Lewis delays union policy group meeting on new coal strike
AP reports John L. Lewis baffled his 200 member United Mine Workers policy committee by delaying a decision on calling a new coal strike at midnight. Lewis stayed away from the New York session and caused a 25 hour postponement while operators push to resist higher labor costs.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Group
Lewis
Union
Washington
George H. Love
Pittsurgh Consolidated Coal Company
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Youth Admits Knife Attack in Newport News
In Newport News Virginia police report 20 year old Jesse Worley admitted slashing 18 year old neighbor Millie Summs in a jealous fit. Summs remains in Riverside Hospital recovering after throat wound required emergency surgery. No date set for Worley’s preliminary hearing. he is held on maiming charges.
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Newport News
Jesse Wilmer Worley
Millie M. Summs
Worley
Warwick County
Woody
Miss Summs
Riverside Hospital
Bill Worley
Ousted City Council member Davis condemns ouster
Benjam in J. Davis Jr a convicted Communist leader loses his seat in the New York City Council for felony conviction. He denounces the decision as illegal while planning a possible court challenge as others await appeals. In Moscow the Cominform urges all Communists to aid Tito opponents and predicts Western moves toward a new world war.
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NEW York
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Council
Davis
Corporation
John P. McGrath
State Law
Moscow
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Communists International Information Bureau
Tito
Hungary
Belgrade
Romania
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Party
Communist Party
Mikhail Andrevich Suslov
Soviet Communist Party
Germany
Japan
Woman Questioned In Infant's Death In Cincinnati
Detective Chief Clem Merz questioned a 30 year old woman, mother of four, about an infant found charred in a furnace next door. She said the baby was born dead, wrapped in newspapers, and placed in the furnace about a week ago after a miscarriage.
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Cincinnati
Clem Merz
Vee
Coffee price inquiry demanded by senator
Washington AP The high cost of coffee drew a demand from Senator Young ND for a full dress Senate investigation. He said there is speculation and profiteering in coffee and a inquiry could prevent a racket in coffee sales as a government witness testified on bakery pricing.
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Washington
Senator Young
R-Nd
Senate
Young
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Man Sues N W Railway For 160000 Damages
Lawrence A Spradlin RR3 Portsmouth Ohio sued Norfolk and Western Railway in U S District Court for 160000 in damages. He says injuries occurred September 11 1947 when struck by a metal bar thrown from an engine while he cleaned ashes from a fire box in the roundhouse.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence A. Spradlin
RR3
Portsmouth
Norfolk and Western Railway
U.S. District Court
Roundhouse
Yule Street Lighting Goes On Tomorrow
Middletown observers preview the Christmas display on Yule Street as the Middletown Gas and Electric Company tests the canopy lighting for about ten minutes. The full display will turn on at 5 p.m. tomorrow and remain through the yuletide season. Stores will follow extended hours from Monday December 7 until Friday with Saturday hours of 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Gas and Electric Company
Pact defense talks continue in Paris on western Europe shield
Twelve NATO generals met in Paris to draft a 3000 mile eastern barrier from the Norwegian Arctic to the Aegean Sea and to coordinate arms aid after approval by Congress. Talks coincide with U S defense secretary’s London meetings and a forthcoming communique after civilian defense ministers meet.
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Paris
Europe
U. S
Louis Johnsson
London
Norwegian Arctic
Aegean Sea
Ministry of Defense
Truman
U. S. Congress
Findlay Man Killed by Car
Police say Nicholas J. Karcher, 76, of Findlay, was killed last night after stepping in front of a moving auto. The incident was reported by authorities and is under investigation.
U S Protest Drafted Over Ship Shelling Near Shanghai
The State Department drafted an energetic protest to the Chinese Nationalist government after a second attack on the American merchant ship Sir John Franklin. The vessel was shelled 12 times by two Nationalist warships near Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze. The incident echoes the November 15 shelling of the Flying Cloud and heightened tensions as U S and Isbrandtsen Company crews urge protection of American commerce amid Nationalist port closures.
