Labor figure critics clash over Communist ties and Bridges case
Westbrook Pegler argues that Philip Murray James B Carey Mike Quill and Joe Curran now oppose communism but cites Carey’s past praise for Harry Bridges and government actions to deport him. Pegler links Bridges to unions and political maneuvering, criticizing labor leaders and Roosevelt era figures in a provocative examination of loyalty and treason.
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New York
Philip Murray
James B. Carey
Mike Quill
Transport Workers
Joe Curran
Maritime Union
Murray
Curran
Quill
Carey
Roosevelts
New Deal
James Carey
Harry Bridges
Bridges
George B. Harris
Communist Party
United States
Department of Labor
Frances Perkins
Jesus Christ
Roosevelt
Murray Nominated Governor of Oklahoma After Runoff
Johnston Murray secured the Democratic nomination for Oklahoma governor after a recount reduced his margin over William O. Coe. The state election board will certify the results, with Ferguson as Murray's Republican rival. Murray is the son of former Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
William O. Coe
State Election Board
Coe
Supreme Court
Truman reshuffles RFC board in surprise move
President Truman removed RFC board Chairman Harley Hise and Harvey Gunderson and appointed three new members to the five man board in a bid to revitalize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The shakeup follows ongoing congressional criticism of RFC operations including the Lustron loan and Nevada hotel investment.
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Washington
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
Commerce Department
Harley Hise
Lustron Corporation
Nevada
Mr. Truman
Sawyer
White House
Four-step path outlined for Louisiana constitutional effort
The Louisiana legislature presents a four step sequence to decide on a new constitution. Voters will choose yes or no on a constitutional convention on November 7, elect 100 delegates if a convention is held, then meet Jan 15, 1951 to draft a new constitution, followed by a ratification vote. If turnout or margins fail to meet thresholds, the plan ends with no convention.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Law Institute
Second Ouachita Prisoner Caught
Shreveport police arrested the second escapee James Davis 19 held for auto theft and burglary. His companion Arthur B. Coleman was captured earlier in Owensboro Kentucky and now faces parole violation and Dyer Act charges in federal custody. Sheriff Bailey Grant prepares to return Davis to Ouachita parish jail.
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Shreveport
Ouachita Parish
James Davis
Arthur B. Coleman
Owensboro
Coleman
Bailey Grant
Davis
Truman Says No Plan To Rebuild WWII OPA
President Truman stated he does not intend to revive the World War II Office of Price Administration. He said existing federal agencies can handle any emergency controls tied to the Korean crisis and signaled no immediate full mobilization. He favors discretionary price and wage powers but resists delaying his modified recommendations. House and Senate consider an economic controls bill with varying credit powers remain undecided.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Ruman
Office of Price Administration
White House
White House pushes talks to avert huge rail strike
Washington reports the government engages in closed-door talks with railroad management and unions representing about 300000 conductors and trainmen to avert a 40 hour work week strike amid Korea war crisis. A presidential fact finding board earlier urged no pay cut.
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Washington
White House
Truman
John R. Steelman
National Mediation Board
Railway Labor Act
Western Railroads
Volun
Man in Women's Prison Convicted Robber Finally Revealed
Josephine Montgomery aged 34 and weighing 217 pounds was revealed as male after a Tehachapi physical. He had been disguising as a woman since arrest for strong-arm robbery and served in Imperial county jail and Tehachapi before transfer to San Quentin.
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San Quentin
Calif
Imperial County
California
Tehachapi
Josephine
Montgomery
San Quentin Prison
B 29 Bombers Hit North Korea With Record 625 Tons
B 29 bombers dropped 625 tons on targets in the Wonsan area north of parallel 38 including an oil refinery and key communications lines. The raid marked a new record for the Korean war and brought total consecutive air strikes to 46 days. Royal Australian Air Force support and other Allied aircraft attacked rail yards bridges and additional military objectives along the front.
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Tokyo
Wonsan
Chosen
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Royal Australian Air Force
Naktong River
Rowon
Parallel 38
Woman slain aboard Golden State Limited in sleep car
An elderly traveler, Ada C. Parks of Grinnell, was murdered in her berth on the Southern Pacific Golden State Limited near Bisbee. Harold T. Lantz, 28, a former Tucson railroad worker, confessed after fleeing. The attack showed bite marks and scratches, and the victim was believed en route home from Phoenix.
