Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Pegler argues against mustering out female army nurse corps and similar auxiliaries and notes mixed responses. He cites Brother Julian of Alexian Brothers hospital in Chicago describing decades of male nurse training and a current 120 male training institutions while countering the 2 percent male nursing ratio and pay inequities in the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Army Nurse Corps
Julian
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Biddle Defends Roosevelt Era Foreign Policy At Meet
Francis Biddle, ADA chairman, defended U S foreign policy from World War I to Korea. He rebutted GOP criticisms of Yalta and Truman Far East decisions, saying no American should apologize for Yalta and warning that Communist triumph in China might have been averted if American troops had been committed by 1947.
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Biddle
Roosevelt
Truaman
Francis Biddle
Americans For Democratic Action
Yalta
Truman
ADA
Europe
Manchuria
China
Soviet Union
Churchill
Stalin
Tehran
Potsdam
PMA Elections Scheduled By County Committee
Robert G. Harmon, chairman, announces time and place for community production and marketing administration elections. He urges eligible farmers to vote and outlines that ACP payments for soil conserving practices require a committee visit and a farm plan or intention sheet.
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Robert G. Harmon
Byrd Wins Virginia Democratic Nomination in Primary
Senator Harry F. Byrd, longtime Virginia incumbent, defeats Francis Pickens Miller 210625 to 124803 with 1673 of 1783 precincts reporting. The victory strengthens Byrd's hand at the Roanoke state convention and shapes his support for national bids as a four term senator. Byrd, 65, publisher and apple grower, entered the Senate in 1933 after serving as governor.
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Richmond
Va. i
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Roanoke
Richard Russell
Georgia
Virginia
Miller
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
Roosevelt
Navy
China Faces Geneva Conventions on POWs and Germ Warfare
Peiping radio announced conditional recognition of the Geneva Conventions and adoption of rules for treatment of prisoners of war. The broadcasts quoted Chou En-lai and stated that the protocol prohibits poison gas and germ warfare, with reciprocal observance by other powers.
State Police Step Up Rural Accident Drive
Baton Rouge Col Francis Grevemberg, Louisiana state police superintendent, announces a August 1 drive to enforce speed laws aimed at reducing rural deaths. He cites poor cooperation with the National Safety Council and drivers speeding as causes and says officers will use courteous ticketing. He warns against misconduct but defends proper arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Francis Grevemberg
Louisiana
National Safety Council
Truman Enters Walter Reed Hospital for Checkup
President Truman checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington for a two to three day visit after a mild virus infection. Presidential physician Maj. Gen. Wallace Graham said the fever was nearly gone and the infection clearing. The stay comes just before the Democratic National Convention and could influence nomination discussions.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph Short
Short
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Military Hospital
George C. Marshall
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Graham
Frank McKinney
Anti Yankee Feeling High In Argentina
The new U S ambassador to Argentina Albert F Nufer arrives in Buenos Aires as a violent anti Yankee campaign runs from both official and unofficial sources. He is expected to follow a cool policy like his predecessor and avoid deals while enduring daily attacks from press and President Peron. The campaign includes the bombing of the U S Information Center, protests over mutual aid treaties with six Latin nations, charges of U S economic aggression over tin and copper, and accusations of cultural aggression from American media.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.S
Albert F. Nufer
Nufer
Ellsworth Bunker
U. S
Juan D. Peron
Washington
Latin America
Statement by Shea attacked in murder case defense
Parents of Mrs. Leola Fleming Shea dispute C J Shea Jr statements made after his arrest for murder of his wife. They deny the Monroe Morning World report that she left home at 3 30 p m and that he did not see her until 11 p m, calling that account untrue.
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C. J. Shea, Jr
Four Convicts Punished for Lincoln County Prison Mutiny
Four ringleaders of yesterday's Lincoln County Prison Camp uprising were sent to Central Prison Raleigh for punishment. North Carolina Prisons Director Walter Anderson promised an investigation of all mutinous prisoners. He met with the inmates after they complained of food, yard privileges, and mail handling.
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Lincolnton
N. C
Lincoln County
Central Prison
Raleigh
North Carolina
Walter Anderson
Anderson
Carlos Reynolds
Reynolds
Wets Victory Close In Shreveport Vote
Shreveport voters narrowly rejected prohibition with unofficial returns showing the wets leading on all three questions. Ballot issues covered sale of low alcohol beverages, bars and package stores with sizable turnouts and no two year wait for another election. A similar election is planned for Bossier City next Tuesday.
