Senator Bridges Urges Truman Call Congress for China Aid
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire urged President Truman to convene a special session to consider aid for China. He warned that without immediate action Communists could seize control of China. Bridges chairs the special watch dog congressional committee on foreign aid and argued a session would let the administration present the facts to Congress and the public.
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Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Truman
Congress
China
Des Moines
Iowa
Watch Dog
Congressional Committee
Europe
Far East
Truman and Taft Hartley Law Debated in Public Writings
Westbrook Pegler argues President Truman may rebrand the Taft Hartley act amid political pretenses. He cites Taft and Hartley’s reform work and criticizes union influence, naming lawmakers Howard Smith Sam Hobbs Hatton Sumner and Congresswoman Mary as figures in the labor relations controversy.
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Truman
Congress
Taft
Hartley
Green
Murrey
Mr. Truman
Howard Smith
Virginia
Sam Hobbs
Alabama
Hatton Sumners
Texas
Smith
Labor Relations Board
Harvard Law
Zero Hour in Strike Nears on East Coast
The New York strike escalates as 65 000 longshoremen vote on a wage settlement. A rejection could extend walkouts from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia and trigger spillover to the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Many ports already idle as ships are rerouted to Halifax and vessels immobilize cargo.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Portland
Hampton Roads
South Atlantic
Boston
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
A. F. L. International Longshoremen’s Association
Ilers
Halifax
Nova Scotia
John J. Sampson
GOP pledge raises hopes for arms for Europe plan
Senator Vandenberg told the Reserve Officers Association in Philadelphia that the United States should aid friendly nations to defend themselves while conserving resources. He warned Moscow against expecting a softer stance after Truman's election and signaled GOP support for moving ahead with Western Europe’s defense needs amid UN charter guidelines.
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Washington
Moscow
Vandenberg
Michigan
Western Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reserve Officers Association
Philadelphia
Kremlin
Truman
United Nations
Senate
Association of the
Russia starts new world propaganda peace drive
Paris dispatch reports Secretary of State Marshall accusing Russia of a propaganda peace offensive to weaken the United States. Western delegates say Moscow uses any Truman Stalin meeting as a weapon, while the UN assembly votes remain against Russia 52 to 6.
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Russia
Paris
George C. Marshall
United States
Francis W. Carpenter
West
United Nations Assembly
Trumen
Stalin
New York
Assembly
Truman
China Forces Claim Major Suchow Victory At Grand Canal
Nanking reports say Nationalist forces routed nine Red columns at the Grand Canal during the Suchow battle. Communist radio claimed Reds trapped National army corps east of Suchow and that two divisions defected north of the town. Officials tallied about 37 000 dead and wounded, while observers warned the win may delay Red timetable only up to three weeks.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Grand Canal
Suchow
Peiping
Seventh National Army Corps
Red
Canal
Tippit Trial Delayed After Doctor's Certificate
The gambling case of Alvin J. Tippit and Robert Savanna was postponed without date after District Attorney George Lester produced a doctor's certificate indicating Tippit could not appear. Other items include Anthony Quint's guilty plea for reckless driving and two West Monroe youths arraigned on multiple charges with trial set for December 12.
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Alvin J. Tippit
Robert Savanna
George Lester
Tippit
A. D. Tisdale
Paul Fink
Anthony Quint
David I. Garrett
Lelan Caples
James Ricks
West Monroe
Savannah
A. G. McHenry
Richard Taylor
Maniac blamed in Coed slaying at Colorado
Police label a maniac as the killer of Theresa Catherine Foster, an 18 year old University of Colorado freshman. Her semi nude body was found under a bridge nine miles south of Boulder after she disappeared from a Catholic students club meeting. Autopsy showed strangulation with a gabardine jacket and multiple skull fractures. Snow hindered investigators while rabbit hunters found the body.
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Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Women’s Clubs Hear Jackson Cottingham Address
The 49th annual Louisiana Federation of Women’s Clubs opened Friday morning at Hotel Frances Cherokee Terrace. Dr. Claybrook Cottingham and Shelby M. Jackson spoke on education, urging stronger academic programs and a lasting foundation for the next generation.
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Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs
Hotel Frances
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana Tech
Shelby M. Jackson
Cottingham
Fifteen Mau Maus Concentration Camp Guards Hanged in Landsberg
In Munich on November 12, fifteen former guards from the Mauthausen camp were executed for killing more than 4,600 inmates including 47 Allied airmen. Thirteen were SS men. two were inmates who betrayed fellow prisoners. The total hanging at Landsberg reached 58 in the past month.
