Fair Enough on Connecticut Democrats and the ADA
A June New York analysis argues Connecticut Democrats have been overtaken by the American Labor and Liberal parties, with Governor Bowles tied to the ADA. It claims the Democratic label serves as a front for foreign and labor interests and notes intra party shifts and cross endorsements in recent campaigns.
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New York
New England
Connecticut
Americans For Democratic Action
Democratic Party
Bowles
American Labor Party
Communist Party
Liberal Party
Garment Workers Union
Four Freedoms Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
Ben Shalleck
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers
Four Freedoms
Shallock
George Sokolsky
Stalin
Hitler
Israel
House of Representatives
McCormack
Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Kelley
Southern
Baltimore
H. P. Shapiro
Burnside Avenue
East Hartford
Conn
Justice Department
Shapiro
Miss Coplen
Louisiana adopts guide for child adoption procedure
Baton Rouge, June 22. A state booklet “How to Adopt a Child in Louisiana” provides readable guidance on adoption steps, agency roles, and legal safeguards. It endorses licensed agencies, notes simplified court procedures, and outlines agency checks to reduce defects while matching child and parents on key traits.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Senators See Labor Backing for Compromise Bill
Senate sponsors of a labor bill claimed broad worker support after a Petrillo telegram praising Douglas and Aiken for pursuing a compromise. Petrillo said 98 percent of organized labor would back them while Taft backed the rival seizure injunction plan. Morse delayed his speech as the Senate debated economy, government reorganization, the Maritime Commission, and appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
A. F. L. American Federation of Musicians
Douglas
D-Ill
Aiken
R-Vt
John L. Lewis
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Morse
R-Ore
Maritime Commission
Racial clash erupts at St. Louis pool
In St Louis a clash between Negro and white swimmers broke out at a city pool over a desegregation rule. Police boosted patrols after 11 injured, two seriously, as crowds of up to 5,000 gathered at Fairground Park. Mayor Darst rescinded the desegregation order amid the violence.
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ST. Louis
Joseph M. Darst
Fairground Park
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Four Alarm Fire On Potomac Waterfront Controlled
A four alarm fire on Washington D C Potomac river waterfront was controlled at dawn after battering a block of restaurants and fish markets. Fire began about 2 27 a m and burned for about two hours in the downtown area near municipal docks. Much property belonged to the District of Columbia as smoke draped the capital.
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Washington
Potomac River
District of Columbia
Capitol
Anti masking bill pushed to curb Ku Klux Klan power
In Montgomery on June 22 the Alabama House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an anti masking bill to unmask the Ku Klux Klan and any hooded group. Klan leaders urged defeat as Baptist minister Alvin Hern testified against the measure. The bill, already passed by the state Senate, heads back to the House for possible passage next Tuesday.
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House Committee
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
House
Judiciary Committee
Ku Klux Klan
House of Representatives
Alvin Hern
Talladega
House Judiciary Committee
State Senate
Horn
Sen
Henry Mize
Tus
Navy Gets Longer Reach and Hardened Air Arm
The Navy plans convert two 27,000 ton carriers Essex and Wasp with beefed up flight decks larger elevators and stronger catapults to handle long range patrol bombers and jet fighters. cost about 80 million dollars, financed by canceling a 65,000 ton supercarrier project.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Truman
National War College
United States
National Defense
Capitol Hill
Representative Short
R.-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
State surveys surplus property in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 22 state agencies are to report unused property to the division of administration for inventory and redistribution commissioner J H Rester said preliminary reports indicate several thousand dollars worth of property will be repurposed.
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Baton Rouge
Division of Administration
Full Board Backs West Monroe High
The Ouachita parish school board unanimously supported a resolution urging official steps toward building a West Monroe high school. Offered by Felix Terzia ward 3, the measure aimed to depoliticize the issue amid a peaceful two and a half hour meeting.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Felix Terzia
Ward 3
Mitchell
Terzia
Steam kills five seamen aboard Prin cess Astrid after mine strike
Dunkerque France June 22 five Belgian seamen died when steam from the engine room flooded the vessel Prin cess Astrid after it hit a mine and sank four miles off the coast. Twenty of 415 passengers were wounded as rescuers pulled survivors from the wreck.
