Bevin Pessimism Questioned By Tass Dispatch
Tass said British Foreign Secretary Bevin and the press prepared for possible failure of the Foreign Ministers Council on Germany and Austria. The Tass piece noted Bevin’s pessimism contrasted with Molotov’s optimism during discussions over the Rhine and ruler.
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Moscow
Tass
London
Ernest. Bevin
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Austria
Bevin
Soviet Union
Molotov
Nation and state soil services urged to extend work
Marcus Childs reports from a survey trip to the farm belt urging rapid expansion of soil conservation programs to reclaim millions of acres for production and global human needs. The note outlines pages 8 through 25 features and sections including comics, horoscopes, and a condensed reader's digest insert.
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America
Marcuis ‘Childs
Big Four discuss six point program at London talks
Foreign ministers of the Big Four opened the second London session amid hints they would quickly compromise their three to one split over Austria. The dispute centers on whether to prioritize Austrian or German issues under the six point program. Molotov seeks an early speech on Germany as Marshall and the U S delegation briefed prior to the talks.
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London
Big Four
Austria
Marshall
U. S
Molotov
Germany
Cohimn
Labour Seeks By-Election Victory in Gravesend Test
Britain’s Labor Government faces its first Parliamentary by election since a surprise municipal swing. In Gravesend Kent voters choose a new MP to fill the Garry Allighan vacancy amid campaign jockeying. Conservative Frank Taylor remains the main rival as Sir Richard Acland presses the party’s case. Liberal party does not stand a candidate.
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London
Britain
Labor
Gravesend
Kent
Garry Allighan
Laborite
Attlee
Richard Acland
Frank Taylor
Liberal Party
Taylor
Gunmen Take $65 From Chicago Station Attendant
Joseph Klaus, 28, a service-station attendant in Chicago, gave up most of the money when two gunmen arrived. One demanded the company funds while Klaus kept $10 as his own. The robbers took the rest of the cash, totaling $65.
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Chicago
Joseph Klaus
Kllls
Kius
Mikelajczyk Arrives in New York From London
Stanislaw Mikelajczyk, Polish Peasant Party leader who fled Poland for England, arrived by plane today from London. He was accompanied by three former Peasant Party officials in New York.
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New York
Stanislaw Mikelajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Poland
England
London
The
Peasant Party
Palestine Partition Faces UN Defeat
United Nations General Assembly faced a setback as Greece announced a vote against the Palestine partition and the Philippines signaled opposition. The plan would miss the two thirds majority unless more votes were found, with Greek and Philippine delegates signaling opposition amid tense proceedings.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Greece
Philippines
Partition
Vassili Dendra- Imis
Carlos P. Romulo
Holy Land
Hearings on Aid Abroad Ties to Steel and Grain Control
Secretary Harriman and Secretary Anderson told Congress that the administration seeks power to allocate steel and crop supplies. Harriman urged limited authority to direct steel to essential programs and signaled broader proposals. Anderson supported allocations to prepare for emergencies, including export controls and inventory limits.
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Washington
Congress
Harriman
Anderson
Truman
Senate House Economic Committee
Ship Brings 4 212 Bodies From World War II Casualties
The Army transport Robert F. Burns will dock at the Brooklyn Army Base with 4 212 American servicemen dead from World War II battles in France Belgium and Germany. Most are from Henri Chappelle Cemetery Belgium and St Laurent sur Mer Normandy. The Burns is the third vessel to arrive under the return of war dead requested by next of kin.
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New York
Army
Robert F. Burns
Brooklyn
France
Belgium
Germany
Henri Chappelle
Eupen
St Laurent-sur-Mer
Normandy
Burns
Donaldson Nomination Sent for Postmaster General
President Truman sent the Senate the nomination of Jesse M. Donaldson of Illinois to be postmaster general. If confirmed, he will succeed Robert E. Hannigan who resigns to head the St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball club system.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Jesse M. Donaldson
Illinois
Donaldson
Robert E. Hannegan
St. Louis Cardinals
Rate Increase Bid By Nation's Railroads
In New York sources report that America's Class One railroads will soon ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for a freight rate hike of five to ten percent. The move aims to raise shipping costs across a broad network.
