Fair Enough Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler NY June 15
Westbrook Pegler argues that the FBI damages local police and prosecutors by creating a false aura of honesty and effectiveness. He cites Homer Cummings, St Paul corruption, Ward financing, Smiley linked figures, and clashes with Tom Courtney, claiming DOJ overreach and political meddling in law enforcement.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
United States
Japanese Communists Challenge MacArthur Purge Order
In Tokyo a Communist-led suit challenges MacArthur's purge of 41 top leaders and editors, arguing the action violates the constitution and Potsdam declaration. Court officials doubt jurisdiction, while Eiichi Iwata and central party headquarters prepare to file, framing it as a test of democratic rights.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
MacArthur
Iwata
Japan
California Institute Scientist Arrested
Pasadena June 16 FBI announced arrest of Dr. Sidney Weinbaum 52 formerly with California Institute of Technology jet propulsion laboratory charged with perjury and fraud against the government. Government alleges that Sept 23 1949 in Los Angeles he testified under oath before the industrial employment review board that he had never been a Communist party member while actually belonging to the Communist party professional unit No. 122 under the party name Sydny Empson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
FBI
Sidney Weinbaum
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Richard B. Hood
Los Angeles
Weinbaum
U. S
Howard V. Calverly
Industrial Employment Review Board
Communist Party
Sydny Empson
C. I. O. Rally Shows Growing Labor Unity At White House
Washington June 16. The C I O political action committee held a day long rally for 300 to 500 officers and workers marking unprecedented cooperation with the A F L P A C and signaling merger talks likely to begin in July. Keenan led as political director and invited A F L figures to address rivals. A White House lawn party and possible Truman remarks capped the day as joint action groups form in 36 states Descriptions note growing unity between federations and independent unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
Joseph D. Keenan
Political League
Philip Murray
Jack Kroll
Willard Hotel
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Keenan
New Hampshire
Postmasters Elect Officers in Hot Springs Louisiana Branchy
Mrs Minnie Baldwin of Bernice Louisiana was re elected president of the Louisiana branch of the National League of District Postmasters at Hot Springs Arkansas on Thursday. The Louisiana branch, meeting with the Arkansas branch, ended its convention and voted to meet biennially. Other re elected officers include Miss Jeanne Crouchet Carencro and Mrs Winnie Arras Gramercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Minnie Baldwin
Bernice
Louisiana
National League of District
Arkansas
Baldwin
Jeanne Crouchet
Carencro
Winnie Arras
Gramercy
20th Annual V F W Convention Opens in Monroe
About 750 delegates and spouses began the 20th annual VFW encampment in Monroe Louisiana with opening sessions at the Virginia Hotel and the Ladies Auxiliary and Military Order of the Cootie. Program includes memorial services at First Baptist Church and a busy schedule of business sessions and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Louisiana
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Military Order of the Cootie
Virginia Hotel
William W. Sullivan
West Monroe
Sullivan
Martin St. Romain
Ralph Smelly
Ruston
C. C. Bell
John E. Coon
Virginia and Frances Hotels
Virginia
First Baptist Church
Husky Veteran Caught After Third jail Escape
Homer Cook, 26, an ex soldier from Muskogee Oklahoma, was captured in Munich by American military police and a German officer after fleeing jail for a third time to reach his German girlfriend Anna Sporrer. He surrendered saying he escaped to see his girl and later wished to marry her. Police had pursued him across the region, with 3,000 German officers and 300 American MPs involved.
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Munich
Germany
Homer Cook
Muskogee
Okla
Cook
Anna Sporrer
Dachau
Nuernberg
Here
Mrs. Maude Z Thompson Dies Suddenl y Monroe Attorney’s Wife
Mrs Maude Z Zurhellen Thompson aged 65 died of a sudden heart attack at her Park Avenue home. Services set with rosary at Mulhearn Funeral Home and a low mass funeral at St Matthew’s Catholic Church, where she was a member. She was born in Natchez Mississippi May 31 1885 and married to Monroe attorney M Cary Thompson. Survived by husband and son, three sisters and a brother. (Continued on Second Page)
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Park Avenue
Maude Z. Thompson
M. Cary Thompson
Monroe
Mulhearn
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Mrs. Thompson
Natchez
Miss
Maud Zurhellen
Mississippi City
St. Joseph's High School
Thompson
Harrisonburg
M. Cary Thompson, Jr
Marie Junkin
Sam Junkin
A. B. Stone
Audley Stone
Natchez, Miss
Gertrude Stonaker
James Stonaker
New Roads
J. O. Zurhellen
New York City
Yonkers
N. Y
Rescue effort to free five miners in Cadomin
Rescue crews labored shoulder to shoulder in Cadomin Alta as they shovel muck sealing five miners for over 36 hours. Hope remains faint for any survivors while teams press the dangerous dig.
