U S Seamen Blast at Marseille Over Plan and Law
U S seamen on the vessel Henry Gilbert Costin joined French dock workers in Marseille strike action, denouncing the Marshall Plan and Taft Hartley Act. They sent a message to CIO president Joe Curran supporting the French fight against anti labor measures while calling for civilian rights and independent democracy.
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U.P
U. S
Marseille
France
Paul Ramadier
Natonal Maritime Union
CI. O
Joe Curran
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Currin
New York
Henry Gilbert Costin
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Aob
Charles
de Gaulle
Sea- Ten
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Yale
Marshal Phin
Ramadier
Leon Blum
Renault Automobile
Nour
Transport Plane Crash Kills Five
Wilmington Del Nov 18 Trans World Airlines Constellation plane crashed while landing at New Castle Airport. Five persons killed with four crew members and a Civil Aeronautics Authority inspector aboard. No survivors reported. Plane was on a training flight for prospective overseas pilots.
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Wilmington
Del
TransWorld Airline
Constellation
New Castle
Civil Aeronautica Authority
Eblcy Ataic
Xiliea. B
Nude Body of Kidnaped Girl Found Near Home
Five year old Marietta Jones was abducted while running an errand for her mother. Her nude body was found a few hours later in a local cave near Bakersfield with a rock crushed head, beaten and scratched. Police investigate possible crime scene and unknown attackers.
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Bakersfield
Marietta Jones
Lorena Jones
Myretta
To & Grocery
Crime reign threat to California warns ex SF police chief
Charles Dalten, former San Francisco police chief, warned at a crime conference that California faces a rising crime wave similar to Chicago in the 1920s. He cited higher robbery rates and noted crimes by gangsters like Bugsy Siegel as symptoms threatening social and economic order. He urged unity to remove the cancerous growth from society.
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Sacramento
U.P
Charles Dalten
San Francisco
Chicago
Siegel
Bugsy’ Siegel
Beverly Hills
Duilea
Phil S. Gibson
State Supreme Court
Ieivit Baw
Shipwreck Survivors Appeal for Help in Newfoundland Isles
Forty four survivors of a British steamer named the Langleecrag went aground off a Newfoundland island last Saturday. A radio message from Belle Isle monitors said conditions were dire and survivors needed aid within 48 hours amid cold rain.
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Boston
Newfoundland
Langleecrag
Belle Isle
Food stolen from Friendship Train near Utica incident
Six cases of evaporated milk were stolen yesterday from the Friendship Train en route to New York. Police recovered the milk and held three men for questioning. The train had picked up three cases of food here for Europe.
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Utica
New York
Europe
Girl 5 Falls Into Open Sewer in Seattle Tragedy
A five year old girl accompanying her father and aunt on an evening walk was swept 12 feet into an open sewer manhole. Firemen police and city workers searched all night through tunnels but found no trace of Sherron Irene Rothrock. Her mother was hospitalized in shock. A water surge may have lifted the lid after a driver reported bubbling water moments before the accident. The child tore a ring from her father’s finger in the plunge.
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Seattle
Willett Bay
Sherron Irene Rothrock
Dean Rothrock
Ray DeLong
Sherron
Ambrose Smith
Five German Women Arrive in U S to Join Kin
Five German grandmothers aged 63 to 83 arrived at La Guardia from Frankfurt to join relatives in the United States. The group said they completed their first trip to America and plan permanent residence with kin here.
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New York
la Guardia Field
Frankfurt
United States
Great 200 inch Palomar mirror leaves Caltech for Mt Palomar
A 20 ton 200 inch telescope mirror loaded in a 40 ton crate began its 160 mile journey from California Institute of Technology toward Mt Palomar observatory. The crate required highway reinforcement and police escort as it crawled through Bellflower Artesia and toward the coast, with a planned stop near Oceanside before inland travel.
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Othe Mt. Palomar
California Institute of Technology
Mt. Palomar
San Diego
Bellflower. Blvd
Bellflower
Artesia St
Artesia
Westminster
Santa Ana
Tustin
U. S. Hwy. 101
Caltech
Los Angeles
Highway Department
Cal Tech
Pacific
Washington Blvd
Rosemead
Falomar
Oceanside
Automobile airplane crash injures pilot in Chula Vista
San Diego November 18 UP a four place auto plane built by Consolidated Vultee crashed at the foot of B Street in Chula Vista. Pilot Lawrence Phillips 32 of San Diego was not seriously injured. The car like engine under the hood suffered little damage. Cause not immediately determined.
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San Diego
Consolidated
Vultee
B St
Chula Vista
Lawrence Phillips
Senate probes reveal payments to Meyers by Aviation Fletric Co
A Senate war investigations panel heard that Aviation Electric Co paid Maj. Gen Bennett E Meyers $39,482.72 in 1940-41, plus a $10,000 decorating bill for his Washington apartment. B H Lamarre testified Meyers was the real owner and that most of his $31,000 salary was kicked back. He detailed three payment series including $17,972.14 in 1941 for salary and entertainment, later tagged as padding. The panel recessed without clearing overlap of amounts.
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Washington
B. H. Lamarre
Senate
Aviation Flectric Co
Bennett
E. Meyers
Dayton
Ohio
Meyers
Air Force
Senators
Lamarre
Ferguson
R.mich
Neta Davis
Senate group vows to inventory food before aid decision
The Senate appropriations panel called for a full inventory of American food stocks before approving President Truman's 597 million emergency aid request for France Italy and Austria. Chairman Bridges said hearings will gather crop and commodity data from farmers grain users and officials to determine how much can be spared for export and to avoid rushing a stopgap plan. The House foreign affairs committee similarly warned that Western Europe may face a Soviet pressure campaign without timely aid.
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Ashington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
Bridges
R.N. H
Hampeshire
Senate
Anderson
Commerce
Harriman
Imm
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
Sioux City
Ay Z - Sen
Reed
House’ Foreign Affairs Committee
Dirksen CR DL
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Soviet Union
Dirksen
United States
Europe
GOP Solons oppose Truman ration plan in Congress
Washington reports angry Republicans, led by Taft of Ohio and House Speaker Martin of Massachusetts, attack Truman emergency price and wage controls as top 1948 campaign issues. White House notes broad public support for the plan, with 47 of 50 telegrams favorable. Truman plans a long range Europe recovery message within days.
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Washington
A.P
Congress
Truman
Taft
Qhio
Martin
Massachusetts
G. O
Truiant
White House
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Europe
Koas
Fire Kills 29 in New Zealand City Center Blaze
Christchurch reports 29 dead with 13 listed missing after a large retail fire in the south island city. Firemen conducted dramatic rescues as flames were controlled overnight, leaving many victims found near doors and workers among the casualties.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
Meatisea
Etary Repanteme
Copa Mentatore
South Island
Hunter Shot at but Bullet Stopped in Essex
Essex Md November 18 Walter Sevier was rabbit hunting when a bullet struck the barrel of his chest carried gun. The bullet passed through the barrel almost entirely without injuring him. Baltimore County police arrested Frank Menethargo 61 on a charge of assault with intent to kill. a hearing was set in Essex Police Court tonight.
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Essex
Walter
Sevier
Baltimore County
Baltmore
Frank Menethargo
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G.O.P. Solons Doom Truman Ration Plan
By Jack Bell
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