Jacobs summoned for hearing on union democracy in labor
Westbrook Pegler reports that Rep Andrew Jacobs Democrat Indiana a freshman congressman and self described Indianapolis labor lawyer has prompted a U S marshal to summon him to a hearing by a House subcommittee on education and labor He vows to testify that the Democratic party is corrupt and that unions including the Carpenters and Teamsters unions in Indianapolis are parasitic and exploiting workers He criticizes Jacobs and the labor movement while defending his stance on union democracy and political exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Jacobs
Indiana
Congress
Indianapolis
United States
House Committee On Education and Labor
American Republic
Jacobs
American Federation of Labor
Carpenters
Teamsters
Czech Church Leaders Charge Czechoslovakia With Kidnapping
In Prague the Roman Catholic Church accused the Communist government of deceit fraud kidnaping and robbery as it declared an hour of trial for Czech Catholics. Archbishops Beran and Matocha and the country’s bishops warned no church state agreement is possible and urged priests to stand firm despite police seizure of printing equipment and threats of jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Church of Christ
Josef Beran
Josef Matocha
Olomouc
Beran
St. Vitus
Canada votes as St Laurent faces Drew in national election
Canadians cast ballots from Yukon to Newfoundland deciding whether Liberal leader Louis St Laurent will keep the 14 year rule or a Progressive Conservative government under George Drew. Quebec's decisive 73 of 262 seats looms large as Duplessis and Houde back Drew, while St Laurents age 67 and Liberal lineage under ex PM King frame the high stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Drew
House of Commons
St. Laurent
Quebec
Drew
Maurice Duplessis
Camillien Houde
Canada
Montreal
Duplessis
Claude
Ontario
Houde
United States
W. L. MacKenzie King
Liberal Party
Housing Measure Passage Forecast
Washington June 27 AP House Speaker Rayburn said he told President Truman the House will pass a pretty good housing bill no later than tomorrow. The measure includes new low cost public housing and slum clearance as a major part of Truman's fair deal program. Senate Majority Leader Lucas is mentioned as part of the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
House
Washington
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Truman
Senate
Berlin Strike to End Tuesday
Berlin reported four power talks on Germany to be revived tomorrow afternoon. The five week rail strike that has blocked Berlin is set to end in the morning with a meeting of four deputy military governors at the Allied control authority building. The strike's impact on the Paris four power accords and airlift was cited as justification for ending the stoppage. The UGO rail union expanded from 3,000 to 14,000 members after winning wage boosts and currency changes. The strike outcome included salaries paid in west marks and conversion of east salaries to west marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Allied Control Authority
Paris
Anti- Communist Railway Union
UGO
West Berlin
Higher rents may be allowed under rent control act
Washington June 27 about a million landlords may seek rent ceiling increases under the 1949 rent control act. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods said his offices have handed out about a million application blanks and that four new orders may raise rents for landlords who add services or improvements. Local rent directors are given wide leeway for remodeling decorating and new equipment. Woods cited that spending 100 on each of 14 000 000 dwellings could inject 1 400 000 000 in jobs and sales. The act sets target net operating income thresholds for small and large landlords with different permitted increases. Local offices are overwhelmed with inquiries, and about 1 000 000 forms distributed but not yet acted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe E. Woods
Wooda
Woods
Congress
Clifford White's Body Recovered After Drowning
Monroe firemen recovered the body of Clifford White 35 a fisherman who drowned in the Ouachita river Saturday afternoon. The body was found at 8 am near a high line crossing by Captain J L Griffin and David Cantrell. Coroner Dr J T French termed it a drowning pending investigation. A coroner's inquiry is tentatively set for 2 pm Wednesday. White, a Ouachita parish native, leaves a wife and five children. Funeral services are set for 11 am Tuesday at Ouachita Cemetery Sterlington with interment by Hall Funeral Home.
