Eisenhower and Truman clash over labor power and drafts
Westbrook Pegler recalls elevated rhetoric at Atlantic City amid a labor strikes dispute. He blasts President Truman for drafting railroad workers and claims Roosevelt era powers could seize media and industries to back government aims. He portrays Eisenhower as constrained by the clash of union power and national needs.
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New York
Eisenhower
Atlantic City
Old Whitney
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Truman
Whitney
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
C. I. O. New
John Lewis
Montgomery Ward
Army
Europe
G. I
International News
United Press
Associated Press
Hitler
Seven year old writes to Byrnes on Trieste solution
A seven year old, Michelle Etcheverry, appeals to Secretary of State Byrnes from New York to help settle the Trieste issue. She suggests UN chosen slates to govern Trieste until voters decide, inspired by her late father Pvt. Alfred S. Etcheverry who died near Luxembourg in January.
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New York
Michelle Etcheverry
Byrnes
Trieste
Alfred S. Etcheverry
Luxembourg
Waldorf Asouira Hotel
N. Y
Mr. Molov
United Nations
Noedy
Sinserley
Hope of 5 European peace treaties after talks
Diplomatic circles report private Molotov Byrnes talks may speed five European peace treaties and start work on a final German settlement. Big four session focused on Trieste as Russia drops a demand on governing authority and troop withdrawal, signaling possible progress though no concrete results disclosed.
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New York
Molotov
Byrnes
Trieste
Russia
Bevin
Couve de Murville
Plane Buried by Alpine Snow After Glacier Rescue
In Vienna a rescue report says 12 American marooned on Switzerland's Gauli glacier were brought to safety after a C-53 transport crash. Six remain hospitalized, recovering. injuries include frostbite, a broken nose, cuts, and exposure. Capt. Ralph H. Tate Jr. among those hospitalized. Mary Alice McMahon joins at Gen. Haynes' home.
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Vienna
Switzerland
Gauli
Meiringen
Interlaken
Loyal M. Haynes
Ralph H. Tate, Jr
Irving Matthews
Wayne G. Folsom
William C. McMahon
McMahon
Mary Alice
Gen. Haynes
Boy Killed as Train Engine Collision Shatters Car
A 14 year old George Guthrie of Harvey was killed and five others injured when their car collided with a small sugar cane train engine at a Raceland crossing. Three victims at Charity hospital were in critical condition. The driver of the locomotive was reported dazed.
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New Orleans
George Guthrie
Harvey
Raceland
Charity Hospital
Alice Toups
Olivia Guthrie
Charles Toups
Ralph Guthrie
John Rupied
Marrero
Guy Jones
Lafourche Parish
Guthrie
Weather warnings issued for Gulf coast region today
Small craft warnings were ordered displayed by the United States weather bureau at 5 a. m. central standard time today from Lake Charles Louisiana to Pensacola Florida. Similar warnings between Brownsville Texas and Lake Charles were ordered continued today after being hoisted at 3 p. m. yesterday.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Pensacola
Fla
Brownsville
Tex
Riots End as British Troops Quell Haifa Ship Riot
British troops in Haifa used tear gas hoses and clubs to break up a riot aboard the immigrant ship Ham eri Hamri as 3,370 Jewish refugees faced removal. Ten soldiers injured, four seriously, refugees leaped overboard, many taken ashore as disembarkation began under Lt Col Greig amid warnings from Jewish resistance leaders.
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Carter L. Davidson
Haifa
Palestine
Hameri Hamri
Lochita
Jewish Resistance Movement
R. Y. Greig
Royal Artillery
Many Kiddies Trusting Santa in Monroe's Christmas Need
A column urges Good Fellows to aid Monroe’s poor as Christmas nears. It describes a cold home scene with a mother, father, and children by a heater, stockings hung by the hearth, and the urgency of aiding those deprived during winter.
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Monroe
Satis
Two Rail Engineers In Traffic Mishap At Interchange
Two railroad engineers were involved in a morning collision at De Siard street and the A L M interchange track. Missouri Pacific engineer B G McHenry reported his 1941 DeSoto was struck in the rear by an A L M switch engine which failed to stop. McHenry and his auto crew were uninjured. Police also listed witnesses Nick Anzina and W R Borsch.
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DeSiard Street
B. G. McHenry
Missouri Pacific
DeSoto
Bastrop
McHenry
Ralph Graves
Frank Kirby
A. & L. M. Roundhouse
Franks
Communists in France Fight for Premier Role
Unofficial returns from Sunday elections show the Communist party leading in Corsica and mainland France as the M R P briefly led. The Interior Ministry revised figures place the Communists at 24 788 to 24 751 for the M R P with total votes 5 176 398 to 4 794 795. The November 10 results gave Communists 180 of 618 seats, with M A P 162 and Socialists 101. Washington reports plan to expose Communist influence in government and unions as a key new congressional focus, alongside Truman’s payroll purge.
