Westbrook Pegler on education and Soviet Russia
The piece argues the U S has been at war with Soviet Russia since 1917 and criticizes Roosevelt’s 1933 recognition. It attacks public education and calls out alleged corruption among Democratic leaders and intellectuals. It cites Tucson explosions and urban crime as consequences of modern schooling.
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Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Alger Hiss
Felix Frankfurter
Tucson
New York
Chicago
New
Funeral for Andy Strong Held After Lightning Death
Dayline La June 18 Funeral services were held today for 23 year old Andy Strong Crowley centerfielder struck by lightning during a Class C Evangeline League baseball game at Alexandria The game was tied 1 1 in the sixth inning and Crowley postponed to let teammates attend Strong attended Centenary College and East Texas Baptist University and coached a Pittsburg high school He is survived by his widow Merle Oldham a son Danny his parents and siblings
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Dayline
Andy Strong
Alexandria
Strong
Crowley
Centenary College
Shreveport
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
Tex
Pittsburg
Merle Oldham
Danny
O. L. Strong
Doyline
Koreans Say Three Million Killed in War Toll
New York June 18 The Korean ambassador to the United States says the war has killed 3,000,000 Koreans and left 10,000,000 homeless with many deprived of homes possessions food and supplies. Dr You Chan Yang spoke in a statement accepting the honorary chairmanship of American Relief for Korea Inc a private group gathering clothing and other aid for shipment to Korea.
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New York
P— Korea
U.S
You Chan Yang
American Relief For Korea, Inc
Korea
Long Family Split Shifts Louisiana Gubernatorial Race
Senator Russell Long endorsed Rep. Hale Boggs for Louisiana governor, breaking with Governor Earl K. Long and signaling a major shift in the Long political faction. The move makes Boggs the front runner in the primary and foreshadows an evolving feud within the Long organization.
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Edward Jamieson
News-Star
Washington
Hale Boggs
New Orleans
Congress
Louisiana
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Boggs
Long
Earl K. Long
Boges
Huey Long
George
Louisiana Peach Festival planned in Ruston
Ruston Louisiana hosts the first annual Louisiana Peach Festival on June 27 28. Events include Queen Dixie Gem contest Princess Peach talent show and peach exhibit at Lincoln Parish courthouse with 49 premiums and grand champion award. Auction of prize peaches follows judging and a float parade departs from the courthouse.
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Ruston
Louisiana Fruit
Howard Auditorium
Louisiana Tech
North Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
U. S
Louisiana
German Soldier Emerges After Six Years Buried Alive
In Warsaw a 32-year-old Berliner survivor of a sealed Wehrmacht bunker near Gdynia is treated for blindness from entombment since 1945. Six men hid among food stores, with multiple suicides and deaths before rescue as dawn exposed the dark, water-filled bunker.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gdynia
Louisiana Legislators To Convene In Baton Rouge Tonight
Baton Rouge June 18 Governor Earl Long to outline 11 million dollar plan from state general fund surplus for highways hospitals and civil defense in Louisiana's fifth special session set to begin at 6 30 p m Legislators notified by telegram and preparations show a heated session with possible filibuster and organized opposition targeting highway funds and other appropriations.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
Long
Senate
William J. Dodd
State Department of Highways
Moore's Case Set for Trial July 9
Judge E L Gladney Jr granted a continuance in the murder case of James W Moore in fourth district court. The trial was reset to July 9 because defense counsel Captain Hugh Barnum a state senator from Lincoln parish would attend a Louisiana legislature special session in Baton Rouge. Kilian, a state wide labor leader, was shot in West Monroe on January 24.
