Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler on the baseball contract debate
In a letter to Jimmy Powers Jesuit Father Francis A. Moore argues the standard players contract reflects a modern shift from free labor. He traces the rise of unions under Wagner act era protections and notes unions' power and money influencing politics, from Roosevelt to Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Powers
Francis A. Moore
Father Moore
Supreme Court
Fui Pi-Yu
Roosevelt
Truman
Approval of bids advised for Louisiana school projects
The Louisiana board of education building committee recommended approval of low bids for multiple school construction and alteration projects. Bids include Northwestern State College upgrades by Tudor Construction Co. and a boys dormitory at the State School for the Blind, plus a student center at Southeastern Louisiana College and a religious center alteration in Alexandria. A minor accident claim from Southwestern Louisiana Institute remains under study.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Board of Education
Louisiana
Tulane University
Tudor Construction Co
Alexandria
Northwestern State College
Barnet Breziier
Northwestern State
Caldwell and McCann
Baton Rouge
State School For the Blind
Union Construction Co
Southeastern Louisiana College
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Joel Fletcher
Southwestern
Grand Jury In Special Session At Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita parish grand jury met in special session at 10 a m under Judge David I Garrett and will report findings to the court after investigations. Cases include Earl John Lambert 27 West Monroe charged with aggravated rape of a 25 year old Monroe woman and theft charges against Alma Keith Anders and Leslie Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Earl John Lambert
West Monroe
Monroe
Alma Keith Anders
Montgomery Ward
Leslie Smith
Anders
Smith
Henry McIntosh
Chinese Reds Claim Air-Tight Encirclement At Nanking
The Chinese Communist radio said Red forces completed an air-tight encirclement of the Nationalist Suchow garrison near Nanking. About 110000 troops from the 16th 13th and second army groups reportedly abandoned Suchow to reach the trapped government 12th army group in the Suhsien area, 45 miles south. The broadcast boasted 20000 government troops had been annihilated and warned of total wipeout if they do not surrender. Government spokesmen noted the army groups moved westward toward the Hwai river defense line, now manned by weaker troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Topping
Nanking
Communist Radio
Red
Suchow
Suhsien
Hwai River
Strike ends on West Coast reopening vast shipping network
After 95 days of idle work, Pacific coast commerce resumes as shipowners guarantee the Sailors Union of the Pacific will not cede jurisdiction to CIO unions. About 28 000 union seamen end the second-longest strike, cargo returns to some 280 ships, and disruptions cost the industry hundreds of millions. Major ports may face two to three weeks of congestion as crews restart work.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
A. F. of L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
A. F. of L
U. SS
Tacoma
Wash
Wesern
Seattle
Alaska Steamship Co
Baranoff
Alaska
Alaska Highway
LSU Coed Killed In Weekend Crash In Louisiana
Survivors of a weekend automobile crash that killed a Louisiana State University coed were reported doing very well at Our Lady Of The Lake Sanitarium. Miss Betty Jean Golden of Birmingham died. others injured include Miss Emily Mae Fredericks and Miss Beverly Taylor, both LSU instructors at Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Miss Golden
D. M. Golden
Birmingham
Miss Fredericks
A. A. Fredericks
Earl K. Long
Truman says Greek drive to crush rebels bogged down
President Truman told Congress that Greece's Communist backed guerrilla campaign remains stalemated. He blamed partly the Greek army's insufficient effort after summer victories and noted morale sagging despite over 170 million dollars in U S arms and supplies. In Turkey, aid shows progress in building army power against Communist pressure. The report covers aid programs through September 30 and contrasts Greek struggles with Turkish gains.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Truman
Greece
Congress
Turkey
United States
Man Plans Direct Christmas Aid To Family
A Good Fellows letter describes a donor who will personally supply food clothing and toys to a needy family for Christmas instead of mailing a fund contribution He will contact Mrs Jack Hesketh to arrange the family and visit on Christmas morning to deliver gifts and meet the recipients
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Jack Hesketh
Brother Admits He Strangled Woman in New Orleans
Walter Whitney, a marine engineer, traveled from Cuba to claim the body of his wife Naomi Whitney, found strangled in her French Quarter apartment. Police said her brother George Coleman, 26, of Ash Flat Arkansas, admitted the killing after a money dispute sparked by her brother’s plan to buy a saloon.
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New Orleans
Walter Whitney
Merchant Marine
Cuba
Naomi Whitney
French Quarter
Joseph Scheuering
George E. Coleman
Ash Flat
Ark
Scheuering
Supreme Court Refuses To Order Ballots For Truman
The article notes government estimates showing U S military aid to China lagging behind Greece and Turkey under the Truman doctrine. It cites about 63 thousand dollars in fighting equipment delivered to Chiang Kai-shek's forces over the past year and a half compared with 230 million to Greece and Turkey. It mentions plans advocated by Mme Chiang and possible future funding near a billion dollars annually, with current China allocations around 400 million.
