Code Clerk In Army Named As Red By FBI Informant
An FBI informer identified Annie Lee Moss as a Communist and an Army Signal Corps code room employee handling top secret messages. The Senate hearing led by Joe McCarthy focused on Pentagon security amid a clash with Secretary Stevens over Army loyalty and Peress fallout.
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Red
FBI
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Army Code Room
Mary Markward
Annie Lee Moss
Markward
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Communist Party
Pentagon
Army Signal Corps
Benson Claims Soil Conserving Farmers' Job
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson told the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts that final responsibility for conservation rests with landowners. He defended flexible price supports as necessary for a workable farm program and urged policies allowing timely changes within law to prevent future difficulties.
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Benson
Soil Conserving Farmers
New Orleans
Ezra Taft Benson
Soil Conservation Service
Eisenhower
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Poisonings of Dogs Draw Monroe Police Fury
Police in Monroe pursue a weekly Malvern Egan street poisonings scare that has killed at least seven dogs. Assistant Chief George Wood and Chief M L Peters vow prosecution and urge owners to quarantine pets until health officials lift the alert.
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Monroe
Malvern and
Egan Streets
George Wood
Wood
M. L. Peters
Malvern - Egan Street
C. R. Perry
Malvern
Ouachita Parish
Negro Held After Monroe Woman Killed
An 18 year old Monroe Negro Henry Orange of Carver Homes is held in Ouachita parish jail on negligent homicide charges after his scooter struck 55 year old Bertha Green on Ouachita avenue and Jackson street. Green died at Wright Bendel Clinic after the collision. Jordan, 10, also killed in a separate week another traffic accident. Police report placed Green fourteen feet six inches from east curb as she walked across Jackson Street. Continued on second page.
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Monroe
Henry Orange
Carver Homes
Ouachita Parish
Bertha Green
South 1St Street
Peters Funeral Home
Linda Jordan
M-Sgt
Willie H. Jordan
Filhiol Avenue
Alfred D. Galligher
Edgewater Gardens
Green
M. E. Whittington
S. G. Martin
Police Seek Negro Shot In Head At Foundry
A 22 year old Monroe construction worker with a head wound is the subject of a police search after an alleged theft attempt at Tiger Foundry on DeSiard Street. Chief of Detectives Hugh Tolbert said the man was shot while escaping from watchman John W. Sugden who found him attempting to steal the starter.
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Monroe
Tiger Foundry
DeSiard Street
Hugh Tolbert
Tolbert
John W. Sugden
Monroe OKs new building code and five man commission
The Monroe city commission approved a new building code aligned with the national code except for minor local exceptions. The measure creates a five member building commission to oversee construction, grant exemptions, and serve as an appeal board. Mayor Coon says the panel will be established soon.
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Monroe
John E. Coon
Coon
Frank X. Cline
Wayne Huckabay UN
Monroe Police Probe New Theft In N E La Area
Monroe police investigate another theft, bringing area unsolved cases to eight. Two men jailed for prior burglaries include Leroy Bradley and W A Watson. Watson admitted stealing about 600 from Economy Gas. Other crimes target J A Harper’s safe and a Scott Truck and Tractor Company strongbox with combined losses over 10,000. Descriptions of suspects linked across locations.
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Monroe
O. D. Lyons
Ruston
Alvis
Hugh Tolbert
Lyons
Tolbert
Leroy Bradley
Lucian Smith
Black Cat
Eighth Street
W. A
Artie) Watson
Economy Gas Company
DeSiard Street
Watson
J. A. Harper
Cronville
Scott Truck and Tractor Company
Rayville
Strongest Chain Forged Today at Boston Naval Yard
The largest and strongest chain ever forged is being made at the Boston Naval Shipyard for the anchor of the 60,000 ton aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. Each link weighs 360 pounds and the chain is forged by a massive drop hammer with a 36 million pound force per blow. The navy die lock chain, designed at the yard, exceeds two and a half million pounds breaking strength.
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Boston
Boston Naval Shipyard
Forrestal
Newport News
Navy
Alto Post Office Looted By Burglar
Alto, Feb. 23. The Alto Post Office was robbed overnight Monday. Mrs. Welle Hicks, the postmistress, could not confirm items missing as inventory was incomplete. Sheriff Hill noted a mail sack may have been taken and a deputy sent to investigate. The burglary was discovered this morning with the front door pried open and Postal Inspector Clampit of Monroe aiding the case.
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Ana Wopany
Benerai
Welle Hicks
Sheriff Hill
Alto
Mercy killing: Wife shoots husband in Westchester
In Thornwood New York Margaret Cannon 55 shot Thomas Cannon 54 in their home claiming he suffered from cancer. She also killed their dog and wounded herself as police found the scene. Police described her as hysterical and the medical examiner said she appeared disturbed.
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Thornwood
N.Y
Frederick E. Weeks
Margaret Cannon
Cannon
Westchester County
Thomas
Weeks
Bunky
Death of Rev. George F. Wharton Rector at St John’s Episcopal
The Rev. George F. Wharton age 59 rector of St. John's Episcopal church died Monday afternoon at Simmons Thomas Hospital in Thibodaux Louisiana. He previously served as rector in Hammond and Lake Charles.
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Thibodaux, la
George F. Wharton
St. John's Episcopal Church
Simmons Thomas Hospital
Hammond
Lake Charles
Dismissals in State Department Include Transfers to Other Jobs
In 1953 the State Department reported 21 dismissals for cause and 11 linked to pro Communist activities. Of 590 security dismissals nationwide, 291 employees moved to other federal agencies, with 278 investigations pending and 99 transfer cases showing homosexual deviations as a factor.
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State Department
Washington (Ap
House Appropriations Committee
R. W. Scott McLeod
Security
McLeod
Boardman Named Co-Chair for Monroe Red Cross Drive
C C Boardman, longtime businessman and former retiree, becomes co chairman of the Monroe Red Cross fund campaign to start February 28, James A Noe announces. Noe praises Boardmans acceptance and expects the drive to be the best in local Red Cross history.
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C. C. Boardman
Red Cross Drive
Co. C. Boardman
Boardman
Red Cross
Monroe
Noe
Five Added Indictments In Surplus Ship Deals
Federal grand jury returns five additional indictments charging 18 individuals and seven corporations in the disposal of World War II surplus ships. Among the named defendants is former Rep. Joseph Casey of Massachusetts, accused in a conspiracy to breach a government purchase contract. Julius C. Holmes of New York City, former U.S. minister to London, is also charged for involvement in the Casey transactions.
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Washington
Brownell
Joseph Casey
D-Mass
United States
Casey
Exlawmaker
Maritime Commission
Julius C. Holmes
New York City
London
Convict Killed In Escape Attempt In Alabama
SPEIGNER Alabama A 20-year old white convict was shot dead and another wounded during an escape attempt at Draper Prison. Initially three or more men were thought involved, with one inmate possibly escaping. Deputy Warden J H Robertson later said only two inmates were involved. The dead man was Ronald Coleman of Birmingham who had been confined since June 1953 and previously linked to a January escape plot. Guards using high powered shotguns fired during the crossfire.
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Robertson
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Nora Martin
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Cleveland
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Seenate Alto
M’carthy
Robert Stevens
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