Coverage contrasts in Remington trial noted
Westbrook Pegler cites NY Times and Herald Tribune as staid but biased in Remington perjury case. He links their reporting to Hiss coverage, alleging omissions and pro Communist slant while tabloids like the Mirror and Daily News are briefer and less restrained.
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New York
Remington
New York Times
Herald-Tribune
Tabloid
Mirror
Daily News
Times
Alger Hiss
Tom Murphy
William W Remington
Department of Commerce
Communist Party
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Felix Frankfurter
Dean Acheson
Soviet Russia
Acheson
Eleanor Roosevelt
The
Harold Laski
Columbia
Harvard
Laski
Authority To Draft 18-Year-Olds Sought
The Defense Department plans to ask Congress to allow drafting 18-year-olds and tighten deferments for 19 through 25 year olds. General Counsel Felix Larkin said a manpower bill would extend the 21 month service for draftees to 27 or 30 months, though the period may change. He estimated about 1.2 million youths will turn 18 next year, with roughly 800,000 meeting physical requirements. No women would be drafted according to the plan.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Felix Larkin
Armed Services
Larkin
Boy Leaves 14 to Live in Swamps With Alligators
In Jacksonville Florida on January 5 Roy Ringgold Jr fourteen left his home to live in the swamps with alligators snakes and his dog Dutchess the great dane he raised. He rode off from school on a red Christmas bicycle and abandoned it at Orange Park fifteen miles south.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roy Ringgold, Jr
Roy
Wiersdale
Parents Against Tot's Operation Save Child Faces Cancer
Atlanta January reports four year old Carolyn Purcell faced cancer with doctors advising removal of one or both eyes. Her parents Frank and Mrs Purcell chose to take her home sleeping in her mother's arms saying they will rethink at Grady Hospital next Thursday.
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Atlanta
Carolyn Purcell
Frank Purcell
Carolyn
Grady Hospital
Purcell
Accardo Cited for Contempt by Senate Panel
Washington reports Anthony J. Accardo known Chicago underworld figure refused to answer questions on income and associates during a two hour public hearing. Senators voted to cite him for contempt and refer the matter for possible grand jury action.
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Washington
Anthony J
Tony) Accardo
Chicago
Senate
Accardo
Miami
Senate Crime Committee
Tobey
R.N. H
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Rudolph Halles
Congress
U. S
Taxpayers May Get Breather Before New Tax Increases
Washington reports indicate over 50 million individual taxpayers may receive a short relief period possibly until July 1 before new tax increases are enacted. House Ways and Means chairman Doughton and Senate Finance chair George expect higher taxes to fund defense, while some fear any rise may not take effect until midyear.
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Washington
Jan
Uncle Sam
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Coughton
Truman
Capitol Hill
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Drug Ring Near Camp Polk Found in Louisiana
Louisiana state police said a marijuana ring with an outlet near Camp Polk Leesville was uncovered after a traffic accident in Beauregard parish. Two men, Fred Whittaker of Mansfield and Charles Jones of Houston, were arrested when sacks containing marijuana were found. the source of the drugs was traced to Houston.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Camp Polk
Leesville
Beauregard Parish
Merryville
J. E. de Armond
de Armond
Houston
Texas
Louis Cooper, Jr
Barney Perkins
Fred Whittaker
Mansfield
Charles Jones
Murphy Roden
Whittaker
High Army Officer Denies Korea Dunkerque Rout
A senior army official at a Pentagon briefing refuted claims of a Dunkerque like retreat in Korea. He presented figures showing 950000 enemy troops involved, with 450000 in reserve in North Korea, six Chinese armies at the front and five in reserve, and 19 North Korean divisions reactivated and reequipped.
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New ‘Dunkerque
Washington
United Nations
Korea
Pentagon
North Korea
Seven Bastrop Boys Join Navy
Seven Bastrop youths aged 19, longtime friends, join the navy in a group. They will report to Great Lakes Ill for boot camp under Chief Gunners Mate Nicholas Lascaro. Six graduated Bastrop High School in May. Bobby McLeod delayed graduation to play football.
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Bastrop High School
U. S. Navy
Nicholas
Bastrop
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Nicholas Lascaro
Bobby McLeod
Ben Duncan
O. S. Gayne
A. S. McLeod
T. A. Duncan
Ernestine Todd
A. B. Keene
G. T. Halley
Girl Conscious After Five Months Recovers From Auto Crash
Miss Erica Schmutz 18 of Alta Loma regained consciousness after five months in a hospital following a skull fracture suffered in a head on collision July 9. She has begun to catch up on events from the Korean War to the Rose Bowl while her parents expect a gradual recovery.
