Byrd Warns of Civil Rights Fight If Truman Wins
Washington July 12 A free press trivializes Byrds implied threat to exit the northern Democratic party if Truman is reelected. Byrd argues civil rights programs violate the Constitution and the rights of southern states. He spoke at a Georgia fundraiser hosted by Gov Herman Talmadge amid a partisan, dress-up rally atmosphere. The piece notes southern reactions and the politics of race and federal power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A _ free press
Harry F. Byrd
Democratic Party
Byrd
al Smith
Harry Truman
Congress
State of
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
John Rankin
Mississippi
Hiss
Frankfurter
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Virginia
South
Truman backs higher wages across the board
President Truman urged Congress to approve a seven percent across the board pay raise for all postal and civil service workers. He argued federal pay scales must be adjusted to attract and retain skilled staff and sent identical letters to Sen Olin D Johnson and Rep Murray outlining the plan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Olin D. Johnson
Murray
D - Tenn
Post Office and Civil Service
Senate
House
Surging Floods Sweep Kansas as Death Toll Rises
Across eastern and central Kansas high waters flood towns and cut trains and roads. Authorities report at least five dead with eight presumed missing as Army engineers estimate damages at 85 million dollars. National Guard, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Red Cross join volunteers to evacuate residents and patrol dikes. Boats drop into flooded areas to aid stranded motorists and residents.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Army Engineers Office
Kansas City
National Guard
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Acquit Farmer on Rape Charge in Mississippi Trial
A 27-year-old white farmer, Lonnie Bevell of Batesville, is acquitted by a 12-member jury in Vicksburg of raping Cornelarious Slater, a 31-year-old unmarried Black woman, at a deer-hunting camp near here on New Year’s Eve. The case was a historic demand for the death penalty in such an interracial rape. Bevell testified to innocence after defendants claimed two white men abducted the woman and assaulted her.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Lonnie Bevell
Cornelarious Slater
Here
Mississippi
Bevell
Army
Navy
Batesville
Protests Ban on Gas Consumption
Washington July 12. Frederic O Hess president of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association protests a proposed order by the Petroleum Administration for Defense to ban natural gas use by new consumers in areas facing shortages. He calls gas a whipping boy and urges a review of fuel use and elimination of duplicate uses.
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Washington
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Frederic O. Hess
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Polio meeting set tonight in Ouachita parish
Officers of the Ouachita parish chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will be elected at 8 o clock tonight at Hotel Frances. F Owen Grace will preside. Miss Freeda Mickel reviews the year’s activities and warns Louisiana polio cases are up 50 percent.
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Ouachita Parish
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hotel Frances
F. Owen Grace
New Orleans
Freeda Mickel
Miss Mickel
Louisiana
Memorial for Korea War Hero Sparks Political Critique
Savannah resident James W. Horning Sr orders a roadside stone memorial for his son James Waring Horning Jr USMC killed December 2 1950 at Yudam Ni Chosin Reservoir Korea. The inscription blames “incompetent greedy confused politicians elected in 1948.”
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Savannah
James W. Horning
Korea
James Waring Horning, Jr
USMC
Yudam-Ni Chosin Reservoir
Finder's Conscience May Be Stubborn
Baltimore July 12. John Wilbanks a used car dealer received 1400 dollars in cash by mail after losing wallet with 12650 worth of valuables. He offered 1000 dollar reward and a caller with a guilty conscience promised to return the rest. The cash came back yesterday and Wilbanks seeks more ads to prompt repayment of the remaining money and checks.
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Baltimore
John Wilbanks
Wilbanks
Howell Moore Case: Witnesses Describe Night of Killing
James W. Moore testified that he and Joseph F. Killian spoke in his office on January 23 about Moore receiving the West Monroe school contract. Killian objected to Moore’s involvement due to no association membership, Moore’s membership having lapsed, and a fatal shooting occurring January 24. State rested after Benny Wilson testified about Killian’s body transport. Defense witnesses described Moore as irrational and emotional on January 24.
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James W. Moore
Moore
Joseph F. Killian
Killian
West Monroe
Association of Paint Contractors
Howell
Association
Benny Wilson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mulhearn
McVea Oliver
Merle Padgett
Oliver
Padgett
Voice Calls North Korean Negotiator Phony
The Voice of America labelled Kim Il Sung as a phony in overseas broadcast on truce talks at Kaesong. It said his real name is Kim Sung Chu and that he is a subservient party wheel horse, not a recognized negotiator.
