Westbrook Pegler on un American race issues and treason
Westbrook Pegler argues that un American means treason to many, condemns racial hatred while criticizing hypocrisy in race and politics. He cites editors feared to label crime by race, notes pride in race as legitimate, and recalls Nazi propagandist Chandler in a broader warning about unity and dissent.
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New York
United States
Wendell Willkie
Merian Anderson
Joe Louis
Boston
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Downey Urges Britain to Revoke 75 Percent Film Tax
Sen. Sheridan Downey of California urged the U S state department to press Britain to rescind a 75 percent tax on American films. He called the levy confiscatory and harmful to international trade, noting it would cut Berlin earnings from six to four cents per dollar and threaten global commerce.
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Angeles
Sheridan Downey
California
State Department
Great Britain
Corge C. Marshall
Britain
Akring
Downey
Berlin
Slayer Of Ex Mate At Forest Rallies
Mrs Thelma Robinson Miles 38 recovering from a bullet wound after admitting she shot and killed her divorced husband Robert Thornton Miles 50 during a drinking bout at her plantation home two miles south of Forest. District Attorney J Vernon Sims said the case will go to the parish grand jury next month. no charge filed yet.
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Oak Grove
Thelma Robinson Miles
Delhi Clinic
J. Vernon Sims
Robert Thornton
Pat) Miles
Forest
D. W. Kelly
Parish
J. B. Butler
Miles
Will Robinson
West Carroll
Britain Fears Trade Trouble From Indian Independence
Britain faces new trade difficulties as India and Pakistan chart their own paths after independence. The act ends direct British rule and creates two autonomous dominions with 400 million people shaping their political destinies and economic resources.
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London
Britain
India
George VI
Pakistan
Franklin Plans Fourth Oil Test After Third Dry Well
George B. Franklin of Rayville announced he will locate his fourth oil test in Richland parish after the Justiss-Mears company of Jena finished a third dry well. The successful third failure was the Fee No. 2 four miles northwest of Holly Ridge, abandoned at 3 024 feet.
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George B. Franklin
Rayville
Richland Parish
United States Sets August 21 Deadline in Korea Talks
Secretary of State Marshall informs Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov that Moscow must report by August 21 on the stalled talks in Seoul over a united Korea. If no progress, either side may consider further steps toward establishing an independent Korea and its UN membership, possibly returning to a four power conference or abandoning the project.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Korea
Marshall
Molotov
Seoul
Kremlin
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
inter-American Defense Conference
Rio de Janeiro
Senator Pepper backs Truman on re election
From the White House steps Senator Pepper of Florida voiced support for President Truman for re election. He said there is no question the president should be nominated and elected. Pepper is tied to the CIO and labor groups and is a friend of Henry A Wallace.
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Washington
White House
Pepper
Florida
Truman
Democratic
Henry A. Wallace
Russia charges crudest interference by America
Lake Success Aug 14 Russia charged that the crudest interference into Greece’s internet and internal affairs came from the United States. Gromyko blamed foreign interference for worsening conditions in Greece and denounced Athens’ collaboration with former Axis figures. He rejected claims of Albanian Yugoslav and Bulgarian support for Communist bands and warned of danger as Greece’s leadership is said to be compromised by past collaborators.
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Council
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Gromyko
United States
Herschel V. Johnson
Truman rules out special Congress session on Europe aid
President Truman said no need for a special congressional session this year as he cautioned that enabling funds for Europe’s recovery depend on surveys and the Paris conference results. He noted figures on the Marshall Plan would wait for complete reports. He also linked Western Hemisphere aid to the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Ruhr
Marshall
Western Hemisphere
Rev J M Kelly Found Dead During Revival Visit
Rev J M Kelly 75 of Jonesboro retired Church of God minister was found dead from natural causes in the home of Mr and Mrs A W Evans on Parker Street West Monroe where he was visiting to attend a revival. The funeral will be at Antioch Church near Jonesboro Friday at 3 p.m. Officiating will be Rev G R Lindsey and Rev Ray Jackson. He had pastored several area churches and retired recently. His wife and several children survive.
