Questioning watchdogs and shady investigators in Congress
The piece critiques congressional probes and private “investigators” tied to reform groups. It cites the Mead committee and Garsson case, warning that some operatives abuse access to deportation power and swindle investors. It contrasts fascist aligned groups with Ku Klux Klan style rhetoric and questions motives and screening in political activism.
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New York
Congress
Garsson
Mead Committee
Senate
Garssons
Mead
Snco
Ku Klux Klan
Hitler
Germany
Crowley Man Dies in Plane Crash
A 21 year old Crowley man August Dacosta died in a Christmas day plane crash near Lafayette Louisiana. He held private and commercial licenses and served five years in the Marines earning the Purple Heart. He crashed after taking off from a field near the Webb home while visiting relatives. Burial to be in Lafayette.
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Lafayette
August Dacosta
Crowley
Dacosta
Francis C. Webb
Eros Landry Road
Charles F. Webb
Denver
Webb
Marines
Midway
Guam
Okinawa
Charles Webb
Harles B. Kernan
Fire destroys Concord Hotel Playhouse at Kiamesha Lake
A hotel playhouse at the Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake New York burned today for undetermined reasons. Fire department officials estimate the damage at 100000 and evacuated about 100 guests from a nearby building. none of the 900 hotel guests was injured.
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Kiamesha Lake
N. Y
Concord Hotel
Christmas Glad in Many Lands Across War Torn Europe
Christmas joy spread through France Germany and Britain despite shortages and memories of war. King George urged mobilizing the Christmas spirit as rationing eased. American troops gave Santa aid in Germany while occupied Japan also celebrated with hope for better days ahead.
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Christendom
Europe
England
George
Indochina
Fourth Republic
Germany
Britain
Five Killed in Christmas Crash Near Morristown
Five people died in a head on Christmas automobile collision near Morristown Tennessee. The victims include Willet B Woods 48 and his son Charles 22 both of Morristown and William Shorter 21 of Morristown. Allen C West and his wife of Burbank California also died. Their son Allen West Jr 7 was seriously injured and two other West children suffered minor injuries. Also injured were Mrs W B Woods and Mrs Charles Woods. Three other holiday fatalities occurred in Tennessee.
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Morristown
Tenn
Here
California
Hugh Barger
Willet B. Woods
Charles Woods
William Shorter
Allen C. West
Burbank
Calif
Barger
Wests
Allen West, Jr
March
Darrell
W. B. Woods
Tennessee
Bloc forms against Dewey in GOP split over leadership
Washington December 26 A brewing anti Dewey coalition forms as Republicans and Southern Democrats confront the House leadership row. Hoffm an says a small clique hogs jobs, vows not to accept insiders dictating who leads as Dewey backers push Halleck for the post.
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Washington
House
Thomas E. Dewey
Ohio
Taft
Bricker
Dewey
al Tive Halleck
Indiana
Gene
Jenkins
Dllinois
Hoffman
Halleck
Martin
Republican
Massachu
Michigan Lk Maker
Agai
Extra P O Clerk Admits Mail Theft
Brooks Stein 22 of 3405 Gordo Avenue pleaded guilty to stealing 85 from a letter while working as an extra clerk at Monroe post office during the holiday rush. He was released on 500 bond for federal district court appearance. Stein is a University of Colorado senior in chemical engineering, ex Army Air Corps member, married with an infant.
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Brooks Stein
Gordo Avenue
United States
Mr. Redmond
Federal District Court
Monroe
H. D. Holmes
Young Stein
University of Colorado
University
Army Air Corps
Louisiana Tech
Fatal shooting ends in arrest in Haynesville
Jimmie Bowen, 23, died from a shotgun wound to the heart in Haynesville Louisiana. Lizzie Williams, a Black woman, is in custody awaiting grand jury action. An inquest by coroner Dr. E B Middleton recommended holding the suspect for the grand jury. Bowen recently moved to Louisiana from Peoria Illinois.
