UN Delegates Hope For Early Decision On Partition
UN delegates push for rapid action on Palestine and India partition plans as the Palestine commission prepares a secret session to implement the November 29 General Assembly split and India Kashmir faces a Pakistani invasion charge before the Security Council. The Kashmir dispute centers on Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh’s accession and a pending plebiscite.
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Palestine
India
United Nations
Palestine Commission
General Assembly
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Commission
Britain
Pakistan
Security Council
Kashmir
Maharaja Sir
Hari Singh
U S Transport Joseph V Connolly Adrift Off Atlantic
The U S Army transport Joseph V Connolly carrying thousands of empty caskets to repatriate war dead reported helpless with its engine room on fire about 900 miles east of New York. The 422 foot ship abandoned by the crew sent a wireless call for aid as nearby vessels including General Caljen Morrison R Waita Josephine Sykes and coast guard cutter Tamaroa moved to assist.
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New York
U.S. Army
Joseph V. Connolly
Europe
Atlantic
Antwerp
Radiomarine Corporation of America
Army and
Coast Guard
Sid
Connolly
Army
Caljen
S.S
S.S. Morrison R. Waita
Josephine Sykes
Tamaroa
Cates Denies Palestine Guard Threat Report
Gen Clifton B Cates denied a report that marines would be sent to defend the American consulate in Palestine calling the levy untrue and stating it none of the corps official business during Marine Corps Reserve Week events in Philadelphia. Fleet Admiral William F Halsey Jr joined top officers at the rally in Convention Hall as 17 000 spectators packed the hall and another 9 000 could not enter.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Teathernecks
Palestine
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps Reserve Week
Cates
William F. Halsty, Jr
Philadelphia Convention Hall
Marinerps
State Politics In Tennessee Amid Confusion and Moves
Nashville editors at their winter meeting report a state of confusion as campaigns gear up for state officers. Kefauver, Stewart, and Judge John Mitchell enter the US Senate race with Crump forces backing Mitchell, while intraparty maneuvering suggests a significant contest shaping the 1348 political year.
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Ellis Binkley
Nashville
Tennessee
Crump
John Mitchell
Cookeville
Brewart
Mitchell
Kefauver
Sea Politics
Tariff Cut Plea Triggers GOP Retort From Knutson
Two young Republican House members Fulton and Javits urged tariff reductions prompting a sharp reply from Rep Knutson who accused them of abandoning GOP principles. The exchange came as traffic deaths across the state numbered thirteen, with Memphis Shelby County and Nashville reporting fatalities.
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Washington
Republican House
Knutson
Fulton Pad
Javits
House Foreign Affairs Committee
International Trade Organization
Havana
Fulton
United States
Tennessee
Memphis
Shelby
I -Bath
Shelby County
Geneva
Chattanooga
Knoxville
David
Son County
Tf Rutherford
McMinn
Nashville
The
Minnesotan
Tojtee
Reds May Force U S From Berlin Says Press
The Taegliche Rundschau, controlled by the Soviet, warned that a Soviet move to oust Britain and the United States from Berlin could be presented to the January meeting of the four power Allied Control Council. It denounced Frankfurt action creating a German economic administration for the British American zone as unacceptable and urged a change in Berlin’s four power status. The paper accused Clay and Robertson of backing a puppet western German government, while Munich sources said a large shift of American troops from Berlin to Frankfurt was planned, leaving a skeletal Berlin regime.
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Berlin
Britain
United States
Allied Control Council
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Frankfurt
U S.S.R
Lucius D. Clay
Control Council
Clay
Brian Robertson
Herlin
CongressGets Record High 49Budget From President
President Truman proposes a 49 budget of 39.669 billion with 11.001 billion for armed forces, drawing Republican criticism as extravagant yet defense funds gain support. Senate and House leaders signal review and potential tax cuts to balance the outlook and reduce the surplus, with debt payoff in view.
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Washington
Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lucas
Hliness
House
Death Toll Rises in Palestine War to 688
Sporadic shooting across Palestine in the civil war between Arabs and Jews pushes unofficial deaths to 688, with 683 since the UN partition vote. Reports cite skirmishes near Lydda Kefar Uriah and in No Man's Land, while a British constable dies of wounds in Haifa.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Haifa
Kefar Uriah
Lydda
Sea of Galjilee
Lake Hula
Red Kate Dies Once Prominent Socialist Figure
Kathleen O Hare Cunningham known as Red Kate died at 70 in Kenecia Lak home. She once ran for Vice President on the Socialist ticket with Eugene V Debs and drew national attention as a controversial figure. She faced a five year federal prison term for espionage related to remarks about World War I soldiers. President Wilson later commuted the sentence in 1920.
