Happy Chandler Defies Roosevelt in War Time Alarm
Westbrook Pegler recalls Happy Chandler telling Roosevelt to mind his own business after being summoned to the White House. The author contrasts Chandler with Dewey and frames the scene as a wartime rallying cry to sacrifice frivolity for survival.
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New York
Happy Chandler
Happy
Dewey
Kentucky
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Opposition to rapid U S troop shifts to Europe
Washington reports opposition in Congress to quick transfer of more American ground troops to Europe after President Truman announced plans. Senators request detailed foreign pledges and assurances against home reserve depletion while committees prepare to question Acheson and Pace after Brussels talks.
More Big Tax Boosts Hinted
Washington observers foresee further large tax increases as the senate takes up the excess profits tax amid bets on swift passage. The finance committee forecasts 4 to 5 billion dollars yearly if defense spending holds at 1951 levels, with 3.2 billion for 1950 calendar year from retroactive features on corporate earnings since last July.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Weather Continues Cold in East Half
Cold weather lingered across the eastern half of the nation with no quick thaw in sight. The Midwest faced extreme lows including 21 below zero at Grantsburg Wisconsin and subzero readings in Minnesota. Frost warnings extended through the Florida peninsula though coastal areas remained milder. Yuma Arizona topped 83 while light snow fell in the upper Ohio valley and Great Lakes. There was some light rain along the Washington coast.
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Chicago
Midwest
Grantsburg
Wis
Minnesota
Florida Peninsula
Mercury
Gainesville
Fla
Everglades
Jacksonville
Yuma
Ariz
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes Region
Washington Coast
Monroe Lions Club Aids Good Fellow Donations Highlight
The Monroe Lions Club collected toys at their Tuesday luncheon for Good Fellows, totaling 1857.15 with many members contributing. donors include T. M. Ross 5.00 and Mrs. G. B. Anderson 3.00, amid a long list of memorials and company gifts.
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Goodfellow
T. M. Ross
D. Solomon
Gus Kallio & Frigid
Selene Nee
C. D. M. G. Moore
Moore
George Tonore
Beg
Monroe Lions Club
Arena
Wallace
Downsville
O. K. Sheet Metal Works
Schexnayder Named Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Maurice Schexnayder of Houma La is named auxiliary bishop of Lafayette La and titular bishop of Tuscamia. Announcement was made by Pope Pius XII through Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani. Schexnayder, a Wallace La native, is 55 and will assist Bishop Jules B Jeanmard.
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Washington
Maurice Schexnayder
Houma
Lafayette
Pius XII
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
United States
Schexnayder
Tuscamia
Jules B. Jeanmard
Wallace, la
Orphans from Seoul Airlifted to Island Sanctuary
Nearly a thousand Korean street orphans, ages six months to 11 years, were flown from Seoul to a sanctuary island in Operation Kiddie Car. Fifteen twin engine transports landed at Kimpo Air Base, carrying 964 children saved from gutter life by American troops and escorted by Korean attendants and U.S. evacuation nurses.
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Hal Boyle
Seoul
South Korea
Kimbo
R. L. Blaisdell
Hyfield
Blaisdell
Mary Wilfong
Selma
Ala
Truman Gets Bill To Aid Yugoslavia
Washington reports a bill authorizing 38 million dollars in drought relief for Yugoslavia arrived at the White House for President Truman’s signature. Truman is expected to sign promptly as Western Europe’s defense against Soviet aggression strengthens. Tito’s government allies with the West while Sen McClellan denounced the aid as foolish.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
White House
Truman
Marshal Tito
Russia
Balkan
Congress
Senate
McClellan
D.-Ark
Sherrouse Named C of C President for 1951 Monroe West Monroe
John Sherrouse Jr Sackman Marx and Billy Edmondson were elected Monday to head the Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1951. Sherrouse, active in the organization, was chosen president succeeding Haynes Harkey Jr. He is VP of Central Oil and Supply Corp Monroe. Marx and Edmondson will be VPs, Marx a sales manager for Southern Hardware Monroe and Edmondson with Monroe Brick and Builders Supply. Lenard and Biossat remain on the state J C staff.
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John Sherrouse, Jr
Sackman Marx
Billy Edmondson
Monroe-West Monroe
Marx and Edmondson
Lloyd Lenard
Rush Brossat
Marx
Southern Hardware Co
Monroe
Edmondson
Monroe Brick and Builders’ Supply Co., Inc
Lenard and
Biossat
State Junior Chamber
Hoover Opposes Sending More U S Troops to Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover declares no new American land forces should be sent to Europe until the American people and Congress review the issue. He plans a radio television address on national policy amid the Cold War context, urging unity and careful decision making.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Congress
Hoover
United States
Brussels
Brehm Indicted in Money Case
Washington reports Representative Brehm of Ohio has been indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts of illegally obtaining money from two of his aides, Clara Soliday and Emma S. Craven, to use in his re election campaign. The 58 year old Logan native, a dentist by training, denied wrongdoing. The case follows recent federal charges against other congressmen, including J Parnell Thomas and Andrew J May.
