Draper and Adler drop filings against McCulloughs
Westbrook Pegler reports Paul Draper and Larry Adler withdrew attachments on the McCulloughs residence and bank account after a Greenwich cultural outfit sought a show. The suit claimed political opinion harmed earnings, triggering a swift public backlash and fundraising to cover defense costs. The piece notes Connecticut political tensions and cites Ridgefield and Danbury as examples of evolving political climates.
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New Haven
Adle
McCullough
Greenwich
McCulloughs
Connecticut
Draper
Adler
Parriotic
Ridgefield
Danbury
McCarthy Names Red Suspect Among State Dept Staff
Senator McCarthy cited Stephen Brunauer, a former navy commander, as a admitted Communist source and urged a probe. He also identified Haldore Hanson, 37, head of the department's technical cooperation projects staff, as a person with Communist links amid claims of Reds in the State Department.
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Washington
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Navy
Stephen Brunauer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Senate
Haldore Hanson
Hanson
Virginia
Minn
China
Esther Caukin Brunauer
Department
United Nations
Owen J. Lattimore
Welch Football Fans Are Victims
Cardiff Wales March 13 AP eighty people died yesterday in the crash of a chartered Tudor air liner packed with Welsh football fans celebrating a victory over the Irish It was aviation s worst commercial plane disaster.
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Cardiff
Wales
Dublin
London
John Roderick
Lord Pikenham
Britain
Ireland
United Kingdom
Llandow
Here
Truman Heads For Key West Vacation
President Truman sails aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg with escort destroyer William C Lane toward Key West Florida for a three week vacation. He has unfinished business including three Atomic Energy Commission appointments and an Economic Advisory Council member. Woodruff claims Truman’s lifestyle costs dwarf a typical private citizen’s income.
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U.S.S
William Lawa
Truman
Key West
Fla
M. Truman
Williamsburg
Washington
Donald MacDonald
William C. Lane
Thomas H. Suddath
Virginia Capes
Atlantic
Smith Point Light
Potomac
White House
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Economic Advisory Council
Rep. Woodruff
R.-Mich
Woodruff
Vacat
Maryland
Orleans agents break up ring
New Orleans secret service agents and police dismantled a major counterfeiting ring during Mardi Gras season. Seven men were arrested in New Orleans and charged with possession of counterfeit money, held for the grand jury. Suspects named include Richard William Carroll and James William Wollweber plus five Cleveland and Atlanta men.
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New Orleans
Secret Service
Melbourne Huff
Huff
Richard William Carroll
Buffalo
N. Y
James William
Lone Wolf
Wollweber
Los Angeles
Calif
Bobby Lee Jackson
James Andrew Freeman
Charles Edward Wilson, Jr
James Qualls
Cleveland
Ohio
L. C. Jackson
Atlanta
U. S
Carter
Mystery surrounds killing of Sheriff O W Morrow in Presidio
In Presidio Texas officers probe the death of Sheriff O W Blackie Morrow shot on a mountain road. Questions center on whether the killer used the sheriff s gun where are the handcuffs and why a car was left on a lonely highway as blood hints at a drag event and a final dash toward Presidio before the car veered off.
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Presidio
Tex
O. W
Blackie) Morrow
Lonely Mountain
Texas Rangers
Morrow
Big Bend
Marfa
Mother Plans to Give Baby Away in New Orleans Story
In New Orleans on March 13, young mother Mrs. Thomas Dufresne plans to offer her 18 month old baby Jesse for adoption. Separated from her husband last month, she moved to her mother's Raceland area home but restrictions with her six siblings prevent long stays.
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New Orleans
Thomas Dufresne
Jesse Dufresne
Raceland
King Leopold Crisis Looms as Belgian Vote Favours Return
Belgians backed Leopold with 57.68 percent in an advisory referendum on restoring the exiled monarch, who abdicated if he failed to win a majority. Parliament must decide on his return and regional liberal resistance may trigger a political crisis.
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Brussels
Leopold
Switzerland
Belgium
Interior Ministry
Flanders
Brabant
Walloon
Richland couple killed by train in Louisiana crash
J A Pitts 58 and his wife 47 of Richland parish were killed when Pitts pulled onto a crossing and was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train near Richland on Louisiana Highway 1582. The collision Occurred at 4 50 p m. The bodies were taken to Mulhearn Funeral Home in Delhi. Surviving sons number four. Funeral plans pending arrival of a son from Georgia.
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Shreveport
Vicksburg
N. L. Delee
Pitts
Mulhearn
Delhi
Georgia
Tot Mistaken for Doll Is Drowned
In Hamilton Township New Jersey Thomas Bradshaw saw three boys poking sticks at a doll like object in a three foot pool of water. A red rubber booted child in a blue snowsuit rested at the bottom. Bradshaw recovered the body of his two year old son Thomas Jr. Police and firemen labored two hours to revive him but failed.
