Dems form states rights campaign nucleus in Jackson
Westbrook Pegler notes the Tramar Democrats of the South form a states rights campaign committee with Wallace Wright as chair. He recounts public relations and advertising ties to major political campaigns, including Carl Byoir and the Franklin D Roosevelt efforts. Potential questions arise about truth and integrity in political promotion.
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Keeler
Sil
Wright
Dixie
Carl Ir and
Polic
Franklin D. Sevelt
Henry Lerty
Utilities
Department of Justice
Lerty
Byoir
James M. Re
Big
Erty
Taft Seeks Two Thirds Of Southern GOP Delegates
Taft aims to win two thirds of the 267 Republican nominating delegates from 12 southern and three gulf states. Dewey and Stassen contest northern and midwestern support as Taft claims a strong southern base. Some say a unit rule could push southern delegates to back Dewey despite Taft’s claims. Ohioan’s camp projects major first ballot backing in 12 of 15 states, while Florida and Oklahoma split with six and twenty votes respectively.
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Taftees
Rge C. Hopkins
Dewey
Pithonsh Taft
Des
Phila Iphia
Oklahoma
Florida
Stassen
Tennessee
Taft
Carroll Reece
Reblican National
President urges minimum pay hike in education and wage bill
President Truman pressed Democratic leaders to push at this Congress session for federal aid to education and a minimum wage rise to 75 cents an hour. Senate has approved 000,000 annual aid to schools, House inaction noted. current minimum is 40 cents. Lucas and McCormack said the president favors the wage hike but may face House minority resistance. education bill stuck in committee.
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Ashington
Prest Truman
Senate
House
Ted
Lucas
Illinois
Cas
Lewis Accused on New Count in Coal Strike Case
John L. Lewis faces potential contempt and a fresh injunction as he refuses to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association. A June 1 hearing follows NLRB charges of unfair labor practice. Moody and Denham seek to force wage talks and curb the union chief’s actions amid ongoing contract disputes involving 20 companies and associations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Joseph E. Moody
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Moody
NLRB
Denham
Goldborough
Goldsborough
Southern Association
State Singing Meet Planned at Crosley School
The Louisiana State Singing convention will be held at Crosley school on June 5 and 6, with about 3000 music lovers expected. Dixie White chairs the local committee on arrangements. A Friday business meeting will elect officers, while the program begins at 7 30 p m and ends at 10 p m. Sunday starts at 9 30 a m, dinner is served at noon on campus, sessions resume and conclude by 4 p m.
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Louisiana
Crosley School
Dixie White
Chinese students rail against U S policy in Shanghai protests
In Shanghai on May 25 a several thousand strong anti American protest targets Washington's Japan policy and Chiang Kai Shek's government. The demonstrations reflect a pattern where student movements shift from anti foreign sentiment to critiquing their own authorities.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Yangtze
Nanking
Moscow
Washington
Kremlin
Japan
Nanking Road
St. John’s University
St. John’s
Islands
Weizmann Seeks Lift of U.S. Arms Ban on Middle East
Weizmann meets President Truman at the White House and says the arms embargo for the Middle East is essential for Jewish safety in Palestine. He reports Truman gave “some sort of hope” for lifting the ban soon and notes a possible $90 to $100 million loan to Israel is under discussion.
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Washington
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Truman
Middle East
Weizmann
White House
Palestine
United States
Florida Voters Decide Governor Runoff in tight clash
Florida Democrats select between Warren Fuller of Jacksonville and Dan McCarty of Fort Pierce in a runoff to challenge Republican Bert Acker in November. The Jacksonville area, a Democratic stronghold, foresees a turnout nearly as large as the May 4 primary as the incumbent governor Millard Caldwell nears succession.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Warren Fuller
Dan McCarty
Fort Pierce
Bert Acker
Miami
Deep South
Millard Caldwell
Boy and Grandmother Die in Twin Tragedy in Louisiana
In Jonesville Louisiana on May 25 a 12 year old, Kenneth Gordon, drowned while setting a trotline on the Tensas river near Chamberland Landing. His grandmother Mrs Louis Briggs 66 died of a coronary after hearing the news. The body was recovered shortly after 9 pm by two fishermen. American Legion crewmen were called but found the body already recovered. No witnesses to the drowning.
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Jonesville
Kenneth Gordon
Tensas
Chamberland Landing
N. G. Nasif
Catahoula Parish
Louis Briggs
Nasif_ said
Gordon
American Legion
Monroe
M. M. Smith
E. D. Orwell
E. F. Hammett
Four Are Missing in Swollen Rivers Flood Runoff
AP report details multiple missing persons as Pacific Northwest rivers swell. A 4 year old boy vanished from a house boat on the Columbia near Portland amid widespread flooding. Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, British Columbia report high waters and damaged farmland while melting snow drives rising rivers.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Montana
British Columbia
Oregon
Bonners Ferry
Kootenai
Columbia River
Portland
Snake River
Catherine River
la Grange
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Weather Bureau
Huckaby Pledges Cooperation in City Hall Runoff
Wayne H Huckaby candidate for commissioner of streets and parks reiterates his pledge to cooperate with elected officials if he wins the June 15 runoff. He addresses Monroe politics, congratulates Mayor George Breece, and outlines a platform calling for improved electric service water and sanitary sewers.
