Murray Named C I O President Amid Calls for Unity
Philip Murray won the C I O presidency by acclamation at Atlantic City replacing John L. Lewis who stepped down after five years. Murray denounced government pressure for a shotgun labor peace and urged united action while stressing a strict trade union policy. Joseph Curran and others were named as vice presidents as the convention reaffirmed anti Nazi, anti communist positions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
OC. I. C
Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Wendell L. Willkie
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Michael Quill
Transport Workers Union
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Frank Rosenblum
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commissioner For Labor
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
Sherman Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers
Russia Gives Warning To Bulgaria Amid Axis Talks
In Sofia a high source says the Soviet Union advised Bulgaria not to join the three power axis. Bulgarian leftists oppose capitulation while King Boris faces internal opposition and potential Berlin talks next week to learn German expectations amid Greece concerns. Bulgaria has under 150,000 troops with no evident German troop transit plans.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Russia
Boris
Hitler
Berlin
Greece
Thanksgiving Toll Drops in Most States
Sixteen states observe Thanksgiving on a different date as 32 states follow the earlier proclamation. Traffic deaths total 61 on the holiday, with 80 more killed in other accidents. President and Mrs Roosevelt attend church at Hyde Park and urge sharing blessings beyond the nation.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
Hyde Park
N. Y
Frank R. Wilson
United States
Flood Kills 80 in Jamaica as Floods Recede
Flood water receded in Northeast Jamaica leaving more than 80 dead and 400 homeless. Authorities estimate property damage at about a million dollars.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Raiders Return London Raid Report
German raiders attacked London and other northwest towns and factory areas across the channel after dark. Three formations hit a midlands town, dropping flares amid a heavy barrage from ground defenses as alarms sounded and anti-aircraft fire opened.
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London
Liverpool
Midlands
Young Girl Hurt In Bannock Creek Car Collision
Neva Chapin 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Chapin of Pocatello is recovering at St Anthony hospital with a fractured jaw and other injuries from a Sunday crash on Bannock Creek road. State Police report Harry Chapin Emma Chapin stopped on a curve while John Myers Crystal driven truck allegedly skidded head on into their car. no other injuries.
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Neva Chapin
Harry Chapin
Pocatello
St. Anthony Hospital
Bannock Creek Road
James H Bowns
Chapin
Emma Chapin
John Myers
Crystal
Bowns
England Must Prove Ability In Two Directions In War
British leaders say victory hinges on two paths: overwhelming air and ground superiority with American help and a strong British offensive in Africa. Churchill warns of dark days and the need to beat U boats at sea while expanding RAF power. The decisive moves hinge on Suez and Mediterranean battles as Axis forces press toward Egypt and Gibraltar.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Britain
Africa
Winston Churchill
Suez
Mediterranean
Italy
Egypt
Gibraltar
Turkey
Syria
Union Workers Strike At ALCOA Plant In New Kensington
In New Kensington Pennsylvania a CIO union strike halted ALCOA’s main plant. About 1 000 members walked out after the company refused to discharge a mill worker who brandished a knife and threatened a union official amid defense orders including a 1 200 000 dollar army field kitchens contract.
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New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
William Hawker
Aluminum Workers’ Union
Hawker
Tom Davis
Davis
Romanian Iron Guard leader dies amid arrest threat
Theophile Sidorovici, once commander of the Youth Legion under King Carol, reportedly killed himself as arrest neared, in Bucharest. Idaho weather forecast calls for a warm night and Saturday with slightly higher temperatures.
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Bucharest
Rumanian Iron Guard
Theophile Sidorovici
Carol
Green Hopes For Peace as Murray Heads C I O
In New Orleans William Green says he hopes Philip Murray’s Atlantic City appointment as C I O president will ease AFL CIO tensions. He notes past committees failed after Lewis blocked talks while Dubinsky returns to the AFL with sharp questions about peace amid a turbulent convention.
