Roerich Controversy Sparks Political Intrigue and Accusations
Westbrook Pegler reports on Henry Wallace’s handling of Nicholas Roerich, alleging a press release from agriculture insinuated espionage links. The piece accuses Wallace of opportunism and outlines clashes with Harold Ickes, Harry Hopkins, and Roosevelt over Roerich’s influence and a botched Orient mission.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Nicholas Roerich
Department of Agriculture
Rhoerich
Asia
Wallace
Roerich
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Moosejaw
Troosevelt
Roosevelt
Orient
Louis Horch
God
Guru
Auto Plant Layoffs Hit Ford and GM in Nationwide Week
Detroit June 11 Ford workers nationwide face a one day shutdown while General Motors announces a week long layoff starting Monday. About 230 000 GM production employees are affected with 30 000 at Ford. Packard extends a 13 cent hourly raise to 10 000 hourly rated workers and raises car prices 75 to 200 dollars starting June 14. GM blames steel shortages from the coal strike for the cutbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Packard
Raisu
General Motors
Ford
G. M
Michigan
Dallas
Tex
Atlanta
Long Beach
Calif
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Repeal of Louisiana sweet potato tax moves forward
Baton Rouge June 11 The state senate considered repealing the sweet potato tax and abolishing the advertising commission after the house passed the bill 80 to 0 with no debate. A separate measure to keep the tax at one cent per bushel is pending. Several legislators were absent or did not vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Senate
House
Morris Ottinger
Kenneth Barranger
New Orleans
James
Union
Joward Lafleur
St. Landry
Raganadden
Lincoln
K. E. McDonald
Orehouse
DeWitt L. Sauls
Tangiwhoa
Clarence J. Savoie
Assumption
Sidney Sylvester
Shady R. Waill
Ouachita
Truman vows to pour it on nationwide in campaign push
President Truman, after touring flood areas in Olympia, stated he would keep pressing the case against Congress through the election. He criticized Congress as a “special interest” body failing to pass price, housing, and labor welfare laws while rallying crowds and warning voters against supporting the 80th Congress. He coordinated with federal officials to aid relief efforts as floods worsen in the Northwest.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Congress
Columbia River
Sylvester Park
Bremerton
Tacoma
Seattle
Seid
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Interior
Independence
Salem
Ore
Portland
Red Cross
Berkeley
Calif
Taxi Collision Injures Two in Monroe
Two people were injured in a taxi collision at South Second Street and Texas Avenue in Monroe. Thomas G. Easterling of 918 Jackson Street and Miss Iis Burns of 1510 were taken to St. Francis for head lacerations and a knee laceration, respectively. Easterling's car ran the curb and stopped in a yard at 217 Texas Avenue after hitting Doyle Reynolds, 24, of Monroe, cab.
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Thomas G. Easterling
Jackson Street
Miss Iis Burns
South Second Street
Texas Avenue
Monroe
Mr. Easterling
Mulhearn
St. Francis
Miss Burns
St. Francis Sanitarium
Davis-Lawhead
Taft Rules Truman Attacks Congress as Threat to Republic
Senator Robert A. Taft told Philadelphia audiences that President Truman’s criticism of Congress attacks representative government. The Ohio Republican condemned Truman’s western tour as an effort to discredit Congress and warned it aids Communists and totalitarians. Taft urged Congress to adjourn and let voters decide in November.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Congress
Ohio Republican
Union League
Theo. P
Taft
Mr. Truman
Flooded area drives up evacuations along Columbia and Fraser
Port land and areas along the Columbia river brace for a third crest, with floodwaters threatening the Reynolds Metals plant at Troutdale and a 10,000 acre lowland belt. Refugees flee as U S and Canadian authorities order new evacuations amid rising Fraser river levels and record Oregon flood highs.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
U.S. Army
Reynolds Metals Company
Troutdale
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oregon
Canada
Fraser
Pacific
Sumas Prairie
British Columbia
Britain Will Not Recognize Israel During Truce
London reports that C P Mayhew, a top Bevin aide, told parliament Britain will not recognize Israel during the four week Palestine truce. He stressed this stance amid ongoing diplomatic discussions and the Bevin government’s policy on Middle East affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C. P. Mayhew
Ernest Bevin
Parliament
Britain
Israel
Palestine
Republican Convention Platform Taking Shape
Washington June 11 The Republican platform for the coming campaign outlines foreign policy aid totaling about 3 billion dollars for the first year with 4.09 billion in appropriations and 1 billion in export import loans. It calls for admitting 200000 displaced Europeans and hints at military aid for non Communist nations plus a one year extension of the reciprocal trade program. Domestic planks include tax cuts farm price supports and housing aids. The party faces unresolved issues on civil rights federal aid to education Mundt Nixon bill oleo tax repeal oil lands titles and equal rights for women while a three day filibuster hurdle may block an anti poll tax bill. If Congress adjourns after conventions action on some bills could come later, leaving Truman room to chalk up Republican inaction.
