Conviction of Robert Best for Treason in wartime context
Westbrook Pegler reports the 52 year old Robert Best was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment. Best, a former U S Army veteran who wandered Europe, served as a Vienna correspondent for United Press and formed hostile views toward Communists and Nazis.
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Boston
Robert Best
United States
Best
A. EF. F
Europe
Ritz
Harry
New York
Paris
Vienna
United Press
Hitler
Big Muscles in U N Objective
Representative Eaton of New Jersey calls for strengthening the United Nations to curb Soviet aims in the Orient and Far East. He forecasts U N legislation as a top priority in the 81st Congress and lauds the European recovery act as a landmark measure supporting postwar economies. He warns against a return to jungle law if UN power weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eaton
New Jersey
United Nations
Russia
Orient
Far East
House Foreign Committee
U. N
Capitol Hill
House
Europe
China
Boy Drowns as Boat Capsizes near Delhi Louisiana
Eight-year-old Waylon Pate died when a 12 foot boat with three people aboard capsized in Joe's bayou two miles southeast of Delhi Louisiana. His mother Ellie Pate and sister-in-law Floyd Pate were rescued by Floyd Pate and Neal Cook. Monroe firemen recovered the body after dragging near the middle of the stream. Waylon's brother Floyd Pate and other relatives survive. Funeral arrangements are pending at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Delhi.
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Delhi
Waylon Pate
Joe's Bayou
Here
Monroe
R. L. Franton
Bobby Hawthorne
Otis Edgerton
Madison Parish
Edgerton
Waylon
Ellie Pate
Floyd Pate
Neal Cook
Floyd
American Legion
Mulhearn Funeral Home
East Seventy- Fourth Street
Shreveport
Eugene
Gaylon Pate
New Jersey Votes Shift Toward Eisenhower Backed by Hague
Asbury Park July 5 Frank Hague has steered New Jersey’s 36 Democratic national convention votes toward a draft Eisenhower. He told a hastily convened Jersey caucus that Truman cannot lead and that the people want world leadership in General Eisenhower. Hague had previously backed Truman and called delegates to the meeting.
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Asbury Park
N. Y
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Jersey
Truman
United States
Eisenhower
Hague
Edward J. Hart
Louisiana Legislature Eyes Adjournment From July
The Louisiana legislature pushed toward its adjournment deadline as it clears calendars of secondary bills. The Senate approved a bill freezing New Orleans commission council members in their June 15 positions, sending it to the House for concurrence. Two New Orleans lawmakers objected to the Senate change. The body also backed a constitutional amendment to dedicate the one half cent gasoline tax to the state highway fund. The measure would not affect the tax share for New Orleans and Lake Charles ports. The Senate approved an eight cent per gallon wine and liquor tax increase.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
House
New Orleans Commission Council
New Orleans
Alexander Rainold
George Tessier
Rainold
Public Works
Theo Hotard
Public Safety
Hotard
State Highway Fund
State Board of Education
Lessley P. Gardiner
Opelousas
Lake Charles
Million Dollar Pay Thing of the Past
Washington reports show 1946 top corporate pay far below a million dollars. Charles P. Skouras heads the list at $985,300, with Betty Grable at $299,300 and Harry James earning $399,369 including his band work. Bing Crosby tally stands at $325,000 from Paramount, while Leo McCarey last drew over a million in wartime.
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Washington
Treasury
Charles P. Skouras
Betty Grable
Harry James
Bing Crosby
Paramount Pictures
Leo McCarey
U. S
Crosby
Miss Gable
Skouras
William Wyler
Charles H. Strub
Los Angeles Surf Club
Harry W. Bracy
Kroger Company
Truman Declining Strength Tests in Democratic Convention
President Truman's support for next week's Democratic national convention weakened but still surpasses the nomination threshold. New Jersey's switch to Eisenhower cuts 36 votes. totals show 649 of 618 needed with 286 pledged, 354 claimed. California and New York figures are cited amid caucus activity in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
New Jersey
Dwight Eisenhower
California
James Roosevelt
New York
William O'Dwyer
Eisenhower
Gov. Wright
Mississippi
Truman aides say he will win on first ballot
On the presidential train to Bolivar Missouri Truman aides argued that opposition to his nomination will fade at the Democratic convention. They asserted Truman has enough votes for a first ballot victory in Philadelphia despite internal party opposition.
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Bolivar
Truman
Romulo Gallegos
Venezuela
Gallegos
Simon Bolivar
Missouri
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cincinnati
Hague
White House
Philadelphia
Washington
Pioneer man fatally hurt in highway crash near Oak Grove
Orea Chestnutt, 24, of Pioneer, died from a fractured skull after a truck ran off Highway 1 near Oak Grove Louisiana. Injured passenger Mrs. George W. Mercer suffered a fractured hip. Driver Gibson Bridges and another passenger escaped injuries. Chestnutt’s funeral was held at Forest Baptist Church with burial in New Forest Cemetery. He leaves wife O. A. Chestnutt and four sons, plus siblings.
