Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler on Kellems and tax protest
Pegler praises Vivien Kellems campaign to abolish the withholding tax as a constitutional issue amid broad public support. He notes near unanimous reader sentiment, recalls Treasury laxity toward small claims, and contrasts Kellems with James Byrnes while hinting at political maneuvering. Continued on Third Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivien Kellems
Treasury
James F. Byrnes
Miss Kellems
South Carolina
U.S
Connecticut
Byrnes
Supreme Court
New Deal Gpu
Heinie
Kellems
More Names Sought In Communism Probe
Senate investigators pressed Senator McCarthy for more names to back up charges of communism in the state department. McCarthy asked for sleep before resuming. Dorothy Kenyon denied being a communist, testifying amid security risk accusations. Tydings said the panel would meet behind closed doors to speed inquiries and pursue the 81 security risk cases. McCarthy promised to release names after documenting the cases, noting he has 25 suspected security risks identified by FBI work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator McCarthy
State Department
McCarthy
Senate Foreign Relations
MccCarthy
Kenyon
Tydings
Limits Placed On License Practices in ASCAP Case
NEW YORK March 15 AP two anti trust judgments against The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers have limited its music licensing practices and forced changes in its organizational structure and operations, signaling a major shift in how music rights are controlled and monetized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Senate Housing Vote Wide Nears Final Decision
Washington March 15 Senate eyed a close vote on President Truman s housing aid plan providing 1 9 billion in government credit for long term low interest loans to cooperatives and non profits to aid middle income families in rent or ownership The measure part of a broader housing bill drew attacks on government speculation and inflation concerns while advocates argued the program would improve housing for families earning 2 4k to 4 7k yearly Also in Washington ASCAP consented to anti trust decrees targeting foreign ties and licensing changes to reduce monopolistic control in music publishing and film distribution officials described sweeping effects for music licensing and royalties across industries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Sparkman
Ala
Long
D-La
Russell
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
ASCAP
Department of Justice
America
Henry W. Goddard
U. S
Solvents Chief Dies in New York
Henry Eldridge Perry 60 president of Commercial Solvents Corp., died after plunging from a 14th floor office on East 42nd Street. Identified by Dr. Lawrence W. Smith, Perry had been ill. A Crete Nebraska native, Yale graduate, WWI veteran, joined the firm in 1922. Survived by widow Evelyn and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Eldridge Perry
Commercial Solvents Corp
East 42Nd Street
Perry
Lawrence W. Smith
Smith
Crete
Neb
Yale University
Commercial Solvents
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Commercial Molasses Corp
Evelyn
Three Men Shot to Death on Gary Farm
Three men were found shot to death on a farm near East Gary Indiana. Farmhand Michael Saganovich, said to be drunk, led authorities to the scene. The victims were Paul Shuman about 55 Ignace Gerashenek about 50 and an unnamed farmhand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Lon Daugherty
Michael Saganovich
Paul Shuman
Ignace Gerashenek
Shuman
Everett Fisher
Saganovich
Crescent Streamliner debut in New Orleans March 17
The Louisville & Nashville will streamlin e the Crescent flyer with complete changes by March 17, the first full streamliner since the Humming Bird in 1946. It will feature master rooms with shower facilities as officials noted. The Crescent’s inaugural run will head to Atlanta Washington and New York, replacing the older Crescent service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville
New York
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Washington
GUNS AIMED AT TAX DODGERS
The government urged informers to expose tax evasion ahead of the 1949 deadline. A $500,000 pool fosters tips on fraud, while grand juries rush indictments for 1943 returns. Rewards last year totaled $449,984 to 97 informers, aiding $8,187,914 in recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Buckner Again Heads Loan At Monroe Building and Loan
The Monroe Building and Loan Association elected officers and directors at its annual meeting. Officers remain Herman Masur chairman Louis Buckner president and manager Murray Hudson first vice president W B Snabner second vice president W R McWilliams secretary treasurer and Mrs J W Caldwell assistant secretary. Directors are Louis Buckner W S Culpepper Murray Hudson W B Snabner Herman Masur W R McWilliams and W J Riley. The president noted assets and liabilities of 1 606 702 62 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Building and Loan Association
Herman Masur
Louis Buckner
Murray Hudson
W. B. Snabner
W. R. McWilliams
J. W. Caldwell
W. S. Culpepper
W. J. Riley
Braniff seeks New Orleans as port of entry for Latin America
Dallas March 15 Braniff Airways announced it applied to the civil aeronautics board to make New Orleans a co terminal with Houston as a port of entry from Latin American countries. New Orleans ranks second only to New York in trade with Latin America, Braniff officials said, and the extension would enable through service. Braniff currently operates from Dallas via Houston to Cuba Panama Ecuador Peru Bolivia Paraguay and Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Braniff Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
New Orleans
Houston
New York
Latin America
John B. Walker
Braniff
Mississippi Valley
Cuba
Panama
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Cattlemen Set Annual Meeting in Alexandria
Executive Secretary W T Cobb said the State Cattlemen Association will hold its annual meeting March 23 24 in Alexandria. L C Bennett president of the American National Livestock Association is scheduled to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
W. T. Cobb
State Cattlemen's Association
Alexandria
American National Livestock Association
L. C. Bennett