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Paris
Council of the Republic
Corsica
Interior Ministry
France
Republican Party of Liberty
Radical Socialist
Fourth Republic
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Maurice Schuman
Assembly
Washington
Hollywood
House Committee On un-American Activities
New
Congress
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Truman
Inter-Agency
House Civil Service
Justice, State, Treasury, War and Navy Departments
Civil Service Commission
Clark
A. Devitt Vanech
Justice Department
Vanech
Stamford
Conn
Rankin
Mississippi
un-American Activities Committee
The
Columbians
Morgenthau Sr Final Rites Set In New York
Funeral services for Henry Morgenthau Sr former U S ambassador to Turkey will be held tomorrow at Temple Emanu El Rabbi Samuel H Goldenson will conduct with Dr Raymond B Fosdick of the Rockefeller Foundation participating Burial will be private Morgenthau father of Henry Morgenthau Jr former secretary of the treasury served as ambassador from 1913 to 1916
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New York
Temple Emanu-El
Henry Morgenthau
U. S
Turkey
Samuel H. Goldenson
Raymond B. Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
Morgenthau
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Explosion Fatal to Two Policemen in Queens
In New York on November 26 a gas explosion wrecked a house in Queens killing two policemen, Sergeants and patrolmen among the dead or injured. Eight others hospitalized, Lt Mitche and Sgt Rosche among the fallen and injured as rescue work continues.
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New York
Queens
Peter Knudsen
Frencois Go’hara
Charles Mitche
Paul Rosche
Axa Florstrom
Ozone Park
Government Considers Running Big Inch Little Inch Gas Pipelines
The Interior Department told a House committee it is actively considering government operation of the Big Inch and Little Inch gas lines to ease coal shortages amid the strike. Final feasibility and who would run the lines remain undecided as officials study gathering, dehydration, and distribution issues.
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Washington
Interior Department
Congressional
Interior
C. Girard Davidson
Davidson
House
Texas Oil and Gas Fields
Seaboard
Slaughter
Krug
Robert M. Littlejohn
War Assets
Federal Power Commission
Rep
Rizley
Oklahoma
Louisiana Teachers Association Opens Convention Session
The Louisiana Teachers Association began general business with officer elections and district executive council seats. Miss Mary Titus urged unified work to avert a profession crisis, comparing teaching groups to the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Medical Society. L. P. Terrebonne, state superintendent, spoke at the session.
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Shreveport
Louisiana Teachers Association
Mary Titus
Huntington
W. Va
Titus
Temperatures to tumble tonight across Louisiana and Mississippi
A cold front moving eastward will drop temperatures to 32 to 38 degrees in Louisiana and 32 to 34 in Mississippi this evening. Cloudy, colder conditions expected this afternoon with the cold air lingering two to three days. Small craft warnings issued from Lake Charles to Pensacola and extended from Lake Charles to Brownsville.
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New Orleans
Lafayette
Vicksburg
Miss
Lake Charles
Brownsville
Tex
Sharp New Curbs Clamped On Fuel
Washington moves to speed the John L. Lewis contempt trial as coal shortages bite across the country. Government curbs restrict coal deliveries to essential services and federal buildings while court actions aim to end the strike and resume mining.
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Daisy City
Ala
John L. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
Sterling F. Green
T. Alan Goldsborough
High Administration
United Mine
Federal District Court
Goldsborough
The
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Molotov Demands UN Armament Data At Disarmament Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov said the USSR will urge UN members to provide full information on all arms including atomic and rocket weapons when disarmament discussions begin. The U S delegation in Lake Success signaled opposition to a British plan for a UN system to verify data, favoring a rigid inspection regime to safeguard atomic control but not delaying a troop inventory.
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Lake Success
N. Y
V. M. Molotov
Russia
United Nations
Tom Connally
Texas
Molotov
United States
General Assembly
Philip J. Noel- Baker
U. S
New York Dimmed Lights On Broadway In Somber Night Display
Broadway shed its garish glow as Times Square signs and theater marquees went dark under a city led dimout to save coal. The three-time wartime style blackout kept Fifth Avenue shops largely blacked out while some interiors still glowed with Christmas displays.
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New York
Broadway
William O'Dwyer
Times Square
Fifth Avenue
Readjustment to Vets Totals $637,917 in October
Readjustment allowances for unemployed World War II veterans in Louisiana paid $637,917 in October through the New Orleans office of the state division of employment security, administrator H. B. Turean announced. New Orleans led the state with $273,600 in unemployment compensation, a slight rise from September.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisiana Division of Employment Security
H. B. Turean
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Pegler
Hope Way
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al Haifa
B. B. Martin
Morgenthau, SR
U. 5
Louisiana Association
Max Harrelson
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