Westbrook Pegler On Un-American Activities Complex
Westbrook Pegler discusses the difficulty of presenting Com munist conspiracy testimony to the public. He cites Gerhart and Hanns Eisler linked to Eleanor Roosevelt, J Edgar Hoover, and the Thomas committee, highlighting alleged coverups and political connections involving Adamic and Tito. He questions White House dinner disclosures and anti Fascist refugee funding amid wartime politics.
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Washington
Gerhart
Hanns Eisler
Hitler
Thomas Committee
Gerhart Eisler
Communist Party
Communist International
Eisler
Moscow
U. Ss
Eleanor
New York
Howard Fast
Roosevelt
Fast
White House
Louis Adamic
Winston Churchill
Britain
Balkan
Adamic
Eleanor the Great
United States
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Russia
Nimitz Says He Prefers Baby Sitting Over Politics
Fleet Adm Chester W Nimitz, relieved as chief of naval operations, says army and navy men face tougher paths entering politics and he favors baby sitting. He was on active duty as he tended his 17 month old grandson Jimmy in his daughter's San Diego home. Nimitz, 62, arrived with Mrs Nimitz and two daughters Nancy and Mary for a holiday visit.
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San Diego
Calif
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Army
Navy
Nimitz
Naval Operations
Jimmy
James T. Lay
Texas Navy
Nancy
Washington, D. C
Mary
San Rafael
Five to be executed in Spain for Communist activities
Five men including Agustin Zoroa Sanchez, identified as head of the Communist party in Spain, were sentenced to death by a military court in Ocana. Zoroa's trial followed his arrest announced on November 7, 1946, and charges included possession of a letter from the French Communist headquarters, possession of explosives, and directing Communist activities in Spain.
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Madrid
Agustin Zoroa Sanchez
Spain
Zoroa
Ocana
Commutte Party
Mrs. Louellen Riser, widow of Tom Riser, dies at 68
Mrs. Louellen Brown Riser, 68, widow of Tom Riser, died early Wednesday after an 11 week illness. A longtime figure in Twin Cities social and religious life, she was born in Lake Providence October 28, 1879 and lived in Ruston and West Monroe. Funeral Friday at Grace Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Interment in Ruston cemetery. Survived by two daughters, two sons, two sisters, and 14 grandchildren. Mulhearn Funeral Home in charge.
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Louellen Brown Riser
Tom Riser
Ruston
Grace Church
E. F. Hayward
Riser
Francis Ortis
Quachita
Neva Evans
Dallas
Tex
Melvin
Fred Riser
Odie N. Reynolds
Natchitoches Road
West Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Pardons Granted to Louisiana Selective Service Violators
President Truman issued pardons for a list of Louisiana men convicted in wartime draft violations. The names span Western and Eastern Louisiana with varied conviction dates from 1941 to 1946, reflecting broad clemency for servicemen in legal trouble.
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Washington
Truman
Louisiana
Selective Service
Clyde Booker
Frank Byrd
Jim Green
Roosevelt Hampton
William Isaacs
Milton M. James
Henry Jones
Jessie James Kirk
Farris McClain
George Noble
Bennie Franklin Noland
Emilio Pete
Arlander Peters
Teddy Roosevelt Stevens
Alex Taylor
Calvin Webb
Curtis Williams
Simon Brooks
Edward Marshall DeBlanc
Frederick W. Hamm
Ernest Joseph
Sidney Kent
Wilson Randall
Peter Seaberry
Salvadore A. Trombino
George Washington
Pius XII Denounces Insincerity in World Affairs Calls for League of Honest Men
In a Christmas message Pope Pius XII blames nations' insincerity for blocking peace and urges a league of honest men to safeguard the world from war. He condemns propaganda and the spread of lies as weapons in ideological battles and criticizes postwar Soviet and Communist policies. The address cites the London foreign ministers conference collapse and condemns distortion of his words by hostile propaganda.
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John McKnight
Vatican City
Pius XII
League of Honest Men
Foreign Ministers Conference
London
Soviet Union
Rome
Store Looted At Archibald In Rayville Area
Archibald general merchandise store raided by an undetermined number of men who loaded 500 to 700 dollars in groceries and fled toward Monroe in a black Chevrolet. Sheriff J Foster Jones reported a roadblock failed to stop the thieves after Mrs Eppinette alerted authorities. A partial inventory showed 23 cartons of cigarettes and assorted food items stolen. No arrests were reported by Wednesday morning.
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Rayville
Archibald
Monroe
J. Foster Jones
Richland Parish
Alto Road
Eppinette
Wilma Louise Logan
Jones
Alto
Lamarre Works At Gasoline Station In Dayton
Bleroit H. Lamarre former Aviation Electric president says he now works as a gasoline station attendant in Dayton Ohio to earn money He pleads he was pressured by Gen Bennett E Meyers to kick back 27000 of 30000 salary and both face federal perjury indictments from wartime air force purchasing work He declined to reveal his employer to avoid embarrassment
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Dayton
Ohio
Bleroit H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Company
Senate
Meyers
Air Force
Joyous Masses Announced For Christmas At Local Churches
Two midnight masses planned tonight at St Matthew's with the adult choir in the church and a high school choir in the school auditorium. Five morning masses on Christmas Day follow at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 a.m. Confessions listed 4–6 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. tonight. St Paschal's observes Christmas with a 11:45 p.m. service and a crib procession featuring named boys and girls in cassocks. Martha Frances Kemp to carry the Infant Jesus image.
