Byrd Attacks Truman Civil Rights Report
Westbrook Pegler notes Senator Byrd opposition to a Truman civil rights report. He warns the document could empower federal supervision over states and cites it as an attack on states rights and civil liberties. The piece discusses the government printing office release from 1947 and its official status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry F. Byrd
Truman Carpetbaggers
Committee On Civil Rights
Byrd
Government Printing Office
Communist Party
United States
Truman
Acheson Rejects Red Cease-Fire Formula
Secretary of State Acheson rejected the Communist plan for a buffer zone along the 33rd parallel in Korea. He said the line must be defensible and not allow a prewar split of the peninsula. Truce talks at Kaesong are stalled. General Ridgway leads the U S delegation firmly.
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Washington
Acheson
Korea
Marshall
Kaesong
North Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman to press for stronger price control law
President Truman prepared to urge Congress to pass a robust price control law replacing the current act. The administration defended the one year defense production act signed last night, while DiSalle's OPS ordered widespread price roll backs and some roll forwards before the measure became law.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Representative Hallect
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
DiSalle
Tax Limit Is Seen by Byrd
Senator Byrd warned that a $7.2 billion revenue bill may be the last orthodox tax measure. He says further revenue would require new taxes and notes hearings wrap Friday. Photographic manufacturers favor higher film levy offset by camera tax cut.
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Washington
Byrd
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia
Truman
House
Senate
H. A. Schumacher
Graflex, Inc
Rochester
N. Y
National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
Schumacher
Ways and Means
Rent control board meets to gather data for Washington approval
The local rent control board held a regular session at 305 Heninger building Tuesday afternoon. No regulation of red stalls has been decided yet as data collection continues for Washington approval. Members include Miles A. Newburn chairman Leila Breard Robert Irving Cloyd and Arlie Williamson with Mrs Nettie Graham in charge of the office. The board meets on the last day of each month.
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Heninger Building
Washington
Miles A. Newburn
Leila Breard
Robert Irving
Cloyd
Arlie Williamson
Bastrop
Nettie ‘Graham
Graham
Subversive Hunters Seek F B I Reports And Local Forgery Arrests
Senators McCarran and Ferguson urged that FBI reports be made available to Congress to counter subversive infiltration amid testimony by Alexander Barmine. A Texas couple, O C Prossot and Margaret Dunn Rizzo, were arrested in Monroe for forgery after attempting to cash a forged Maxwell Department Store check, with Poissot also linked to other forgery cases in Arkansas and Texas.
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John Chadwick Washington
McCarran
D.nev
Ferguson
R.-Mich
FBI
Congress
Owen Lattimore
Joseph Barnes
Senate
Internal Security
Alexander Barmine
State Department
Voice of America
Barmine
U. S.S
Theodore Roosevelt
Texas
Monroe
Maxwell Department
DeSiard Street
O. C. Prossot
Arkansas
Margaret Dunn Rizzo
Maxwell
Poissot
Clarence Rizzo
F. C. Campbell
Hunt and Whita
Relief Aid To Korea Reaches Five Million Dollar Value
Jose B. Lehman of American relief for Korea announced $5,000,000 worth of relief goods had been sent to Korea. An additional 10,000,000 pounds of blankets and clothes were en route from the United States as he warned of urgent need for more aid after a two‑week refugee survey.
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Pusan
Korea
Jose B. Lehman
American Relief For
U. S
Lehman
Civil Defense Urged in Ouachita Parish Twin Cities
George Tidwell district director of civil defense spoke at Mayor Coone's office urging a strong program for Ouachita parish Monroe and West Monroe. He had just returned from a Civil Defense Staff college in Washington and called for citizen cooperation to prepare for any disaster or emergency.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
George Tidwell
Civil Defense Committee
John Coone
Civil Defense Staff College
Washington, D. C
Tidwell
Twin Cities
Washington
Draft call for 41000 men in October boosts mobilization
The defense department announces a draft of 41000 men for October, 5000 for the marine corps and 36000 for the army, up from September. The marines, after August drafts, plan ongoing volunteer enlistment alongside compulsory service through October.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Expelled Priest Chases Time To Wed Claire Young
Luciano Negrini says he has been expelled from the priesthood and seeks fast legal permission to marry American Claire Young in Italy. Claire, 21, is jailed awaiting deportation August 6 after pleading for consular clearance to marry the former missionary who followed her from Chicago. An Italian official noted Claire’s mother asks for consent on grounds of her daughter’s possible irrationality. Negrini plans to apply for necessary Italian marriage papers as authorities prepare to deport Claire.
