Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler on Justice and Selective Enforcement
The column questions why the Justice Department did not prosecute Johnny Maragon over a Paris rose oil shipment. It argues selective enforcement favors certain political interests and cites past cases, including references to Huey Long and Molotov connections, framing justice as a political tool and a tainted system.
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New York
Johnny Maragon
Paris
Johnny
Chicago
White House
Department of Justice
Maragon
Tom Dewey
Robert Taft
Tom Clark
Department of Government
Justice
Louisiana Purchase
Department
Huey Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sam Carp
Bridgeport
Conn
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Stalin Tito Clash Reverberates Across East Europe
Washington reports a sharp shake in Stalin's grip on Soviet satellites after a row with Marshal Tito. Western diplomats expect three power talks next month among Acheson Bevin and Schuman to map a Cold War strategy, with focus on East Asia and Eastern Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Europe
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Russia
Kremlin
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Far East
China
Asia
Veterans to File for Dividends at Legion Post
Members of the L. B. Faulk Post of the American Legion will be at Forsythe avenue tonight to help veterans file NSLI dividend applications. Forms available from 7:30 p.m. Veterans should bring serial numbers if possible and ensure legible filling. Applications go to the Veterans Administration in Washington 25, D. C. with careful folding and proper mailing instructions.
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L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion
Legion
Forsythe Avenue
NSLI
Legion Home
Veterans Administration
Washington
Justice Rutledge Hospitalized in York Maine
Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge 56 is listed as a patient at York Village Hospital in York Maine for a circulatory condition that is improving. He was admitted Saturday while Mrs. Rutledge stayed overnight. The couple vacationed near Ogunquit and doctors from Washington and the local staff are treating him.
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York, Me
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
York Village Hospital
Jurist
Justice Rutledge
Rutledge
Rutledges
Pregunquit
Smart
Fred A. Geier
Washington
Elmer Tower
Cloverport
Supreme Bench
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Iowa
Six Civil War vets convene in Indianapolis aging parade
In Indianapolis Aug 29 six Civil War veterans gather for a convention as the Grand Army of the Republic winds down. Charles L. Chappel 102 from Long Beach Robert Barrett 102 from Princeton and Albert Woolson 102 from Duluth attend memorial tributes while James A Hard 108 brings cigars from Rochester N Y during a hotel stay and celebrations.
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Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles L. Chappel
Long Beach
Calif
Chappel
Robert Barrett
Rochester
N. Y
Gannett
Claypool
Polio Strikes Mrs Wilbert in Guachita Parish
Mrs Jane Kilpatrick Wilbert aged 25 of 1904 Park avenue left Monroe in an iron lung for the New Orleans polio center. Dr Carroll Summer reports it as the 17th parish case and first since August 12, with two other abortive and confirmed cases noted. School opening plans were adjusted to September 6 due to polio concerns.
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Jane Kilpatrick Wilbert
Park Avenue
Monroe
New Orleans
Carroll Summer
Parrish Health Center
Summer
Wilbert
Guachita Parish
W. A. Laird
Millhaven Road
Ronnie Roth
South Third Street
West Monroe
Conway Memorial Hospital
C. P. Gray, Jr
Rate of Polio Cases Declines Across States
Associated Press reports 1349 polio cases rising to over 19 500 with a slowing rate of new infections. Nine states including New York and Illinois show declines or leveling off, while New York City faces a fluctuating period before a September peak, and Texas Michigan Missouri show minor drops.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Maine
North Dakota
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nevada
Tennessee
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
New York City
Health Department
State Health Department
George Cox
Four Injured In Birmingham Thunderstorm Wind
A brief wind and thunderstorm in Birmingham Alabama left four people injured and caused heavy airport damage. Gusts reached 65 miles per hour as debris and uprooted trees disrupted electric power in several areas.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weather Bureau
Air Force
R. R. Carlisle
Naval Air Station
Jobless payment applications drop in latest weekly tally
New unemployment claims fell to 259,207 for the week ended Aug 20, down 31,893 from the prior week, as the Bureau of Employment Security notes a steady slackening in layoffs. Forty states show declines while 7,533 veteran claims filed under the readjustment program, which expired July 25.
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Bureau of Employment Security
Trucker Crash Kills Five Month Old Child In Louisiana Route
A pickup rear ended a heavy truck near Archibald at 7 30 pm Sunday killing five month old Bobby Dale Dollar and injuring four others. The child’s parents from Mangham and the other passengers were treated at a Rayville clinic. Driver Dollar 27 suffered a skull concussion while his wife Verda Mae 25 had a broken arm and facial injuries. State Trooper George Maxwell said Dollar failed to see the unlit truck after a car’s headlights blinded him.
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Archibald
Bobby Dale Dollar
Preston O. Dollar
Mangham
Dollar
Rayville
Joyce
Barbara Ann
Verda Mae
George Maxwell
Maxwell
Kaiser Frazer Plant Fire Destroys Gourley Elkins Motor Co
An estimated $25 000 blaze swept the Gourley Elkins Motor Company at 2210 Louisville Avenue shortly before 4 30 am Sunday destroying the Kaiser Frazer building and its contents Two new autos and a car being repaired were burned along with repairs equipment and stock Fire Chief H L Hales said the cause was not yet determined Firemen faced water shortages as 750 feet of hose were needed from a lake behind L M Ray Construction to the scene and both pumpers were used The nearest main is at 18th and Louisville about a half mile away
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Gourley-Elkins Motor Company
Louisville Avenue
Kaiser-Frazer
H. L. Hales
Monroe
L. M. Ray Construction Company
Hales
Eighteenth
Motor Company
Hiroshima bombing toll cited at up to 240000 deaths
New York reports Hiroshima estimates from Mayor Shimzo Hamai who says 210000 to 240000 people were killed in the August 6, 1945 bombing. The figure includes about 30000 troops and rests on ration card data Hamai issued before and after the blast. Hamai served as wartime ration commissioner.
