Lewis awaits more signers of coal pacts
Washington AP Lewis presses for more signers as miners work a three day week under new contracts. Soft coal firms in the Midwest and South have accepted terms and returned to a five day week, while major hard coal operators remain firm. The union seeks a 15 cent welfare royalty increase and a 95 cent daily wage rise to $15, amid stalled talks in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Midwest
South
Lewis
UMW
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Union
Ansylvania
New York
Ward and U S group reach Tientsin after Mukden move
Washington reports indicate Angus Ward and the American consulate group from Mukden may be at the North China port of Tientsin. A U S general in Tientsin said their special train passed Tangsan and they should have arrived around 11 a m EST. The Communist news agency said Ward left Mukden early Wednesday and British sources confirmed a food supply for two days.
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Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
North China Port
Tientsin
U.S Sur
Tangsan
War Party of 20
North China News Agency
Ward
Lakeland Victory en route to Taku Bar under Red blockade
The 10,000 ton freighter Lakeland Victory sails from Palo Alto toward Taku Bar off Tientsin and Yellow Sea. Captain Paul Sexton aims to bypass the Chinese Red blockade and reach Taku Bar by Saturday with possible rendezvous involving Angus Ward and the party from Mukden. Ward’s release is reportedly discussed through Tientsin.
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Lakeland Victory
Taku Bar
Tientsin
Angusrd
Muken
New
Palo Alto
Cal
Paul Sexton
San
Korea
China
Pacific Far East Line
Yellow Sea
Shanwas
Kwangtung Peninsul
Sexton
Ward
Oak Ridge strike ends at four days
Oak Ridge Tennessee four day wildcat strike by about 3009 construction workers on the atomic project site ends. AEC manager R W Cook reports wholesale return to work across all 10 AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council crafts at Maxon Construction Company. Labor leaders say unions will urge members back, as panels and the NLRB aided efforts to end the stoppage. Work halted on a 66 000 uranium 235 production plant with next week to begin on another plant supplying uranium 235 for A bombs.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
R. W. Cook
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Commission
Cook
AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council
Maxon Construction Company
Maxon
Atoms'e
Knoxville Building Trades Council
J. C. Kerr
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
National Labor Relations Board
AEC Seid
Floods Strike Three Countries In Americas
AP reports heavy rains cause major damage across Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Trinidad. In Venezuela's Barlovento coffee belt a 30 hour downpour left about 20,000 homeless and caused two casualties with property damage above 1 million dollars. In Costa Rica, Platanar area saw eight dead or missing. Helicopters were deployed to aid rescue efforts.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Trinidad
Veneguela
Barlovento
Platanar
Iron blast furnace explosion injures four at Republic Steel
Molten iron and slag poured through a crack in a Republic Steel blast furnace in Cleveland last night, causing an explosion that injured four workers. Authorities investigated the incident and fire and safety crews responded to the scene.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Probers Seek More Atomic Shipments To Russia
House investigators pursue additional wartime atomic shipments to the Soviet Union including uranium compounds and heavy water. The UnAmerican Activities Committee reviews lend-lease officials roles and Groves approvals as 1943 records surface. Transcripted testimony and potential witnesses like Wallace may follow in December.
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Washington (Ap) — House
Russia
Reds
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Capitol Hill
Moore
Hoopes
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Groves
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
New York City Bans Nonessential Water Use
NYC imposes sweeping restrictions as reservoirs run dry. All automobile washing stopped and water wardens patrol homes to curb waste. Fines rise for leaks while city agencies cut fountains pools and indoor pools. Authorities warn of a potential ghost city if rains fail.
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New York City
New York
Stephen J. Carney
Brooklyn
Carney
Upstate
Westchester County
Edward J. Clark
American Dental Association
Rising jobless benefit exhaustions alarm officials
Washington AP report shows about 500000 people exhausted unemployment benefit rights in July-September, signaling strain in the system even as overall employment improved. Census data place November unemployment at 3.409 million with total employment around 59.518 million.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Census Bureau
Racing Trolley Fails in Try To Save Life
Philadelphia report says 70 year old tailor Harry B. Embick collapsed on a crowded racing trolley during a 13 block non stop trip to save his life. Passengers notified the motorman who summoned police and directed a rendezvous 13 blocks away near Misericordia Hospital. Firemen and rescue squad failed to revive him.
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Philadelphia
Taiior
Harry B. Embick
Misericordia Hospital
Embick
James Wright
Fixing Flats and Family Friction on the Road
A humorous verse recounts a roadside tire blowout turning into a domestic comedy. The driver endures a chaotic trunk raid, missing tools, and a relieved husband finally getting help as a child improvises a fix. The piece ends with a wry chuckle at family mishaps.
Basil Mangano Offers Free Christmas Dinner for Needy
East Liverpool Ohio AP reports Basil Mangano doubling down on a charity drive offering a free Christmas dinner. He says hundreds offered help but only 40 to 50 requests for tickets, and he can feed 500 in his garage with additional overflow handled by AAP.
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East Liverpool
Basil Mangano
Ashland Rubber plant gets temporary restraining order
Ashland Rubber Products Corp received a temporary restraining order limiting picketing at the plant. About 150 CIO United Rubber Workers have been on strike since November seeking junior recognition.
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Ashland, O
Ashland Rubber Products Corporation
CIO
United Rubber
Missing plane found wrecked near Martinez in California
Wreckage of a missing California Airlines DC-3 with seven aboard was sighted from the air near Pacheco south of Martinez in Contra Costa County. Ground crews rushed to the scene to determine if any survivors remained among the three crew and four passengers after the plane disappeared yesterday in a heavy rainstorm from Oakland airport en route to Sacramento.
