Vermont Press Faces Communist Infiltration Claims
Westbrook Pegler notes Vermont papers the Rutland Herald and White River Valley Herald defended Vermont’s reputation after the Lattimore case. He cites alleged connections involving William Gilman Vilhjalmur Stefansson Ordway Southard and Senator McCarthy with accusations of Communist ties and espionage claims in Alaska and the Green Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Manchester
Green Mountains
Rutland Herald
Vermont
Lattimore
Senate
White River
William Gilman
U. P
New York Times
China
Gilman
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Doctor Gruening
Harold Ickes
White River Valley Herald
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Ordway Southard
Joe McCarthy
Stefanssons
Arctic
Harvard
University of Alaska
United States
Stefansson
Southard
White River Herald
Red Belt
House Committee On UN- American Activities
McCarthy
Cogni
British destroyer Concord engages Chinese shore batteries near Hong Kong
The British destroyer Concord fought a 30 minute duel with Chinese shore batteries near Hong Kong on August 17. After prior exchanges, the frigate Whitesaw Bay clashed with Ling ting Island emplacements on August 2. The Concord fired in self defense against Red batteries from Taitami Puntin and Lingting with one minor casualty and no ship damage reported.
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Gordon Tait
Hong Kong
Concord
Whitesaw Bay
Lingting
Taitami
Puntin
Royal Navy
Clues Mount in Penns Grove Slay Mystery
A blood stained rowboat a shotgun half a body skull and shack ruins are clues in a Penns Grove New Jersey mystery. Raymond Livesay 55 and Michael Derrow 38 disappeared after a fishing party at Livesay cabin. Authorities investigate with recent sightings from Virginia and recovered items including a gold watch with initials M K.
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Penns Grove
N. J
Raymond Livesay
Livesay
Michael Derrow
Thomas Durr
Upper Penns Neck
Joseph Hand
Livesay’s
Salem Creek
Derrow
Virginia
West Monroe Man Missing Listed Among Casualties
Washington reports casualty lists No. 65 and 66 naming eight Louisianians and five Mississippians as killed in action or missing. Among them Pfc. Charles Ray Smith of McComb Miss and Pfc. Chelcia A. Allen of West Monroe La are listed missing. several others are wounded or injured.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Army
Charles Ray Smith
Stella P. Smith
McComb
Miss
Joe C. Young
John C. Young
Gulfport
James A. Winborn
Eva H. Winborn
Amite
Chelcia A. Allen
Katie S. Allen
West Monroe
Alvin Mike Charles
Teressa Charles
Lyons Street
St. Rose
Otto W. Kennard
Glady Kennard
Watson
Adrian L. LeBouef
Julia Ann LeBouef
Box
Houma
Wildred Matthews
Idell Matthews
Iowa Street
Lake Charles
Benjamin H. Bell
Benjamin B. Bell
Pineville
Johnson called incompetent by Detroit VFW chief
Commander Clyde E. Lewis of the veterans of foreign wars in Detroit accuses Secretary of Defense Johnson of gross incompetency and urges removal. He charges Johnson gambled with national security for votes and that the nation is militarily weak. He indicts Johnson for ignorance or bad faith regarding Asian communist threats.
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Detroit
Clyde E. Lewis
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Defense
Johnson
Lewis
Defense Secretary
Defense Department
Asia
United States
Fred T. Murphy
32 U S Prisoners Shot On Hill 303 In Korea
Aug 17 report from Korea describes 32 American prisoners with hands tied behind their backs shot by Reds on Hill 303 near Waegwan just before U S patrol arrived. Five prisoners survived to tell the story. three North Koreans were later captured for questioning.
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U. S. First Cavalry
Korea
Waegwan
Reds
Fifth Cavalry
James Melvin Rudd
Salyersville
Rudd
Roy L. Day, Jr
el Paso
Texas
Day
Bills on family support approved in military pay reform
Washington reports Senate and House committees approved legislation to provide 85 to 125 dollars a month for families of enlisted servicemen in lower grades. Under the plan the soldier would pay 40 dollars of the total. Both committees back quarters allowances by amending existing pay rules for privates and corporals across services.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Security Bill Near Passage
The social security bill aims to add about 10 million people to coverage and raise old age benefits. It would lift current pensions by roughly 77 percent for existing beneficiaries and double future payments, with tax changes and phased rate increases starting in 1954. The Senate action hinges on a provision objected to by President Truman limiting unemployment funds withholding by the labor secretary.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Senate
Senate House
House
Truman
Secretary of Labor
Knowland
R.-Calif
Welfare Board Loses Second Member Over Fredericks Appointment
Richard Ferguson of New Orleans resigns from the state board of public welfare, accusing Governor Earl K. Long of politicizing the department by appointing A. A. Fredericks as commissioner. Ferguson and acting chairman Dr Claude A. Martin resign after the meeting where Fredericks won 3 to 2.
