Senate Attack on China Policy May Speed Up Report
Washington June 2 A sharp Senate assault on the administration China policy may hasten a decision by Secretary of State Acheson on whether to publish a full report on postwar U.S. Chinese relations. The report is being prepared but its release faces opposition over possible embarrassment to the Nationalist government. Acheson said the matter is under study and the inside story may come out soon amid Senate criticism and a letter from 21 lawmakers urging continued support for Nationalist China.
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Washington
Senate
China
Acheson
State Department
Far East
Truman
United States
Children found on lonely island in Seneca River
Peggy and Patrick Frazier, ages five and three, were found after 24 hours alone on a small uninhabited island in the Seneca river. Sheriff’s deputies brought them to Syracuse. their father Donald Frazier, 30, is being held for questioning after surrendering at his father’s home. He reportedly left the children after an argument with his wife in Port Jervis.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Seneca River
Peggy
Patrick Frazier
Donald Frazier
Sheriff's Deputies
Joseph Frazier
Jordan
Arthur Willis
Onondaga County
Sheriff's Office
Port Jervis
Frazier
Peter
Willis
Auto-Train Crash Fatal to 1 Person in Louisiana
Oakes Nelson aged 43 died when his car was struck by a train at a highway 167 crossing one mile north of Junction City Louisiana witnesses say he failed to hear the train whistle. Nelson's body was moved to Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Bernice. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Church near Lilly with Rev. Cecil Archer officiating. Burial at Bethel Cemetery. He leaves a wife and four children and several brothers and sisters.
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Junction City
Oakes Nelson
Here
Nelson
Kilpatrick
Bernice
Vester Nelson
Omak
Wash
Elkins Nelson
Salem
Ore
Ruth Jenkins
el Dorado
Ark
Ettie Barnett
Velma Ray Nelson
New Orleans
U S Slav Congress Criticized by House Committee
Washington report says the American Slav Congress is a Moscow inspired federation of Communist dominated groups. The committee claims it endangers 10 million Slavic Americans and urges alien Communist bans and possible deportation.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
American Activities Committee
American Slav Congress
Annccanda
Peg
America
New York
Slav Congress
Communist Party
Moscow
Clark
Hawaii Longshore Strike Talks Stall in Honolulu
The 2000 CIO Longshoremen strike, begun May 1 over wages from 1.40 to 1.72, remains unsettled as negotiations resume with no progress. A state fact finding board, amid idle offers, prepares a report due next week. Delegate Farrington returns from Washington seeking a solution but finds little headway.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
State rests in Dickins murder trial in Mississippi
In Greenville Mississippi on June 25 the state abruptly rested its case in the murder trial of Mrs John Dickins 43 a planter and socialite charged with killing her mother Idella Long Thompson 69 last November 17 Witnesses testified to secret loans before the pause in proceedings The defense did not immediately challenge the testimony and may reopen Monday morning with more than 35 subpoenas yet to testify
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Greenville
Miss
John Dickins
Monroe ensemble shines for Ouachita Parish in Wales trip
The Ouachita Parish High School ensemble of Monroe Louisiana, seventeen strong, toured five thousand miles to Llangollen for the Music Educators National Conference. Their fundraising included Chamber of Commerce concerts, ticket sale bonuses for students, and a local farmer auctioning five pet pigs. Wales praised their Negro spirituals and Louisiana Hayride though they did not win in folk-song or youth choir categories. The piece notes a name change for Neuwirth avenue to South College and questions the old name's identity amid courthouse records about Ed Neuwirth’s plantation.
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News- Week
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Llangollen
Music Educators National Conference
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita
Norway
Scotland
Wales
Monroe Commission Council
Neuwirth Avenue
South College Avenue
Neuwirth
Ed Neuwirth
Million Dollar Swindler Erdges Grand Scam Tells All
CHICAGO June 25 Sigmund Z Engel a 73 year old confidence man known for fifty years recounted how hearts and flowers funded a million dollar swindle. He claimed to have bilked several women though he said others cheated him claiming multiple marriages. He was arrested after a widow-trap set by police in the Corrigan case and Parro varied accounts. Engel spoke to police and reporters defending himself while admitting romances and some payments but denying vast crimes.
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Chicago
Sigmund Z. Engel
Romeo
Hearts and Flowers
Engel
Lothario
Reseda Corrigan
Genevieve C. Parro
Corrigan
Audit Finds 98336 Missing From Bay St. Louis Funds
State Auditor Carl N. Craig reports discrepancies totaling 98336 in Bay St. Louis city books for 1944 to 1948. Former officials named include Mayor G Y Bilaize Public Utilities Commissioner Grady Perkins and Finance Commissioner W L Bourgeois. Settlement demand set for next week. civil suit possible.
