Kerr Suggested Democratic National Chairman After Hannegan
Oklahoma Governor Robert S Kerr identified by party leaders as likely successor to Robert E Hannegan as Democratic national chairman if he resigns in January. President Truman reportedly favors Kerr who keynoted the 1940 convention where Truman was nominated for vice president. Hannegan reportedly desires to step down after the new year but may remain as postmaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert E. Hannefan
Truman
Kerr
Hannegan
Walter Reed Hospital
Democratic Committee
Roy Turner
Truman Appeals For World Peace At Naval Academy
President Truman spoke to midshipmen at Annapolis urging a world welfare oriented Navy run for peace. He arrived aboard the U S S Williamsburg after a Washington visit and said the coal crisis would be handled by Krug and Steelman before a Key West rest trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Truman
United States Naval Academy
United States
Naval Academy
Wace
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Washington
Presidential
Charles G. Ross
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ross
Krug
John L. Steelman
Key West
Fla
Mr. Truman
Academy
Plane wreckage reached by posse on White Mountain
Western Airlines chief pilot Marshall Wooster said nine men reached the wreckage of a Western plane that crashed Wednesday on White Mountain with 11 aboard. He said there were no signs of survivors and the party split with two camping at the site and seven returning to base, while earlier rescuers had turned back within 300 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Marshall Wooster
Western Airlines
Western
White Mountain
Wooster
Ithe Peak
Reba Henderson Found Dead In New Orleans Home
Twenty four year old Reba Louise Henderson was found dead with her throat slashed in her New Orleans home on November 14. Police Lt. Joseph Schwein said her father James Henderson who had refused to let his daughter have dates is being sought for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Louise Henderson
New Orleans
Joseph Schwein
James Henderson
Mystery blast rocks Monroe after late Friday incident
The city reels from a loud explosion that threw two young women from their beds and sparked wild rumors of multiple culprits from Neville High football fans to an ammonia plant, but officials have not identified the cause. Residents demand a clear explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Neville
Arcadia
Sterlington
Red Moscow
Missouri
Predict Government Onslaught In 10 To 14 Days
Chinese Communists rushed women and children to the hills at Yenan and vowed to defend the headquarters city to the death against a government assault predicted within 10 to 14 days. An air raid warning sounded as a P 38 circled overhead while Yenan authorities denied plans to attack Yenan. A Communist spokesman said Chiang Kai Shek's forces were massing for an imminent four way action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick Yenan
Peiping
Yenan
Roderick
Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Republicans Gain Democratic Aid in Bilbo Seat Challenge
The Senate campaign investigating committee unanimously approved a full scale inquiry into Mississippi Senator Bilbo for his anti Negro voting actions. Hearings will occur in Mississippi by December 2 to examine charges that he blocked Black voters in the primary elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Republican Committee
Republican Steering Committee
Bridges
New Hampshire
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Ellender
Louisiana
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Maybank
South Carolina
Clark
Montana
Burton Kk. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Erickson
Wheeler
Patrick J. Hurley
Nazi flier recalls Hitler’s last frantic days in Berlin bunker
Hanna Reitsch, famed German test pilot, tells US war crimes team Hitler clung to rescue hopes, waved maps, and blamed Goering and Himmler as final days in the Reich chancellery bunker unfold. She details Goebbels tirades, Bormann recording events, Eva Braun’s role, and dismisses escape plans as absurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Justice Jackson
War Crimes
Hanna Reitsch
Reichs Chancellery
Goebbels
Goering
Himmler
Martin Bormann
Eva Braun
Meacher
Fraulein Reitsch
Insurance Men End Convention In Louisiana City
The Louisiana State Convention of Life Underwriters concluded two days of sessions in Alexandria with acclamation naming the next convention city. E R Waller of Baton Rouge will head the 1946 1947 officers with a slate including vice presidents R A Norred J D Carroll Herschell Blackwood T A Wakeman Charlie Coyle James E Watkins and Frank Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State Convention of Life Underwriters
Andria
E. R. Waller
Baton Rouge
Waller
R. A. Norred
J. D. Carroll
Herschell Blackwood
T. A. Wakeman
Charlie Coyle
James E. Watkins
Frank Smith
Walker W. Teekell
A. R. Jaqua
Institute of Insurance
Dallas
Texas
Millionaire Distillery Owner Acquitted in Tallulah Whiskey Case
N Tully Semel owner of United Distillery Products Company of Amston Connecticut was acquitted and three New York co defendants were convicted by a federal jury in the Tallulah black market whiskey case. Harry Weiner Israel Needleman and Irwin Kott were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the OPA law and selling whiskey above ceiling price in September 1945. The jury will hear motion for new trial in Shreveport December 3. the convicted men remain at liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Tully Semel
United Distillery Products Company
Amston, Conn
New York
Tallulah
Harry Weiner
Israel Needleman
Distillers Corporation of
New Brunswick
N. J
Irwin
Ike) Kott
OPA
John Beverage Company
Ben C Dawkins
Shreveport
Liberty
Methodist Conference Nears Close in Alexandria
The 101st annual Methodist Church conference in Alexandria drafts committee reports and prepares to close tomorrow with ministerial assignments for 1947 by Bishop Paul E. Martin. Financials were presented by Rev. R. W. Vaughan and an extension section report by Rev. L. E. Douglas. Rev. W. E. Trice noted $147,412 in the student center fund at Louisiana State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Methodist Church
Paul E. Martin
R. W. Vaughan
Ruston
L. E. Douglas
Sulphur
Board of Missions
W. E. Trice
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Bulk of U S blood plasma recovered in Shanghai ware- houses
In Shanghai the bulk of a 3 500 case shipment of American blood plasma sold from Okinawa was found in two warehouses. U S navy shore patrol guards guarded the sites while U S officials and Chinese authorities planned regaining the plasma. One warehouse held at least 2 000 cases and the other several hundred. A Russian warehouse man led to the discovery.
