Western Powers Press For Early UN Action In Face Of French Strikes
Western powers push for prompt UN action as France faces a sweeping strike wave led by Communists. Premier Queuille says strikes resemble a rebellion, with Cominform-directed sabotage hitting coal and rail networks. The disruption threatens the European recovery program and western Europe's defense framework.
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Ulyssean
Booner
Henri Queuille
Eee
Berlin
Bolshevists
Jules ‘Moch
Cominform
Western
Europe
Taft to Speak Twice In N C During Week
North Carolina Democrats push for general election votes with rally in New Bern after Carthage event. U S Senator Robert Taft plans speeches Friday at Chapel Hill and Wilson while GOP governor candidate George Pritchard campaigns in Gastonia Canton with rural road and old age aid reforms.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
New Bern
Carthage
U. S
Robert A .Taft
Ohio
Chapel Hill
Wilson
Congress
C. B. Deane
Truman
Deane
Progressive Party
Dandy
Dewey
George Pritchard
Canton
Gastonia
Pritchard
85 Year Old Enters Bergen Junior College
Louis Rich of South Orange enrolled as a freshman at Bergen Junior College in Teaneck New Jersey at age 85. He supports his claim that you are never too old to learn and plans to take a textile course while enjoying retirement and keeping busy rather than watching movies or listening to radios.
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Teaneck
N J
Louis Rich
South Orange
Bergen Junior College
Dewey Attacks Truman on Foreign Policy Clumsiness
Governor Thomas E. Dewey in Louisville accused the Truman administration of clumsiness and weakness in foreign affairs. He praised bipartisan policy in part but urged a vigorous bipartisan peace effort if elected. The speech highlighted Kentucky and Illinois Senate contests and broad postwar policy aims including housing social security and wage rises.
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Dewey
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Louisville
Kentucky
Illinois
Ees
Paroneio
Seretions
GOP
John Sherman Cooper
Virgil Chapman
Paul H. Douglas
C. Wayland Brooks
Senate
Mr. Truman
Akron Ohio
Washington
Court Rules Merit Pay Is Subject to Union Approval
The Supreme Court refused to hear an employer appeal, leaving the Sixth Circuit ruling that merit pay increases require union consent under the National Labor Relations Act. Employers violating the principle risk unfair labor practice findings, with limited impact expected in mass production but greater in small plants.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Act
Miners Seek Shorter Week and Higher Pay in 1949 Demands
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers scale committee plan a shorter 40 hour work week with higher wages as part of the 1949 contract bid. Delegates, returning from a 10 day convention, adopted resolutions to protect members from 1920s unemployment and raise dues to 4 dollars a month and initiation fees to 50 dollars.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Scale Committee
Health and Welfare Fund
Lewis
Durham Watchman Suffers Breakdown
Officials said Henry Briggs the night watchman at the Colonial warehouse near Durham who was awakened by a fire last Friday suffered a nervous breakdown. They estimated losses at least 1 250 000 dollars not including the large brick building rented by the firm. Briggs aroused several truck drivers in the bunkhouse just before discovering the blaze in the salvage department.
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Durham
Colonial Stores
Henry Briggs
Briggs
Midnight Curfew Enforced for Detroit Youth Tonight
Detroit imposes a midnight curfew for children under 17. Parents face a 15 dollar fine or 30 days if their child is found unescorted after midnight. Exemptions include emergency errands and work duties as approved by the city council amid juvenile delinquency concerns.
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Detroit
Fisherman Drowns as Dory Capsizes Off Outer Bar
A 50 year old Negro fisherman, Charles Pledger, drowned when his dory capsized in breakers at Nags Head outer bar. Four crewmates swam to shore, surviving the incident reported by the coast guard station.
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Nags Head
Charles Pledger
Berlin faces split over blockade and currency withdrawals
The Taeglische Rundschau says the Berlin blockade remains until the western powers withdraw their currency from circulation. It notes that traffic restrictions might lift if the B-mark is removed and reports Soviet air drills, a British protest near Perleberg, and rising eastern German air expansion. Berlin’s city government reports a near empty treasury, funds from allies, and a 10 day emergency budget.
