Fair Enough Fair Enough in Westbrook Pegler Piece
New York dispatch notes Westbrook Pegler’s amended answer to Drew Pearson’s libel suit. It highlights new counsel Poletti Diamond Freidin Mackay, shifts from Ernst to Isserman, and sketches a web of political and labor figures around the case.
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New York
Westbrook Pegler
Drew Pearson
Pegler
Pearson
Old Droop
Greenbaum
Wolf
Ernst
Poletti
Diamond
Sidney Hillman
Eisenhower Urges Dividing Line Between Government Control and Citizen Responsibility
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told 15,000 at the Houston Chamber of Commerce meeting that America must draw a dividing line between government control and citizen responsibility. He warned of regimentation in government motives and offered a three point formula for a strong society: individual freedom, national cooperation, and general education. He also referenced Lincoln’s Gettysburg address and hinted at concerns about the 1952 presidential race.
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Houston
Tex
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Apartment Wanted and For Rent Ad in Monroe
Mrs R P Gullett of 30 Orange St placed a want ad in News Star World. Large 3 room apartment with private bath available for $46 per month with bills paid. Phone 10233-1. Also offers a low seven time rate with cancellation privileges.
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Monroe
R. P. Gullett
Orange St
News-Star—World
Ward May Be At Port Of Tientsin
The State Department received advices that Angus Ward and the Mukden consulate group may be at Tientsin in north China. A U S consul general message said the special train passed Tangsan and the Ward party of 20 should have arrived around 11 a m eastern standard time. The Communist news agency reported Ward left Mukden earlier, with confirmation via British sources.
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Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
North China Port
Tientsin
United States
Tangsan
Communist North China News Agency
Ward
Cotton Crop Forecast For 1949 At 16,034,000 Bales
The Agriculture Department places the 1949 cotton crop at 16,034,000 bales of 500 pounds, up 510,000 from last month. Compared with last year’s 14,877,000 and the ten year average of 11,306,000, the report notes surplus supply and ample reserve. Secretary Brannan proposes a 20 percent 1950 production cut and strict 1940 crop marketing quotas to be voted on December 15 with penalties for excess sales. Census figures show 13,975,926 bales ginned by December 1, with yield pegged at 285.8 pounds per acre from 26,898,000 harvested acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Census Bureau
Monroe Woman Seriously Injured In Car Crash
A Monroe woman, Slyvian Cockrell of 206 Pine Street, was seriously injured when the car she rode in overturned in a yard at 4206 De Siard Street around 11:30 p m Wednesday. She was taken to Wright Bendel Clinic with brain concussion and severe scalp lacerations while driver W C Curry of 707 Stella Street escaped injuries. Officers said Curry lost control on De Siard Street.
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Monroe
DeSiard Street
Slyvian Cockrell
Pine Street
Wright- Bendel
West Monroe
Curry
Probers Trail Atomic Sales in Washington Hearings
House probers pursue war era atomic shipments to Russia seeking 500 pounds of uranium compound believed to have reached the Reds around July 1944 and 1000 grams of heavy water. They examine roles of former lend lease officials Moore and Hoopes and Lt General Groves amid questions on approvals and alternate sourcing. Witnesses Moore Hoopes and former Vice President Wallace may testify December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Russia
Reds
un-American Activities Committee
William C. Moore
James P. Hoopes
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Lend-Lease Administration
Committee
Capitol Hill
Moore
Hoopes
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Why Is Santa Passing Us Up
A mother appeals to Good Fellows for aid to buy Christmas gifts for her four children after her husband’s death on December 20. She describes inability to purchase bicycles, a red wagon, and dolls, and asks readers for help to brighten the children's Christmas.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Daddy
Jesus
Wreckage Of Plane With Seven Aboard Is Sighted
Wreckage of a missing California Airlines DC-3 with seven aboard was sighted near Pacheco south of Martinez. Ground crews rush to the area as searchers scower the rain soaked Contra Costa county for survivors or wreckage.
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Oakland
Calif
Pacheco
Martinez
Contra Costa County
California Airlines
Burbank
Sacramento
Pinole
Here
Hamilton Air Base
San Rafael
Franklin Canyon
Fairfield Suisun Air
Lewis awaits fresh signers as miners endure three day week
Washington reports John L. Lewis hopes for new signers as miners work only Monday through Wednesday under a three day schedule. Some small soft coal firms in the Midwest and South have accepted terms and returned to a five day week. Major operators resist, blocking broad gains in the long dispute. Agreements signed with Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Ohio plants raise welfare royalties to 35 cents per ton and add 95 cents a day to basic wages, funding pensions via the welfare fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Midwest
South
Lewis
U. M. W. Policy Committee
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Welfare Fund
Soldiers Reveal Bank Loot Cache Near Amite
Two Fort Bragg soldiers led sheriff's deputies to a hollow stump in a wood near Amite Louisiana where they hid more than $4,000 taken in the Kentwood Bank robbery. Donald D. Redman of Houston and Freddy Brant of Roseland were identified and held for charges after admitting the holdup.
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Amite
Fort Bragg
N. C
Kentwood
Guaranty Bank of
Hammond
Tom Sanders
Wodford Sanders
Sanders
Donald D. Redman
Houston
Tex
Freddy Brant
Roseland
Brant
Civil service rules bar firemen or police running for office
Baton Rouge Dec 8 A fireman or policeman with civil service status may not run for public office even on leave of absence. Assistant Attorney General James G Palmer said the leave does not remove him from civil service classification. If such an employee runs for office during leave he could be tried and removed from his regular position.
