Westbrook Pegler recalls Rabbi Schultz and Benny’s death
Westbrook Pegler reflects on Rabbi Ben jamin Schultz of New York and his anti communism stance. He recalls Schultz's stoning for sedition reports and the funeral of Ben Stolberg. Pegler mentions the deaths of Jim McGuinness and Benny and the quick, tense medical response at Chelsea.
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Benjamin Schultz
New York
American Jewish League Against
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rabbi Schultz
Ben Stolberg
Chelsea
Jim McGuinness
J. B. Matthews
Ruthie
Ben
Tom Case
New York A. C
Ruth
St. Vincent's
Doctor Case
Benny
Doctor Schultz
George Sokolsky
British Press Rages Over American Admiral Selection
London reacts to the nomination of Admiral William M Fechteler to head combined naval forces of North Atlantic nations. Churchill attacks the pick, Attlee says reconsideration possible, and British editors question U S leadership in sea power.
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London
Britain
Brittania
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Adm
William M. Fechteler
U. S. Atlantic
Churchill
Commons
Attlee
Independent Daily Express
U. S. Navy
Air raid alert in Formosa provokes jittery Taipei
Taipei officials reported a genuine air raid alert though no raid occurred. Radar tracked unidentified planes from the northwest and six were observed before vanishing, with officials later calling it a possible misunderstanding after widespread Formosa drills. Paratroop practice exercises accompanied the alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Spencer Moosa
Formosa
Three Prominent Minnesotans Die In Plane Crash Near Paxton
A four seat plane carrying Edmund P. Pillsbury Alfred D. Lindley and Dexter L. Andrews crashed into trees near Paxton Nebraska while en route from Minneapolis to Aspen Colorado. The victims age 37 47 and 38 were prominent Minneapolis figures including Pillsbury Mills executive and a former Olympic skier. Andrews and Lindley were Wayzata residents.
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Paxton, Neb
Colorado
Paxton
Edmund P. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Pillsbury Mills, Inc
Pillsbury Board
John S. Pillsbury
Alfred D. Lindley
Dexter L. Andrews
Earl Patridge Company
Andrews and
Lindley
Wayzata
Minn
Aspen
Colo
Nebraska
Pillsbury
Paxton Railroad
Boy Tortured By Fraternity Ininitiation Incident
A 15 year old high school sophomore, David M. Campbell Jr., was found in shock after a brutal fraternity initiation in Mobile Alabama. He had tar or creosote caked on his head and body and was beaten on the neck and shoulders. His parents pursued him as he clung to a car fender and was later taken to a marine hospital for evaluation. The Sigma Phi Omega fraternity is named in initial reports as the group involved.
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Mobile
Ala
Marine Hospital
David M. Campbell
Campbells
David
Sigma Phi Omega Fraternity
Campbell
RFC Officials Say Files Requested By White House
Senate banking subcommittee was told the White House asked for all RFC loan correspondence with Congress members. Three RFC directors said the move followed Capitol Hill charges of influence in RFC lending. The hearings also noted the RFC hired Eugene Kelly as public relations adviser.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
RFC
Congress
G. Milton Kelly
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Eugene Kelly
Kelly
Senate
Donald Dawson
St Louis Gambing Probe Opens With Hearings
The Senate crime investigating committee plans a two day public hearing in St Louis described as a nerve center for interstate gambling rackets. Senator Kefauver and witnesses including William L Holzhausen state attorney general J E Taylor and James J Carroll will testify on betting activities and possible ties to New York basketball fixing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
New York
William L. Holzhausen
St Louis
J. E. Taylor
James J. Carroll
Bet
East Baton Rouge Parish Tax Assessor Indicted on Bribery Counts
East Baton Rouge Parish Tax Assessor Jesse L. Webb Sr faces a three count public bribery indictment after a two day grand jury session. Webb, a leader in local assessments and party circles, is free on $1 500 bond with a March 7 return date. The case cites an alleged July 10 1950 bribe and ties to the Webb plan for city parish governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Tommy
President Truman Weighs Senate Run in 1952
Washington reports say President Truman seriously contemplates leaving the White House after his current term to seek his former Senate seat in the 1952 election. Friends note his long affection for the Senate and possible respect for term limits, with no firm decision expected soon.
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Wallington
Truman
Senate
White House
Harry Truman
Kenn
Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Johnson
John Quincy Adams
House
Two Missouri Pacific trains collide in Lottie derailment
In Opelousas Louisiana on February 23 three people were injured when two Missouri Pacific trains sideswiped near Lottie. One engine and eleven cars from T J McCulloughs train derailed into a ditch while four cars from the other train jumped the track. Crews cleared the lines by 6 30 a m and trains were running again by 8 a m local time. The injured include McCullough who suffered a sprained shoulder and facial cuts along with a fireman and brakeman who were taken to Baton Rouge hospital with undetermined injuries.
