Truman ties to Pendergast gang in Missouri past
WESTBROOK PEGLER reports President Truman on a western trip referenced his ties to the Tom Pendergast political machine in Jackson County Missouri. The writer likens the machine to the Capone gang, noting its control of local politics and the poll-paying support of the underworld. The piece recounts Truman’s early political rise within the Pendergast circle and hints at broader implications for his presidency.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Jackson County
Capone
Chicago
Pendergast
Senate
Otto Higgins
Kansas City Star
Non- Communist Oath Upheld By Federal Tribunal
A two to one federal court ruling upholds Taft Hartley provisions requiring non- Communist affidavits from union officers and financial statements. Judge Rifkind dissented, labeling the oath ban a violation of free speech and assembly. The decision concerned an NLRB action blocking a Woolworths union certification election due to officers lacking oaths.
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New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Simon F. Rifkind
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
NLRB
F. W. Woolworth and Company
C. I. O. Wholesale and Warehouse Union
Knutson Eyes 1959 Run To Continue Tax Program
Washington June 30 Congresssman Knutson of Minnesota says he may run again this fall after 32 years in office. As Ways and Means chairman he backs a $500 million tax cut next year and predicts broad financial strength for a larger 15 percent cut in 1959. He plans a decision after a summer gallstone operation and then will depart for home.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
House “Ways and Means
House
Senate
Rail wage dispute hangs on court ruling
Washington June 30 The rail wage case looms as Justice Goldsborough is to decide tomorrow on a permanent no strike order. Union chiefs and airline reps met with John Steelman amid reports of no progress while the army runs the lines and 190,000 union members stay on the job. The unions sought higher raises and rule changes, after a May threat to strike was averted when Truman placed rail lines under army control.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Alvanley Johnston
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen's Union
T. Alan Goldsborough
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
Army
Goldsborough
Truman
Local Homestead Pays Dividend
The People's Homestead and Savings Association plans four percent dividend checks for stockholders. President Sam Humphries reports an unusually prosperous year and states the institution aims to serve stockholders and the public to the best possible advantage.
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The
People’s Homestead and Savings Association
Sam Humphries
Humphries
Berlin crisis deepens as Marshall pledges action
Secretary Marshall stated the United States will deal promptly with questions raised by the Soviet blockade of Berlin while staying in the city. In London Bevin noted Allies may approach the Kremlin to settle the crisis. American B 29s in Europe reach 39. A Russian barrage balloon caused a brief scare over the food lifeline to Berlin before officials clarified range limits and altitude restrictions.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Berlin
London
Ernest Bevin
Kremlin
Army Air Force
Europe
Madgeburg
U. S. Air Force
Truman May Withdraw Casts Shadow On 1952 Campaign
Associated Press reports Republicans push foreign policy ahead while Democrats stress domestic issues like cost of living. Senator O Mahoney says high prices and GOP Congress inaction on Truman program key in the campaign. Leon Henderson suggests Truman may bow to a draft and withdraw, noting Eisenhower or Douglas could imperil Truman’s renomination if they enter.
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Associated Press
Washington
O'Mahoney
Republican Congress
Truman
Democratic Platform Committee
Philadelphia
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
OPA
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
Eisenhower
Henderson
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Britain Ends 31 Years Occupation of Palestine
In Haifa on June 30 Britain withdrew the last troops ending 31 years of military rule in the Holy Land. Lt Gen Gordon H A MacMillan was the final commander to depart as the Union Jack came down. UN observers, curfews, and tanks surrounded the harbor as ships prepared to sail.
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Robert Hewett
Haifa
Israel
Palestine
Holy Land
Gordon H. A. MacMillan
Britain
United Nations
Cairo
Jamil Mardam Bey
Mardam Bey
Joseph Hoffman
Baltimore
U. N
Louisiana House defeats states rights ballot bill
In Baton Rouge on June 30, a Louisiana House vote 45 to 9 defeated a proposed states rights ballot bill. Rep. Algie D. Brown said he would seek another vote. The measure would let registered Democrats or Republicans sign papers to place presidential candidates from other groups on the ballot, bypassing the current 100-voter petition limit. Brown argued the bill would empower Democrats amid civil rights debates, while critics warned of multiple candidates on the slate. The Legislature earlier urged the state Democratic committee to oppose Truman, with uncommitted delegates named to the convention.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Algie D. Brown
Caddo
Brown
House
Tidelands
Byrd
General Eisenhower
J. H. Anderson
Vernon
Henry Wallace
Anderson
Democratic State Central Committee
Long Veto on Minimum Salary for Hospital Attendants
Gov. Earl K. Long vetoed Senate Bill 85 which would set a minimum salary for state hospital attendants at 100 dollars a month without maintenance or 70 dollars with maintenance. He ordered investigations to consider raises and higher standards, noting budgets did not account for the cost and the state fund’s condition. The veto also blocked a New Orleans bid threshold measure and a bill for an extra judge, while approving an eight cent cigarette tax to take effect September 15.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Senate
Sen
E. M. Toler
Clinton
14Th Judicial District
May End Aid If War Goods Sent to Red Bloc Nations