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India
Calif
Erica Schmutz
Emil Schmutz
Alta Loma
Schmutz
Alta Loma High School
Coachella Valley Hospital
Petain in Feeble Condition in Exile on Ile d Yeu
Paris report says Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, 95, in his fifth year of exile on the Ile d Yeu is very feeble. Lawyer Maitre Jacques Isorni says he suffers with his legs and struggles with daily walks on the fortress island. Petain's wife, 74, visits daily and is rheumatic from island damp while living near her husband.
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Paris
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Ne D'Yeu
Maitre Jacques Isorni
Vichy
Petain
Government weighs 30 day price notice to freeze costs
Washington reports the government drafting an order requiring 30 days’ notice before price increases. The plan aims to pause rising costs while price ceilings and wage standards are developed. Retail food prices jumped 1.2 percent between late November and mid December, signaling inflation pressure. The move is described as a stopgap as DiSalle’s office builds enforcement and the wage stabilization board considers wage standards.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
Price Stabilization Office
Wage Stabilization Board
DiSalle
Particu
Confederate War Veteran Ruffin Collie Dies at 106
Rocky Mount North Carolina January 5 Ruffin Van Buren Collie 106 year old Civil War veteran died today with his family at his side His death leaves Sam E Bennett 102 of Yancey County as the sole survivor of the hundreds of thousands sent into the Confederate army Collie was moved to a hospital Monday and was in a coma for his last 14 hours For 16 years his February 7 birthday was a major public celebration He dwelt sparingly on Civil War topics in later years his prescription for a long life was a loving woman He was twice married.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Ruffin van Buren Collie
Sam E. Bennett
Yancey County
Collie
Defiant killer Claude McGee dies in gas chamber
In Jefferson City Mo a 38 year old convict Claude McGee executed for killing John Manor with a claw hammer in the prison yard in 1948 faced death bravely saying I ain't scared to die goodby as the gas chamber door closed. He spent four years in solitary and was known for frequent escapes.
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Jefferson City
Chamber
Claude McGee
State Penitentiary
Goodby
McGee
John Manor
Manor
Tulsa Mystery Deepens As Ill. Family Vanishes
Police link a wanted hitchhiker to the suspected slaying of the Mosser family from Atwood Illinois as their bloodstained blue 1949 Chevrolet is found abandoned on a rural road north of Tulsa. No bodies or prints yet, but investigators fear the five are dead. The car shows puzzling odometer readings.
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Tulsa
Okla
Osage County
Warren Smith
Carl Mosser
Thelma
Ronald Dean
Gary Carl
Pamela Sue
FBI
Oklahoma City
Illinois
Mosser
Atwood
Ill
Chris
Albuquerque
N. M
Communist Offensive Threatens Wonju In Korea
U N troops face a Chinese push from Wonju as seven Communist armies move from Chunchon toward Wonju. Ridgway returns to command amid talks of a wider disaster. Inchon docks are blown and the port evacuated as U N units retreat southward.
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Tokyo
Wonju
Seoul
MacArthur
Chunchon
United Nations
Korea
Kimpo
Inchon
U. N
Wanju
A. P
Don Huth
Ridgway
Asia
America
Central Korea
South Korean
Tom Stone
Stone
United Nations Split Over Korea Crisis In Two Camps
United Nations non Communist delegates split into two camps as the political committee weighs next steps in Korea. The United States and allies push for a formal U N condemnation of Red China as aggressor, while many Asian and Middle Eastern states favor pleading for a truce before tougher measures. A final decision depended on instructions from governments as a separate meeting eyed a proposed cease fire plan and set of principles for a Far Eastern settlement.
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U. N
U. S
Red China
Assembly
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
India
Sir Benegal Rau
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
U.S. Casualties in Korea Reach 40 176
Washington reports American casualties in Korea total 40 176, up 1 851 in a week. The defense department tallies include 6 031 killed in action, 27 997 wounded, 6 148 missing in action with 716 dead from wounds. Of those missing, 720 have returned, 107 are prisoners, 14 dead, leaving 5 307 still missing. Army total 33 184. navy 458. marine corps 6 212. air force 322.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Taft challenges Truman power on sending troops abroad
In a foreign policy speech Senator Taft of Ohio said President Truman lacks authority to deploy American troops without Congress approval. He warned Truman may have entangled the nation in Korea and urged only limited U.S. divisions for North Atlantic defense with European leadership in arming and organizing a broader international force.
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Washington
Taft R.ohio
Senate
Truman
Congress
Taft
82Nd Congress
Ohio
Lake Providence Women Injured In Auto Crash
Three Lake Providence store operators were seriously injured in a collision on highway 65 near Lake Providence Louisiana. Mrs Ellen Brandenburg and Mrs Sol Stockner were unconscious while Miss Melanie Hoffman suffered head injuries. They were taken to Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg after the Dodge collided with a car owned by Gilmore Knowles operator of the Cotton Nightclub.
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Lake Providence
Here
Highway 65
Ellen Brandenburg
Sol Stockner
Melanie Hoffman
Brandenburg
Stockner
Gilmore Knowles
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Leon Noland, Jr
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