Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler
Pegler questions U.S. policy toward Soviet Russia and calls for full disclosure of facts about General Eisenhower. He discusses Kevin McCann’s Eisenhower statement and notes editor Virginius Dabney’s request for justification of his claim about Eisenhower’s writings.
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Soviet Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Kevin McCann
Defiance College of Defiance
Columbia University
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Hearst
McCann
Berlin
Virginius Dabney
Times Dispatch
Richmond
Pine Beetle Grows In Ferocity In Mississippi
The Mississippi Forestry Commission reports the southern pine beetle is the worst in 60 years, expanding across six counties Adams Wilkinson Jefferson Amite Franklin and Claiborne. In eight days 186 new outbreaks were found, with 460 infestations total and 151 under control. A joint control committee of state and federal agencies mobilizes private landowners to halt spread. The beetles attack inner bark, killing trees as millions of eggs hatch and spread to new areas.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Forestry Department
Adams
Wilkinson
Jefferson
Amite
Franklin
Claiborne
James W. Craig
Craig
Mississippi Forestry Commission
U. S. Forestry Service
C O C to Host Barbecue in Ouachita Valley Fairgrounds
Plans for a July 10 barbecue at the Ouachita Valley Fairgrounds involve Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Ouachita parish industrial committee inviting the new staff to a get acquainted meeting. Organizers expect 400 attendees with ample food and refreshments.
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Ouachita Valley Fairgrounds
Monroe - West Monroe
Floyd Ferrell
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish health director Dr. W Carroll Summer announced two new polio cases. Kennell White Guillory, 28, a Black woman of 205 Jackson street, and Rickey Lynn Brock, 21, of 1909 1/2 Jackson street, fell ill in June and were treated at the Alexandria polio center. This brings Ouachita’s total to eight cases this year with four in the last two days.
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Ouachita Parish
W. Carroll Summer
Kennell White Guillory
Jackson Street
Rickey Lynn Brock
Alexandria
Brock
Summer
Slot Machines Quickly Missing Delhi
In Delhi, slot machines have disappeared after orders from E. E. Hill, newly elected sheriff of Richland parish. Deputy Edgar Duncan found no machines in operation during an inspection. Mayor Roy Snider was told to forbid their operation, with the mayor noting he would not perform duties for the sheriff. Hill campaigned claiming he would not interfere when machines are municipal owned and profits aid civic needs. City owned machines are taxed by state and federal governments.
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Delhi
E. E. Hill
Richland Parish
Edgar Duncan
Opera
Sheriff Hill
Roy Snider
Hill
Steel Pinch Harms Families In Auto Strike Era
Welfare offices report rising relief requests as the 650000 CIO steelworkers strike halts production. Nearly 775000 workers idle nationwide, with 125000 in allied industries. GM orders layoffs of over 12000, plus 2400 at Chevrolet Flint and Detroit. In Mahoning County and Pittsburgh, relief offices field dozens of applications daily as families struggle to pay rent and buy basics.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Allied Industries
General Motors
Chevrolet
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Elizabeth Huddy
Norman
General Brink Killed in Pentagon Office Tragedy
Brig. Gen. Francis G. Brink 58, top U S military figure in Indo China, was found fatally shot in a third floor Pentagon office. Officials said suicide likely with three chest wounds and a small automatic pistol beside him. Brink died en route to Walter Reed Hospital.
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Washington
Francis G. Brink
America
Indo-China
Pentagon
Brink
Far East
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
A. Magruder MacDonald
Orient
Friends
Acheson
U. S
Collins
Singapore
Marathon
N.Y
Cornell University
Louisiana State Unversity
Warren Warren predicts Warren to play cagey in Chicago
Senator Knowland argues Warren may wait through Republican convention ballots to avoid early delegation votes. He predicts a deadlock could yield Warren as a compromise candidate if Eisenhower and Taft fail to clinch the nomination at the July 7 Chicago meeting. Warren’s California delegation totals 70 votes plus six from Wisconsin.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
Earl Warren
Dwight Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
Warren
Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Wisconsin
Sacramento
Calif
Coon Wins Race For Mayor In Monroe Primary
John E. Coon was elected mayor of Monroe in yesterday's second primary with 6,075 votes to 4,584 for W. L. Jack Howard. Incumbent Frank X. Cline was re-elected commissioner of finance and utilities with 5,844 votes to 4,704 for Fred S. Millsaps.
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John E. Coon
Monroe
Coon
W. L
Jack” Howard
Frank X. Cline
Finance
Utilities
Fred S. Millsaps
Cline
Millsaps
George Breece
Jack Howard
Dean
Frank Cline
Delhi Man Shot In Hand While Fishing
H. P. Wilson, 68, of Delhi, was shot in the hand early Tuesday on Bayou Mason while fishing with his wife. He is listed in serious condition at the Delhi clinic. Richland parish deputies investigated but had no information at noon. Wilson did not shoot himself. he had no gun. He is father of R. L. Wilson, Sr., of West Monroe.
