Teamsters End Oakland Strike Return To Work Ordered
Oakland California December reports say Dave Beck ordered Oakland teamsters to return to work tomorrow morning ending a two day general strike that paralysed East Bay. AFL and CIO leaders eyed separate talks with merchants while city authorities declared a state of emergency amid threats to cut utilities and services during the dispute. Mayors and labor officials sought temperate action as negotiations continued with a plan to limit strike impact on essential services.
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Oakland
Calif
Dave Beck
International Ince
AFL Teamsters Union
Oakland Teamsters
East Bay
AFL
Kahn and Hastings
Seattle
Beck
Surore
CIO County Labor Council
Florida
Earl Warren
CIO
Alameda County
Herbert L. Beach
Demobilization of Russian Troops Increases German Police Roles
Berlin reports Russian occupation forces are demobilizing quickly and handing patrols to German police along the Oder. Germans are also being assigned to guard bridges and other strategic points. Redeployment pressure may strain rail and road networks into January as four power inspection tours are delayed until January 6.
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Berlin
Oder River
U. S
Germany
Russia invited to join Anglo American arms talks
London reporting an authoritative government source says Russia would be welcomed at present Anglo American military staff talks on standardizing arms. Talks so far cover small arms with no plan yet to address air or naval matters.
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London
INS
Russia
Allied Military Defense Committee
United Nations
R R Labor Tops Urge Coalstrike Arbitration
The Railway Labor Executives Association urged immediate arbitration in the soft coal dispute. They called for a disinterested commission to review miner complaints and for miners to return to work while contempt against John L. Lewis and the UMW be held in abeyance.
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Washington
Railway Labor Executives Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Court Martials Underway Among Occupation Troops in Germany
Berlin report notes army sponsored cleanup of misconduct among occupation troops following a Senate investigation. Two lieutenant colonels—one in Berlin and one in Bremen—are jailed along with several officers. Some sentenced, others awaiting trial as a special judge advocate court surveys hundreds of charges from black marketing to officer misconduct.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S. Senate War Investigating Committee
Bremen
Judge Advocate Court
Greeks End Session In Mourning Over Greek Claims
Greek parliament adjourned on a motion to suspend session as a sign of national mourning and disgust after a note to the United Nations was deemed useless. Bevin dropped a proposal to shift Greece's frontier with Bulgaria northward. A captured leftist band captain alleged Bulgarian Yugoslav and Albanian agents aided unrest in northern Greece, with observers deeming the claim factual. Fighting rose in southern and central Greece with numerous gendarmes and civilians killed near Palechori and in central and northern areas.
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Chakales
Athens
Foreign Ministers Council
New York
United Nations
Ernest Bevin
Greece
Bulgaria
Thrace
Bulikes
Yugoslavia
Washington
London
Palechori
Sparta
Peloponnesus
Greek Premier Tsaldaris Grounded in Eire Transit
Greek Premier Constantine Tsaldaris travelling to the United States to seek UN support on the Greek fighting problem has been grounded at Shannon Ireland since 6 a.m. local time. His Star of Switzerland airliner was delayed by mechanical trouble after a Paris stopover. The craft set a trans Atlantic record last Saturday for the Newfoundland to Shannon crossing.
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London
INS
Constantine Tsaldaris
United States
Greece
United Nations
Shannon
Eire
S.t. Tsaldaris
Athens
Paris
Switzerland
Gander
Newfoundland
Directors to Hold Somerset County Convention December 13
The annual Somerset County school directors convention will meet Friday December 13 at 9 40 a m in the county courthouse with Dr C G Grazier presiding. Programs include prayers remarks by L S Williams notes by Paul on Cressman talks on Act 403 and state subsidies effects and luncheon at Grace Evangelical United Brethren church basement East Church street.
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Somerset County
Court House
C. G. Grazier
R. W. Huntsman
L. 5. Williams
Paul On Cressman
E. A. Quackenbush
Fred P. Hare, Jr
Blast From Her Son's Rifle Kills Venango County Woman
A hunting rifle misfire by John Prather 31 in Cherrytree township caused the death of Ella Moore Prather 56 at her doorway. Deputy coroner Dr. Theodore Gabreski ruled the shooting accidental as Prather tested the gun from the doorway. Prather was wounded overseas. the family later lost another daughter and son-in-law in an unrelated car crash.
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Oil City
Redeer
Ella Moore Prather
Cherrytree Township
Theodore Gabreski
Corver
Venango County
John Prather
Steelman Cleared On Big Inch Use In Gas Plan
Francis M. LeMay reports John R. Steelman says he did not discuss disposal of the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines with labor leaders as gas transport for the coal strike nears. Gardiner Symonds of Texas-based Tennessee Gas says gas could flow east within 48 hours, while a coal association rep questions the impact on fuel shortages.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
John R. Steelman
Ickes
Interior
House
Steelman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
War Assets Administrator
Old Transportation
WAA
Red Armies in China Claim Many Victories
Chinese Communist forces report sweeping wins in five districts of Shansi province as they push toward Taiyuan and Fengyang while expanding offensives in Manchuria toward Changchun and Chuichen. Retreats occur near Dairen as Tu Li Ming’s troops guard the safety zone awaiting ministry approval.