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Wayne H. Huckaby
Huckaby
News-Star—World
Monroe
George Breece
Breece
Commissioner of Finance and Utilities
Funerals Held for Two Americans in Jerusalem Battle
Funeral services were held in the Franciscan Convent for Thomas C. Wasson U S consul general and Chief Petty Officer Herbert Walker of the navy communications team. Both died Sunday from sniper wounds as artillery shells and machine gun fire raked near the convent. Attendees included UN official Pablo Azcarate, correspondents, consular staff, Red Cross representative Jacques de Renier, and navy team pallbearers. Wasson will be reburied on Mount Zion when feasible. Walker was laid to rest within the convent compound.
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Jerusalem
Thomas C. Wasson
U. S
Herbert Walker
U. S. Navy
Franciscan Convent of
Santa Maria
Ronald Adeney
Pablo Azcarate
United Nations Secretariat
Palestine
Jacques de Renier
Red Cross
A. L. Miller
Navy
Wasson
Louisiana Senate delays old age bill to study impact
Two freshman senators Brenham Crothers and Charles Tooke argued for a one day delay on the administration’s welfare reform measure. The Senate voted 22 to 12 to postpone final passage as supporters said more time to ponder the plan was needed. The House earlier approved the identical bill unanimously.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Brenham C. Crothers
Ferriday
Charles FE. Tooke, Jr
Shreveport
Senate
Crothers
A. O. Rappelet
Huma
Tooke
State House of Representatives
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Earl K. Long
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Samuel Cashio
Iberville
Veterans to Honor Heroes in Twin Cities Memorial Day
Veterans groups plan a Memorial Day observance on May 39 in the Twin Cities. American Legion, VFW and Marine Corps League members will gather after 10:30 a.m. at Central Grammar School, proceed to First Methodist Church for a sermon by Rev. A. M. Serex, then decorate graves at nearby cemeteries. Charles Mitchell of L. B. Faulk post chairs arrangements. West Monroe and Monroe posts will oversee grave decorations east and west of the river.
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Twin Cities
American Legion
Marine Corps League
Central Grammar School
First Methodist Church
A. M. Serex
Charles Mitchell
L. B. Faulk
Veterans’ Groups
Mitchell
West Monroe Legion Post
V. F. W. Post
GM makes new wage formula to avert Auto strike
Detroit May 25 AP General Motors grants a unique hourly boost to about 225000 C I O production workers to avert a strike. The plan costs roughly 75 million annually and could set a 1948 wage pattern for the auto industry. The contract raises GM plant average to 1.61 per hour, with a living cost based adjustment and no wage reopening during the two year term. Chrysler resumes bargaining Wednesday and Ford to start talks soon.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
G. M
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Harry W. Anderson
T. A. Johnstone
Senate Argues Soil Payments Amid Party Rift
Washington May 25 Democrats pushed a larger soil conservation payment package through with three GOP defectors. The Russell amendment boosted the fund to 300 million for the 1949 crop year, 41 to 38, while the House had approved 225 million. The bill funds farm programs for fiscal year starting July 1 and faces further votes. Senator Young urged restoring the prior formula, saying it would shift money to northern and western states. Russell called it punitive.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D.-Ga
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Young
Georgia
Southeast
Arizona Governor Sidney Osborn dies at 62
Gov Sidney P Osborn of Arizona dies at his Phoenix home after an 18 month illness from progressive muscular atrophy He was a Democrat serving his fourth two year term and had long led the state His survivor list includes his wife a mother and a daughter He remained active at his office despite wheelchair confinement and issued three special legislative sessions before death.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona
Osborn
Republicans cry politics at President's social security proposal
President Truman urged Congress to boost social security benefits for 20 million more people and raise old age payments by at least half. He proposed a 50 percent tax increase on social security next January and apply it to an extra $1,800 of income to fund the expansion. Republican leaders accused the move of being political and warned against wasteful spending, while some Democrats signaled possible changes but cautioned limits on broad spending.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Reed
Ways and Means
Knutson
R.-Minn
Full Ways and Means Group
Rep. Doughton
Oil magnate Burton and two others get maximum sentences
New Orleans May 25. Oilman William Burton of Lake Charles former state Senator Joe Cawthorn Mansfield and Marcel La Branche New Orleans were given two year terms and $10,000 fines on conspiracy charges to influence a federal jury. They can appeal on bonds of $10,000 each.
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New Orleans
William T. Bureton
Lake Charles
Joe T. Cawthorn
Mansfield
Marcel la Branche
Wayne G. Borah
Burton
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Apepeals
Hugh M. Wilkinson
James A. Noe
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