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Monroe
Clifford White
Ouachita River
White
J. L. Griffin
David Cantrell
Monroe Fire Department
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Elizabth
Doris
Grace
Douglas
David
Maggie White
Ouachita Cemetery
Sterlington
Tyler J. Seals
Hall Funeral Home
Kim Koo Assassinated in Seoul Amid Mystery
June 27 Seoul reports the 73 year old Kim Koo head of the Korean Independence party was slain in his guarded home. Police identified the killer as an army lieutenant and party member. Four officers confronted the assailant and beat him unconscious after shots rang out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Kim Koo
Kim
Korean Independence Party
Koo
Korean Pacific Press Agency
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Ahn
Bombed British ship Anchises refloated in Shanghai
The Anchises, bombed last Tuesday by Nationalists, was refloated and towed to a wharf while its engine room remained flooded. Shanghai agents Butterfield and Swire reported no full damage assessment yet. The port closure by Communists continued amid rain and low clouds preventing air attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Anchises
Peiping
Hsin Hwa
Chang Chi- Chung
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
China
Chang
Yangtze
Coplon Defense Finishes Case In Espionage Trial
Washington June 27 The defense in the Judith Coplon espionage trial finished its case as jurors heard brief final witnesses Archibald Palmer then rest the defense. The government began rebuttal with William Foley Miss Coplon’s boss at the Justice Department who disputed her claim about an F B I decoy memorandum. Prosecutors said Foley would be followed by Nathan Leavin and Harold P Koffsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
Amtorg
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Kelley
Raymond P. Whearty
Foley
Nathan Leavin
Harold P. Koffsky
Whearty
Prison inmate charged with murder in jail death
In Baton Rouge a 22 year old convict, Philip Arena, faces a murder charge in the death of 38 year old Thomas Jordan at East Baton Rouge parish jail. Witnesses say Arena kicked Jordan in the neck as he lay on the floor during a fight in the breakfast line. The case will be presented to the grand jury on July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
Sargent Pitcher, Jr
Philip Arena
Thomas Jordan
Greenville
Joseph B. Kling, Jr
Arena
New Orleans
Angola
Kling
Jordan
J. C. Watson
Parish
Pitcher
Airlift marks first birthday with quiet Berlin flight
The airlift's 235,314th flight landed five tons of steel wool and textiles at Tempelhof at noon. Lt. Michael B. Seeley and Lt. W. R. Blackburn flew the anniversary mission, unaware until told by reporters. The square in front of the field was dedicated as Platz der Luftbruecke Airlift Plaza. The operation has cost 51 lives and 250 million dollars in its first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tempelhof
Michael B. Seeley
Bakersfield
Calif
One Killed and Four Hurt in Monroe Weekend Accidents
A Negro worker Jewell Bass, 34, was killed when hit by a southbound Missouri Pacific passenger train near the Missouri Pacific and Illinois Central crossings at 11:20 p m Sunday. Injured in two automobile collisions were Forrest Day, 19. Mrs B B Bass, 1027 East Madison Bastrop. Nell Harris, Rayville. and Mrs Inez McHenry. Bass was said to be seated on the rail eating a pie when struck by Train No 103, driven by Charles Drennan. Day suffered a fractured left wrist after colliding with a car driven by J C Clark on 3800 DeSiard street. Bass died at Conway Memorial hospital. The report notes Day was intoxicated. (Continued on Ninth Page)
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Monroe
Jewell Bass
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central
Forrest Day
Bros
B. B. Bass
East
Madison Street
Bastrop
Nells Harris
Rayville
Inez McHenry
Bass
J. T. French
Charles Drennan
Conway Memorial Hospital
Mulhearn
Eros
J. C. Clark
Lake View Courts
Day
Woman-bilker Engel held in jail near Chicago
Sigmund Engel a 73 year old con man known for swindling wealthy widows was held to the grand jury on a confidence game charge. Bond set at 50000, hearing adjourned to July 14 on a fugitive warrant from Los Angeles. A federal warrant for interstate stolen property may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sigmund Engel
Matthew D. Hartigan
Los Angeles
Corrine Perry
