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November 13, 1946

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Headlines from November 13, 1946

South Pole as U.S. Bastion Aim of Big Byrd Expedition; SOUTHPOLE BASTION AIM OF BYRD'S TRIP

By Anthony Leviero Special To the New York Times

Byrd confirms his charge of Navy force; with Vice Adm Sherman stresses routine training nature and scientific aspects of mission; expedition aims reptd to be to determine region's value to US defense and econ and to strengthen US claims in region; Byrd comments on Brit action; says US will cooperate with Brit and Ronne groups; organization, and personnel and equipment of force described

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BRITAIN OVERRIDES ALBANIA ON STRAIT; Ignores Hoxha's Warning That Minesweeping Off Corfu 'Violates Sovereignty'

By Mallory Browne Special To the New York Times

GB begins minesweeping operations in Corfu channel, overriding Albanian threat; growing tension with GB noted

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Krug Summons Mine Owners To Parley Today on Lewis; Postpones Talk With Union 24 Hours So He Can First Learn if Industry Will Help Bar Strike by Talking With Leader

By Louis Stark Special To the New York Times

Krug calls 5 operators reprs to conf, Washington, DC, to find if indus will renew negotiations with UMWA; postpones UMWA-Govt conf; reprs listed; Burke comments on move; sees UMWA-operators' agreement unlikely

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U.S. Opposes Food Fund; Lack of Gratitude a Factor; Acheson Says Time for an International Agency for Relief Has Passed--Conflict in Ideologies Seen Beneath Attitude

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

on Dir LaGuardia proposal for UN emergency food fund

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PARLIAMENT OPENS, GETS PLAN TO SEIZE TRANSPORT, POWER; King Outlines Year's Program --Stresses Treaty With Berlin --Attlee Cites Need for Draft CHURCHILL SCORES SOVIET Hints at Separate Peace With Germans Unless the Russians Cooperate With Britain, U.S.

By Herbert L. Matthews Special To the New York Times

session opens; King George and Attlee outline Govt program; Churchill replies for Opposition

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1946Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (died 2014)^[†]

Stanisław Barańczak was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to-Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare and of the poetry of E.E. Cummings, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, Wystan Hugh Auden, Seamus Heaney, Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Stearns Eliot, John Keats, Robert Frost, Edward Lear and others.

1946Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Ray Wylie Hubbard is an American singer and songwriter.

Headlines from November 13, 1946

South Pole as U.S. Bastion Aim of Big Byrd Expedition; SOUTHPOLE BASTION AIM OF BYRD'S TRIP

BRITAIN OVERRIDES ALBANIA ON STRAIT; Ignores Hoxha's Warning That Minesweeping Off Corfu 'Violates Sovereignty'

Krug Summons Mine Owners To Parley Today on Lewis; Postpones Talk With Union 24 Hours So He Can First Learn if Industry Will Help Bar Strike by Talking With Leader

U.S. Opposes Food Fund; Lack of Gratitude a Factor; Acheson Says Time for an International Agency for Relief Has Passed--Conflict in Ideologies Seen Beneath Attitude

PARLIAMENT OPENS, GETS PLAN TO SEIZE TRANSPORT, POWER; King Outlines Year's Program --Stresses Treaty With Berlin --Attlee Cites Need for Draft CHURCHILL SCORES SOVIET Hints at Separate Peace With Germans Unless the Russians Cooperate With Britain, U.S.

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