ENOUGH by Westbrook Pegler
The piece argues for invoking war powers to place known Communists and suspects in concentration camps. It recalls 1942 curfew and deportation orders against Americans of Japanese ancestry, recounting life in camps and noting loyal Nisei faced harsh, coercive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Kaiser
Hitler
Pacific
Arizona Desert
Sacaton
Tucson
Phoenix
Monroe Hospital Units Get State Backing for 1.8 Million
Monroe officials report Gov Earl K Long promised full state aid for two hospital projects. A 125 bed addition at St Francis Sanitarium and a 36 bed maternity building for EF A Conway Memorial. Federal aid could cover up to 65 percent of the 1 500 000 00 cost for the addition with state financing for the maternity unit. Sen Russell B Long will help secure Washington approval. The projects aim to make Monroe the medical center of northeast Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Monroe
John Coon
Coon
Earl K. Long
St. Francis Sanitarium
State Hospital
Jesse Bankston
State Hospital Board
St. Francis Hospital
Russell B. Long
Washington
St. Francis
Louisiana
John F. Coon
The
News-Star
Long
Three Miners Trapped In Lark Salt Mine Fire
Hope remains for three miners trapped 7500 feet underground in the Mascotte tunnel of the American Smelting Mining and Refining Co lead mine near Lark Utah. Rescue crews report dense smoke hindering efforts as two other miners were found dead and identified Horace Martin Seal and Byron G. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lark
Utah
Hope
American Smelting, Mining and Refining Company
Mascotte
Horace Martin Seal
Byron G. Thomas
Leland Nielsen
Robert Gordon Meyerhoffer
Clyde Auguston
Oscar A. Glaeser
Insane Killer Caught in Mississippi
Mississippi authorities have captured Wilbur Joseph Tate a 28 year old insane patient with a killer's record who escaped July 3 with a hacksaw blade. Tate formerly killed a woman in 1941 near Ville Platte while she sat in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mississippi
L. M. McGruder
East Louisiana State Hospital
Miss
Wilbur Joseph Tate
Eunice
Tate
McGruder
Ville Platte
Wade Connell
Rising Prices to Be Probed by Senate Committees
Washington July 18 Senate committees prepared to investigate the military effort and sharply rising food prices as Congress awaited President Truman's mobilization plan for Korea. Leaders promised quick action on lifting the military manpower ceiling curbing credit and rationing scarce materials for war plants. Lucas predicted swift passage of bills to fund the president's program with a military budget increase. Rayburn said the House will act swiftly. Tydings noted ongoing committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Rayburn
D.-Tex
House
Tydings
D.-Md
VA suspends 10 Tennessee employees in training program probe
The Veterans Administration halted ten Tennessee workers amid an investigation into irregularities in the veterans training program. Rep Evins calls for a five member special committee to inspect the entire national program and VA conduct. Names in Knoxville and Nashville offices were notified of charges and suspensions pending hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Tennessee
Rep
Evins
D.-Tenn
Evens
House
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Priest D.tenn
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles FE. Donaghy
Knoxville VA
Nashville
Jesse M. Nixon
Nashville VA
L. L. Beeler
M. E. Jackson
Bruce Henderson
John D. Guthrie
Lawrence Garrison
W. Frank Bell
Robert R. Quareles
Indian Plane Crash Kills 22 Near Kashmir
Twenty two people perished when an Indian National Airways DC-3 crashed in the Himalayan foothills near Pathankot during heavy rainstorm. Five Americans were among the dead including Col Perry Brown and Lt Col Robert Mayfield. Officials said the cause is undetermined and the aircraft had been missing for hours before wreckage was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Indian National Airways
Himalayan
Kashmir
H. H. Angle
Kelowna
B. C
United Nations
U. S
Courtney Hodges
U. N. Kashmir
Owen Nixon
Pathankot
Srinager
Perry Brown
Garden City
Long Island
N. Y
United Nations Commission For
Pakistan
Kashmir Commission
Robert E. Mayfield
Oklahoma
Tokyo
Sanford Major
Williston Park
Susan Bruton
Baltimore
World Health Organization
Who
Elizabeth Bradfield
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Truman Seeks More Money Men And Control Powers
American forces in Korea report a night attack by north Koreans after which thirty wounded soldiers on litters were said to be killed. Two mortar crewmen kept tubes in place by hand until burnt and arms broken. The tale, relayed by nineteen regiment members near Taejon, includes claims a Catholic chaplain was among the killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Moore
Korea
Kum River
Moore
Taejon
Arnold McKenny
Newport
McKenny
Dean Leads American Troops in Kum River Action
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean personally led an attack that drew fire from a roadblock near the Kum river in Korea. He reported north Korean forces had not denied new American lines north of Taejon and that Reds failed to push tanks across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
William F. Dean
Kum River
U. S. 24Th Division
Taejon
