McCall’s Christmas issue hypes Eleanor Roosevelt memoirs
Westbrook Pegler notes McCall’s Christmas number promotes Eleanor Roosevelt and claims F D R died reveal. mocks the cover and banded promotion as crass profiteering. He critiques the magazine’s use of mourning imagery and the inferential bias of reviewers in assessing the memoir.
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New York
McCall's
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ly Dodger
Eleanor Sevelt
Hyde Park
United Tates
Columbia
Eleanor the Great
Eisenhower Criticizes Liberalism During NY Speech
General Eisenhower told a New York audience that a man in Washington who wants to play the Almighty with our money does not reflect liberalism. Speaking to 1100 Scottish Americans at the St Andrew’s Society banquet he urged governance with thrift and warned against false security while reflecting on the price of freedom and the sacrifice of soldiers.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Thomas Jefferson
St. Andrew's Society
New York State
Good Fellows Loom as Hope for Christmas Aid
Community funds rely on many small gifts to meet urgent needs as soaring prices strain welfare. Letters describe children and families lacking clothes, shoes, bedding, and wholesome food. A seven year old girl pleads for help as her father cannot work.
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Good Fellows
Alexandria Bank President Dies in Alexandria Louisiana
Henry Murchison, 49, president of the Security National Bank of Alexandria, shot himself after entering Baptist Hospital for ill health. Funeral services were set for 2:30 p.m. Survivors include his widow Grace Knowles, three daughters, four brothers, a sister, and the Rev. Malcolm Murchison.
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Alexandria
Henry Murchison
Security National Bank of Alexandria
W. L. Murrell
Rapides Parish
Murchison
Baptist Hospital
Security National Bank
Cheneyville
Truman Won't Intervene in Coal Strike Yet
President Truman will not intervene in the coal strike for at least 48 hours as John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers extend the stoppage. Charles G. Ross said no emergency today or tomorrow and cautioned that a fact finding board and an 80 day cooling off period may be used if needed. Steelman heads to Washington for an address while Truman vacations in Florida observing a routine day.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
John L. Lewis
John R. Steelman
Cyrus Ching
Secret Service
Mr. Truman
Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Cotton Acreage Program Meeting In Monroe
The Louisiana Delta Council invites cotton producers bankers and area business people to a public meeting on December 7 at 10 00 a m on the Hotel Frances roof in Monroe. State PMA officials will discuss 1950 cotton allotments and answer questions to help attendees vote on the program December 15.
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Louisiana Delta Council
Hotel Frances
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Delta Council
W. H. Farmer
Twin City Motor Co to Build $40,000 Motor Building
A $40,000 building permit was issued Thursday to Twin City Motor Co Inc for a two story brick building at North Third and Breard streets. Construction will be under Herbert E Dickard Co with completion aimed for February. The 70 by 134 foot facility will house sales offices a display floor and a garage. Twin City Motor is owned by L P Landry a local Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealer.
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Twin City Motor Co., Inc
North Third and
Breard Street
Samuel H. Awl
Herbert E. Dickard Company
Twin City Motor Company
L. P. Landry
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Chiang Kai-Shek retakes command amid Chinese Civil War
Chiang Kai-Shek resumes direction of operations against Communists as Nationalist government moves into Chengtu after Chungking fall. He heads emergency council and calls leaders to discuss countermeasures while uncertainty and disarray grip the dwindling Nationalist regime in southwestern China.
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Chengtu
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fallen Chungking
Generalissimo
Chiang
Chungking
Telecommunications Bureau
Hong Kong
Nanking
Canton
Chamber of Commerce
Szechwan Silk Manufacturing Co
Yangtze
May is Ordered to Start Sentence in War Bribery Case
Former Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky was ordered to begin an 8 to 24 month jail term for war time bribery and conspiracy. Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut refused May’s request for a shorter sentence and directed him to report to the eastern Kentucky marshal on Saturday. The Garsson brothers, heads of a $75 million munitions empire, also received immediate jail orders. they were convicted with May in July 1947 for taking $53,000 in bribes.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Henry A. Schweinhaut
May
District of
Prestonsburg
Henry A. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Garsson Brothers
Old House
Resignation urged for Rep J Parnell Thomas amid payroll scam case
Washington reports House members urged Rep J Parnell Thomas to resign after he pleaded nolo contendere to charges of cheating the government on payroll. He faces up to 32 years and a $40,000 fine as sentencing looms, with prosecutors alleging a salary kickback scheme and payments for unperformed work. A swift trial ended after two and a half days, and a judge ordered sentencing in about a week. If he does not resign, the House could expel him.