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Cadomin
Alta
First cotton blossom at Lara Nook plantation
St Joseph La June 16 special The Lara Nook plantation owned by T C Burford has produced the first cotton blossom hereabouts. It opened June 10. The crop is being raised by Charlie Perkins colored tenant.
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ST. Joseph
Lara Nook
T. C. Burford
Charlie Perkins
FBI links second suspect to Klaus Fuchs spy ring
FBI agents tied Alfred Slack, a 44 year old Syracuse chemist, to the Klaus Fuchs ring and said he admitted giving a secret high explosive sample to Harry Gold. Gold, awaiting espionage trial, is said to pass secrets to Semenov of the Russian Amatory Trading Corp.
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Alfred Slack
Syracuse
Harry Gold
N. Y
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet
Russia
Alfred Dean Slack
Philadelphia
Gold
Semen M. Semenov
Russian Amatory Trading Corporation
U. S
Fuchs
England
Demands Decrease In U S Government's Expenditures
Washington June 16 The senate house economic committee urged relentless cuts in federal red ink spending and urged excise tax relief while opposing a net tax increase. Democrats split, endorsing goals of Truman but not his specific tax plan. Taft criticized the White House message as largely political.
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Louisiana Civil Service League
John McKeithen
Administration House
Denus and
Vallee
McKeithen
Earl Long
House Judiciary ‘‘C
W. George Bowden, Jr
Bowden
Bowdon
Civil Service League
House
Douglas Booth
Henry Sevier
Madison
House Appropriations Committee
Louisiana Ports Survey Commission
Parishes
Survey Commission
Washington
Senate-House Economic Committee
Truman
Congressional Committee
Congress
Congressional
Mr. Truman
O'Mahoney
Taft
White House
Claims revolt in Peru ended in Arequipa violence
Peru's military government said it held Arequipa under control and the leaders of a short, bloody revolt were arrested. Broadcasts reported more than 120 killed and about 300 wounded with many streets blocked by barricades.
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Peru
Arequipa
Radio Continental
Lima
la Paz
Bolivia
Accion Civica
Civic Action
Apra Party
Democratic League
Ernesto Montagne
National Electoral Board
Manuel Odria
Census figures released for parishes in fifth district
D R Mims, supervisor of the 1950 federal census for the fifth district, released unofficial population figures Friday morning. Morehouse parish totals stand at 32 059 with Bastrop city at 12755 Oak Ridge 287 Met Rouge 782 Collinston 545 and Bonita 502 Caldwell parish totals 10212 with declines attributed to migration from small hill farms Columbia 935 Grayson 454 Clarks 1347.
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D. R. Mims
Morehouse
Caldwell Parish
City of
Bastrop
Oak Ridge
Met Rouge
Collinston
Bonita
Columbia
Grayson
Clarks
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Westbrook
Pegler
Homer Cummings
Department
Cummings
St. Paul
Leavenworth
United States Marshal
Wiley
Wisconsin
Charles A. Ward
Anna Roosevelt
Phoenix
Ward
Buggsy Siegel
Beverly Hills
Allen Smiley
Aaron Smeehoff
Smickhoff
Canada
Smiley
Senate
Tom Courtney
Chicago
Courtney
United States Senate
Hell
Mooney
United Steel Workers of
Robert M. la Follette
Cook County
la Follette
Gen. MacArthur
Amerasia
McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
John Peurifoy
Capitol Hill
Peurifoy
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
Larsen
Justice Department
Amerasia Magazine
National Editorial Association
Groton
Conn
John
John Service
Philip Jaffe
Mark Gayn
Kate Mitchell
Navy
Andrew Roth
Roth
By Tom Lambert
Sonat Aii Teats
Calif. Institute
C. I
Vitation
Vera Willensky
Thelma Messina
Marine Corps
Quantico
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Marine Base
Clifton B. Gates
L. A
Shriners
End
Fletcher Bowron
A. F. L. Transportation Union
C. I. O. Guild
World-Telegram and Sun
Slack
Kingsport
Tenn
Manhattan Atomic Project
Utica
Knoxville
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