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New York
America
Interstate Commerce Commission
What Am I Saying Work and the Wary World
A wry observation on work humor and human behavior. It contrasts those willing to labor with those who dodge effort, noting how some become bent by toil while others grow crooked in evasion.
Subpoenas Issued For Meyers Grand Jury Case
DEA witnesses were served today in the grand jury probe into wartime financial dealings of retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers. U S Attorney Fay aims to marshal testimony from individuals who can back the government's charges against the former Air Force procurement chief tied to Aviation Electric Corp. subcontracts.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bennett EE. Meyers
Rand
Meyers
U. S
George Morris Fay
Air Force
Fay
Senate
Aviation Electric Corp
Ohio
Rare Chilean Swans Arrive At Hialeah Infield
A pair of black neck South American swans imported from Chile were flown from Santiago to New York City and then sent by rail to Miami for display in the Hialeah infield scene.
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Miami
INS
Chile
Hialeah
Santiago
New York City
Freedom Holiday Gift Curley Released By Truman Order
President Truman commuted the federal mail fraud sentence of Boston Mayor James M. Curley, allowing release today after five months served of a six to 18 month term. Former NLRB member Donald Wakefield Smith also had his sentence commuted, with release planned in time for Thanksgiving. Ross said Smith would be freed from the District of Columbia Jail. Curley would have been parole eligible December 26. Smith October 26.
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Washington
Truman
James M. Curley
Boston
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Curley
Lene
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Culley
Charles C. Ross
District of Columbia
Ross
Danbury Institution
Refinery Tank Explosion At Frontier Oil Plant
A large tank at the River Road refinery of Frontier Oil Refining Co. exploded today causing a fire in an adjoining crude oil still. Company officials reported no injuries and said firefighters extinguished the flames within an hour.
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Tonawanda UP
River Road
Frontier Oil Refining Co
Four Found Alive and Three Dead After Shipwreck
Coast Guard reports four men alive and three dead on the bow of the Army transport Clarksdale Victory which wrecked on Hippo Island rocks in Ketchikan Alaska. Commandant Capt Haagen said no trace of the remaining 44 crew members was found despite aerial sightings of three men on the beach and a later beach and shore search.
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Ketchiban Alaska
Coast Guard
Clarksdale Victory
Hippo Island
Niels Haagen
Little Island
Army
Henryh. Wolfe
Oakland
William M. Rasmussen
Modesto
Calif
Haugen
Weather Update Preview For Thanksgiving Day
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair but windy conditions with occasional snow flurries. Temperatures will trend below normal across the eastern U S with a high near 40 and a low around 22 today. Thanksgiving may reach about 35 degrees.
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THE
Weather Bureau
National drive mobilizes volunteers for European relief
The National Catholic Welfare Conference reports over 500,000 volunteers and 2.5 million parochial schoolchildren nationwide are participating in a canned food drive to aid European relief efforts.
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New York
INS
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Labor violence crisis deepens in France with expulsion of Russians
Paris reports 19 Russians from the Soviet Patriotic Union expelled for interfering in French affairs as police raid their homes. In Lyon clashes between police and strikers widen the labor crisis amid a nationwide general strike threat by 60,000 Civil Servants Federation members.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Lyon
Soviet Patriotic Union
Civil Servants Federation
Paris and Lyon police clash with striking crowds in day of labor unrest
Interior Minister Jules Moch announced plans to seek a new law on the right to strike within a week. In Lyon, police used tear gas to break up a mass rally of about 20,000 demonstrators led by the CGT, with several injuries reported. Police barricades blocked access to the Prefecture and a second clash occurred as off duty officers tried to push through. In Paris mobile guards were deployed around rail stations as trains moved on amid the general strike.
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Jules Moch
National Assembly
Lyon
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Paris
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