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Opelousas
Missouri Pacific
Lottie
Co. S. T
T. J. McCullough
DeQuincy
Baton Rouge
McCullough
Nineteen Fifty-One Nobel Peace Prize Nominations Listed
The Norwegian Nobel Institute nominates 28 individuals for the 1951 peace prize, including nine Americans such as Frank Buchman Ewing Cockrell Allen Dobson Honegger Manley Hudson Robert Maynam Hutchins Charles Cheney Hyde and Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson Rafael Lemkin. Also named are Trygve Lie Jawaharlal Nehru Hartley Shawcross and CARE. Ralph Bunche won the 1950 prize for aiding the Israeli Arab truce.
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Oslo
Norway
Norwegian
Nobel Institute Today
Frank Buchman
Oxford Movement
Ewing Cockrell
Washington
Allen Dobson
H. C. Honegger
New York
Manley O. Hudson
Cambridge
Mass
Robert Maynam Hutchins
University of Chicago
Palestine
Wilson to say program fair in defense mobilization plan
Washington reports Charles E. Wilson will tell the public the defense program is fair and not biased toward big business as labor leaders claim. ULPC talks eyed a deputy from labor into ODM and Johnston prepared to decide on a wage ceiling after meetings and data review. Wilson’s 10 30 p m broadcast will outline his stance on mobilization amid labor disputes.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
United Labor Policy Committee
ULPC
Eric Johnston
Johnston
USPC
Draft Draft Drayage Proposal Shifts Army Induction Age
Washington February 23 The House armed services committee tentatively approved a draft bill to require the army to accept physically fit men regardless of literacy. The measure, part of a compromise manpower bill, would induct at 18 and provide four months basic training, restoring January 1945 standards.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Vinson
D.-Ga
Defense Department
Pentagon
United States
U S Troops Press Forward In Korea Front
U S spearheads push up the central Korean front toward Hoengsong as American tanks occupy Communist fox holes overlooking the town. Allied forces advance four miles amid wrecked vehicles while Red resistance appears brief and scattered.
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Tokyo
Korea
Hoengsong
U. S
United Nations
Stan Swinton
Swinton
Wonju
Dodd Acting as Governor in Louisiana Political Strife
Baton Rouge February 23. Lieutenant Governor William Dodd, acting governor while Gov. Earl Long is out of state, comments on the rift as Long tours Texas cattle country. Long says he may run for lieutenant governor. Dodd hopes to be governor but provides no formal announcement.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Long
Louisiana
William Dodd
San Antonio
Texas
Governor Long
Dodd
Peace overture to Red China reported by UN trio
The United Nations good offices committee has reportedly approached Communist China about reconsidering and discussing Korean peace terms. The three member panel Nasrollah Entezam Sven Grafstrom and Luis Padilla Nervo may await a reply before further moves.
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Lake Success
United Nations Good Offices
China
Peiping
Red China
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
General Assembly
Sven Grafstrom
Sweden
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Communist China Admits Open Defiance Spreads
Hong Kong reports Peiping admits widespread open defiance as fighting in Korea escalates. China imposes death penalties for actions against government authority and notes peasant resistance to land reform rising. Observers see motive to justify a broader purge and shift heat from local officials.
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Stanley Rich
Hong Kong
China
Peiping
Korea
Central People’s Government Council
Red China
Real estate broker abducted for 48 hours after syrupy tar ordeal
Charles S. Smith, a 49 year old Los Angeles broker, was held for 48 hours by three youths who accused him of running a gyp rental racket. He was smeared with syrup and feathers, blindfolded, restrained in a trailer, given one bowl of soup, and robbed of 1600 dollars before being found at his office in shock and frightened.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Charles S. Smith
Sheriff's Office
James Boust
Smith
Fearless Fagan Circus Performer Joins Mills Bros Circus
Floyd O Humeston from Los Angeles tours with Fearless Fagan the 250 pound lion once pet since infancy. Humeston serves as a private at Fort Ord while Fearless Fagan heads to Columbus Ohio with the Mills Bros Circus accompanied by trainer Earl Humeston. The lion eats 10 to 14 pounds of horsemeat daily.
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Fearless Fagan
Humeston
Fearless
Fort Ord
Calif
Columbus
Ohio
Mills Bros. Circus
Earl
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Marcheta Benton
East Chattanooga
Tenn
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National Red Cherry Institute
East Baton Rouge Parish
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South Korea
MacArthur
Charles T. Joy
Far East
William G. Andrewes
Theseus
Chinnampo
Belfast
Warranmunga
U. N
U.S
By Olen Clements
Oakdale
Red
Ments
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