Westbrook Pegler Attacks Alexander F Jones Over Editorial Conflicts
Westbrook Pegler accuses Alexander F Jones former Washington Post editor now Herald Journal executive editor of yielding to Meyers pro left drift. Pegler recalls alleged payoffs and false charges against a naval captain and notes ties to Felix Frankfurter Graham and Alger Hiss era politics.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Jones
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
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Herald-Journal
King Absent At Birthday Party In London
London marks the king's birthday without the king as George VI rests from influenza. Princess Elizabeth rides Winston the horse to take the salute at the Trooping of the Colors. Margaret Truman and other American visitors witness the ceremony despite the June date celebrating last December's birthday.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Winston
Brigade of Guards
Truman
Margaret
Eli
Last Rites for Cardinal Dougherty Held in Philadelphia
Cardinal Dougherty 85 died Thursday from a cerebral hemorrhage and will be buried today at 9:30 AM in the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul. A pontifical mass of requiem will feature Mooney Spellman Stritch and visiting Cardinal Tien with Vatican representatives Cicognani, McShea, and Vittori attending. Dozens of archbishops and bishops are present in a rare U.S. church gathering.
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Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
United States
SS. Peter and Paul
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Thomas Cardinal Tien
Peiping
China
Price War Eases As Investigation Opens In New York
New York state inquiry into the city price-cutting war opens amid an uneasy lull. The joint legislative committee on unfair trade practices led by Irwin Steingut expects retailers and customers to attend hearings. Macy's and Gimbel's will send representatives as they accuse each other of an advertising and loss leader stunt, while the public rush and bargains fade.
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State Assembly
Macy's
U. S. Supreme Court
Gimbel’s
Bernard Gimble
Gimbel
Better Business Bureau
Ouachita Parish High School Graduation Set At Neville High
Ouachita Parish High School plans commencement at Neville High School auditorium Friday at 8 15 p m. Dorothy Works will deliver the valedictory Our Faith in Tomorrow Scotty Tulner the salutatory Our World Today H Lee Prather Northwestern State College president will give the principal address Elements that Are Required for Success in Life The program includes Pomp and Circumstance National Anthem Invocation Way Over Jordan soloists Leone DeLoach Dick Frantom Overture Orpheus in the Un ... Continued on fifth page.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Neville High School
Dorothy Works
Scotty Tulner
H. Lee Prather
Northwestern State College
Elgpr
Bend
Francis Scott Key
R. H. Staples
Jordan
Leone DeLoach
Dick Frantom
Auto wage boost cracks pay ceiling
Washington reports the wage stabilization board approved a four cent hourly production raise for 350,000 General Motors workers and similar auto industry increases without raising prices. Eric Johnston backed a tough hold the line stance but supported up to two percent bonuses if not tied to higher prices. The move edges past the boss’s usual limit, with average auto wages around $1.80 per hour.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
State Dept Rejects Hot Pursuit of Planes Across Border
Secretary Acheson told the Senate MacArthur inquiry the State Department ruled out hot pursuit of enemy planes across the Korean Manchurian border. He said the defense department determined the plan and six UN members were consulted but not asked to decide. He warned US forces are not yet enough to guarantee European allies against occupation or destruction.
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Washington
State Acheson
United States
Acheson
Lodge
R-Mass
Senate
MacArthur
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
State Department
Military Department
United Nations
Convict Fears Plan to Kill Him at Angola Prison
William W. Richardson, a 22 year old convict hospitalized in New Orleans, seeks an injunction against Angola Prison Warden Rudolph Easterly and the state, alleging threats of bodily harm and death by prison staff if he returns. He filed the suit in St. Francisville with District Court Clerk Florence Golson.
