Picketing Spreads as Rail Firemen Strike Enters Sixth Day
Picketing spreads nationwide in the railroad firemen strike on its sixth day as mediation talks with the Railway Mediation Board fail to halt walkouts. Southern Railway reports widespread crippling of operations with 1,200 more firemen and enginemen joining the strike. Union officials say more trains are idle and a large backlog of freight and switching moves is anticipated. New York Central furloughs 10,000 more workers, bringing total layoffs to 50,000 as 85,000 idle on Pennsylvania Railroad lines lose substantial wages daily.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Leverett Edwards
Edwards
South
Union
Southern
L. B. Johnson
Southern General
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
NEW York Central Lines
P. R.R
Vending Machines Sell Panties Diapers at Boston Terminal
In Boston a new bus terminal opened with 18 items from coin operated machines. Ladies panties and baby diapers were among the goods. Most items reportedly sold out within two seconds per transaction.
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Boston
Reds Clog Docks Halt Loading in YUNKERQUE France
Communist led stevedores blocked the docks in YUNKERQUE again halting ship loading. Dockers refused to load war materials on a cargo ship bound for Viet Nam, affecting operations at the port.
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Yunkerque
France
Viet Nam
Britain Conservatives Win City and Town Council Seats
Editorial notes Conservative gains in Great Britain town and City Council elections come at Socialists' expense, signaling a continued swing toward Tory dominance. Dewitt Mackenzie comments on the editorial page. The issue lists features across pages including Comics, Amusements, Financial, Bridge, Classifieds, Music, City Life, Radio, Deaths, Social News, Editorials, Winchell letters, and sports.
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Great Britain
City Life
Earl Wilson
Winchell
Ruth Williams gives birth to Khama’s daughter in Bechuanaland
Ruth Williams, now Ruth Khama, the white queen of the Bamangwato, delivered a daughter in Serowe Bechuanaland. Chief Seretse Khama, her Negro husband, is allowed to leave for the Protectorate immediately. A Negro physician, Dr Moikangoa, assisted. The baby was born at least a month premature.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ruth Khama
Serowe
Bechuanaland
Seretse Khama
Protectorate
London
Ruth Williams
Serowe Hospital
Moikangoa
Auto Club seeks Lemoyne avenue grade crossing removal
Syracuse Automobile Club asks the State Department of Public Works to eliminate the Lemoyne avenue railroad grade crossing citing dangerous conditions. Engineering officials say action requires a state law. Senator Hughes plans to seek legislation in January. The club cites 100 daily trains and about 5,000 cars crossing and urges building the road under the tracks to the city line and widening the approach.
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Syracuse Automobile Club
State Department of Public Works
Lemoyne Ay
William Robinson
John H.hughes
Automobile Club
Lemoyne Ar
Robinson
Public Works Department
Lemoyne
Trafic
Department of Public Works
Lemoyne Av
New YorkCentral Crossing
Common Council
Oswego Blvd
Ley Creek
Thruway
Texas Republican Takes House Oath
Ben H. Guill became the first Texas Republican to join the House in 19 years after winning a special election for the 18th District. escorted to the rostrum by Republican leader Joseph Martin, Speaker Sam Rayburn administered the oath, drawing both parties in a standing ovation.
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Washington
LLP
Ben H. Guill
House
Texas
Guill
Eugene Worley
United States Tax Court
Joseph.Martin
New Cooks Keep Firemen on Run
A passerby reported smoke in East Orange New Jersey prompting firefighters to respond. They found a husband with four pieces of burnt toast to his credit and were soon alerted to a second alarm for a stew at another address.
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East Orange
N.J
McCarthy Seeks Dismissal Of Acheson In Asia Policy
Senator Joseph McCarthy charged Secretary of State Acheson with betraying the United States in Asia and urged President Truman to fire him. He also targeted U.S. roving ambassador Philip Jessup and Far East adviser Owen Lattimore, claiming an Acheson Lattimore axis shapes policy and aids Communist aims. McCarthy spoke at the Diamond Jubilee Convention of the Sons of the American Revolution, promising to press the issue as the page continues.
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Atlantic City
N. J
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Acheson
United States
Asia
Truman
China
Far East
Owen Lattimore
Philip Jessup
U.S
Jessup
Lattimore
Sons of the American Revolution
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Red
Vandenberg Returns to Capitol After Health Setback
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, weak but hopeful after five operations in two months, visited the Capitol briefly to discuss the foreign aid bill with Tom Connally and may decide on cloture voting depending on his recovery. He and his wife, both seriously ill, returned home after hospital care and plan to resume duties when stronger.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
G.O.P
Senate
Capitol
Vandenberg
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
House
Michigan Republican
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Copter Crashes as Two Save Woman in River
Niagara Falls rescue drama ends with two helicopters saving a woman clinging to a rock 75 feet above the Horseshoe Falls. Mrs Jeannette Bugay 25 of Niagara Falls hospitalized after shock and exposure. Park workers and a second helicopter aided the daring operation amid swift currents and debris.