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St. Matthew's Catholic Church
St. Matthew's
St. Paschal's
St. Paschal’s
Roland Black
Meryl White
Joe Marzula
Wilmer White
Dan Jackson
Frank Jacola
John Marzula
Michael Potter
David Petrus
Bobby Gooden
Bernard Lyons
Tommy Ross
Vincent Marzula
Billy Battaglia
Charles Wellerman
Ralph Jolissaint
Jon
Roberta Ross
Theresa Marzula
Lena Bello Battaglia
Patrica Jowers
Frances Wellerman
Maryann Seignier
Joyce Dempsey
Janette Daigle
Madeline Lyons
Eva Coronado
Barbara Bayles
Joycelyn Jolissaint
Martha Frances Kemp
Jesus
Bail Denied for 33 Dairymen in Louisiana Strike Case
Judge Elmo P. Lee denied bail for 33 men appealing jail sentences tied to last spring's milk farmers strike in Louisiana. The group, among 59 guilty parties in a conspiracy case under the anti racketeering act, faced sentences from four months to a year. Leo B. Carter, Union official, among those appealing, received a one year term and a $5,000 fine.
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New Orleans
Elmo P. Lee
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
Shreveport
Lee
Leo B. Carter
International Teamsters Union
A. F. of L
Carter
Christmas Eve Pilgrims Thinned by Rain in Bethlehem
Bethlehem reports a sparse Christmas Eve as rain and strife thin pilgrim crowds. From Jerusalem, worshippers seek the Nativity Grotto while British troops, on their 30th and final holiday in the Holy Land, man security to prevent Arab Jew clashes and safeguard ceremonies at Church of the Nativity and St. Catherine's.
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Carter L. Davidson
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Prince of Peace
Jerusalem
Joseph and
Mary
Joseph
Christ
Jesus
St. George's Cathedral
Weston Stewart
Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Names of 71 public traders identified in wheat market
Washington officials acknowledge 71 local state and federal employees traded on commodity markets in September and promise to disclose names soon. Aides said names of any public employees who traded over the last two years will be made public, with or without separate identification.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Rep
MacKinnon
Republican
Minnesota
Senate Appropriations Committee
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Authority
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Good Fellows Fund Raises Over Four Thousand for Christmas
A local Good Fellows drive collects more than 4340 dollars from Twin Cities contributors including Monroe suppliers and residents. Donations honor memory of several individuals and support a municipal golf club event and community aid.
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Good Fellows Fund
Twin Cities
Truman Grants Wartime Draft Amnesty Pardons
President Truman orders clemency restoring citizenship rights to 1523 men convicted of wartime draft violations. An amnesty board led by Owen J. Roberts recommended pardons for varied violators, including Jehovahs Witnesses and some Japanese ancestry cases, while noting many cases were willful violations.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Truman
Roberts
Willis Smith
Raleigh
N. C
James F. O'Neil
The
American Legion
Jehovah's Witnesses
Fire destroys Christmas mail car on Jeffersonian train
Hundreds of Christmas packages and letters were destroyed when a mail car on the Pennsylvania Railroad Jeffersonian train from New York to St. Louis burned in North Philadelphia. The car was uncoupled after arrival and train proceeded with passengers unaware. Officials said no one was in the car and the cause was unknown.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Philadelphia
St. Louis
United States withdraws 2000 troops from Panama bases
The United States begins withdrawing about 2000 troops from 14 bases in Panama after the Panamanian assembly rejected a lease agreement. The move, announced after a high level meeting, follows plans long in place and aims to respect Panama's sovereignty while continuing evacuation of sites outside the canal zone.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Floyd L. Parks
Panamanian Assembly
Panama City
Capitol Hill
Knowland
Republican
California
Nicaragua
Engel
Michigan
Rio Hato
State Department
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Willis Crittenberger
Panama Zone
Heiress Louise Overell Heiress' Guardian Fees Fight
Attorney Otto Jacobs seeks higher monthly support from Louise Overell’s guardians to cover 19 week trial fees after winning acquittal for the heiress in the Newport harbor yacht murder case. He claims $59,500 due under two agreements while only $9,000 has been paid and expenses total $26,641.64. A Jan. 5 hearing was set.
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Los Angeles
Otto Jacobs
Louise Overell
Jacobs
Miss Overell
Emanuel
Fred Jungquist
Louise
George Gollum
Newport Harbor
Emanuel Jungquist
Truman Extends Merry Christmas at White House
President Truman celebrated Christmas in the White House for the first time inviting all White House staff for handshakes. He planned a national radio greeting at 5 16 p m and to light a large living Christmas tree on the south lawn with TV cameras present.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Oval Office
Executive Mansion
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
David Wallace
George
Frank
Independence
Fred
Denver
Margaret
Missouri
Martha E. Truman
Wallaces
Baptist
Charles G. Ross
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Westbrook
Pegler
Illinois
Joliet
Tony Marino
U. S. Supreme Court
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Anne Nagel Sues
Franklyn Thorpe
Eft
Hollywood
Mary Astor
Anne Nagel
Miss Nagel
Mehl
Municipal Golf Club
Norris
Ras Aeids
Monroe Automobile & Supply
Ita
Monroe Hardware Co., Inc
Monroe Wholegale Drug Cossesserrevaceres
Neville Junior High School
Lois Spencer
A. P. Rimming
Henrietta Coon
B. L. Park
Dee
Opti eMre
Club
Trammell
Bill” Newman
Bennie Gayne
C. T. Johnson
Donna Rae
Tanna Jo Thompson
Joe Tanenbaum
Fran and
Jimbo
Cptiveoneaeios
Benny Gayne
PITT
Overell
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