Fair Enough As Jim Roosevelt Faces Political Ambition
Westbrook Pegler recalls Jim Roosevelt's past business ties and moral criticisms as he campaigns for California governor. He describes a $15 000 a year role with a promoter group while a law student, a brief tenure at an insurance firm, and a stint as president of National Grain Yeast Corp with his brother as an early hire.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
California
Jimmy
Walter Davenper
Collier’s
Southern Corp
de Gerand
Boston
New York
National Grain Yeast Corp
Belleville
N. J
Frank
Trip To Remove Americans In Shanghai Is Cancelled
The American President Lines cancelled the liner General W. H. Gordon voyage to evacuate foreigners from red-held Shanghai. Chinese Communist officials refused entry for two shallow draft LSTs into Shanghai harbor hindering plans to evacuate over 400 Americans and 1,200 other nationals. About 103 passengers were evacuated from the Gordon, which was rescheduled to Yokohama.
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Hong Kong
American President Lines Today
General W. H. Gordon
J.J. Berryman
Apl
Gordon
Yokohama
LST
Nagasaki
Japan
Red China
Berryman
U. S. State Department
A. P. IL
United States
Durant loot recovered links to Durant murder case
Hollywood detectives recovered $314,009 in bonds stocks and jewelry stolen from philosopher Will Durant. George Roden 22 was held after being found with loot in his room. Durant derides the loss and continues work on his six volume Story of Civilization as Congress weighs a large 1951 spending bill and potential further cuts.
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Hollywood
Boston
Will Durant
George B. Roden
T. T. Belcher
Raymond Keeley
Roden
Durant
Hattie Sturz
New York City
Ariel Durant
Durants
Sturz
Louis
Boden
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Social welfare conference to be held in Monroe
Representatives from 13 parishes will attend the spring conference of Louisiana social welfare agencies next Friday at Hotel Virginia Monroe. Albert Lehman, secretary of the Baton Rouge Guidance Center, will preside and present a Parent-Child Relationship program with two 30 minute 16 mm sound films The public is invited to attend all sessions.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Virginia
Caldwell
Concordia
East Carroll
Jackson
Franklin
Union
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
West Carroll
Tensas
Albert Lehman
Baton Rouge
Lehman
Sander Faces New Hurdle In NH Medical case
Manchester March 21 Dr Hermann N Sander faces a new hurdle to regain good standing in New Hampshire medicine A charge has been filed with Hillsboro County Medical Society while the state board of registration in medicine holds a hearing set April 12 on his right to practice Two Catholic hospitals have banned him following his acquittal March 9 on a murder charge in the death of Abbie C Borreto 59 cancer patient The society may proceed under its constitution and bylaws to refer the matter to its board of censors for action.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire
Lloyd L. Wells
Hillsboro County Medical Society
State Board of Registration
Medicen
Sander
County Society
Abbie C. Borreto
Wells
Truman Busy With Hobbies
Key West Florida March 21 President Truman relaxed on vacation with friends while staff briefed him on Washington. He enjoyed poolside sun and music, read poetry, and played piano for companions as Chief Justice Vinson and Clark Clifford joined social visits. He stays in touch by phone and a navy courier plane visits every other day. Dawson’s arrival signals potential early chair appointments to the atomic energy commission and the national security resources board.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Veterans’ Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
House
Representative Tabor
Key West
Fla
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Clark M. Clifford
Charles G. Ross
Clifford
John R. Steelman
Charles S., Murphy
White House
Navy
Mr. Truman
Donald Dawson
National Security Resources Board
Dawson
Light early turnout in parish precincts for state rep race
Early reports from scattered precincts show light voting as 15 650 qualified voters face a crowded field of five candidates for the state representative seat once held by John E. Coon. Polls opened at 6 am and close at 7 pm with turnout estimated around 8 000. Parish courthouse precinct 2 ward 3 reported 19 of 228 ballots cast, Lovers Lane service station precinct 15 ward 3 reported 45 of 400, and ward 10 precinct 2 logged 47 of 335.
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John E. Coon
Monroe
George Breece
Paul Fink
R.C. White, Jr
Lea Thompson
E.M. Steen
Ralph S. White
Ward Three
Ward Ten
Parish
Lovers Lane
Insurance refunds reach 10 million to WWII veterans
Treasury department officials report insurance refunds to World War II veterans have reached 10 million payments. The total paid is about 1.8 billion dollars with roughly 1 billion more to go to around 6 million veterans.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Wherry Attacks Acheson as GOP Pushes Campaign Issue
Washington dispatch reports Senator Wherry of Nebraska accusing Secretary of State Acheson of undermining the economy and peace. President Truman backs Acheson, while Republicans Byrnes and Werdel criticize him over Gubitchev’s escape. McCarthy calls for his dismissal, but some GOP leaders favor keeping him on. Wherry asserts Acheson and Hiss as architects of flawed foreign policy.
