Dewey Retires From Politics Citing Honesty And Decency
Westbrook Pegler discusses Governor Dewey's political withdrawal as a rare honest leader. He criticizes Dewey for not leveraging information on Roosevelt and Truman during campaigns, arguing it harmed the party and moral standards. The piece contrasts Dewey's restraint with alleged faults of Roosevelt and the 1944 campaign era.
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New York
Dewey
Taft
Tom Dewey
Roosevelt
Truman
Tom
Alf Landon
Elliott
Texas Gulf
Senate
Teamsters’ Board
Washington Statter
White House
Merriman Smith
U. P. White House
Acheson Warns Allies Enter New Peace Period
In Cambridge on June 22 Secretary of State Acheson told Harvard Alumni that the United States and its allies are on the threshold of a new period in pursuit of peace. He cited Soviet ambitions as a hurdle but said war is not inevitable and stressed building strength to prevent war and foster a free world through democracy and cooperative international relations.
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Cambridge
Mass
Acheson
United States
Harvard University Alumni Association
Free World
North Atlantic
Cooperative Association of Nations
Res
Ten dollar savings tale spans centuries in Florida
A Worcester savings account started Dec 1, 1842 with a ten dollar deposit grew to $990 by 1930s. The fund, once eight percent interest, passed to daughter Mrs Mabel Oliver Ross of St. Petersburg who plans to withdraw for "good purposes." The story traces annual growth through 1865 1887 1900 WWI and the 1930s.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles D. Oliver
Worcester County Institution For Savings
Worcester
Mass
Oliver
Mabel
Oliver Ross
Ouachita Parish to Hold Special Police Jury Meeting
The Ouachita parish police jury will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday to decide on drainage in wards one and two curb service ordinance on alcohol sales and a modified stock law. Bids for drainage canals are due July 12. Clarence Kincaid reports stallions and other animals roaming wards.
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Ouachita Parish
Clarence Kincaid
Ward Four
Monroe
Dulles Warns Communism Too Weak for War Now
President says the captive world is too weak to seek war. outlines three weaknesses of Soviet bloc. MacArthur Dulles Johnson Bradley discuss aid to Formosa and Japan peace treaty. Johnson Bradley tour Okinawa and Kyoto. Yoshida meets Dulles. officials plan to pool conclusions for possible action.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
State Department
American Chamber of Commerce
Dulles
United States
Asia
MacArthur
Red
Formosa
Japan
Defense
Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Okinawa
Philippines
Bradley
Koyoto
Shigeru Yoshida
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Morrison Long Backers Fight Over New Orleans Home Rule
In Baton Rouge on June 22 supporters of Mayor Morrison and Gov. Long clash over a New Orleans home rule bill. A House committee voted 8 to 1 to amend to curtail a board power, threatening a further floor battle as lawmakers near weekend adjournment. Clem Sehrt backs Long’s faction while Sen. Ainsworth fights to keep the bill intact.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
Earl K. Long
House
House of Representatives
Senate
House Committee On
Robert Ainsworth
Clem Sehrt
Governor Long
Truman says 70 air groups unaffordable for budget
President Truman stated at a news conference that the United States cannot pay for a 70 group air force. He noted the bill only sets a ceiling and the final size depends on congressional appropriations, with "group" size varying by aircraft type.
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U.S
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Woman seeks new trial for condemned father in Alabama murder
Mary Williams, 23, New Orleans journalist, fights to prove her father Charles W. Williams innocent of the October 1949 ambush slaying of dairyman Frank Swalley near Wilsonville. A circuit court hearing on a motion for a new trial is set for Saturday before Judge W. W. Wallace.
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Columbiana
Ala
Mary
Shelby County
Swalley
Wilsonville
Williams
Atlanta
W. W. Wallace
Possible Rail Tieup Seen In Nationwide Dispute
Chicago June 22 A potential nationwide rail tieup emerged as unions threaten strike. Switchmen set Sunday as a strike date against five major lines while two unions gain legal strike power July 15. Railroads Rock Island Western Pacific Great Northern Chicago Great Western Denver Rio Grande face stoppages as wage disputes persist with presidential board recommendations contested.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Western Pacific
A. F. L. Switchmen’s Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Railway Labor Act
Brotherhood of
Order of
F. H. Nemitz
W. P. Kennedy
Farm Ownership Under Discussion
L. O. Sumrall directed 50 local Farmers Home Administration representatives in a two day planning convention at the Virginia Hotel. The session was to discuss farm ownership and housing operations for 1951, with Roy Ussery to speak 2 to 4 p.m. and closing remarks by F. L. Spender. Local delegates from ten Northeast Louisiana parishes attended.
