Westbrook Pegler Letter Traces Autograph Hobby
Westbrook Pegler in New York shares a letter from Thomas S Brush of New Haven son of Katharine Brush. The note recalls Brush’s past autograph collection and includes a quoted Flagg card with remarks on inflation controls and Fed policy. It references Senator Flanders and a secret Douglas committee session on monetary policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas S. Brush
New Haven
Conn
Katherine Brush
Rale
Peg
Westbrook Pegler
Tommy S. Brush
James Montgomery Flagg
House
Congress
Senator Flanders
Vermont
Senate-House Economic Committee
Youth Admits Slaying Girl in Evansville Case
Evansville ind dec 5 a 22 year old law student confessed the hammer slaying of his Evansville High School sweetheart 16 year old Mary Ellen Harmon who was five months pregnant The youth Franklin Thomas Slay of Griffin Ind a Florida State University student made a written statement and drew a map to the body near Hopkinsville Ky Authorities traced the map leading to the grave site with Kentucky state police aiding the search Continued on Sixth Page.
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Evansville
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomas Slay
Griffin
Florida State University
Kentucky
Story of the Savior: Our Christmas Strip Begins Today
The illustrated Christmas strip titled The Story of the Savior debuts today. Readers are invited to follow the Nativity tale through a series of panel drawings and brief captions in the holiday feature.
Increase In Steel Prices Seen Soon
Washington reports the House Un American Activities Committee has evidence of three shipments of atom bomb materials to Russia in 1943. Former air force officer G Racey Jordan claims Hopkins directed uranium and bomb powder shipments in 1944. The committee weighs immediate hearings as Jordan’s statements are reviewed with other witnesses and backed by unnamed officials.
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Washington
Dec
Louis J. Russell
House UN- American Activities Committee
Russia
Harry L. Hopkins
Russell
Air Force
G. Racey Jordan
Hopkins
House
UN American Activities Committee
Jordan
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
House Committee
Wood
D-Ga
Walter
D-Pa
Moulder
D-Mo
Harrison
D-Va
John McDowell
Pennsylvania
Great Falls
Mont
McDowell
U. S
Junius W. Jones
Sacra
Rain Soothes Louisiana Forest Fires But Breather Only Short
Baton Rouge La Dec 5 The week end rains gave Louisiana forest fire fighters a brief pause but not a lasting relief State Forester James E Mixon said any wetting might hold through today except in the Lake Charles and Lafayette areas where only light rain fell No more than a tenth of an inch drenched the regions and nurseries will halt pine seedling shipments at week end unless further rain arrives as dry ground hampers growth.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
James E. Mixon
Lake Charles
Lafayette
Mixon
Steel price outlook widens as costs rise
An industry spokesman says steel prices will likely rise soon due to higher labor and material costs. Leaders at Jones and Laughlin, U S Steel, and Republic Steel confirm cost pressures and ongoing price reviews, though no general increase has yet been declared.
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Pittsburgh
Admiral Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Morcel
U. S. Steel Corporation
Moreell
Republic Steel Corporation
Power Plant Official James P Scalia Dies at 48
James P Scalia 48 longtime Monroe resident and superintendent at the city power plant died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 607 Auburn Avenue Monroe He owned and operated The Parkway 815 Park Avenue He is survived by his wife two daughters seven sisters and a brother Rosary services set at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home chapel at 730 p m Funeral arrangements incomplete He had worked for the city after high school then served in the Navy after World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Scalia
Monroe
Auburn Avenue
Scalia
Park Avenue
Jo Marie Scalia
Linda Faye Scalia
Joe LaSuzza
Angia Scalia
Tony Genusa
S. W. Barnett
Sara Scalia
Frank Lewis
Jake Mandina
Shreveport
Frank Scalia
Angelo Scalia
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Navy
Bishops Defy Czech Communist Church Control Laws
Czechoslovakia's Roman Catholic bishops issued a 2200 word letter dated November 17 challenging the church control law passed October 14. They warn of a religious fight if the government does not revise the decrees governing priest appointments church administration and religious education.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hoover Pushes Economy Drive in Washington
Former president Herbert Hoover returns to Washington to advocate a government reorganization aimed at reducing spending. He will address the National Reorganization Conference and push the idea that saving money is a practical discipline rather than a theory, while acknowledging political caution on cutting key outlays. Senator O'Mahoney cites defense, veterans benefits, and debt interest as major budget portions and questions further tax hikes.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
G.O.P. Party
Republic
Hoover
New York
Taft
Ohio
Guy G. Gabrielson
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Wyoming
Senate-House Economic Committee
Truman
Louisiana pushes tax collections with no compromise
Louisiana State Collector of Revenue W A Cooper told about 300 tax consultants that the department has no discretion under the law and no compromises. He said some taxpayers overpay due to misunderstanding and that the conference aims to help preparers file accurately. Lt Goy William J Dodd welcomed the group.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
Department of Revenue
Goy
William J. Dodd
Two Warehouses Burn In Selman Field Fire
A blaze in Selman Field warehouse district destroyed two warehouses and damaged three others. Frank Smith, manager of the Selman Field airport, estimates losses at several thousand dollars. One destroyed warehouse held 4,500 bales of city hay. the other, rented by Terminal Paper Bag Co. of Brownville, contained three rolls of paper. Among damaged buildings, one was one-third full of paper rolls for the bag company and another stored ten new trucks for McCain-Richards Ford dealers. A spokesman for the...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selman Field
Frank Smith
Terminal Paper Bag Company
Brownville
Paper Bag Company
McCain-Richards
Ford
Trooper kills Nebraska thug in chase ending Dunkin’s escape
Kansas State Patrolman W. W. Smith shot and killed Omaha fugitive William Dunkin near Rulo Nebraska after a dusty pursuit across Kansas roads. Dunkin, 36, escaped from Lincoln’s Nebraska penitentiary eleven days earlier and exchanged fire with officers before dying at the edge of town as his car overturned.