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New Orleans
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Atlantic City
A. F
Storm Closes Utah Roads After Heavy Snowfall
A two day snowstorm blocks canyon roads in northern Utah with over eight inches in valleys and heavier amounts in the Wasatch mountains. Officials clear main arteries while sideroads stay impassable. thirty inches mark on watershed reports, November totals among the heaviest on record.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
Spanish Fork Canyon
Three injured in icy intersection collision
Three people recovering from minor injuries after a two car crash on icy Garfield avenue at Fremont street. Mrs Golda Sandall 21 and her sons Theodore Sandall 1r, 3 and Charles Richard Sandall 3 months old sustained slight shock and minor cuts when Theodore Sandall 24 of 354 South Grant avenue collided with the sedan driven by Kelly Kinnersley 30 of 202 South Fifth avenue.
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Garfield Avenue
Fremont Street
Golda Sandal
Theodore Sandall
Charles Richard Sandall
South
Grant Avenue
Kelly Kinnersley
Fifth Avenue
Greeks Move Ahead Take Supply Base In Heart of Albania
President Roosevelt said he asked Gen. John J. Pershing to be American ambassador to France but Pershing declined on medical advice. Roosevelt noted Bullitt's resignation as ambassador to France, submitted November 7, has not been replaced and no successor discussed.
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Murray
John L. Lewis
Green
Lewis
A. F
L. Head
United Mine Workers’ Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
A. F. of L
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
Heart of
Albania
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
France
Pershing
William C Bullitt
Bullitt
Defeat Admitted as Koritza Falls in Greek Counterattack
Italian high command acknowledged Koritza’s fall after bitter fighting as Greek forces pushed on from the city. An Athens reply claimed heroic Greek troops entered Koritza triumphantly while Rome reported 30 000 Italian troops evacuated after 11 days of heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Greece
Koritza
Batalion
Yugoslavia
Stenje
Pogradetz
Athens
Aegean
Bania
Italy
Argirocastro
Rome
Dies to Disclose Italian and Japanese Activities in U S
The Dies committee plans companion reports on alleged Italian and Japanese activities in the United States after releasing a German white paper. It will transmit an Italian white paper to Congress and probing inquiries into persons linked to the Japanese government continue in multiple cities.
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Washington
Dies Committee
United States
Congress
Dies
Texas
St. Louis
Robert Stripling
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New Orleans
Infant Dies in Salt Lake Cabin Camp
Four month old David Ellis Robinson died at Bidwell's cabin camp in Salt Lake City with police calling the cause suffocation due to enlarged thymus gland. Autopsy to be conducted by Coroner Arthur W. Hall. Parents William L and Thelma A. Fritz Robinson, siblings Paul Leon and Pauline, and both sets of grandparents survive. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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W. L. Olsen
David Ellis Robinson
Bidwell
William L. Robinson
West Fourteenth North
Salt Lake City
Bidwell’s
Cabin Camp
Arthur W. Hall
Robinsons
Rocky Mountain Roofing and Sheet Metal Company
Pocatello
William L
Thelma Anna Fritz Robinson
Paul Leon Robinson
Pauline Robinson
William H. Robinson
Claude L. Fritz
Hall Mortuary
Nisei Convention Opens at Idaho Southern University
The eighth annual Nisei convention convenes on Idaho Southern University campus in the Student Union. Activities include talks by A L Merril and Nicholas Ifft, a panel on goodwill, banquet, and a dance with Mary Kasai pupils showcased in a 16 page program.
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Nisei
Idaho Southern University
Paul Def. Mortimoro
Kiyo Morimoto
Pocatello Nisei League
R. M. Terrell
Terrell
George Shiozawa
A. L. Merril
Pocatello
Shiozawa
Nicholas Ifft
Japan
Rexburg
William 8. Holden
Bonnevilleounty
R. H. Wells
International Rotary
Bertha Atkins
Mike Masaoka
University of Utah
T. Kihara
Altrusa Club
Iowa State
Enethering
Novo Kato
Inter
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Miles
Belgrade
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Odessa
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Suez Canal
Rumania
Spain
England
Idaho
Gen
John Pershing
Western Hemisphere
Salt Lake
Nisei Group
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