Truman conferences interrupted by Havana trip
Three members of President Truman s top Democratic command interrupted their conferences with the Chief Executive for a brief flight to Havana. Senator Barkley vice president elect Senator McGrath and Leslie Biffle planned to be gone only a few hours. In Berlin Russian controlled papers claimed Truman promised to visit Moscow and meet Stalin.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Havana
Alben W. Barkley
J Howard McGrath
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
McGrath
Washington
Berlin
Moscow
Stalin
George C. Marshall
Truman to reshuffle administration after election
Sources say President Truman plans top level changes after the campaign with possible cabinet exits. He is reportedly pleased with Tobin Clark Snyder Brannan and Donalson while keeping Marshall if willing. Forestal Lovett Sawyer Symington face possible removal amid criticism.
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Truman
Tobin
Clark
the Treasury
Snyder
Agriculture Brannan
Donalson
Marshall
Paris
Defense Forestal
State Lovett
Commerce Sawyer
Air Symington
U S Delegate Hits Soviet Tactics at U N
In Paris United States delegate Frederick H. Osborn told the UN General Assembly's Political Committee that Russia uses government directed propaganda to prepare its people for war and that disarmament cannot occur while Soviet threats persist. He cited 4,000,000 Soviet armed and 2,800,000 in allied states as evidence of vast forces and warned of Berlin rejection and fear among Russian workers.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
Russia
Frederick H. Osborn
General Assembly
Britain
France
China
Osborn
Berlin
Soviet Union
Politburo
Republicans Backing For Arms For Europe Program
Western diplomats plan to decide next week on expanding the Atlantic defense alliance from seven to perhaps twelve nations. Britain, Canada, France, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg will meet with Undersecretary Lovett to discuss inviting Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and possibly Ireland. If accepted, a December defense conference would draft a formal treaty and Congress would be asked for several billion dollars to arm allies. Senator Van denberg signaled GOP support for helping western Europe defend itself, warning Moscow against assuming U.S. restraint after Truman.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Robert A. Lovett
Europe
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Portugal
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
State Department
Congress
Moscow
Vandenberg
Michigan
Western Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reserve Officers Association
Philadelphia
Ohio Deer Hunter Killed In Canada
Delmar Ralya, 51, of Struthers Ohio, was shot in the back of the neck while deer hunting in Aylen Lake district, 40 miles west of Pembroke. John Adams, 38, also of Struthers, says he mistook Ralya for a deer and faced criminal negligence charges. Adams to be taken to North Bay for trial.
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Pembroke
Ont
Struthers
Delmar Ralya
Aylen Lake District
Here
John Adams
Ralya
Adams
North Bay
Northeast layoffs mount in six plants and more
Associated Press reports six manufacturing plants in the Northeast announced job cuts as about 400 dismissal notices were issued this week. Waterbury Connecticut’s Time Corp plans workforce reduction from 3200 in August to 1000 by January, blaming rising wages. General Electric in White Plains plans a 50 percent November 22 production cut due to weak sales. Indian Motorcycle in Linefield Massachusetts laid off 250 of 1050. Workington Pump in Holyoke Massachusetts may idle 20 percent of 1000. American Woolen Globe Plant Utica New York cuts 10 percent of 900. Syracuse JL. C. Smith Corona in New York reduces work week to four days for about 2000 workers.
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U.S. Time Corp
Waterbury
Conn
Indian Motorcycle Company
Linefield
Mass
Holyoke
Workington Pump and Machinery Corporation
Globe
American Woolen Company
Utica
N. Y
Syracuse
JL. C. Smith and Corona Typewriter Company
Berlin issue may not 6010 in Assembly
Paris AP reports Russia and western powers oppose Berlin issue in UN General Assembly. Argentina's Bramuglia asked UN Secretary General Lie not to intervene, with Evatt prepared to raise the Berlin matter. Talks followed for neutrals to end the deadlock over Berlin and the Soviet blockade.