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Wherry
R.neb
State Acheson
Acheson
Truman
Lincoln
Neb
Dean Acheson
Russia
Reps. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Werdel
California
House
Valentin Gubitchev
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
GOP
Senate
Alfer Hiss
Bulgaria
Hungary
Spring Arrives Wet and Cold Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a wet cool and windy spring across the country with snow in central states as the season began at 11 36 p m EST. A band of snow stretched from Kansas and Missouri to the Canadian border and up to six inches fell in eastern Nebraska. Rain mixed with snow threatened the central region while rain fell in east central states and the Pacific Northwest. Western Maryland had one to four inches of snow on the ground as temperatures remained cool in the Midwest and eased elsewhere. Texas Florida and the far southwest saw warm conditions.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Canadian
Nebraska
East Central States
Pacific Northwest
Maryland
Midwest
Texas
Florida
Death of Coed Described in Iowa City Trial
Iowa City reports reveal details of the December death of Margaret Anne Jackson, a University of Iowa psychology student, amid a party at the Empty Arms rooming house. The defense argues accidental death while the state alleges strangulation by Robert E Bednasek, also a psychology student, as witnesses recount the night of the incident and subsequent police response.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Coed
Empty Arms
Robert E. Bednasek
Bednasek
Margaret Anne (Gee-Gee) Jackson
Miss Jackson
Joe Krapek
Clair Hamilton
Krapek
Bednaseck
Pilot and three others killed in Welsh crash
A Bristol freight cargo plane on a test flight crashed near Llandow in South Wales killing the pilot and three passengers. Eyewitnesses said the craft appeared to break apart in flight while turning. The disaster follows a March 12 airliner crash nearby with 80 fatalities.
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Cardiff
Wales
Llandow
South Wales
Bristol
Bristol Aeroplane Company
McCarthy Names Top Red Agent Tied to State Dept
Senator McCarthy said he handed senate investigators the name of the man he calls the top Russian espionage agent in the United States. He linked the man to Alger Hiss and urged handling of loyalty files as pressure grows for wider access to FBI and other records.
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Washington
McCarthy
Senate
State Department
Wisconsin Republican
Truman
FBI
Department
Alger Hiss
Hiss
U. S
Russia
Senator Tydings
Tydings
Committee For Study Behind Closed Doors
Monroe Grocer Sam Michatto Slaying Probed
Police continued probing the bludgeon killing of 77 year old Monroe grocer Sam Michatto. Two suspects, Negro men aged 22 and 36, remained in custody as investigators sent a bloodstained plank to Shreveport for analysis. The case follows two prior grocery store murders in the city. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at St Matthews Church.
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Monroe
Sam Michatto
Hon. Ward
Michatto
Shreveport
John Bess
C. M. Kitchens
Joseph H. Ross
Kitchens
E. L. Gladney
Ross
Jackson Street
Dick Taylor Street
Charity Hospital
J. T. French
St. Matthews Catholic Church
St. Matthews Catholic Church. the Rev. J. Marsh
Peters Funeral Home
Woman Defeats and Kills Husband in Alabama Shooting
In Anniston Alabama March 21 a 58 year old house painter Valentine Piento died after he and his estranged wife Velma Piento 40 exchanged fire with the same pistol near city hall. Officer Frank Crow said Velma was wounded in the hand but fired four shots at her husband killing him. She said he sought a divorce and she had come to visit a son. No charges were filed.
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Anniston
Ala
Frank Crow
City Hall
Valentine Piento
Velma Piento
Crow
Piento
Atlanta
Cook Book Offer From Congress To Washington Readers
A congressman offers 3,000 free copies of a new government cookbook from the department of agriculture. It explains cooking and meal planning and includes advice on buying food and counting calories. Congress appropriated 10,000 for preparation and 156,000 for printing.
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Washington
Marchal
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Government Printing Office
Rep Church Dies at 66 During Congress Hearing
Rep. Church of Illinois 66 collapsed and died during a House committee hearing on executive expenditures and proposed reorganizations at the National Labor Relations Board. A physician said he suffered a heart attack while presenting views. Church served the 13th Illinois district, born May 5, 1883 in Vermillion County, educated at Michigan and Northwestern Law.
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Rep. Church
Ill
Congressional Committee
Miller
Nebraska
House Committee On
National Labor Relations Board
Dawson
D-Ul
Church
Evanston
Illinois
Catlin
Vermillion County
University of Michigan
Northwestern University
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