Westbrook Pegler Defends Unions Against Democracy Critique
Westbrook Pegler testifies before a House sub committee criticizing anti union democracy claims. He argues unions enjoy unchecked power to fund politics, oppose information returns, and claim special treatment while Congress targets business groups. He cites Roosevelt era leniency and fears slush funds in campaigns.
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New York
Committee On Bar
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Committee of Congress
Republic
Congress
Treasury
American Federation of Labor
Louisiana Professor and Wife Missing Over Arctic Circle
Dr Melville Thurston Cook 80 a Baton Rouge LSU visiting plant pathology professor his wife and pilot Bill Carrington reported missing since Saturday after a tourist flight above the Arctic Circle aloft from Fort Yukon toward Fairbanks Alaska Airline search efforts focused on possible river bar landings in Yukon river valley officials said Baton Rouge sources noted Cook had long and notable service in plant pathology at LSU and Puerto Rico.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Louisiana
Fort Yukon
Alaska Airlines
Mel T. Cook
Baton Rouge
Arctic Circle
Bill Carrington
Cook
Louisiana State University
Laddfield
Yukon River Valley
Symphony Leader Joins Jazz Ride in New Orleans Pops
July concert at New Orleans venue features conductor Richard Korn joining the Dixie Land Jamboree for a high spirited set. The all star lineup includes Tony Almerico Johnny Castaing Shorty Reese Nina Picone Frank Federico Buddy Castigliola Joe Loyacano and Sam Buglin. The ensemble performs Farewell Blues Panama High Society and St Louis Blues with solos and a final rush.
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New Orleans
Richard Korn
Dixie Land
Dixielanders
Korn
Panama
St. Louis
Jamboree Boys
Tony Almerico
Johnny Castaing
Shorty” Reese
Nina Picone
Frank Federico
Buddy” Castigliola
Joe Loyacano
Sam
Buglin
Ouachita Parish Board Weighs Ousting Principal and Funds
Ouachita parish school board debates ouster motion against Okaloosa High School Principal Jake McCullin while presenting a financial update. New superintendent Mack Avants discloses general fund nearly exhausted with $79,345.42 in deposits and $71,520.48 in outstanding bills. A full investigation on Ward 7 controversy is ordered for August 3.
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Ouachita Parish
Mack Avants
New Parish
Avants
Okaloosa High School
Jake McCullin
Ward 7
Fuller
Trial of Hiss Near End as Jury Deliberates
Federal judge denies motions to dismiss two perjury charges against Alger Hiss and orders the case to a ten man ten woman jury. Deliberations set for tomorrow afternoon after both sides rest. Judge Kaufman ruled against calling witnesses and excluding certain testimony.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Stryker
Kaufman
Murphy
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
William Rosen
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss’ Main Ac
Longest summer heat wave continues with high death toll
At least 132 deaths blamed on heat across states with no immediate relief in sight. Severe squalls in the New York area caused nine deaths and five missing as boats capsized, while crop losses exceed 50 million dollars. Heat dominates central eastern southern regions, with cooler pockets only in northern border states and Pacific coast reports.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island Sound
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin
Midwest
United States Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Son-in-law of F D R sues for divorce in Arizona
John Boettiger a 49 year old newspaper reporter and Anna Roosevelt 43 daughter of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt are divorcing in Maricopa county superior court after 14 years of marriage begun on a presidential campaign trip in 1932. Boettiger alleges mental cruelty beginning in June 1946.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Boettiger
Anna
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maricopa County Superior Court
Boettiger
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Arizona Times of Phoenix
Chicago Tribune
Curtis Dall
New York
Reno
Superior Court
Educators Firmly Oppose Communism
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee pressed amendments to the military unification bill to keep power with Congress and prevent a single military chief. He argued against a centralized staff while Secretary Johnson urged the measure to implement the 1947 unification law and save over a billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Defense Johnson
Senate
Johnson
House Committee
Ex-Convict Surrenders In Slaying Of Two In Cabin
Eureka Calif July 6 A 34 year old former convict and merchant mariner Henry Brun Guldbrandsen sen surrendered and admitted in signed statements to the Fourth of July bludgeon slayings of Lt Peter J Flint 31 and Peter J Jensen 55. He corroborated Mrs Eva Paget 27 in her account of the violent incident in the Sonoma valley and was held on en route to Santa Rosa charges. Mrs Paget remains in critical condition after the attack and the two victims were found in separate rooms at Jensen’s Sonoma County home.
