Lumbercraft Dispute Idles Ships in Port
A partial harbor tieup arose from a lumber dispute at the Tomber unloading in Wilmington. Longshore gangs failed to report. nine vessels idle. Violence accompanied unloading as a man was beaten near his home and rocks were thrown at a captain’s car. An action to confirm arbitrators’ award will be filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Pacific Maritime Association
Pete Moore
Hom
Patton-Blinn
Alington
Discha: Tomber
San Pedro Lumber Company
C-Trader
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Robert Eddings
E. Denni St
Wilmington
Masi
MmeSmergency
W. R. Chamberlin Hip Co
Patten-Blinn Smither Company
Wilmingm
Poten
Preston Shipley
Iorney
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Local 13
Los Angeles Superior Court
San Pedro
Adrian Thornberry
Patten-Blinn Lumber Co
Knowland Backed for Senate Foreign Relations Post
Republican sentiment gathers to place Sen. Knowland of California on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Democrats hold eight of the 13 seats, with Republicans holding five. in the new Congress, seven Democrats and six Republicans. Knowland, studying Korea and Far East policy, has criticized the administration’s handling of the region.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate G. O. P
Sen
Knowland
R. Calif
Moisé
R.ore
Congress
Senate
Far East
Washington
Truman Says Wife Likely To Decide 1952 Run
Merriman Smith reports President Truman remains undecided about running in 1952. He says the decision will come within the Truman family, with Mrs. Truman wielding more influence than Democratic leaders. The remark followed a Blair House shooting incident and a Charlotte audience at the Carolinas Carrouse kickoff luncheon.
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Imarlotte
WN. C
Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Truman
Smith
Carolinas
Thomas L. Robinson
Charlotte
Democratic National Organization
Blair House
Trurmans
Jon
Storms Batters Coast and Midwest Across Huge Front
United Press reports two massive storms battered the nation. One struck the Pacific coast with winds to 60 mph stretching from Juneau to San Francisco, while another swept the Midwest with heavy snow and arctic temperatures.
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Pacific Coast
Midwest
Juneau
Alaska
San Francisco
Oregon
North Bend
Ore
Tatoosh
Wash
Point Sur
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Duluth
Little Rock
Dickson
N. D.e
Dakota
U. S. Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Lake Charles
Pacific
Alaskan
Alaskan Coastal Airlines
Odd Escort Red Jets Fly With B 29s on Yalu Raid
Four Soviet made MiG 15 jets intercepted and escorted 30 American B 29 bombers toward a target on the Yalu River. The fighters flew off with the bombers after the strike, then returned to sea.
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Washington
North Korea
Air Force
U. S
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Towmen Battle Mud in Oregon Car Rescue Ordeal
Oscar Chormiele of Oscar's Auto Service spent 30 hours and $100 freeing a stuck motorist near Oquille Oregon. Three tow trucks failed to pull the car free, each becoming stuck, before a fourth wrecker and a tractor finally helped. The driver left with the car while Chormiele remained stranded.
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Oquille
Ore
Oscar Chormiele
Oscar
Chormiele
Chormidle
Coos Bay
Tryst, Murder, and Public Official End in Florida
In Palatka Florida on November 16 two shotgun blasts killed a wife and a public safety commissioner. J P McRae 34 shot his wife and her lover in a lakeside cabin then died of a heart attack. The husband jailed and hospital bound gave details to a coroner's jury. Sutton the lover was a Jacksonville lawyer and public safety commissioner. Sutton left WWII service as lieutenant colonel and had a son Charles. Mrs McRae planned a PTA meeting and Patrol Boys' Mothers Association work before the tragedy.
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McRae
Glendale Hospital
Sutton
Charles
PT. A
Joel
Patrol Boys' Mothers Association
Jacksonville
University of Florida
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Warmer Days
Considerable cloudiness to night and Friday. Slightly warmer days. Light variable winds except southwest at 10 to 18 mph this afternoon. South to southwest 15 to 25 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Allied Forces Make Gains Across Korea Front
Allied forces push along the entire Korean front from the Manchurian border to the west coast. U S troops, including the 17th Regiment, advance up to four miles and reach within 20 miles of Manchuria. Other units move up to three miles amid sleet and frost as ROK and U S divisions press the Red defenses.
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Sequl
U. S
Pungsan
U.S. First Corps
Changjin
Republic of Korea
Fakchon
Chongchon River
Pakchon
Yongsong
U. S. First Cavalry
TV Negotiation Session Blocks Walkout Threat
New York November 16 A F L U tag Radio Artists said strike action would be withheld pending negotiations today After a 2 am session adjourned to an afternoon meeting unions warned walkouts could cripple radio and TV broadcasts Involved are about 25 000 television actors and 30 000 AFTRA members Voor street?
