Fair Enough from Westbrook Pegler on Lobbying Scrutiny
Pegler critiques the house committee on lobbying activities for targeting groups opposing communism and union influence. He disputes bias, notes dissemination of confidential data, and argues fascism and anti-communist rhetoric appear in several figures while condemning selective suppression of progressive voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House Committee
Joseph P. Kamp
Edwin Rumely
Merwin K Hart
Congress
Kamp
Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Congressional Record
Wright Patman
Texas
Rumely
Mussolini
Hitler
Roosevelt
Friends of Democracy
Truman
West Coast Ports Buzz With Activity
War in Korea stirs West Coast ports as airlines and shipping firms marshal ships and planes to support U S forces in the western Pacific. Port Chicago Traffic Depot orders 24 hour work, while Pan American moves planes west, Transocean halts leave, and American President Lines seeks more vessels. The first ground forces equipment shipment departs Fort Mason aboard the Steel Rover with eight to ten ton trailers and signal gear.
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San Francisco
Korea
U. S
Western Pacific
Port Chicago
Pacific Fleet
Pan American Airways
Miami
New York
Transocean Airlines
American President Lines
U. S. Maritime Administration
Fort Mason
Steel Rover
Reds Plan 10 Take Formosa
July 7 dispatch reports Red China warning the United Nations it will seize Formosa despite U S military actions. Chou En Lai charged the U N with aiding U S aggression by routing naval forces to guard the nationalist island's BASIN. The Security Council met to act on a resolution to name Gen Douglas MacArthur as first supreme commander of a U N force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
U. N
Trygve Lie
U. S
Security Council
United States
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
Talk of a brief fall special session in Louisiana
Baton Rouge July 7 Talk of a brief fall special session of the Louisiana legislature persisted after adjournment of the 60 day 1950 regular session. Lawmakers offered varying views on needed topics with hints that funding for new construction at small colleges might be on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
W. George Bowden, Jr
Rapides Parish
Bowden
Sen
H. H. Richardson
Bogalusa
Charles E. Tooke, Jr
Shreveport
Edwin F. Hunter, Jr
Ingalls Rejects $2,000,000 Cash Offer in Family Dispute
In Birmingham on July 7 Robert I. Ingalls Jr refused a cash offer of more than $2 million tied to 4,501 shares in a sprawling family industrial empire. Armed guards delivered the box to the First National Bank as the stake in the dispute surfaced. Details of the Wednesday offer emerged from participants yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Robert I. Ingalls, Jr
Ingalls
John Persons
First National Bank
Truman Requests 260 Million for Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
President Truman asked Congress for 260 million dollars to speed atomic bomb work and hydrogen bomb experiments. He said funds will enable the AEC to build more efficient plants and advance a peaceful atomic energy objective while strengthening defenses. He voiced confidence in Pike and noted his term expired last Friday.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate
Pike
Mr. Truman
Six Hurt In Morning Auto Collision At City Intersection
Six people were injured Friday morning when two cars collided at Thomas and Jackson streets at 7 18. Dewey Mc Adams 20 drove east on Thomas and hit W L Perry home on Jackson. Mrs A L Chamblis and her two sons were treated at Bendel Wright Clinic and St Francis Sanitarium. Perry was released aid none arrested by Friday night.
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Thomas
Jackson Streets
Dewey McAdams
Thomas Street
Jackson Street
W. L. Perry
Malvern Street
Bendel- Wright Clinic
A. L. Chamblis
Rt. 2
Monroe
Jerry Wayne
Eddie Deen
St. Francis Sanitarium
McAdams
C. A. Leonard
Perry
Vatican silent on Bishop O'Hara whereabouts
Vatican sources maintain strict silence about the location of American Bishop Gerald P. O'Hara. Unofficial reports suggest he is leaving Romania after being expelled for alleged espionage, with some informants predicting he may reach Rome tonight. O'Hara, rector of the Bucharest nunciature, hails from Savannah Atlanta and Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Gerald P. O'Hara
Romania
Rome
O’hara
Bucharest
Savannah
Atlanta
Scranton
Admiral Hall-Thompson Dies at 76 in England
Admiral Percival Henry Hall-Thompson, former commanding officer of the Royal Navy Reserve Fleet, died yesterday in Hythe England at age 76.
