High Court Hears Suit Over Gulf Oil Lands Rights
The Supreme Court ordered arguments on whether the United States may file suits to establish federal control over submerged oil lands off Texas and Louisiana. Attorney General Clark seeks original actions to assert federal rights over Gulf lands and minerals, while Texas and Louisiana oppose. The court did not set a hearing date.
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
Texas
Louisiana
Clark
High Court
Gulf of Mexico
California
Gulf
United States
Congress
Capitol Hill
Iis
Fair Enough on Union Leadership and Corruption
Westbrook Pegler argues that unions suffer from top to bottom a priesthood mindset that privileges personal gain over members. He cites Dan Tobin and leadership figures like Green and Murray, accusing them of complacency toward crooks and of stifling union ideals.
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Dan Tobin
Teamsters
Dan Yfobin
Roosevelt
William Green
Philip Murray
Green
A M A Health Plan Attacked as Pauperism Plan
The American Medical Association proposed substitute health plan faced criticism from Rep. Dingell as a cheap imitation of universal coverage. The AMA urged expanded voluntary hospital and medical care programs and a federal department of health with state medical care authorities, while Republicans promise strong opposition and Senators Taft and Hill weighed alternatives and concerns over compulsion.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Truman
Dingell
D-Mich
Organized Medicine
Chicago
Congress
Taft
Rohio
Hill
D-Ala
Department of Health
Food prices in Monroe decline 4.3 percent
Louisiana State University commerce division of research reports a six month drop in Monroe food costs totaling 4.3 percent, ending Feb 1949. Fats and oils fell 26.1 percent, dried fruits and vegetables 12 percent, eggs 5.9 percent, and meats, poultry and fish 4.8 percent. Canned fruits and vegetables rose 5.4 percent. Despite the decline, overall prices were 94.7 percent higher than December 1941.
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Baton Rouge
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Commerce Division
Louisiana
Cozart Pleads Guilty In District Court
Billy Cozart a 68 year old self styled minister pleaded guilty before Judge David I Garrett in criminal district court Monday. He was remanded for sentencing Friday and has been jailed since December 2 after transfer from Alabama authorities. District Attorney Fred Fudickar Nol pressed a second charge for obtaining money and property by means of the confidence game.
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David I. Garrett
Criminal District Court
Garrett
Cozart
Alabama
Fred Fudickar Nol
Call for New Cars Unknown
NEWS ANALYSIS: New York reports car makers face questions on how war years altered buyer habits. Fewer shoppers seek frequent model changes as inflation and higher prices shift cars from luxury to utility. Long repair lives and rising changeover costs may keep owners in older models longer.
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New York
America
Great Plains Blizzards Open Up Broad New Front
The Associated Press reports severe blizzards in the Great Plains expanding to six North Dakota counties, halting relief efforts in parts of Nebraska. Tornadoes touched Edna Kansas and Alvarado Texas with $50,000 damage at Alvarado. California cool snaps threaten orchards as trains stalled near Rawlins and Hanna Wyoming were rescued. Major General Pick set up Fort Lincoln operations, ski-plane surveys begun, and snow removal drives organized despite harsh weather.
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Nebraska
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Alvarado
Tex
Hanna
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Cheyenne
Red Cross
Lewis A. Pick
Fort Lincoln
Bismarck
Mott
Hettinger County
Belfield
Bowman
Peck
Tobin Urges Caution On Unemployment Amid Readjustment
Secretary of Labor Tobin told the Senate-House Economic Committee unemployment should be closely watched to head off a recession. He noted rising joblessness but a slackening rate of increase, urging measures to aid laid-off workers and raise the minimum wage to one dollar per hour. He warned that January and February show continued loss of jobs tied to postwar readjustments and emphasized demand and prices shape future employment.
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Washington
Tobin
Capitol
Senate-House Economic Committee
Labor
Vandenberg presses aid cost estimates for European relief
Senator Vandenberg urged the administration to supply an official estimate of the military aid cost for arming friendly European nations. He said the Senate should know the price before voting on the 5.58 billion European recovery authorization as committees study the bill.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Five barroom raids net 153 arrests in New Orleans
New Orleans police led by Assistant Superintendent Milton Durel report five raids Saturday and Sunday resulting in 153 arrests. Suspects faced charges of concealed weapons or Marijuana possession, plus vagrancy, loitering, and lack of visible means of support. Officers could not determine ownership of several discarded marijuana quantities.
