Fair Enough a Critique of the Hoodlums in the Union
Westbrook Pegler condemns the American union movement as a predatory racket led by local bosses in the hodcarriers union. He mocks its constitution, describes sovereign yet interdependent leaders, and portrays officers as lawmaking judges while alleging initiation fees and racketeering influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Union Movement
Truman
Hodcarriers’ Union
United States
A. F. of L
Wall Street
Education Conference Draws Monroe Georgia Audience
Widespread interest surrounds a Monroe schools sponsored education conference in the Georgia Tucker school auditorium. The program runs 1 to 2 55 PM with music by the Georgia Tucker chorus and the Neville High School chorus. Warren Taylor will welcome attendees followed by talks by Dr. L M Harrison and Gordon Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Monroe
Georgia Tucker School
Gladys Seymour
Sara Lou Hudson
Warren Taylor
Monroe City School Board
L. M. Harrison
College of Education of
Louisiana Education Association
Gordon Webb
Neville High School
Pay Boost Sought for President and Top Officials
Former President Herbert Hoover urges a salary increase for the president and top government officials before the Senate Civil Service Committee. Budget Director James Webb says Truman backs raising cabinet salaries from 15000 to 25000, with higher pay for both president and vice president. The current president earns 75000 and 30000 in expenses. the vice president is fixed at 25000. Senator O Conor argues for early action on the hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Senate Civil Service Committee
James E. Webb
Truman
O’conor
Civil Service Committee
Ruth Farnsworth Victim of Guam Kidnap and Attack
Ruth Farnsworth, a 27 year old San Francisco woman, died in Guam after a kidnapping and rape by a sex maniac. Paratrooper boots with blood stains found near the scene are being sent to the FBI for analysis, along with a missing sandal. Authorities questioned several men as a rewards offer stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Guam
Naval
Washington
Navy
Miss Farnsworth
Rights restoration sought for 22 in racketeering case
The Louisiana pardon board received petitions from 22 men sentenced for violating the federal anti-racketeering act tied to the 1946 Florida parishes milk strike. They argue a serious question exists whether conviction bars voting or state office and note civil rights could be restored by state action without presidential pardon. Judge Dawkins would join clemency recommendations for most, excluding about six leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Pardon Board
Florida Parishes
State Health Department
Lawrence Sauer
U. S
Ben C. Dawkins
Dawkins
Peiping Isolated As Communists Close In On Nanking
News from Nanking reports talk of coalition government or peace as Communist advances threaten Peiping and Tientsin. Chiang Kai-Shek denounces peace talks while ministries operate in name only and diplomats say the government plans to stay in Nanking amid a wait-and-see stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Peiping
Suchow
Chiang
Tientsin
Sun Fo
Woman Nearly Blind Seeks Help To Buy Glasses
A nearly blind woman writes of her struggle to save 12 for glasses from her small pension while high grocery and doctor costs strain her finances. She appeals to readers for assistance with groceries to reach the needed amount.
Tennessee electors split as Thurmond gets one vote
Tennessee Senator McKellar expressed regret that all electoral votes did not go to Truman after Preston Parks cast one vote for J Strom Thurmond. He praised Ed Crump of Memphis as a fine man and said he spoke with reporters after a White House call about a Mississippi River commission appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Truman
Ed Crump
Memphis
Preston Parks
J. Strom Thurmond
McKellar
Parks
White House
Crump
Mississippi River
Seven Gilbert Children Hurt In Bus Collision Near Winnsboro
Seven Gilbert school children and a gravel truck driver were injured when the truck rear ended a loading school bus on Highway 15 about eight miles south of Winnsboro. Two children, Warren Causey Jr. and Rosa Lee Parnell, sustained skull fractures. others suffered head, leg, and scalp injuries. The bus driver escaped injury. the truck driver J P Hardy was hospitalized with facial injuries. Investigators reported no charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Gilbert
Franklin Parish
Hiram B. Waller
Warren Causey, Jr
Rosa Lee Parnell
Marie Newman
James Hathorne
Thelma Gimbott
Ronald Halbrook
Betty Ann Carrington
J. P. Hardy
Mangham
H. F. Calhoun
Chase
Waller
Wisner
King George VI Observes 53rd Birthday Quietly
London reports King George VI marks his 53rd birthday in bed at Buckingham Palace with improving leg condition. Queen Mary and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, plus Prince Philip, will visit as advised. no public celebrations planned. Doctors warn against strain, with official birthday display saved for June.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Margaret
Prince Philip
Queen Mary
Marlborough House
Empire
Buckingham Palace
Costa Rica Accuses Nicaragua of Multisource Invasion
