J P Thomas Indicted For Conspiracy
J Parnell Thomas chair of the House Un American Activities Committee was indicted for conspiring to pad his congressional payroll. His former secretary Helen Campbell and others faced charges of fictitious employees and illicit transfers through Campbell to Thomas. The case covers 1940 to 1945 with potential penalties up to 32 years imprisonment and 40,000 dollars in fines.
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Associated Press
J. Parnell Thomas
Rep
Helen Campbell
Thomas
Miss Campbell
Thomas‘ house
Myra Midkiff
Arbette Minor
Thomas office
durig
congress
Moss Campbell
Miss Midkiff
Miss Minor
New Jersey
Jacqueline B. Hill
committee on un-American activities
Miss Hill
Freezing a Mine Shaft for Coal Discovery Near Nottingham
A British mining method freezes a 460 foot deep earth section to allow shaft sinking for a new Nottingham coal mine. Brine chilled to 37 degrees below zero circulates in pipes forming an ice collar within eight weeks, avoiding water ingress from a nearby watershed. The plan aims to yield about 1,000,000 tons annually.
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Nottingham
barner
Ata
Britain
Campbell Named Premier-Elect In Manitoba Coalition
Manitoba's coalition government, after smoothing over obstacles with Conservatives, chooses 53 year old Campbell Liberal Progressive and Press as premier elect. Campbell, minister of agriculture since 193, expected to reshuffle cabinet under Premier-Elect Douglas Livy Campbell. Garson to resign soon to run in Marquette by election.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Douglas Livyy Campbell
Campbell
Stuart Garson
Garson
Marquette
metabers
Eisenhower Reports War Weariness and War Aims After Surrender
General Dwight D. Eisenhower recalls wartime unity and Allied effort from Reims after the May 7 1945 German surrender, noting America’s transformation from weakness to strength and its role as the arsenal of democracy. He warns of fragile postwar stability as Europe rebuilds.
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Reims
Field Marshal & Jod
Europe
America
Chiang Kai-Shek warns China of eight more years of war
Chiang Kai-Shek told China to prepare for eight more years of war against the Communists and said peace would come only by defeating them on the battlefield. He apologized for failed reforms, announced new measures, and noted setbacks from the Mukden and Chinhsien losses. A central council meeting outlined foreign and domestic policy steps, with Premier Wong Wen-hao reportedly seeking resignation amid successor speculation. Nearby, Shanghai faced near panic as gold yuan prices surged and living costs rose amid wage and price pressures.
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KAI-SHEK
CHINA
NANKING
A.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Mukden
Chinhsien
central political council
Wong Wen-Hao
National assembly
Hung Lan- Yu
Chang Chun
SHANGHAI
Reuters
nce
Slayer Of Gandhi Suffers Collapse In Court
In New Delhi on November 8 Nara yan Vinayak Godse collapsed while reading his 93 page statement about Mahatma Gandhi s assassination. He was aided by guards after faltering and slumping to the floor then revived. Godse insisted on the maximum hanging sentence and blamed Gandhi for concessions to Muslims and the creation of Pakistan, saying Gandhi proved to be father of Pakistan and that he acted to defend Mother India.
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NEW DELHI
Narayan Vinayak Godse
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Godse
guords
Gandhi
India
Pakistan
Vote To Condemn Aid to Greek Rebels
Paris November 8 A P The United Nations political committee voted 47 to 0 to condemn Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek Communist rebels in the Balkans danger to peace and to UN charter authority The move followed a long wrangle as the Slav bloc resisted and threatened to vote against the resolution Greece postponed executions of ten seamen convicted of aiding rebels in a bid to push for a Balkan peace conference The Greek premier Sophoulis signaled resignation amid domestic crisis at the start of the session the Yugoslav demand for censure of the UN Balkans committee was rejected by a large margin
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PARIS
United Nations
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
United Nations assembly
Balkans
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
assembly
poning
Herbert V. Evatt
Faul
Sophanhs
Evatt
Sophoulis
manutime
Markos Vallades
sesson
U.N
Scramble On For G.O.P. Leadership
Washington dispatch notes a Republican leadership scramble after last Tuesday's defeat. Governor Dewey plans to stay nominally atop the party, with figures like Vandenberg Taft Wherry Martin Halleck and Stassen shaping the field for 1952. Possible contenders include Stassen Irving Ives Knowland Baldwin Saltonstall Lodge Ferguson and governors Driscoll Gilson Youngdahl Carlson.