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Shreveport
Drys
Louisiana
Bossier City
Ike May Mane 2 Talks Soon
Denver dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower considering two or more major speeches next month ahead of the Republican campaign. He will decide after a fishing trip to Fraser Colorado with companion Aksel Nielsen. Invitations from many regions have arrived and a national veterans group convention may be addressed.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis Creek
Fraser
Colo
Aksel Nielsen
Chicago
GOP
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
New York
Reds Obtain 2 Day Recess In Armistice Talks
In Panmunjom the Communists gained a two day recess in secret armistice negotiations shortly after a Peiping radio report. Chou En lai said Communists would adhere with reservations to the 1949 Geneva prisoners convention and hinted at transfers to a third party or Red Cross style liaison. Over 170,000 UN prisoners in stockades, more than half unwilling to return to North Korea and Red China, and the UN will not force them back. Allied officers offered no comment on the broadcast.
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Robert B. Tuckman Munsan
Korea
Peiping Red Radio
Chou En-lai
China
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations Stockades
North Korea
Red China
U. N
Peiping
Panmunjom
Voice of America to boost broadcasts after Amerika suspension
The State Department said Voice of America will be louder behind the Iron Curtain with new transmitters languages and features. It plans to offset the loss of the Amerika magazine which informed Russians about life in the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Voice of America
The
USA
Amerika
Iron Curtain
Democratic presidential race heads to Chicago convention
Two front runners Kefauver of Tennessee and Russell of Georgia converge on Chicago as the Democratic nomination fight intensifies. Truman and Stevenson officials deny eligibility, narrowing the field yet leaving Harriman Kerr and others as possible contenders amid a riotous pre convention atmosphere.
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Relman Morin
Chicago
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Brevard Russell
Georgia
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
National Committee
Frank McKinney
White House
McKinney
Stevenson
Jacob M. Arvey
Ilinois
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Robert S. Kerr
Wiley Urges Bipartisan Foreign Policy Talks
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin called for high level bipartisan talks between the administration and Republicans aligned with Eisenhower to address ongoing international issues before the next inauguration. He warned that lack of consensus could breed uncertainty at home and abroad and benefit Soviet Russia.
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Washington
P — Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
State Acheson
Eisenhower
Russia
K. O. Blow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Cheniere Inn Fire Destroys Highway 80 Establishment
An early Wednesday fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Cheniere Inn on Highway 80. Monroe Fire Department station No. 3 trucks arrived too late to control the blaze. Owner I. N. Brunson could not be reached for a loss estimate.
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Cheniere Inn
Highway 80
Monroe
I. N. Brunson
M Neill Named By Red Cross At Ouachita Chapter Meeting
At the Ouachita chapter annual Red Cross meeting in Bayou Desiard Country Club O N McNeil was named president Harold Brady was elected vice president Mrs Ben Breard secretary and R C Sparks treasurer. A large board was elected including Sparks Breese Baugh Troy Clarkson Sanders McKay Holloway Ellett Haynes Jr Butz Lee Gardner Young Faulk Oliver Rice. Ida Benson earned volunteer of the year with 561 knitting hours Glenn Troy ranked second. George Forman praised volunteers as 1083 volunteers gave 19295 hours. Disaster relief chair Tom Hicks reported 25 families and 96 people aided with 1012 52 dollars in cash donations. Home service chair Rank Breese reported 2951
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Ouachita
American Red Cross
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
O. N. McNeil
Red Cross
Harold Brady
Ben Breard
R. C. Sparks
Treasure
Frank Breese
Johnny Baugh
R. M. Troy
A. B. Clarkson
Tom Sanders
R. P. McKay
Ernest Duncan Holloway
D. X. Ellett
W. G. Haynes Jr
R. C. Butz
Louis Lee
Gardner Young
C. E. Faulk
McVay Oliver
M. F. Rice
Ida Benson
George Forman
Tom Hicks
Disaster Relief
Home Service
Rank Breese
Industrialist LeTourneau ships mission to Africa for conversion
R G LeTourneau plans a voyage to Africa with a 200 foot war surplus ship reconditioned as a mobile project base cargo includes a sawmill farm equipment and earth moving gear to aid a half million acres leased for development Christian evangelist Billy Graham will join via LeTourneau's plane The mission aims to transplant American farming know how and convert tribes to Christianity
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Vicksburg
Miss
R. G. LeTourneau
LeTourneau
Pittsburgh
R. G. LeTourneau, Inc
New Orleans
Africa
Billy Graham
Montreal
N. C
Robert G. LeTourneau
Gustav
Louise Dick
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TOKYO
Red
United Nations
Peiping Radio
United States
Red Radio
Chou
Jacob Malik
Fred L. Strozier
Shea
James E. Walker
Florida
Calvary Baptist Church
Walker
Ike May Mane
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Reds
Amerika Distribution
Edward E. Bomar
John Chadwick
M'Neil
Paul Moore
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