Pickets Close Some Non-Union Mines Amid Walkout
Pittsburgh June 14 Pickets patrolled coal fields forcing some non-union mines to close as the stabilization holiday enters its second day. John L. Lewis ordered the walkout of about 480,000 coal miners while talks with southern bituminous operators at Bluefield W Va are slated to resume. Lewis met with U S Steel reps in Philadelphia and said he would meet again with Harry Moses of H C Frick Coke Co. The new date is June 23.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Bluefield
W. Va
United Mine Workers Union
Philadelphia
U. S. Steel Corporation
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Eleanor Roosevelt accused in Hiss perjury case actions
Westbrook Pegler writes that Eleanor Roosevelt has joined the Communist faction in the Hiss perjury dispute and seeks to discredit Whittaker Chambers. He claims she prejudges the trial, writing prejudicial pieces and is a party of interest connected to the defendants.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Roosevelt
Felix Franfurter
State Department
Yalta
Christendom
Dies
Thomas
Frankfurter
Jerome Frank
Court of Appeals
Dean Acheson
Secretary of
United States
Eleanor the Great
Monroe West Monroe to host 1950 VFW encampment
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold the 1950 encampment in Monroe and West Monroe with Clarence T. Cash elected junior vice commander, Al Ragas named department commander, Lloyd Gibson senior vice commander, and Thomas Bingham adjuvant quartermaster. Other officers include Al Liska judge advocate and Martin St. Romain chaplain. The 13th district backs the event, with posts in Twin Cities and nearby towns. Drew Pearson dedicated France’s Thank You box car, and Gov. Earl Long dubbed Pearson a staff colonel.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clarence T. Cash
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
al Ragas
New Orleans
Lloyd Gibson
DeRidder
Thomas Bingham
al Liska
Martin St. Romain
Twin Cities
Bernice
Columbia
Ruston
Jonesboro
Bastrop
Drew Pearson
Capitol
France
Pearson
Earl Long
Vera E. Willensky
Mary H. Brooks
Rodney
Black candle cross found on war widow porch in New Orleans
Police report a cross of two black candles with a note and about 25 needles attached appeared on the porch of 28 year old widow Edna Boudreaux. Lt Chester Keating notes voodoo belief links the sign to bad luck though motive is unclear. Her husband died in action in World War III and she recently collected a $10000 life policy.
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New Orleans
Chester Keating
Edna Boudreaux
Keating
Boudreax
Roosevelt Jr. sworn in as U.S. House member
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. took the oath as a representative for New York's 20th district. He won a May 17 special election to fill Sol Bloom's seat, ran with a splinter party, and will be seated as a Democrat with committee prospects and party support.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
House of Representatives
Franklin D
Eleanor) Roosevelt
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
New York
Fammany Hall
Sol Bloom
Roosevelt
Four Freedoms
New York City
Israel
American Labor Party
House
New Roads votes on officials in second year election
New Roads Louisiana held a second mayor and council election after January 3 results were voided by a district court. Mayor J B Lancaster and four councilmen refused to qualify for the redo. Candidates listed L J Langlois for mayor and councilmen Charles Jordan J Whitney Langlois Rene Lejeune Seltz Bordelon Henry Morel all on one slate. incumbents A L Bertonier A J Morgan Oscar Hebert and F A Smith active in office.
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New Roads
Commission
Parish Board of Election Supervisors
J. B. Lancaster
State Supreme Court
Lancaster
Supreme Court
L. J. Langlois
Charles Jordan
J. Whitney Lang
Missing reserve training plane sparks coast search
A naval reserve two engine transport with seven crew members from Memphis disappeared after last contact at 8:30 p m near Clover Field Santa Monica California Coast Guard planes were sent to search the southern California coast while March Air Force radar aircraft stood by Sky scanning radar was alerted as authorities pursued clues about the missing flight by nightfall.
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Santa Monica Calif
Naval Reserve
Navy
Sever
Memphis
Tenn
Coast Guard
California
March Air Force Base
Partial Berlin Truce Hinted as Four Powers Convene
Paris dispatch reports the foreign ministers council nearing end of Paris session. Western and Soviet reps divided on east west German trade and Austrian independence. Brief afternoon recess followed by plans to reconvene to address economic Berlin ties and Austria treaty amid secret talks.
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Joseph FE. Dynan
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Berlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Pink Palace
Russia
Austria
Monroe Hit by 1.71-Inch Rainstorm Downtown
A two hour downpour of 1.71 inches flooded downtown Monroe with wind and lightning causing minor damage. Lightning hit the Southern Hardware Company building at 108 Walnut street, knocking out bricks. Telegraph service briefly disrupted. Trees uprooted and limbs littered streets. No wires were downed and a downtown transformer was struck but power was restored by circuit breakers.
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Monroe
Southern Hardware Company
Walnut Street
Indictment of Lafayette parish police jury members
Thirteen ex police jurors from Lafayette parish, serving 1946 and 1947, face mismanagement charges for approving disputed expenditures. Alfred E. Regnaud and Eddie Stemmans lead a volley of true bills. eight indicted members are current jurors, with J. S. Segura exempted. Additional indictments name Arceneaux, Broussard, Butcher, Delhomme, Landry, Hebert, Duhon, Montet, Trahan, and others as collaterally charged.