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Washington
State Department
Sir John Franklin
U. S
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Flying Cloud
Isbrandtsen Company
New York
Isbrandtsenound-the-world Service
Flood Damage Cleared as Northwest Faces Death Toll
Flood fears ease in northwest Washington as mop up begins. Workers repair dikes and clear silt from homes and businesses while 27 people are dead and one missing from the weekend storm that crossed a 1000 mile front from British Columbia to Oregon. Army engineers report control at the Skagit River area until the next high tide. Hundreds assist with sandbagging as evacuated families return and damages mount into the millions.
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Seattle
Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Cascade
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
Skagit
E. A.bryant
Stanwood
Cee
Ex Director Edmund Secrest Dies in Detroit
Edmund Secrest aged 68 and former director of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster died at Ford Hospital after brain surgery. He was a noted figure in agricultural research and served at the Wooster station for many years.
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Detroit
Edmund Secrest
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ford Hospital
The Native's Return
A nostalgic poem recalls boyhood scenes now altered by time with faded cottages replaced by bricks and steel. The speaker laments once familiar places transformed while finding relief only when his beloved remains nearby, though she has grown burdensome with a large family.
Reds Ready To Enter Chungking After Last Plane Report
AP dispatch from Hong Kong says a last Chungking flight reported Communist forces on the Yangtze banks opposite the abandoned provisional capital. Passengers said the plane was fired upon on takeoff and luggage was left behind. The city likely to fall to the Reds. Chiang Kai-shek may have fled to Chengtu 170 miles away.
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Hong Kong
Chungking
Yangtze River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chegtu
Chengtu
South China Morning Post
Li Tsung-Jen
United States
Wellington Koo
Washington
Pai Chung-Hsi
China
Pai
Truman Plans to Take Swim at Key West
President Truman and staff arrive at a semi tropical Naval base for a three week vacation. The party favors plain bathing trunks and casual wear while clerks and aides exhibit informal attire. Truman plans his first Gulf swim as morning temperatures hover around 71 degrees.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Clark M. Clifford
Charles G. Ross
Washington
Gulf
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
School Official Dies in Port Clinton Ontario County
Amiel O. Dehn superintendent of Ottawa County schools died yesterday in Port Clinton. He led the county school system and was a longtime educational administrator revered for his service to public education and local communities.
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Port Clinton
Amiel O. Dehn
Ottawa County
Private Plane And Airliner Almost Crash
A Chicago to Cleveland Capital Airlines passenger plane narrowly avoided colliding with a private Stinson plane over Sandusky Ohio amid low visibility. The DC4 flight 444 could not land due to bad weather and continued to Washington. The Stinson pilot was radio guided. the license found in the plane listed Eugene S. Goebel of Oak Park Illinois.
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Cleveland
Washington
CAA
Stinson
Plain Dealer
Eugene S. Goebel
Oak Park
Chicago
Mayor O Dwyer Hospitalized for Rest After Exhaustion
Mayor William O Dwyer has entered Bellevue Hospital after Gracie Mansion examination. Doctors said he suffers from almost complete nervous and physical exhaustion and ordered absolute rest with no visitors for the time being.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Bellevue Hospital
Gracie Mansion
Edward Bernecker
Clarence de la Chapelle
Dallas Port Scene After Airliner Crash
An American Airlines DC-6 with 40 aboard crashed near Love Field Dallas while en route from New York to Mexico City. The wreckage burned, at least 18 to 20 bodies removed, 14 passengers and five crew treated as possible survivors. Fire and rescue crews were on scene as authorities investigated the cause of the 5:45 a.m. crash and chaos surrounded the field.
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Dallas
Anican Airlines
Love Field
Appara
New York
Washington
Mexico City
D. J. Cathieron
L. Boyd
Dallas Aviation School
American Airlines
Field
Harold Byrd
Texas Civil Air Patrol
Magnaflux
Dallas Aviation
Fred L. Sheaf
Pan-American Plastic Corporation
Story
New IEU Maps Plans To Fight Communism
Philadelphia dispatch reports CIO Electrical Workers Union defines a battle plan against Communism within labor. CIO President Philip Murray declares that Communist leadership is the chief foe and vows a long, hard fight. James B. Carey frames the stance as a broader purge, with ten unions awaiting hearings for possible expulsion.
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IEU
Philadelphia
CIO Electrical Workers Union
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
James B. Carey
IUE
Secutive Board
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