Army Ready As Mine Showdown Nears
The Associated Press reports a rising number of idle miners as the coal contract nears termination. AFL UMW locals show letters from John L. Lewis, with thousands more quitting across Illinois Alabama West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio and Virginia. Government and military officials prepared to act if the strike escalates while rationing and brownouts are anticipated.
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Associated Press
Ittsburgh
Afl-United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
John Castor
Ellsworth
Illinois
United Mine
UMW
Alabama
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Virginia
Sam Caddy
UMW District 30
Birmingham
J. W. Davis
Washington
Army
Tonight 4
United Mine Workers
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Justice Department
War Department
J. R. Pierce
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Mississippi River
East
Civilian Production Administration
Mississippi
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Minnesota
Tom Clark
Congress
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Kiug
OPA Opposes Rent Boosts And Considers Hotel Rates
The Associated Press reports OPA opposes general rent ceiling increases while favoring decontrol of transient hotel rates. An unnamed official said any rise or basic change must come from policy, and OPA may remove price ceilings on transient hotel rooms soon. Picketing Detroit landladies pressed for decontrol amid landlord demands. Texas reports of a landlords strike surfaced. groups push relief, including a 15 percent rent rise and gradual removal of ceilings.
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Associated Press
Washington
OPA
White House
Detroit
Mich
America
Texas
House Rent Industry Advisory Committee
Landlords Endorse Bid For Rent Hike
The National Apartment Owners association endorsed the industry advisory committee proposal for a 15 percent rent ceiling increase and relief. The board rejected the resolutions committee plan similar to the advisory committee's suggestions to the OPA, which must be acted on within 30 days. Delegates, led by a Texas group, urged a landlords strike to push ceiling removal, but the motion was shelved.
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Oklahoma City
National Apartment Owners Association
Association
OPA
Texas
Strongy
Wainston Paul
Montclair
N. J
Resolutions Committee
Auto Theft Charge Filed At Floydada
Lewis Rodgers of Venus is charged in Floydada justice court with automobile theft involving a 1946 Chevrolet owned by W. Jones. Rodgers was arrested after a 26 mile chase reaching speeds up to 100 mph, held in Albuquerque where deputies found several bullet rounds in the car as Rodgers claimed he twice out ran Texas law enforcement.
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Floydada
Justice Court of
O. B. Qison
Lewis Rodgers
Venus
OB. Jones
Richard F. Stovall
Rodgers
Albuquerque
N Mo
Moncay
Smerniffs
Sneriifs
Thhem
Texas
Modernize your diamond in a new mounting
Advertisement from King's Jewelers at 1020 Broadway invites customers to update their diamond with a new mount.
U S Protest Over Pickets at Romanian Mission
Brig. Gen. Courtland van Rensselaer Schuyler protested to Romania’s government after supporters of Premier Groza’s Communist led regime picketed the U S mission in Bucharest. About 5 000 Romanians said they were omitted from the register and sought to vote late.
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Leonard Kirschen
Associated Press
Ucharest
Courtland van Rensselaer Schuyler
U. S
Romania
Petru Groza
Ministry of the Interior
Bucharest
Tarava
Tata
Communist Party
Galac
Oting
National Peasant
National Liberal
United States
Iowa Family Makes Home In Jail After Eviction From Farm
Webster City Iowa Nov 19 Sheriff E R Lear evicts a tenant family of six children after farm eviction. He transfers the Hamiltons to nearby Fort Dodge and opens the county jail to them giving shelter until a house is found.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Webster City
Charlie Hamilton
Hamilton
E. R. Lear
Fort Dodge
Four Die in Greenville Laundry Plant Explosion
A Greenville blast at the Ideal laundry plant and office building killed four people and injured over 100. Fire officials searched wreckage for more victims as gas leaks reportedly preceded the explosion. About 45 workers were on the night shift.
