Douglas Attacks on Court Dressed as Lincoln Folly
Washington December 17. A supreme court justice William O Douglas urged a public figure to quit his office if he runs for politics. The piece compares Douglas to Huey Long and condemns the I. V. U. and C. I. O. for alleged lawless conduct and ties to government taxation regimes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Huey Long
Huey
Bill Douglas
Ichabod
Hitler
Roosevelt
Gerald L. K. Smith
Truman
I. VU
Ku Klux Klan
Democrats to be informed on White House plans
President Truman signaled closer White House contact with Senate leader Barkley and House leader Rayburn ahead of the 81st Congress. He announced plans to deliver the State of the Union personally January 5 and urged a pay raise for Barkley.
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Washington
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Sub-Zero Weather Hits Central Area
Sub-zero and freezing conditions spread across the central United States with lows of 17 below in Miles City Montana and 11 below in Grand Forks North Dakota. The chill extended through the Midwest to the Oklahoma panhandle, plus the Pacific Northwest, with scattered snow and chilly readings including Los Angeles at 44.
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Chicago
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Milesity
Mont
Grand Forks
Aberdeen
S. C
Falls
Minn
Midwest
Oklahoma Panhandle
Pacific Northwest
New England States
Gulf States
California
Los Angeles
Eat Lakes
Winnsboro Woman Found Dead In Her Home
A 30 year old Winnsboro woman, Mrs Ray Boutwell, was found dead at her Fort Necessity road home by a neighbor just after 10 am Friday. Coroner Dr H T Rodgers said death appeared due to a heart attack. An inquest is set for late tonight or Saturday morning as Franklin parish sheriff’s department investigates the mystery alongside a prior double slaying. Sheriff Hiram Waller aided lie detector tests in Monroe before returning to Winnsboro.
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Winnsboro
Fort Necessity
Franklin Parish
H. T. Rodgers
Ray Boutwell
Boutwell
Rodgers
Hiram Waller
Monroe
Sam Paola
Mary Paola
Death of A. F. Flournoy in Shreveport
Algernon F. Flournoy a Shreveport patent attorney and former Ouachita National Bank president died in Shreveport. Body brought to Monroe with funeral set at Tom Standifer home 204 Stubbs avenue Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment in City Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Survived by wife Margaret Thurston mother Mrs. T. E. Flournoy brother Eugene K. Flournoy sisters Mrs. Louise Anglesby and Mrs. Hamilton Cade.
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Algernon F. Flournoy
Shreveport
Thomas E. Flournoy
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
Tom Standifer
Stubbs Avenue
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Old City
Mulhearn Funeral Home
James Trousdale
George Trousdale
Murray Hudson
Fred Millsaps
Lucien Larche
C. B Bran
Flournoy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Washington
Margaret Thurston
Boston
Mass
T. E. Flournoy
Eugene K. Flournoy
Louise Anglesby
Hamilton Cade
Alexandria
Alabama Soldier Hanged in Japan
Tokyo reports the first hanging of an American Army of Occupation member as Pvt. Stratman Armistead of Thomasville Alabama, 32, is executed for bludgeoning a Japanese father two sons and a girl to death near Yokohama on October 26 1947. He also beat three others and stole a watch. Truman confirmed the death sentence November 16.
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Tokyo
Army of Occupation
Japan
Pvt
Stratman Armistead
Thomasville
Ala
Yokohama
Eighth Army
Truman
Chiang moving headquarters from Pengpu toward Chuhsien
Chiang Kai-shek’s east China command began withdrawing from Pengpu toward Chuhsien after reports the 12th army group had been wiped out. Transports halted at Pengpu as the battered force, reduced to under half its size, fought a desperate stand.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
East China Command
Pengpu
Chuhsien
Hwai River
Suchow
12Th Army Group
Chinese Communist Radio
Associated Press
Seymour Topping
12Th
Liu Shih
Neville Day Observance Honors Longtime Monroe Schools Chief
Monroe will pause its Christmas rush on Monday at 7 30 p m to honor Ernest L Neville longtime superintendent of Monroe city schools A public meeting at Neville High School auditorium marks E L Neville Day proclaimed by Mayor George Breece Alumni association organized the program with Rev E F Hayward delivering the invocation Warren Taylor city school board president will speak along with J M Boyer the new superintendent The event recognizes Neville s nearly fifty years of service and contributions to education in the community
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Monroe
Ernest L. Neville
Neville High School
George Breece
E. L. Neville
Old City
Warren Taylor
City School Board
Neville
J. M. Boyer
Late Yule Shoppers May Set Christmas Sales Mark
Washington reports a late shopping surge may produce an 11th straight banner year for merchants as the Federal Reserve notes a six week slump easing. Signs show the national average down only 1 percent versus last year with gains in Pennsylvania Ohio the South and Southwest and a larger December 11 week rise than in 1947. New York led declines but dollar intake is now reportedly higher than last year. West Coast New England and Midwest trails remain down but closing the gap.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
West Coast
New England
Midwest
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Reserve Board
Bombsight secret case tied to spy hunts unfolds in report
Congressional investigators said a man accused of obtaining the Norden bombsight secret for Russia is a balistics expert once spotted by federal agents. The House committee hinted at reopening the Alger Hiss inquiry, with witness questions set for early next week as tensions with the Truman administration persist.
