Westbrook Pegler on Lattimore smear and union politics
Westbrook Pegler criticizes congressional hearings and a smear campaign led by lawyer Jacobs against unions. He recounts personal pressure, the risk to whistleblowers, and alleged abuses by union bosses and goons, noting a kangaroo court atmosphere and failures of due process.
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New York
Owen Lattimore
House Committee On Education and Labor
New York Herald-Tribune
Washington Post
Jacobs
Carpenters’ Union
United States Congress
Dave Dubinsky
Small Claims Court
Dubinsky
Board to name Northeast Louisiana head in upcoming session
Baton Rouge Aug 14 Committees of the state board of education met today to prepare for a session tomorrow that will name college presidents for the new year and approve budgets. Northwestern State and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute have acting presidents. The board will likely name a permanent head for Northeast Louisiana State College which was established as a separate institution this summer.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
Northwestern State
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Northeast Louisiana State College
Louisiana State University
Ex-convict moved after crowd gathers at Walhalla jail
Curtis Shedd 30, who admitted killing John Boyter and his two daughters, was moved from Walhalla South Carolina to Georgia amid a 3000 to 4000 person crowd. National Guardsmen guarded the jail, the wife Christine Boyter questioned but not charged, and the removal described as precautionary.
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Gainesville
South Carolina
Georgia
Curtis Shedd
Georgia Highway Patrol
Shedd
Walhalla
S. C
National
Valhalla
Eddie Weathers
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Woody Willson
John Boyter
Onnie May
Jo Ann
Christine Boyter
Boyter
Bail Revocation Sought for 11 Communist Leaders
The government moves to revoke bail for 11 convicted Communist leaders dubbed the American politburo as they back Communist forces in Korea. U S Attorney Saypol filed an affidavit arguing they should be jailed during appeal while sentences up to five years stand.
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New York
Korea
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Saypol
Daily Worker
United Nations Action
Ford Faces Strike Threat Over Wage Reopening
Detroit August 14. The United Auto Workers demand a wage review at Ford and a reopening of the contract. UAW represents 115000 Ford production workers. If unmet, UAW Local 600 threatens a January 2, 1951 strike. The union accuses Ford of inequities and cites spiraling living costs. The company says the contract bars wage reopening before expiration. Five Local 600 officers are accused of Communist sympathy.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Ford
General Council of Ford
Ken Bannon
A. A. W. Ford
Bannon
General Motors
Chrysler
General Council
Local 600
Carl Stellato
Communist Party
Russia
Stellato
Bomb Load Drops Close To Russian Border In Korean Strike
U S Air Force Superfortresses drop over 500 tons on a North Korean port city near Nam. The mission risks Soviet retaliation as bombers operate within minutes of Russian territory. Command structure links to General MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Russia
Russian Siberia
Nam
Moscow
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint
Costs of war drives push for defense spending data
Washington reports Congress seeks latest cost estimates for Korean War and defense programs. President Truman has requested about 16.5 billion dollars more for defense this year, with total near 45 billion by next June. Senator Taft criticizes administration disclosures.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
Senate
House
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Liberal opposition to Gomez declared in Colombia
Bogota August 14 Liberal party members held a 13 hour session and adopted a non collaboration policy against newly inaugurated Conservative President Laureano Gomez Castro. They refuse to recognize the legality of Gomez’s regime accusing fraud and coercion and say the country is being bled to the exhaustion point.
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Bogota
Colombia
Liberal Party
Laureano Gomez Castro
Gomez
Senate hears push for stronger anti red bill action
Chairman McCarran urged early judiciary committee action on a tougher Communist curb bill. He warned a heavy docket could delay discussion but expected Senate passage soon. Senator Lucas planned an administration backed measure tightening espionage and subversion laws. House leader Martin urged Mundt-Ferguson passage as mirroring Mundt Nixon.
