to fund the strike, while Detroit locals may halt materials for GM. Nationwide, about 150 labor disputes idle roughly half a million workers.
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General Motors
CIO Auto Workers
Washington
Ice
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Edgar L. Warren
Labor Department
Charles E. Wilson
Detroit
CIO
Mae
Saginaw
Mich
Dasto
Auto Workers
CIO Tool and Die Workers
Tool and Die
Montgomery Ward and Company
Irving Abramson
CIO United Retail
Ward
Sewell Avery
Philip L. Sullivan
Chio
Sullivan
United Steel
Building Plan Suggested To Congress
Washington November 28 A three billion dollar spending program proposed to the House Military Committee as a substitute for universal military training would fund education health and recreation across every county. Donald Dushane presented a plan claiming $3 billion annually could build modern schools libraries hospitals clinics and trade schools while raising recreational facilities and educational standards.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Donald Dushane
National Commission For the Defense of Democracy
Dushane
Dushange
Congress
Not Insane Hess Present as Papen and Seyss Inquart Lead Nazis
Merneberg report says Franz von Papen and Arthur Seyss Inquart, top Nazi leaders, are on trial before an international tribunal as leaders of the fifth column paving the way for Hitler's Austrian invasion. Prosecutors announce Hess is not insane. Hess pleads amnesia and seeks release. Schuschnigg affidavit rejected.
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Rudolph Hess
von Papen
Seyss-Inquart Top
Mernberg
Franz von Papen
Arthur Seyss
Itt
Hitler
Austria
Hess
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Surplus Public Housing Besets Wilmington
Wilmington faces a housing crisis with 5037 wartime units deemed surplus under the Lanham act. City and county officials must decide how to dispose of 2075 permanent units and 2962 temporary structures, which must be destroyed or diverted to private ownership respectively.
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Wilmington
Wilhington Housing Authority
War Housing Authority
Ilmington
Woman offers $1,000 reward for nephew’s whereabouts
Mrs. Guy T. Castle of Chicago offers 1000 dollars for information on her nephew last seen March 17, 1944 en route Raleigh to Fort Bragg. The reward runs to June 30, 1946 unless extended. a three person committee will judge claims including Raleigh mayor Graham H. Andrews and Leroy Martin of Wachovia Bank. Major Clark, last seen in a Raleigh restaurant, planned a trip to Fort Bragg before a 16 day Army duty tour.
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Raleigh
Guy T. Castle
Chicago
Ilinois
Fort Bragg
Fayetteville
Graham H. Andrews
Leroy Martin
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
John Park
Raleigh Times
State Bureau of Investigation
Army
Clark
Southeastern Defense Command
Southeastern
Vital Center Falls To Jap Communists
The Chinese government admitted the loss of the important Feijiang highway center in southern Hopei to sieging communists. Nationalists reportedly began landings at Hulutao, the Manchurian seaport, seen as a key insurgent objective, after Feijiang fell following a three
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Chungking
Hopei Province
Feijiang
Hulutao
Budget Adopted By Y M C A Committee In 1946 Session
Kannapolis reports a 1946 budget of 20825 for the Carolinas Interstate Young Men's Christian Association committee. At their 70th annual session they welcomed lunch guests Charles A. Cannon and announced new associations at Mount Airy and Hickory. Officers were reelected led by Charles M. Norfleet with Alfred Scarborough named president.
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Kannapolis
Carolinas
Young Men's Christian Association
Charles A. Cannon
Mount Airy
Hickory
Charles M. Norfleet
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Alfred Scarborough
Sumter
S. C
Oppenheimer outlines million kilowatt atomic reactor vision
Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer proposed a million kilowatt atomic reactor at Cal Tech UCLA to generate electricity and advance peaceful use of nuclear power. He warned that a large scale atom bomb attack could poison the atmosphere but would not ignite it and noted scientists were not consulted before Hiroshima.
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Churchill
Commons
Los Angeles
Japan
J. Robert Oppenheimer
California Institute of Technology
Los Alamos
N. Mex
University of California At
University of California, Cal Tech
Oppenheimer
Hiroshima
Highway Prison Labor Payment Raised to 2 a Day
North Carolina highway commission boosts state prison labor allowance from 1.40 to 2.00 dollars daily effective January 1 1946 through June 30 1946 to offset a large expected deficit possibly 480000. Commission awards paving and bridge contracts in 12 counties and defers others for study while naming low bidders on several projects.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
State Prison Department
A. H
Sandy) Graham
North Carolina
Bladen County
Granville County
Anson County
Alleghany County
Surry County
Ding
Jackson-Swain
Pitt
Wingate College Offered to Baptist State Convention
Seven Baptist associations that own Wingate junior college vote to offer the college and its property to the Baptist state convention. The offer is referred to the education council for December, then to the general board in January for decision and potential trusteeship by the convention.
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Raleigh
Wingate Junior College
Baptist State Convention
Education Council
Education Board
General Board
Pearl Harbor Hearing Details on Codes and War Timing
Former ambassador Joseph Grew testified that some codes used at the American embassy in Tokyo were destroyed after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7. The hearing discussed scheduling General Marshall before he departs for China and whether to press for his testimony sooner.
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Washington
Joseph Grew
Tokyo
Ed Pearl Harbor
Senate-House
George Shall
China
Dent Truman
Brewster
Maine
Stud Grew
R-Mich
Harbor
Grew
Gen. Marshall
Barkley
Mittee
D-Ga
Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Rep
Gearhart
R-Calif
Army
State building figures show big increase in October
North Carolina cities authorized over 2.69 million dollars in building in October, up 20.1 percent from September. Greensboro led with 305,605 dollars, Charlotte 303,222, Asheville 286,379, while 795 permits were issued, and smaller towns totaled 802,075 dollars led by Asheboro 105,750, Lumberton 89,009, Rose Hill 66,000.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Forest Shuford
Shuford
Greensboro
Charlotte
Asheville
Asheboro
Lumberton
Rose Hill
Jacklyn Lucas to Study at High Point College
Belhaven reports Jacklyn Lucas, Medal of Honor recipient, plans to resume education after Christmas at High Point College. He will take a refresher course to earn the equivalent of four years of high school and then attend four years of college, with plans to marry Miss Carolyn Brown in the spring.
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Belhaven
Jacklyn Lucas
Truman
High Point College
Radford Jones
Lucas
Graat Edwards Academy
Salemburg
Carolyn Brown
Portmouth
Iowa Jima
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