Lawful or not the red captive of birth era politics
The National Lawyers Guild formed in 1937 to offer a liberal alternative to the American Bar Association. It later faced repeated accusations of Communist influence, with HUAC citing it as a front in 1944 and 1950, and figures like Ferdinand Pecora and Robert H. Jackson resigning amid protests. The group attacked FBI practices and calls for investigations into loyalty files, sparking ongoing controversy.
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National Lawyers Guild
Army-McCarthy
American Bar Association
Joseph R. McCarthy
Special Army
Joseph N. Welch
Welch
Boston
Frederick G. Fisher Jr
Guild
McCarthy
Lawyers Guild
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
A. A. Berle
FDR
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Detroit Women’s Club Opens Lounge After 35 Years
DETROIT The Women's City Club of Detroit unveiled a lounge replacing the long silence on a bar. President Mrs. John P. Carritte said the 8,000 member group finally abandoned precedent due to growing demands. The space will be called a lounge.
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Detroit
Women’s City Club of
Pardon
John P. Carritte
US Faces French Turmoil and Southeast Asia Drift
Washington officials are deeply concerned over the French crisis and the impact on Allied plans to halt Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. US emphasizes no armed intervention for Hanoi, notes Geneva paralysis, and outlines a tentative six point framework for possible international action amid a shaken Franco-British balance.
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U. S
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Red High Command
United States
France
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Hanoi
Haiphong
Eisenhower
Laniel
Indo-China
Georges Bidault
Red
Bidault
Britain
New Zealand
Australia
Congress
Guatemala Rejects Honduras Friendship Pact Offer
In Tegucigalpa on June 11 Honduras announced it rejected Guatemala's offer of friendship and a nonaggression pact.
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Guatemala
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Hondur
Arson Suspected In Fatal Home Fire Near Norman
Norman Oklahoma June 11 UP Cleveland officials say a March fatal home blaze that killed 34 year old carpenter J D Vinson may have been arson. State fire marshal inspectors suspect arson and two men have given lie detector reactions while two more were questioned. Officials say a kerosene can and brass knuckles were found at the scene and neighbors reported the kerosene had been full the day before the blaze.
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Norman
Okla
Cleveland
J. D. Vinson
Hez Bussey
Bussey
State Crime Bureau
Albert Dodd
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Son Tells The Truth Daddy Lands In Jail
Muskegon Michigan. Leonard Barber told his son Ronald to tell the truth at all times even if it hurts. A state conservation officer heard a shot in a deer area near Muskegon and found Ronald who said his father saw a deer and shot it. The father is serving 10 days in jail and fined $50 for shooting a deer out of season.
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Muskegon, Mich
Leonard Barber
Ronald
Muskegon
New Yorker Dies For Murder Almost A Perfect Crime
George Edward Grammer a former New York businessman was executed for murdering his wife in 1952 to marry a United Nations secretary. Evidence included letters and hotel stays on his expense account. He maintained innocence of planning but was found guilty and hanged after a dramatic trial.
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George Edward Grammer
New York
Maryland
Grammer
United Nations
Climax Molybdenum Co
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Hamilton
Ont
Chicago
Benjamin Brubauch
Famous American Composer Dies
Chicago reports the death of Will Rossiter age 87 known for I’d Love to Live in Loveland and Darktown Strutters Ball. Referred to as Uncle Will, he began composing after a long career in his early days. Born in Wells England he came to the United States at 14.
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Chicago
Will Rossiter
Cation
Loveland
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