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Munich
Germany
Mauthausen Concentration Camp
S. S
Storm
Loritz German fugitive finally captured in Munich
Alfred Loritz, a former Bavarian denazification minister who escaped on October 4, 1947, after being charged with black market offenses, was arrested after eluding German police for over a year. He allegedly traveled to Switzerland multiple times in disguise and once reappeared at the economic reconstruction party headquarters to resume leadership. He had supervised the Franz von Papen trial and claimed to flee the Gestapo during the war.
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Munich
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Loritz
Economic Reconstruction Party
Switzerland
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Gestapo
Top level jobs to see changes in Truman circle
Three members of President Truman's top Democratic command abruptly left White House talks for a brief Havana trip. Senator Barkley vice president-elect Senator McGrath and Leslie Biffle planned a short detour as discussions about reorganizing the administration intensified.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Havana
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
McGrath
Washington
Tobin
Clark
the Treasury
Snyder
Agriculture Brannan
Donaldson
Four Men Injured In Three Auto Crashes On Highway 80
State police reported three crashes on Highway 80 over 24 hours injuring four men. Henry Garner 25 and Olan Armstrong 32 from Gibsland were hospitalized after a truck overturned into a creek. Rowell Willis 19 of Calhoun and George Flanagan 28 of Tulsa were treated and released. R J White 24 of El Reno was arrested for operating under the influence after a collision with Willis near Farmerville road.
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Highway 80
Henry Garner
Olan Armstrong
Gibsland
West Monroe
Ruston Highway
Rowell Willis
Calhoun
George W. Flanagan
Tulsa
Okla
R. J. White
el Reno
Farmerville Road
Willis
White
Chrysler strikes spread to four plants in Detroit area
Strikes and layoffs hit four Chrysler Corp plants idling 15 500 workers as a wildcat dispute over production rates triggers a clash with the United Auto Workers union. Chrysler cites contract violations by workers while the union accuses management of speed ups and pressure after Taft Hartley politics. Local 7 leader Joe Hatley calls for calmer talks to resolve the dispute.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
United Auto
Dodge
Joe Hatley
Washington
Tojo faces death as 16 others receive life terms
In Tokyo on November 12 the Allied tribunal sentenced Hideki Tojo to death and 16 others to life imprisonment for war crimes. Seventeen defendants faced penalties, while Shigenori Togo received 20 years and Mamoru Shigemitsu seven years.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
Tojo
Togo
Shigenori
Russell Brines
Kochi Kido
Shigenori Togo
Mamaru Shigemitsu
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Anti-nation Court
Jiro Minami
Hiroshi Oshima
Germany
Douglas MacArthur
Western diplomats weigh expanding Atlantic defense alliance
Washington reports top western diplomats plan to decide next week whether to expand the Atlantic defense alliance from seven to at least 12 nations. Britain Canada France Belgium Holland Luxembourg discuss enlarging the pact with Italy Portugal Norway Denmark Iceland and possibly Ireland.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Robert A. Lovett
Europe
Italy
Portugal
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
State Department
Congress
West
Moscow
Ottawa
Bermuda
Senate
German strike ties up zones across Frankfurt and Hamburg
A one day walkout across the British and American zones paralyzed cities from Hamburg to Frankfurt with closed shops and halted streetcar service. Miners and steel workers joined the protest aimed at the Bizonal economic administration while rail and utility workers were exempted and no violence was reported.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hamburg
Ruhr
Europe
Bizonal Economic Administration
Bizonal Trade Union Council
Greek coalition cabinet resigns in Greece
Premier Themistokles Sophoulis handed the resignation of his Liberal Populist government to King Paul. Tsaldaris, party leader, still at the United Nations in Paris, and observers expect the king to summon other party leaders to form a new government.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Paul
Sophoulis
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
United Nations
Paris
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Venizelos
Liberal
U. N
Fumes Fatal to Family of Five in Missing Home
In Ingomar Pennsylvania a man William Crisman his wife Frances and their three children Florita 7 William 5 and Joanna 4 died from carbon monoxide fumes in a partially finished house. Dr EB R Preisinger attributed the deaths to carbon monoxide with a gas heater flame out. The family had moved into a section built as a garage earlier this year.
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Ingomar
William Crisman
Frances
Florita
William
Joanna
EB. R. Preisinger
Ross Township
Crisman
Frankelin
Pittsburgh
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