UN Debates Partition as Palestine Faces Vote
The United Nations moves toward a partition plan for the Holy Land with 14 of 57 delegations backing it and 12 opposing. A bloc of 31 undecided nations awaits a showdown vote while Britain signals a cautious stance and contemplates ending the Palestine mandate. Weizmann and Shertok were set to address the committee as final statements were planned.
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Britain
Palestine
Arthur Creech-Jones
Assembly
Palestine Committee
Holy Land
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Mershe Shertok
Jewish Agency
Weizmann
World Zionist Congress
Living Cost To Be Issue In Campaign
President Truman pressed the living cost issue in the 1948 campaign while splitting his party over price controls and rationing. He warned that government controls resemble a police state and urged voluntary conservation, drawing support from Senator Pepper who defended rationing as democratic.
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Washington
Truman
Florida
Congress
Pepper
Brewers Aim to Save Grain for Export Without Beer Shortage
Washington October 17 The nation's brewers pledge to save more than 650000 bushels of grain monthly for export to Europe by using substitutes for corn wheat and other grains The program includes three month curtailments of corn use no wheat table rice or edible barley and stopping sorghum purchases The effort seeks to avoid beer shortages while allowing production to continue with grain substitutes and potential supplies from potatoes and cassava.
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Washington
Europe
Citizens Food Committee
United States Brewers Foundation
Charles Luckman
Food Committee
Luckman
Food Conservation
Brewers Foundation
France Threatens Requisition to End Transport Strike
Paris government prepared to requisition workers to restart buses and subways as CGT members ignore back-to-work pleas. Seven buses ran on the Eiffel Tower– suburbs line after unions voted to return. most 30,000 strikers remained on strike. Prime Minister Ramadier linked the walkout to political aims ahead of municipal elections and would not resume negotiations until workers return. Separate merchant marine walkout tied up nearly 40,000 seamen demanding a 15 percent wage rise.
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Paris
Toy
General Confection of Labor
CGT
Eiffel Tower
Paul Remadher
Ramadier
Vincennes-Neuilly
France
Taft And Stassen Lash Democrats At Columbus
In Columbus on October 17, Harold F. Stassen and Robert A. Taft praised each other briefly before criticizing the Democratic administration. Stassen is a declared candidate and Taft plans to announce his decision on October 24, with strong expectation he will enter the race.
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Columbus
Minnesota
Harold F. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Taft
Weather roundup shows showers limited to extremes with warmer temps
The Carolina forecast notes partly cloudy conditions today and Saturday with morning showers in the far south. Temperature rises across the region with highs near 80s and 90s, while a national table lists 24 hour rainfall and temperatures for cities from Charleston to San Francisco.
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Carolina
Arab 14 000 Strong Poised to Oppose Palestine Partition
In London a news conference reported 14 000 armed Arabs ready on Palestine borders to oppose partition. Mustafa Nomen from Cairo cited 10 000 Brotherhood volunteers at Fai Arish and 4 000 more along the Syrian border with 1 200 Brotherhood members in Palestine. A Jerusalem dispatch noted 3 000 Syrian troops at Quneitra near the frontier.
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London
Palestine
Hally Land
Mustafa Nomen
Brotherhood
Jerusalem
Kuneitra
el Quneitra
Izzedeen Ashawa Bey
Holy Land
United States
United Nations
Ashawa Bey
Coal Strike In Chile Is Broken
Santiago Chile October reports the government declaring a 13 day coal miners strike broken with a majority returning to work. About 1500 miners who refused to return were evacuated with their families from the coal fields.
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Chile
Santiago
Thomasville Labor Cases Continued After CIO Strike
Judge W. Howard Steed granted a continuance in over 50 criminal charges tied to the CIO led strike at the Amazon Cotton mill and the mill’s back to work campaign. Ford M. Myers, CIO defense attorney, moved for the delay as labor members face the charges.
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Thomasville
W. Howard Steed
Recorder’s Court
CIO
Amazon
Ford M. Myers
Investigation Aids In Amazon Cotton Mill Arson Probe
Police Chief Paul M. Shore announced that a representative from the state bureau of investigation will assist Thomasville police in probing arson and dynamiting charges linked to the Amazon Cotton Mill strike.
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Thomasville
Paul M. Shore
State Bureau of Investigation
Police
Amazon
Judge Denies Strike-Related Delay in Local Trials
Judge Steed refused to suspend proceedings amid a wave of reported hysteria from the plant walkout and union events. Trials were rescheduled with simple assault cases set for October 20 and serious charges for October 27 and 31, while October 24 was dropped from the calendar at the request of defense counsel.