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Washington
Voice of America
Kim Il Sung
United Nations
State Department
Kim
Kim Sung Chu
The
Voice
Kaesong
Nam I
Li Sang Cho
North Korea
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Neutral party may be named for Korean cease-fire role
United Nations officials discuss appointing a neutral from Sweden as UN representative to supervise a Korea cease-fire. No candidate named. Sweden’s neutrality and recognition of Communist China noted. An Indian might also be considered.
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United Nations
N. Y
Sweden
Korea
U. N
Trygve Lie
China
Polio Epidemic Hits Shreveport
Shreveport ward open at Veterans Administration hospital to treat polio patients amid a record epidemic. Eight new Caddo parish cases push 1951 total to 72 with two deaths. forty nine cases in Shreveport proper. Ward overflow at Charity Hospital. VA reports 100 to 200 isolated beds on top floor to handle the surge.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Caddo Parish
Shreveport Charity Hospital
U. S
Overton Brooks
D.-La
Washington
Girl Mistaken For Burglar Fatally Shot By Father
In Homer Louisiana a 10 year old girl Wanda Raye McKenzie daughter of Derrill and Mrs McKenzie was shot by her father in the family farm home at 2 am. The coroner ruled the death accidental noting the father fired after mistaking the child for a burglar as she returned from the outdoor toilet. She died at 5 27 am at Homer hospital. Funeral plans are incomplete. Surviving are her parents a brother Derrill McKenzie Jr and maternal and paternal grandparents.
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Homer
Wanda Raye McKenzie
Derrill McKenzie
E. A. Campbell
Caliborne Parish
McKenzie
Campbell
Vanda
Democratic leaders court public opinion to save control program
Washington, July 12. House leaders delay decisive votes on administrative controls, hoping grass roots pressure will sway the outcome. McCormack says debate continues into next week as anti-controls coalition grows. Senate approves eight month extension, while dispersal of war plants is killed 134 to 79. A government condemned property provision and a $2.1 billion defense fund are retained.
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Washington
House
Capitol Hill
McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Truman
Eastern Seaboard
Farm State
Reds Refuse Allied Press Representation Halt Talks
In Korea at Kaesong the United Nations halted cease-fire negotiations after Red guards blocked a U N convoy and denied access to 20 newsmen. Joy ordered the convoy back and warned no talks resume until the U N party may bring press representatives as chosen by U N authorities. Ridgway and Nam Il clashed over the issue as sessions were canceled.
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Kaesong
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Jim Becker Munson
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Reds
Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Munsan
Joy So
Nam Il
Ridgway
Crowd Disrupts Russian Delegation at UN HQ
United Nations reports condemnations of hooliganism outside the Russian delegation’s Park Avenue headquarters. Soviet Delegate Malik told U S Delegate Austin about 20 demonstrators June 30 shouting hostile remarks and scratching limousines. Acting Delegate Tsarapkin said 60 to 80 people again demonstrated last Saturday, with police not intervening.
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United Nations
N. Y
Park Avenue
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Austin
Burglary Ring Busted in Monroe by City Detectives
City detectives arrested four Negro youths Wednesday accusing them of a three week spree breaking into seven Monroe businesses. Names given are Claude Reamons John Terral Kelly Willie Lee Hill and Samuel Lyons with recoveries including batteries radiators and auto parts sold to Weinberg's Auto Parts.
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Monroe
Claude Reamons
North 11Th Street
John Terral Kelly
Magnolia
Willie Lee Hill
Samuel Lyons
Pontiac
McCain-Richards, Inc
Clark and Sims Garage
Lasagne Wrecking Company
Ritz Theater
Ritter’s
McCain - Richards and Ritter
Happy Land Motor Company
Howard Griffin
Weinberg
Auto Parts
Ingalls Shrimping? No, Ingalls Dies at 68 in Birmingham
Robert I. Ingalls Sr died in Birmingham today at age 68 after a heart attack. He founded the Ingalls Iron Works Co and chaired Ingalls Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Birmingham Tank Co. His enterprises operated in Birmingham, Verona, and Pascagoula. He and son Robert I. Ingalls Jr faced a legal battle over voting control of the family holdings.
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Birmingham
Robert I. Ingalls, Sr
Ingalls
South
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Birmingham Tank Co
Verona
Pascagoula
Miss
Robert I. Ingalls, Jr
R. I. Ingalls, Jr
Ingalls, Sr
Huntsville
United States
Meat consumption dips in first half of 1951
Washington reports by the agriculture department show consumers ate less meat in the first half of 1951 than in the same period in 1950. Slaughter records indicate supplies averaged 1.4 pounds less per person, despite earlier forecasts of adequate 1951 meat output that would exceed 1950 by about three pounds per consumer.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
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Mary Markward
American Activities Committee
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