Boyfriend shoots babysitter in front of children in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri March 15 a 23 year old Clarence Speer Jr admitted firing at Caryle Roberta Johnson a 15 year old girl babysitting six children. The shooting followed an argument over whether she should go to a movie. Speer said he pulled the trigger until the gun clicked. The home of Edward and Mrs Speer was the scene with triplet siblings ill in Kansas City. Prosecutors planned first degree serious case charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Verne Starmer
Clarence C. Speer, Jr
Caryle
Roberta Johnson
Speer
Starmer
Edward Speer
Poland Withdraws From World Bank and IMF
Poland, under a Communist government, withdrew from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The move followed the bank’s denial of a 200 million dollar loan, linked to Poland’s rejection of the Marshall Plan. Camille Gutt of the IMF noted the resignation but did not release the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Poland
World Bank
United States
International Monetary Fund
Europe
Germany
Camille Gutt
Death penalty will be asked in Mississippi case
Windel Whitt, 25, faces murder charges in the January massacre of four members of a Negro family near Kosciusko. Mississippi plans to seek the electric chair for Whitt and his codefendants Leon Turner, 38, and Malcolm Whitt, 27. Prosecution calls the killings vengeance slaying tied to burglary and an alleged rape threat. Whitt would be the first white man to be tried for a Negro murder in Attala county, with rare past executions cited.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Mississippi
Windel Whitt
Whitt
Here
Leon Turner
Malcolm Whitt
Windol
Henry Rodgers
Ruby Nell Harris
Thomas Harris
Rodgers
Ruby Nell
Frankie Thurman
Mary Bunside
Harris
Attala
Verline Thurman
Alton Massey
Malcolm
Attala County
C. H. McWhorter
South
Grenada County
Bogalusa Man Sentenced to Fifty Years in Japan
Pvt. James H. Banks, 22, of Bogalusa Louisiana, was convicted by a general court martial in Kobe Japan on rape and attempting to obstruct justice. He received a fifty year prison term after evidence that he assaulted 24 year old Kimino Oguro in downtown Kobe on September 3 and attempted to bribe her to leave town to avoid testifying. Banks’ home address is Columbia Street Bogalusa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kore
Japan
James H. Banks
Bogalusa
Banks
Kimino Oguro
Kobe
Farm Bill Nears Passage After Compromise
Washington March 15 A broad compromise farm bill to lift surplus potato burdens and adjust cotton and peanut acreages for 1950 may reach President Truman by weekend. The plan, approved by a Senate House conference committee, would add about 1 250 000 cotton acres and boost peanut acreage by about 100 000 mainly in Alabama and Texas. Wheat adjustments are omitted for now. Senate Leader Lucas and House Chairman Cooley called the package improved over the original bill and expect it on Truman’s desk by Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Alabama
Texas
Senate
Lucas
D-All
Cooley
D.N.C
House Agriculture Committee
Rare crane captured after wild Louisiana chase
In Lafayette Louisiana on March 14 a rare whooping crane was captured after a pursuit across swamps with two helicopters and a private plane. Biologist John L. Lynch of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service says the crane may be male and is now at the Arkansas Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Arkansas Wild Life Refuge
Texas
Louisiana
John L. Lynch
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Daily Advertiser
Whitelake
Bob Allen
Audubon Society
Florida
U. S
Existance
Soviet General Elections Vote in Russia Shows Near Unanimous Support
March 15 final count in the Soviet Union reports 99.98 percent of Russia’s registered voters backing deputies in the two houses of the Supreme Soviet. The central electorate committee released figures showing overwhelming approval for the single bloc list of Communist and non party candidates, with opposition far lighter than in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Central Electorate Committee
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Plea Guilty In Miley Death By Carnival Men
Two carnival men pled guilty to murder and manslaughter in the slaying of Joseph Miley a 63 year old kiddie ride operator in Alexandria Louisiana. Landrum and Hart faced sentencing after pleading before Judge Al Handley. A murder charge against Blanche Landrum was dropped. Miley's body was found in a parking lot November 9 with a watch engraved with Landrum's name nearby. Landrum from Vidalia Louisiana and Hart from Columbus Georgia gave statements about plans to take Miley's money. State attorney Ben Thompson explained Blanche Landrum had four children and was under Landrum's influence, leading to the dismissal of charges against her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Carnival
Joseph Miley
Charles Douglas Landrum
Marshall Hart
al Handley
Blanche Landrum
Ben Thompson
Miley
George Gravy
Hart
Columbus Ga
Doug (Landrum
Joe
Cotton Exchange President Dies in Houston
Fred Cockrell 67 longtime leader of the Atlanta Cotton Exchange and Southeast division manager for Anderson Clayton & Co. died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Hermann Hospital at 3 45 a m. He had attended the Texas cotton association meeting. He was born in Atkins Arkansas and moved to Georgia as a child. Surviving are his wife Ebba J. Cockrell of Atlanta and three brothers Walter Bee and Allen Cockrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Fred Cockrell
Atlanta Cotton Exchange
Anderson Clayton & Co
Hermann Hospital
Cockrell
Texas Cotton Association
Atkins
Ark
Airlines Reports Profit of 630000 in 1949
Chicago and Southern Air Lines reported its 1949 net profit at 630000 dollars, equals 1.24 dollars a share after taxes. Last October it declared a dividend of 35 cents per share to 2795 stockholders, totaling 178264 dollars. It was the companys first aimed 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Chicago & Southern Air Lines
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Westbrook
Pegler
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Wisconsin
Dorothy Kenyon
United Nations Commission
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Herbert A. Bergson
Fred E. Ahlert
Solvents Chief
Misssissippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Ark. City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Eo Jonesville
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Buckner
Monroe Building Concern
Orleans
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Politburo
Edward Burke
William Rosenthal
Windol Whitt
By Keith Fuller
Columbia St
Farm Bill
UPS
Cotton Exchange
Airlines
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