Retirement of Westbrook Pegler Raises Records Disposal Dilemma
The retirement of Westbrook Pegler prompts concerns over the disposal of his committee records and a vast archive of clippings, handbills, and notes. The materials detail past activities of many individuals linked to Communist and fascist groups, with extensive documentation of collaboration and mischief.
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Art Ivties
Contis
Restrich
Congressional Committees
Per
Myitkyina Airfield Seizure Marks Burma Drive Breakthrough
Allied forces including American Marines and Chinese troops captured the Myitkyina airfield in northern Burma after a 20 day forced march. The operation, led by Brig Gen Frank Merrill, enables gliders and transports to land, linking the Ledo highway with the Burma road to supply China, with Myitkyina city besieged awaiting monsoon season.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Frank D. Merrill
Asiatic
Merrill
Dumon
Mogaung
Rites Held for Parish Coroner Dr Ervin Campbell
Dr Ervin Morris Campbell 69 longtime Concordia parish coroner and Ferriday physician died after a brief illness. Funeral at Pirot Methodist Church with Rev J H Sewell officiating. He leaves a wife Lucyle, three sons in military service, and several siblings. pallbearers named.
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Ferriday
Ervin Morris Campbell
Concordia
Pirot Methodist Church
J. H. Sewell
Doctor Campbell
Jackson Parish
Lucvle Cordes
Campbell Angola
Francis Powler
Oak Grove
Elizabeth McGraw
Pioneer
Ada Roberts
Texas
William Keckler
E. W. Vogt
A,b. Brown
R. C. Murray
B. Jomes
J. T. Jacobs
Ralph Ifendrixen
Emg
Yugoslav Forces Claim 1500 Nazis Killed in Bosnia
London reports Tito announced Yugoslav troops have killed about 1500 Axis troops in eastern Bosnia with ongoing fighting. Dalmatia forces reportedly drove Axis from Kistanje as German reinforcements pour into western and central Bosnia amid continued battles across Croatian areas.
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London
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Kistanje
Josip Broz
Tito
Lovses
Eso
Michigan foremen vote to end strike and return to war work
In Detroit 52000 war production workers begin receiving calls to return after a three week foremen strike. The Foreman's Association of America authorized the return under War Labor Board pressure. President Keys warned against defying the government during wartime as production lines prepare to resume aircraft parts output.
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Detroit
Michigan
Army
Navy
Foreman's Association of America
Robert H. Keys
Independent Union
Washington
Keys
William Vallance
National F. A. A
Vallance
War Labor Board
Wiliam H. Davis
United States
Davis
Air Force
House Shifts on G I Bill Education Provisions Differences linger over weeks
Washington May 18 The House nears a conclusion of the G I bill of rights debate as it seeks to align educational provisos before a likely clash over a C I O opposed unemployment compensation section. A compromise trimmed education disputes, but a dispute remains on the duration of government funded education with Barden backing 108 weeks and Rankin pressing four years.
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Washington
House
Bank
Mississippi
Veterans Committee
Barden
North Carolina
Education Committee
Rankin
Body of Indian student found in Hudson River
The body of Valsa Matthai, 22, Bombay born student at Columbia University, was recovered in the Hudson River near Yonkers after missing since March 20. Westchester Medical Examiner Edwin Huntington ruled drowning as the cause, with no signs of violence or poison. A wrist watch serial number helped identify the victim.
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Yonkers
Hudson River
Valsa Matthai
Columbia University
Westchester County
Edwin M. Huntingron
Bombay
India
Riverside Drive
Solony
Huntington
Miss Metthai
John J. Cronin
New York
Bhireau
Mie
Cleaver elected president of National Cottonseed Products
P F Cleaver of Little Rock Ark was elected president of the National Cottonseed Products Association at the New Orleans convention. He succeeds T O Hughston of Dallas and will head a board including J E Major Montgomery Ala and J V Webb Texarkana Ark.
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New Orleans
P. F. Cleaver
Little Rock
Ark
National Cotwmseed Products Association, Inc
Cleaver
T. O. Hughston
Dallas
Tex
Arkansas Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
National Cottonseed Products Association
National Cotton Council
J. E. Major
Montgomery
Ala
J. V. Webb
Texarkana
W. B. Coberly
Loos Angeles
Harry Hodgson
Athens
C. W. Wallace
West Monroe
George W. Covington
Jackson
Mise
J. J. Margary
Farmville
N.C. A
Durand
Hobart
Oklo
BE. R. Lawton
Hartsville
Charles E. Lund
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington
Renewed sales tax measure in Louisiana House action
The Davis administration in Baton Rouge introduced a bill to reenact a one cent sales tax with unlimited duration and no war emergency tag. It would extend the 1934 occupational tax, exempt only natural gas if the gathering tax is re-enacted, and run alongside other taxes. A second set of bills would extend voter registration, repeal a no second primary rule for minor officials, and increase liquor licensing controls with brewery support.
