Fair Enough: Westbrook Pegler Attacks Courts
Westbrook Pegler argues in a July column that courts protect Communists and fellow travelers from denunciation by loyal citizens. He cites the McCullough case and laments judges who he says permit the label Communist only with admission, criticizing legal opinions as dangerous to patriotism and economic security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John T. McCullough
Greenwich
Conn
Eugene Lyons
Ben Stolberg
Third World War Decision Is Squarely Up To Russia
Washington dispatch reports President Truman has rallied American power against expanding Communist strength and placed the decision on whether the world moves toward war or peace squarely with Moscow. Diplomatic circles say Moscow now holds the initiative, with the United States and allies needing to mobilize maximum forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
Truman
Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Churchill says major war not imminent in wartime Britain
Winston Churchill, in Bath, states he does not expect a great war soon. He credits American firmness for forestalling a major conflict and warns that unity in the English speaking world supports peace and could avert immense world miseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Eng
Winston Churchill
United States
Danciger Oil Stock Sale Claimed Near $41 Million
Fort Worth Texas July 29 negotiations under way for sale of the outstanding stock of the Danciger Oil and Refining Company to Southern Production Company for about 40.93 million dollars. Dan Danciger says Southern Production would buy 1 637 388 shares at 25 dollars a share. Southern Production is a subsidiary of Southern Natural Gas Company of Birmingham Alabama. Danciger sits on properties in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana New Mexico and Mississippi with about 600 wells and a refinery at Pledger Brazoria County Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Danciger Oil and Refining Company
Southern Production Company
Shreveport
Dan Danciger
Danciger
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Mississippi
Southern Production
Southern Natural Gas Company
Birmingham
Ala
Pledger
Brazoria County
Three Arrested In Burglary Ring Near West Monroe
Sheriff Bailey Grant reports three men in their twenties were arrested for burglaries at Portman's Drive-In and H and R Drive-In on highway 80 near West Monroe. Herbert J. Brown Delmer D. Clements and Raymond Carl Martin, all of Alexandria, face two counts of burglary and await court before transfer to Texas authorities. Bonds not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Grant
Highway 80
West Monroe
Herbert J. Brown
Delmer D. Clements
Raymond Carl Martin
Tyler
Tex
Grant
Alexandria
Sheriff Department
Portman
H. and R
Portman’s
Fourth Judicial District Court
Texas
Ouachita Parish
Rapides Parish
Australia halts exports to North Korea
Canberra on July 20 announced Australia banned exports to North Korea in line with United Nations Security Council resolutions to aid South Korea, stated by External Affairs Minister Percy Spender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
North Korea
Percy Spender
Truman seeks wide powers in new defense program
President Truman convened a White House review with cabinet members and the mobilization chief to examine home front impacts of his proposed defense program. The talks covered consumer credit, material allocations, price controls, and potential government runs of steel mills along with a call for higher taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Congress
Ross
Korea
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
GOP balks at Truman economic controls in fight against communism
WashingtonJuly 20 Republicans oppose Truman’s emergency controls while Congress backs steps to expand military manpower and fund arms production. Senator Wherry suspects an effort to nationalize the economy. others push excess profits taxes and mobilization, with Lyndon Johnson urging full industrial mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Wherry
Nebraska
Sena
Tor Russell
D.-Ga
Halleck
R.-Ind
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Rep
Morton
R.-Ky
Arends
R.-Ill
Lyndon Johnson
D.tex
Taft
Ohio
Queens Welcome to Ann Hills at Lions Convention
Monroe and Ruston plan a joint welcome for Miss Ann Hills of Ruston, Queen of Lions International, arriving in Chicago week of the convention. Lt. Governor Dodd will attend, with a three car welcome convoy and flowers from Dave Silverstein. Local officials and Lions Club leaders will participate in the motor procession through the Twin Cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ruston
Ann Hills
Queen of Lions International
Chicago
Robert C. Ervin
Ervin
Dodd
Miss Hills
Twin Cities
Dave Silverstein
W. J. Dodd
Walter Johnson
Johnson
A. B. Post, Jr
Post
C. C. Bell, Jr
John E. Coon
E. E. Eaves
West Monroe Lions Club
G. B. Foules
Merle Padgett
George Moses
The
Monroe Lions Club
Silverstein’s
Wilson Ewing
George Lofton
News-Star World
Bob Dumm
KNOE
Charles Price
KMLB
KLIC
Terminal project gains $700000 approval in Shreveport