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Milan
Italy
Luciano Negrini
Claire Young
Miss Young
U. S
Chicago
Eileen Young
United States
Negrini
Loyola University
China
Claire
Truman to end all tariff concessions to Czechoslovakia
President Truman is set to revoke all American tariff concessions to Communist Czechoslovakia. The State Department announced the measure following the Oatis arrest and a prior travel ban, marking the second punitive move against Czechoslovakia this year. Oatis was sentenced to ten years in prison after a controversial spy trial.
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Washington
Truman
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Oatis
Citzens
Permit Issued for New Monroe Grammar School
Building inspector Sam H. Awl issued a permit to the City of Monroe school board for a grammar school on Lexington avenue near Marie Place. The 35 room facility will cover 20,384 square feet, cost 229,476 dollars, with W. C. Sailey as contractor.
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Sam H. Awl
City of Monroe School Board
Lexington Avenue
Marie Place
W. C. Sailey
Morrison and Pravda trade charges over free press appeal
British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison called for a free exchange of views with the Soviet Union in a 1,500 word statement printed by Pravda which branded his remarks as lies. Pravda countered that Britain and the United States are war mongers and blocked freedom.
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Charles E. Whiting
London
Russia
Herbert Morrison
Pravda
Morrison
Europe
Soviet Union
News
New York Times
New York
the Times
Britain
United States
U N Delegates Refuse 38th Parallel Buffer Zone
At the Korea cease fire talks UN and Communist teams remain split over a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. Vice Admiral Joy delivered a long critical address on the Red proposal while urging a cease fire line at current battle positions. Brig. Gen. Nuckols said Nam Il appeared to grasp UN logic but couldn’t fully accept it. Joy cited the Hague convention to back UN military armistice terms.
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Adm. C. Turner Joy
U. N
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
William P. Nuckols
U. N. Public Information
Nam Il
Red
United Nations
Nuckols
Joy
Mystery silver balloon drifts toward eastern U S
A 150 to 200 foot silver balloon was sighted over Ohio drifting east toward Pennsylvania at 50 mph and 30 000 to 50 000 feet. Airline and army pilots suspected a weather balloon as Selfridge Field interceptors tracked it at 45 000 feet.
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Youngstown
United States
United
Capital
Cleveland
Warren
Mercer
Harrisburg
Fred Branden
Selfridge Field
Akron
Greater Pittsburgh
Chester Watson
Cleveland Hopkins
12 Year Old Girl Not Afraid To Die
Julia Meier, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Meier of Zeeland North Dakota, faces cancer in a Bismarck hospital with four blood transfusions already given. She remains hopeful and in good spirits, thanking blood donors and asking for mail while placing faith in God.
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Bismarck
N. D
Julia Meier
John Meier
Zeeland
Julia
Three News Stand Owners Charged In Obscene Magazines
District Attorney Fred Fudickar Jr. says warrants issued for owners of three Monroe newsstands over possession with intent to sell obscene magazines. Police will name arrested individuals. magazines purchased July 13 by Monroe officers at different stands. bonds set at 250 each.
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Fred Fudickar, Jr
Fudickar
Monroe
Post Office
Northeast Louisiana cadets win top honors at Camp Gordon R O T C
Two cadets from Northeast Louisiana State Thomas E Bearden of West Monroe and Quinn Becker of Monroe earned outstanding cadet honors at Camp Gordon Georgia for the six week military police training. Certificates and trophies were awarded at the closing ceremony for about seven hundred students from 29 colleges and universities. Platoon honors went to cadets from six other schools including Michigan State Seton Hall and the University of Texas. Mark A Miles of the State College of Washington was named outstanding cadet of the camp. Four MP cadets were cited as the most outstanding.
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Northeast Louisiana State
Gordon R. O. T. C
Mich
John B. Stetson University
Deland, Fla
Seton Hall University
South Orange
N. J
Florence State Teachers College
Florence
Ala
University of Texas
Austin
Texas
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Mark A. Miles
State College of Washington
Pullman
Wash
Cattlemen Hold Big Barbecue in West Monroe
Ouachita Parish Cattlemen's Association hosted a barbecue at the fair grounds Tuesday night with about 450 attendees. John H. Birdsong oversaw arrangements and supper. members, families, and guests enjoyed an informal social gathering with no speeches.
Unlawful Riding on Vehicle Parts Under Ordinance 2788
The ordinance prohibits riding while standing or sitting on running boards bumpers fenders or any non passenger part of a motor vehicle with exceptions for employees in duty and freight spaces. It references Ordinance 2788 Section 12.
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