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Baton Rouge, la
Davis
Jewell
Brownell
Baker
Middleton
Smith
A. M. Womack
Kay
MacDonald
Morgan
Jack
Hair
Sevier
Stinson
Lottinger
Pearce
McDonald
Kay and
Switchman G Lyles Dies of Heart Failure in Monroe
G Lyles a Missouri Pacific Railroad switchman of Plum Street was stricken with heart failure while near a Jackson Street residence in Monroe. He died en route to St Francis Sanitarium after an ambulance from Mulhearn Funeral Home was summoned. Coroner Dr J T French ruled heart disease as the cause and the body was to be sent to Grapeland Texas for funeral and interment. He left a wife and two daughters Mrs Bill Howard of San Francisco and Mrs E P Holton of Watsonville.
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G. Lyles
Plum Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jackson Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Grapeland
Tex
Bill Howard
San Francisco
Calif
E. P. Holton
Watsonville
Twins swept to sea in riptide tragedy near East River
Four year olds Irene and Richard Richie, twins, played near the East River when Irene fell into the water. Richard jumped in to save her. both vanished. Police search continues for the missing siblings as authorities confirm the tragedy.
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New York
Irene Richie
Richard
East River
Irene
William Richie
U S Bombers Strike Ploesti Belgrade and Nis
United States heavy bombers attacked the Balkans bombing Ploesti Romania and Belgrade and Nis in Yugoslavia. The Belgrade and Nis rail yards were targeted with reported good results. Weather limited observation at Ploesti as Liberators Thunderbolts and fighters escorted the raid.
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Belgrade
Naples
United States
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Nis
Yugoslavia
London
Mediterranean Command
Serbia
Gripsholm at Barcelona prepares POW exchange parcels
In Barcelona on May 18 nine hundred Americans and Britons await landing to load about 1 60 Red Cross mail parcels for U S prisoners of war. The Gripsholm will remain until Friday to unload and then return home via North Africa and a port in the United States.
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Barcelona
Spain
Gripsholm
Red Cross
Reich
Germany
Gaeisea
United States
Gadisca
Marseille
Washington
State Department
North Africa
United
Senators Urge Overton to Seek Reelection in Crisis
Forty six Democratic colleagues from Louisiana and elsewhere urge Senator Overton to reverse his retirement plans and stay in the Senate during a perilous period. He calls the move unprecedented but says it merits thoughtful consideration as McKellar lauds his naval and flood control work.
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Washington
Overton
Louisiana
Senate
McKellar
Termessee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Strorts
United States Navy
Sedition Case Mistrial Motion Raised in Washington
In a calmer session Justice Edward C. Eicher reserved ruling on two mistrial motions in the mass sedition contract trial after denying several others. Defense lawyers assailed Prosecutor Rogge’s opening as inflammatory while Kunze and co-defendants face sentences for espionage and evading the draft. Rogge framed defendants as not patriotic and aiding the Nazi cause.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
O. Joan Rogge
Eicher
P. Bateman Ennis
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Kunze
William A. Gallagher
Herman M. Schwinn
Hans Diebel
Los Angeles
Rogge
Miller self defense claim questioned in Lind murder trial
Federal prosecutor in Washington probes Miller case with Lamar Johnson the porter testifying that Miller followed his wife to Dr. Lind's car and shot the psychiatrist claiming self defense. The defense counters with staged gestures and evidence of a white envelope found with the gun.
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Washington
Robert J. Miller
Miller
John £. Lind
Lind
Lamar Johnson
H. Mason Welch
Dr. Lind
Introduces bill after 20 years in Louisiana
Baton Rouge May 18 Rep. Joan Meaux of Cameron announced a new bill after two decades in service. He gained co authors T. J. Jewell and Henry Sevier to seek a 30000 dollar appropriation to reimburse farmers and gin owners for losses from enforced non planting to combat the pink bollworm. He noted his long tenure and joked about recalling prior measures.
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Ernor
Henry Sevier
Madison
New Orleans Brewers Association
Louisiana Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
Louisiana Wholesale Beer Dealers Association
Baton Rouge
Joan Meaux
Cameron
T. J. Jewell
Pointe Coupee
Meaux
Gustav Line Is Wiped Out By Allied Breakthroughs In Italy
British Eighth Army captured Cassino ruins and the Benedictine monastery while American troops reached Formia, severing Gustav line links. Polish forces seized hill 593, and French and American units pushed toward Gaeta and Itri as 20 000 prisoners were reported in the Italian campaign.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Eighth Army
Cassino
Americ
Formia
Italy
Green Devils
Gustav Line
Fifth
Liri
Rome
Berler
Sturm Appian Way
Fermia
Gaeta
Esperia
Itri
Hitler Line
Anzio
Fifth Army
Sandbags at approach to Westwego ferry amid river high
The Westwego ferry area across the Mississippi was sandbagged as the river rose to 193 feet 2.3 feet above flood stage. Col George H Hudson said the臨 approach was raised as a precaution and that the Bonnet Carre spillway would not be opened at this stage.
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New Orleans
Westwego
Mississippi River
George H. Hudson
U. S
Bonnet Carre
Lake Fontehartrain
Hudson
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Fortune
Myitkyina City
E. M. Campbell
Herschel Wilson
Hawthorne
Hollandia
A. P
Wallace
Cottonseed Men
L. G. Lyles
Tot
Twin
Senators
Gustav
Contins
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