Westbrook Pegler Attacks Birkhead in Anti Communist Letter
Westbrook Pegler questions L M Birkhead's anti democracy drive and urges readers to fund his cause while praising John T Flynn and critiquing modern anti Communists. Pegler notes Birkhead, a Kansas City preacher, aligns with anti Catholic publishers and the Haldeman Julius group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Birkhead
Gestapo
Friends of Democracy
New York
Irkhead
John T. Flynn
Congress
Alger Hiss
Stalin
Mr. Flynn
Mossadegh Seizes Oil Firm as Iran Crisis Deepens
Premier Mohammad Mossadegh orders full government control of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company arguing to keep oil flowing. British envoy Francis Shepherd warns Britons to evacuate families while Iran considers shutting Abadan pipeline valves, heightening tensions with potential explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Francis Shepherd
London
Francis
Khorramshah
Mossadegh
Abadan
Hossein Fatimi
B. R. Jackson
A1oc Ne
Pilots Ignore Board Plea in United Airlines Walkout
Chicago June 20 United Air Lines pilots ignored the mediation board order to end their illegal walkout. The A F L Air Line Pilots Association said the board’s charge was ridiculous as 900 pilots halted all non military flights. 132 transports grounded with 9600 daily passengers typical. other airlines not yet affected.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
U. S. Mediation Board
A. F. L. Air Line Pilots Association, International
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington
David L. Behncke
Mediation Board
Behncke
Advertising with Want Ads in News Star World
A promotional notice touts the value of News Star World Want Ads for advertising services merchandise hiring real estate and more. It directs readers to call 5161 to place an ad and promises assistance in wording for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star — World
Louisiana lawmakers kill probe into crime and enforcement
Louisiana lawmakers rejected a proposal to form a house committee to probe state crime and law enforcement, citing that lawmakers should not act as enforcers. Rep. Algie Brown introduced the measure after referring to reports of officers resisting enforcement. The vote was 60 to 20 with 19 absent as Rep. Marion Vallee criticized Bourbon Street concerns. Illinois earlier killed a similar Kefauver style bill.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Kefauver
Algie Brown
Shreveport
House of Representatives
Senate Crime Committee
Louisiana House of Representatives
Marion Vallee
Jefferson Davis Parish
Bourbon Street
New Orleans
French Quarter Avenue
Vallee
Illinois
Wallace Thompson
Senate
7 ARRESTED AS COMMUNISTS
The FBI seized 17 alleged Communist party leaders on charges of plotting to overthrow the U S government. Arrests occurred in New York City and Pittsburgh with officials saying those detained held or had held official Communist positions. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling two weeks earlier upholding convictions of 11 top leaders for conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow.
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Washington
FBI
Communist Party
United States
New York City
Pittsburgh
McGrath
J. Edgar Hoover
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Time Capsule Planned for Pershing Square Garage
Los Angeles newspaper reports a time capsule to be buried beneath the Pershing Square underground garage. The three foot high capsule weighs 225 pounds with a half inch steel wall and a screw cap. Its contents are not yet decided and the plan faces long term preservation questions.
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Los Angeles
Pershing Square
Pacific
Louisiana eyes thirteen million dollar surplus for year
Baton Rouge officials forecast a surplus of about 13 million dollars as of June 30 with potential access to 7 million more from the bond tax fund. Appropriations total 16.15 million, while receipts reach 92.81 million against 82.00 million obligations. Deficits include 5.5 million for the school fund and 1.10 million for the state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. H. Rester
Division of
House Appropriations Committee
A. P. Tugwell
Rester
Tugwell
Families Allowed To Write P. O. W. S
The government prepared a form for families to contact relatives held as prisoners of war in Korea or Communist China. The defense department notes Reds have not supplied prisoner information through the Red Cross. The form, by the Post Office, requires name rank and serial number and is addressed care of the Chinese people's committee for world peace in Peking China. No postage, but mark prisoner of war mail. Return address goes in the upper left. Through June 8, 153 Americans listed as prisoners and 10,211 as missing.