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Dies Hythe
Eng
Percival Henry Hall- Thompson
Royal Navy
Reserve Fleet
Mrs McDonald Rites Arranged In Jonesboro and Monroe
Mrs Willie Stinson McDonald 89 wife of W W McDonald well known agriculturist and dairy operator died in a local hospital after a long illness. Body to remain at residence until 8 30 a m Saturday then brief service with Rev Ira Yeager Rev Lea Joyner and Rev A A McKnight. Funeral cortege to Jonesboro for 11 a m service at the Methodist church. Interment in Jonesboro cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Willie Stinson McDonald
W. W. McDonald
Columbia Road
Ira Yeager
Stone Avenue
Lea Joyner
First Methodist Church
A. A. McKnight
Jonesboro
Hall Funeral Home
Monroe
McDonald
McDonald Dairy
Wayland McDonald
Dora Mae Schultz
Rosa Belle McDonald
Georgia Tucker and Quachita Parish
Billie McDonald
Louise McDonald
Hattiesburg
Miss
Elaine M. Snebeker
Atlanta
Candidates 10 Present Claims at League Meeting
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters a public mass meeting is set for Friday at 8 p m in the district courtroom. Five Louisiana district candidates Otto Passman Shady Wall and Archie Estess will outline their platforms and answer public questions. The league does not endorse any candidate urging voters to learn what to expect from those who would hold office.
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League of Women Voters
Louisiana
Otto Passman
Shady Wall
Baton Rouge
Archie Estess
Jonesboro
Crackdown in Detroit Cuts Speeders and Fatalities
Detroit reports 590 speeding drivers jailed in 60 days under a get tough policy. In the same period traffic deaths drop to 23 from 34, signaling a deterrent effect of enforcement on road safety.
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Detroit
Korea War Seen as Long and Costly Struggle
Washington sources report administration officials expect a protracted and costly Korean War. They foresee a steady buildup of U S forces and greater needs for money, manpower, and munitions, while also maintaining a billion dollar arms flow to allies and preparing for further Soviet bloc moves. President Truman holds a wait and see stance.
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Washington
P— Administration
United States
Europe
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Four Railroads End Strike Amid Truman Pressure
P A F L switchmen call off a 12 day strike against four of five major railroads in the mid west and west after President Truman denounces the action. The Rock Island line continues the walkout while Great Western Great Northern Denver and Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific resume service.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Pacific
Truman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Great Northern
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
A. F. L. Switchmen’s Union
North Amer
San Francisco
St. Paul
Minn
Denver
Switchmen
J. D. Farrington
First American Foot Soldier Killed in Korea
Kenneth Shadrick, 19, from Skin Fork near Pineville West Virginia, left Pineville High to join the Army at 17 to see the world. He served in a bazooka squad of the 24th Division and was killed in Korea while trying to verify a bazooka hit on a north Korean tank. His family, one of ten children, learned of his death via local radio and waited for official notice, hoping there had been a misreport.
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Pineville
W. Va
Kenneth Shadrick
Skin Fork
Sojong
South Korea
Pineville High School
Kenneth
Theodore Shadrick
Lucille
Wyoming
Japan
Korea
Shadricks
Shadrick
WWYO
Radio Dispatch
Leif Erickson
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Chonan
Seoul
Mugung
Chungju
Pyongtaek
Tom Lambert
Associated Press
MacArthur
Wonju
Wonsan
North Korea
Yongdok
Pusan
U.S
Kum
Taejon
Ouachita Parish approves Swartz Fairbanks school contracts
Ouachita parish school board awards bids for a new Swartz A grade elementary building to W G Haynes at 99822, alterations to Swartz colored school at 7000 and to Fairbanks school at 3000, with 10 buses purchased for 28863.04 and plans to reroute a road near Sterlington.
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Swartz
Ouachita Parish
Fairbanks
W. G. Haynes
West Monroe
Arnold Garland
Rayville
Swartz Colored School
Central Auto Sales
Monroe
Sterlington
Mother Kills Son in Bed Then Attacks Daughter In Law
Vernon police report Mary Guzman 55 shot Arthur Guzman 29 as he slept in his home. She also struck Dorothy Guzman 28 with the pistol butt. Mrs Guzman, injured in a fall from a two story henhouse, remained in satisfactory condition with her daughter-in-law after the morning incident.
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Hollister
Hamner
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W. C. Summers
Parish
Caldwell Parish
Ouachita Health Center
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