Tobin Backs Fight Against Anti Labor Legislation
Secretary of Labor Tobin opened an administration campaign against anti labor laws in states amid a three day conference of State Labor commissioners. He urged unity for sound labor standards and pitched higher minimum wages, stronger labor departments, and new fair labor standards acts to reduce unemployment and improve factory safety.
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Washington
Tobin
Conference of State Labor Commissioners
Truman
Maine
Massachusetts
New Mexico
State moves to aid bumper North Carolina corn crop
North Carolina farmers face a glut as a record 76 million bushels of corn sit unsold. Commissioner D S Coltrane calls for a meeting with farm leaders bankers and tobacco warehouses to discuss storage space credit and possible shifts in government purchase timing to secure fair prices and prevent distress selling. Weather and weevil issues complicate government acceptance of infested grain.
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Raleigh
State Department of Agriculture
D.S. Coltrane
Coltrane
Chicago
Rocky Mount Laws Backfires Over Santa in Window
Rocky Mounts anti noise ordinance backfires as a large Santa Claus in a furniture store window remains silent while a barbed message to children blames city leaders for losing his voice. A dog with a synthetic throat hums tunes through a phonograph while a sign pleads children to ask their fathers why.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Santa Claus
Cam
Atlantic Coast
Tragic Infant Fire Claims Life in Fayetteville
Fayet teville reports a two year old girl Caroline Sue West daughter of Private John R. West died after a fire badly burned her clothing while left beside an open fire. The mother left the child unattended for a few minutes and returned to find severe burns. the child died two hours later.
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Fayetteville
Caroline Sue West
Berlin mediation plan aims to calm great powers
Paris reports a new mediation plan by Juan A. Bramuglia to ease the Berlin crisis. A neutral expert commission would handle currency and blockade issues with the four occupying powers ready to support in Paris for 30 days. Communists in Berlin are massing for possible control, while Bramuglia seeks broad four-power unity.
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Paris
Berlin
Juan A. Bramuglia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Bramuglia
Security Council
Reds On March In China Amid Su Chou Crisis
Reports say Chinese government troops begin abandonment of Suchow as communist forces encircle the 12th Army Group. Garrison urged to move south to aid encircled units near Nanking with airfield activity indicating possible evacuation. The U S embassy plans to evacuate 100 American dependents from Central China.
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Nanking
Suchow
Twelfth Army
Huang Wei
U. S
China
Manila
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Sheks
112Th
Reds
Suechow
Berlin under communist control reshapes city government
In Berlin on November 30, communists backed by the Soviet Union moved to install a city-wide government by a carefully selected leadership. They elected Friedich Ebert as mayor of all Berlin and voided Western sector elections, while urging a boycott of the Sunday vote. The action aims to influence the Berlin currency dispute and hinder any Paris settlement.
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Berlin
United Nations
Soviet Union
Paris
Friedrich Ebert
Ebert
Strickland Sets Confidence for War Contract Bid
Kenneth Strickland and Frank Marks of Strickland Furniture of High Point express confidence their firm will win a wartime contract worth up to 12 million dollars for 776000 feet lockers. They met army quartermaster officials in Washington and plan production in January.
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Washington
Strickland Furniture Company
High Point
Kenneth Strickland
Furniture Company
Frank Marks
Army Quartermaster Corps
Marks
Strickland
Stocks Dig In For Stand After Fall to Lows
New York stocks held a tentative line after slipping to the lowest level since mid March. Many issues eased slightly but buying support appeared on dips and several names edged into gains. Notable price moves included higher quotes for U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Studebaker Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Anaconda Copper J C Penney Radio Corp American Woolen Standard Oil Eastern Air Lines.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
United Aircraft
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Studebaker
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Anaconda Copper
J. C. Penney
Radio Corp
American Woolen
Standard Il (Nj
Eastern Air Lines
Cold Wave Follows Rain Flood Areas Still in Peril
Cold weather moved into flooded Georgia Alabama and Tennessee regions as river crests moved downstream. Readings dropped to the 30s in Alabama Georgia and Tennessee with Vicksburg Mississippi at 28. Farther north a cold belt from the Rockies to the north central saw subzero readings as Butte Montana registered 3 below.
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Chicago
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Vicksburg
Miss
South Carolina
Rockies
North Central
Butte
Mont
Eagle
Colo
Complete Unification of U S Armed Forces Demanded by Alabama Senator
Senator Hill of Alabama, on the Senate Armed Services Committee, urges immediate unification of the army navy and air force. He calls for Defense Secretary Forrestal to compel coordination and warns Congress over the costs of non unified defense. He cites Navy Air Force disputes and warns of economic risk from divided services.
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U.S
Alabama
Washington
Hill
D-Ala
Cain
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Hills
Tydings
Dmd
Armed Services Committee
No Heavy Damage Expected From Floods In the East
Eastern North Carolina watched flood waters rise with the Roanoke Cape Fear Tar and Neuse rivers in moderate flood stages. Weather officials forecast crests and limited damage mainly to low farms while urging caution for nearby residents. State highways reported no serious trouble as rains eased.
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Raleigh
Garrett Demots
U. S. Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Cape Fear
Tar
Neuse
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Srene
A. H. Graham
Outlook Grim for Chiang Regime As Madame Chiang Visits U S
Madame Chiang Kai shek travels to Washington in President Truman's former private plane to press for more American aid as Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist regime battles Communist forces in Suchow. The visit draws cautious official reception while Chiang's ally faces a substantial military challenge and Russian support grows.
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Chiang Kai-sheks
United States
Washington
Chira
San Francisco
Truman
Aiarshall
Leesburg
Madame Chiang
Ray Aldridge Pleads Guilty to Accessory Before Murder
In Gastonia on Nov 30 1944 Ray Aldridge 21 pleads guilty to accessory before the fact of murder the state accepts the plea carrying a life sentence He confessed after holding 50 officers at bay Nov 7 police testified Aldridge fired on Gastonia officers wounding four and fatally injuring Officer J E English whose death followed days later
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Gastonia
Ray Aldridge
Aldridge
P. C. Froneberger
Gastonie
Henry Fisher
Charlotte
J. E
Red) English
Tojo and Six Others Get Temporary Stay Of Execution
Tokyo Nov 30. War time premier Hideki Tojo and six other top Japanese war makers won a last minute reprieve from execution. General MacArthur said they would not be executed until the US supreme court acts on appeals by two condemned men. If the court rejects the appeal next week, the seven could face hanging on Dec 7, Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Japan
Pearl Harbor
International Military Tribunal
Washington
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihara
Associated Press
Supreme Allied Command
MacArthur
Public Information Office
Cape Fear River Rises Near Fayetteville
Cape Fear river rose to 43 feet by morning and kept climbing with crest expected today. Nearby banks are steep and flooded sections remain threatened though no damage was yet reported.
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Cape Fear
Fayetteville
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Nanking Road
Easley
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Chiang Kaishek
Manchuria
Mongolia
Chiang
America
Wellesley
Tojo
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