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JACK BELL
WASHINGTON
Harold E. Staessen
Thomas H. Dewey
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert a. Taft
Ohio
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
house
howe
Charles A. Halleck
Inediana
Stassen
Irving
iven
New York
Willam Knowlans
California
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge
Homey Ferguson
Alfred
Driscoll
New Jersey
Ernest W Gilson
Vermont
Luther W
Two Men Die After Train Strikes Truck At Crossing
Cranbrook, B C Nov 8 Two men Arthur McMahon 28 and William Jalliffe 52 both of Fort Steele were killed when an eastbound passenger train struck a stalled truck at a crossing two miles east of Cranbrook The driver Alex McMahon tried to flag the train but failed The incident follows a recent crossing crash at Creston B C where five were killed about a month ago
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CRANBROOK
B.C
here
Arthur McMahon
William Jalliffe
Fort Steele
Alex McMahon
Creston
Resignation Demanded in Tokyo Government Walkout
About 3,000 government workers in Tokyo called for the immediate resignation of the cabinet. The union said the cabinet pursued party interests. Twenty workers began a silent protest on the steps of the premier's residence.
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TOKYO
Niv
me@p
Goess Home After Years in Calgary Returns to Newton Agbot
Mrs Wo Mitewell landed at Lencor airport after 40 years in Calgary and living at her old Newton Agbot home in Devon shire. Aged 7d, she declared her birthplace was best after all as she sold her noise and joined the trans Atlantic Gigut, her first airplane trip.
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LONDOR
Wo Mitewell
Lencor
Calgary
Newton Agbot
Devonshire
Victory For De Gaullists in French Upper House
Paris dispatch reports a sweeping victory for Charles de Gaulle's anti Communist Rassemblement du Peuple Francais in yesterday's elections to the Council of the Republic. The Communists shed most seats as coalitions against them form under a new voting system. De Gaulle hopes the win prompts dissolution of the assembly and new general elections to seek a government mandate.
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PARIS
Gem
Charles Re Gaulle
interior ministry
RPF
Popular Republic tang
MRP
haid
De Gauille
council of the republic
natis
De Gaulle
De Gaile
assembly
itelf
Convict War Bride Convicted of Manslaughter in Naval Husband Death
Jean McAllister 21 was convicted of manslaughter in the pistol attack that killed her naval veteran husband Joby McAllister 29 of Hamilton. An assize court jury acquitted her of murder and urged mercy. Justice Treleaven remanded her for sentence on November 10.
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LINDSAY
Jean McAllister
Joby McAllister
Hamilton
R. W. Treleaven
McAlister
Montana supreme court strikes down margarine tax
Montana's Supreme Court ruled the state's margarine law unconstitutional in a 4 to 1 decision. Chief Justice Hugh Adair stated annual license fees of 2009 for wholesale and 400 for retail margarine dealers unlawfully interfered with lawful business and violated the fundamental law. The ruling invalidates the tax provisions as an unwarranted restriction on commerce.
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WELENA
Mont
A.P
Montana
supreme court
Hugh Adair
PALESTINE
Berlingske Tidende
Greenland
London
disputch
uosses
United States
SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
C.P
George McLeod
Mgoima Ore Properties
Algema Steel Corporation
NORTIL ALBERTA
EDMONTON
H. W. Allen
Alberta Livestock Co-operative
toddy
Alberta
Grande Prairie
Alta
livestock shipping association
BOSTON
Mason 5
LAKE SIOUX LOOKOUT
Squaw Island
Sioux Lookout
Peter Sersen
William Evans
ooth
Siona Lookout
Enr Serson
Fred Besley
Staieboro
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Un - American Activities Committee
Kansas
Canper
Colin Cameron Mackelar
Dominion Textile Co. Ltd
Montreal
EISENHOWER
Pearl Harbor
Dwight Lbrakenower
h.gnights
Doubleday o Compan
Dorbeday & Company Inc
Volga
Pacific
Germany
FISENHOWER
St. Laurent
England
UAWA
Mackenzie King
King
des xnate Lows
Stephen st. Laurent
Mr. King
Hung
gan
Herald
Dovisht. B. Eisenhower
United States army
Columbia University
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Torento
Sunnyside
Toronto
west end
G.O.P
Joseph Armitage Penny
Sun Life Assurance Company
De Gaullists
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