Vital Session Planned Between Lewis and Government
Washington reports John L. Lewis appears set for a bigger victory as 400,000 coal miners threaten a strike. Officials hint at talks on higher wages, with negotiators Krug and Collisson open to discussions. The administration hopes to avert a November walkout before winter, while considering legal options if a work stoppage occurs.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interior
J. A. Krug
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Fereral Coal Mines
Lewis Ancel
British Embassy Bombed in Rome Wounding Italian Civilian
A powerful bomb exploded early in Rome damaging a wing of the British Embassy on Venti Settembro street. An Italian passerby, Nicolini Plitta, was badly wounded possibly fatally, while embassy guards escaped injury. The blast occurred at 2:43 am local time and shattered windows across the block. Sir Noel Charles’s ambassadorial apartment was heavily damaged. Italian investigators offered no motive.
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Rome
Nicolini Plitta
J. G. Ward
Venti Settembro Street
Noel Charles
Cotton Crisis To President
Washington October 31 President Truman took the cotton price situation under advisement today while White House secretary Charles Ross said no immediate government action. Rep Sparkman predicted quick action possibly by nightfall as exchanges reopened after a sudden halt yesterday to stem a price drop of up to 50 dollars per bale.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Sparkman
D-Ala
Ross
Steele
Steelman
Turman
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Weather outlook and temperatures across cities for November 1, 1946
Unseasonably warm today with clear to partly cloudy skies and a warm spell continuing tonight and into Friday. Official records show high temperatures in the 70s and 80s across Charleston, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, and many other cities, with little or no rainfall reported in the 24 hours ending 8:50 am.
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TD Carolina
Pemperature
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Jurors Would Abolish Jury in North Carolina Courts
The Cleveland county grand jury recommends abolishing the grand jury system. It asks Judge Hoyle Sink to have legislators O. M. Mull and Lee B. Weathers introduce a bill to provide abolition. The report notes the system is not worth its cost to the county.
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Shelby
Cleveland County Grand Jury
North Carolina
Hoyle Sink
O. M. Mull
Lee B. Weathers
Cleveland County
Shoe Price Controls End After White House Order
Washington reports decontrol of the nation’s 2 billion dollar shoe industry took effect as OPA removed price ceilings on shoes leather and hides. Porter resisted but followed a White House directive prompting potential 20 to 30 percent price increases before trends reverse.
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Washington
White House
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Steelman
Chiefs Ordered Back to America To Debate Pact
Secretary of State Byrnes announced that American occupation chiefs in Germany are summoned back for consultations on a possible German peace treaty. Gen. Lucius D. Clay and adviser Robert Murphy are asked to return November 10 for talks on preliminary and permanent issues ahead of the foreign ministers council.
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Washington
Byrnes
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Lucius D. Clay
Robert Murphy
Cotton Futures Rally Pauses After 24 Hour Suspension
Cotton prices jumped toward fifty dollars a bale before futures trading resumed following a 24 hour halt aimed at cooling a sharp tumble.
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New York
Mills Buy Heavy in Cotton Market to Fix Prices
In New Orleans on October 31 heavy mill buying entered the cotton market and pushed futures prices to the day’s $10 limit. The purchases were described as aimed at price fixing by the mills.
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New Orleans
Cotton Futures Fluctuate Amid 1947 Delivery Spreads
Cotton for delivery in 1947 months moved up to as much as six dollars a bale after the opening but then declined sharply in heavy trading. Nearby months fell five dollars or more from last Tuesday's melt close while other commodity markets gained. The stock market rose slightly in moderate trading after a brisk open.
Disabled Vets To Get Chance
North Carolina military district announces that certain honorably discharged skilled disabled veterans will be considered for enlistment. War Department says non organic disabilities can fit into technical and scientific roles. Policy aims to reintegrate injured servicemen and partially repay those who sacrificed health.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Military District
Army
War Department
Washington
More Strikes Loom As Talks With Lewis Considered
Associated Press reports mounting threats of industrial action as government officials prepare to meet with John L. Lewis to avert a strike by 400000 soft coal miners. The looming action underscores tensions on the nation’s mining front and the effort to prevent work stoppages.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Washington Hotel Strike Settled After 21 Day Walkout
The White House announced a settlement ending the 21 day Washington hotel strike. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told newsmen details of the terms would be announced later today. Eighteen hotels in the capital were affected.