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New Orleans
Milton Durel
Durel
Prospects for U S Highway Aid Good
Louisiana Highway Director R B Richardson said after a Washington conference that congressional action to boost federal highway funds is likely. He noted no special aid for the New Orleans Mississippi River bridge, as federal funds are allocated by statute formulas, but Rep Whittington suggested higher federal participation on multi lane inter regional highways and rural roads.
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Congressional
Louisiana
R. B. Richardson
Richardson
Washington
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Public Roads Administration
Whittington
D. - Miss
House Public Works Committee
Labor Battle to be Lengthy in Congress
Washington reports a prolonged labor law fight as hearings before the Senate labor committee run through February 23 with more than 36 witnesses. Democrats push for faster action on the Thomas bill to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner act provisions while Republicans and Democrats trade positions and a final compromise bill looms.
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Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Senate
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Truman
House
Senate-Honse
Transit Strike Disrupts Philadelphia Traffic and Work
Philadelphia faced a four day transit strike with over 40 000 vehicles on the roads amid rising absenteeism and $10 000 000 daily losses cited by the Chamber of Commerce. Taxicab drivers planned a midnight to night walkout as hospitals sought transportation for workers and emergency measures moved workers via special trucks and buses.
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Chamber
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Pope denounces Mindszenty trial as attack on church
Pope Pius XII told a secret consistory that when civil government opposes divine and human rights Catholics must resist unjust laws. He condemned the Mindszenty trial in Budapest as an effort to disrupt the Catholic Church in Hungary and urged prayers for those persecuted, noting lack of full public disclosure.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican
Hungary
Budapest
Radio Invasion Panic Kills Fifteen In Quito
A weekend radio drama in Quito based on H G Wells The War of Worlds triggered deadly mobs. Fifteen dead and at least fifteen injured as tanks and tear gas suppressed rioters. The damaged newspaper building and radio station suffered $350000 in losses.
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Ecuador
Mars
Defense
H. G. Wells
Orson Welles
Radio
Missing LSU Student Located Explains Return Home
Baton Rouge, La. Feb. 14 Authorities called off the search for 20 year old Donald Braswell junior pre medical student who had been missing since January 3 He reportedly hitchhiked to San Diego Calif and has returned to his home in Sibley La He will re enter LSU next fall according to J Perry Cole director of student activities and C L Braswell the youth’s father
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
J. Perry Cole
Donald Braswell
Sibley
Cole
C. L. Braswell
San Diego
Calif
Fear Russia plots absorption of satellites
Washington dispatch reports Eastern European churchman attacks fueling U.S. fears that Moscow plans to absorb Soviet bloc nations into a larger Soviet Union. Officials say trend toward molding satellites fast, citing Mindszenty trial, Bulgaria indictments, and purges in Poland and Czechoslovakia. The Mindszenty case also involves Selden Chapin and U.S. diplomatic retaliation as Budapest ejects officials.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszinty
Bulgaria
Cur
Mindszenty
Selden Chapin
U. S
Chapin
Legation
Budapest
Monroe Prominent Member Fred Hanna Dies at 66
Fred Hanna 66 lifelong Monroe resident died Sunday at Monroe hospital. Funeral held Monday at Mulhearn Funeral Home at 3 p.m. with Rev. A. M. Serex Rev. Lea Joyner and Dr. E K Means officiating. Interment in old city cemetery with Masonic graveside service. Survived by wife Effie Hanna 1406 Jackson St brother R E Hanna Jr Tom Monk and nieces and nephews including Mrs Q N McNeil Mrs Harry Frazer Mrs James Dawson Mrs O C Dawkins Jr Mrs Walter Wagner Mrs Ralph Brandon and Mrs Hoyt Westcott. Hanna was a Mason Lodge member Shrine and Western Star. pallbearers Lealis Hale C H McHenry Green Renfro Joe Durrett Arthur Tidwell Frank Farmer.
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Monroe
Moncroe Hospital
Mulhearn
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Lea Joyner
E. K. Means
Old City
James Dawson
Washington, D. C
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Louisville
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Shreveport
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Hoyt Westcott
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Lealis Hale
C. H. McHenry
Green Renfro
Joe Durrett
Arthur Tidwell
Frank Farmer
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