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J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
U.S. District Court
Washington
Helen Campbell
Thomas
Alexander M. Holtzoff
House
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Alexander Holtzoff
Draftees Begin Release by Army Under 1948 Act
The army starts releasing 30,000 men drafted or recruited under the 1948 selective service act with four exit options. Early releases begin for those drafted or volunteered in November 1948, with December 1948 and January 1949 draftees to be released after 12 months of service. About 400 ROTC graduates called for 21 months will also be released after 12 months active duty.
Lambert Held On Breaking Charge In Monroe
A 28 year old Monroe man identified as Earl Lambert was arrested by Monroe police early Thursday for attempted breaking and entering resisting arrest and using profane language. Four officers assisted in the arrest after he was reported attempting to break into a dwelling at 812 Oak Street just before 3 am. He allegedly broke a glass pane from the front door. Lambert is held in the city jail with no bond set as of Thursday morning.
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Monroe
Earl Lambert
Lambert
Oak Street
Reds in China May Exact Pay
United States may owe a sizable sum to Chinese consulate staff before Consul General An gus Ward and his team can depart from Mukden. Acheson said Ward plans a Saturday settlement, with potential claims of dismissal pay and severance under Communist rules. Chinese clerks, servants, and other workers could total 50 or more, with past examples in Shanghai and Nanking highlighting back pay pressures.
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Washington
United States
Angus Ward
Mukden
Acheson
Ward
Communist “People's Government
Peiping
Shanghai
U. S. Navy
Robert Soule
Nanking
China
Fair price for sugar is asked at agriculture hearing
Louisiana sugar cane growers urge the USDA to fix a sugar price that yields fair returns for producers yet remains affordable for consumers. Clarence Bourg, for 11,000 growers and 57 processors, proposed a 7.225 million ton quota and urged maintaining the raw sugar price level plus cost‑of‑living adjustments. Industrial users asked 8.098 million tons for next year.
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Washington
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Clarence J. Bourg
American Sugar Cane League of
New Orleans
Agriculture Department
Bourg
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
OPA
Consumers’ Price Index
Department of Labor
Morrison Seeks Taxation Split Between Federal and State
New Orleans Mayor de Lesseps S Morrison urged assigning taxation and responsibility to federal state counties and cities. He noted high federal and state taxes leave little for cities, citing Montgomery County Ohio where 81 cents of each tax dollar go to the federal government and 11 to the state. He called for home rule and constitutional guarantees of municipal self government across states.
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Cleveland
New Orleans
de Lesseps S. Morrison
Morrison
American Municipal Association
Montgomery County
Ohio
Dayton
Denver
Washington
Work Resumption Scheduled Monday
NEW YORK December 1 AP John L. Lewis today reinstated a three day work week in hard and soft coal mines nationwide starting Monday December 5. The policy allows separate contracts with each company and ends the push for nationwide agreements. The United Mine Workers committee of about 200 members approved the plan after a truce expired.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Committee
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Pact Chiefs Convene in Paris to Set Strategic Voice
Paris dispatch reports the twelve members of the Atlantic pact defense chiefs meet to decide whether the United States or Britain will lead western Europe’s calls for defense. An integrated plan linking the U S and Canada with Europe may receive $900 million in military aid if approved by President Truman. Details remain secret as leaders draft regional defense assignments amid long negotiations in Washington and Paris.
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Carl Hartman
Paris
United States
Britain
Western Europe
U. S
Canada
Europe
Truman
Washington
Atlantic
U.S
France
Denies Old Santa Killed by Lewis
In Pittsburgh a news broadcaster opened with John L. Lewis shot Santa Claus before discussing the coal strike. In Chicago children phoned the Sun Times asking to confirm, and NBC commentator Paul Long exclaimed disbelief on air.
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Chicago
Dee
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Santa Claus
The
Sun- Times
NBC
Paul Long
Hoover Linked to Death Case in Louisiana
New Orleans December 1. Louisiana prosecutors plan to present evidence tying Louis Eugene Hoover to the murder of millionaire James A. Mahoney in the French Quarter Mons Telehone Hotel last February 22. Hoover, a 25 year old former Louisville parking attendant, is charged with murder and faces possible death penalty. Witnesses place Hoover near the crime scene and claim he confessed to the killing or involvement.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Louis Eugene Hoover
Milllionaire
James A. Mahoney
Hoover
Louisville, Ky
Wilfred Vaughn
Methuen
Mass
Veterans Administration Hospital
Mahoney
Milton
Lucky” Baker
Washington, D. C
Baker
Ben C Bell
Ciidor
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