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Douglas, Ariz
Grinnell
Southern Pacific
Golden State Limited
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Harold T. Lantz
Tucson
Ada C. Parks
Pruitt
Lantz
Bisbee
Phoenix Gazette
Parks
Phoenix
Louisiana Soldiers Listed as Wounded in Korea War
The Defense Department casualty list No. 59 reports Louisiana and Mississippi Army personnel wounded or injured in Korea. Names include M/Sgt Dudley Gill Amite Lt Franklin Hennigan Pineville Sgt John Hicks New Orleans Pvt Carl McElwee Bunkie Pvt Harold Shuff Elton Pfe Jerry Johnson Lake Charles Pfe Calava Ransom West Monroe Pfc Charles Kennedy Brookhaven Pfc James Lowe Ellisville Sgt Coy Nowell Moselle Corp Lloyd Passons Bentonia and others with hometown addresses.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Louisiana
Franklin Hennigan
Barbara J. Hennigan
Far East Command
Irving M. Hennigan
Pineville
John Hicks
Ora D. Hicks
E. Johnston St
New Orleans
Carl R. McElwee
Leontine McElwee
Bunkie
Harold James Shuff
Agnes Shuff
P. O. Box
Elton
Pfe
Jerry Johnson
Rosa Johnson
S. Shattuck
Lake Charles
Calava Ransom
Olaf Jones
Phillips St
West Monroe
Charles L. Kennedy
Gladys Kennedy
Penn St
Brookhaven
James E. Lowe
Mary Lowe
Ellisville
Coy M. Nowell
Nancy J. Nowell
Moselle
Corp
Lloyd C. Passons
Major A. Passons
Bentonia
Senate Finance Committee Backs Higher Corporation Tax Amid War Drive
The senate finance committee unanimously approved President Truman's plan to raise corporate taxes by 1.5 billion dollars a year, boosting top rates from 38 to 45 percent as of July 1 1950. The measure sets 25 percent on the first 25,000 of income and 45 percent above that, as part of a 5 billion dollar tax package to fund the Korean war. Truman signaled support for an excess profits tax later, but warned it could delay action on the core proposal.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
President Truman
Truman
Mr. Truman
America
White House
Congress
Long Expected To Sign Bill On Constitutional Meeting
Gov Earl Long is expected to sign a bill changing the call for a constitutional convention to require at least 500 000 voters for ratification. The measure removes terms extension provisions and asks the legislature to submit the extension issue separately. Louisiana prepares for a Nov 7 vote on holding a convention next January while ratification terms face Senate and House approvals.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Long
Senate
House
Exile Proposed for U. S. Traitors
Rep Burleson of Texas proposes exile for Americans convicted of treason or disloyalty. He plans a resolution urging the government to send such persons to a distant Pacific outpost to reflect on their sins.
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Washington
Pacific
Burleson
D.-Tex
Trap Snaps Shut On 1 000 Koreans
United States troops drove thirteen miles to the edge of Chinju and sealed a trap on possibly 1,000 enemy troops, marking the largest single day gain for U S forces in the war. North Korean pressures pressed Taegu and Pohang fronts as U S planes hit Won san and rail yards.
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Tokyo
United States
Chinju
Missing 15 year old hunted after Ozarks killings
Four people died in a shooting at a farm home in Eminence Missouri as Lola Jean Fansler remains missing. Richard Fansler Luther Fansler and Barbara Harris were killed. William Harris, the suspect and Barbara Harris’s father, was shot dead by a deputy after a two day manhunt.
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Eminence
Ozarks Mountains
Lola Jean Fansler
Richard Fansler
Luther
Barbara Harris
William Harris
Missouri
Lola Jean
Greene
Harris
Fansler
Long Confirmed Appointments Include Morris Lottinger
The state senate confirmed Morris Lottinger of Houma for the state court of appeal bench replacing Sam A. Le Blanc who moved to the state supreme court. Lottinger will begin his term next January after an unopposed Democratic primary. Also approved were Gottleib, Cangelosi, Coles for LSU board, and Dr. S J Phillips as secretary of the state board of health.
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Baton Rouge, la
State Senate
Morris Lottinger
Houma
State Court of Appeal
Lottinger
House of Representatives
First Circuit
Sam A. le Blanc
Napoleonville
State Supreme Court
Earl Long
Senate
Louisiana State University State Board of Supervisors
Lewis Gottleib
Theo Cangelosi
Baton Rouge
John Coles
Plain Dealing
Drowning of Denham Springs Man in Lake Pontchartrain
Walter Cassle a 27 year old worker for S. L. Hebrard Drilling Company of Baton Rouge drowned in Lake Pontchartrain at 18 feet depth after losing balance on a barge while fastening pipe to a drilling rig. He could not swim and a fellow employee who dived in could not reach him.
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New Orleans
Denham Springs
Lake Pontchatrain
Walter Cassle
S. L. Hebrard Drilling Company
Baton Rouge
Cassle
Molotov Reported in Peiping China Move
A Chinese Nationalist newspaper claims Soviet Vice-Premier Molotov arrived in Peiping on July 31. Troops and police guarded the route to Mao’s residence as reports say Molotov conferred with Mao Tze-Tung amid renewed Russian Chinese border and mutual aid treaty talks.
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Taipei
Formosa
Today
V. M. Molotov
Peiping
China
Molotov
Orient
Joseph Stalin
Hong Kong
Imperial Hunting Park
Red
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Moscow
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Pegler
U.S
Gov. OF
RFC Chiefs
Hise
Harvey Gunderson
Ouachita
Stanley C. Minshall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Evening Independent
Minshall
Indiana
Konan - Yonghung
Pfc
Dudley C. Gill
Susie Gill
RFC 2
Amite
Mississippi
U. S
Russell Brines
South Korea
Pusan
Taegu
U. S. Eighth Army
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Yong-Chon-Pohang
Boyle
United Nations
24Th
State Board of Health
S. J. Phillips
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