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Baton Rouge
Attorney General's Office
W. M. Sutton
Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service
James G. Palmer
Fire and Police Civil Service
Palmer
Break Likely in Smuggling Ring Involving Cuban Smuggling
U S border patrol and immigration agents aimed to complete a major round up of aliens smuggled into the United States by air from Cuba. District Attorney Ernest L. Duhaime said two men and their wives and at least three aliens are under arrest. Names linked to the operation include Gregorio Simonovitch, described as the Caribbean kingpin, and suspects Gaylord Miles Saxton and Charles G. Cramton with their wives. Bonds were set at 1000 dollars for Saxton and Cramton. their wives released on signature. The arrests began at dawn in Opa-Locka. other aliens identified in New York. Cramton claimed he operated a Piper Cub, smuggling four or five people at a time.
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Miami
Fla
Border Patrol
Cuba
U. S
Ernest L. Duhaime
Duhaime
Gregorio Simonovitch
Simonovitch
Caribbean
Gaylord Miles Saxton
Royal Air Force
Mary Jean
Charles G. Cramton
Ruth
Saxton
Cramton
Monroe city school board to discuss fire marshal report
Monroe city school board will meet this afternoon at 4 in Boyet's office at Central Grammar School to review a fire marshal's hazards report. Superintendent J. M. Boyer says action may be taken and city officials will cooperate with the marshal as much as possible.
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Monroe City
J. M. Boyer
Boyet
Central Grammar School
Quachita Parish
Britain Eyes Special Vote in Bradford Parliament Contest
Britain watches a Bradford by election to fill the vacancy left by M F Titterington. Labour backs George Craddock, Conservatives back John Windle, an Independent runs as Colin Canning. Polls suggest Labour may retain the seat amid devaluation and cost of living concerns.
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Bradford
England
Britain
House of Commons
M. F. Titterington
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Emanuel Shinwell
Anthony Eden
Labor
Labor Party
George Craddock
National Liberal Party
John Windle
Colin Canning
Titterington
Last-Ditch Stand Against Reds Seen
The Chinese Nationalists moved to transfer the seat of government to Taipeh Formosa after an emergency cabinet session led by Premier Yen Hsi-Shan. Sichang in Sikang province was named for operations on the mainland with two guerrilla corps to be led by Wang Tsang-Shu and Tang Shih-Tsend. Premier Yen flew to Taipei as Chengtu and Sichang lose status as capital seats.
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Chengtu
China
Taipeh
Formosa
Yen Hsi-Shan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sichang
Sikang
Chang Chun
Southwest China
Ku Chu Tung
Hu Tsung-Nan
Yang Sen
Southwest Headquarters
Wang Tsang-Shu
Tang Shih-Tsend
Reds
Taipei
New York Faces Water Shortage as Restrictions Tighten
New York imposes sweeping water bans as officials admit a critically low supply. Automobile washing is banned, pools and tennis court flooding halted, and subway tile cleaning suspended. Police water wardens canvass neighborhoods to curb waste while fines rise. High demand depletes city and regional reservoirs amid light rainfall.
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Brooklyn
Carney
Upstate
Westchester County
Giant stove explosion kills man at Lone Star Steel
A giant brick chimney toppled from a tall stove at Lone Star Steel in Daingerfield Texas killing Billy Crawford 21 of New Boston as he left work. Wilson Germany son of the company president described the stove supplying hot air to a blast furnace and said about half the chimney collapsed with damage not yet estimated.
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Daingerfield
Tex
Lone Star Steel Company
Billy Crawford
New Boston
Wilson Germany
E. B. Germany
Lone Star Steel
Cotton acreage control changes may be requested
Farmers from 20 states urge congressional review of Brannan’s allotment plan. Ralph S. Trigg says lawmakers in Washington will hear complaints about the 21 million acre national quota, a 23 percent cut since 1949. They argue the system favors small holders and penalizes large, and seek possible legislation to adjust the act.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Washington
Ralph S. Trigg
Harold D. Cooley
D-N. C
House Agriculture Committee
Trigg
Tulane Faculty Dismissal Claim Denied by President
Tulane University president Dr Rufus Harris rejected Dr John Kieffer 39 a Tulane associate professor of political science claims that his planned June 1 dismissal was due to anti-Communist activity He described the charge as ridiculous and said Kieffer was hired on a trial or temporary appointment after joining Tulane in 1947 The educator Loses his case amid alleged persecution by a leftist liberal pinkish group at Tulane and requests academic freedom protections.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Rufus Harris
John Lieffer
Metairie Country Club
Tulane
Kieffer
Harris
Leon M. Fife Dies in West Monroe at 57
Leon M. Fife, 57, former West Monroe postmaster, died at his home on Cypress Street. He is survived by his wife Annie and three sons, including Leon M. Fife of Houston and Bobbie E. Fife of West Monroe, plus two sisters, a brother, and several relatives. A Mason and Church of Christ member, he had retired from postal service due to ill health. Funeral arrangements were being set by Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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Leon M. Fife
West Monroe
Cypress Street
Annie Fife
Houston
Tex
Bobbie E. Fife
Sallie Hearold
Baskin
Eunice Freeman
Monroe
L C. Fife
Fife
Masonic Lodge
Church of Christ
Mulhearn Funeral Home
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Ike
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Probers Trail Atomic Sales
M. Waggoner
Walter W. Kelloge, Jr
John
Ben Peters
Louis D. Cohn
Walker Glenn, Sr
Julian W. Glenn
Irvin W. Kilpatrick
Mamie Jo
John Miller
Sheriff's Office
Shell Chemical Company
Pittsburg
Richmond
Foundling
Teresa
Anthony Scheid
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Chicago
St. Vincent's Orphanage
City School Board
Stephen J. Carney
By Bill Crider
Charles F. Brannan
Dr. Lieffer
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