Supreme Court to Review Longshoremen Pay Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a longshoremen overtime pay dispute from New York port under an industry-wide contract. The circuit court held overtime wages were not under the federal wage hour law, while Perlman argues the ruling threatens the bargaining system in use since 1916 and may affect other port-related labor cases nationwide.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Justice
Department Aaga
U.S.‘ Circuit
New York
Philip ’B. Perimann
Perman
Cy An
Perlman
Ferlman
United States
Federe
Berlman
Circuit Court
President Truman Urges More Aid for Greece
President Truman told Congress that U S assistance has saved Greece and kept it free but warned the situation remains grave due to Communist guerrilla warfare. He suggested additional aid will be needed to prevent Greece from becoming fertile ground for totalitarian ideologies as droughts, guerrilla activity, and higher prices strain the Greek economy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Balkan
Turkey
State Department
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Red Situation in China Compared to Greece in Past
Rep Judd of Minnesota returned from Asia and warned the Far East policy risked collapse. He said China’s communist pressures mirror Greece’s six months earlier and linked this to failures of not supporting the Chinese Nationalist government. He spoke after a tour of China, Japan, and Europe as a one man subcommittee.
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Washington
Judd
R.-Minn
Asia
China
Ping
Greece
Far-East
Japan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Disabled American Veterans backs universal service program
UF officials informed President Truman that they support his push for a universal training program. Commander John L. Golob of Hibbing Minnesota said the group told the President that preparation for war is the best defense against war and that they would rather not save future eligibles for their organization.
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Washington
Disabled ‘American Veterans
Truman
John L. Golob
Hibbing
Minn
Upcoast Accidents Fatal to Twelve in Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO November 10 Twelve people died in Northern California traffic accidents over the weekend with thirty injured. The most spectacular crash involved two Santa Fe buses and five cars piling into a wrecked heap near Stockton Saturday morning. Drivers were blinded by smoke from roadside refuse fires.
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San Francisco
Califfornia
Stockton
Plane Maker Testifies He Rejected Plea
Howard Hughes testified in Washington that he rejected a multi million dollar contract offer from Benny Meyers. He said this broke friendship with Meyers, who later testified Meyers sought to borrow funds and spent on wartime entertaining. The hearings also explored Meyers expense accounts totaling 164000 for Army officers and officials.
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Washington
Howard Hugh Fied
Hughes
Senate
Meyers
Benny Meyers
Bulléer
Umeyers
Hughes Torney
Meyera
Hugh
T. Phate
Air “Force
John’ W. Meyer
Meyer
Army
Gen. Meyer
Ander
Perguson
R.mich
Neil Mccarthy
Snow Depth Increases Across Central U S Storm
Fresh snowfalls blanket Missouri Nebraska and the Rocky Mountain region with five to eight inches in many western states. Duluth and International Falls report six and twelve inches respectively as new storms push snow deeper. The Chicago Weather Bureau notes continued snowfall into southeastern Iowa and parts of Colorado Wyoming and Montana.
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Porthern
Missouri
Nebraska
Rocky
Chicago Weather {Bureau
Iowa
Nance
Neb
Northern
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Duluth
Munn
International Falls
Minn
Rita Hayworth Divorces Orson Welles in Brief Court Hearing
Rita Hayworth won a decree in Superior Court after a brief hearing and testified that Orson Welles spent most of their marriage away from home and showed no interest in establishing a home. She described tensions over marriage, finances, and her custody battle for Rebecca with ongoing reconciliation attempts and prior marriages noted.
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Toca
Azo
New York
Orson
Miss Hayworth
Welles
Hollywood
Winter Maiture
Rebecca
Mexico
Rita
Turkish flood swamps villages along Sevhan River
Reports from Istanbul and Adana indicate a severe flood along the Sevhan River in southern Turkey after days of heavy rain. Officials say the toll could reach to thousands, with hundreds drowned and residents trapped in their homes since early Sunday.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Tnva
Severak
Sevhan
Adana
Murray U K s Tin no Red Vow of U A W
Atlantic City reports C I O president Murray urging Auto Workers to sign affidavits under Taft-Hartley while not personally signing. He calls for price controls and HR aid, praises Reuther and Addes amid internal union politics and looming elections.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
Io Murray
Auto Workers
United Steel
Pale P. Gi Ith
Mensa
Murray
Supreme Court
National Abor Relations Board
Congress
Harriman Committee
Eurene
Auto Workers‘ 11Th
Phil, Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Reuthor
Reuther
Phil Murray
IR. J. Thomas
George F.addes
Addes
Argentina Street Battle Routs Meet in Rosario
Four people were injured in a shooting and stone-throwing attack on a radical party gathering in Rosario de la Frontera, Argentina. An opposition member of Congress was among the injured as police restored order after clashes between attackers at a saloon near the meeting site.
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Bulnus Alres
Argentine Congress
Radical
Rosario Dela Frontera
Argentina
Coast Guard Seeks Trio Missing From Crab Boat
The Coast Guard hunts for three crab fishermen missing from a 24 foot crab boat since Saturday night. A cutter and amphibian plane searched between the Golden Gate and the Farallon Islands as winds reached thirty miles per hour overnight.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Golden Gate
Farallon Islands
Russia US agree in principle on Palestine partition plan
Lake Success November 10. Representative John Hilldring said the United States and Russia agreed in principle on a Soviet proposed plan to enforce Palestine partition. The four nation working group discussed terminating the British mandate by May 2 and forming a UN commission to supervise administration until Arab and Jewish states become independent.
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U. 5
John H.hilldring
United States
Russia
Palestine
Hildring
United Nations Assembly
Britain
Assembly
Uon
Belcome
Guatemala
Canada
Eos
Placer County Sheriff Arrested for Drunken Driving
Auburn reports Sheriff L D Kenison of Placer County was jailed on a drunken driving charge after police say he drove onto a restaurant sidewalk. City officer James Kaufman and Constable J L Shannon aided in the arrest.
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Auburn
LD. J. Kenison
Placer County
Clty
James Kaufman
Kauffmar
J. L.shannon
Kenison
Plague Reported in Five Kermanshah Villages
Iran announces a plague outbreak in five villages in the Kermanshah area about 280 miles southwest of Tehran. Medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted, and the villages have been isolated to prevent spread of the disease.
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Iehran
Kermanshah
Tehran
Cost of Plan Put at Twenty Billion Over Four Years
Secretary Marshall urged Congress to provide emergency aid of 597 million dollars to Western Europe and estimated 16 to 20 billion dollars more over four years to bolster governments west of the postwar line. He warned that the Soviet Union resists stabilizing friendly economies and that long term aid totals depend on evolving conditions.
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Washington
A.P
Marshall
Congress
Europa
Italy
France
Austria
Mershail
Uftil
House Forelen
Senate
House Committee
Auccomm
Soviet Union
Europe
Sen
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Humbe
Bloom
Sen.Vandenberg
Senate Group
Eaton
Ron, J
Truman
X -1Iman Citizens Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Ae Soan Saas
Dart-enthusiast collapses ceiling after lead boost
In Reading Pennsylvania on November 9 45 year old Joseph Weman leaped for joy when his dart team took the lead and struck his head on the ceiling suffering a possible skull fracture. He told hospital staff he will not play darts again unless ceilings are raised far from reach of his enthusiasm.
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Reading
Joseph Weman
Weman
Community General Hospital
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Thesehild
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House Foreign Committees
Angeles
California
Orange County
Benito Cabrera
Orange
Polit
Kenneth
Damen Wells
Miami
Fila
Los Angeles
U.K
Placer
Iran
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