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J. M. Kelly
Jonesboro
Church of God
A. W. Evans
Parker Street
West Monroe
Kelly
Antioch Church
G. R. Lindsey
Ray Jackson
Five Others Receive Life Terms in Buchenwald Trial
In the Dachau Buchenwald war crimes case the court sentenced 22 camp attendants to death and five others to life imprisonment. Ilse Koch, widow of the former commandant, was among those given life and is reported to be pregnant by a prisoner conceived in the camp. Additional sentences ranged from 10 to 20 years for one defendant each.
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Frau Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Weimar
Thuringia
Goethe
Hermann Pister
Max Schobert
Edwin Katzenellenbogen
Prince Josias Waldeck
S. S
Emil C. Keil
Frau Koch
Death of Princess Hermine ruled natural causes
Princess Caroline of Germany said her mother Princess Hermine died of heart attack after two days of illness with tonsillar infection and abscess. Doctors from German and Russian credentials confirmed no foul play, while U S Army investigators had eyed possible poisoning over jewels valued at about 500000 dollars missing from Berlin.
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Berlin
Caroline Carolath
Princess Hermine
Hermine
Germany
Kaiser
Caroline
Frankfurt
Der
SNB
U. S. Army
Farben directors plead innocent in war crimes case
Twenty one I G Farben directors pleaded not guilty before an American war crimes court in Nuremberg charging they conspired to wage war for profit. The trial, set to begin August 27, follows indictments listing aggressive war, plunder, and slave labor crimes.
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Max Brueggemann
Karl Wurster
Carl Lautenschlaeger
Farben
Europe
Hermann Goering
Birth of Pakistan marks end of British rule in India
Viceroy Mountbatten relinquished British power in Karachi as Pakistan is proclaimed a new Moslem dominion. Amid celebrations, communal violence raged in the Punjab with Lahore counting hundreds of casualties as Hindus flee and Moslems take control. Jinnah named governor general. Lahore and Amritsar amid mass displacements.
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Associated Press
Karachi
Lord Mountbatten
Pakistan
Constituent Assembly
Commonwealth
New Delhi
India
Punjab
Lahore
Amritsar
Government House
Constituent Assembly Hall
Mountbatten
Assembly Hall
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Liaquat Ali Khan
Subcontinent
Himalayas
Calcutta
Volun
Marshall Arrives for Inter-American Hemisphere Defense Talks
U S Secretary of State George C Marshall lands at Ponta do Galeno airbase Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the inter American conference on hemisphere defense. Delegates await his views on an Argentine proposal seeking economic topics.
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President Truman
George C. Marshall
National Airport
Washington
Marshall
Brazil
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
U. N
Warren R. Austin
Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
Ponta Do Galeno
United States
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Sen. Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
United Nations Security Council
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Sen
Connally
Texas
Rep
Bloom
New York
Norman Armour
Mayor McKnight Dies in Colfax Crash
Howard Luther McKnight aged 42 mayor of Colfax died in a four car collision at the intersection of Highways 71 and 165 four miles north of Alexandria. Three others were injured including a state representative and a Colfax council member. R C Bowers 35 suffered head and chest injuries and Wilbur McCain 33 a Colfax lawyer and state representative sustained chest and facial injuries.
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Alexandria
Howard Luther McKnight
Colfax
R. C. Bowers
McKight
Wilbur McCain
President Truman declines labor management parley plan
President Truman said he has no plans to call a labor management conference like the CIO proposal to seek voluntary price cuts. He recalled the 1945 conference, saying it was not successful, and endorsed Attorney General Clark’s price investigation into food clothing and housing prices to curb unjust rises. He noted a cabinet food committee is studying the crop outlook for export limits.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Mr. Truman
Cabinet Food Committee
West Monroe mechanic faces federal and state charges
Vance DeVille Ethridge, 27, a West Monroe mechanic, was charged by US Commissioner M C Redmond with the Dyer Act after a Harley Davidson theft case tied him to a flight across a state line to Lufkin Texas. A sheriff’s search long sought him since May 12 when his sister in law accused him. The wife reports his bigamy disclosure after a Texas marriage in July 1946.
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Vance DeVille
Ethridge
West Monroe
U. S
M. C. Redmond
Ouachita Parish
Etheridge
Lufkin
Texas
Ward
Natchitoches Street
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Thelma Miles
Geo. B. Franklin
Duster
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General Assembly
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Dachau
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