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Greenville
S. C
Ideal
Greenville News
Frank Donald
Thomas defies conviction murder trial life term
District Judge Albert S. Mauzey overruled Jim Thomas's motion for a new trial on the murder of Dr. Roy Hunt, sentencing him to life imprisonment. Thomas, 51, was convicted Oct. 19 for the third time. earlier juries had recommended the death penalty. The Huts were found mutilated and bound in their bed on Oct. 26, 1943.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Albert S. Mauzey
Jim Thomas
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Thomas
Dr. Hunt
Mrs. Hunt
Molotov backs direct Trieste settlement stance
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov informed Italy that a direct Italy Yugoslavia settlement of Trieste and border issues would promote peace in Europe. He conveyed this in a letter to Italian envoy Pietro Quaroni in New York, aligning with Belgrade's push for direct talks.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
EW York
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Europe
Molotov
Pietro Quaroni
Moscow
New York
Quaroni
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
New Members Named To UN Security Council
Belgium Colombia and Syria won two year seats on the United Nations Security Council in a single ballot of the 54 member General Assembly. Colombia led with 51 votes, Syria 45, Belgium 43, while India Norway Canada Cuba Greece and Turkey won smaller shares as Afghanistan Iceland and Sweden boosted the assembly from 51 to 54 members. The non permanent economic and social council seats went to the United States Venezuela and New Zealand with Lebanon re elected on the second ballot. The five permanent members remain the United States China France Great Britain and Russia.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Associated Press
EW York
Belgium
Colombia
Syria
United Nations Security Council
U. N. Assembly
Mexico
Netherlands
Egypt
Council
Assembly
United Nations
Middle East
India
Norway
Canada
Cuba
Greece
Turkey
U. N
Afghanistan
Iceland
Sweden
Economic and Social Council
United States
Venezuela
New Zealand
Lebanon
Poland
Australia
Brazil
China
France
Great Britain
Russia
OPA Approves Sugar Price Increase to Consumers
The OPA ordered higher refiners' raw sugar prices with an expected half cent per pound rise for consumers, adding about 50 million dollars annually to the food bill. Increases apply to raw cane sugar and direct consumption sugars, with timing set for retailer shipments.
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Associated Press
Washington
OPA
Bethlehem Steel Could Halt Work If Coal Deliveries Stop
A CIO Steelworkers member, speaking at the eighth CIO convention in Atlantic City, said Bethlehem Steel plans to cease operations immediately if coal deliveries halt due to a complete mineworkers walkout. The unnamed source alleged the move aims to build resentment toward unions among Bethlehem employees.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Steelworkers Union
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Women Campaign Surpasses Quota In Community Chest Drive
A late surge boosts contributions to the Community chest to 17000 with the women’s campaign group exceeding its $4673 quota. Lubbock public schools top gains, while overall progress toward the $92173 goal remains short. Reports urged captains to push to 60 of 500 firms yet to respond.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Tenth and
Ave. K
Dell Morgan
Walter Chalk
Lubbock
Hubert L. Allen
R. C. Harvey
Ted T. Tipps
One Killed 34 Hurt In Shipyard Blast
A flash explosion deep inside the Navy aircraft carrier Antietam at Hunters Point Navy yard killed one shipyard worker and injured 34 others. Eight of the injured were seriously burned, with two enlisted men among them. The blast source is not officially determined but suspected to be gas released from an alcohol tank. Captain Philip Lemler, the Navy yard commander, attributed the incident to a gas explosion.
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San Francisco
Antietam
Hunters Point Navy Yard
Philip Lemler
Navy Yard
Bodies Found After Plane Crash In White Mountain
In Burbank California eight passengers and three crew members were recovered from the wreckage of a Western Airlines flight on White Mountain. Lt. Sewell Griggers led sheriff possemen through deep snow and thick terrain to place the burned bodies along a ridge.
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Burbank
Calif
Sheriff's
White Mountain
Western Airlines
Sheriff Department
Sewell Griggers
Rainey To Take Missouri Post
Dr. Homer Price Rainey, 50, former president of the University of Texas and Bucknell, will become president elect of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri on January 1 and will succeed Dr. James N. Wood as active head next June. Rainey, a Texas native and University of Chicago graduate, was ousted as Texas president in 1944 amid academic freedom disputes.
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Columbia, Mo
Homer Price Rainey
University of Texas
Bucknell University
Stephens College
James N. Wood
Hugh Stephens
Jefferson City
Rainey
Texas
Austin
Tex.) College
University of Chicago
Board of
Regents
Wood
Suspects Held in Buenos Aires Deportations
Argentine federal police round up a number of German and Japanese citizens on espionage or peace and security threats accusations. An informed source says they will be deported to their homelands.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Texas Students Back Plan For Equal Education For Negroes
About 60 University of Texas students from 16 campus groups endorsed equal educational opportunities for Negroes as shown in the Sweatt case. The meeting at the YMCA, led by the UT NAACP, urged financial support for Sweatt's legal fight to gain admission to the university.
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Associated Press
USTIN
Heman Mation Sweatt
University of Texas
University Ymca
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sweatt
Houston
Texas
126Th District Court
Roy C. Archer
Public backing for Truman on coal crisis grows
President Truman, told by White House aides that editorial reaction and telegrams show vigorous public support, expressed satisfaction with the stance against John L. Lewis. Ross said Connelly reported broad backing of government actions as Truman vacationed at Key West naval base.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
Key West
Fla
Truman
John L. Lewis
Charles G. Ross
Matthew J. Connelly
Washington
White House
Connelly
Ross
United States Naval Submarine Base
Two land mines injure Jewish civilian in Jerusalem clash
Two land mines exploded in downtown Jerusalem aimed at an armored police car. No deaths reported, minor injuries to a Jewish civilian, as authorities investigated the incident during the evening.
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Jerusalem
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