Westbrook Pegler sparks clergy view on unions in critique
The July American Ecclesiastical Review cites Rev. Donnelly and Franciscan views on Westbrook Pegler. Priests express mixed to critical opinions, noting Pegler’s fixation on union flaws, with harsher judgments against the CIO and Communist influence within unions across multiple trades.
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New York
Catholic University of America Press
Washington
Joseph F. Donnelly
Hartford Diocesan Labor Institute
New Haven
Pegler
Organization of the Workers of America
Mr. Pegler
Father Donnelly
Philip Murray
Murray
Ku Klux Klan
Nited Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Triplets 14 Months Older Than Twins in Philadelphia
Raymond MacAtee, a 32 year old trolley motorman, must care for 14 month old girl triplets while wife Elizabath MacAtee recovers at Lankenau Hospital after giving birth to twins, both girls, Saturday. The couple also has a 5 year old son Raymond Jr. The parents describe mixed feelings about the surprise.
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Philadelphia
Raymond MacAtee
Lankenau Hospital
Elizabeth MacAtee
Ély
Raymond, Jr
Raymond
Power Plant Reconversion Completed In Record Time
Crews finished work on the Monroe power plant reconversion as engineers termed it a remarkable feat of workmanship. The new boiler began operating at 9 30 am Monday and local businesses were told to resume normal operations though overload concerns lingered on the turbine and switchboard. Rodriguez announced replacement equipment would arrive within days to weeks, with distribution stations due for upgrades in months. The public praised citizen cooperation amid the emergency preparations.
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Monroe
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
David C. Silverstein
Retail Merchants Bureau of
Suspect Woman in 6 Poisonings
Jefferson county authorities plan to exhume four more bodies after mercury poisoning is found in the viscera of Mrs Minnie McConnell who died in 1945 while under care of 62 year old house keeper Mrs Lottie Tot Lockman. Lockman has been charged with murder and with attempting to murder a daughter in law of the deceased. Prosecutor Bear will seek a grand jury this week while Lockman denies any wrongdoing.
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Matison
Ind
Jefferson County
Lottie
Tot) Lockman
Lockman
R. N. Harger
Minnie McConnell
McConnell
Donald Bear
Circuit
Harry J. Nichols
O Neale Opposes Restoring Farm Price Controls
President Edward O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned that reimposing price ceilings on meat dairy and other farm products would create confusion and black markets. He urged the decontrol board to avoid reinscribing ceilings on grains live stock and related products and warned that restoring controls could trigger rationing and wage restrictions if bumper crops fail to steady prices. Continued on third pages.
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Washington
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
News
Congress
OPA
Rey L. Thompson
Special Grand Jury Called to Probe Athens Race Riot
Circuit Solicitor George C. Johnston ordered a special grand jury session for next Monday to probe Saturday’s race riot in Athens Alabama. He seeks indictments for riot against those tied to the disturbance as a mob of white men drove blacks from the streets. two dozen hoodlum leaders aged 13 to 41 were arrested for unlawful assembly and an ex GI fought with a black man.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
George C. Johnston
Grand Jury
State
Johnston
James H. Grow, Jr
Cature
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Ben Massey
Roy
Tragic trio of wrecks near Monroe claim three lives
In three crashes around Monroe on Sunday one child and two adults died. Mrs Millicent Smith 43 drowned after a Studebaker wreck on highway 15. Ben nie Haddox 4 died in St Francis Hospital after being struck on Wilson street. Two West Monroe girls Evelyn Avant 11 and Barbara Jean Jordan 5 were injured when a Holsum Bread Co truck hit them.
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Millicent Smith
DeSiard Street
Highway 15
Winnsboro
William L. Smith
Graves- Snelling Clinic
Mary L. Harkness
Pine Street
Charity Hospital
L. C. Harkness
Bennie E. Haddox
Henry Haddox
North Sixth Street
St. Francis Hospital
Wilson Street
West Monroe
Evelyn Avant
Barbara Jean Jordan
Lazarre Avenue
Holsum Bread Co
C. G. Ross
Mill Street
Trenton Street
Bayou Lafourche
George Maxwell
Rayville
Naval Commander Runyon Falls 6000 Feet to Death
Naval Commander Joseph Wayre Runyon 33 of Terre Haute Ind died when he was thrown through an escape hatch of a twin engine trainer over Point Judith. He co piloted the plane from Quonset Point R I with Cmdr H N Funk piloting. The body was recovered by a private yacht, life jacketed. Survivors include his widow Bertha Bradford Runyon and two sons Darrell and Gregory.
