Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler Exposes CIO Scandal Tied Leader
Westbrook Pegler details Timothy Flynn CIO Pacific Coast regional director accused of wife beating and past crimes. He cites police records and a 1938 incident, challenging Philip Murray and the CIO leadership over Flynn’s ascent and alleged abuses.
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Philip Murray
CIO
Timothy Flynn
Murray
Pacific Coast
Brother Flynn
Harry Bridges
James J. McElroy
The
New York Association of Catholic Me
Brother McElroy
White House
Roosevelt
Inglewood
Bridges
Tim Flynn
West Coast
Flynn
Bethlehem Steel
Worcester
Red Plot To Seize Island Discovered In Rose Raid
A Manila sized overview notes a 21 hour U S para trooper assault on Koje Island prison camp 76 77 78 where 31 prisoners were killed and 139 wounded amid a North Korean plot to seize the island The U S forces led by Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner used concussion grenades bayonets tear gas and fists to subdue rebels with one American killed and 14 wounded The operation exposed a master plan to liberate all 80 000 Communist prisoners on Koje Island. leaders surrendered as troops prepared new enclosures
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
U.S. Army
Koje
U.N
Angels From Hell
Haydon L. Boatner
MacArthur Could Be GOP Convention Keynoter Face Legal Questions
The article examines whether Gen Douglas MacArthur can serve as a keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention while on active duty. Military lawyers worry that such a role would violate ban on political activity, suggesting resignation to avoid Article 88 constraints. Eisenhower previously retired to campaign.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Pentagon
Pacific
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
Rev John M Allin to Assume Rector of Grace Episcopal Church
The Rev John M Allin will become rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Monroe next Sunday with a 730 am service and a 1100 am preaching service. He was student pastor at Tulane Newcomb and Institutional Chaplain in New Orleans and previously led St Peters Mission Conway Arkansas. He is a Sewanee graduate and is married to Ann Kelly with a daughter. Bishop Girault Jones will conduct inductive rites June 29 in Monroe.
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John M. Allin
Tulane - Newcomb
New Orleans
Grace Episcopal Church
Church School
Allin
Helena
Ark
University of the South
Sewanee Tenn
St. Peter's Mission
Conway
Ajlin
Ann Kelly
Girault Jones
Louisiana
Monroe
Monroe Escapee Captured in Shreveport
Alfred Saucier, an escapee from Monroe city jail, was apprehended by Shreveport police late Monday. Local officers will return Saucier to Monroe jail.
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Alfred Saucier
Monroe
Shreveport
Monroe Police Department
Saucier
Monroe Bids Placed For Fire Station and Adjacent Buildings
The Monroe council opened bids for a fire station at Orange and Sixth streets and two similar buildings plus a drill tower on Lee avenue and Jackson street. J G Haynes and Co submitted the lowest base bid of 53 600 for the three buildings. W G Haynes offered 53 600 for the two similar structures.
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Monroe
John E. Coon
Orange and
Sixth Streets
Lee Avenue
Jackson Street
Merle Padgett
J. G. Haynes and
W. G. Haynes
Dan Baxter
Jesse F. Heard and Son
Ww. C. Salley
Gilbert Brothers
Sixth Street
H. H. Land, Jr
Jesse F. Heard
Little Bigger Funds Sought At Central Service Station
The Optimist club of Monroe and West Monroe will run Central Super Service Station at South Second and Louisville July 15 to raise funds for the Little Bigger League. Merlin Milstead owns the station and has turned it over for the day. auctions, clothes, groceries, and entertainment will support local youth.
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Optimist Club
Monroe
West Monroe
South Second
Louisville Avenue
Merlin Milstead
Little Bigger League
Twin Cities
MacArthur Named To Keynote GOP Meet
Gen Douglas MacArthur was chosen as the keynoter for the Republican national convention opening in Chicago on July 7. The voice vote by the 46 member arrangements committee approved the nomination amid limited opposition.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
William Mylander
GOP
Designa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Mylander
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania
Guy G. Gabrielson
Health meeting unites parishes at college campus
Dr. R L Simmons of Louisiana State University School of Medicine spoke at a district wide school and community health education meeting held in the Science building of Northeast Louisiana State College. Representing 14 parishes, attendees discussed improving general community health and school related issues as a starting point for broader civic health.
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R. L. Simmons
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans
Northeast Louisiana State College
Simmons
Farm Group to Hold State Meeting in Monroe
The Farmers Home Administration of the Agriculture Department will conduct a statewide meeting in Monroe on July 12 and 13 with headquarters at the Virginia hotel. About 75 people are expected for the convention.
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Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Federal Government
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Taft Urges Adoption of 1950 Platform at Chicago Rally
Sen. Robert Taft calls for Republicans to adopt the 1950 statement of principles at the Chicago convention to avoid platform fights. Eisenhower endorses the document. Sen. H. Alexander Smith says unity will prevail no matter the nominee. The platform favors unified foreign policy talks, tax cuts, limited government, anti monopoly enforcement, federalism, farm price supports, Taft Hartley act fixes, minority rights, welfare aid, veterans' rights, loyalty checks, and removal of communists.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Abilene
Kan
Senate
House
Republican National Committee
GOP
Eisenhower
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Brannan
Truman urges Congress to pass steel seizure legislation
President Truman urged Congress in a joint session to enact swift steel seizure powers allowing the government to operate the mills to end the eight day strike by CIO United Steelworkers. He argued seizure would restore production and support the Western rearmament program while avoiding Taft Hartley injunctions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
United
Supreme Court
First Baptists Break Ground in Winnsboro
Ground breaking services were held for the First Baptist Church in Winnsboro for a $175000 brick veneer colonial style house of worship. The design is by Smith and Padgett of Monroe, with air conditioned sanctuary for 500 and educational facilities for 560. construction by T J Owen of Winnsboro begins immediately. The 1917 building will be dismantled. Rev C B Hall has pastored the church over nine years.
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First Baptist Church
Winnsboro
C. B. Hall
Smith & Padgett
Monroe
T. J. Owen
Hall
Auto Seized by Gun-Wielding Youth
H. C. Clark of 3911 Spurgeon Drive told Monroe police a youth forcibly took his car at gunpoint near North Fourth and Louisville Avenue around 11:30 PM Monday. The car was driven to Layton, Jackson, and Thomas before the assailant ordered Clark out. The thief took Clark’s empty billfold but returned it.
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H. C. Clark
Spurgeon Drive
Monroe
Clark
North Fourth
Louisville Avenue
Layton Avenue
Jackson
Thomas
Safety Driver Campaign Nears Its Final Week in Twin Cities
The Phantom Driver lists weekly winners and a final six day Bahamas trip prize to be awarded after a National Safety Council written test. Leon Hammonds of Monroe and E C Taylor of West Monroe are named weekly safety drivers along with their families.
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Twin Cities
Nassau
Bahamas
Delta Airlines
National Safety Council
Leon Hammonds
Emerson, Monroe
E. C. Taylor
Pine
West Monroe
Hammonds
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe
Taylor
Chief Taylor
Frances Kelso
Eldridge Williamson
John A. Peters
A. W. White
John E. McMullen
Margery Wroten
D. W
Mary Slavent
J. L. Walters
Dwight Grubbs
S. E. Brown
George Evans
H. E. Roberts
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Jefferson Davis Parish
Kenneth Barranger
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Otis Edwards
Boatner
Compound 77
Boamer
187Th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
Compound 76
Lee Hak Woo
By Douglas B. Cornell
Rev. Allin
Grace Church
J. G. Haynes
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Winnsboro Church
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