Fair Enough: View of UN HQ and Cold War blame
A July New York column criticizes the United Nations HQ in New York, deriding its glass tower as ugly. It targets Alger Hiss, Dalton Trumbo, and claims perjury and contempt of Congress cases. The piece accuses Roosevelt era policies of fostering treason and betrayal among officials and media.
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New York
East River
United Nations
San Francisco
Alger Hiss
Harvard
Felix Frankfurter
Edward Stettinius
Dalton Trumbo
Hollywood
Hiss
Trumbo
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Josef Stalin
Committee On un-American Activities
Bob Stripling
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Yalta
Truman
Jimmy Byrnes
Fifteen Missing in Korea Flight Crash Confirmed
Washington reports four new names added to the Korean casualty list, bringing total missing to fifteen from a C-54 transport crash on a mountainside near Pusan, June 30, en route from Japan to the combat zone. Names listed include Pfc. Stanley A. Gogoj Warrensville, Pfc. Edward Peska Warrensville, Cpl. Ernest J. Pitre Jeanerette and Cpl. Elmer E. Hardy Lucasville.
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Washington
Army
Pusan
Korea
Japan
Air Force
Stanley A. Gogoj
Anthony Gogoj
East Clearfield St
Philadelphia
Edward Peska
Kings
Warrensville
Ohio
Ernest J. Pitre
Bulgert B. Copp
Pelerin St
Jeanerette
Ground Soldier Shot In South Korea Front Action
American infantrymen on the south Korean front endured a 25 minute strafing and rocket attack by five to seven unidentified planes. A sergeant was wounded, and rail facilities near the command post were destroyed. Correspondents and several soldiers observed the scene as they moved through mud walled huts toward a school unit command post.
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Tom Lambert
Joe Fromm
United States News
Marguerite Higgins
New York Merrald Tribune
Roy McCartney
Reuters
Pfc
Allen Quick
Lakeland
Fla
John Hawkins
Anderson
S. C
U. S&s
Charles P. Smith
Russell Brines
Tokyo
MacArthur
South Korea
Han River
Yongdongpo
U. S
Han
One Year College Bill Approved in Louisiana House
The Louisiana House approved a bill to convert Northeast Junior College in Monroe into a four year college. The vote was 59 to 9, after reconsideration. Debate touched on bond issues and potential effects on state university control and existing legislation.
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Baton Rouge
Northeast Junior College
Monroe
Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana State University Control
State Department of Education
U. S
Russell Long
Henry Sevier
John McNeese
Lake Charles
Erwin Rausch
Percy Roberts
East Baton Rouge Parish
Northeast
State University
Shady Wall
Ouachita
George Wallace
Mississippi loses 48460 in population 1940 to 1950
The U S census reports Mississippi's population fell by 48460 in the 1940 1950 decade to 2135336 on preliminary 1950 returns. Rural declines offset gains in Hinds Jackson and Harrison counties while Forrest County adds 10002. Alabama and Louisiana in the same area show increases.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
U. S
Alabama
Louisiana
Tydings Sees Korea Invasion as Testing Ground
Senator Tydings says the Korea invasion tests Communist Russia's reach before the world intervenes. He joins Taft and McCarthy in criticizing U N policy and State Department conduct amid the South Korea crisis.
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Washington
South Korea
Tydings
D.-Md
Russia
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Korea
Congress
State Department
United States
United Nations
Taft
Acheson
McCardy
Train Hits Bus in France Killing 23 Tourists
An express train carrying 900 children of French coal miners collided with a bus at a grade crossing near Bourg-en-Bresse killing 23 bus passengers. One child survived unhurt. 2 others were seriously injured. The barrier was reported open. All bus riders were residents of Foissiat en route to Lake Saint-Point. The train was a special express from northern France to a Alps vacation colony.
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Bourg - EN - Besse
France
Lons-Le-Saunier
Lyon
Foissiat
Lake Saint-Point
French Alps
Tax exemption for city voted in Senate Bill 119
Senate Bill 119 to extend Monroe city homestead exemption to school board taxes passed 71 to 0 in the Louisiana House in Baton Rouge. Governor Earl K Long and administration backed the measure, with Mayor John E. Coon and commissioners Frank Cline and Johnny Simmons promoting it. Estimated annual city savings run around $100 000. The Monroe city school board supported the bill, pushed by Senator Moe Cormick.
