Truce Drive May Put Heat on Miners
Washington, Nov 7 AP officials expect quick steel strike settlements this week. Major steel firms likely to agree with the C I O steel workers, pressuring John L. Lewis toward coal accords. UMW aims for seven hour day, 95 cent daily wage rise, and higher welfare contributions. Possible Truman intervention and fact finding or court actions discussed. Bethlehem Steel terms inform near settlement. Republic and Jones and Laughlin also negotiating.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Chicago
United Mine Worksers
John L. Lew
U.om
20Sman
Illinois
Indiana
Truman
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Murray
C.fo
Cleveland
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Smog Strikes New Orleans Trapping Traffic At Night
A heavy fog blanketed New Orleans suburbs for six hours, causing 200 to 250 cars to stall on northern highways and grounding planes. Authorities reported several minor accidents and widespread fear as residents struggled to see and breathe. A marooned ambulance delivered a newborn, while police and papers handled a flood of calls.
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New Orleans
High Court Upholds Taft Hartley Powers in Lewis Case
The Supreme Court by 5 to 3 refused to overturn contempt fines totaling 1.42 million against John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers after the 1948 coal strike. The decision affirms government power to halt national emergency strikes with injunctions amid reports of renewed use of the 80 day clause to stop the current walkout.
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Supreme Court
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United Mine Workers
Truman
Lewis
T. Alan Gainsborough
Goldsborough
High Tribunal
Galdsborough
Fred M. Vinson
Felix Frankfurter
Robert H. Jackson
Harold H. Burton
Sherman Minston
Parolee Testifies He Slew Officer in Self Defense
San Quentin parolee Jack M. Pickell, 26, testified he shot Police Officer Marlin Evans in self defense after fearing the officer would shoot him during a burglary stop at Pine Ave and Willow St. Pickell said he learned he was adopted at 14 and blamed his troubles on his family background. He described scuffling with Evans, a wounded hand, and his attempt to flee before the fatal shot.
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Jack M. Pickell
San Quentin
Court of Superior
Edwin L. Jefferson
Marlin Evans
Evans
Pine Ave
Willow St
Pickell
Long Beach
Seaside
Ted Co
Sten
Pickel
Dudley
Freedom Spree as 40 Monkeys Escape in Covina
In Covina California on November 7 forty monkeys from India escaped a pet exchange after one unhooked a hasp on their cage. The animals climbed rooftops and trees and tossed avocados at pound men chasing them while owner Calvin Regan arranged airlifted traps from New York to recapture the primates.
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Cudahy
Calif
Pound
Calvin Regan
India
New York
Czechs Say Uranium to Soviet Union Amid Crowd Cheers
Premier Antonin Zapotocky announced at Prague that Czechoslovakia would ship uranium to the Soviet Union. He declared, We will not hide the fact that there are uranium deposits in our territory, and we are proud to supply this richness to the Soviet Union. The mines near Jacymov in northwest Bohemia were long kept secret. The crowd applauded for about 15 minutes as he framed the move as a stand against imperialism and aggression.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Zapotocky
Russia
Zapotocky
Soviet Union
Czech
Jacymov
Bohemia
Germany
Lsbor
Red Square parade marks revolution amid US blame
Soviet leaders in Moscow denounced the United States during a large Red Square celebration. Marshal Vasilevsky reviewed troops as aircraft roared overhead led by Gen Vasily Stalin. Speeches warned that a third world war would end capitalism and blamed America for world upheaval.
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U.S
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Square
United States
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Vasily Stalin
Vasilevsky
Georgi M. Malenkov
Russ Boaster
Georgi N. Malenkoy
Russia
Malenkov
Poltburo
A. P
Bouncer Held for Killing Cafe Patron
An Ontario arrest reports a 48 year old Los Angeles bouncer charged after a Fontana cafe shooting. Victim Juanita Hutchinson 33 died, Doyle Freeman 38 was hospitalized with six bullets, and Philip Edward Grey 71 received a gunshot wound. The incident followed a quarrel and the suspect fled toward Los Angeles before arrest.
