Fair Enough Fair Enough Excerpt on Richberg and Liberalism
A critical portrait of Donald Richberg, early National Recovery Act author and liberal critic, contrasting his past fascism era aims with modern liberal stances. The passage mocks his shift, discusses the NRA, and labels liberals as quarrelsome among themselves, ending with a blunt rule about personal freedom.
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Donald Richberg
Hitler
Richberg
Washington
Truman
East
Legislature Works Today on Record Bill Volume
Baton Rouge Louisiana legislators meet in a rare Friday session to tackle a record number of bills. House Floor Leader Lorris Wim b erly urges prompt attendance at 9 a.m. after the previous night’s rejection of an administration mineral board measure, which would raise membership and pay.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Lorris Wimberly
Bienville
State Mineral Board
Wimberly
Mineral Board
Two men accused of posing as agents seize clothing from Black couple
Ouachita Parish deputies arrest Nailer Mullens and Joe Pierce after they allegedly posed as government officials and stole clothing valued at 100 dollars from Tom Cotton 80 and Annie Cotton 67 of 2400 Louisville Avenue Monroe. The suspects were found with a public safety item and the stolen wardrobe in a tourist cabin. bonds set at 750 dollars each.
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Louisville Avenue
Ouachita Parish
Nailer Mullens
Joe Pierce
Mullens
Pierce
Tom Cotton
Annie Cotton
Monroe
Texas man William R Ray dies in electric chair
William R Ray, 35, an ex air force cook, was executed in the electric chair in Fort Worth after twice escaping due to trial record omissions and a deferred date. He had been convicted in 1948 of raping a nine year old girl, with victims' parents seeking commutation before the second date.
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William R. Ray
Ray
Air Force
Fort Worth
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Beauty crowned Miss West Carroll at Oak Grove
Miss Billie Jean Pearce an 18-year-old high school graduate was chosen Miss West Carroll in the Oak Grove beauty contest. Seven contestants competed with over 1,000 spectators at Fiske Theatre as judges from other parishes weighed charm talent poise and beauty. Pearce won a $100 prize and an orchid and will compete in the state Miss Louisiana pageant July 2 and 3 in Lake Providence. the winner advances to Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Oak Grove
Billie Jean Pearce
West Carroll
Lake Providence
Atlantic City
N. J
West Carroll Parish
Gail Katherine Gay
Louisiana State University
Avis Jean Welch
Forest
Loretta Ann Schrock
Joel Deanne Dickinson
Marvel Kelly Cheatham
Marjorie Keller
Fiske Theatre
Oak Grove Lions Club
Pierce
G. K. Gay
Pearce
Texas U Rejected 2 Negro Students in 1950s Tone
Two Black applicants for graduate study at the University of Texas were rejected. President Painter said the desired courses are offered at Texas Negro institutions and only nonsegregated admission will occur if needed. Harold Ray King and Aaron Monroe Cash were the turn downs. Cash planned to pursue a PhD at USC after a master’s at Southern Cal.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
T. S. Painter
Texas
Harold Ray King
Aaron Monroe Cash
Cash
University of Southern California
Southern Cal
King
Indiana University
Samuel Huston
Negro College
Indiana
Louisiana senators quiz publisher and editor over trained seals
Baton Rouge June 9 Louisiana senate committee questioned Publisher David Stern and Editor Clayton Fritchey over an Item editorial calling legislators trained seals and lackeys of Governor Earl Long. Chairman C H Downs pledged a full report to the senate next Monday night as the hearing opened amid defense of press rights and claims of opinion.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
New Orleans
David Stern
Clayton Fritchey
C. H. Downs
Alexandria
Senate
Louisiana
Fritchey
Stern
Earl Long
Huey Long
Senate Passes Bills Rapidly in One Day
Washington June 9 Senate swiftly cleared 241 bills in about four and a half hours with a two minute total for six rapid passes between 2 11 and 2 12 pm. The piece notes calendar day rules and five minute limit for each bill forcing tactical speeches and quick roll calls. It cites Hibberd of Elizabethtown Kentucky and Ta Fu Wu of Chungking China gaining separate congressional actions awaiting House approval and President Truman signature.
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Washington
Senate
Lyon F. Hibberd
Elizabethtown
Fort Knox
Hibberd
Uncle Sam
House
President Truman
Ta Fu Wu
Chungking
China
St. Anne’s Hospital
Fall River
Mass
Mr. Truman
Barkley
Flanders
R.-Vt
Operation Ezra radio appeal features Montgomery Clift
The United Jewish Appeal broadcasts on NBC via KNOE Saturday 7 to 7:30 pm with actor Montgomery Clift portraying a rescue saga about Jews migrating from Iraq to Israel. The drive aims to emigrate 146,500 Jews and aid 55,000 breadwinners, provide medical care for 80,000 monthly, reach 350,000 with relief, and support 63,000 children including 15,000 orphans in JDC institutions.