Three Shot in Strike at Enka Morristown Plant
Three men were wounded by gunfire at the American Enka plant in Morristown Tennessee as a wage dispute sparked a shift change shooting. Bullets shattered windows and another volley at the gate drew 70 patrolmen with gas bombs. no fatalities were confirmed.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corporation
Rayon Producing
C. I. O. Textile Workers Union Local 1054
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Nashville
State Safety
Sam Neal
W. T. Shelton
Knoxville
Kingsport
Rent Control Bill Adopted in Washington
Congress approves six month extension of federal rent controls with option for six more. Truman expected to sign. Bill keeps controls on Chicago permanent accommodations and residential hotels, allows counties to decontrol unincorporated areas, and shifts policy from the original one year, no restriction aim. House vote 176 to 145. Senate 40 to 24. Alongside, Senate passes softened Hatch act penalties.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Senate-House
Chicago
White House
Plaster Dump At Redwood City Theater Hurts Dozen
An accident at the Sequoia Theater in Redwood City injures thirty spectators as tons of ornamental plaster collapse in the balcony. Fifteen require hospitalization, with one in serious condition. Mrs. Vangie Case remains unconscious hours after the fall.
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Katherine Pinkham
Redwood City
Calif
Sequoia Theater
Vangie Case
Palo Alto Hospital
Five Injured In Highway Wreck Near Ruston
Five Louisiana Tech students were injured and a Ruston man charged with negligent injury after a collision on U S highway 80, five miles west of here. Murriell O'Neal Garner, 27, was jailed in Ouachita parish. Victims include Mrs Elza Roan and Victor Davis Jr in serious condition. others, Percy Goff Charline Kaplan and George Temple, had minor injuries. The two-vehicle crash occurred as a truck tried to pass on a hill, sending the car under the trailer. all were taken to St Francis Sanitarium.
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Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Here
Murriell O'Neal Garner
Ouachita Parish
Elza Roan
Stone Avenue
Monroe
Victor Davis, Jr
Linderman Avenue
West Monroe
Mercury
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mulhearn
Tax Bill Aims to Cut Excise Taxes and Reach Senate
Washington reports a new tax bill to save consumers about 1.01 billion dollars yearly on excise imposts and place new levies on large corporations. House action is expected today with a tentative vote next Wednesday. Democrats forecast passage and hope Senate action before September 1 to cut taxes on fur coats jewelry movies cosmetics pocketbooks travel tickets and many other items.
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Washington
House
Senate
State's Efforts To Aid Farmers Told By Thos. See
Several hundred North Louisiana farmers attended the annual field day at the north Louisiana experiment station to inspect the grounds and learn about agricultural programs. Thomas W. Leigh, chairman of the LSU board of supervisors, urged unity between the university and the people, stressing that Louisianans must invest in a strong land grant system and noting that about one third of university spending supports agriculture.
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Thos
North Louisiana
North Louisiana Experiment Station
Thomas W. Leigh
L. S. A. Board of Supervisors
State University
Louisiana
Coplon New Trial Plea Set In Espionage Case
Washington hears Judith Coplon make a bid for a new trial on grounds of newly discovered evidence. Leonard Boudin leads the defense as her husband, Albert Socolov, not expected to participate. Coplon had dual convictions in Washington and New York totaling 55 years, with co‑defendant Valentin Gubitchev also sentenced. Judge John L. Reeves, who presided over the 1949 trial, hears the proceedings.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Judith Coplon
Leonard Boudin
New York
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
Albert H. Socolov
Socolov
New York City
United States
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
United Nations
John L. Reeves
Kansas City
Have You Registered Vote Deadline Noted in Parish Notice
A parish election notice explains that voters may remain registered in their old precinct for up to three months after moving within the same parish and may return to vote in the old precinct for the July primaries if not transferring. Those who moved before April 25 should update registration. Ouachita residents must visit the registrar on the courthouse's second floor. The deadline to register for the July 25 primaries is Saturday, June 2.
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Ouachita Parish
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