Plans for a $700000 terminal building at Shreveport’s new municipal airport were approved by state and federal agencies. The project is financed half by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, with bids to be opened July 27 and completion expected late next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
State Department of Public Works
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pecan Growers Form National Association Leader from Monroe Elected
Guy P. Stubbs of Monroe is president of the New National Federation of Pecan Growers Associations formed at the U S pecan experiment station near Robson. The group unites associations across Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and the Southeastern region. Other officers include Joseph W. Cannon Jr. of Cordele Georgia and O F Kramer of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy P. Stubbs
Monroe
National Federation of Pecan Growers Associations
U. S
Robson
Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Southeastern Pecan Growers Association
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
National Group
Joseph W. Cannon, Jr
Cordele
W. A. Burnman
San Saba
Tex
O. F. Kramer
Oklahoma City
John E. Cox
Louisiana State University
Stubbs
Highway 80
City
South
Chemicals flame help cultivation in Louisiana cane fields
Louisiana State University researchers say pairing chemicals with flame weed control could cut the 425000 miles walked annually by cane field laborers. Tests show costs drop up to 50 percent, with potential for two stubble crops per field and reduced hoeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University Agricultural
S. J. P. Chilton
University
Department of Plant Pathology
Excess Profits Tax Demanded on Capitol Hill
Demands arose on Capitol Hill today for a multi billion dollar excess profits tax on corporations to prevent profiteering. President Truman signaled a push for higher taxes to finance the 10 billion dollars needed for defense, inflation control, and curbing profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Truman
Mobilization gain seen in United States defense effort
Washington reports the Labor Department says the United States is better prepared for mobilization than in 1941 due to more skilled workers and secured housing and materials. A spot survey of National Guardsmen and reserves in several cities aims to assess production impact and plan which workers to defer from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Germany
Japan
Hartford
National Security Resources Board
Whereabouts Of Dean Is Unknown
Front line dispatches report the 24th division withdrawing from Taejon as Maj. Gen. William F. Dean’s whereabouts remained unknown. MacArthur noted the battle’s old information, while rockets and air strikes targeted Red tanks near Taejon amid fierce fighting and a Heavy Red assault.
Army tests new 3.5 inch rocket launcher in Korea
General MacArthur's public information officer reports the 3.5 inch recoil less rocket launcher KO'd seven Communist tanks in its first battlefield test near Taejon. An eighth tank was said to be knocked out later. The weapon, shipped from the United States, fires a 23 inch long round weighing just over eight pounds and is shoulder fired with no recoil. It is described as a modern larger version of the WWII bazooka, designed for close range and capable of weakening fortified positions and troop concentrations.
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Tokyo
Taejon
William F. Dean
Japan
Dean
Washington
Defense Department
Army
Eighth Army
Korea
Chongju
Korean
U. S
Kumje
Chongju-Kumje
MacArthur
South Korea
United Nations
Kum River
John P. McCann
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Louisiana Guard Could Move Fast if Ordered
Louisiana National Guard could roll within 24 hours after orders. Brig. Gen. Raymond Hufft says equipment and personnel are ready though no defense department orders have been received. The guard at Camp Beauregard owns 700 jeeps trucks half-trucks tanks and self-propelled gear ready for deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana National Guard
Raymond Hufft
Defense Department
Hufft
Selective Service
National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Stealth And Deception Highlight Korean War Fronts
In Korea a war of stealth and deception unfolds with civilians among fighters and eerie tension. An American hospital train tunnel incident shows hidden danger as guards and crew react to an unknown handcut off the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Bastrop Family of Four Injured in Crash
A Bastrop family of four was injured when their 1950 Studebaker collided with a farm tractor two miles south of the Sterlington Bastrop Monroe intersection on U S highway 165. The nine week old son suffered a broken leg. other injuries were bruises and minor cuts. The tractor operator John Wilson 19 of Sterlington was not seriously hurt.
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Bastrop
Sterlington-Bastrop-Monroe
U. S. Highway 165
Raymond Lott
Mike Allen
Gary Raymond
Lott
Studebaker
John Wilson
Sterlington
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