Costa Rica claims land sea and air forces from Nicaragua invaded its territory and seeks an OAS session to address the dispute. Four rebels reportedly killed with others captured as Calderon Guardia leads rebel effort near the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Associated Press
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Washington
San Jose
Jose Figueres
Labor unions plan strategy meetings over Taft-Hartley repeal
The A F of L and C I O held separate strategy talks in Washington with aims to repeal the 1947 Taft Hartley act and expand labor's political role. C I O vice presidents met to act on the Portland convention mandate, while plans for a Wagner act restoration and amendments were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. F. of L
Philip Murray
Portland
Ore
Tobin
James B. Carey
Arthur Goldberg
David J. McDonald
Truman
Congress
Cincinnati
A. I. of L
Post Office Ready for Biggest Christmas Rush in Monroe
The Monroe post office prepares for a record Christmas mailing period with late parcel post hours December 16 to 20 and 6 p.m. closing on Saturdays. Extra staff and lobby writing tables are arranged as patrons swarm the lobby to mail early letters and packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Post Office
Woodrow Hathorn
Monroe
Hathorn
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Lithuania backs Russian control report hints resistance
A Soviet report from Trofimov, secretary of Lithuania’s Communist central committee, warns that nationalists and kulaks oppose collectivization, signaling ongoing trouble for Moscow’s rule in Lithuania. The piece in Soviet Lithuania reports growing Baltic resistance amid Allied nonrecognition of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Lithuania
A. S. Trofimov
Lithuanian Communist Party
Central Committee
Moscow
Latvia
Estonia
United States
Trofimov
Baltic
Woman witness refuses to reveal Communist ties at hearing
Marian Bachrach, a 50 year old New York writer, testified before the House un American activities committee and refused to state whether she is or has been a Communist or knows prior witnesses. She denied copying documents from the state department or navy bureau of standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
House
An American Activities Committee
Washington
Wadleigh
Whittaker Chambers
Red
Communist Underground
House Un-American Activities Committee
William F. Arbogast
Congressional
Marian Bachrach
New York City
Communist Party
Bureau of Standards of
Navy Department
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Mayors push home rule plan at national meeting
New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Morrison urged an American Municipal Association policy promoting home rule. He argued cities should govern locally, set charters, raise revenue, and choose government forms, citing Louisiana interference and loss of $4.5 million in local tax funds转.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Municipal Association
deLesseps S. Morrison
New Orleans
Association
Morrison
Louisiana
State House
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Italy and Russia Sign Wide Trade and Reparations Pact
Rome reports Italy and the Soviet Union signed a series of trade and reparations agreements in Moscow. The accord calls for 33 Italian warships to be handed over in five groups beginning January 15, 1949, and a three year commercial exchange totaling about 50 million dollars annually with Russia supplying wheat and raw materials in return for Italian industrial goods and fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Ansa
Julius Caesar
Augusta
Sicily
Recording Ban Ended Works Resuming Sessions Soon
New York Dec 14 members of James Petrillo's American Federation of Musicians will end their 11 1/2 month recording ban this afternoon. A five year contract with the phonograph record companies is to be signed and immediate recording sessions will begin for AFL instrumentalists. The government approved a union welfare fund financed by royalties on records. Samuel R. Rosenbaum will head the $25,000 a year fund expected to yield $2,000,000 yearly for hiring jobless musicians and other welfare uses. RCA Victor Columbia Capitol lined up artists to start at once. Decca voiced no rush. The aim is to meet the Christmas trade despite possible delays in postloan recordings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Phonograph
A. F. of L
Tom C. Clark
William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Capitol
Decca
RCA Victor
Musicians’ Union
Petrillo
Chiang Kai-Shek Hosts Hoffman At State Dinner In Nanking
President Chiang Kai-Shek entertained Eisenhower era official Paul Hoffman and other American officials at a state dinner in Nanking. Vice President Li Tsung Jen attended publicly, with high ranking Chiang government officials present. Hoffman plans to depart tomorrow for Korea via Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Li Tsung Jen
Chiang
Hoffman
Toomorrow
Korea
Shanghai
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Beauty
Joe Tanenbaum
A. J. Tanenbaum
Bates Osideses
Carol
Danny
Monroe Fire Fighters Association
F. P. Cerniglia
Eewe
Thurmond
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Calderon Guardia
National Union Party
Otilio Ulate
Calderonistas
la Cruz
Puerto Soley
Salinas Bay
A. F. of
President Chiang
Weney Ama
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