Westbrook Pegler urges new constitutional convention
Westbrook Pegler condemns Governor Dewey and other crypto Democrats for abandoning Republican principles. He argues for a constitutional convention to remodel the US government, criticizing the Wagner labor relations act and asserting intense constitutional violations in its enforcement. He cites political figures and media as complicit.
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Dewey
Republican Party
United States
Stassen
The
Herald Tribune
Daily Worker
Mr. Dewey
GE to resist pay increases challenge in 1946 wage talks
GE will resist granting a fourth round of wage increases to 200000 employees and opposes CIO demands for shorter hours with no pay cut, and broader pension and welfare programs. Vice president L R Boulware warned no wage rise is justified, as GE weighs industry inflation fears and national impact.
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New York
General Electric Company
L. R. Boulware
G.E
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, of America
Monroe Woman Shot in Accidental Gun Discharge
A Monroe woman, Alma Bryan, was seriously shot in the abdomen when a .32 caliber pistol discharged while she and her husband Horace Bryan played with it on their bed after 2 30 a.m. Sunday. The bullet pierced her bladder and lodged in the opposite hip. condition undetermined, later reported satisfactory though still undetermined.
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Monroe
Alma Bryan
Polk Street
Hixson Brother
Wright-Bendel Clinic
Mrs. Bryan
Transit Strike Ends in Philadelphia After 10 Days
Philadelphia ends its 10 day transit walkout as Philadelphia Transportation Company trains resume service. The strike paralyzed city commuting, costing an estimated 70 million dollars to business and industry. Thousands walked or biked and riders scrambled to find alternatives.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Rank and
Navy Starts Mock Battle Big Peace Time Exercise Off East Coast
The Navy sails 45 000 ton carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and battleship Missouri along with 120 ships and hundreds of aircraft for a mid Atlantic Caribbean mock battle. About 35 000 sailors participate in drills simulating atom bomb strikes and guided missile attacks to test sea warfare under air power criticism. Admiral Blandy will direct the Atlantic fleet as the exercises mirror Bikini tests with underwater and above water blasts planned for mid March.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Missouri
mid-Atlantic
Caribbean
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Decision on Truman price and control plan nears vote
Washington reports the joint economic committee will decide by next Monday whether to back or reject President Truman's proposals for stand by price wage and allocation controls and government power to build industrial plants. Senator O Mahoney leads efforts to study unemployment claims while defending the program as necessary insurance for the economy and workers.
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Washington
Congressional Economic Committee
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Congress
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Joint Economic Committee
Friends of
Organized Labor
Wyoming
Big
Memorial service for Jewell J. Frey held
Memorial services for Jewell J. Frey, Northeast Junior College auditor, who died from a self inflicted gunshot, were held in Brown auditorium at 3 p m Monday with Rev. R D Kitchenham officiating. Frey’s body was moved to Baton Rouge for services at 2 p m Monday and interred in a Baton Rouge cemetery. Dr J T French called the death a likely self inflicted act and said an investigation would occur though an inquest was unlikely. Frey had been ill for several weeks. Baton Rouge auditors arrived in Monroe to audit the college books as routine, but Dean Rodney Cline said the books were in good shape. The former army major’s story continued on the right page.
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Jewell J. Frey
Northeast Junior College
Brown Auditorium
R. D. Kitchenham
Frey
Davis- Lawhead Funeral Home
Rabornhorse
Baton Rouge
J. T. French
North Cape near Russia tested by looming security gap
Norway’s North Cape stands nearly unprotected as Soviet threats loom from the Arctic border. Analysts warn a small Kremlin attack could seize the cape if ordered, leaving Norway isolated without Western security guarantees amid vanished pacts and debate over collective defense.
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Daniel de Luce
Oslo
Norway
North Cape
Russia
Atlantic
Stalin
Arctic
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Military pay hearings open on Capitol Hill
Washington Feb 21 The House Armed Services Committee opened hearings on a military pay bill proposing raises for all uniformed services with an average 14 percent hike. Secretary of Defense Forrestal testified as the first witness. The plan would cost about 400 million dollars annually and largely favor higher ranks, while privates and recruits would see minimal or no gains. The bill stems from a civilian commission led by Charles R. Hook which urged pay parity with civilian roles of similar responsibility, though not for the very top ranks.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Forrestal
Capitol Hill
Federal Budget Bureau
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Uniformed Services
Forrestal
Charles R. Hook
Steel Industry
Hook
Pound Denies Betrayal Amid Treason Case In Hospital
Ezra Pound, 63, the prize winning poet charged with wartime treason, denies betraying anyone as he remains at St Elizabeths Hospital after being brought to the United States from Italy in 1945 for treasonable broadcasts. He won $1000 for The Pisan Cantos, completed in jail in Pisa.