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Dunkerque
France
Channel
Strikers In Berlin To Restore Traffic
Western Berlin railway strikers decided to restore interzonal freight movements to normal without ending their walkout. Workmen will report to West Berlin marshalling yards to prepare for untangling the five week chaos and freight trains from West Germany to Berlin will move by Friday. An American official urged leaders to consider Berlin’s welfare over union interests.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
W. T. Babcock
United States
Ernst Reuter
West
Kellogg Witness in Washington Protests European Recovery Spending
Westchester County businessmen led by A. R. Trapp urged Congress to cut federal spending to match government income. The group spoke to the senate appropriations committee after questioning Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman. Others including Lawrence Kellogg of Kellogg Lumber Co plan to testify on European Recovery Program spending.
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Washington
Westchester County
N. Y
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Paul Hoffman
New York
Westchester
A. R. Trapp
Eastchester
Lawrence Kellogg
Kellogg Lumber Co
Monroe
LeBlanc Attacks Southern Bell Rate Increases
Louisiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc condemned the Louisiana Public Service Commission for approving rate hikes by Southern Bell. He argued the FCC may study long distance reductions, but current rates unequally compare cities, and the PSC lacks authority to raise rates without proof of eight percent earnings. He cited 40,000 subscribers lacking service and questioned legal basis for the ruling.
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Lafayette
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Louisiana Public Service Company
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
LeBlanc
Federal Communications Commission
Lake Charles
Birmingham
New Orleans
Little Rock
Shreveport
Memphis
Bogalusa
Public Service Commission
Acheson to report on Paris talks and pact pace
Secretary of State Acheson heads for the Senate to report on the Paris foreign ministers meeting and press for quicker action on the Atlantic Pact and arms program. President Truman urged no slackening in foreign policy as Acheson returns, and outlined cautious progress toward a German unification framework and Austria’s independence treaty.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate
Paris
Truman
Germany
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Austria
Judge Frankfurter Witness for Hiss
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter testified that Alger Hiss had an excellent reputation for loyalty integrity and veracity in the perjury trial. He recalled recommending Hiss for a law clerk post in 1929 while Hiss was finishing Harvard Law School.
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New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Etryker
Frankfurter
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard Law School
Congress to probe hooded flogging in Alabama
Representative Cel ler will head a civil rights subcommittee inquiry into hooded flogging around Birmingham. Witnesses will be subpoenaed as the FBI and local officials navigate disputed jurisdiction. The dispute touches on mobility of federal action and the scope of local authority amid mob violence.
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House Judiciary Group
Representative Celler
Washington
Celler
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
Byrne
Birmingham
J. Edgar Hoover
Judiciary Committee
D-N.y
D-N. Y
Walter
D-Pa
Judiciary
un-American Activities Committees
Justice Department
Congress
Navy ships and planes watch for U boat off Florida coast
Miami, June 22. Navy ships and planes searched 5000 square miles from Miami to Jacksonville for a reported unidentified submarine near Banana River rocket base. No submarine was sighted after a 24 hour search. radar targets were investigated. The guided missile range near Banana River is set to open July 1.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Jacksonville
Banana River
R. C. Knowles
USN
Navy
VP 23
Key West
Coast
Sabath and Cox In House Floor Altercation On Housing Bill
An on-floor clash erupted between Rep Sabath and Rep Cox over the housing bill. Eye witness Walter said Cox slapped Sabath, who countered with a right, before others separated them. The melee occurred during a quorum call as debate on the measure started.
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Washington
Sabath
D.-lll
Cox
D.-Ga
Waleter
D.-Pa
Walter
Truman
Eight More Polio Patients Admitted In Texas
San Angelo Texas June 22 Eight more polio patients were in San Angelo hospitals today Texans warned the disease is increasing over the state. State Health Officer Dr George W Cox said 107 polio cases were reported for the week ending June 18 up from 97 the prior week. The year total reached 570 cases from 89 counties, compared with 502 cases from 59 counties last year.
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San Angelo
Tex
George W. Cox
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