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Washington
Russia
House un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Francis B. Sayre
Hiss
Representative McDowell
Pennsylvania
New York
Truman
Justice Department
Doctor Arrested in Death Takes Poison
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge a 27 year old assistant resident physician at St. Louis Children s Hospital swallowed poison when police came to arrest him for questioning in the fatal stabbing of Byron C Hartman an Emerson Electric engineer found dead in a Cedar Rapids hotel room. Police say Hartman was beaten and stabbed with a long knife.
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ST. Louis
William Washer
Robert C. Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Emerson Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
City Hospital
Rutledge
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washer
Hartman
Hattman
Russian Radio Berlin Returns Air After Tower Blasts
Berlin reports Radio Berlin resumed broadcasting within 12 hours of French attacks that shattered its two tall towers. Soviet commentator Heinz Schmidt claimed Washington ordered the demolition. Taegliche Rundschau hinted at reprisals as the Communist party issued a Berlin manifesto.
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Berlin
Radio Berlin
Russia
Germany
Heinz Schmidt
Potsdam
Schmidt
Washington
Taegliche Rundschau
Timofejew
Socialist Unity Party
Christmas Gifts For Missing Boy Johnny Navickas
Johnny Navickas, nine, remains missing since July 2 after leaving his grandfather’s home to visit the stockyards. In hopes of a safe return, his parents John and Florence Navickas buy Christmas gifts including an electric train and a catcher’s glove. A $1,000 reward has been offered. search efforts involve police, firemen, coast guard, Boy Scouts, and volunteers. They also have a second child, Judy, six.
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Chicago
Johnny Navickas
John
Florence Navickas
Coast Guard
Boy Scouts
Naviskas
Johnny
Judy
Wright brothers Kitty Hawk plane returns to Smithsonian
The Kitty Hawk relic, the Wright brothers first airplane, was formally welcomed home in a Smithsonian ceremony in Washington. President Truman's message praised American invention as the plane suspended in the museum’s north hall.
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Charles E. Taylor
Wright Brothers
Los Angeles
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Taylor
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
America
London
National Air Museum
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Truman
Arts and Industry
British Museum
United States
Air Force
Robert B. Landrey
Vinson
Smithsonian
Wright
Milton Wright
Dayton, O
Orville
Science Museum of
South Kensington
Barkley
Israel Denied Place in U N by Security Council Vote
Paris reports the United Nations Security Council failed to approve Israel's bid for membership. Five nations voted yes, five abstained, and one opposed, preventing the required seven affirmative votes. Syria opposed, Britain China France Canada and Belgium abstained, with the United States and Soviet bloc voting yes.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
Security Council
Il-nation Council
Syria
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Colombia
Britain
China
France
Canada
Belgium
Farlier
Faluja
Negev Desert
Palestine
Falapa
Negev
Council
U. N
Alexander Parodi
U. N. Assembly
New Palestine Conciliation Commission
Faris el Khouri
Rail board calls for seven cent raise and 40 hour week
A presidential board urged railroads to give non operating employees a seven cent hourly raise retroactive to Oct 1 and switch to a 40 hour week starting September 1949 without reducing take home pay. The plan would cost about 340 million dollars in 1949, with 150 million for the week change. George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks welcomed the direction but lamented the later 40 hour shift and only seven cent raise.
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Norman Walker Washington
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
French Premier Queuille Falls Hospitalized After Stairs Accident
Paris December 17 Premier Henri Queuille was shaken by a fall on the stairs at the Senate building. Doctors gave injections after the incident and Queuille said he would be at his office as usual. He attended to push emergency voting on the 1949 budget. The government won 152 to 132 against Gen Charles de Gaulle's French People's Rally.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Council of the Republic
French People’s Rally
de Gaullists
Pierre de Gaulle
Truman to State Labor Stance in Union Message
White House said President Truman will clearly state his labor policy in the state of the union. William Green of the AFL said Truman favors repealing Taft Hartley and reinstating the Wagner Act, though recent talks with the president were not specific on amendments.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Tru
Senator Morse
Oregon
States' Rights Fight Continues With Washington Office
States' Rights Democrats will establish a public opinion headquarters in Washington under the name States' Rights Institute. Gov. Ben Laney of Arkansas chairs the steering committee to promote nation wide informed opinion on reserved state powers and federal authority amid racial policy disputes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Ben Laney
Arkansas
States’ Rights Institute
Democratic
Truman
Laney
Dealers Can Sell Taxless Gasoline in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge on December 11, State Collector of Revenue W A Cooper announced that any dealer may qualify to handle tax refund sales of motor fuels used in farm equipment and boats. Farmers and fishermen request refunds by presenting state invoices to the Department of Revenue, which will supply forms and answer refund questions.
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Baton Rouge
State Collector of Revenue
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
Department of Revenue
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