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John B. Curtis
Eureka
Calif
Valley of the Moon
Henry Brun Guldbrandsen
Ed Neumeier
Elmer Hodgkinson
Humboldt Times
Eva Paget
California
Guldbrandsen
Sonoma
Sheriff's Office
Peter J. Flint
The
Merchant Marine
Flint
Peter J. Jensen
Sonoma State Hospital
Jensen
Triniti Mountains
Polio Case Confirmed in Ouachita Parish
Dr. Carol Summers reports a seventh polio case in Ouachita since January 1. The 12 year old Monroe boy was sent to the New Orleans center last week. Six cases appeared in June and one in May. all were white children, ages 3 to 12, with no cases among Negroes.
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New Orleans
Carol Summers
Ouachita Parish
Educators Bans Communists From Nation's Schools
The National Education Association with 825,000 teachers adopted by voice vote a policy that Communist party members should not be employed as teachers. John K. Norton urged that schools be defended from communism while Rose Russell warned the rule could invite broader political dismissals. Commander S. Perry Brown of the American Legion urged teachers to take a firm stand as veterans prepare to influence national leadership.
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Boston
National Education Association
Communist Party
Communist Party of the United
John K. Norton
Columbia University
Teachers College
Norton
Rose Russell
C. I. O. Teachers Union
Planned funeral to be carried out in Balboa Park
San Diego columnist Forrest Warren died of cancer aged 71. Public services were set for 4 p.m. at Balboa Park with Dr Frank Linder presiding. Warren, a former printer and humanitarian advocate, wrote his May 17 column about his illness and thanked readers in a later note.
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San Diego
Calif
Forrest Warren
Warren
Vermillion, Kans
The
Daily Journal
Mine contract talks delayed in Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers and northern and western soft coal operators postpone resumption of contract talks from July 12 to July 19. Ezra Van Horn cites canvassing mutual problems. southern operators set July 12 for talks while hard coal negotiations begin in Philadelphia. miners return to work without a contract as bituminous agreement ended last Thursday and dues payers east of the Mississippi to work three days weekly.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Vandenberg Urges Senate to Ratify North Atlantic Pact
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan opened the second day of the battle to ratify the 12 nation North Atlantic pact, arguing communism is the sole threat to world peace and that 300 million people will resist aggression. He joined Senator Connally in urging approval as leaders hoped for final action within a week.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
United States
Vandenberg
Connally
Texas
Britain Orders Halt on Dollar Buying as Gold Reserves Dwindle
London July 6 AP Britain halts most dollar spending except urgent national needs as Sir Stafford Cripps warns exports to the United States fall and sterling area reserves drop to 1.624 billion dollars. He pledges further measures to reduce import costs and boost exports while keeping existing contracts. Cripps to meet US Treasury officials and dominion ministers to shape a long term balance of trade remedy.
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Hal Cooper
London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
United States
Cripps
Sterling
House of Commons
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Canada
Sudan
Burma
Iceland
Iraq
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Tokyo Rose Trial Opens In San Francisco
The government begins its treason case against Iva Toguri D Aquino also known as Tokyo Rose. The trial will not seek the death penalty with an all white jury chosen and opening statements expected today. The charge lists eight acts of treason and carries at least five years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Iwa Ikuko Toguri
D’aquino
Tokyo
San Francisco
Iva Toguri
Tokyo Rose
D'Aquino
Tom de Wolfe
Los Angeles
Radio Tokyo
de Wolfe
Louisiana lawmakers split on federal aid to education
Louisiana congressmen voiced strong views on any federal education bill. They rejected federal control of schooling while debating if private and parochial schools should receive aid. some favored extending aid under a Thomas bill with safeguards, others urged explicit limitations or extensions.
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Washington
Louisiana
Hebert
Hale Boggs
Passman
Senate
Long
Ellender
Thomas
Larcade
Death of Son Blamed on Music in Florida Case
In Winter Haven Florida on July 6 a father claimed music caused his 17 year old son William Rackley to shoot himself. The moody pianist telephoned a girlfriend heard during the fatal shot. He had just played Gershwin inspired pieces and a record of Rhapsody in Blue. Betty Thrasher was his friend but the father said she did not influence the act.
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Winter Haven
Fla
William C. Rackley
R. C. Rackley
Gershwina
George Gershwin
Betty Thrasher
Rackley
Miss Thrasher
Gershwin
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Pegler
Jazz Ride
F.D.R
Anna Roosevelt
Silver Springs
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