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E. L. Gladney, Jr
James W. Moore
Fourth District
Hugh Barnum
Lincoln Parish
Baton Rouge
Joseph F. Killian
West Monroe
MacArthur inquiry to hear four witnesses this week
Senate MacArthur probe votes to call four more witnesses and may close soon. Patrick Hurley Maj Gen Emmett O'Donnell Maj Gen Davis Barr and Vice Admiral Oscar Badger are named for testimony. Gen Douglas MacArthur may testify again if invited.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur
Russell
D.-Ga
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Emmett O'Donnell
U.S
Far East
Davis C. Barr
U. S. 7Th Division
Korea
U. S
Oscar Badger
U. S. Naval
Douglas MacArthur
W. Averell Harriman
O'Donnell
March Air Base
Calif
United States
Post June 30 fate of price controls remains unclear
Washington reports the fate of the economic controls program hinges on late guidance from lawmakers. Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson backs extending the defense production act but a stopgap extension on an as is basis seems possible with only about 12 working days left for Congress. President Truman urged public support to influence lawmakers as mail volume rises but not decisively. Senate Banking Committee chairs a drive to craft a new controls bill before the deadline.
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
D.S. C
Two Big Air Battles Executed Over Korea
American Sabre jets, outnumbered, destroyed six Russian-type planes and damaged eight in two major air battles over Korea. A total of 108 planes were involved as Red jets reappeared in force, while U N patrols and armored units pressed along the front amid delaying warfare and renewed ground activity.
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William C. Bernard
Tokyo
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East
Two Embassy Guards Shot Dead in Havana Office
In Havana a Cuban civilian guard and a U S Marine guard were found shot to death inside the U S Embassy. Havana police and Cuban secret service assisted U S officials in the investigation as the embassy remained closed to nonofficials.
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Havana
One !S Marine
Cuba
United States
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S
Clarence Cash Heads W F W in Louisiana
Clarence T. Cash aged 33, former West Monroe V F W commander, was elected state commander at the Lafayette encampment. His sister Ruby Cash of West Monroe was chosen chief of staff of the Women's Auxiliary. Cash has held posts as junior and senior vice commander and commander of V F W Post 3993.
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Clarence T. Cash
West Monroe V. F. W
Veterans of Foreign War
Lafayette
Ruby Cash
West Monroe
Women’s Auxiliary
Cash
V. F. W. Post
Boy Playing in Auto Killed in Mississippi
In McComb Mississippi a two year old boy Richard Kirby Pouge died when he tried to climb through a partially opened car window. His mother said he played in the parked car in the backyard and slipped while feet first through the six inch gap. The father, a Mississippi Power and Light lineman, was away at Osaka. The boy’s body was taken to Quitman for burial.
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Mississippi Power and Light Co
Osaka
Miss
Quitman
Red Version Of Bed Check Charlie Aloft In Korea
A nightly harassment by a Communist two seater named Bed Check Charlie keeps Allied forces alert around Inchon Kimpo Suwon Yongdongpo and the Seoul area. The aircraft flies low over airfields firing a burp gun and dropping small bombs while disappearing by day to refuel and return at night.
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Korea
Nate Polowetzky
U. S. Eighth Army
Charlie
Inchon
Kimpo
Seoul
Suwon
Yongdongpo
Strikes Shut Down Major U.S. Ports Coastwide
Federal mediators pushed to end a three coast stoppage that halted most shipping nationwide. NMU and AR A walkouts threaten all Atlantic and Gulf Coast cargo while West Coast talks aim to resolve separate disputes.
Ruth C Poole Fatally Injured In Florida Auto Crash
Mrs Ruth Cupples Poole 31 of West Monroe was fatally injured in an auto accident near Eglin field Florida on Sunday. The body will arrive in Monroe Monday for funeral and interment at Hall Funeral Home. Survived by husband Sgt John Poole three sons Carl Hack and Charles two brothers Gatlin and Troy K Sandlin a sister Dan Janson and her father James G Sandlin.
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Ruth Cupples Poole
West Monroe
Eglinfield
Florida
Monroe
Hall Feneral
Gatlin Sandlin
Dan Janson
Copenhagen
Denmark
James Ig, Sandlin
Decatur
Ala
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Korean Battlefront
NEA Acme
Jim Healy
Red “‘Iron Triangle
Kumbhway
Clarence Cash Heads
Gulf
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
NMU
San Francisco
Omar Hoskins
C. I. O. American Radio Association
Pacific Maritime Association
Hoskins
C. I. O. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Ruth C. Poole
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