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Oak Grove
Here
Highway 1
Orea Chestnutt
E. D. Butler
West Carroll Parish
George W. Mercer
Everett and Biggs Clinic
Gibson Bridges
Bridges
Chestnutt
Walter
Forest Baptist Church
New Forest
O. A. Chestnutt
George W., Charles Ray
Ronald Lee Chestnutt
Pioneer
Clara Lee Robinson
Jack
Louis Chestnutt
Jimmy Chestnutt
Las Vegas
Nev
Lavelle Chestnutt
Darnell
Vesta Chestnutt
Laurel
Miss
Robert Chestnutt
Monroe
Slay er of W S Terry Jr Sought. $500 Reward Offered
Widespread hunt for W S Terry Jr killer continues as Sheriff Clemmons posts a 500 dollar reward. Mrs Terry and a neighbor give a meager description of a black man seen in the home as the slayer. Funeral held, acting welfare commissioner named, and state praise noted.
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Baton Rouge
W. S. Terry, Jr
Bryan Clemmons
Terry
Pineville
Earl Long
State Board of Public Welfare
Lawrence Higgins
Long
Louisiana
American Public Welfare Association
House of Representatives
Sam Jones
Peace plan rejected by Arabs and Jews in Palestine
Cairo July 5. Both Arabs and Jews rejected a United Nations peace plan for Palestine. Bernadotte planned to seek Jewish reply in Tel Aviv after receiving the Arab counterproposal in Cairo. The plan proposed partition and an Arab Jewish economic union, with Jerusalem under Arab rule. The Israeli cabinet rejected the plan citing opposition to Arab ruled Jerusalem and limits on Jewish migration.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
United Nations
Palestine
U. N
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Ber
Nadotte
U. N. Assembly
Signs Grow Of Soft Coal Strike In Steel Mines
Washington reports indicate a soft coal strike looms as 400,000 miners end vacations. 40,000 captive mine workers require a contract before returning. Steel mills resist union shop terms, offer wage and welfare fund tweaks, while government weighs court action or seizure under defense laws.
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Washington
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Truman
Search Renewed for Missing Boy in Somerset
Volunteers renewed their forest search for 23 month old Donald Collier missing since Friday at a mountain vacation site in Somerset Pennsylvania. State police rejected the kidnapping idea despite the father Lloyd Collier of Rural Ridge asserting a ransom motive. Lieutenant J R Dodson said there is no motive and the case remains a mystery.
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Somerset
Forestland
Donald Collier
Lloyd Collier
Rural Ridge
J. R. Dodson
Nearly 400 Planes Put Into Service Over Berlin
Berlin reports 400 planes flown into the city from western Germany as American and British air forces push to break the Russian blockade. Brig. Gen. Joseph Smith praised crews while Moscow reportedly considered protests over air regulations.
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George Bria
Berlin
Germany
Joseph Smith
Air Service
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Cay
Clay
Yugoslavs Call for Showdown Over Tito Policies
London July 5 Yugoslav Communists move to formalize a split from Moscow stance inviting all Communist parties to Belgrade July 21 for its fifth congress as Bulgaria questions Yugoslavia's future orientation amid Cominform pressure while Borba signals no shift in policy toward imperialists. Milovan Djilas notes Yugoslavia sees itself as part of world democracy against imperialist camps.
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London
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Tanjug
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Belgrade
Europe
Sofia
Otecestveni Front
Bulgaria
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito
Russia
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Titi
Borba
Milovan Dijilas
Five Children Drowned In Louisiana River Boat Trip
Five children drowned when a flat bottom boat with nine passengers swamped on the Tickfaw river near Killian Louisiana during a Fourth of July outing. Luther Slade Jr saved one child, while Luther Slade and another swam to rescue two more. none of the children could swim. The victims ranged from 6 to 14 years old, all members of families visiting from Tangipahoa and Jackson areas.
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Hammond
Tickfaw River
Alfred Slade
Jackson
Miss
Luther Slade, Jr
Luther Slade
Tangipahoa
Letha Lois
Helen
Bobbie Jean Slade
Leo Doyle Slade
James Larry Slade
Louise McLaurin
James McLaurin
Horse Bluff
Killian
Taft Faus
Livingston Parish
McLaurin
Truman Attacks Congress Over Three New Laws
President Truman launches fresh assaults on the 80th Congress as he signs three major bills a federal pay raise a farm price extension and a two year extension for atomic energy commissioners He criticizes the bills as incomplete and says politics taints the atomic energy expansion while naming Lilienthal to a new five year term and leaving other members with varying terms
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Washington
Truman
Atomic Energy Commissioners
Civil Service
Congress
David E. Lilienthal
Boy 11 Dies In Truck Accident Near Columbia
Willian Wesley Moore, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Nevie Moore of Graysons, was killed when he fell from a returning family truck and a rear wheel crushed his head. The seven thirty p m Sunday accident occurred 17 miles southeast of Columbia after Independence Day celebration. Coroner Dr E L Carroll ruled the death unavoidable. Funeral arrangements were not known Monday noon.
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Columbia
Willian Wesley Moore
Nevie Moore
Grays Son
Moore
E. L. Carroll
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Senhower
Wright Truman
Pioneer Man
New Methodist Bishops
Roy H. Short
Eft
Nashville
Tenn
Marvin A. Franklin
Birmingham
Ala
Methodist Church
S. C
Dr. Short
Upper Room
General Board of Evangelism
Franklin
Highlands Methodist Church
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