France Rattled by Strikes as Government Acts
In Paris on December 4 AP reports the French government using a new anti strike law to curb Communist led stoppages. Mob actions hit Cannes post office and Nice crews faced guards. rail and port traffic liven as ministers consider raises for public workers.
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Robert Bunson
Paris
Riviera
Cannes
Nice
Central Labor Committee
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Lyon
Robert Schuman
Council of Minsters
France
General Confederation of Labor
National Assembly
Schuman
Lille
Internal Teamsters Power Struggle Reported In Journalic Row
WESTBROOK PEGLER reports a clash between Dan Tobin and Dave Beck as Beck gains influence in the Teamsters. Beck’s rise included a constitutional amendment creating an executive vice president post. Tobin’s handling and the San Francisco convention are noted amid accusations of flattery and political maneuvering.
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New York
Teamsters’ Union
Dan Tobin
Dave Beck
Seattle
Tobin
Washington
Dave
Beck
Oakland
Flannelmouth
Union Eld
San Francisco
Old Dan
Teamsters
Con
Truman Plans Loafing Spell in Florida Visit
President Truman, fatigued from a busy stretch, aims for a five day rest at the Minnie naval base near Key West. He slept over two hours after arriving from Washington and will seek about 48 hours of sleep as his schedule remains light aside from a Saturday barbecue and a 2 51 p m address at Everglades City.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Minis
Naval Submarine Base
Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Wallace H. Graham
Everglades City
Everglades National Park
Old Fort Taylor Club
Naples
Full Scale Civil War In Palestine Feared
Reports from Jerusalem on December 4 describe growing fears of a full scale civil war as a 72 hour Arab general strike nears its end. Arab leaders refused Sir Henry Gurney's request to end the strike after two days of violence across Palestine, with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv bearing the heaviest toll from clashes and looting.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Henry Gurney
Palestine
Alleppo
Aden
Tel Aviv
No-Man’s Land
Tax Dodge Charged in Commodity Exchange Trading
Agriculture Secretary Anderson urged Congress and the Internal Revenue Bureau to curb shady commodity exchange deals by Americans and refugees seeking to dodge income taxes. A CEA probe found 646 traders with $150 million in holdings using transactions to postpone reduce or avoid taxes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Truman
Commodity Exchange Administration
CEA
New Taft-Hartley Law Sparks Praise and Wrath
Washington reports new praise and protests as the Taft Hartley labor law prompts cheers from Senator Ball and renewed warnings from Philip Murray. Murray accuses employers of weaponizing the act while the AFL CIO rejects retreat and considers joint action only through merger. Green’s AFL plans to keep a firm line.
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Washington
Ball
Minnesota
Congressional “Watch Dog” Committee
Philip Murray
Murray
A. F. of L
William Green
National Labor Relations Board
Green
Good Fellows Seek Donations For Christmas Relief
The Good Fellows report a modest fund total with only 19 contributors and urge more gifts to help elderly relief cases and needy children. Letters from disabled individuals and welfare families request Christmas assistance, highlighting the ongoing hardship.
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Santa Claus
Duke of Windsor recalls childhood control of King George VI
In Life magazine autobiographical pieces the Duke of Windsor says he could always manage his younger brother, now King George VI, noting it as the established prerogative of older brothers. He paints a strict sheltered boyhood with vivid portraits of Queen Victoria, King George V, and his mother.
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New York
Duke of Windsor
George VI
Life Magazine
Queen Victoria
Havana
George V
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Edward
Mary
Flanders pushes voluntary meat rationing plan
Vermont Senator Flanders urged a real voluntary meat rationing program and warned that anyone who defies it should be branded a social menace. He favors voluntary measures over price controls and would set weekly meat quotas for individuals and dining establishments.
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Washington
Flanders
Vermont
Anderson
Truman
Senate House
House Banking Committee
Grand Jury Probes Hollywood Contempt Cases
A federal grand jury in Washington began examining the contempt citations against 10 Hollywood directors and writers who refused to disclose Communist affiliations. The list includes Maltz Trumbo Ornitz Lawson Lardner Biberman Scott Bessie and Dmytryk. President Truman's loyalty review board met in a closed session to review subversive organizations as it prepares to hear employee appeals.
