Westbrook Pegler On Death Penalty For Communist Traitors
Westbrook Pegler argues that nonmembers of the Communist Party should face the death penalty for conspiring to destroy the United States. He notes discomfort with state executions and contrasts this with the Rosenbergs public treason case. He cites fear of editorial palliation and cites prominent domestic figures with alleged ties.
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New York
Communist Papers
United States
Russia
Philippines may remain at war over peace treaty with Japan
Manila reports Eugenio Perez threats to refuse to sign the Japanese peace treaty as framed. He pledges to pull consuls, abrogate trade pacts, and stay technically at war to press for Japanese reparations. Foreign Secretary Romulo and U S envoy Cowen hold talks over reparations and independence versus continued U S control.
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Manila
Philippines
Japan
Eugenio Perez
House
Liberal Party
United States
Perez
Carlos P. Romulo
U. S
Myron M. Cowen
America
Field Was Recommended For High Intelligence Position
Washington July 25 AP Senator Eastland said a White House aide sought during the war to obtain an army intelligence commission for millionaire leftist Frederick Vanderbilt Field. Eastland cited 1942 correspondence showing Lauchlin Currie and Owen Lattimore had recommended Field, who is jailed for contempt after refusing to reveal bailout contributors for four Communist leaders.
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Washington
Eastland
D.-Miss
White House
Army Intelligence Commission
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Edward C. Carter
New York
Institute of Pacific Relations
Senate
Carter
Field
Institute
Army
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Owen Lattimore
Intelligence Post
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
McCarthy
R.wis
Fifth Polio Case Reported in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish reports its fifth polio case of the year. Janet Frazier, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Frazier of West Monroe, diagnosed by a local physician and taken to the Alexandria polio center. Dr. W. C. Summer notes unusually light incidence this year due to previous exposures and expected immunity. Shreveport announces 117 cases in Caddo Parish amid higher regional activity.
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Ouachita Parish
W. C. Summer
Parish Health Unit
Janet Frazier
J. D. Frazier
Cason Street
West Monroe
Summer
Alexandria
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Costello and Two Others Indicted for Contempt
Frank Costello labeled top underworld figure by senate crime committee was indicted by a federal grand jury on a contempt of the senate charge. The action marks a federal case against Costello and two other individuals connected to organized crime.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Indicted figures face contempt counts in New York hearings
Gambler Joe Adonis and bookmaker Frank Erickson, along with Costello, were indicted on counts of refusing to answer questions at the New York crime committee hearings last March. Costello faces nine counts, Adonis 16, Erickson 74. max penalty per count is one year and $1000. Saypol says charges were certified to the senate and prosecutor. a warrant will be issued for Costello. Adonis and Erickson are already serving gambling-law sentences in New Jersey and New York. Costello drew a huge TV audience during the committee hearings with Rudolph Halley.
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Carter
Senate Internal Security Committee
McCarran
D.-Nev
United States
Field
New York
Civil Rights Congress
Institute
Senate
McCarthy
R.-Wis
State Department
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Judiciary
Joe Adonis
Joseph Doto
Frank Erickson
Crime Committee
Costello
Adonis
Erickson
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Saypol
New Jersey
Rudolph Halley
Coffee Cup Slayer Dead
Amite Countys Mrs Irene Hughes a life term prisoner who slipped poison into her husbands coffee hung herself in the Mississippi State Penitentiary Mon night officials said a coroner jury ruled death by her own action. The body was found in the bathroom of the womens quarters about midnight. She used an electric wire. Hughes escaped in January but was recaptured at Blytheville Ark. She was convicted of poisoning.
Maggie to Chirp in New Orleans
Margaret Truman the soprano will sing at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium on November 14. The 27 year old coloratura recently returned from a European vacation and makes the engagement a highlight of her tour.
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Maggie
New Orleans
America
Margaret Truman
Miss Truman
Contino Goes To Jail After Admitting He Dodged Draft
Accordionist Dick Contino, 21, pled guilty to draft evasion in San Francisco. He was jailed in a 5 by 8 foot cell to await sentencing on August 7 after telling the judge he could be a good soldier. His psychiatrist testified he feared jail and noted a childhood refrigerator incident contributed to his panic reaction.
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Contino
San Francisco
Dick Contino
Fort Ord
Calif
Michael J. Riche
Percy P. Poliak
Bernard Primbsch
Bastrop Man Ends His Life
Freddie Chandler, 37, of Bastrop, died in Camden Arkansas from poison per a coroner’s ruling. His body was moved to his mother’s home in Jones, Louisiana area for funeral arrangements. He is survived by his wife, three brothers and three sisters.