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Kenecia
Lak
United States
Eugene V. Debs
Red Kate
Kathleen O'Hare Cunningham
Page One
News Hack
Debs
Mathers
Wilson
Senator Thomas turns over commodity records to inquiry
Senate investigators asked for Senator Thomas's commodity trading records amid a probe into public employee dealings. Edwin Pauley claimed profits of 232703 in three years and accused Harold Stassen of false statements while pressuring for full disclosure of markets. Ferguson, chairing the subcommittee, did not commit to a formal review of Thomas's activities.
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Washington
Jme. Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Thomas
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
R-Mich
Thoman
Pauley
Army
Royall
Harold E.stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Red Communists To Stage Attacks Near Mukden
Reported plan by Chinese Communist forces predicts a large civil war offensive as winter ends. Objectives include blocking overland links between China proper and Manchuria, seizing Yingkow and Houlatao ports, and deepening food and fuel shortages to fuel unrest in government-held areas.
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Mukden
Mancharia
China
Manchuria
Yingkow
Houlatao
Street Scenes and Sudden Kisses on City Streets
A cab driver briefly stops at Sul livan and Center to kiss a red convertible driver before speeding away. A second photo shows a woman driver in an ancient jalopy with bright sun and clean windshields. A husband’s lipstick-marked trash can incident ends with his name appearing on his cleaned suit after a garbage run.
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Sullivan and
Center Street
Stepe
Hearing on possible rationing and wage-price controls
Senate Banking Committee opened a broad hearing on rationing and wage-price controls. Chairman Tobey suggested it may be necessary to do some unorthodox things as Secretary of Agriculture Anders discussed plans for possible meat rationing.
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Washington
Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Anders
Sparkman
D-Aia
Congress
Democratic Committee
Senate
Truman's Greatest Interest Is Peace, McGrath Says
Rhode Island senator J Howard McGrath told 400 in Pawtucket that President Truman said he would accept not being President again if world peace could be achieved. He cited Truman's quote about peace and Roosevelt era efforts, and urged bipartisan backing of the European recovery program amid meat rationing talks.
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Pawtucket
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Truman
United States
McGrath
Ambrosé P. McCoy
Allgges
Tobey
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Loys
Train wreck injures fourteen in Georgia derailment
In Pidcock Georgia railroad gangs labored to replace 800 yards of track ripped out when the Miami Chicago Southwind derailed early Sunday. Six of eight cars left the rails after a broken rail blamed by Playman Thomas E Griffis of Millwood. The engine and first two cars stayed on track.
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Pidcock
Georgia
Thomas E. Griffis
Millwood
Federal Officials Probe Sale Of Explosives Seized In Raid
Federal officials study legal aspects of transactions after two congressmen pressed for details on 199 tons of war surplus explosives seized in a two state roundup and set for Palestine. The Jewish Agency said purchases were legally procured to await shipment while state bans on arms to the Middle East lingered.
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Ashbury Park
Palestine
Jewish Agency For Palestine
War Assets Administration
War Department
State Department
Middle East
Saugerties
N.Y
WAA
Army
Seneca Ordnance
Romulus
N. Y
Jewish Agency
New York
Samuel Nattis
Manhattan
FBI
Truman Asks Billion For Defense
Washington AP President Truman urged Congress to approve a record 39.7 billion peacetime budget with a major defense allocation and increased wartime costs. He warned that if Europe falls to totalitarian rule, defense needs would rise. he cited revenue surpluses forecast if taxes remain. He cited veterans costs and urged budget reforms to curb frivolities in education while extending aid for international responsibilities.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Russia
Treasury
United States
Retublican Congress
U.I
iVeterans
Bandy Silent On Relations With Kefauver
Kingsport attorney T R Bandy Jr declined to confirm a Nashville Tennessean report that Sullivan County may back Estes Kefauver for US Senate. The story cited D A Barger's election as county Democratic chair and a Kefauver campaign meeting with Judge Bandy and son.
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T. R. Bandy, Jr
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Democratic Secutive Committee
Nashville Tennessean
Young “Sandy
Estes Kefauver
United States Senate
Tennessean
D. A. Barger
Democratic Executive Committee
Sullivan Democrats
Kefauver
Barger
Charlie Neese
Jedge
T.R. Bandy
T.R. Bandy, Jr
Kingsport Inn
Judge Bandy
Democratic Organization
Congress
Senate
Tom Stewart
John A. Mitchell
Cookeville
Mitchell
Crump
U. S
Josephus Daniels in Dying Condition at 85
Raleigh publisher and former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, aged 85, remained in dying condition with doctor calling his state very low. Daniels, who resigned as Mexican ambassador in 1941 after eight years in that post, had suffered bronchitis and developing complications over the past week.
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N. C
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Navy
Wilson
Hubert Haywood
Danela
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