Eleanor Roosevelt accused of aiding Communist fronts
The piece accuses Eleanor Roosevelt of aiding Communist fronts seen as anti Catholic and identifies the American Youth Congress as a Communist front. It alleges she hosted leaders at the White House spoke at eight meetings and wrote a 1940 article defending the youth congress while closely associating with Communist figures. It also mentions a wartime flight and a kiss with Joe Lash described in hearings.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
American Youth Congress
Attorney-General
Youth Congress
Congress
Committee On un-American Activities
Joe Lash
Corps of
Commissioner Army
Pacific
Lash
Young Communist League
Roosevelt
Council of Southern Women
Six Die and Twenty Five Hurt in Mississippi Crash
A Indiana lumber truck struck an open bed carrying hymn singing revivalists near Fulton Mississippi killing six and injuring twenty five two in critical condition. The crash occurred as the revivalists en route to a church meeting at Piney Grove. Names of the dead include S F Cox Mary Jane Coons Oma Coons Geraldine Isom J D Clark and a Miss Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Miss
Indiana
Tupelo
Jimmy Ray Ayers
Roy Hugh Cox
Wiley George
Dobbs
G. L. Hobis
R. Y. Booth
Newburgh
Ind
Alabama Line
Hobis
Highway 78
Hamilton
Ala
Church of God
Piney Grove
W. H. Cox
S. F E. Cox
Mary Jane Coons
Oma Coons
Geraldine Isom
J.D. Clark
Miss Cochran
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Boy Drowns While Trying To Save Brother In Coburn Creek
In Bogalusa Louisiana a nine year old boy Burdette Sumrall drowned while attempting to rescue his seven year old brother Hollis Sumrall from a swimming hole in Coburn creek. Johnny Gentry and Charles Fortenberry helped save the younger boy and recover the older boy’s body. The incident occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogalusa
Burdette Sumrall
Hollis Sumrall
Johnny Gentry
Sumrall
Johnny
Charles Fortenberry
Burdette
Coburn Creek
Navy Force Aids Besieged Foochow
The Nationalist spokesman said naval forces were sent up the Min river to relieve Communist besieged Foochow, which remained in Nationalist hands though contact with the city was down for hours. A major battle was reported, with uncertainty about Communist occupation. Canton denied reports of Red troops entering Kwangtung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Canton
Min River
Foochow
Kwangtung
Nanhsiung
Namyung
Lucas Seeks Debate Limit On Senate Bills
Senator Lucas of Illinois proposed giving committees power to set debate limits on bills for senate action to speed up passage. He suggested limits like 10 hours or a week, with safeguards to prevent civil rights amendments obviating filibusters. The idea faces civil rights opposition and may clash with Southern filibuster practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Armed Services
Interior Department
Refuses to tell where child is in Tulsa court fight
Nellie Beshears, 29, jailed for three weeks rather than disclose the location of her daughter Ona Jerrilene. She has refused court orders to reveal the child's whereabouts to nullify an adoption, offering only that the child go to her maternal grandmother. Foster parents Luther and Mrs Whitley deny withholding access. Beshears had been detained for failing to post a $500 bond on charges of stealing the seven year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Nellie Beshears
Ona Jerrilene
Arms Aid Bill Moves Through House Amid Debate
The administration's 1.45 billion arms aid bill faced a full debate in the house with voting set to begin tomorrow. Supporters predict little change though amendments aim to trim funding length and add restrictions. Speaker Rayburn and Rep Richards champion constraints while backing aid to Western nations and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Sam Rayburn
D.-Tex
McCormack
Massachusetts
Richards
ITU Pushes Tightening of Memorandum Contract Policy
International Typographical Union leaders at the 91st convention in Oakland Calif presented a plan to tighten work contract policy targeting the memorandum contract Some locals signed such deals drawing rebukes from the union executive council President Woodruff Randolph defended the stance warning that abandoning the position would amount to complete surrender He cited the 21 month strike against Chicago newspapers and said the union only seeks the long held rights in dealing with employers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocakland
Calif
International Typographical Union
I. T. U. Executive Council
Woodruff Randolph
St. Louis
Randolph
Chicago
Jonesville Boy 15 Seriously Injured In Bicycle Accident
Roy Rogers 15 of Jonesville is in St. Francis Sanitarium in serious condition after a car struck him near his grandmother’s home at Sibley four miles north of Choudrant. He has a fractured leg and head injuries with possible internal injuries. His cousin Delane Caldwell 10 escaped injury. The accident occurred on the Downsville Choudrant highway. the car was driven by an unidentified Negro. Authorities had no early report. investigation requested by Mrs. Mollie Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Rogers
Jonesville
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sibley
Choudrant
Young Rogers
Delane Caldwell
Downsville-Choudrant
Mollie Dugdall
Caldwell
Alvin Rogers
Ruston
Mollie Rogers
White House Gifts Piled Up For Truman Administration
Washington August 17 Gifts for the White House arrive by the thousands each year. The Trumans have received hats worth up to 200 dollars along with many personal items including neckties shirts and suits. Some gifts such as a five dollar bowling alley or a swimming pool remain in the White House while others must be kept by the government. Delegations bring turkeys salmon and other foods as gifts catalogued by staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
Capitol Hill
Trumans
Executive Mansion
President Truman
United States
Missouri
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Pacific Northwest
Faking Blind Man Earns 15 Dollars Daily in Brooklyn
