Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler reflects union corruption
Pegler denounces the New York newspaper and mail deliverers union amid a bid by two ex-convicts, Walsh and Waltzer, to reclaim leadership. He recalls their 1943 extortion conviction, notes their prior triumphs and current ruses, and warns that long odds favor their comeback despite treason to the union.
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Hitler
New York
United States
Sing Sing
Europe
Holland
William
Buddy) Walsh
Harry Waltzer
Waltzer
Walsh
Ivan Annenberg
Truman Issues Mam Order For Military Silence
Washington dispatch reports President Truman ordered all military personnel to refrain from discussing how the proposed budget would affect the armed forces. The Air Force circulated a letter from Truman directing restraint on state items that may be in the budget and legislative press, followed by similar actions from the Army and Navy secretaries.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Air Force
Navy
Six Children Die in Oshkosh House Fire
In Oshkosh Wisconsin six children perished when a fire destroyed their home. Police said an oil heater in the kitchen sparked the blaze. the father Arnold Carpenter blocked by flames from reaching the bedroom where the children slept. The mother was away at work. two adults were treated for burns and shock. The front door was the only entry, the back door locked for winter.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Arnold Carpenter
Carpenter
Barbara
Sandra
Berlin Communist scare campaign seeks to damp Berlin vote
Communists in Berlin launched a late campaign to deter voting in Sunday’s city elections. They claimed without proof that the United States might withdraw from Berlin by spring and that General Lucius D. Clay could be recalled. A Soviet backed rump government was declared the only legal regime for Berlin.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
United States
West Coast maritime strike ends after 93 days
The west coast three month walkout ends at noon as all five unions resume work. Omar Hoskins, federal conciliator, says the CIO Radio Operators and Pacific American Shipowners Association reached terms after an all night conference. Ratification meetings scheduled by both sides.
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San Francisco
C. L
Pacific American Shipowners Association
West Coast
Omar Hoskins
Pacific American
Local merchants fund West Monroe Christmas lighting
The Business Men's Association provided cash and material for downtown West Monroe's Christmas lighting including wire sockets and other supplies. Vocational school supplied scrap metal for the display titled Peace On Earth, while the merchants' funding had been overlooked in a prior News-Star article.
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West Monroe
Business Men's Association
News-Star
Merchants’ Group
Americas In Defense Pact Formally Ratified In Washington
Washington decides to back the interAmerican defense treaty signed by 19 nations at Rio de Janeiro. Costa Rica to deposit ratification at the Pan American Union, signaling the treaty’s full force and its commitment to aid any member attacked in the hemisphere.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Mario Esquivel
Pan American Union
Americas
Truman
United States
Canada
New World Nations
South Pole
North American
Greenland
Greek Priests to Face Trial in Prague
Three Greek Orthodox priests are to be tried in Prague next week on charges of leading an effort to carve a Ukrainian republic from Soviet Russia and nearby states. Communist control of press and radio in Czechoslovakia is cited as context for anti church campaigns.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Romania
Nervous Arab Nations Eye Each Other as Syria Turmoil Grows
Arab states in a war with Israel face inward tension as Syria Lebanese and Egyptian leaders fear Abdullah of Trans-Jordan’s ambitions. Syria imposes martial law after riots. Premier Mardam Bey is ousted and dissident elements call for peace or full war.
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Associated Press
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Abdulla
Britain
Arab Legion
Jamil Mardam Bey
Middle East
Iraq
Pearl Harbor Day Service Planned by Veterans
The AMVET post in Monroe and allied posts plan a Pearl Harbor memorial service aboard the AMVET boat at Pine Street landing at 3 p.m. December 5. The service commemorates the December 7, 1941 bombing and includes a program led by Harold Breard and other veterans.
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Pearl Harbor
Walter S. Savage, Jr
Post
American Legion
Monroe
West Monroe
Northeast Louisiana
Marine Corps League
AMVET
Pine Street Landing
Harold Breard
Five Shot Aboard Bus in Tennessee Standoff
Five white riders were shot on a crowded Cleveland Tennessee bus in a gun battle between a white man and a Black man. Jack Bennett of Calhoun and James A Phillips of Charleston were charged with assault with intent to murder and held on $5,000 bonds.