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Niagara Falls
Tivro
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara River
Jeannette Bugay
Sigmund
Park
Herbert Sedita
John Paonessa
Sedita
Paonessa
Bell Aircraft. Corporation
Owen
Niehaus
Grand Island
Joseph A. Cannon
In & Helicopter
Mrs. Bugay
Fire at Barclay apartments kills two. origin sought
Fire investigators probe a three alarm blaze at the Barclay apartments 833 University Ave where one man died and ten firefighters and two women were hurt. The fire sent 24 occupants onto the street in nightclothes. janitor Audrey Keyes 57 drowned in basement water, while Carolyn Hobkirk 70 sustained head injuries burns and smoke inhalation.
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Barclay
University Av
Audrey Keyes
University Hospital
Carolyn M. Hobkirk
New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization
Geneseest
Britain Cuts Off Czech Propaganda
Britain ordered the Czechoslovak Embassy in London to halt its information activities as disclosed today. The move follows concerns over propaganda operations linked to the embassy and their impact on domestic information policy.
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Britain
Town Aid Back On Ticket Town Controversy
Former Onondaga town highway chief Clifton Hayden refuses to pay a Syracuse police issued parking ticket while county highway official Raymond B. Traver, in charge of 107 trucks, questions responsibility for violations under the town’s new leadership Adrian Smith.
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Onondaga
Raymond B. Traver
Clifton Hayden
Syracuse
Hayden
Adrian Smith
Traver
Truman Winds Up Western Tour In Chicago Jubilee
President Truman concludes a Western tour with a major Chicago speech at 11 30 tonight amid a Jefferson Jubilee Pageant. Estimates place crowd size near 300000 as Democrat leaders swarm the Blackstone Hotel for a three day national conference. Cabinet members and NBC reporters mingle with party workers during the colorful reception before the stadium address.
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Chicago
Truman
Madison
Wis
Blackstone Hotel
White House
Conaaa Ae Nbc
Moderate cold front forecast for Syracuse region
A moderate cold front will bring clearing and cooler weather to the Syracuse area tonight and tomorrow after scattered showers and possible thunderstorms this afternoon. Lows near 42 degrees tonight with a further drop tomorrow night, while highs reach about 60 with north to northwest winds. Temperatures so far this month run about one degree above normal.
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Syracuse
Great Lakes
Andrew P. Keller
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hancock Airport
Powdered milk deemed unsafe by Greek town
In Polykaustron Greece officials report very low demand for powdered milk among expectant mothers. The UN Children’s Fund sent a supply to aid mothers but locals refused to use it until officials claimed it had special properties. The first two women who used it bore twins on the same day, the town’s first multi birth in a decade, prompting officials to say the product does not cause multiple births.
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Lake Success
INS
Polykaustron
Greece
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Possible Cure for Flu Is Found in Hay
California scientist Dr A J Salle reported a hay derived microbe substance can destroy influenza A and Newcastle disease viruses in lab tests. The work, done on viruses grown in hatching chick embryos, marks first time a substance kills these viruses without harming the embryo, offering a forward step toward treatment for flu.
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California
Hay
Dr. Salle
A. J. Salle
Los
Big Three keep West German troops as guard against Soviet threat
London, Bevin, Acheson and Schuman meet with 12 Atlantic Pact nations to plan defenses in West Europe. They stress occupation troops remain for security rather than policing while seeking cost-effective rearmament. Peace treaty negotiations for Germany are not approved yet, and Western Germany will be integrated and gradually freed from controls. Adenauer and Bonn leaders express satisfaction with the outcome.
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London
Britain
France
America
Germany
West Europe
West Germany
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert ‘Schuman
Ien
Aimoc
Western
Europe
Konrad
Adenauern
Bonn
Vote Upsets Turkish Regime in Turbulent Election
Turkish voters swung against President Ismet Inonu’s regime as Celal Bayar and the Democrat Party surged, claiming a large lead in Parliament. Early unofficial tallies suggested the opposition won a substantial majority, shaking the ruling party and cabinet numbers while Turkey’s foreign policy were expected to stay aligned with the West and opposed to Russia.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Inonu
Celal Bayar
Democrat Party
People's Party
People’s Party
Democrats
Plt
Jead
Russia
West
Greenhorn guest aims at walking pheasant in Devon tale
British poet Auden told a Baltimore reporter a tale of a greenhorn guest at a Devon castle shooting at a pheasant on the grass. The head game keeper objected, noting birds should not be shot while walking. The guest insisted he was waiting for it to stop.
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Wystan Hugh Auden
Baltimore
Devon Castle
Parker
Greenhorn
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