FAIR ENOUGH BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
Westbrook Pegler critiques Adolf A. Berle and Whittaker Chambers testimony in a biting column. He accuses Berle of pomposity and dishonesty while praising Chambers for exposing a state department leak. The piece portrays a prewar power struggle among officials and quibbling over conspiracy claims with sharp, scandalous rhetoric.
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Adolf A. Berle
Committee On un-American Activities
Alger Hiss
Berle
Germany
Committee of Congress
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Russia
United States
Isaac Don Levine
Chambers
Washington
Truman Eyes 1950 Budget Plan For Education Health Housing
President Truman’s education health and housing programs would account for less than 500 million dollars of the fiscal 1950 budget, about one percent of total spending. The trio are key items in the renewed program and could meaningfully affect the deficit, with the president seeking a four billion dollar tax rise to reduce the national debt. A budget message next week may propose higher postal rates to aid deficit reduction.
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Washington
Truman
Funeral held for Mrs. Mary B. Johnston at Mulhearn
Mrs Mary B Johnston 95 of Ouachita parish died at her daughter's home Wednesday night. Funeral 3 p m Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev E F Hayward officiating. Interment in City Cemetery. Pallbearers Murray Hudson Fensky Terzia F Benton Holt George Weaks Jr John Fudickar Fred Fudickar Jr. Survived by son J Bennett Johnston Shreveport four daughters Mrs Fred Fudickar Sr Monroe Mrs Gus Hoyer Shreveport Mrs L A Sims Hammond and Mrs A D Calhoun Greenwood S C and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. She aided Red Cross in war and rejoiced at grandson Fred Fudickar Jr winning district attorney post. Born near Faulksville on old family plantation. would have turned 99.
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Mary B. Johnston
Ouachita Parish
Fred Fudickar
Mulhearn
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Old City
Murray Hudson
Fensky Terzia
F. Benton Holt
George Weaks, Jr
John Fudickar
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Faulksville
J. Benett Johnston
Shreveport
Fouraughters
Fred Fudickar, Sr
Onroe
Gus Hoyer
L. A. Sims
Hammond
A. D. Calhoun
Greenwood
S. C
Republicans Pick Policy Committee
Republican senators named Ives of New York and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine to the GOP policy committee. Ives and Smith are among a new wave, while Taft was re-elected chairman. Senator Millikin announced the action as the session ended with talk of harmony.
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Washington
Ives
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Republican Conference
Businessmen weigh the presidents tax plan and New Congress
New York reports businessmen debated the state of the union message. They questioned how much of the proposed extra four billion in taxes would fall on them and whether the 42 to 44 billion dollar budget could cover all proposed programs. They also wondered if all reforms would start this year or only part. They expected fierce early congress activity followed by log rolling.
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New York
Officials to Attend Louisiana Green Conference in Baton Rouge
More than 3,000 public officials including Gov. Earl K. Long were to attend a keep Louisiana green conference on the state university campus in Baton Rouge. The event launches a parish by parish campaign against careless use of fire in wooded areas, sponsored by the Louisiana Forestry Association.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
State University
The
Louisiana Forestry Association
Taxes On Capitol Hill Aimed At 4 Billion Rise
Washington Jan 6. Trouble looms as President Truman seeks 4 billion dollars in new taxes and standby controls on prices wages and allocations. Representative Doughton wants to see government spending before approving more taxes. Senator George also abstains pending spending plans as Congress first considers spending programs and the reciprocal trade act.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Representative Doughton
D-N. C
House
Congress
Coughton
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate
Southern Democrats vow fight over Truman civil rights plan
In Washington on January 6 Southern Democrats declared readiness to block President Truman’s civil rights program in the 81st Congress. They oppose a rules change to end filibusters, and oppose measures including anti poll tax and anti-lynching bills and fair employment practices act. Senators Ellender and Hill signaled opposition citing civil rights as the main issue.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Ellender
Louisiana
Senator Hill
Alabama
Hill
Fear and favor greet Truman social welfare plan
President Truman's annual message to Congress drew mixed reactions across parties. Senators and representatives weighed three main proposals: prepaid medical health insurance, expansion of old age insurance, and federal aid to education. House Speaker Sam Rayburn called it a "splendid appeal" and a "bold but practical program" likely to win support for education aid, while health and education foes warned of high costs and federal control of schools.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Jan
Truman
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Texas
American Medical Association
Rayburn
Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lesinski
Mich
Louisiana and Mississippi Senators Win Key Committee Posts
New Democratic committee assignments shift power in the Senate. Ellender gains a top spot on appropriations while keeping agriculture, Long lands posts on post office civil service rules and executive expenditures. Eastland stays on judiciary and expenditures, Stennis secures public works, and Boggs joins Ways and Means as Passman eyes House Appropriations.