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New Orleans
State Board of Public Welfare
A. A. Fredericks
Richard Ferguson
Fredericks
Lawrence E. Higgins
Earl K. Long
Claude A. Martin
Welsh
Ferguson
Dr. Martin
Gov. Long
Higgins
Two Candidates For Convention In Louisiana Race
Franklin attorney Wilbur P. Kramer filed first for delegate to a possible 1951 constitutional convention. New Orleans city commissioner A. Brown Moore announced his candidacy as voters decide November 7 whether to hold a convention and elect 100 delegates. Moore opposed the convention but urged qualified lawyers and legislators if one is held.
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Baton Rouge, la
Franklin
New Orleans City
Wilbur P. Kramer
A. Brown Moore
New Orleans
Moore
Senate Finance Committee Approves Truman Tax Boost
The senate finance committee unanimously approved Truman's $5 billion first installment tax hike to fund the Korean War and bolster anti Communist defense. Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the emergency measure as the panel prepares to advance it, with possible exemptions for GIs and reduced burdens for officers.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
America
Congress
Senate
Louisiana citizens urge delay of constitutional convention
The Greater Louisiana citizens committee votes to urge Gov Earl Long and the legislature to postpone indefinitely the proposed constitutional convention. It calls for a special session to annul the act, arguing war emergency makes a convention improper now, with January 15, 1951 not suitable for drafting a charter. The group includes leaders from the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce and related bodies.
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New Orleans
Greater
Louisiana
Earl Long
Citizens’ Committee
Governor Long
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
International House
The
Board of Trade
International Trade Mart
Greater New Orleans, Inc
Lloyd J. Cobb
Cobb
Thirty Thousand Men In Big Push Attacks Taegu Front
North Korean forces launched a major assault on Taegu on the central Korean front as about thirty thousand troops pressed through mountain passes fifteen miles north of the South Korean capital area. They moved east of the Naktong River.
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Relman Morin
Tokyo
Taegu
Naktong River
MacArthur
U. S. 8Th Army
Waegwan
United Nations
Korea
Kunwi
24Th Infantry Division
Changnyong
Chinju
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Musan
Pusan
A. P
Leif Erickson
8Th Army
Changyong River
Naktong
Changyong
Don Whitehead
Jack MacBeth
24Th Infantry
MacBeth
Long Will Go On Vacation From Louisiana
Governor Earl K Long announced a month long vacation for rest with doctors confirming no new heart problems and endorsing convalescence. He plans a subdued campaign push for a constitutional convention while avoiding legislature duties and urged voters to make a clear choice in November.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
William A. Cook
Cook
Edgar Hull
Louisiana State University Medical School
New Orleans
Congress Likely To Shelve Universal Training Plea
Congress appears likely to table the defense department request for universal military training until next year. President Truman backed prompt approval but signaled he will not press the measure this year. Johnson proposed two six month training phases and options for service or reserve, with costs estimated around 2 billion annually.
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Congress
Donald Sanders
Washington
Defense Department
Truman
White House
Johnson
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Gurney
Vinson
D.-Ga
House
Tydings
D.-Md
Senate Committee
Libby Reynolds Awaits Ashes of Son and Companion
Libby Holman Reynolds plans to return east as the ashes of her 17 year old son Christopher Reynolds and his companion Steven Wasserman are sent for interment. Christopher’s body was taken from Mt. Whitney to Los Angeles for cremation along with Wasserman’s. Coroner says Christopher’s ashes go to Stamford Connecticut and Wasserman’s to Philadelphia.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Libby Holman Reynolds
Christopher
Mt. Whitney
Los Angeles
Steven Wasserman
Eddie Blake
Reynolds
Stamford
Conn
Young Wasserman
Philadelphia
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Pegler
Pfc
William Currie
Perlie Currie
Utica
Frank M. Yorke
Billye Yorke
Simmit
Edward L. Lopez
Ed Lopez
General Delivery
Delhi
Lee Pyong Yul
Che Hak Chuni
7Th Regiment
Taegu-Waegwan
U.S
Hal Boyle
Greater Louisiana Citizens’ Committee
U. S. Eighth Army
Long
Libby Reynolds
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