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Rulo
Neb
William Dunkin
Kansas
Omaha
Nebraska
Lincoln
Dunkin
W. W. Smith
Smith
May Enters Federal Jail Near Ashland Ky
Former Rep. Andrew J. May, 74, entered the Federal Correctional Institution near Ashland at 6:30 a.m. under a wartime bribery and conspiracy conviction. He arrived with U. S. Marshal John M. Moore, sought to dodge reporters, and was flanked by his son Robert Vernon May in a ruse to mislead witnesses. Warden R. O. Culver announced May’s admission, ending a lengthy effort to avoid imprisonment and setting a term of eight to 24 months.
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Ashland
Andrew J. May
Federal Correctional Institution
Here
House Military Affairs Committee
John M. Moore
Kentucky
May
Prestonburg
Moore
Lexington
Robert Vernonn
Boyd County
Catlettsburg
R. O. Culver
The
Correctional Institution
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Three Day Week Begins In Coal Mines Across Nation
The United Mine Workers resume mining under a three day week after talks with operators. John L. Lewis leads 480,000 miners as they return to western Pennsylvania and other coal regions. Most expect a five day week only after a contract is reached. Kentucky truck mine operators consider joining with a daily pay bump to $15.00, plus 20 cents per ton royalties unchanged.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Kentucky
Lakeland Victory heads to Taku Bar with Ward party aboard
The Lakeland Victory, a 10 500-ton wartime merchantman, departed Yokohama for Kobe on a scheduled run to Taku Bar off Tientsin to retrieve American Consul General Angus Ward and staff from Communist China. The party, expelled from Mukden after a trial, will sail to Kobe, Pusan, then Taku Bar with a 20-person contingent aboard.
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Tokyo
Lakeland Victory
Angus Ward
China
Yokohama
Kobe
Taku Bar
Tientsin
Mukden
Ward
Taku
U.S. Army
Pusan
Korea
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Charles Gerry
C. W. Evans
Pacific Far East Lines
San Francisco
Pacific
Crash of private craft kills five
Long Beach California December 5 five persons died when a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and burned at Long Beach municipal airport. Eyewitnesses said the engines coughed after takeoff and the craft plowed the field into flames. Owned by Bob Sanders the pilot was believed to be Sanders. Also aboard were Hal Evans John Putnam and Cliff Boyden with a fifth victim unidentified. All residents of the Long Beach Los Angeles area.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bob Sanders
CAA
Sanders
Hal Evans
John Putnam
Cliff Boyden
Los Angeles Area
Good Fellows Fund Growing Help for Family in Need
A letter to the Good Fellows fund outlines a mother and four year old sister in distress. The writer, a 14 year old ninth grader, explains the family’s sole income is a small welfare check for rent and bills and asks for clothing and shoes for his mother and sister, noting he has adequate clothing.
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LS NS
Uranium Mine Fire Death Toll Put At 3 700
Frankfurt dispatch reports the Lueneburger Landeszeitung says 3.7 million listed as dead in a uranium mine blaze in the Soviet occupation zone on November 24. The figure surpasses earlier estimates, contrasting with Soviet claims of a single death. The British Berlin Telegraf had fluctuated between several hundred and 2,000.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Men Held on Robbery Bond Set at Three Thousand
Sheriff Bailey Grant said two men were jailed for simple robbery in Ruston after a $1,659 theft from a 55 year old man near West Monroe fair grounds on October 31. Pete Lafitte of Bossier City posted $3,000 bond. Cecil Melton of Ruston remains held on $3,000. An unidentified woman sought by deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Grant
Quachita Parish
Ruston
Pete Lafitte
Bossier City
Cecil K. Melton
Grant
Oscar Turner
West Monroe Fair Grounds
Lafitte
Melton
Sheriff Department
Inflation Warnings Yet Prosperity Seen For 1950
Inflation warnings resurface in Washington but most analysts expect a steady, prosperous 1950. President Truman unlikely to seek new standbys for anti inflation. Credit and prices rise, wage and pension increases loom, yet major price surges are not forecast. Economists warn of disinflation in key industries and deflation as a long term risk. Prospects point to another year of high income and production, similar to 1949. Names mentioned include President Truman and Senator Douglas.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Eco
Bank
Douglas
D-Nl
Congress
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Un-American Activities Group
Tonin Zapotocky
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
Stu
Dents
Institution
Merchantman
Good Fellows Fund
J. E. Chambers
Saces
F. O. Browning
Wisigte Ie
Temple B'Nai Israil Sisterhood
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