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Senate
John McCormick
Monroe City
House of Representatives
Baton Rouge
Monroe
John McKeithan
Caldwell Parish
Earl K. Long
John E. Coon
Frank Cline
Johnny Simmons
MoeCormick
Hog Prices Hit Nineteen Month Peak In Chicago
Chicago July 3 hog prices rose to 23.75 per hundred pounds the highest in 19 months. The market moved 50 cents to 1.00 higher than last Friday with this year’s high 22.50 set Friday and last year’s peak 23.65 on August 10. This year’s low reached 16.00 at the end of March.
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Chicago
Alabama couples injured in Calhoun parish crash on U S 80
State police report J M Kenney 69 and H D Kenney 47 from Alabama along with their spouses were injured when their 1950 Oldsmobile collided with a car driven by Robert D. Cooper 19 of Ruston two miles west of Calhoun Louisiana. J M Kenney in critical condition with facial and internal injuries. others listed as serious with multiple fractures and lacerations.
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Alabama
Calhoun
J. M. Kenney
Huntsville
Ala
H. D. Kenney
Birmingham
J. M. Kenny
Kenney
Robert D. Cooper
Ruston
St. Francis Sanitarium
Peters’ Funeral Home
Cooper
Legislative revolt flares as Tooke seeks filibuster
Legislation in Louisiana sparks a senate revolt as Sen. C. E. Tooke Jr defies house measures. Tooke threatens a lengthy speech and filibuster to block a reforestation finance bill backed by $520,000 in appropriations and a $4,000,000 borrowing plan. Governor Earl K. Long’s veto odds rise after a heart attack influenced session tensions.
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Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Senate
House
C. E. Tooke, Jr
Tooke
U S Effort to Keep China Out of Korea War
Washington notes outline US warnings to Chiang Kai Shek about sending Nationalist forces to Korea. Plans for Formosa consultations with General MacArthur are disclosed amid concerns China and Soviet actions.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang
MacArthur
China
United Nations
South Korea
U. N. Security Council
Truman
Johnson
Acheson
State Department
State and Defense Departments
John Foster Dulles
Japan
Mobilization of Reserves Unlikely
Secretary of Defense Johnson said there is no present plan to mobilize reserves over the Korean crisis. He spoke after a White House briefing with President Truman, commenting on reports of a possible limited mobilization and stressing there is no prospect of partial mobilization at this time.
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Washington
Defense
Johnson
White House
Truman
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Navy
Americans and Australians Hit North Korea Tanks and Trucks
American and Australian fighter planes destroyed seven North Korean tanks and 22 trucks and shot down two enemy planes. Bombers raided Pyongyang twice, dropping 800+ bombs as North Korean anti air positions expanded near Seoul amid overall limited ground progress.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Seoul
MacArthur
Radio
Lake Providence Holds Two Day Carnival and Miss Louisiana Final
Lake Providence Louisiana hosts a two day carnival featuring boat races a ball game parades and talent shows. Nine contestants vie for Miss Louisiana 1950 with judges selecting the winner to represent Louisiana at Atlantic City. Crowds near 10000 lined the shore for Sundays events while the Carroll Clippers beat the Uranians 5 to 3 in Legion Park.
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Lake Providence
Atlantic City
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Texas
Carroll Clipper
American Legion
American Legions
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Providence Street
Drowning Victim Rites Held For Gilbert Man
The funeral for Jena Browder Tarver of Gilbert was held at Central Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Monday officiated by Reverend Camphouse. Pallbearers included Ellis Tarver J W Tarver Hugh Lofton Marcus Emfinger John H Livingstone and Sheriff Hiram D Waller. The drowning occurred Saturday around noon at Lake Louie south of Sicily Island. Emergency fire units responded and the body was recovered. Surviving are his wife parents five brothers and three sisters.
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Jena Browder Tarver
Gilbert
Lake Louie
Central Baptist Church
Reverend Camphouse
Ellis Tarver
J. W. Tarver
Hugh Lofton
Marcus Emfinger
John H. Livingstone
Hiram D. Waller
Sicily Island
Monroe
R. L. Franton
B. G. Hawthorne
Frank Morris
Susie Tarver
James A. Tarver
Natchez
Miss
Lannie Marion
Houston
Tex
Clayton
Galveston
Charles
Ronald
Juanita Emfinger
Jonesville
Mary Lou
Mary Sue Tarver
Two Monroe Area Bills Headed for Signature
Gov Earl Long may sign two constitutional amendments affecting Monroe taxpayers. One expands Monroe City School system homestead exemptions and the other allows continuation of a 2 1/2 mill West Monroe damage tax for two additional pumps. If signed, measures go to voters in November.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Monroe Area
Monroe City
West Monroe
House
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