South Korea
Dean
Kum
U. S
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
MacArthur
Tokyo
Franklin Man in Germany Convicted
Pvt. Esko J. Morrell of Franklin Louisiana was convicted by a U S court martial of voluntary manslaughter for shooting a German gunsmith to death in an argument. Morrell was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and dishonorable discharge. The verdict is subject to review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Esko J. Morrell
Franklin
U. S
U. S. Army
Morrell
North Koreans May Advance by Night in Korea
American Eighth Army reports North Korean forces avoiding daytime movement, using night time to shift motor and tank columns. Air forces hit Red positions, with Lt. Conserva and Lt. Webster strafing targets near Punggi and Tanyang. Australian and U.S. air units encountered anti air fire around Taejon while reporting quiet at Taejon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Korea
Philip Conserva
Patchogue
N. Y
Conserva
Harold R. Webster
Upland
Cal
Harold E. Morris
Nashville, Tenn
Taejon
Britain halts oil shipments to China
London reports Britain has stopped all oil shipments to Red China. Foreign Office says Far East services will take over stock for their own use due to Korea peace operations. Earlier this month Britain rejected a U S suggestion to limit shipments and said only civilian oil would go to Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Red China
Far East
Korea
Truman Not Yet To Seek Tax Increase In Korea Crisis
President Truman unlikely to ask for higher taxes now as he presses for more military manpower and funding to handle the Korea crisis. He plans two major addresses, seeking $5 to $6 billion in military spending authority and powers to raise forces by about 70 thousand, plus allocation controls and anti inflation measures, with a January session potential for any further revenue should it be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. .Green
Washington
Truman
Korea
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Cotton futures plunge sharply in New Orleans trading
Cotton prices tumbled nine dollars and fifty five cents per bale as selling intensified after gains earlier in the week. Traders cited profit taking and mild Korea news as factors while prices showed partial recoveries within minutes of the drop with October at 37.31 cents and December 38.17 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Korea
Standstill Report as Korean Front Halts Near Taejon
Communist invasion of south Korea appears jarred to a halt north and west of Taejon as American and Australian air and ground forces report limited enemy activity. Taejon evacuated. Kum river fighting subsides. Major General William F. Dean confirms no river crossing by Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
South Korea
Taejon
MacArthur
Defense pact demand grows as arms aid bill advances
Congress debates a $1,222,500,000 arms aid measure for the non Communist world with strong bipartisan support. A Pacific mutual defense pact proposal advances, though not in the bill, and Secretary Acheson faces criticism over U S leadership in Asia while Korea heightens urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Kee
D.W. Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
U. S
Pacific
State Acheson
Acheson
Rep
Judd
R.-Minn
China
Formosa
Korea
Camp Polk Ready to Train Troops
Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Hufft says Camp Polk near Alexandria and Camp Jackson in South Carolina are the south’s standby camps. Polk can host a division within 24 hours if Truman calls National Guard. Louisiana’s 39th Division will encamp there Aug 6 for two weeks, not hindering any president requested units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Raymond F. Hufft
Louisiana
Camp Polk
Alexandria
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
South
Hufft
Truman
National Guard
Civil Defense
Selective Service
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Polk
Fourth American linked to Fuchs spy ring seized in New York
Julius Rosenberg, 32, an engineer and father of two, was seized by the FBI in New York and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. He was arraigned and held on $100,000 bail for a July 31 federal hearing. FBI Director Hoover called him an important link in the Soviet espionage apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
FBI
Julius Rosenberg
Department of Justice
America
Rosenberg
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Britain
Fuchs
England
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Alfred Dean Slack
Syracuse
N. Y
David Greenglass
U. S. Army
Golden Meadow Declared New Town In Lafourche Parish
Louisiana Gov. Earl Long signed a proclamation incorporating Golden Meadow, a oil boom community in Lafourche Parish with about 4 400 residents. First officials named are Mayor Alexie J. Plaisance Marshal Etienne Mayer and Alderman Hubert LaFont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Lafourche Parish
Golden Meadow
Ear! Long
Alexie J. Plaisance
Etienne Mayer
Hubert LaFont
Joseph Leonard
Freddie J. Collins
Victor Theriot
John A. Egle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westbrook
Pegler
Monroe Hospital
Gov
REDS
V. A
U. N
Franklin Man
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!