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Washington
Congress
House
Hollywood
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Robert E. Stripling
U. S
George Morris Fay
William Hitz
Grand
Albert Maltz
Dalton Trumbo
Samuel Ornitz
John Howard Lawson
Ring Lardner, Jr
Herbert Biberman
Robert Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
Alvah Bessie
Edward Dmytryk
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
Justice Department
Seth W. Richardson
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
Jewish Immigrants Slip Into Palestine Under Cover
A ship carrying 170 uncertified Jewish immigrants evaded British patrols and landed last night in the Holy Land under Hagana direction. The refugees dispersed into Tel Aviv area settlements after disembarking from the ship Haportzim which sailed from Casablanca.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Hagana
Tel Aviv
Two Sought in Officer's Death in Louisiana Stabbing
In Iberia parish Sheriff Ozenne seeks two suspects tied to the Loreauville Police Chief Leo Girouard slaying. A French speaking "pleasant talking" gunman allegedly knocked, asked directions, then fired through a screen door. A note reading you know when your pants get too small was left on the porch.
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New Iberia
Gilbert Ozenne
Iberia Parish
Leo Girouard
Loreauville
Ozenne
Girouard
Weather across the nation brings sleet and cold snaps
Sleet and snow hit many areas as a storm of freezing rain centered over central Kansas extended into southeastern Nebraska and southern Iowa. Overnight lows dropped to 17 below in Pembina and 16 in Fargo with sub-zero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
North Dakota
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Topeka
Kans
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Pembina
Fargo
Grand Forks
St. Cloud
Gulf States
Washington
Pacific Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Plane stealing convict captured after wild flight
Charles Lee McIntosh, 24, a federal inmate escaping from the U S medical center at Springfield Missouri, was arrested after landing in a Jackson Tennessee field following a fuel stop and chaotic flight along the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers. He had previously stolen a plane in Indiana in 1946 while AWOL from the Army and later crashed in a field after running out of fuel. He claimed to be heading to Dayton Ohio and to have flown without training. Sheriff Tom Lewis reported the capture and noted one accomplice remains at large.
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Jackson
Tenn
Tom Lewis
Lewis
Charles Lee MclIntosh
U. S
Springfield
McIntosh
Mississippi
Tennessee
Dayton
Ohio
Mississippi River
Tennessee River
Murray
Medical Center
Indiana
Army
Selmer
Jack's Creek
Molotov Proposal Sparks Clash at London Peace Conference
Western powers confronted confusion as Molotov floated two month reports on German peace treaty fundamentals. Bidault rejected the idea, Marshall and Bevin held silent, while others questioned Moscow’s motive amid the ongoing talks.
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London
Big Four
V. M. Molotov
United States
France
Britain
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Georges Bidault
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Bidault
Louisiana Third in Oil Production
W R Huber of Gulf Oil told New Orleans Rotary Club that Louisiana ranks third in oil production and known reserves and second in natural gas output. He cited 2 billion barrels of crude oil produced since 1991 and an annual industry value of 750 million dollars in Louisiana, noting rich oil per square mile near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
W. R. Huber
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Company
Louisiana
Huber
Aid debate warns Russia could halt aid if communists seize control
In Washington on December 4 Representative Cox urged quick approval of a 590 million emergency aid package for Austria France Italy and China as a bulwark against communism. Senator Lovett testified that aid could be cut off if communists seize those governments and that safeguards will be added to contracts while lawmakers weigh differing views on the package.
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Washington
Russia
Cox
D-Ga
House
Georgia
Austria
France
Italy
China
Leo Allen
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allen
Senate
Tary
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Committee
Ten German officials convicted by U.S. military tribunal
Ten former state secretaries prosecutors and judges in Nazi Germany were convicted by a U S military tribunal on war crimes charges while four others were acquitted. The main defendant Franz Schlegelberger received a life sentence and other officials faced serious penalties.
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State Secretar
Hith
Ministry of Justice
United States
Tostay
Franz Schlegelberger
Act He
People's Court of
Blin
Germany
Wolfgang Mettgenberg
James T. Brand
Salem
Ore
Mallory B. Blair
Austin
Tex
Justin W. Harding
Franklin, O
First Woman Judge Hears Case in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge's first woman judge Mrs Jules Landry deliberates on her first case in city court. Judge St Clair Favrot recused himself after representing a party. Landry, a 1934 State University law school graduate, works with her husband in local practice.
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Baton Rouge
Jules Landry
St. Clair Favrot
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