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Shanghai
U. S. Navy
U. S
Monett B. Davis
Federal Liquidation Commission
Okinawa
Fred Hampson
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
CIO Seeks Unity as Rift Within Factions Widens
Atlantic City November reports the CIO leadership acknowledging a split between right and left wings. President Philip Murray plans to tighten control over city and state councils and forms a six member harmony committee amid warnings of a winter struggle for postwar wage raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Philip Murray
Harmony
Murray
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Trieste Control Nearer Solution Prompted by Ministers
New York November 16. The council of foreign ministers made progress toward a Trieste administration solution but stalled over a deadline for removing occupation troops. A three hour session adjourned with Deputy French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville tasked to draft an agreement on Trieste police control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Couve de Murville
France
James F. Byrnes
Adriatic
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Lewis Staunch in Coal Strike Challenge Amid Government Freeze
Washington reports a drastic government order froze soft coal supplies and imposed rationing as John J. Lewis threatened a strike at midnight Wednesday. The move extends control to future production and current stocks, limited to utilities railroads ships hospitals laundries small consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Washington
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Krug
Great Lakes
Solid Fuels Administration
Private Pact on Veto 5 Sought Amid UN Debate
Five major powers moved to end the veto clash at the United Nations as France proposed suspending debate and limiting veto use. Molotov was invited to confer, Koo urged caution, Parodi suggested sub commissions and optional veto, while the big five faced continued disagreements over charter changes.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
France
General Assembly
V. M. Molotov
Alexandre Parodi
Security Council
Russia
Council
Soviet Union
Molotov
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
Koo
Parodi
Big Five
Only 11 Confederate Veterans of 600000 Alive Now
Richmond dispatch reports that records in 14 states show only 111 Confederate veterans remain from the Civil War era. The ages average near 100, with Oklahoma home to nine survivors. Wiley Bearden of Wadill, Oklahoma, aged 106, is the oldest. Captain Alden Howell of Waynesville, NC, now in Los Angeles, aged 105, is the lone regular officer still living.
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Harry L. Smith
Richmond
South
Southwest
Appomattox
Johnny Reb
Chicamaugua Creek
Chancellorsville
Malvern Hill
Cold Harbor
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Wiley Bearden
Wadill
Alden Howell
Waynesville
North Carolina
Los Angeles
Howell
Sixth Regiment
Stepinac May Be Named Cardinal in Christmas Consistory
Vatican sources say Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac of Yugoslavia, serving a 16 year prison term after a conviction for crimes against the people, might be made a cardinal if a Christmas consistory is held. Only Pope Pius XII can decide if such a consistory occurs.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Alojzije Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Pope Pius XII
Moscow
Rome
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
L'Oservatore Romano
Gas Franchise Renewal Talks Continue in Monroe
A fresh discussion of United Gas Corporation's bid for a 25 year renewal of its 30 year Monroe franchise ended without agreement. Attendees included Houston executive manager H. P. Carroll local manager J. Shelby Cage Mayor H. H. Benoit commissioners Co R. Tidwell and W D H Rodriguez and City Attorney S. L. Digby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Gas Corporation
Monroe
H. P. Carroll
Houston
Texas
J. Shelby Cage
H. H. Benoit
R. Tidwell
W. D. H. Rodriguez
S. L. Digby
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Capect Kerr
Choice Reported
Midshipmen
Jes Ramblin
Louise Osius
Miami
United Distillery Products
Methodists
U.1
Harmony Committee
Lewis
Dole
Big Powers
Assembly
White House
Stepinac
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