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Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
J. S. Segura
Alfred E. Regnaud
Eddie Stemmans
Regnaud
Stemmens
E. G. Arceneaux
Ulysse Broussard
Frank Butcher
Rene Delhomme
Ralph Landry
Clarence Hebert
Gilbert Duhon
A. P. Broussard
Frank Montet
A. B. Landry
Alpheus Trahan
Austin Bridge Co. Awarded Bayou Bartholomew Cutoff Contract
The Tensas Basin Levee board met in Bayville and awarded the $23,093.34 contract for a cut off bridge over Bayou Bartholomew near Bastrop to the Austin Bridge Co. of Austin Texas. Other bids were Newson Bros. of Columbus Mississippi at 23,906.38 and Lofton and Lofton of Delhi at 32,314.49.
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Tensas Basin
Hickenlooper targets costs at Hanford plutonium plant
Senator Hickenlooper accuses the atomic energy commission of mismanaging taxpayer money and plans to question the Hanford Washington plutonium facility. The cost has risen from 6.26 million to about 24.95 million, drawing congressional scrutiny as Senator McMahon and the appropriations committee review the project. The hearing opens tomorrow amid ongoing probes.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Hanford
Wash
McMahon
D.-Conn
House-Senate Atomic Committee
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
AEC
Czar in coal mining sought
The New York Times reports John L. Lewis and much of the northern coal industry favor creating a national industry czar to stabilize the bituminous sector. Opponents warn of an industrial monopoly. Harry Moses of United States Steel would head the plan with a 75 000 to 100 000 dollar salary, while keeping retirement benefits.
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New York
New York Times
John L. Lewis
Louis Stark
Washington
Times
Albert B
Happy) Chandler
Dispatch
Southern Coal Producers Association
United States Steel Corporation
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Moses
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Medal requested for Orleans man
A New Orleans master sergeant, Paul Boren, 37, of the Louisiana National Guard, was named for Louisiana's first Medal of Honor for rescuing Capt. Donald H. Butler from a burning bomber near Michaud airstrip on March 21, 1948. He reentered a blaze with 750 gallons of gasoline aboard, despite injuries, to pull Butler from the wreck. The medal is awarded by the Louisiana legislature on recommendations from the decorations board.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
Paul Boren
Louisiana National Guard
Hufft
Michaud
Boren
Donald H. Butler
Hubbell Convent
122Nd Light
Captain Butler
Decorations Board
Four Drowned In Creek At Garland
Storms and floods in Dallas area claim ten lives with four drowned in Duck creek at Garland and a boy drowning in Denton county. A Frisco freight train hit a washout near Farmers Branch, and three teens died in a collision near Fort Worth. Tornado sighting reported northeast of Fort Worth as heavy rain and strong winds lash North Texas.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
Garland
Duck Creek
Farmers Branch
Denton County
Fort Worth
Missouri Pacific
Air Force
U. S. Weather Bureau
Denton
Dorothy Cooper
Aulden R. King
King
John Kenneth Martin
Sallie Purnell
Mack. Reilly
Lake Dallas
Wayne Taylor
Joe Edward Clowers
Ward A. Graves
Everman
Paris
Eisenhower torpedoes Truman must aid education bill
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, now Columbia University president and acting chair of the military chiefs of staff, signals opposition to federal school aid for all states. He endorses aid only for states that cannot raise taxes, under strict formulas to prevent abuse and federal overreach. His stance unsettles leaders and hints at Republican doctrine, though the court's alignment remains unclear.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Columbia University
Military Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Representative Gwinn
Cotton buying cut opposed by southern senators
Washington June 14 Southerners from cotton country rallied against a drastic slash in European recovery program purchases. They urged not to single out cotton for economy, opposing a proposed $134 million cut in Europe's cotton and wool buys, arguing Europe needs textiles to build its economy. Senator Connally and McClellan rejected special cuts, stressing Europe must obtain raw materials to maintain trade and employment. Senator Ellender also voiced position.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Europe
United States
Connally
D-Tex
McClellan
D-Ark
Ellender
D-La
City Council Studies Seven Cross Bayou Bids
Seven construction bids for two Cross Bayou drainage contracts were reviewed by the city council and referred to engineers for study. Contract ten bids ranged from Blythe Bros of South Carolina at 180287.20 to Salley and Pohlman Wilbanks. Contract eleven bids ranged from Loftin and Loftin at 49075.70 to Blythe Bros at 59912.50. Mayor Breece said results of the engineers’ report will guide action, with a decision expected next week.
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Cross Bayou
Blythe Bros. Company
South Carolina
W. C. Salley
Monroe
Pohlman and Wilbanks
Loftin and
Loftin
Delhi
Pohlman and
Wilbanks
Blythe Bros
George O. Breece
A. and L. M
Louisville
Young’s Bayou
Mississippi Street
Winnsboro Road
Orleans seaman plunges to death at New Orleans hospital
A 35 year old seaman, George Martin Gadine of Croton on Hudson New York, plunged to his death from the fifth floor of the marine hospital in New Orleans today. He had been a patient since March 25 under treatment for a lung ailment and was found missing by nurse Edna Hauptman before the body was located by a hospital cook.
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New Orleans
Marine Hospital
George Martin Gadine
Croton-on- Hudson
N. Y
Gadine
Edna Hauptman
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