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Jackson
Miss
City of
Bay St. Louis
Carl N. Craig
Craig
New Orleans
Arrested Birmingham salesman linked to Hackleburg bank robbery
FBI charged 37 year old red haired Birmingham salesman Herman Grady Jacobs with the 17493 robbery of the Hackleburg Bank. Bond set at 50000. $1732 found under his car seat and a loaded revolver in the glove compartment. Hackleburg employees identified him. investigation began after a lumber salesman suspect surfaced at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Montevallo.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bank of Hackleburg
Herman Grady Jacobs
G. D. King
Jacobs
Shades Mountain
King
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Montevallo
Hackleburg
Hackleburg Bank
Dempsey W. Stanford
Stanford
Fisherman Clifford White Labeled Missing After River Swim
Monroe firemen dragged the Ouachita river area near Bayou DeSiard to recover 35 year old fisherman Clifford White after he reportedly disappeared during a late afternoon swim near his home. Capt. Jimmy Griffin led a three man crew including W. D. Street and Ray Breeland along with F. E. Wilhite. witnesses say White went under around six yesterday. Survived by his wife five children and his mother Maggie White. White was a native of Ouachita parish and had lived in the area since birth.
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Monroe
Ouachita
Clifford White
Bayou DeSiard- Ouachita River
White
Ouachita Parish
Jimmy Griffin
Elizabeth
Doris
Grace
Douglas
David
Maggie White
Capt
Griffin
W. D. Street
Ray Breeland
F. E. Wilhite
Gets Drunk Admits Shreveport Forgery
A 31 year old Birmingham man James L Lynn 620 Sixth street Birmingham telephoned Monroe police at downtown 8 am confessing forgery in Shreveport and asking to be arrested He was taken to the station and jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct awaiting Shreveport officers arrival to handle forgery charges He could not recall how many checks or the amount involved and is suspected of check forging in Shreveport
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James L. Lynn
Sixth Street
Birmingham
Monroe
Shreveport
H. T. Ward
Lynn
Ward
Lewis Promises No Stoppage If Work Week Cut
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 25. John L Lewis said he would keep mines open if coal operators accept a three day work week. About 480000 miners began an annual holiday and would have part time work when the 10 day vacation ends July 5. The plan aligns with Lewis aim to stabilize employment but marks a sharp departure.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Juvenile in Rayville Held After Attempted Incident
In Rayville Louisiana a 15 year old Black boy was held in Richland parish jail on accusations of attempting to assault a 40 year old white woman near her farm. Deputies say the youth wore a dress and ragged cloth to disguise himself. The woman fired at him with a public safety item but missed. A large posse and bloodhounds aided the search. the youth was captured late at night and jailed, with juvenile proceedings to follow.
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Rayville
W. E. Hixon
Richland Parish
Here
Hixon
Carey J. Ellis
Foster Jones
Jones
D. F. Chapman
Murder charge in slaying of Perry Henderson in Jackson home
Ronald N. Pitts an 18 year old high school junior is charged with murder after Henderson was found shot in his dining room in Jackson Mississippi. Pitts allegedly discussed marrying Anna Henderson and waited in the attic with a .38 pistol after a quarrel with the family. The incident occurred about 1 am and police responded to reports of a gunshot and a pulled telephone wire.
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Jackson
Miss
Ronald N. Pitts
B. F. Rogers
Pitts
Perry W. Henderson
Henderson
Stringer
Suspect questioned in Eaton killing in Racine
Police Captain Earl Olson said Ray Ernest Lamphere, 23, an escapee from the Wisconsin State Home and Training School, was being questioned in the slaying of four year old Walter Eaton. Lamphere denied involvement and said he had been staying in Lansing with his mother and stepfather since escaping May 30. He left Lansing last Thursday at 5.
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Racine
Wis
Earl Olson
Ray Ernest Lamphere
Little Walter Eaton
Lansing
Mich
Olson
Lamphere
Wisconsin
Senate injunction fight over Taft Hartley unfolds in Senate
Washington June 25 The Senate races for key votes amid the Taft Hartley injunction battle as Tuesday's vote looms Both Taft and Douglas claim an edge Taft supports injunct ions and government seizure while Douglas warns the outcome hinges on three swing votes The Truman plan to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act features faces strong Southern Democrat backing from Taft leadership and a split within the anti injunction faction Continued on Twelfth Page
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Washington
Senate
Douglas
D-Ill
Taft
Berlin Strikers Ordered Back to Work Amid Wage Talks
Western commanders ordered 14,000 Berlin rail strikers to resume work with full wages in west marks. Mayor Reuter signaled likely settlement based on the plan, while the city faces 379,000 west marks weekly in unemployment relief. An exception allows some to quit permanently with written intent to seek other work.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Union
Lower Prices And Dwindling Shortage Removes Controls
Washington reports dropping prices and easing shortages are speeding the end of federal controls carried through wartime reconversion and postwar boom. By fiscal year end many measures expire or sunset, including consumer installment credit limits and anti inflation bank reserve rules, with Selective Service facing possible liquidation if Congress does not restore funds.
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Washington
U. S
Selective Service
Senate
House
The
War Assets Administration
Congress
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Dickins
Jes’ Ramblin
Florida
Herbert Pearson
Bradenton
Fla
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Mama
Lois Young
Mary Jo Burleson
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