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St. Francisville
Louisiana
Florence Golson
William W. Richardson
Angola
Rudolph Easterly
Richardson
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Easterly
Seven Nazi War Criminals Hanged Seven Nazi War Criminals Hanged
The report notes a 1940s era trial in Los Angeles where Mickey Cohen faces income tax evasion charges. A missing Florida witness, Maxie Raymond, is sought by U. S. authorities to bolster the case against Cohen and his wife Lvonne. Cohen loses temper during a recess confrontation with a government agent, signaling potential impact on the proceedings.
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Los Angeles
Florida
Mickey Cohen
Maxie Raymond
U. S
Ernest A. Tolin
Cohen
Lvonne
Ben Harrison
Raymond
Luke Smith
New York
Dan Goodykoontz
Internal Revenue Bureau
Seven Nazi War Criminals Hanged After Last Mercy Appeal
Landsberg Germany June 7 Seven Nazi war criminals convicted of mass murder were hanged by the U S army after four years of appeals. The last mercy appeal was denied by the U S supreme court. The seven included three SS generals and two colonels who oversaw the killings of Jews Gypsies and Russians. Each spoke briefly from the gallows and warned against friends of Germany. The first to die was SS Colonel Paul Blobel.
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Richard K. O'Malley Landsberg
Germany
United States Army
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Landsberg
Adolf Hitler
France
United States
Paul Blobel
Russia
Control Roads To Chorwon Kumhwa In Green Front
Allied forces straddle key mountains guarding Chorwon and Kumhwa and threaten red strongholds 17 miles north of the 38th parallel. UN troops seize Kwangdok Mountain southwest of Kumhwa while repelling counterattacks and pushing toward the iron triangle amid resupply and artillery fire.
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38Th Parallel
Olen Clements
Tokyo
Kumhwa
North Korea
United Nations
Kwangdok Mountain
Iron Triangle
White Tornado Strikes White Deer Texas Affects Town
A tornado described as a white tornado roared into White Deer Texas on June 7 tearing through the Panhandle village of 500. At least 15 homes and both schools were demolished with 5 injuries reported. Rescues faced impassable roads from recent rains as ambulances and shelter offers arrived from neighboring towns.
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White Deer
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Panhandle
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Oak Grove Woman Held in Slaying of 3-Year-Old Son
Elkhart Indiana June 7 The divorced wife of an Oak Grove Louisiana man is jailed on suspicion of murder in the death of her three year old son Bron Pitts Authorities say the boy was choked and his sister Coleen 5 was being choked by their mother Elizabeth Ann Pitts The grandmother Mrs Myrtle Cook found the boy dead and the mother attempting to choke her daughter Pitts once served as a navy nurse and was divorced on grounds of desertion
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Brucetown
Tenn
James
Navy
Oak Knoll Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Wonsan
Korea
Elkhart
Ind
Oak Grove
H. E. Salisbury
Bron Pitts
Myrtle Cook
Elizabeth Ann Pitts
Coleen
Joe W. Pitts
Floyd Cook
Elkhart General Hospital
Salisbury
Cook
Pitts
Pits
Portsmouth
Police Return Accused Knifer In Monroe Stabbing Case
A 30 year old Longview Texas man is held in Ouachita Parish jail after Monroe police, aided by Ruston authorities, arrested him for the attempted murder of Clarence Rizzo. Rizzo 24 was stabbed in the left shoulder and armpit with a pocket knife at about 4 am after Peede kicked down an apartment door at 517 Harrison. Hospital workers at St Francis listed Rizzo in serious condition. Margaret Dunn 24 and her two children were in the residence.
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Longview. Tex
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Ruston
Clarence Rizzo
Rizzo
Charlie R. Peede
Gladewater Road
St. Francis
Peede
Harrison
Margaret Dunn
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Two British Officials Missing Feared To Soviet Cause
London reports two foreign service officials have vanished since May 25 193? One is D D MacLean head of the American department the other G F de M Burgess second secretary at the British embassy in Washington. Police and intelligence search both in Britain and France. The Foreign Office says no papers are known to be taken.
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American Department
Foreign Office
D. D. MacLean
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France
MacLean
Burgess
Britain
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