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Ezra
NBC
KNOE
Herman Masur
United Jewish Charites of
Northeast Louisiana, Inc
United Jewish Charities
United States
Montgomery Clift
United Jewish Appeal
National Broadcasting Company
Iraq
Israel
Israal
Eisenhower in limelight with presidential platform talk
General Eisenhower drew attention in Washington as lawmakers pondered his stance on military spending and government subsidies. Senator Morse called his comments resemble a Republican campaign platform while Senator Brewster welcomed cooperation. Eisenhower warned that unchecked expenditures risk bleeding the economy and nullifying workers and farmers gains. He highlighted taxes, medical care, education aids, and industrial strife as key issues before departing Columbia University.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Morse
R.-Ore
Eisenhower
Columbia
Senator Brewster
Maine
Brewster
Soong Quits Kuomintang Ruling Party Amid Exile Pressure
Taipei June 9 Soong T V millionaire brother of Madame Chiang Kai Shek resigns from the Kuomintang the Nationalist ruling party rather than go to Formosa where Chiang and Madame Chiang pledged to die The central executive committee announces the resignation Soong a former foreign minister and acting premier was last reported in New York with H H Kung his brother in law He left China before the government fled to Canton in 1948 and later refused to fund the Nationalist cause from wealth spread in banks worldwide
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Taipei
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
China
Formosa
Soong
Nationalist China
Chiang Kai- Shek
New York
H. H. Kung
Yuomintang
Chiang
Canton
Nanking
Hongang
Paris
All Phones Cut Off in Yonkers Times Gambler Probe
In Yonkers New York on June 9 all telephone service to the Yonkers Daily Times was severed after police alleged wires were used for gambling. The paper said the action was illegal and promised continued publication. Public Safety Commissioner O Hara said 12 trunk lines were deadened by the phone company at his request with county officials involved.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Yonkers Daily Times
New York Telephone Company
Telephone Company
the Times
Public Safety
Patrick F. O'Hara
Fred Rusco
George Fanelli
Westchester County
Film Writers Close to Jail in Un-American Hearings
Hollywood writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo, accused of communism, were convicted of contempt for defying the House Un-American Activities Committee and sentenced to one year in jail and $1,000 fines. They must report separately in federal district court to carry out the sentences.
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Washington
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Congress
House
UN American Activities Committee
Martin Popper
New York
Louis J. Russell
Lawson
Trumbo
Howard Rushmore
Daily Worker
Hollywood
Supreme Court
Lawson-Trumbo
High Court
Landslide kills nineteen on Japanese railway line near Kumanodiora
A landslide near Kumanodiora Japan buried a railway work crew of about 70. At least 19 people died, 20 were injured, and more than 30 remained missing as mud and rock slid onto workers repairing the track.
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Kumanodiora
Japan
Grand jury indicts Harry Gold on atom spying charges
Washington reports on June 9 a Brooklyn grand jury indicted Harry Gold, a Philadelphia chemist, and two unidentified persons on charges of spying against the United States. The case centers on atomic secrets and national security. The indictment marks a major step in prosecuting alleged espionage activities during the era.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
United States
Truman Urges Continued Aid to Free Nations Amid Global Dangers
President Truman spoke at the University of Missouri graduation under heavy rain. He urged continued U S spending abroad to back Western Europe against communist pressure, saying the Marshall Plan nations can resist and pursue peace. The address, part of an honorary degree ceremony, warned against isolation amid a dangerous world.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Columbia
Truman
United States
Russia
J. F. Judkins
Mr. Truman
Phi Beta Kappa
Kansas City School of Law
Western
Europe
Scholarship Society
St. Louis
Quadruple Amputee Jimmy Wilson Weds Dorothy Mortenson
Jimmy Wilson a 25 year old quadruple amputee and war veteran wed Dorothy Mortenson his classroom sweetheart in a twilight ceremony. The couple announced honeymoon plans by car to Canada before settling in Boulder Colorado where Wilson will enter the University of Colorado law college.
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Jimmy Wilson
Dorothy Mortenson
Canada
Wilson
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado Law College
Florida
Jacksonville Junior College
Meigs O Frost of New Orleans Dies
Meigs O. Frost, a prominent New Orleans newsman and writer of a 1939 expose that helped topple Huey P. Long era politics, died after a long illness. He would have been 68 on June 26. Frost authored the window sash story tied to LSU shop work and a Leche era home, winning a Sigma Delta Chi medal in 1940.
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New Orleans
Meigs O. Frost
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Frost
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Fraternity
Hope Fades for Four Airmen Missing in North Sea Crash
London June 9 Hope dimmed today for the safety of four airmen missing since their flaming B 29 bomber dove into the North Sea last Wednesday Three others died in the crash and four survived A dinghy with two men aboard was sighted off Winterton Norfolk but rescue boats could not locate it. American and British planes and ships combed a 23 mile crash area off Great Yarmouth all day.
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London
North Sea
Norfolk
Winterton
Great Yarmouth
England
Senate seeks crackdown on speculative coffee trading
A Washington senate agriculture subcommittee led by Senator Gillette urged the justice department to curb speculative trading in coffee. It called for injunctive relief against futures on the New York coffee and sugar exchange, possible anti trust civil action, investigation of a 1948 coffee purchase by General Foods, and a DOJ presence at future Inter-American meetings.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Agriculture Subcommittee
Gillette
Iowa
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
United States
George W. Robbins
Maxwell House
General Foods Corporation
National Coffee Department of
Brazil
Special Commission On Coffee
Inter- American Economic and Social Council
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Pegler
U. S
Texas U
Downs
No. Stern
C. E. Barham
Hill
James B. Hill
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
K. P. Vinsel
Louisville Chamber of Commerce
Spencer, Tenn
John E. Tilford
Alvah Bessie
Albert Maltz
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward D. Dmytryk
Adrian Scott
Ring Lardner, Jr
Lester Cole
United States Court of Appeals
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