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Oakland
Cal
Pacheco
Martinez
Contra Costa County
California Airlines
Burbank
Sacramento
Race Against Death Is Won
In Lima a speeding ambulance escorted by a State Highway Patrol car raced to save 2 1/2 year old Frank Van Scooter of Cynet after he swallowed a peanut. Doctors at Findlay hospital could not remove it. Lima Memorial surgeons finally extracted the nut and said the boy, nearly suffocated, is in good condition.
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Lima
Frank van Scooter
Frances van Scooter
Cynet
Findlay
Findlay Hospital
Frank
Lima Memorial Hospital
Second Crash Victim in Ohio Collision Named
Havi land Morgan 23 of Coal Grove died at Lawrence County General Hospital after a head on crash on Route 75 seven miles northwest of here. Lawrence Wagner 54 of Ironton was killed instantly in the collision.
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Tronton, O
Haviland Morgan
Coal Grove
Lawrence County General Hospital
Route 75
Here
Lawrence Wagner
Ironton
Fire gutted warehouse as subfreezing flames blaze in Youngstown
A $5 000 midnight fire gutted an auxiliary warehouse at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com pany district headquarters. Six fire companies battled the blaze in sub freezing temperatures for three hours.
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Youngstown
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Comgeny
Bulgarian Treason Trial Defendants Plead Guilty
In Sofia Bulgaria a third defendant Horis Christov pleaded guilty to treason and spying joining Nikola Nachev former deputy construction minister and Ivan Stevanov former finance minister in admitting plots to make Bulgaria a vassal of Yugoslavia. The court continues with 11 former leaders and Rostov is noted in the indictment and confessions.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Horis Christov
Nikola Nachev
Ivan Stevanov
Yugoslavia
Christov
Moscow
Tass
London
Kostov
Marshal Tito
Red
Rostov
Tito
AMA Votes 25 a Year Dues to Fight Socialized Medicine
The American Medical Association today approved a compulsory twenty five dollar annual dues from members. The funds will back the AMA campaign against socialized medicine and finance other association activities.
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American Medical Association Today
AMA
Truman Takes Scribe's Role at Conference in Key West
President Truman surprised reporters in Key West by taking over the questioning in a press conference. He directed questions to each reporter, asking about bedtimes, as Charles G. Ross and others watched.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Federal Register
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Boy Is Paddled Granted Damages in Court Case
TRONTON O AP A Lawrence County common pleas jury awarded Thomas Leo Wright 400 damages plus 100 attorney fees after a paddling incident. The suit named Mrs Columbia Miller a teacher as defendant for assault and battery. Miller admitted paddling the boy but denied striking him on the head and said she had reprimanded him twice for sticking his feet out in the aisle.
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Tronton
Lawrence County Common Pleas
Thomas Leo Wright
Columbia Miller
Dover teachers win $90 annual salary raise
Dover Ohio educators vote raises for 74 public school teachers. The Board of Education approved a $90 per year increase, effective immediately, marking a notable step in teacher compensation for the district.
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Dover
Board of Education
Vandenberg Urged To Define GOP Foreign Policy Stance
Washington reports say Senate Republicans urge Michigan Senator Vandenberg to spell out the GOP approach to China Spain and possibly Israel amid party concerns over foreign policy direction ahead of the new Congress.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
China
Spain
Israel
Michigan
Brewster
Maine
GOP
Knowland
Democrats
Taipei Named Fifth Capital of Government
Chengtu China AP The Chinese Nationalists decided Thursday to transfer the seat of government to Taipeh Formosa The emergency session of Premier Yen Hsi-Shan s cabinet made the move Taipeh becomes China s fifth capital this year and the government signals a shift to guerrilla warfare against the Communists with Formosa as a base and Si Chang Sikang as headquarters
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Chengtu
China
Taipeh
Formosa
Preemier
Yen Hsi-Shan
Gener
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sichang
Sikang Province
Maine
Chang Chun
Southwest China
Ky Chu Tung
Hu Tsung-Nan
Yang Sen
Southwest Archers
Wang Tsangshu
Tang Shih-Tseng
Amena
Reds
Three Escapees Re-Captured After Covington Jail Escape
Covington police recaptured three of six convicts who escaped Tuesday night from the Covington jail. Kenneth Gooch, 21, was seized at a Covington residence. Ray McNabb, 24, surrendered at police headquarters after his sisters urged him. Donald Seibers, 18, was arrested by Cincinnati detectives at a relative’s home. Ongoing hunt for William Lee, 34, Elsmere. James Plunkett, 32, Norwood. James Sturgeon, 21, Cincinnati.
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Covington, Ky
Covington
Keneneth Gooch
Ray McNabb
Coveington
Cincinnati
Donald Seibers
William Lee
Elsmere
James Plunkett
Norwood
James Sturgeon
Li Tsunge Jen Seeks Medical Checkup Before Return
China's acting president Li Tsunge Jen arrives in New York for medical examinations after a plane flight. He suffers from what doctors call serious stomach pains and will stay at a hospital for tests before resuming efforts against alleged Communist aggression.
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NEW_ORK
Li Tsunge Jen
China
Hopas
Eeetan
Terian Hospital
Man Convicted of First Degree Murder in Athens
Delbert Spencer, 53, of Athens, was convicted yesterday of the first degree murder of Mrs. Pauling Bailey, 33, in July 1946. The jury of 10 men and two women returned no mercy recommendation, making the death sentence mandatory after 90 minutes of deliberation.
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Athens
Delbert Spencer
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