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Haynesville
Jimmie Bowen
Lizzie Williams
E. B. Middleton
Bowen
Louisiana
Peoria
Christmas Fatalities Hit Nation In Record Toll
Violent deaths across the United States during Christmas rose to 236 total, with 199 traffic fatalities, and 37 other deaths from fires, crashes, drownings, and similar causes. California recorded the worst toll with 55 deaths, Illinois 23, and Tennessee saw a five-person head-on collision near Norris Town. Weather and wet roads blamed for many wrecks as officials project highway deaths could exceed 300.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
California
Los Angeles
Illinois
Chicago
Norristown
Tenn
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
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Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
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Mexico
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Bsota
Ohio
Okla Mitchell
Cam Sun.Buries
Ann Humphries
Betty Vaughn
Alpha Delta Kappa
R. M. Simonton
Will Mitchell
Sam Humphries
la Casa
Margaret Olla Eaves
Margaret Ola Eaves
Robert Dalton Carter
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Delta Theta Chi
Virginia Hotel
Terrace Frances Hotel
E. S. Girault
Adrienn Gaston
James Moore
Evelyn Middleton
Adrienne Gaston
Woman’s Society of Christ
Stone Avenue Methods
E. E. Price
J. T. Deal
Mary Louise Guerriero
A. Kilpatrick
Jane Kilpatrick
Sabotage suspected in Christmas Eve power outage
W D H Rodriguez, Monroe public utilities commissioner, says saboteur tampered with boiler plant machinery causing a half hour service suspension on December 24 1946. James Broth ers reports bolts removed from lever supports. order bars unauthorized entry to the municipal light and power plant.
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
Public Utilities
James Brothers
Rodriguez
J. K. Brothers
Monroe
Louisiana
Bilbo May Face Question Over War Contractor Ties
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi faces a Senate war probes over relations with Mississippi contractors during early defense programs. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma says Bilbo will press a campaign to rebut Senate questions with his own record. The inquiry could shape Republican efforts to unseat Bilbo when Congress opens.
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Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Elmer Thomas
Slahoma
Bilbos
Intractors
Senate
Senate War Investigating Comittee
Congress
Thomas
Truman plans to deliver state of the union January 6
President Truman intends to present his state of the union message to the new Congress on January 6 and may read it in person. He may follow with a second message on January 8 with the economic council report and a budget message on January 10, though changes are possible.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Economic Council
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Sugar program labeled a terrible mess prompts tariff call
Senator Butler and Representative Jenkins criticize the wartime sugar program as a terrible mess. They urge a plain old-fashioned tariff to protect U S sugar industry and expect rationing and price controls to end by 1947. Jenkins says households should gain 10 pounds more sugar in 1947 and industrial allotments rise 20 percent.
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Washington
Butler
Nebraska
Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
United States
Shanghai Crash Kills 62 and Injures 19 in Dense Fog
In Shanghai area three American piloted transports carrying over 100 passengers each crashed in fog, leaving at least 85 dead or injured. Captain J M Greenwood killed, R B Preus injured, one American wing surgeon William H Byrne saved others but nearly perished. A fourth plane missing. Nearby a Chinese woman and her three children were harmed when a plane hit her farm home near Woosung.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
Woosung
Post
J. M. Greenwood
R. B. Preus
Greenwood
Preus
Chinese National Aviation Corp
Central Air Transport Corp
William H. Byrne
U. S. Air Transport Command
Tokyo
Byrne
Cookville
Tenn
Chungking
Warns Against Revolt In U S By Un American Activities Report
Washington dec 26 Ernie Adamson chief counsel for the House committee on un-American activities says a conspiracy to foment revolution exists in the United States. The report cites foreign influence in the UN and claims 17 major unions are Communist controlled. It calls the Library of Congress a haven for aliens and warns of Soviet influence in labor and education.
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Washington
Ernie Adamson
House Committee On un-American Activities
Adamson
Government Printing Office
United Nations
Library of Congress
House
Moscow
Europe
England
United States
Soviet Whaling Flotilla Heads to Antarctic Under Voronin
A Russian flotilla of 10 ships led by explorer Voronin sails toward Antarctica with nine whalers and a supply ship. They will meet fuel tanker Pamin off Gibraltar. The move comes amid global fats oil shortages and rising polar exploration by multiple nations.
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Moscow
Antarctic
Voronin
Gibraltar
Pamin
Russia
United States
Britain
Australia
Chile
Drowned Woman Identified in Red River Crash
In Marksville Louisiana a woman and the car driver drowned when their vehicle crashed through a highway barricade and plunged into Red River. The woman was identified as Mrs Gladys Watson 28 of Pollock. The driver Noel E. Uling 25 of Alexandria was identified the next morning.
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Marksville
Red River
Here
Gladys Watson
Pollock
Noel E. “Uling
Alexandria
U S Army Revises Japan Quake Toll to 3650
Tokyo dec 26 the U S army raised the Japan earthquake and tidal wave toll to 3650 up 400 from prior counts. totals show 1108 killed 2542 injured surpassing the home ministry figures and noting tidal waves reaching 25 to 27 feet off Wakayama Shikoku coasts.
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U. S. Army
Japan
Japanese Home Ministry
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Wakayama Peninsula
Shikoku
Crawford Sams
MaceArthur
Public Health and Welfare
U. S
Robert L. Eichelberg
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