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Freddie Chandler
Bastrop
Camden
Ark
Joe Chandler
Jones, Lady Hall Funeral Home
Ltt
Dad
David Chandler
California
Elmer Chandler
Jones
Velmer Chandler
U. S. Army
Japan
Ruth Holston
Hazel Abrough
Elease Haynes
Wilmot
Jones la
Boyle Paid By RFC Loan Recipient Report
The Post-Dispatch reports William M. Boyle Jr was paid 8000 by American Litho fold Corp after an RFC loan of 565000. Payments began in 1949 after loan approval. Finnegan and Boyle ties are under federal grand jury scrutiny amid public revenue affairs.
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Boyle
R.F.C
The
Post-Dispatch
William M. Boyle, Jr
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Theodore C. Link
American Lithofold Corp
RFC
Internal Revenue
James P. Finnegan
Finnegan
Washington
Litteford
Boat Captain Severely Burned In House Boat Explosion
Johnny Cunningham, captain and caretaker of Noe's Ark on the Ouachita River, was seriously burned when a house boat exploded near Pear Street. He was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Sanitarium for treatment. His wife said he went to the boat to turn off the engine when the blast occurred.
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Johnny Cunningham
Ouachita River
Cunningham
Mulhearn
St. Francis Sanitarium
Pear Street
Boy Rescued From Ten Foot Grave In City Cemetery
Philadelphia report of seven year old David McMahone who fell into a ten foot grave at East Cedar Hill Cemetery. A watchdog named Christina alerted Patrolman Ed win Clare who with help pulled the boy to safety about 20 minutes later.
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Philadelphia
David McMahone
East Cedar Hill Cemetery
Christina
Edwin Clare
Clare
David
Guard Robbed While Sleeping at West Virginia Station
Northfork West Virginia July 25 a burglar pried open a window and took 400 to 500 dollars from the trouser pockets of John Verducci as he slept in a back room of his service station. Verducci said he was guarding the place against thieves when the theft occurred.
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Northfork
W. Va
John Verducci
Verducci
Optimistic Tone in Korea Cease-Fire Talks
United Nations and allied negotiators respond to a new Chinese and North Korean proposal on withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. Brig Gen. William Nuckols calls the plan more temperate while UN says it is sufficiently interesting for a long overnight recess for study.
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Robert B. Tuckman
U. N
Korea
United Nations
William Nuckols
U. S
Fears Scandal in Tidelands
Representative Willis warns of a pending house bill to earmark oil royalties from offshore submerged lands and potential for a terrible oil scandal. He criticizes Mansfield's proposal granting Secretary of the Interior broad leasing powers while claiming royalties would fund education.
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Rep
Willis
Bill
Washington
House
Mansfield
D. - Mont
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court
Gove
British study Iran oil talks as cabinet meets
London sources report Britain considers Iran’s plan to reopen talks on oil nationalization. Iran sent terms for resuming negotiations along with W A Harriman’s proposals after a week in Tehran. An American embassy spokesman said Harriman saw real progress.
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London
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Tehran
Harriman
Britain
Flusband Hunter Finds Mate Weds Long-Time Boy Friend
Mrs. Jean Gregory later known as Mrs. Klein, a divorcee known as a husband hunter, married Lewis Klein of Three Rivers Indiana yesterday in Angola. The couple wed after she accepted his proposal to support her family and her cancer-stricken mother amid medical bills and aid to dependent children.
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Flusband
Hunter
Vicksburg, Mich
Jean Gregory
Lewis Klein
Three Rivers
Mich
Angola
Ind
Harvey E. Shoup
Klein
Gregory
Wyoming
Kalamazoo Valley Trucking Co
Communists Offer Korean Cease-Fire Compromise
Washington reports say the Communists proposed not to discuss foreign troop withdrawals until after an armistice. The plan, if accepted, would limit UN troop pullout talks to a later stage while suggesting parallel negotiations on a permanent Korean settlement. Secretary Marshall outlined the UN stance that troop withdrawal is not fit for armistice talks.
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Washington
United Nations Command
U. N
Marshall
Reds Alter Demand Read in Twenty Five Minutes
Nuckols noted a 25 minute reading time for a modified Communist demand as five generals unveiled a new plan after a brief pause.
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Nuckols
Petain Rites Attract 7000 On Bleak Island Notre Dame
More than 7000 people including World War I figures gathered on the Isle of Yeu on July 25 for the funeral of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. Gen. Maxime Weygand and four former Vichy ministers attended as the flag draped Notre Dame church hosted the service.
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Ne D'Yeu
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Church of Notre Dame
Maxime Weygand
Petain
Vichy
Monroe Speed Limits Ordinance 2788 Section 5
Local notice states Monroe enforces 25 mph as the general limit and 15 mph near school grounds when children are present. Drivers must reduce speed further as safety requires. Ordinance 2788, Section 5.
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Monroe
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