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New York
Hiroshima
Shimzo Hamai
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Hamas
Big hurricane blows self out over Carolinas and Georgia
A massive hurricane weakened as it turned northeast from Florida through Georgia and the Carolinas. Gusts reached up to 80 mph in Charleston and 60 mph in Lumberton and Florence. Rain flooded lowlands. power and communications lines were disrupted. the storm caused limited coast flooding and minimal damage overall.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Gold Coast
Carolinas
Piedmont
Lumberton
Florance
S. C
Greensboro
Charleston
Bay Area
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Roanoke
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
Fort Lauderdale
Canada to take mediator role in Anglo American talks
Washington reports Canada ready to assume mediator duties if US Britain financial talks stall. Norman Robertson travels from Ottawa with instructions to aid both sides. Lester B Pearson urges calm as tempers cool after fraught preface to discussions and amid cross Atlantic charges. State Dept officials note friendly fact finding sessions with no recrimination.
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Washington
Canada
Britain
United States
Ottawa
Dominion
Norman Robertson
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Atlantic
Russia
State Department
Legion Begins 31st Convention in Philadelphia
The American Legion opens its 31st annual convention with communism in China as the top issue. About 6,500 delegates from 17,000 posts discuss roughly 1,000 resolutions as President Truman, a Legionnaire, attends a joint session and is expected to receive the distinguished service medal.
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Philadelphia
American Legion
China
Legion Committees
Legion
Truman
Missouri
Women’s Auxiliary
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Louis A. Johnson
Mr. Truman
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Polio Claims Young Doctor Karl Jones Jr in Michigan
Detroit Aug 299 A young Pompeii Michigan doctor Dr Karl Jones Jr 27 died of polio after nine days at Henry Ford Hospital He came to Michigan from Tulsa Oklahoma and had practiced in Fowlerville He answered a widow's advertisement following Dr B C Hall's death and had graduated from Northwestern University.
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Detroit
Pompeii, Mich
Karl Jones, Jr
Henry Ford Hospital
Pompeii
B. C. Hall
Jones
Michigan
Tulsa
Oklo
Northwestern University
Fowlerville
Mich
Truman pledges aid to Britain as world economic crisis deepens
President Truman told the American Legion convention in Philadelphia that the United States will aid Britain and work with other free nations to restore prosperity. He warned of a world trade imbalance affecting all, and offered mutual concession to Britain as London heads for talks on its financial crisis. He rejected attacks on Britain's socialist government and stressed differing national paths to similar economic ends.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Philadelphia
Truman
Britain
Russia
Washington
The
American Legion
Robeson Riot Probe Sought By Civil Rights Groups
The civil rights congress says President Truman may be asked to launch an investigation into the Peekskill riot that halted Paul Robeson’s concert. Eight people were injured as veterans clashed with concertgoers. a Harlem protest rally and a Dewey delegation plan were announced to demand state police action and arrests.
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New York
Civil Rights Congress
Truman
Peekskill, N. Y
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Harlem
Congress
American Labor Party
Lawrence
Thomas E. Dewey
Justice Department
Vito Marcantonio
Egyptian swimmer aims to beat Channel record at Cap Gris Nez
Egyptian swimmer Marie Hassan Hamad began his Channel attempt at Cap Gris Nez at 6 15 am French time hoping to swim under 11 hours and beat the record. Officials note the recognized record is 11 hours 5 minutes. An Egyptian army officer said the government would grant 1000 pounds if he breaks the record.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Marie Hassan Hamad
Hamad
Aly Eddy
Mundt questions Vaughan about authority at White House
Senator Mundt says he will press Major General Harry H. Vaughan on whether he has a blank check of authority at the White House as Vaughan prepares to testify. Mundt suggests President Truman may not have known about Vaughan’s activities amid the five percenter investigations and notes Vaughan’s upcoming formal statement.
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Washington
Mundt
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Truman
Vaughan
Investi
Rutledge dies after short illness in West Monroe hospital
William M. Rutledge 61 brother of J W Rutledge principal of Crosley School West Monroe died in a local hospital after a brief illness He lived in Portland Ark Services at his brother 212 Ludwig St West Monroe at 2 pm Tuesday Rev J C Grubbs officiating Interment Sardus Cemetery He survived by widow three daughters two sons three sisters themselves and fourteen grandchildren Pallbearers listed as nephews and relatives
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William M. Rutledge
J. W. Rutledge
Crosley School
West Monroe
Rutledge
Portland
Ark
Ludwig Street
J. C. Grubbs
Sardus
W. M. Rutledge
H. P. Davis
Melvin Tippin
Victor Bozeman
W. A. Rutledge
Roy H. Rutledge
Pierce Rison
Jonesville
T. P. Jones
J. E. Larch
O. F
J. W
J. E. Rutledge
Mr. Rutledge
Alfred Rutledge
James Rutledge
J. W. Rutledge, Jr
Tom R. Jones
James Larch
James Inabnet
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Gourley-Elkins
Robeson Gang
Dewey
Will Lawrence
Gen
William Rutledge
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