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Hamilton Township
N. J
Thomas Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Thomas, Jr
Missouri Pacific Booster Club Holds Annual Convention
The Missouri Pacific Women's Booster club hosts its annual convention in Monroe Mississippi with about 100 women from 42 organizations across Missouri Pacific rail lines. Attendees represent Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Kansas Texas Colorado. Mayor John Coon opens the meeting as national president Mrs Helen Gettys leads proceedings followed by a banquet at the Crystal ballroom Hotel Virginia. The group tours Natchez on Tuesday visiting the Garden pilgrimage.
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Missouri Pacific Women’s Booster Club
Monroe
Natchez
Miss
Missouri Pacific
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
John Coon
Helen M. Gettys
St. Louis
P. W. Dodgen
Crystal Ballroom
Hotel
Virginia
Natchez, Miss
U S Tax Report Due On March 15
Van L. Pratt, deputy collector in charge of the U S revenue office in Monroe, says staff is up 40 percent and most firms filed earnings statements early. The March 15 deadline remains, with hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through noon.
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U. S
van L. Pratt
U. S. Revenue Office
Federal
Monroe
Pratt
Karpe's Funeral Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Capt. Eugene S. Karpe U S N will be held at 3 p m Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery Washington D C He was a Delhi Louisiana native and Delhi High School graduate Karpe who died Feb 23 after plunging from a passenger train near Salzburg Austria was en route to the United States after three years as American Naval Attache in Communist Romania His death nature has not been determined
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Delhi
Eugene S. Karpe
Salzburg
Austria
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington D. C
Karpe
Robert Vogler
Hungary
United States
Romania
Truman Proposes Abolishing the Maritime Commission
President Truman sent Congress a package of reorganization plans, including abolishing the Maritime Commission and shifting its functions to the Department of Commerce. A new Federal Maritime Board would regulate rates and subsidies, with Sawyer, the Commerce Secretary, gaining top policy control. The White House says the plans could save modest to substantial sums and move government toward integrated transportation policy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Seaboard
Sawyer
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
NLRB
White House
House
Senate
Reorganization Commission
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Dept
Federal Maritime Board
Commerce
Maritime Administration
Secretary of Commerce
Secretaries of Treasury, Interior, Agriculture
Com
House Ways and Means Rejected Quickie Excise Tax Cut
Washington March 13 The house ways and means committee rejected a Republican effort to push a quickie bill cutting excise taxes by about 1 billion dollars. The vote was along party lines 15 to 10. Democrats indicated they favored loophole closing and enforcement to offset revenue losses rather than a net tax increase beyond what Truman authorized.
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House Committee
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Temperatures in Monroe Fall As Cold Wave Hits
A sharp cold front moved through Monroe with temperatures tumbling toward freezing. At 11:30 a.m. the reading was 38 degrees, following a night of rainfall totaling .61 inches. Readings showed 49.6 at 12:30 a.m., 41.8 at 6:30 a.m., 38 at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., with 39 at 10:30 a.m.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Ark. City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Camden
Monroe Ye Eee
Black Jonesville
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairo
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Cumberland Nashville
Arkansas
Little Rock
Rio Red Shreveport
Alexandria
Monroe
Jack Hover
C.A.A
Selman Field
Jail escape attempt nets repeat arrest in Monroe
Twenty six year old Jerry P Gay tried to flee the city jail by climbing a blanket ladder after being jailed for hit and run and property damage. He pried bars with a window weight, was recaptured by two Monroe police officers near a gas pump, and transferred to the parish jail. No bond set by noon Monday.
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Jerry P. Gay
Monroe
Gay
Franklin farmer slashes throat in despondent act
Charles Thompson 73-year-old Franklin parish farmer from six miles east of Baskin on the Delhi road was found in his Winnsboro home with self inflicted wounds to his throat and left wrist. He was taken to Winnsboro Sanitarium in serious condition with a possible family-operation related motive and an opened blade package found nearby. Deputy Sheriff Travis Bass identified him and reported the incident as a personal safety related act.
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Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro Sanitarium
Travis Bass
Charles & Thompson
Mary Jane
Leon
Baskin
Delhi Road
Thompson
First National Funeral Home
Youth Killed in Auto Crash Near Monroe Intersection
A 14 year old Monroe youth, B. J. Duffey, died after a Sunday morning crash at Standifer and Jackson streets. His brother J. C. Duffey, 16, was injured, as was passenger Cleveland Shirley. Theola Johnson, 26, of Rt. 2 Monroe, was arrested on negligent homicide charges.
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Monroe
Standifer
Jackson Streets
B. J. Duffey
Prairie Road
Young Duffey
Fel‘ Duffey
Charity Hospital
Theola Johnson
Rt. 2
Johnson
Duffey
J. C. Duffey
Cleveland Shirley
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