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Washington
McCarran
D.-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Judiciary
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Tropical Storm Heads Northward From Puerto Rico
A small tropical storm with winds near 60 mph moves north northwest from Puerto Rico, about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami. Gales extend 80 to 100 miles from the center. no hurricane force yet. A hurricane hunter plane observed development as the system moves northwestward.
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Miami
Fla
Puerto Rejo
Puerto Rico
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Navy
Tiny Tim Rocket Hits Bridge in First Combat Test
Tokyo reports the Tiny Tim 11.75 inch rocket used from a carrier based U S Navy corsair destroyed a bridge at Chungju and damaged locomotives and rolling stock. The weapon also set fuel trains ablaze and strafed enemy cars in its first war test as MacArthur headquarters releases the official update.
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Tokyo
Chungju
Taegu
MacArthur
Ters
Climbers Hunt Tobacco Heir on Mount Whitney
Lone Pine California August 14 47 mountain climbers planned to scale the east face of Mount Whitney in a last hope search for Tobacco Heir Christopher Smith Reynolds. The body of companion Stephen Rice Wasserman was found at 11 500 feet in a snowy crevasse and authorities fear Reynolds is only alive if he sought aid.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Mount Whitney
Stephen Rice Wasserman
Whitney
Young Reynolds
Wasserman
Thay
Libby Holman
Paris
Miss Holman
Zachary Reynolds
Ralph Adams
Cerro Gordo
Estimated 60 000 Troops Are Ready For Taegu Drive
North Korean forces mass near Waegwan and Taegu on Korea's fifth liberation anniversary. MacArthur reports 15 divisions amassing, with 60 000 men threatening the central front while redeploying reinforcements east of the Naktong. Allied counterattacks push back Red units as planes strike targets.
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Naktong River
Waegwan
Changnyong
Pusan
Taegu
Pohang
Kampo
Japan Sea
Relman Morin
Tokyo
Baktong River
Korea
Japan
General MacArthur
South Korea
MacArthur
Taejon- Taegu
Naktong
U. S
Navy
Chinju
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Sea of Japan
Kigye
Unified Army Plan Studied Aims to forge European defense
Constantin Tsaldaris urged the European Council to begin immediate negotiations for a unified European army. He asked Paul-Henri Spaak to carry preliminary steps, backed by Winston Churchill’s proposal. Spaak and Churchill showed interest as the assembly pressed to map the plan and perhaps draft a defense ministry statute.
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Strasbourg
France
Constantin Tsaldaris
European Council
Consultative Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Tsaldaris
Winston Churchill
Spank
Churchill
Britain
Western Europe
Spaak
Assembly
Council
Europe
United States
Canada
Leon Maccas
Death Of Airbase Told Slowly By Fighter Pilot
A fighter pilot recalls abandoning an airbase near Pohang under Red attacks. The base, held by Americans, lost planes and pilots as they dug in, with makeshift comforts like a mess hall floor and a few beers. He describes Cleveland Municipal Airport signs and the mixed certainty of who held the town as Reds pressed the hills.
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Tokyo
Pohang
Blue Bay
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Cleveland Municipal Airport
Cleveland
Pochang
C. O
Casualties to Go to Hot Springs
The second group of Korean casualties was to be flown to the army-navy hospital at Hot Springs Arkansas today. A third group of wounded was expected to arrive at Brookley air force base. Sixteen GI s arrived yesterday, part of a 73 man overseas evacuees from Korea aboard a C 74 Globemaster, many with arm and leg wounds. Named arriving yesterday were Pvt Lewis Buskey Jr Evergreen Alabama Pfc Louis Sheridan Ark and Cpl Charles Seeley Laurel Mississippi.
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Mobile
Ala
Hot Springs
Ark
Military Air Transport Service
Brookley Air Force Base
Pvt
Lewis Buskey, Jr
Evergreen
Pfc
Louis Sheridan
Cpl
Charles Seeley
Laurel
Miss
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