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Associated Press
White House
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Strikes Loom at Ford Rouge Plant and Allis Chalmers Clash
In Chicago the stock yards faced possible shutdown threatening 9 000 jobs while Ford local 600 CIO UAW planned to file a 30 day strike notice with the NLRB covering 70 000 Rouge plant workers. A fresh round of fighting erupted as pickets clashed with police at the Allis Chalmers plant.
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Chicago
Detroit
Ford Local 600
CIO
United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Major Convicted In Hesse Jewel Theft Inquiry
Major David F. Watson was sentenced to three years in prison and dismissed from the U.S. Army after conviction on conspiracy and receiving stolen property in the Kronberg castle jewel theft. It marks the second conviction in the case of the Hesse family jewels. WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant had earlier received five years. Col. Jack W. Durant awaits trial.
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Frankfurt
Germany
David F. Watson
The
S. Army
Kronberg Castle
WAC
Kathelen Nash Durant
Watson
Jack W. Durant
John Harlan Amen
U. S. Military Court
Burlingame, Calif
Three Seamen Burned To Death In Baltimore Fire
A waterfront rooming house in Baltimore burned early today killing three seamen and injuring several others. An incendiary device and a gasoline can were found at the scene. Police indicated the owner Jesse Rodriguez acted as an agent for a Central American steamship line and a prior warning had been given. A man fled in a car after the blast.
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Baltimore
Thomas Heagerty
Fire Department
Heagerty
Bernard E. Thomas
Thomas
Jesse Rodriguez
Central
Gardner Confined at Hotel by Illness Causes Voting Delay
Washington October 31 Under Secretary of Treasury O Max Gardner canceled plans to travel to North Carolina to vote next Tuesday. Aides said he has been confined to his apartment at the Mayflower Hotel for several days with a heavy cold and later influenza symptoms. This marks the first time the former governor has not returned to Shelby to vote since arriving in Washington.
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Washington
Treasury
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Gardner
Mayflower Hotel
Shelby
Washingon
UN delegates favor arms cut linked to inspections
AP analyst J M Roberts Jr notes delegates view Molotov’s speech as sowing distrust yet support disarmament, with a condition of international inspection and guarantees. Austin stresses removing arms burden for a decent life, aligning with Truman’s principle of government by the people. Russia’s large army fuels global nerves and U S peacetime force posture.
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V. Molotov
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Uni
Russia
J. M. Roberts, JR
United Nations Assembly
Molotov
United States
Truman
Austin
Cotton Holiday Favored by Congressional Committee
A special committee headed by Rep. Stephen Pace recommended a cotton marketing holiday for farmers. They urged producers to place cotton in government loans and wait for market stabilization, noting U S consumption above 9 million bales yearly and a support price around 24 to 25 cents a pound.
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Macon
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
United States
Chair Strike Conciliation Set For Nov 4 Hearing
Thomasville officials announce a Monday November 4 conciliation session at 1 30 pm likely at the Sheraton High Point to settle the Thomasville Chair Co strike now in its fifth month. Industry and union reps along with a CIO unit are expected, with wage talks centering on a five to thirty cent range and vacation pay to be discussed. Plant activity continues with repairs and oiling while pickets stay on duty.
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Thomasville
High Point
Sheraton
Strug
Tonal Labor Relations Board
Whic
Vaca
Lohr
Jay
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Andrew Novak
Oliver Horvath
Dorothy Mae Horvath
Italy
Red
United Nation Assembly
51-Nation Assembly
Philp J. New Baker
Genera
United Kingdom
Andrie Y. Vishinsky
Staple
America
Hesse
Lolo
Wulai
China
Meh Lo Yu
E. L. McAllister
Wilmington
Del
H. W. Wurtzler
St. Paul
Minn
Julian Wilson
American Steamship Line
Soviet Union
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