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Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS
Russia
Berlin
United Nations General Assembly
Juan A. Bramuglia
Security Council
Trygve Lie
Bramuglia
Herbert V. Evatt
Assembly
Lie
Greek Premier Resigns in Greek Cabinet Crisis
Athens AP Premier Themistokles Sophoulis handed his coalition government resignation to King Paul, who accepted it. Tsaldaris, visiting at the UN in Paris, is asked to return to discuss forming a new cabinet while observers expect consultations with other party leaders.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Paul
Sophoulis
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
United Nations
Paris
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Venizelos
Endurance plane flight ends in crash landing
Endurance fliers Fred Vinmont and Bert Simons, aiming for a 726 hour world record, crash landed after 529 hours aloft near Gregg County airport Texas. Vinmont suffered a fractured nose. engine failure at height caused the forced descent during their fourth week in the air aboard Miss Texas.
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Longview
Tex
Fred Vinmont
Bert Simons
Vinmont
Houston Dean
Gregg County
Love potion slaying life sentence starts for 19 year old
COLUMBUS AP Clark Hill age 19 is held in an isolation ward at Ohio penitentiary as the routine start of his life sentence for the killing of Janette Weirner 17 of Medina. Sheriff Charles Williams of Medina County brought him to the prison yesterday.
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Clark Hill
Ohio Penitentiary
Janette Weirner
Medina
Charles Williams
Medina County
Fourth Round Pay Hike Forecast By Administration Official
Washington AP predicts a fourth and final round of postwar wage boosts averaging seven to ten cents an hour. The official notes living costs may level off, shifting focus from prices to productivity. Wages rose in three rounds since the war, with gaps in steel and auto sectors.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Dispute Idles 13 500 Men At Chrysler
DETROIT AP A spread ing work paralysis at Chrysler Corporation idled 13 500 workers across four plants amid a dispute over production rates. Chrysler charged CIO United Auto Workers with contract violation in a wildcat strike while the union accused management of a speed up. At the Dodge plant 800 workers were sent home due to engine shortages halting the heavy duty line. The company said the layoffs followed two machine operators being fired for refusing to meet rates. UAW CIO Local 7 president Joe Hatley said Chrysler jumped the gun and blamed Taft Hartley administration policy in Washington.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Dodge Truck
Joe Hatley
Uawcio Local 7
Washington
Four year old strangled after leaning into car window
Strangles To Death Kent Ohio. Thomas Finch four climbed a car and put his head through a half open window and apparently lost balance. A university student found him later. He was the son of Mr and Mrs James Finch.
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Thomas Finch
James Finch
Gallows Decreed For Six Other Top Jap Leaders
Tokyo AP report states Hideki Tojo and six of his top lieutenants were sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes. The decreed executions follow postwar trials of Japanese leaders responsible for aggression and atrocities.
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Russell Brines
TOKYO
Hideki Tojo
Chinese claim rout of nine red columns at Suchow
AP report from Nanking describes Nationalist forces routing nine Red columns along the Grand Canal at Suchow in the imamouth campaign. Communists reportedly withdrew in disorder, leaving about 37,000 dead and wounded, after a failed attempt to ferry 135,000 Tsiwan veterans across the canal to strike Suchow’s left flank.
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Nanking
Grand Canal
Imamouth Suchow
Suchow
Bridges urges Truman to call special session on China aid
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urged President Truman to convene an immediate special session of Congress to consider aid for China. He warned that without rapid American aid the Communists could take control of all of China. The session would let the administration present the real facts and allow swift action.
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Washington
Bridges
Truman
Congress
China
Bridge
Battle of Suchow Near End in Asiatic War
Reports from Peiping describe Red forces annihilating the Seventh National Army east of Suchow and trapping the Second Army west of the town. Two National divisions reportedly defected to the Communists north of Suchow amid bloody canal fighting. The Reds employ waves of assault amid heavy use of automatic weapons and low flying aircraft as observers fear only a three week delay to the Red timetable. Field notes hint Chiang Kai-shek may move the capital south and Americans evacuate Tsingtao while Chen Yi’s main forces yield ground on the flanks.
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Peiping
Seventh National Army Corps
Suchow
Red
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
Tsingtao
U.S. Fleet
Nanking
Chen Yi
Shipping Strike Hinges On Result Of Balloting
New York AP reports a looming longshoremen strike could spread along the Atlantic seaboard and to the Gulf Coast if ballots by about 65 000 IL A members vote against the proposed wage settlement. West and East Coast ports face shutdowns as crews idle and ships reroute to Halifax amid caution from harbor craft leaders.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Portland
Hampton Roads
South Atlantic
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Philadelphia
Wil
Mington
Del
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Halifax
Nova Scotia
John J. Sampson
Ila
New York City
William O’dwyer
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