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J. F. Spruell
Lexington
Russel van Landinghand
Steed
Spruell
Storm Approaches Turks Island From Caribbean
A tropical storm 125 miles north of central Puerto Rico, with 35 to 45 mph winds, may intensify and reach the Turks Island area or just north late tonight. Caution advised near Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas as it moves west northwest at about 16 mph.
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Miami
Fila
Miami Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
Turks Island
Turks
Turks-Caicos Islands
Bahamas
Grid Injuries Fatal to China Grove Boy
Gurney Robert Teeter, 20, China Grove high school fullback, died at Rowan Memorial hospital from injuries in the China Grove Valdese game. He left late in the third quarter after reporting head pain, collapsed, never regained consciousness. Survived by parents, two brothers, two sisters. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. Luther Chapel Church China Grove.
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Gurney F. Teeter
China Grove
Luther Chapel
Two Newsmen Called to Testify on Housing Shortage
Congress probes housing costs and production with Wall Street Journal reporters Joseph Guilfoyle and John S. Cooper as witnesses. Chairman Gwinn says evidence could lead to prosecutions and possible Taft Hartley act amendments.
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Washington
Costa
Justice Department
Gwinn
R-Ny
House Labor
Congress
Joseph M. Guilfoyle
John S. Cooper
Wall Street Journal
Gwynn
British Press Lambasts America Over Relief Delays
London observers probe U S financing of European relief with sharp criticism. The Statesman and Nation denounce Truman for faddling with ineffective schemes while famine looms. The Spectator warns of further delays into 1948 and political leverage in aid.
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London
Britain
United States
U. S
Isritain
Amerca
New Statesman and Nation
Truman
America
Europe
Spectator
Detroit Needs Education on Truman Food Savings Plan
Detroit City Conservation Committee held a meeting after receiving calls from housewives reporting bread savings of 20 to 30 loaves. The women worried about disposal or collection and questioned whether an agency would take the bread.
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Detroit
New Orleans Roosevelt Hotel Suffers Fire Damage
Fire breaks out in ventilator shafts above the Roosevelt Hotel kitchen sending guests fleeing. Fifteen fire units respond to a three alarm call, tackling a stubborn blaze that reaches the roof before grease on elevator drums ignites. Manager Seymour Weiss calls damage negligible as guests resume in Blue Room.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Howard Dey
Seymour Weiss
Soviet Eyeing China Says Gen Wedemeyer
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer states Russia exploits China's chaos and China may fall under Soviet influence unless drastic reforms, especially in the economy, are adopted. He wrote to Mrs. John Gardner Coolidge of the Boston committee for united service to China. The survey he led in China and Korea last six weeks has been kept secret.
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
Russia
China
John Gardner Coolidge
Boston Committee For United Service To
Wedemeyer
Truman
Korea
Union Drive at Polls May Test Taft Hartley Ban in Court
Washington reports that AFL and CIO mobilize for a 1948 political campaign, seeking court rulings on union funding under Taft Hartley. AFL President Green vows a court challenge to the act as Taft questions the legality while Rep Gwinn calls it a clear violation. The CIO targets 1,000,000 new workers and 65 to 70 million voters registered.
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Washington
AFL
Justice Department
William Green
San Francisco
CIO
Boston
CIO Political Action Committee
Taft
Ohio
Columbus
Rep. Gwinn
House Labor Committee
Credit Body May Assist Europeans
The $5,000,000,000 Commodity Credit Corporation may help Europe with food by selling American grain and edibles at cut rate prices for export. The plan hinges on congressional leaders reimbursing CCC for losses when the January session begins. Officials note CCC cannot loan to foreign countries or offer deferred payment, but can sell below U.S. prices.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Europe
Congress
Agriculture Department
CCC
Anderson
Department
AFL Executive Meeting Amidunity Call Without Mine Workers
San Francisco October 17 AFL executives met to plan labor education and political action against Taft and supporters. William Green pressed for unity as the 74 year old president. John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers were absent after Lewis’ defeat over non communist affidavits. Daniel Tracy of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was elected to replace Lewis on the council.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Labor
AFL
William Green
United Mine Workers Green
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Daniel Tracy
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Reverse jailbreak puzzles Tooele County officers
In Tooele Utah on October 17 vandals damaged the county jail interior. The incident is described as a reverse jailbreak since inmates did not escape the hoosegow. Authorities are puzzled by the break in.
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Tooele
Utah
Tooele County
Murray Begins 8th Year As CIO Leader
Philip Murray starts his eighth year as CIO president at the Boston convention. He is expected to be unanimously re-elected after a week of solid unity, amid praise as the organization’s strong and enduring leader. He earlier faced storms over left-wing critics but maintained control of the annual gathering.
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CIO
Boston
Philip Murray
Phillip Murray
Atlantic City
Walter Reuther
George Baldanzi
van Bittner
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