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Louisiana
Russell Long
Post Office and Civil Service
Long
Eastland
Miss
Stennis
Mississippi
Senate
Representative Boggs
D-La
Ways and Means
Boggs
Representative Passman
House
Washington
Fugitives Escape Communist Terror From Hungary Flight
A group of refugees fleeing Hungary landed in Munich aboard a Hungarian National Airways plane claiming to escape Communist terror. Twenty-two aboard were part of the plot. pilots say life threats drove the escape. The group, including engineers and a bank director, were in Dachau camps after the flight.
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Munich
Germany
Hungary
Hungarian National Airways
Janos Majoros
Majoros
Pecs
Budapest
Milos Kuhn
Majores
Dachau
Tornado toll fixed at 52 in Warren Arkansas
Death toll from a Warren tornado is set at 52 with four more killed in concurrent storms in north Louisiana and near El Dorado. Relief pours in for the injured as Red Cross reports storage space limits for used clothing. Bradley Lumber Co officials say facilities will be rebuilt and reopened soon.
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Warren
Ark
Louisiana
el Dorado
Arkansas
American Red Cross
Bradley Lumber Company
Mardi Gras in Orleans Opens Big Season of Festivity
New Orleans begins its largest Mardi Gras season with 60 balls at Municipal Auditorium up 13 from last year and at least 11 major street parades planned plus river processions and 100 decorated trucks. The Commerce Association cites 225 daily inquiries about events and lodging, up 25 percent from prior years.
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Kris Kreeger
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Association of Commerce
Boggs to Sponsor Housing Measure in Congress
Washington D C January 6 Representative Boggs Democrat Louisiana will sponsor a housing bill aligned with President Truman’s proposals. The measure mirrors portions of the Ellender Boggs plan especially slum clearance and low cost public housing that faced GOP opposition last year. Boggs also pushed bills granting states title to coastal tide lands and repealing taxes on oleo margarine.
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Washington
Truman
Boggs
D.-La
Ellender
Congress
Housing plan drawn with praise and criticism in Congress
Washington Jan 6 Senator Taft Republican Ohio led opposition calling President Truman's 1,000,000 low rent housing plan too big, while Senator Flanders Vermont joined. Seven Democrats backed an administration bill to fund and extend public housing plus slum clearance and 300,000 farm homes, arguing total housing needs require private industry. Ellender of Louisiana sponsored an $18 billion 40 year program, with local housing authorities operating the units, though critics warn of socializing the building industry.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Flanders
Vermont
Ellender
Louisiana
Mr. Truman
Senate
House
Truman's tax welfare program rushed through Congress
Democratic leaders press to accelerate President Truman's tax welfare and labor proposals, aiming to finalize much of the program before his oath to a new four year term on January 29. Senate leader designate Lucas pledges swift action as Republicans warn of bankruptcy risk and socialism. A budget near 41.9 billion is expected for the year starting July 1, with Taft Hartley repeal and Wagner act modifications among likely items.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Congress moves to repeal Taft-Hartley labor law
Washington.. Leading Democrats rush a repeal of the Taft-Hartley act as President Truman urges replacing it with Wagner act improvements. Senator Elbert Thomas will introduce a repeal bill and Lesinski plans a new labor bill in the House. Taft says the president seeks to retain key Taft-Hartley features amid upcoming Senate debate.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Lesinski
Michigan
House Labor Committee
House
Truman
Congress
Labor Department
A. F. of L
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Labor Committee
Weather brings distress across wide nation
Distress signals spread across the U S as blizzards hit the Rocky Mountain and plains, floods isolating Columbus Mississippi and parts of Alabama and Tennessee. Cold snaps dipped to 10 below in Utah and Nevada and threatened new floods from the Carolinas to New England.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Plains
California
Arizona
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
California-Arizona
Carolinas
Atlantic
New England
Utah-Nevada
Mercury
Phoenix
Ariz
Fresno
Calif
Los Angeles
Red Cross
Columbus
Miss
Birmingham and
Gadsen
Ala
Bill to Boost Steel Likely in Senate within a Week
Washington Jan 6. A bill to give President Truman power to boost steel output with government funds may reach the Senate within a week. Senators O Mahoney and Murray are expected to sponsor. Murray has urged government entry into steel if milder measures fail. The plan seeks authority to lend funds to steel firms or, if needed, to build mills.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Senate
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Murray
D.-Mont
O’mahoney
Senate-House
Congress
Woman Held in 6th Husband's Death in Memphis
Alma Gill, held in general sessions court, faces murder charges in the death of her sixth husband Ed Gill. Police say she claimed the shooting was accidental amid a struggle over a pistol. Gill had previously been involved in two earlier fatal incidents with former husbands.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alma Gill
General Sessions Court
Jim Thompson
Ed Gill
Gill
Little Rock
Ark
Michael MecClary
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