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Washington
Korea
Communist
China
Defense Department
International Red Cross
Post Office Department
Chinese People’s Committee For World Peace
Peking
U. S
Senate Procedural Fight Looms In La Legislature
Baton Rouge June 20 AP The administration seeks swift passage of all 32 bills sent by Gov Earl Long to the special session as Senate moves to receive house approved measures. Lt Gov Dodd reshuffles committees hindering Long ally control while the administration plans to suspend rules to reappoint friendly committees. The fight centers on a disputed Senate presidency and performance on the high stake $16.15 million appropriation package. The House voted 60 to 20 to kill a crime law enforcement investigation resolution. 19 did not vote.
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Baton Rouge
House
Earl Long
Long
Senate
William Dodd
Dodd
Senate Finance Committee
Highway Department
Louisiana
Yanks Bay Ten More Communist Airplanes
In Korea a fourteenth day of air combat sees 98 aircraft in a double deck dog fight as United Nations forces claim 3 Red planes destroyed and others damaged amid ground fights near Punchbowl Valley Kansong and Yanggu.
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Olen Clements
Tokyo
Korea
Punchbowl
United Nations
Kansong
Yanggu
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Hurley Attacks State Department on Concessions to Communism
Former ambassador Patrick J. Hurley testified before Senate committees on U S policy since Yalta accusing Washington of concessions to communism and fear of Russia He urged an end to a policy of appeasement while McArthur's recall letters were released in the same hearing Hurley was the eleventh witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
State Department
Yalta
U. S
Russia
Hurley
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
McArthur
State Acheson
MacArthur refuses to testify again at Senate inquiry
Washington reports Gen Douglas MacArthur declined a second invitation to testify before the joint Senate inquiry into his 1951 ouster by President Truman. In a letter to Chairman Russell he said it was not in the public interest for him to appear again, though he noted concerns about other witnesses’ testimony.
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Truman
Pacific
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
Russell
D.-Ga
Full Authority Declared Over Iran Oil Dispute
Britain’s armed forces in the Middle East were put on alert to protect nationals as an emergency cabinet session addressed the deadlock with Tehran over the nationalization of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company holdings.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Iran
Tehran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Mediterranean
Abada
Soviet Union
Abadan
Persian Gulf
AIOC
Reserves to Camp Polk for Summer Field Training
Capt Charles B Vickers announced two area reserve units will travel to Camp Polk Louisiana for a two week summer field training from July 23. Attendance is mandatory and units will coordinate vacation schedules early to avoid last minute issues. Training focuses on practical military duties and living as soldiers beyond annual armory drills.
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Charles B. Vickers
Organized Reserve Unit
Camp Polk, la
Department of the Army
Vickers
Daughter shot father after alleged choking incident
A 12 year old girl shot her father L V Hicks after he allegedly choked his wife at the Coronado Club near Monroe. Hicks was found with a .22 rifle wound to the left leg and back and remained in serious condition. No charges were filed against the girl as deputies investigated.
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L. V. Hicks
Coronado Club
Louisville Avenue
Ouachita Parish
Hicks
Buckhorn Bend
Monroe
Sheriff’s Department
Coronado
Shippers Meet With Unionists In Mediation Talks
New York June 20 ship and ILO union seamen were summoned to the same negotiation table today for the first time in the five day old tieup of Atlantic and gulf coast ports. Federal mediators scheduled the meeting after shipping operators offered some concessions.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Miracle Brain Surgery Gives Hope for Four Year Old Donny Marton
Donny Marton a four year old Canadian boy from Archerwill Saskatchewan survived a rare brain deterioration after surgery by Dr William T Grant and Dr Edward Obere. The operation in Pasadena cost nothing and follows a 3000 mile journey with his father Arthur Marton who had sought divine healing. The boy’s weight rose from 17 to 20 pounds and doctors expect a full recovery.
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Pasadena
Donny Marton
William T. Grant
Edward Obere
Arthur Marton
Archerwill
Saskatchewan
Marton
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