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Ontario
Fontana
Browl
Tommy Wilson
Los Angeles
Riverside
Juanita Hutchinson
San Bernardino
San Bernardino County Hospital
Doyle Freeman
All Countries Asked to Give Up Authority
France and Canada proposed at the United Nations that all nations renounce individual sovereignty over atomic energy and accept international control to promote world peace. The plan, backed by the United States and Britain, asks the UN to urge cooperative development for peaceful use, ban weapons, and involve the Big Five and Canada in pursuing a basic agreement.
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Navy
France
Canada
United States
Britain
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U.N
U. N
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Big Five
Carios FP
Romulo
Assembly
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Special
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Istup
Ito
Atmic Commission
Atomic Commission
Rie Five
Commission
Romuta
Heiress Berman Defies Questions at Congressional Hearing
Washington November 7 heiress Louise Branston Berman of New York and San Francisco refused on constitutional grounds to answer about 50 questions from a House committee investigating Communist activity in the United States She said she never engaged in espionage and declined further replies fearing self incrimination The session adjourned until 10 30 a m tomorrow with publisher Joseph Gaer denying affiliation with the Communist party and defending his past roles at WPA and government related groups.
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Louise Branston Berman
New York
San Francisco
Congressional Committee
Jean Francisco
Communist Party
Herman
House On American Activities
United States
Joseph Gaer
Bermann
Gaer
Louis 3. Russell
Gar
WPA
Federal Writers’ Project
C. T
World Communists hail Soviet union anniversary
The teletyped world news brief notes the Soviet Union's 32nd anniversary celebrated by Communist leadership with international propagandist coverage. Meanwhile crucial elections are scheduled in several states tomorrow as part of upcoming political cycles.
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Soviet Union
Stockyard mediators rush to avert Chicago strike
In Chicago on November 7 mediators met to avert a walkout by United Packinghouse Workers at the stockyards and packing plants. Workers faced possible quitting and picketing at gates into the yard and processing facilities amid T.O.C. tensions.
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Chicago
Istrie
Bop
United Fackinghouse
Nehru lauds US visit amid India America ties talk
Prime Minister Nehru said at a New York news conference that his United States visit was wonderful and mentally exciting as relations between India and the United States are expected to improve. In Steele Missouri a Frisco freight train derailed southwest of here, with several cars derailed and on fire, but no injuries reported. Roy Hawkins, a radio dispatcher in Caruthersville, noted most of the derailed cars caught fire.
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New York
Nehru
India
United States
Roy Hawkins
Sheriff's Office
Caruthersvile
Boatman Gets Jail in Maiming of Girl
Federal Judge Dal Lemmon sentences Phil Davis of Oakland to six months in jail and a $1500 fine for negligently operating a speedboat that severed the feet of 14 year old Imogene Wittsche on Lake Tahoe. Davis appeals while held in Sacramento County jail awaiting bail. Evidence showed he circled back after the collision and then fled the scene.
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Acramento
Dal M. Lemmon
Phil Davis
Oakland
Lake Tahoe
Imogene Wittsche
Davis
Leo Sullivan
Lemmon
Sullivan
Sacramento County
Roseville
Calif
Mountain Blaze Near Angeles National Forest Makes Gains
Weather shift dampened the blaze in the saw mill mountain area as wind turned south. About 75 homes in the three points area near Lake Hughes remain out of immediate danger while 600 foresters and volunteers fight from the air with four helicopters. The fire has scorched 9000 acres of watershed and threatens an additional 800 acres behind backfires.
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Los Angeles
Saw Mill Mountain
Angeles National Forest
van Wagner
Liebre Mountains
No Rain Predicted for Long Beach Amid Clouds
Forecaster says no rain for Long Beach today or tomorrow while sprinkles may reach northwest Southern California. Ocean winds 8 to 24 mph from the northeast. A 10 day heat wave is forecast for Long Beach and southern California with normal November temperatures expected Tuesday. Yesterday highs were around 60 degrees.
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Long Beach
Soutenn California
Ocean
Tony Ench
California
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