Fair Enough to Westbrook Pegler Commentary
A critical attack argues Americans have lost government sovereignty to party bosses and bureaucrats. The piece contends Congress and federal and state agencies wield controlling power, robbing earnings and imposing regulations, with widespread public dependence and contempt for officials.
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United States
House of Commons
M. P
House of Lords
Congress Anc
Fic
Congress
Officials Split on Brink's Case Split in New England inquiry
Massachusetts and Rhode Island law enforcement clash over leads in the $1 219 000 Brink's robbery and related ambush of Carlton M. O'Brien. Rhode Island AG Powers accuses Boston authorities of withholding information linking the Jan 17 1950 heist to the O'Brien slaying and names Joseph F. McGinnis and Alfred A. Gagnon as planners.
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Bostona
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
William E. Powers
Boston
Powers
Brink
Carlton M. O’brien
Joseph F. McGinnis
O'Brien
West Warwick
R.I
O’brien
McGinnis
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
Rhode Island State Prison
Gagnon
Death of John D. Ewing Stuns Louisiana Leaders
Condolences poured in after the death of John D. Ewing, president of a local corporation and the Shreveport Times, from national and state officials and newspaper leaders. Statements from Bascom M. Timmons Senator Allen J. Ellender Senator Russell Long and Representative Hale Boggs reflect the loss to Louisiana and the journalism community. The notice notes Armed Forces Day activities in Louisiana at the time of his passing.
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Bascom M. Timmons
Washington News
Ewing Newspapers
John D. Ewing
Louisiana
Congress
John Ewing
Allen J. Ellender
South
Jost
Russell Long
Hale Boggs
New Orleans
Ewing
Overton Brooks
Shreveport
F. Edward Hebert
Officials deny widespread vice in four parishes
U S Attorney John McKay alleged vice is rampant in parts of Louisiana's 24 parishes. St Bernard Iberia and Orleans are cited with gambling and prostitution concerns. Local officials deny broad vice, noting licensing and law enforcement efforts curb illegal activity.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
U. S
John McKay
McKay
St. Bernard Parish
Funeral set for Shreveport Times editor John Ewing
Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today for John Dunbrack Ewing editor and publisher of the Shreveport Times who died of a heart attack Saturday while flying from Pass Christian Mississippi to Shreveport. Ewing 60 also led Monroe News-Star-World Publishing Co. and International Broadcasting Corp and served as a railroad director. He received the Croix de Guerre Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. Pallbearers include Gen Hanford MacNider and Justin Querbes among others from Shreveport.
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Shreveport
John Dunbrack Ewing
Shreveport Times
Ewing
Pass Christian
Miss
Ruston
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Frank Walters
Forest
New Orleans
Daily States
Col
Robert Ewing
Monroe Morning World
News-Star
Marshal Petain
American Legion
St. Louis
Founders
Club of the Legion
the Legion
Allies Win Red Tangle in Korean Front Battles
Allied raiders punched into fortified Communist bunkers on the Western Front and used artillery fire on fleeing Reds. Filipino troops on the Central Front killed or wounded 40 Chinese defenders west of Chorwon. Fifth Air Force pilots destroyed 117 Red supply vehicles amid low clouds. Major command changes include Vice Adm. Joseph J. Clark taking over the Seventh Fleet and Maj. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus arriving in Tokyo to command the Fifth Air Force.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Chorwon
U.S. Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Joseph J. Clark
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Robert P. Briscoe
Robert P. Briscoe, Who Will Take Over From Vice Adm
C. Turner Joy
Far East
Joy
U.S
Naval Academy
Glenn O. Barcus
Tokyo
Barcus
Frank F. Everest
Tactical Air Command
Langley Field
Hearing Narrows Olin Plant Sites to Three
A public hearing on disposing residue from the Olin-Frost Industries cellulose plant into the Ouachita river was held with state agency reps and local groups in Farmerville. Sites for a future multi million dollar mill and wood products plant were narrowed to three, two in Union parish and one in Ouachita parish, pending state pollution approval.
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Olin - Frost Industries
Ouachita River
Virginia Hotel
Fields
Historic Supreme Court decision on steel seizure near
The Supreme Court considers the legality of President Truman's steel seizure as arguments focus on whether inherent executive powers justify seizing the mills. A ruling could send the case back for trial or uphold limits on presidential authority, with no immediate resort to negotiated settlements likely before the decision.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
David A. Pine
Truman
Justice Department
District Court
Pine
Price Controls on Cotton End Suspended
Washington reports government price ceilings on raw cotton and cotton textiles have been suspended. Rep. Brown says he was informed by Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall that the action was taken and an official announcement would follow. The suspension follows a recommendation from the OPS Controls Suspension Committee.
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Washington
Rep
Brown
D-Ga
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Student Trapped in 90-Foot Mt St Helens Crevasse
20-year-old Art Jessett of Seattle, a University of Washington student, fell 90 feet into a crevasse on Mt. St. Helens while descending from the summit with three companions. Rescue teams from Seattle and Portland worked from dawn until night to reach him, but a single rope tied to his shoulder left them with a narrow ice hole as the only sign of his location.
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Spirit Lake
Wash
University of Washington
Mt. St. Helens
Art Jessett
Seattle
Jessett
Portland
Bruce Ray
Raby
Funeral marks loss of John D Ewing editor leader in journalism
A large Monroe turnout attended John Dunbrack Ewing's funeral at St Mark's Episcopal Church in Shreveport after he died of a heart attack while flying in his private plane The News Star World office closed in observance of his death Ewing was editor and publisher of the Shreveport Times and president of the News Star World and KWKH radio He was highly regarded across the region with a wide circle of friends and national representation at the services
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Monroe
Monroe News-Star—World
John Dunbrack Ewing
John Ewing
Shreveport Times
News-Star—World
KWKH
Newsboy
Pass Christian
Miss
Shreveport
Captain Ewing
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
United States
News- Star—World
Exit Visas For 120 In Red China
London reports Britain has informed Peiping that about 120 British nationals will be granted exit visas after their firms wind up in China. Firms with 300 million pound investments plan to abandon operations in Shanghai Tientsin Hankow Canton and other cities. Britain maintains recognition of the Peiping regime and says contracts will be kept.
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London
Britain
Red China
China
Heiping
Foreign Office
Peiping
L. H. Lamb
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Daily Express
Reds
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Tientsin
Hankow
Canton
Nurse Admits Giving Poison in Arsenic Case
Wetumpka Alabama nurse Mrs Earle Dennison 42 confessed in writing to the death of her 2 year old niece by marriage Shirley Diana Weldon three weeks ago arsenic traces were found in a later niece’s exhumed body Dennison watched the autopsy and was treated after an overdose of sleeping pills before a murder warrant was sworn out
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Wetumpka
Ala
Cooly
Earle Dennison
Lester Holley
Dennison
Shirley Diana Weldon
Barbitol Dosage Blamed in LSU Student Death
Baton Rouge coroner identifies Jerry Rogers 25 of Asheville as LSU student who died after an overdose of barbital taken last Tuesday. The death occurred in a local hospital with Dr. J W Watson noting the dose led to his passing.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
J. W. Watson
East Baton Rouge Parish
Jerry Rogers
William P. Rogers
Asheville
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