Rail crash in Korea claims eighteen lives
Allied officers claim Soviet artillery experts took control of Western Front bombardments after armistice talks reopened at Panmunjom. A Polish-born aide reported orders in Russian and Col Sir Guy Luther noted a new phase of artillery fire beginning around November 4 as Caucasians suspected to be Russians appeared in the area.
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Arnold Dibelfe
Western Front
Korea
Panmunjom
Ath Husgars
Guy Luther
Hussar
Truce Seen By New Year in Korean Talks
In Tokyo on November 26 Allied and Communist officers reached agreement on all but six hill positions delaying the truce line. optimism grew that a Korean armistice could come by New Year though daily outlook varied. Barkley voiced cautious hope and Panmunjom sessions reported encouraging progress on four of the last disputed positions.
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Tokyo
Alben W. Barkley
Panmunjom
United Nations
Union demands 45 percent wage hike for food market staff
The food market employees union seeks a 45 percent pay rise for 13,000 workers in over 1,000 stores countywide. Clerks now earn $67 weekly. the proposal would lift pay to $95.38 weekly. A proposed workaround to government rules suggests a 10 percent rise funded by government bonds redeemable after regulations end. Continued on Page 14.
Bandit 10 Held For Trial In Stickup Case
A 10 year old boy attempted a hold up at a Portland feed store with a loaded .88 caliber revolver. Employee John Meyers wrestled the weapon from him as the youth wore a red mask. The boy said he and an 11 year old partner planned the robbery, but the elder did not appear at police headquarters.
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Portland
Ore
John KE. Meyers
Rail Freights Collide Five Die in Idaho Wreck
Two Union Pacific freight trains collided head on in a small Idaho desert settlement killing five crewmen and derailing 43 of 185 cars. The crash followed another major UP wreck two weeks earlier near Evanston Wyoming that killed 17.
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Orchard
Ida
Union Pacific
South Idaho Desert
Evanston
Wyo
Boise
Trains Crash Near Woodstock Kills Several
A head on collision between two Southern Railway streamliners near Woodstock Alabama on November 25 injures numerous and kills at least seven, with authorities later reporting as many as 18 dead and many more injured. Rescue crews say most fatalities occurred in the segregated coach Mississippi and list 14 among the dead.
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Southern Railway
Woodstock
Ala
fAeme Televholoy
New Orleans
Southern Railway System
National
Southern
Mississippi
Crescent
Alabama
L&n
Birmingham
Acins
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Jearson
Ray Tucker Town Meeting
Wonen
Bandit
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