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New York
A. F. L. American Federation of Radio Artists
A. F. L. Television Authority
Yester
Court orders rent controls lifted in Los Angeles
The U.S. Court of Appeals ordered Housing Expediter Tighe E Woods to lift rent controls in Los Angeles. The decision was issued on November 16 and marks a change in local housing regulation.
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L.A. Rent Ltd
Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tighe E. Woods
Los Angeles
U S Troops Assured of Winter Clothing
Senator Leverett Saltonstall said the Defense Department assured every American fighting man in Korea will be fully supplied with winter clothing within just a few days after he raised inquiries about the cold northern front. He reported hearing from the department on the matter.
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Washington
Leverett Saltonstall
R. Mass
Korea
Saltonstall
Defense Department
Lee, Commerce official fired after loyalty charges
WASHINGTON November 16 Michael J. Lee a suspended Commerce Department official was ordered fired on security grounds but was cleared of disloyalty charges He immediately resigned.
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Washimlun
Michael J. Lee
Commerce Department
Special Unit Planned to Crack Down on California Tax Evasion
Thomas H. Kuchel, head of the State Franchise Tax Board, announced a plan to create a special investigative unit to target income tax cheaters. The unit would include an attorney, three investigators, and clerks if approved by the Legislature. The board has been probing tax exemptions claimed by corporations listing themselves as charitable fronts.
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California
Thomas H. Kuchel
State Franchise Tax Board
Kuchel
Cohen Present but Excused Until Friday
The Kefauver Senate crime committee excused star witness Mickey Cohen until tomorrow as it opens a two day Los Angeles organized crime probe. Cohen arrived early and hid from photographers, then washed his hands in the room marked Gentlemen. Witnesses include Under sheriff Arthur Jewell, bookmaker Hymie, Harry Sackman auditor for Guarantee Finance, and the syndicate front tied to a six million dollar bookmaking ring.
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Los Angeles
Kefauver Senate Crime Committee
Mickey Cohen
Hollywood
Federal Building
Cohen
Sunset Strip
Eugene W. Bis‘ealluz
Bookie
Harry Sackman
Guarantee Finance Co
Frank
Standley Says Crime Unit Has Tax Evasion Evidence
Admiral William H. Standley, chairman of California’s crime commission, says the staff is ready to prove links between the underworld and federal tax agents. The five commissioners face a federal grand jury in Los Angeles as they are subpoenaed to explain charges of tax evasion deals with gamblers and vice operators.
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Los Angeles
William H. Standley
Governor's Crime Commission
California
Internal Revenue
Standley
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Ailroad
Harvey S. Mudd
Kenyon A. Joyce
Gerald H. Hagar
U. S
Ernest A. Tolin
Tolin
Air Defense Command Shift Planned to Colorado Springs
The Air Force said the new Air Defense Command headquarters will move from Long Island to Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs early in 1951. About 800 military and civilian personnel will staff the new HQ, as the command takes over air defense duties for the United States.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Defense Command
Long Island
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Continental Air Command
Mitchell Air Force Base
Hope Dim for Wife of Millionaire and Escort Lost in Sea
Seabrook Island, S C searchers found only a life jacket and an empty rowboat as they hunted for Mrs. Frederick H. Ecker wife of Metropolitan Life Insurance board chairman and James Merrill Herd Jr head of Herd Theatrical Corp both missing after their fishing boat capsized. Two companions survived as Coast Guard and planes scoured the area. The missing pair were guests at the Morawetz Sea brook Beach estate and were last seen clinging to a boat car lifeboat while hip boots were worn.
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Charleston
S. C
Frederick H. Ecker
Raymond Poincare
France
James Merrill Herd Jr
New York Theatrical Corporation
Coast Guard
Seabrook Island
Silas Welch
Mra
Victor Morawetz
Seabrook Beach
Mra. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Heirs Named to Garrett Snuff Estate Heirs Named to Garrett Snuff Estate
Three first cousins now dead were named heirs to the Garrett snuff fortune totaling 17 million dollars in Philadelphia. Two survivors will receive about 2 million after taxes, with others sharing the rest. The findings were presented on the 20th anniversary of Mrs. Henrietta Garrett’s death as Orphans’ Court Master Brigham reviews 26,000 claims.
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Philadelphia
Garrett
Wilson Primm Kretachmer
Greenville
Miss
Herman ‘A. Kretechmar
St. Louis
Constance Kretachmer Mock
Chicago
Henrietta A. Garrett
Clinton A. Sowers
Brigham
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Yalu
Violet John Berling
Germany
Boyle
L. A
Fla
R. D. Sutton
J. P. McRae
Johnson
Palatka
Associated Press
Lee
U. S. Aid
Gacramento
California Crime Commission
Sen. Kefauver
State Crime Commission
State Crime Unit
U.S. Air Defense
H. Q
Hope Dim
Wife
Millionaire
Escort
Garrett Snuff
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