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China
Peiping
Shansi
Taiyuan
Gfengyang
Fengyang
Manchuria
Changchun
Chuichen
Changchum
Kwantung
Tu Li-Ming
Dairen
Deairen
Nankinesi
Foreign Ministry
Meyer resigns as World Bank head after six months
Eugene Meyer, first president of the 38 nation World Bank, quits after six months in office. The resignation takes effect December 18 or sooner if a successor is chosen. Meyer says the bank moves from preliminary work to needing a permanent head and notes his role was to launch the institution. Speculation centers on Herbert Lehman as successor.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
World Bank
Meyer
Bank
Herbert Lehman
New York
Senate
Presidio For U N Capitol Urged by Four Nations
In Lake Success, four of the first six speakers backed San Francisco’s Presidio as the United Nations permanent headquarters. China, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and El Salvador endorsed the West Coast site, while Britain backed Philadelphia and Yugoslavia supported New York. The debate included Romulo and Younger clashing over cemetery concerns and geographic distances. General debate to continue tomorrow.
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Larry Hauck
Lake Success
N. Y
San Francisco
United Nations
West Coast
China
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
el Salvador
Presidio
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Yugoslavia
New York
Boston
India
Iraq
Carlos P. Romulo
Philipppines
Kenneth Younger
Romulo
Younger
U. N
V. K. Wellington Koo
Washington
Pacific Coast
Unemployed Mine Foreman Wins PA Benefits Despite Strike
Harrisburg December 4 The state unemployment compensation board of review ruled that Henry Clay Keffer a nonunion mine foreman is eligible for unemployment benefits when a coal mine is shut down by a strike He was not a union member and did not participate in or support the dispute, and there was no work for him to do.
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Harrisburg
United Mine Workers Union- Afl
Pennsylvania
State
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Henry Clay Keffer
Derry
Guzik and Sulkoskey Coal Company
Westmoreland County
United Mine Workers of America
Robert P. Wray
Public Assistance
Ohio birth ruling on apartment lease to be appealed
A split Ohio Supreme Court decision holding that a newborn son violated the lease will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court. Attorney Morris Morganstern plans to file in Washington this week. The 4 to 3 ruling upheld landlord restrictions restricting occupancy to adults.
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Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Marvin Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Morris Morganstern
Morganstern
Washington
Court
Cuyahoga County
Propaganda Plan Outlined To Court
Tokyo dispatch reports the international war crimes tribunal heard Netherlands evidence on a Japanese propaganda plan to conquer Malay. Letters from Batavia to the Japanese foreign office outlined a daily wartime newspaper begun in 1938 with major subsidies by Shumei Okawa and Yosuke Matsuoka.
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Tokio
International War Crimes Tribunal
Netherlands
Atorneys
Leters Beteen Batavia
Japanese Foreign Office
Shumei Okawa
Orient
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Okawa
Federal Judge Also Fines Lewis $10,000 In Contempt
Industrialists assess the coal strike impact with unemployment projected to soar. Embargo effects threaten 2,000,000 workers idle, with 570,000 including 400,000 United Mine Workers already out of work. Detroit area auto and auto parts plants face layoffs. Auto Union and Lewis must post cash bonds by 3 p.m. today as a step before appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Michigan
Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Auto
Detroit
30000 More Go Jobless By Weekend
Pennsylvania faces sharp job losses as the soft coal dispute and a federal freight embargo bite. The state unemployment bureau projects 180000 idled workers including 100000 soft coal miners, with totals rising to 350000 after three weeks and 870000 in a 12 week walkout.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Keystone
Reports on Stalin's health circulate in London
In London an INS dispatch notes no confirmation of renewed reports that Premier Joseph Stalin is ill. Authorities caution the iron curtain impedes verification while Turkish papers claim worsening condition. Tasvir warns of a dangerous turn and Tanin says top officials and close friends are near him.
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London
INS
Joseph Stalin
Tasvir
Stalin
Tanin
Son Elliott May Have Broken Law
Hollywood dispatch reports El liott Roosevelt may have violated a federal law by addressing a Moscow audience decrying U.S. policy. Ernie Adamson chief counsel for the House sub committee on un American activities says Roosevelt likely violated the Criminal Correspondence with a Foreign Government statute.
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Hollywood
INS
Elliott Roosevelt
Moscow
U.S
Ernie Adamson
House
On the
Adamson
Roosevelt
Big Inch Gas Promised By End of Week
The House surplus property committee was told natural gas may flow through the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines by this weekend. Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co. president Garden Symonds said 50 million cubic feet daily could start within a day or two, rising to 150 million within 45 days, with gas distributed to Indiana Ohio and possibly western Pennsylvania.
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Raymond Wilcove
Washington
House
Garden Symonds
Houston
Tex
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co
Ohio
Symonds
of the Interior Krug
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Krug
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Rep. Slaughter
D-Mo
Big Inch
Little Big Inch
Duff Begins Cabinet Pick Process After Florida Rest
Governor-Elect James H. Duff, returning from a 121 day post-election vacation in Florida, says no cabinet appointments have been made. He plans speeches and mail review before taking office January 21, his birthday. Duff and Mrs. Duff toured Orlando Punta Gorda and Ft Lauderdale, fished, and will address the Pennsylvania Society in New York on December 14.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Florida
Justice Department
Duff
Martion
Keystone State
Lewis fined as strike continues at government mines
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers face 10 000 and 3 500 000 penalties after a courtroom clash with Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough over the 14 day old soft coal strike. The judge warned against further contempt as government moves to end the illegal stoppage.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
AFL
Goldsborough
Maryland and Nearby States Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday across Maryland and neighboring states. Friday brings considerable cloudiness and cooler temperatures with a likely shift to more clouds and possible rain in parts of the region.
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Maryland
Astern
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather synopsis reports a 24 hour period ending 5:30 p.m. Wednesday with temperature readings and a comparison to a year ago. Data includes maximum and minimum temperatures observed during the interval.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
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