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Washington
China
Greece
Turkey
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Mme. Chiang
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court Refuses Alabama Plea on Thurmond Electors
The Supreme Court refused to order Alabama’s presidential electors to vote for Truman. Alabama Governor James E. Folsom and three voters had sought an injunction to prevent the electors from voting for anyone other than the duly nominated candidate, despite pledges to Thurmond.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
James E. Folsom
Supreme Court to Hear War Crime Appeals of Japanese Officials
The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to hear appeals by General Kenji Doihara and Koki Hirota, former Japanese premier, challenging Tokyo trials. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion joining four justices. the dissenting four favored denying review. MacArthur had deferred execution of all six condemned war criminals pending high court action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Ruthledge
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Dohihara
Hirota
Hideki Tojo
Berlin voters rebuke Communists in Western bloc election
Berlin’s western sectors held city elections amid Soviet boycott. Social Democrats led with 853,100 votes or 64.5 percent, Christian Democrats 258,496 and Liberal Democrats 214,224. Spoiled ballots totaled 37,156. Eligible voters 1,596,099. The vote underscored anti Communist sentiment amid Cold War tensions.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
West, Russia urged to share Berlin stake for four power rule
United States Britain and France urged Russia to renounce the rump Berlin Soviet government and join a four power administration. They warned Berlin crisis talks would fail if Moscow does not disown the unconstitutional body set up in the Soviet sector. Elections in the western sectors occurred as a sign of rebuff to Communists. The UN Assembly adjourned its Paris session for New York reconvening April 1, 1949.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
New York
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
U. N. Security Council
Committee of Experts
Pur
Whistling Gales Fade Across Midwest After Strong Storm
The intense storm moving from the Rockies toward Lake Superior weakened today as it pushed into the northeast. Winds peaked at 73 mph in Springfield Illinois and 68 mph in Milwaukee with up to four inches of snow in Kansas and Nebraska. Temperatures mostly near seasonal norms with Miles City Montana at two below zero.
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Chicago
Middlewest
J. E. Hovde
Lake Superior
Great Plains
Midwest
Springfield
Milwaukee
Wis
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Pacific Northwest
Atlantic States
Miles City
Mont
Omaha
New York
Miami
Memphis
Grand Jury to Hear Red Spy Papers From State Department
The House Un American Activities Committee moves to present secret documents to a grand jury amid a probe into Communist espionage ties. Whittaker Chambers, once a courier, is tied to papers said to pass to Russian agents. Nixon travels to participate in hearings, signaling a dramatic, high stake inquiry.
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Arrow
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Westminster
Chambers
Time Magazine
House un-American Activities Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Grand
Justice Department
William A. Wheeler
New York
Communist Underground
The
Reds
Maryland
House Committee
Coast Guard
Navy
Nixon
Republican
California
Panama
S. S. Panama
St. Petersburg
Fla
Akling Island
Jamaica
Miami
Stripling
Sumner Welles
Stripling-Welles
Welles
New York Grand Jury
Tojo Death Vote Narrowly Approved by Tribunal
International military tribunal approved death for five of seven Japanese war lords in a seven to four vote. Hideki Tojo and Heitaro Kimura received death penalties by seven to four. All prisoners keep stays of execution pending appeals to the U S Supreme Court. Others named: Koki Hirota Kenji Doihara Seishiro Itagaki Iwane Masui Akira Muto.
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Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Heitaro Kimura
Tojo
United States Supreme Court
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihara
Seishiro Itagaki
Iwane Masui
Akira Muto
William Webb
War Crimes Tribunal
I. M. Zaryanov
Russia
R. B. Pal
India
Victor A. Roling
Netherlands
Henri Bernard
France
Hirbta
Doihara
Itagaki
Matsui
Muto
Pal
Night search circles survivors of downed C-54
A Navy search plane radioed it was circling survivors after a C-54 ditched 1,000 miles southwest of Honolulu en route from Okinawa to Spokane. Captain Stotts reported dropping a boat. air crews searched 2,000 square miles of ocean into Sunday night for 37 aboard.
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Douglas Lovelace
Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
Honolulu
Pacific
Okinawa
Spokane
Thomas L. Viper
Air Force
Allen H. Stotts
Hickam Field
Stotts
Farm program may hit snags
Washington December 6 Two veteran Senate Democrat Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma will become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee next January He signals opposition to flexible price supports and to international wheat pacts The last Congress enacted a long range farm act setting support prices for wheat corn rice cotton and peanuts from 6 to 90 percent of parity Tobacco would stay at 99 percent if quotas are approved
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Two Airmen Die In Plane Crash Near Alexandria
Air Sgt. Donald A. Lloyd of Inverness Florida and Air Sgt. James J. Hefron of Staunton Illinois died when a PT-3 private plane rented from Barksdale Field overshot Alexandria Louisiana airport by about a mile and crashed in a cotton field. Both were attached to Barksdale Field.
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Shreveport
Donald A. Lloyd
Invereness
Fla
James J. Heffron
Staunton
Alexandria
Barksdale Field
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Pegler
Education Board
Pacific Waterfront
Santa
Mary Helen Kilpatrick
Temple B'Nai Israel Sisterhood
Seree
Louis D. Cohneee
Harriett Hays
Harry Rogers Hays
F. C. Holden
L. M. Welch, Sr
Jim Cullipher
Chambers Farm
Chiang
Thurmond
West
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