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Berlin
Taeglische Rundschau
Paris
Security Council
Perleberg
Germany
Friedrich Haas
W. T. Babcock
U. S
Haas
Would Merge 8 Lutheran Branches
The United Lutheran Church in America urged a vote on merging with eight Lutheran branches in America. A commission led by Dr. Franklin Fry recommended forming relations with other Lutheran bodies to negotiate organic union. The report urged unity under the National Lutheran council and cited a divine mandate for Lutheran union in America.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
Lutheranism In
America
Franklin Fry
ULCA
Lutheran Union
Unity Movement
National Lutheran Council
The
Evangelical
Communist Led Rail Strike Paralyzes France Rail action tightens grip on trains and coal
Paris dispatch reports a communist led strike expanding through France's railways delaying international trains including the Calais Basile Express and triggering a broad stoppage of coal mining. Dock workers and steel mills face 24 and 48 hour walkouts as the government accuses Moscow of steering the campaign to disrupt European recovery.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
France
Calais-Basile
Metz
Jules Moch
Cominform
Christian Pineau
France hit by Communist led coal strike shuts power nationwide
Electric power was cut across France as a Communist led coal strike undercut national industry. Rail strikes showed some improvement with scattered walkouts but operations resumed at Strasbourg station. The country enters its ninth consecutive winter of power cuts.
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Paris
France
Strasbourg
Rail strikes threaten French railway system and wage demands
The nationalized railroads face potential strikes as Pineau warns against offenses by railway workers against the right to work. The transport minister rejects raises that would trigger a 30 percent rail fare increase but offers concessions on vacations and job classification upgrades. Workers seek a 25 000 franc monthly minimum, paid vacation, and a 40 hour week.
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Pineau
General Confederation of Labor
Owever
Local Government Debt Restrictions May Be Raised
Raleigh October 12 A proposed amendment would let the state counties and municipalities borrow more by removing most debt limits. It would require elections for large new borrowings and allow ceilings on local debt, with current caps for municipalities eight percent and counties five percent plus five for non school uses. Supporters say debt free areas would gain election requirements while debtors could borrow more.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Boyce Elected Governor By Kiwanians
H Spurgeon Boyce of Durham was elected governor of the Carolina district of Kiwanis International at a three day Asheville convention. He succeeds Dr Eugene J Coltrane of Brevard. Herbert W Hennig of Darlington was chosen to continue as secretary treasurer. New lieutenant governors include Clarence King Shelby Joe T Moore Belmont Clem Lipscombe Reidsville Paul C Butler Sandhills Pinehurst Southern Pines Don Rader Graham George L Hayes Roanoke Rapids Ralph B Trapp Stantonsburg Harris Marshall Darlington and Paul Wheeler Rock Hill.
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Asheville
H. Spurgeon Boyce
Durham
Carolinas
Kiwanis International
Eugene J. Coltrane
Brevard
Herbert W. Hennig
Darlington
Clarence King
Shelby
Joe T. Moore
Belmont
Clem Lipscombe
Reidsville
Paul C, Butler
Sandhills Club
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Don Rader
Graham
George L. Hayes
Roanoke Rapids
Ralph B. Trapp
Stantonsburg
Harris Marshall
Paul Wheeler
Rock Hill
Coastal pastors seek ban on Carteret dog track betting
The Coastal Ministerial association began circulating petitions to Rep H S Gibbs asking repeal of the state law allowing race gambling at Carteret county Greyhound track. Rev C M Mitchell said response is uncertain as pastors are asked to return petitions by October 21. The track opened last June at a $200,000 facility operated under the Morehead City Racing commission created by the 1917 legislature.
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Morehead City
Carteret County
Coastal Ministerial Association
H. S. Gibbs
C. M. Mitchell
The
Carolina Racing Association
Here
UNC Celebrates 155th Anniversary Across NC
The University of North Carolina marked its 155th anniversary with a memorial service for alumni who died in the past year at Chapel Hill. Alumni chapters nationwide and in many North Carolina counties held meetings tonight.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Old East
Western powers press for action on Berlin blockade
Paris report says the United States Britain and France move to speed up UN Security Council action to lift the Berlin blockade after little progress by the so called little six. Secretary Marshall returns to influence policy while Vishinsky likely vetoes any firm resolution.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Security Council
Berlin
Marshall
Washington
Truman
United Nations Security Council
U.N. Assembly
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Juan Attilio
Bramuglia
Argentina
Little Six
Council
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Germany
Vishinsky
Austin
Eisenhower Attacks Collectivism at Columbia Inaugural
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned that democracy faces a threat from regimental statism and urged united democratic citizenship. As Columbia University president he pledged no censorship and vowed to teach communism objectively including its ideology and methods.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Columbia
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Ing
Ramon Grau San Martin
Federico Edelman
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Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Waldorf-Astoria
Sumner Welles
Sen. Vandenberg
Taft
N. C
Boyce
UNC
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