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Washington
Brehm
Ohio
Clara Soliday
Emma S.S. Craven
Logan
House
Ohio State University
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Five Charged With Aggravated Arson in DeQuincy Club Bombing
Five men face aggravated arson charges after a Pines nightclub was dynamited Saturday night in DeQuincy Louisiana. Police say the suspects, thrown out earlier, returned with dynamite used under the floor. one stick exploded. Owner Robbie Jones said damage was limited and no injuries occurred. Bonds set at 2500 for Harold and Homer Ashworth and Leroy Bailey. R L Ashworth and Bruce Perkins released on 2500 bonds.
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DeQuincy
Eugene Smith
Robbie Jones
the Pines
Harold and
Homer E. T. Ashworth
Leroy Bailey
R. L. Ashworth
Bruce Perkins
Acheson To Report Soon On International Army Plans
Secretary of State Acheson returns from Brussels as Democrats rally behind him and Republicans split over his ouster. He will report to Congress on the Atlantic Pact nations plan to build a 1,000,000 man defense force for Western Europe by 1953 end, with President Truman pledging to keep him in office.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Truman
U. S
Atlantic
United States
State Acheson
Secretary of the
Army
Pace
Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George
D.-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
R.N. J
Crawford
Acheson
Voluntary Pay Ceiling Slated For Auto Industry
Washington reports the Economic Stabilization Agency aims to match nationwide price controls with a voluntary wage ceiling plan as talks span management and union leaders of over a million auto workers. If voluntary steps fail, mandatory ceilings could follow, with March as potential enforcement. Rowland Jones Jr criticizes the plan as vague and theory laden.
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Washington
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Alan Valtine
Rowland Jones, Jr
American Retail Federation
Jones
Fred Edmonson Rail Fatality Near Waterproof
Funeral services were held for Fred Edmonson 43 of Washington Mississippi at 11 AM after his panel truck struck a moving freight train at a crossing near Waterproof Louisiana. Edmonson born Rawls Springs Mississippi November 24 1907 was a World War II veteran and coffee salesman survived by wife Annie Myers Cox Edmonson son William Fred Edmonson and two sisters Almona Oden and Nillie Granberry. He was a Natchez Little League pitcher last season.
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Ferriday
Fred Edmonson
Raws Miss
Waterproof
Washington, Miss
Natchez
Edmonson
Max Seaman
Tensas Parish
Rawls Springs
Miss
Frances Davis Edmonson
William Edmonson
Hattiesburg
Annie Myers Cox Edmonson
Washington
William Fred Edmonson
Almona Oden
Dallas
Texas
Nillie Granberry
Alexandria
Ameri
Charles L. Thomas Dies Suddenly at 71
Charles L. Thomas, 71, collapsed on Jackson Street early today. Once blinded while guarding funds at a M P station, he later ran a broom factory before World War I. Survived by wife, a son Charles L. Thomas Jr., two daughters Winnetta and Mrs. J. N Pope, two grandchildren, and brother Horace Thomas. Funeral by Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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Charles L. Thomas
Jackson Street
South Second Street
Chares L. Thomas, Jr
Winnetta Thomas
Alma
Mich
J. N Pope
Birmingham
Horace Thomas
Carlisle
First Presbyterian Church
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Protective Fire Aids Withdrawal
Beachhead defenders of the U S 10th corps held Red forces at bay along the Hungnam beachhead as withdrawal proceeded under protective artillery and naval fire. Marines and navy pilots hit enemy concentrations, with 1,300 casualties claimed. Elsewhere, U S Eighth Army fought minor skirmishes near Chunchon as North Korean and Chinese forces massed to the west and north.
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Tokyo
U.S
10Th Corps
Hungnam Port
Korea
Hungnam Harbor
Edward M. Almond
Yonpo
U. S. Eighth Army
Chunchon
Seoul
Eighth Army
Kaesong
Imjin
MacArthur
Hwachon
United Nations
Inchon
North Korea
Far East
West Offers Peace and Arms in Postwar Talks
Western powers propose a big four conference with Russia to unify Germany and discuss all related issues. Britain France and the United States seek full Russian participation while preparing notes for dispatch to the Kremlin. The move follows Atlantic Council plans for a 1,000,000-strong international force in western Europe under Eisenhower.
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Brussels
Belgium
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
United States
Kremlin
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Benelux
West European Union
Atlantic Council
Western
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Council
Arctic
Mediterranean
Fontainebleau
Lord Montgomery
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Truman Signs Bill Extending Rent Control to 1951
President Truman signed a 90 day extension of rent controls to March 31, 1951 after Congress approved the measure at his request. The move gives the incoming Congress time to review housing amid defense needs and permits decontrol by simple city council resolution, following a Los Angeles council dispute.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Los Angeles
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C. OF C. President
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G. O P
Wherry
Nebraska
State Department
Chas. L. Thomas
By Olen Clements
Fitch
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