Leaders Seek To Avert Nationwide Coal Strike
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach convened United Mine Workers and soft coal operators to avert a nationwide strike as bituminous coal stocks dwindle and distribution tightens. The walkouts spread to Indiana, with further labor action looming in telecommunications as 250000 telephone workers threaten a nationwide vote for a possible strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
Schwellenbach
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
Indiana
CIO
White House
Bell
Joseph Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Henry Mayer
Federation of Long Line Telephone Workers
Ind
Mayer
Strike Front In Carolinas Still Hot
Breakdown of negotiations between Erwin Cotton Mills management and the Textile Workers Union CIO threatens a strike next Monday by 4100 operatives. Southern Bell service suspended due to walkouts. Herbert Payne announced in Durham NC that talks had been discontinued as over 4000 workers face labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Cotton Mills
Southern Bell Tele_— Co
Carolinas
Herbert Payne
Textile Workers Union of (Cio
Durham
N. C
Erwin
Tension Grips Argentina as Women Riot
In Buenos Aires on October 6 protestors led by Alicia Moreau Justo confronted government forces. Mounted police charged a crowd of about 500 women near the central plaza injuring one, as editors faced calls to publish uncensored accounts of the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. Stuntz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Government Trolmen
la Nacion
la Prensa
Alicia Moreau Justo
Argentine Socialist Party
Seige
Juan Peron
University of Buenos Aires
Cuba
Havana University
Argentine Supreme Court
Edelmiro Farrell
Barraco Marmol
Cordoba
Marmol
Cordoba University
Buenos
Byrnes Seeks European Peace Conference With Soviet Aid
Secretary Byrnes said a truly representative European peace conference is possible before year end, contingent on Soviet attitude. He cited Moscow openness to such a meeting and urged inclusion of all allied nations involved in World War II beyond Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Hovey
Washington
London
Byrnes
Russia
Molotov
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Gradual Decline In Unemployment In State Planned
North Carolina maps a gradual unemployment decline with fewer weekly claimants since mid September. Col A L Fletcher UCC chairman notes 7 161 workers drew checks last September including 5 725 women. last week 6 711 unemployed with 5 104 women claimants. None of the claimants are linked to strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State
Col. A. L. Fletcher
UCC
Fletcher
World Today on Potsdam Talks and Allies Rift
Izvestia blames Anglo American allies for deadlock over peace treaty terms with Romangaria Hungary and inland. Molotov argues Potsdam limits discussion to signatories. The piece warns of power politics and a harsh winter of starvation and turmoil ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izvestia
Big Five
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Romangaria
Hungary
Byrnes
Bevan
France
China
Russia
Britain
United States
Molotov
Tzvestin
Messrs. Byrnes
Bevin
United Nations
Domei Condemns Jap Secret Police Activities
Domei agency denounces the Japanese secret police and reports torture of prisoners to death. It cites a chilling history of brutal methods, including third degree questioning and a death mask on Yoshimichi Iwata, the left wing leader executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Domei Agency
Japan
Yoshimichi Iwata
Atomic Congress struggles into second month of postwar session
Washington, Oct 6. Atomic power and taxes dominate the opening of the second postwar session as White House unemployment plans linger between Senate and House. Proposals range from creating an atomic development commission to broad tax cuts, with hearings lined up and committee actions pending in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Atomic Energy
Vandenberg
House Rules Committee
House Sways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
House Expenditures Committee
Embassy runs Hotel California for visitors in Paris
The American embassy in Paris has opened the Hotel California to house visiting nationals. In cooperation with the army and the state department it offers meals at 2 75 dollars daily and rooms from 4 dollars to 11 dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
California
Army
State Department
Shidehara Named Japanese Premier After Democratic Turnabout
Shidehara, 73, former foreign minister and diplomat, is chosen to lead Japan toward democracy under occupation. He vows a liberal cabinet and cooperation with Allied authorities as General MacArthur shapes domestic policy. His career spans Washington and London ambassadorships and early 1920s diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Enat
Japan
Shidehara
Washington
London
General MacArthur
Censorship Lifted On Allied Correspondents