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H. P. Wilson
Delhi
Bayou Mason
Richland Parish
Wilson
R. L. Wilson
North Second Street
West Monroe
Taft Confident Ahead of Chicago Nomination Fight
Sen. Robert Taft boasts more than 600 delegates as a possible first ballot win at the Republican convention in Chicago. He plans to press Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania sessions, insisting the effort is strategic and not rushed. He plays calm, asserting no on-the-spot converts and continues seeking additional delegates.
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Relman Morin
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Charlottesville
Taft
Earler
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Hershey
Tru
Truman vetoes overhaul bill asimmigration quota debate ends
President Truman vetoed the McCarran-Walter immigration overhaul bill, calling it unjust and too costly. He warned the measure would perpetuate injustices and hamper freedom efforts, citing its 154 658 yearly admitted foreigners and nation by nation quotas.
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Washington
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Rep. Walter
Dpa
McCarran-Walter
United States
U. S
Mrs. Alice Brennan Dies After 53 Years in Monroe
Mrs. Alice Brennan 74 widow of Joe Brennan died early this morning in a local sanitarium. A Monroe resident 53 years she was born in Helena Arkansas and moved here in 1899. She lived at 123 Malvern Street and belonged to the First Church of the Nazarene. Funeral at 10 a m Friday at the Nazarene with Rev Daniel Stafford officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. Survived by two daughters Mrs E W Miller and Mrs Alson Smith both of Monroe one son Ray Brennan Monroe one sister Mrs Will Duncan Skitook Okla three grandchildren pallbearers listed.
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Alice Brennan
Joe Joseph Brennan
Hall Funeral Home
Riverview
E. W. Miller
Alson Smith
Monroe
Ray Brennan
Will Duncan
Skitook
Okla
John Joseph
Everett Johnson
Roy Cagle, Jr
Frank Ryan
Vincent Savanna
S. P. Quigley
Wage Dispute Talks Over 28 Cent Demand With 5 Cent Offer
In Los Angeles 25000 aircraft workers and company officials pressed a wage dispute as a midnight strike loomed. Cyrus Ching of the Federal Mediation Service urged postponement and Washington talks to avert loss of Sabre jet production. The union seeks 28 cents an hour under a wage reopening clause. the company offers 5 cents. The average wage is 1.6742 per hour.
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Los Angeles
Korea
Washington
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
CIO
United Auto Workers
North American Aviation Corp
California
Columbus
Defense Department
Ching
Air Force
Far East
North American
Harry Malcom
Malcom
FBI Probes $1500 Bank Robbery in Vacherie Louisiana
FBI investigates a Bank of Vacherie robbery where two employees were locked in the vault room by a young gunman who fled with 1500 dollars in silver. Assistant cashier Louis Rome and clerk J B Falgoust summoned aid from inside the ventilated vault. The bandit, about 30 with light hair, escaped. no injuries reported. Vacherie lies about 45 miles west of New Orleans on the Mississippi River.
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Vacherie
FBI
Bank of
Louis L. Rome
J. B. Falgoust
Ferdinand Falgoust
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Police Clamp Down as Reds Clash in Tokyo Station
About 2,500 Korean and Japanese Communists attacked Shinjuku station with firebombs and clubs as police in steel helmets broke the crowd after a four hour joint meeting. Dozens were hurt, 102 demonstrators jailed in Osaka area amid anti American rioting following a Korean War anniversary. An American general was injured.
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Tokyo
Shinjuku Station
Osaka
Japan
House Vote On Controls At Hand
Washington D C lawmakers moved to end most price controls and consider joining the Senate in asking President Truman to invoke the Taft Hartley Act to secure an 80 day no strike injunction over the steel dispute. The administration has resisted and argues Congress cannot compel this action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Howard Smith
D-Va
Angry Senate Presses For TH Vote
Washington debate over using the Taft Hartley Act in the steel strike tightens as the House votes on a direct request to President Truman. Republicans attack, Democrats caution against escalation, while leaders note a GOP Southern Democrat coalition controls the House.
Ike to Deliver Denver Speech in Stockyards Coliseum
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower refines his domestic policy outline for a Denver audience of about 12 000 at the Stockyards Coliseum with a CBS nationwide broadcast set for 9 30 p m EST. He again declines to detail specific problems while rallying Colorado supporters.
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Denver
Dwight D. Fisenhower
New Stockyards Coliseum
Eisenhower
Colorado
CBS
Dallas
Grand Jury To Probe Lattimore Tip In Seattle
A federal grand jury will convene in Seattle Friday forenoon after a Seattle Times report of a phony tip claiming Owen Lattimore planned a trip behind the Iron Curtain. The FBI reportedly found the tip false, and the State Department had barred Lattimore's departure.
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Seattle
Owen Lattimore
Seattle Times
U.S
The
Times
Lattimore
FBI
State Department
Johns Hopkins University
Senate
Domestic help ad seeks quick hire in Lee household
Help wanted notice from Mr E M Lee at 1413 South 4th seeking a white settled lady for baby care and general housework. Phone 20302. suitable candidate found on the third day. Want ads offer low seven-time plan with cancellation privileges. Call 5161.
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E. M. Lee
South 4Th
Mr. Lee
Want Ads
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