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Providence
Joseph Wayre Runyon
Terre Haute
Ind
Naval
Newport
Runyon
Point Judith
H. N. Funk
Navy
Quonset Point
R. 1
Yorktown
Bear Group 1
Marianas
Bertha
Bradford) Runyon
Surginer
Ala
Song
Darrell
Gregory
Charles P. Runyon
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Mother abandons newborn after birth in Detroit doctor’s office
Mrs. Madeline Ford, 29, left her baby girl fifteen minutes after birth in a Detroit doctor's office. Police quote her saying she has three other children and cannot care for the infant, hoping to give it a better chance at life. The baby is later shown at Wayne County General Hospital.
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Madeline Ford
Detroit
Wayne County General Hospital
Soldiers Held Without Charge In German Army Jails
A smuggled appeal reveals 13 American soldiers and civilians held in army jails for up to two months without charges or legal counsel. Capt. Earl Carroll denounces the court martial system as unjust, citing lack of counsel and extended confinement. The case prompts questions about due process for Americans abroad and amid theater investigations led by Col. Owen Summers.
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Donald Doane
Frankfurt
Germany
Earl Carroll
San Bruno
Calif
U. S. Army
Carroll
Pfe. Daniell. Walczak
Detroit
Joseph S. Robinson
New York
Lichfield Stockade
Bad Nauheim
Chicago
Lawrence F. Benson
Army
Lichfield Prosecution Staff
Col
Owen Summers
Portland
Ove
Theater Headquarters Command
Harold Chase
Salina
Kan
Summers
Chiuse
Sersmeant
Col. Summers
Henry &. Grewe
Alvin F. Bockrader
Bowling Green
Ohio
William C. McKinley
Bessemer
Ala
Grewe
La Follette Faces McCarthy in Wisconsin GOP Primary
Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. seeks the GOP nomination against Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy in a Wisconsin primary watched as a national signal. The contest sharpens intra party tensions and could affect 1948 delegate dynamics and the party's presidential prospects.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
la Follette
G O. P
Joseph R. McCarthy
Marine Corps
Vermont
South Carolina
Delaware
Progressive Party
Robert A. Taft
Yugoslav Protest Over U S Violations of Sovereignty
Yugoslav fighter planes forced a U S C-47 to land at Ljubljana on August nine after circling the airfield at 3 000 meters. Belgrade protests 172 unauthorized overflights July sixteen to August eight and calls for U S action to prevent further intrusions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ljubljana
Tito
United States
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
U. S
America
Rome
Vienna
Vane
Italy
Relief From Heat Fades As Heat Returns
New Orleans report says the brief break from extreme heat across Louisiana and Mississippi will not last. The U S Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy skies and the same hot spell continuing this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. Only widely scattered thundershowers are expected Tuesday afternoon in the far south, with gentle to moderate variable coastal winds.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
U. S S. Weather Bureau
Byrnes Chairs Peace Conference as Yugoslavia Speaks on Italy
Secretary of State Byrnes presides at the peace conference with Yugoslavia allowed to answer Italy on softened terms while Vishinsky objects to delays. The assembly agrees to hear Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt on the Italian treaty and sets a process for daily agenda handling. Kardelj urges support for Italy amid fears of Slav pressure.
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Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
William B. King
Paris
Byrnes
Yugoslavia
France
Georges Bis Dault
A. Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
A. V. Alexander
China
Britain
Russia
Edward Kardell
Byynes
de Gasperi
Kardell
Karedelys
Kardelj
Italy
Immigrant ships crowd Haifa as tensions rise over Palestine policy
Two more Jewish refugee ships anchor off Haifa adding to about 3,900 aboard facing possible landing bans due to missing immigration certificates. Jewish groups fear bloodshed if turned away as rumors of a British blockade and detentions loom. Underground groups warn of strong resistance to any blockade while talks of a Cyprus detention camp surface and a looming British Palestine program.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Heganah
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
London
Britain
Holy Land
Press Traffic Strike Begun by ACA Against Press Wireless
The American Communications Association announced a 2 p.m. Eastern embargo on handling International Press traffic by members in ACA linked companies to pressure Press Wireless. About 300 ACA members are on strike with government press material exempt from the ban. Major embargoed firms include RCA Communications and Globe Wireless among others, with possible supervisor delays anticipated.
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New York
American Communications Association
C. I. QO
Press Wireless, Inc
ACA
Lawrence Kelly
Radio and Cables
Newspapers
Offic Communications Company
Don Bio Wireless, Inc
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Georgia
Birmingham
Alabama
Atlanta
Gulf of Mexico
W. L. Smith
Bennie Haddox
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