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Cleveland
Tenn
Bradley County
Bud Cash
Zr. K. McKenzie
Sheriff Cash
Jack Bennett
Calhoun
James A. Phillips
Charleston
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Ledford
Bennett
Phillips
Edward Thomas
Grady Duggan
D. L. Stansbery
J. M. Creaseman
Duke Hibben
Train Crash Kills 16 Germans West of Berlin
A passenger train collided with a suburban local at Falkensee station in the Soviet occupation zone near Berlin. Sixteen Germans were killed and fifteen injured, seven in serious condition, as four cars derailed in dense fog or poor lighting.
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Berlin
Falkensee
Madame Chiang Seeks Marshall Aid in Washington Visit
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek pressed her appeal for aid against Chinese Communists during a visit to Washington. She met Secretary of State Marshall for about an hour at his Leesburg home. President Truman announced he would receive her on a date to be disclosed later.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Marshall
Truman
Mme
Chiang
Leesburg
Fewer Than 400 Called Disloyal in Loyalty Checks
The Civil Service Commission reported fewer than 400 government workers left or withdrew applications due to loyalty reviews. Of 2,201,239 processed forms since Oct 1 1947, 385 left after unfavorable determinations, 131,167 forms remain, and 17,275 cases received full field investigations with 5,937 completed or discontinued. 1,317 charges issued, 279 hearings held.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good Fellows Aid Brings Christmas Hope to Struggling Family
A mother writes that her seven-member family faces a bare Christmas as the breadwinner's job fails to provide. Donors list memorials and contributions totaling about 910.82 from Monroe Hardware Co and individuals, highlighting the family's need and the community effort to supply a dinner and gifts.
Chinese Communists Take Suchow as Depot Bombs Go Up
Government sources confirm the Communist capture of Suchow after evacuations of 250000 Nationalist troops. Huge supply depots and ammunition dumps were destroyed, with smoke towers reaching up to eight thousand feet as the garrison fights to connect with trapped forces along the Hwai river defense line.
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Seymour Topping
Nanking
Suchow
Red Radio
12Th
Suhsien
13Th
Hwai River
Paichungshi Central
No Cabinet Changes Planned by President Truman
President Truman said at a White House news conference that he is making no changes in his cabinet for now but reserves the right to shuffle members later. He addressed the election, China policy, Madame Chiang Kai Shek talks, and MacArthur, with a brisk, often humorous exchange with about 225 reporters.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
White House
New York
States Rights Party
Chiang Kai Shek
Fumes alarm Nor th Philadelphia residents
Foul smelling fumes spread over a large area in northern Philadelphia and adjoining sections early today. The odor caused burning eyes and sore throats as doctors worked and police searched for a cause, while residents feared a Donora like smog, though the weather bureau reported no fog in the area.
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Philadelphia
Donora
U N Approves New U S Proposal For Palestine
Paris dispatch reports the United Nations backed a new American plan for Arab and Jewish boundary conciliation in Palestine. The Security Council delayed further action on Israeli membership as the political committee proceeds with Palestine debate. Dean Rusk secured a 42 to two approval for the amendment guiding the conciliation commission to settle outstanding issues between Jews and Arabs.
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Edward Curtis
Paris
United Nations
Palestine
United States
Israel
U. N
Security Council
Dean Rusk
The
United
Count Folke Bernadotte
U. N. General Assembly
Rusk
German war chiefs hanged for massacre of airmen
Munich December 3 4 German war criminals were executed today including Lt Erich Wentzel 46 an anti aircraft officer linked to the Borkum island massacre of seven unarmed American airmen. The executions raise the total to 91 across eight Fridays in the slayings of inmates captives and POWs.
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Munich
Germany
Borkum Island
Erich Sentzel
North Sea
U.S. Army
Wentzel
Borkum
Two Alcatraz convicts executed at San Quentin
San Quentin Calif December 3 Two convicts from Alcatraz prison were executed for slaying an Alcatraz guard during an attempted escape. Sam Shockley 36 of Oklahoma and Miran Thompson 31 of Texas were declared dead minutes after the gas was turned on at 10 04 a m.
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San Quentin
Calif
Alcatraz
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Miran Thompson
Texas
Shockley
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Good Fortune Deserts Family
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R. C. White, Jr
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