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Europe
Congress
Truman
Pension Deadlock Holds Up Coal Strike Talks
Washington reports ongoing stalemate between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators as pension disputes block a new contract. Fourth bargaining session planned at 1 pm EST with Justice Goldsborough pressing inclusion of Southern Coal Producers Association. Expiration tied to June 30. both sides propose open mines without a contract, while pension issue remains unresolved and a June 19 court hearing looms over welfare fund spending.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers Association
Charles O'Neill
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Senator Bridges
RN. H
van Horn
Housing bill up 10 G. O. P. plan gains control
Democrats seize control of the 27 member House banking committee in a surprise vote 14 to 13 approving the Taft Ellen Den Wagner housing bill provisions. The plan aims to build 15 million homes in ten years including 500,000 government financed low rent units. The measure heads to the House Rules Committee for clearance before floor consideration.
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Washington
House Committee
Rules Committee
Leo Allen
Illinois
House
Republican Steering Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
Westinghouse Offers 6 Percent Rise to U S Unions
The Westinghouse Electric Corp announced a six percent wage rise plus an extra paid holiday for hourly workers, equal to an 8.4 cent hourly increase. The offer affects about 80,000 employees in nearly twenty states as talks with the C I O United Electrical Workers union resume on a new contract. No immediate union reaction was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
C. I. O.united Electrical Workers Union
Louisiana Senate panel backs warning label for home wave kits
A Louisiana senate committee approved by six to one a bill requiring prominent warning labels on home waving kits. Amendments add cautions that chemical ingredients may cause hair loss eye damage or internal poisoning. Advocates from beauticians and lawyers argued for safety while opponents warned of overregulation as Dr. Choppin warned of cumulative poisoning potential.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
George W. Woodard
Lake Charles
Fred G. Benton
Woodard
A. R. Choppin
Louisiana State University
W. H
Eva” Talbot
New Orleans
Talbot
Louisiana
Dr. Choppin
Vandenberg Urges Organizing Peace in Senate Debate
Senator Vandenberg urges quick approval of a resolution to organize the peace and provide American political and military support to European nations against possible Communist aggression. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he argues the move strengthens UN procedures and reassures allies without appealing to force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
Senate Forein
United Nations
Marshall warns cuts risk European recovery plan
Washington June 11 Secretary of State Marshall warned that house reductions in foreign aid would make the European Recovery Program a calculated risk for failure. He testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging restoration of funds, with Hoffman and Vandenberg also pressing for restoring most of the cuts to the ERP budget and machinery shipments.
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Washington
Marshall
House
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Congress
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Louisiana lawmakers seek dual office holding exemption
Louisiana legislators push to permit holding state or municipal jobs alongside legislative duties. The House Judiciary Committee approved the measure for a House vote while another administration cigarette tax bill advances. The 1940 ban on dual office holding could be eased for lawmakers, with limits on concurrent pay. Gov Earl K Long observed as sessions proceed and a cigarette levy aims to raise about $6 million.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Judiciary “C
Ways and Means
New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Feared Drowned As Danish Vessel Strikes Mine
A passenger ship named Kjoeben havn struck a World War II mine in Kattegat, near Aalborg Denmark. About 150 Danes are reported drowned as rescue efforts unfold with ongoing inquiries into the vessel's fate.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoebenhavn
Katte
Senate votes peace draft in wartime stalemate repeater
Senate action endorses a peacetime draft measure by a 78 to 10 vote, with House leaders pledging to push a companion bill to President Truman next week. Speaker Martin says the House will bring the bill to floor with minimal debate, while Rules Committee votes loom amid stalled rules clearance. The two bills align on a two year service term for men aged 19 through 25, with compromises anticipated on certain provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Martin
R.-Mass
Allen
Bill on Pilotage Fees Is Approved
Baton Rouge La June 11 A bill to fix pilotage fees on vessels passing the intercoastal canal and adjust rates for other waters was approved by the Louisiana House. It would set river port pilots at 4 dollars per foot of draft for ships through the intercoastal ship channel and alter fees in bar crossing localities, replacing the prior 2 to 4 dollar per foot scale with a flat 4 dollar rate plus the general 2 dollar fee.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Senate
Calcasieu
Sabine
Armed Peace Begins in Palestine Amid Truce Accord
Cairo June 11 Armed peace for at least four weeks began in Palestine today signaling hope for an end to Arab Jewish warfare. UN mediated truce largely held as Arab legion and Jewish forces prepared for peace talks on Rhodes. Reports say Latrun battle outcomes favored Jews while Arabs claim heavy losses. Syria reports fall of Mishmar Hay Yarden in upper Galilee.
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Cairo
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
EB. S. T
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Majdal
Nitsanim
Isdud
Mishmar Hay Yarden
Upper Galilee
Bloodhounds Track Two Bank Robbery Suspects Near Mandeville
Bloodhounds pick up the trail of two men suspected in yesterday’s $5,284 Mandeville bank robbery. FBI, St. Tammany posse, and planes scoured a 12 square mile area near Mandeville, locating the swamp trail near highways 190 and 122. One man’s nervous behavior and a potential Lonely Hearts club link are noted by Sheriff Erwin as investigations continue.
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New Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
Mandeville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Andrew L. Erwin
Covington
Lonely Hearts” Club
Lois Marange
New Albany
Miss
P. A. Stilwell
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Jutland
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Kattegat
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