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Ezra Pound
Pound
United States
Italy
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Librarian of Congress
Pisa
Idaho
GM Guilty of Unfair Practices by Labor Board
The National Labor Relations Board ruled General Motors guilty of unfair labor practice for attempting to implement an insurance plan without bargaining with the CIO UAW. The board ordered a court injunction to block action, noting pensions and related programs fall under Taft-Hartley bargaining. GM reached a new contract with the CIO UAW on May 29, 1948.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Robert N. Denham
Dewey Faces GOP Revolt in New York Budget Plan
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey confronted a Republican revolt in the New York Legislature over a 168 million dollar tax boost. Westchester and Erie counties led the push against the plan as Dewey defended a 936 million dollar budget at a rare meeting with 102 of 118 GOP lawmakers. The bloc also opposed a one cent per gallon gasoline tax hike and sought reductions in the overall proposal.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas LE
Dewey
New York
Westchester
Erie
Executive Mansion
Westchester County
T. J. Lovett Given Four Years In State Penitentiary
T. J. Lovett, 45, of West Monroe, was sentenced to four years in the State penitentiary by Judge David I. Garrett after pleading guilty to issuing worthless checks in district court. He allegedly passed several bogus checks totaling over $300, later using the alias Tilman Netherly. Two two year terms were imposed on two counts, to run nonconcurrently.
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T. J. Lovett
West Monroe
State Penitentiary
David I. Garrett
Lovett
Tilman Netherly
Garrett
Presbytery to Meet Tuesday in West Monroe
The Laymen's Association of the Red River Presbytery will hold its 20th annual convention at Memorial Presbyterian Church in West Monroe on Tuesday, with speakers including Carlos Spaht, C. Larby Fulton, and Kenneth Keyes. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to afternoon sessions featuring sermons, reports, and a keynote on Partnership with God.
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Red River Presbytery
Memorial Presbyterian Church
West Monroe
D. L. O'Neal
Carlos G. Spaht
Baton Rouge
C. Larby Fulton
Nashville, Tenn
Kenneth Keyes
Miami, Fla
J. H. Nelson
Spaht
Synod
W. A. Gandy
Bossier City
Leslie Ledbetter
Ruston
Fulton
Foreign Mission Committee
The
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
Fred Jackson
God
Israeli cabinet accepts armistice draft with Egypt
The Israeli cabinet approved a draft compromise armistice with Egypt, with main force withdrawals planned in the western Negev. Beersheba, deemed Arab core, remains disputed and referred to Cairo for final approval. Rhodes, UN mediation, expects further talks with Lebanon and Syria to follow.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Egypt
Cairo
Rhodes
United Nations
Negev
Beersheba
Aaroh J. Bunche
U. N
Trans- Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Mishmar Hayarden
Galilee
House Predicted To Pass Most Of Truman Labor Plan
House Democratic leaders forecast most of President Truman's labor program will pass the House as CIO leaders call it the keystone of the Fair Deal. They note 50 days into the 81st Congress with little enacted and cite Taft's critique of the Taft Hartley law while hearings resume in Washington.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Philip Murray
Taft
R.-Chip
Murray
Ohio
T H Law
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Capitol
Labor Committee
Senate
Help Is Promised In Atlantic Pact
Washington news summarizes the proposed north Atlantic pact as promising strong assurances of U S aid if members are attacked while avoiding automatic war commitments. Key senators and Secretary Acheson advocate limited commitments and renewed arms mutual aid plans estimated at over a billion dollars first year. Negotiations with Western European partners slated this week to finalize wording and present the treaty to Congress within a month.
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Washington
United States
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Committee
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
State Department
Senate
Europe
Fulbright
Arkansas
Smith
New Jersey
Russia
Taft
Ohio
Kenton
Woman Wins Officers' Shoot in Detroit Event
Rosemary Schneider, 28, a former teacher and three year member of Detroit police women's division, won the interprecinct pistol matches with 179 points of 200. The story notes the department’s surprise at a female entrant achieving top honors.
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Detroit
Annie Oakley
Rosemary Schneider
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