E C A Administrator Paul G Hoffman warned that American aid could be halted to any Marshall plan country sending war potential goods to Soviet bloc nations. He spoke at a news conference amid questions over British jet engine sales to Russia. The policy covers both U S recovery goods financed with E C A funds and products of the 16 Marshall plan countries. The guidance uses the commerce department list of contraband to Russia as a standard. The briefing closed E C A's first quarter with 731 million dollars set aside for European recovery shipments, about 56 percent of the original unofficial goal.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Russia
Hoffman
U. S
Commerce Department
Iron Curtain
Roosevelt granddaughter to wed Oregon City man in July
Anna Eleanor Sistie Boettiger, granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, will marry Van H. Seagraves, 25, of Oregon City, Oregon. The ceremony is set for July 7 in Phoenix, with Eleanor Roosevelt attending. Seagraves is a Navy veteran and a packing firm salesman, plans to live in Portland after the wedding.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor (Sistie) Boettiger
White House
van H. Seagraves
Charles Seagraves
Oregon City
Ore
Seagraves
John Boettiger
Sistie
Eleanor Roosevelt
Boettiger
Curtis
Buzzie
New York
Curtis Dall
Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Boettigers
Seattle
Wash
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
Lake Geneva
Wis
Reed College
Portland
J.g
Naval Reserve
Louisiana Senate Approves Massive State Budget Motion
Baton Rouge June 20 The Louisiana Senate moves into the day with a total two year state appropriation of 388.6 million dollars passing after minor changes. The house passed general appropriations totaling 263 million with smaller line items including 2.5 million to public works and a 1.9 million highway fund proposal to distribute road money. Debate arises over a flat 30 thousand dollar annual road fund for parishes and a potential amendment to raise it to about 2.17 million, which could trigger a veto.
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Senate
Lessley P. Gardiner
Opelousas
House
Angola
Department of Public Works
Frank Gipson
New Orleans
Charles E. Tooke, Jr
Shreveport
Yugoslavs propose Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and Albania
The Yugoslav Communist party asserted independence from outside domination and proposed a Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and Albania, calling for a strengthened army. Bulgaria responded that relations with Yugoslavia remain sound amid Cominform criticism of Tito, while Cominform accuses Tito of drifting toward the West.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Kremlin
Tito
Soviet
Russia
Alex Singleton
London
Yugoslav Communist Party
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
Cominsform
Cominform
Bulgars
Pravda
Communist Party
Bulgar
Yugoslavia and U S Near Pact Over $30 Million
The United States and Yugoslavia reportedly neared a final financial agreement that would net Marshal Tito's government about $30 million. Extended negotiations over the money accord may have contributed to tensions with the Cominform as Washington monitored Tito's stance against the Communist high command.
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Tito
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Ouachita Parish Schools Get Selman Field Buildings
A government telegram confirms Ouachita parish school board obtains on site ownership and use rights for Selman Field elementary facilities. The deal, valued at 240000 dollars, will relieve congestion and provide 11 acres with 13 buildings formerly tied to the navigation school. Superintendent G W Welch led negotiations from February through April, with board approval to finalize the acquisition. Continued on Thirteenth Pages.
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G. W. Welch
Ouachita Parish
Selman Field
Welch
War Assets Administration
Monroe
Navigation School
Fishermen survive three days adrift after Gulf boat explosion
In Cedar Key Florida on June 30 two survivors Mrs Merle Potts and William Sanders of Ocala described three days in the Gulf after the fishing boat Heve exploded and sank. Mrs Ted Hill's body was found and four others may still be alive. Sanders and Potts were rescued from a bird rack near Seahorse Island. Burnsett owner of the craft was badly burned and thought dead. Potts recounted near death from thirst before rescue.
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Cedar Key
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Heve
Merle Potts
William Sanders
Ocala
Dad” Collier
Seahorse Island
Ted Hill
Snake Key
Clyde Coulter
Levy County
G. T. Robbins
Sanders
Best Receives Life Sentence for Treason in Nazi Propaganda Case
Boston June 30. Robert H. Best, American newspaperman and radio propagandist for German Nazis for 200 dollars a month, is sentenced to life imprisonment for treason by Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford. A 10 thousand dollar fine is also imposed after the government sought the death penalty. Best admitted broadcasting 300 programs from Germany between 1942 and 1945 and said his motive was to fight Bolshevism and communism. He plans an appeal to the circuit court.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Francis J. W. Ford
Best
Ford
T. Vincent Quinn
The
United States
Charles W. Bartlett
Washington
Europe
Dircit Court of Appeals
Germany
Reece Invited to Assist Dewey in Campaign
Washington June 30. Car roll Reece former Republican national chairman says Gov. Thomas E. Dewey asked him to help campaign for the Republican ticket He will serve in any capacity and supports the Dewey Warren ticket Reece plans a rest at Johnson City Tenn before joining campaign Scott new national chairman likely to make personnel changes in due time Murphy will remain press relations director
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Washington
Carroll Reece
Thomas E. Dewey
Reece
Taft
Ohio
Philadelphia
Johnson City
Tenn
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Connecticut Avenue
Scott
William C. Murphy, Jr
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Bobbie Smith
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Dewey
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