Controversial Labor Document Attacked by Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler alleges a 66 page labor history booklet circulated by the Department of Labor and exported to Europe is a pro union propaganda piece. He criticizes Maurice Tobin and the Bureau of Labor Statistics as endorsing deceptive labor movement narratives. He cites Joe Curran and wartime Communist ties as evidence of a broader Socialist-Communist influence. The piece claims the document misrepresents labor history and portrays unions in a hostile light to American workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Department of Labor
Europe
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Union
Curran
Maurice J. Tobin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fifth Air Force hits Pyongyang HQ in two waves wrecking target
U N fighter bombers joined by U S Air Force and Marine planes struck a key North Korean military HQ northeast of Pyongyang in two waves. Over 275 sorties were flown with 39 buildings destroyed and 12 damaged. Air battles claimed several MiG-15s destroyed or damaged bringing total to 1 002. Ground forces repelled a Chinese assault on Old Baldy hill with heavy Red casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Tuckman
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Pyongyang
Air Force
Harry L. Durin
Portales
N. M
Polits
Harry A. Crescibene
Newark
N. J
North Korea
Karl K. Dittmer
el Reno
Oklo
Old Baldy Hill
Burglars Hit West Monroe Hit Two establishments
Burglars broke into two West Monroe businesses Sunday night but only one building was entered. Dyer's Clothing Store on Commerce Street was looted for an undetermined amount of merchandise and about $20 in cash.
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West Monroe
Ap Orameiiny
Dyer
Commerce Street
George Moses
Gay Clothing Co., Inc
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Samuel I. Tucker
Sixth Street
E. A. Conway Hospital
Tucker
South Second Railroad Crossing
Jolissaint Appeals For West Monroe Mayor Election
West Monroe acting mayor R C Jolissaint filed an appeal with Baton Rouge to require a mayoral election to fill the vacancy created by C C Bell Jr s resignation. He asked the governor to delay appointments and serve as acting mayor until an election can be held, noting more than twenty three months remain in the unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Jolissaint
West Monroe
Executive Department
Baton Rouge
C. C. Bell, Jr
Jolissaint
Gov
Kennon
C. E. ‘Cap” Barham
Bell
Earl K. Long
Kenton
Olissaint
Whit O. Smith
Ed Hislop, Jr
R. C. Mahaffey
Hugh Taylor
Amos Hood
Jack Bagwell
John F. McCormick
Joussaint
Premier Mossadegh Seeks Temporary Dictatorial Powers
Iran's Majlis backs a six month bill granting Premier Mossadegh near full decree power to tackle an economic crisis. Senate anticipated to endorse, with parliamentary review at six months. Also approved was confiscation of Ahmed Qavam’s multi million dollar properties to aid victims of street fighting.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Senate
Majlis
Mossadegh
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Monroe man shot near Horseshoe Lake. youth held
Lawrence D. Vaughan, 30, was shot in the neck while walking near Horseshoe Lake ten miles north of Monroe. Jimmy Parrott, 16, is held in Ouachita Parish jail. case to grand jury after coroner’s inquest. Funeral services were held for Vaughan at Hixson Brothers Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Lawrence D. Vaughan
Horseshoe Lake
Monroe
Bailey Grant
Jimmy Parrott
Vaughan
St. Francis Sanitarium
Parrott
J. T. French
French
Fred Fudiekar, Jr
Henry Guerriero
Hixson Brothers Chapel
J.C. Marsh
Korean election seen as Rhee likely winner
South Korea prepares for its first popular presidential vote as police and troops were alerted for possible Communist disruption. Syngman Rhee, 77, appears certain to win with eight million voters eligible while rivals Cho Bong Am Hugh Cyan and Lee Si Yung face slim odds.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Rhee
Cho Bong Am
Hugh Cyan
U. S
Lee Si Yung
Lee Bum Suk
Assembly
Lee
Kim Tai Sun
Naval armory project discussed for West Monroe area
Officials from the eighth Naval District meet Twin City leaders to discuss a 250000 dollar naval armory. A temporary site at the Selman Field service club and later a permanent building near West Monroe High School and Ouachita Valley Vocational School are eyed. The unit would include about 300 sailors and 15 officers with 17 permanent staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Naval District
Twin City
Naval Reserve Training Program
T. C. Pipes
New Orleans
8Th Naval District
C. C. Bell, Jr
West Monroe
Bell
Pipes
Navy
Naval Reserve Unit
Selman Field
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Valley
Monroe
John B. Coon
Navy reports patrol plane drives off two MiG-15s over Yellow Sea
A U S Navy Martin Mariner on routine patrol west of Korea fought off two Chinese Communist MiG-15 fighters. Two crewmen were killed and two wounded. The aircraft limped to Korea for repairs before heading to Iwakuni Japan. The pilot was Lt E E Bartlett of George West Texas.
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Washington
Navy
Yellow Sea
Korea
Iwakuni
Japan
H. G. Goodread
Jamestown
N. D
Claude Playforth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Aviation
R. H. Smith
Brentwood Ave
Abilene
Tex
H. T. Atkins
General Delivery
League City
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Siberian
Korean Peninsula
U. S
E. E. Bartlett
George West
Shantung Peninsula
Dairen
Port Arthur
Man
Local Woman Held In $18 000 Theft
Ouachita parish sheriff's office issued a warrant for Anna Louise Stoler of 1047 Park Avenue for theft of 18 000 from Delta Furniture Company in Monroe where she served as bookkeeper. Otto E Passman, owner, filed the warrant alleging she took the money while employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Anna Louise Stoler
Park Avenue
Delta Furniture Company
Monroe
Otto E. Passman
Stoler
Two Greyhound Buses Collide in Flames Killing Dozens
A head on collision of two Greyhound buses near Waco Texas left at least 28 dead with numbers possibly rising to 33. Many burned bodies hindered a clear tally as 24 passengers were hospitalized and five remained missing. Survivors described a dawn crash on Highway 81 between Dallas and Austin with exploding fuel tanks and chaotic evacuations.
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Waco
Dallas
Austin
Dora Daniels
Speed Trap Enriches Officer in Mississippi Case
Mississippi's Legislative Investigating Committee charges an unsalaried deputy sheriff earned up to 500 dollars a month from a speed trap racket on a two mile stretch of U S Highway 11 in Hancock County. Fines and arrests were routed through a local justice of the peace as the Highway Department warned motorists with 25 mile an hour signs. The report, now before Gov. Hugh White, details wholesale enforcement on the New Orleans to Birmingham route.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Legislative Investigating Committee
Hugh White
Hancock County
Louisiana
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Highway Department
T. C. Robbins
Suffocation Claims Child In Ice Chest
In San Jose California Jerry Barnes five years old disappeared while playing hide and seek. Bradley three alerted parents Theodore W Barnes and his wife. After an hour search authorities found Jerry in a home made ice chest cooling in the yard. Police say the lid fell shut causing fatal suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Jerry Barnes
Bradley
Theodore W. Barnes
Barnes
Jerry
Plaque On Both Houses Poses Civil Rights Boycott
A New York congressman urged a Black people boycott on election day saying Black voters can control the outcome. Powell warned Black people will stay home unless a satisfactory platform is pledged. Stevenson Sparkman reinforce foreign policy focus and party strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
New York
Harlem
Powell
Powel
Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
Ohio
Truman
Gen
Eisenhower
Denver
GOP
National Committee
National Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Citizens Group
Richard Nixon
California
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Westbrook
Pegler
Ike
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
GOP National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Jolissaint Appeals
Bill
By Nate Polovetzky
Stan Carter
NBC
Monroney
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
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