United Nations Condemns Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
The United Nations Assembly condemned Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek guerrillas in a 47 to 6 vote. The measure extended UNSCOPs mandate for another year and pushed back a Soviet bid to end UNSCOP. Dulles defended American views on communism and tolerance while criticizing Soviet rhetoric. The Greek Balkans issue dominated the day with Palestine and Berlin questions noted for later discussion.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Dulles
He Assembly
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. N. Special Committee On the Balkans
Unscob
Sherlock Holmses
Unscorb
United States
Britain
France
China
Greece
Unscor
U. N
Assembly
Berlin
Willard L. Thorp
U. S
Vishinsky
United Nations
Ales Bebler
Bebler
East Coast Longshoremen End 18 Day Strike With 13-Cent Raise
President Joseph P. Ryan announced the AFL International Longshoremen’s Association east coast strike ended as 65,000 longshoremen voted to accept a 13 cent per hour raise after 18 days of stoppage. The walkout halted work from Maine to Virginia, delaying ships, mail, and trade at the world’s largest seaport. West coast ballots showed 27,000 CIO dock workers voting with six thousand already returning to work. A Brooklyn protest gathering labeled as disrupters drew sharp rebuke from Ryan.
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New York
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longmen's Association Tonight
Ryan
New York Harbor
Maine
Virginia
CIO
Harry Bridges
Brooklyn
Longshoremen’s Association
Pacific Coast
East
Atlantic
Navy Provides Plane For Madame Chiang's Visit
The State Department announced the United States will furnish official transport for Madame Chiang Kai-shek on her U S visit. She will depart Shanghai November 28 and arrive in Washington December 1 to press for increased aid to the Nationalist government.
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Washington
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
China
United States
Shanghai
Nanking
U.S
Madame Chiang
Widow Of Alleged Ku Klux Victim Is Held For Murder
In Savannah Georgia Amy James Mallard widow of Robert Mallard is jailed on murder charges after his death near Lyons. She claims hooded hooded Ku Klux Klan members killed him. Two Negroes a white man held as witnesses. Mallard shot through his windshield as his funeral followed.
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Avannah
Robert Mallard
Amy James Mallard
J Jam
Buffalo
N. Y
W. E. McDufffie
Georgia Bureau of Nevestigation
Savannah Evening Press
Bie
Hlusers
Ile
Mallard
Lyons
McDuffie
GBI
Klan
Kn Klux Klan
Samuel Green
Grand Dragon
The
Invisible Empire
Tocks County
R. FE. Gray
Dr. Green
Swainsboro
Delmar Jones
James
Frank Brinson
William Tim Carter
Emma Lean Carter
Carters
Mallards
Blaze Whipped By High Winds On California Peak
Winds of near hurricane force roared over Mt Baldy and the Camp Baldy area as a wildfire grew to about 1000 acres in San Antonio and Bear Canyons. More than 200 firefighters battled subfreezing temps and 70 mph gusts as 700 men worked to stem the blaze. No injuries or property losses were reported.
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Los Angeles
California
Camp Baldy
San Antonio Canyon
U. S. First Service
San Antonio
Bear
Upland
Mt. Baldy
Soviet Zone Faces Sharp Power Cuts in Berlin
Berlin reports Soviet authorities ordered large reductions in electricity across the Russian sector to cope with coal shortages from the Western counter blockade. Homes lose five hours daily, shops nine hours, and industry one extra day weekly as “power saving day.”
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Berlin
Germany
East Germany
ADN
Frank Howley
U. S
Howley
Curt Mueckenberger
Mueckenberger
Philadelphia Woman Heavy With Cash
A woman dining at the Bellevue Stratford hotel dropped a roll of $100 bills, which a waiter recovered and turned over to hotel staff. Detective Charlesne escorted her to city hall where she possessed $19,100 in bills and $50,000 in bonds. She planned to store the money and bonds in a safe deposit box. The woman provided a Philadelphia main line address.
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Philadelphia
Bellevue
Stratford
Charlesne
City Hall
Farmers resist price support cuts threaten 1950 farm law changes
Grass Roots protests dislike lower price supports for cotton, wheat, corn under the 1950 farm act. Officials say the Truman administration will seek amendments after consultations with farmer committees and a December St. Louis conference. Senate and House members from the cotton south voice concern.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Agriculture Department
National Grange
Portland
American Farm Bureau Federation
Atlantic City
Agriculture Brannan
St. Louis
Wriston elected president of the Association of American Universities
Providence Nov 27. Dr Henry M Wriston Brown University President was named president of the Association of American Universities after ratification of constitutional changes. The 34 member colleges will now include a graduate schools branch and drop the approved colleges list. Frank P Graham of UNC became vice president with Deane M Mallet of Kansas secretary treasurer.
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Providence
R. I
Henry M. Wriston
Brown University
Association of American Universities
Wriston
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Deane M. Mallett
University of Kansas
Association of Graduate Schools
Association
Truman Attends Navy Army Game Debunking Gallup
President Truman watched Navy upset Army 21 21 and declared the Navy the winner quipping that Gallup had predicted Army victory. He sat with Mrs. Truman and daughters during the service game in Philadelphia, greeting supporters aboard a 12 car train and receiving corsages from Mrs Samuel.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Philadelphia
Truman
Army
Navy
Washington
Gallup
Mr. Truman
Margaret
Drucy Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Morrison
John Lashley
St. Louis
George Curley
Boston
Jamesley
Tors Edward Martin
Francis J. Myers
Fred M. Vinson
Stewart
New York City
Samuel
Municipal Stadium
Vinson
Foreign Submarine Sighted Off Texas Gulf Coast
The navy reported an unidentified ultra modern submarine sighting about 20 miles southeast of Corpus Christi Texas. Officials said it was probably not a U S submarine and discussed snorkel technology and offshore jurisdiction.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Washington
Navy Department
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Naval
United States
Navy
U. S
Cornus Christi
Russia
Britain
Germany
State Department
Sullivan
Joint Armed Services Committee of Congress
Iron Curtain
Hawaii
North Carolina 1949 license plates go on sale Wednesday
North Carolina will issue 1949 motor vehicle plates next Wednesday. The plates, black on orange, will be sold at the DMV office in Raleigh and 63 branch offices statewide. About 1,000,000 plates are expected, with 955,000 registrations already on record. Printing of registration cards is complete and will be mailed by Wednesday. Hold on to cards for 1949 plate purchases and display old tags by January 31, 1949.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Motor Vehicles
L. C. Rosser
England Faces Heaviest Fog In Years Across UK
A dense fog settled over England halting roads and air travel with trains late and multiple sports events stopped. In Leeds a worker drowned after falling into a canal while seeking his way home. Visibility was nearly zero on roads out of London. two steeplechases and soccer games halted. Thames collision caused minor damage to two ships.
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London
England
Leeds
Automobile Association
Thames
Blizzard Hits Oklahoma and North Texas in 50 mph Winds
A powerful blizzard struck the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and southwestern Kansas with winds over 50 miles per hour and heavy drifting. Temperatures were near freezing as snow fell steadily, while Alabama rivers rose after heavy rain and were expected to cause minor flooding.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Kansas
Alabama
Montgomery
Rockies
Midwest
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
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Duke University
Robert L. Flowers
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Flowers
John Foster Dulles
TWA
Angeles Municipal
NEA Telephoto
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Suchow
Suhsien
Yi Shih Pao
Changpaling
Yangtze
Thomas
Okla
Rep
Cooley
Universities’ Association
Graham
Dr. Gallup
Quaker City
Bernard Samuel
GOP
James H. Duff
Sena
N. C
Oklahoma
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