Westbrook Pegler Attacks Roosevelt on Unions and Insurrection
The writer compares the Roosevelt administration and the CIO to British rule in colonial times. He accuses Roosevelt and John L. Lewis of coercion, violence, and militarylike organization, citing riots, goon tactics, and alleged insurrection to claim unions threaten constitutional government.
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New York
United States
George III
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Lewis
Italy
Germany
Cope
United Auto Workers
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Cal
Adolf Hitler
Japanese Officers Alleged in Communist Army In Seoul
Naoko Tomahiro, 39, repatriated from South Korea, told Kyodo she met four men who claimed to be former Kwantung Army officers in the Communist forces occupying Seoul last July. They said thousands of Japanese war prisoners were in Siberia after being moved to Manchuria at the Korean War outbreak.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
South Korea
Seoul
Naoko Tomahiro
Kwantung
Manchuria
Siberia
MacArthur Attacks Truman Policies In Mass Tour
Gen. Douglas MacArthur blasts U S policy on Korea and domestic issues during a two day Massachusetts swing. He criticizes tax rises inflation and a defense policy he says serves Soviet aims while signaling possible 1952 presidential ambitions. He speaks from a bi partisan legislature amid mixed reactions from Republicans and Democrats. Bulgaria Journal says Communist leaders disobey orders amid internal splits and resistance to collectivization. Premier Vulko Chervenkov reportedly faces dissent within the Bulgarian party as peasants resist.
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James F. King
Boston
Douglas MacArthur
Massachusetts
Bay State
MacArthur
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
United States
Korea
Kaesong
Vienna
Cominform
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Vulko Chervenkov
Yugoslavia
Chervenkov
Georgi Chankov
Council of Ministers
Five Bond Issues to Be Voted On in West Monroe
West Monroe city council will consider five bond measures at the August 6 meeting. City secretary L. L. Wood notes drainage 175000, hospital 640000, water improvements 500000, street improvements 495000, and central fire station 140000. State board has approved all except the hospital. hospital approval is pending and expected by August 6.
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West Monroe
L. L. Wood
State
Wood
Fastest Cargo Ship Delivered From Ingalls Yard
Pascagoula Miss July 26 America's newest and fastest cargo ship the 5 1 0 0 0 0 SS Schuyler Otis Bland is delivered to the U S maritime administration The 18 2 knot freighter with a 10 500 ton dead weight will be turned over to American President Lines It is the first merchantman built by the government since World War II program
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Pascagoula
Miss
America
U. S. Maritime Administration
American President Lines
Bland
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
W. R. Guest
Ingalls Ship Construction Operations
Ingalls
Costello Freed On Bail After Senate Contempt Charge
Frank Costello, reputed crime boss, posted $5,000 bail after pleading innocent to contempt of the U S Senate. Fellow gamblers Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson face arraignment on related indictments for defying Senate crime probes. Costello was fingerprinted and released to his attorney George Wolf after brief jail time.
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New York
Frank Costello
Underworld
United States Senate
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Senate
Costello
John F. X. McGahey
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Senate Crime Committee
Adonis
Erickson
Ninety Miles of New Ouachita Drainage Channel Nears Finish
A five year drainage program in Ouachita parish costing 700000 and covering 85 miles of new channels is near completion. Led by A. E. Montgomery and W. W. McBride, the project drains much of Monroe and feeds LaFourche through large federal and state efforts begun in 1947. Funding shifted from initial 500000 estimates to cover added costs with state financing. A half mill tax funds channel maintenance.
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Ouachita Parish
A. E. Montgomery
W. W. McBride
LaFourche Swamp
LaFourche Channel
State Department of Public Works
Monroe
GOP Divided Over Move To Remove Acheson Pay
Republicans in the House face a vote shortage and parliamentary hurdles as they push to bar funding for Dean Acheson’s State Department salary. The amendment targets heads of executive departments with recent ties to foreign governments, potentially forcing a Senate confirmation if advanced.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
House
Senate
Poland
Truman
Justice and Commerce Departments
McGrath
Commerce Sawyer
Boyle Denies Involvement With RFC Loan Negotiations
Washington July 26 Chairman William M Boyle Jr of the Democratic national committee says he had nothing to do with negotiations for a 565000 loan granted to a St Louis firm on its fourth try He admits representing the company American Lithefold Corp in legal matters not connected with its RFC loan application
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Washington
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Boyle
American Lithefold Corp
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Irish Beauty 24 Too Young to Wed in Mississippi Visit
Elizabeth Morrison a 24 year old from Northern Ireland touring 4 H Club facilities in Tupelo laments being called an old maid because of her age. She notes Irish custom of marriage around 30 and plans to stay in Mississippi until August 2 before heading to Minnesota.
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Miss Morrison
Mississippi
Minnesota
Ireland
Youth Farmers Club
America
Murder Victim Found Alive in Denver After 1949 Disappearance
A man believed murdered in 1949, Sam Jones whose real name was John Calvin Harper, was located alive in a Denver barber shop and admitted his identity to police. Two Louisiana officers, tipped by the newspaper, arrested him. he denied knowledge of Donald Easterwood’s trial and the acquittal gift linked to the case.
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New Orleans
Denver
Colo
Sam Jones
John Calvin Harper
Louisiana
Jones
States
Donald Easterwood
F Easterwood
Easterwood
Monroe Budget Grows by Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars
City of Monroe plans a fiscal 1951 52 budget totaling 2 640 129 46 an increase of 78 672 from the prior year. Mayor John Coon confirms 34 city workers were cut including six firefighters eleven sanitation workers one janitor and fifteen utility staff. Police funding drops from 190 000 to 180 000 as bonds for waterworks and the electric system drive higher costs.
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Monroe
P. A. Pong
John Coon
Pong
Congressman Allen to Retire After Eight Terms in Congress
Washington July 26 Rep A Leonard Allen of Louisiana said he will retire after his present term ending Jan 3 1953. The 60 year old Democrat served eight straight terms and plans to return to his Winn Parish farm. He spoke of flood control agriculture and veterans benefits and said he will stay active in public affairs but enjoy home life with his family.
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Washington
Leonard Allen
Louisiana
Congress
Allen
Winn Parish
Veterans Affairs Committee
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State University
Winnfield
Tax assessor Jesse Webb acquitted on bribery charge
A jury in Baton Rouge acquitted Jesse Webb East Baton Rouge parish tax assessor of public bribery after a 36 minute deliberation. The case involved Webb allegedly accepting a 179.60 till payment from a housing executive for influence. About 500 spectators attended and cheered during the verdict and final arguments.
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Baton Rouge
Jesse Webb
East Baton Rouge Parish
Webb
Tommy Lobrano, Jr
Joe Wuct
Vehicle park law signals for left turn in street
Ordinance 2788 section 6 prohibits driving or attempting to drive a vehicle parked in a street into the path of an approaching vehicle. The operator must signal with a left turn arm signal, or a right turn signal if parked on the left side of a one way street, before moving.
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Cominform Journal
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Conley
Frankie Costello
George Wolf
Federal Building
Wolf
Hubby Hunter
Joan Gregory
Vicksburg
Mich
Lewis Kline
Three Rivers
Angola
Ind
Kiine’s
G.O.P
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Red
N. O. States
Robert B. Tuckman
U. N
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
City of
Louisiana Baptist Convention
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