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Hollywood
Edward J. Ryan
U. S. District Attorney
Ryan
Michigan Avenue
Lash And Burning Cross Shadow Hangs Over Dixie
Ben Price reports in Atlanta on a wave of racially motivated violence across Alabama Tennessee and Georgia since February including lynchings floggings cross burnings bombings and intimidation with no convictions. Violent incidents focus around Chattanooga Birmingham Dora Coaltown and a 500 member American Legion committee forming to aid law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Price
Atlanta
Dixie
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Blue Hills
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birm
Dora
Ala
Coaltown
American Legion
Birmingham
3 Day Miner Work Sought For Soft Coal Talks
Pittsburgh June 27. Coal operators and United Mine Workers leaders met to discuss a possible three day work week during negotiations for a new pact. John L. Lewis proposed keeping miners at work after the current contract expires if a uniform three day week is adopted, or else a shutdown of all bituminous mines. Key decisions were expected at George H. Love's conference as talks resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Coal Operated
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Northern
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Lewis
Boy Dies In Abandoned Oil Pit Near Shreveport
Wascom Texas nine year old Maurice E Crow drowned in an abandoned oil pit three quarters of a mile from the Louisiana Texas line in Caddo parish. About six feet of water filled the pit. A teen aged youth pulled the boy from the water and later oil field workers recovered his body. Survivors include his parents three brothers John W Tommy Joe and Billy Reed Crow all of Wascom and three sisters Mrs Normal Amiral Warren RI Mrs Eugene Green Frysburg and Lola Fay Crow of Wascom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Wascom
Texas
Maurice E. Crow
Caddo Parish
John W
Tommy Joe
Billy Reed Crow
Normal Amiral
Warren, R. I
Eugene Green
Frysburg
Lola Fay Crow
Counterfeit Raid Nets Nearly $100,000 Seized Near White House
Secret Service agents seized almost $100,000 in counterfeit bills from an office at 1807 H Street NW near the White House. Four men and a woman were arrested, including Eugene Creighton and Walter Kidwell who admitted manufacturing the notes. The bills were produced in April and spent in a countrywide tour that yielded limited success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
White House
Treasury
H Street
Northwest
World Bank
Eugene Hammon Creighton
Walter Wilbur Kidwell
William F. Hughes
Josephine
Arthur M. Behar
The
Creighton and Kidwell
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Memphis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Atlanta
Richmond
Baltimore
Night riding probe to open in Washington week
A congressional inquiry into Alabama night riding violence moves forward this week despite Southern opposition. Representative Byrne says the investigation will proceed with a new witness, Paul Trawick, editor of Union News in Jasper, along with two other newspaper writers on the witness list. Alabama lawmakers demand no federal interference and Governor Folsom says Alabama will handle the issue locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Lucas
Rayburn
Truman
Night Riders
Byrne
Dn.y
House Judiciary
Alabama
Representative Battle
D-Ala
Washington
New York
House
Paul Trawick
Union News
Jasper
Ala
Congress
James E. Folsom
War veteran wounds self in Franklin parish death by own action
Jesse Jones a 33 year old overseas army veteran wounded himself in the right shoulder in a death by own action attempt near Columbia Franklin parish Saturday night after chasing a taxi driver from his farm home. He was transferred to Alexandria Veterans Hospital after initial treatment from a Winnsboro physician. Sheriff Hiram Waller and deputies investigated.
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Winnsboro
Columbia
Franklin Parish
Alexandria
Waller
Jones
Gulfport
North Little Rock
Ellis Tarver
Elmer Wiggins
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Pegler
By Richard Kasischke
Nation
Toronto
Yukon
Newfoundland
Louis St. Laurent
Board of Anti-Communist Union
Ill
Mr. Truman
Happy Widow
Sigmund Z. Engel
Town Hall
Pete Harlib
Coplon
Archibald Palmer
John M. Kelley, Jr
William E. Foley
Negro Missouri Pacific
Bilker
Lash
Burning Cross
Ingham
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