General MacArthur ended military press censorship for all allied correspondents in Tokyo effective immediately. He retained censorship over the Japanese press and radio with War Department authorization to manage censorship in Japan and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Korea
War Department
Nimitz Receives Philippine Highest Valor Award
President Osmena honors Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with the Philippines highest medal for valor for his leadership in the war of liberation. MacArthur previously received the decoration, as Truman pinned a third Distinguished Service Cross on Nimitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmena
Nimitz
Srenneet Truman
Charlotte News Names New Associate Editor
Charlotte announces Harry S. Ashmore, former Greenville newspaperman, as associate editor. He recently retired from the army as lieutenant colonel and served with the 95th division in Europe. He succeeds Burke Davis, moved to peg assignment writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Uri
Charlotte News Today
Harry S. Ashmore
Greenville, S. C
Burke Davis
Ews
Laval expelled from court again during war crimes trial
Pierre Laval, former Vichy leader, was expelled from the French high court of justice for a second time in three days and refused to continue his defense when recalled. Judge Mongibeaux suspended the session amid clashes over questions about who restored Laval to power in 1944 and with Laval denouncing the proceedings as illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Most
Paris
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
High Court of Justice
Paul Mongibeaux
Perch
Mongibeaux
France
Marshal Pertain
Adolf Hitler
Montoire
Andre Mornet
Petain
Mornet
Abetz
Otto Abetz
Marseille
Retrial Motion Set For Lt. Epes November 2
In Columbia South Carolina defense and officials filed for a retrial hearing for Lt. Samuel C. Epes a 27 year old Richmond Virginia army officer convicted last month of murdering his wife Mary Lee Williams Epes a Jacksonville Florida schoolteacher. The plea details were arranged before Judge A L Gaston and the motion will be heard November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Samuel C. Epes
Richmond
Navy
A. L. Gaston
Epes
Travis Epes
Mary Lee Williams Epes
Jacksonville
Fla
Lower Grades Bring Better Weed Prices
Raleigh reports rising prices for lower quality tobacco on the middle belt with increases from 1 to 6 dollars per hundred. Eastern belt markets show upward trends in medium to better grades with some fair leaf markets averaging 47 dollars per hundred for the first time this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Federal State Market News Service
Border Belt
Beast Of Belsen Confesses Gas Chamber At Natzweiler
Joseph Kramer known as the beast of Bel sen admits gassing prisoners at Natzweiler and knew of the gas chamber at Oswiecim. His signed statement ends the prosecution case in the mass murder trial of 45 SS guards. The defense plans about 40 witnesses as the trial may run three more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chamberlain Luenburg
Joseph Kramer
The
Beast of
T. M. Backhouse
Oswiecim
Kramer
Textile leader Walter Lamont dies at 65 in Massachusetts
Lawrence Massachusetts obituary reports Walter M. Lamont 65 longtime resident manager of Wood Mill Andover for the American Woolen Company since 1908. Lamont was considered one of the nation's top textile executives and oversaw what was described as the world's largest worsted mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Walter M. Lamont
Andover
Wood Mill
American Woolen Company
73 Year Old Shidehara Becomes Japan Prime Minister
Ki juro Shidehara, aged 73, drawn from retirement to lead Japan amid crisis, promises to form a cabinet acceptable to allied occupancy authorities. He reappoints Shigeru Yoshida as foreign minister and aims to finalize his ministers within days after a dramatic imperial investiture.
President Truman Best Man At Clark Wedding in Berryville
President Truman attends Bennett Champ Clark wedding as best man in Berryville Virginia before continuing a five day six state trip. He plans to visit Reelfoot Lake Tennessee and Gilbertsville Kentucky for a TVA dam dedication and flood control talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Berryville
Reelfoot Lake
West Tennessee
Margaret
John W. Snyder
Harry H. Valleghan
George E. Allen
Charles G. Ross
Matthew J. Connelly
Senate
Leslie Biffle
Col
Wallace Graham
Senator Briggs
D-Mo
Missouri
Randolph
D- Va
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kentucky
TVA
Big Dam
Gilbertsville
Bennett Champ Clark
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Judge Clark
Grace Episcopal Church
Violet Heming
Blytheville
Ark
Caruthersville
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Coal
Admiral Nimits
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Naval Forces
Pacific
Mary
Nancy
J. T. Lay
Annie T. Mansfeldt
San Francisco
Vada Martin
Associated Press
Domei
Atomic Congress
Philippines
Charlotte News
Belsen
Kijuro Shidehara
Hirohito
Shigeru Yoshida
Yosh
Clark
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