Beecher Beth Mac Leod Jr a 20 year old who faked blindness by taping eyes and wearing glasses collected about 15 dollars daily on Brooklyn streets with a tin cup and cane. He was arrested after a detective observed him driving a car and told magistrate Ramsgate who sentenced him to six months in the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Charles F. Ramsgate
Construction Upturn Seen in Federal Reserve Bulletin
The Federal Reserve Board forecasts further moderate increases in construction work and notes contract construction employed over 2,000,000 workers at mid year. It credits a rise in private housing to lower interest rates and available federal funds to buy mortgages, amid a softer factory and mining sector.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board Today
Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Reserve Board Bulletin
Louisiana Labor League weighs into Dixiecrat Democrat clash
Baton Rouge Aug 17 The Louisiana Federation of Labor's political arm may meet before week end to decide action in the party dispute. President E H Lige Williams says Dixiecrats are really Republicans and calls for a unified Democratic control. He notes a ballot shuffle in which states rights electors replaced Truman supporters on the state slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Rogers, Jr
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Federation of Labor
National Democratic Party-States -Richters
E. H. “Lige
Louisiana
Democratic National Committee
W. H. “Little
Eva” Talbot
Democratic Party
Williams
Democratic State Central Committee
President Truman
Hoover says record clean defense against criticism
J Edgar Hoover urged FBI and other officers to ignore unfounded public attacks when their records are clean. He explained agencies may not defend themselves temporarily, and called for accepting criticism based on fact while condemning unfounded charges. The editorial appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
F. B. I. Law Enforcement Bulletin
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Russia
Four Shares Pay Off Unexpectedly
A 32 year old school teacher, Alice Byrnes of New York, bought four Du Pont shares for 46 dollars each through a Utica broker and became the firm’s 100000th shareholder. She is invited to Wilmington to meet executives, tour the nylon plant in Chattanooga, a textile fiber plant in Camden, visit Washington, and see the Atlantic City exhibit.
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Wilmington
Del
du Pont
Alice FE. Byrnes
Hion
N. Y
Utica
FEI. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Miss Byrnes
Crawford H. Greenewalt
Lyon
du Pont Hotel
Chattanooga
Tenn
Camden
S. C
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
N. J
Pressure To Get Molasses Permit Linked to 1946 Politics
Senate inquiry hears former Agriculture official Herbert Hathorn say Major General Harry Vaughan pressured him to grant a molasses permit for Allied Molasses Co. in Perth Amboy New Jersey, 1946. Hathorn cites a remark that Democrats must stick together as he recalls Vaughan’s rough handling amid molasses allocations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Harry H. Vaughan
New Jersey
Senate
McCarthy
R.-Wis
John Maragon
Maragon
Vaughan
Allied Molasses Co
Perth Amboy
Herbert C. Hathorn
Truman
Hathorn
Allied Molasses Company
Harold M. Ross
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Milton R. Polland
Milwatukee Insurance
Truman Reform Plan Defeated by Senate Vote
The Senate defeated President Truman's plan to reorganize the government by moving the employment security bureau to the Labor Department and sidetracked the broader welfare department proposal. The vote showed strong opposition among many Democrats and several Republicans, with administration allies urging approval and opponents citing Hoover Commission guidelines.
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Senate
Labor Department
Truman
Executive Expenditures Committee
Welfare Department
Health, Education and Welfare
Oscar Ewing
Welfare Cabinet
Ewing
Hoover Commission On
Aiken
Langer
N. C
Lodge
Mass
Margaret Smith
Taft
Ohio
Hoover Commission
Prague Archbishop Beran Breaks Silence on Government Persecution
Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague accuses the Czechoslovak government of interning him in his palace and seizing church funds in violation of constitutional rights. He questions state recognition of the Catholic Church and its legal independence after a months long isolation since June.
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Prague
Josef Beran
Beran
Czechoslovakia
St. Vitus
Murder charge filed in Margaret Mitchell death case
Atlanta police report taxi driver Hugh Gravitt is held without bond on murder charges after hitting Margaret Mitchell on Peachtree Street. The author of Gone with the Wind died after emergency surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital. The case heads to a grand jury, with Gravitt previously under suspicion on manslaughter charges and noted for traffic violations.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Grady Memorial Hospital
Peachtree Street
Oakland
Hugh D. Gravitt
Herbert Jenkins
Georgia
Gravitt
Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Bastrop Woman Injured In Highway Crash Near Monroe
Mrs Heleoise Browder 20 of Bastrop was injured when the car she rode in hit a parked vehicle at the Three Mile Inn on Highway 80 east of Monroe. She was treated at Wright Bendel Clinic. Other occupants were Willie Browder Robert Williamson 23 and Herman Day 25 all of Bastrop. The driver said bright lights from a westbound car caused him to brake and spin out. The severity of Browder’s injuries was not yet known.
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Heleoise Browder
Bastrop
Three Mile Inn
Monroe
Highway 80
Browder
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Mississippi
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Senate Committees
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Reggie
Charleston
Beecher Beth MacLeod, Jr
Bureau of Employment Security
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