Fair Enough Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler
Three years after reporting on Allen Smiley a Russian immigrant and alleged fraudster the Ninth Circuit upheld a year and $1000 fine for falsely claiming citizenship while deportation lingered. Smiley hangs around Las Vegas with ties to Buggsy Siegel amid speculation on murder and a stalled pursuit of justice.
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Leo Durocher
Frank Sinatra
George Raft
Allen Smiley
United States
Russia
Department of Justice
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Smiley
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Aaron Smickoff
Smeekoff
Flamingo
Las Vegas
Nev
Buggsy Siegel
Buggsy
Truman
Howard McGrath
Kansas City
McGrath
Mr. T
Truman to Ask for More Aid in Cold War Arms Plan
President Truman will request about 1.225 billion dollars from Congress to fund American arms shipments to 14 foreign nations for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. About 1 billion would go to nine Atlantic pact countries including Britain and France, with the rest to Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines. Portugal joins as a pact recipient for coastal defense and Azores bases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State Department
Budget Bureau
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
the Way
Denmark
Portugal
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Azores
12 Atlantic Pact
London
Defeat Of Longs Bond Issue Asked 140 Million Highways Plan Debate
In Baton Rouge on May 30, Rep George Tessier urged defeat of Governor Earl Longs 140 million dollar highways bond issue stating it could bankrupt the state. The bill would fund a second Mississippi river bridge at New Orleans and statewide road construction requiring a two thirds House vote.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana House
Algie D. Brown
Caddo Parish
Edward Dubuisson
St. Landry Parish
George Tessier
Orleans Parish
Orlaens Parish
House of Representatives
New Orleans
House
Tessier
Dedication of Stadium Today in Twin Cities Memorial Observance
Impressive ceremonies and services in the Twin Cities marked Memorial Day as Americans paid tribute to servicemen who sacrificed their lives in defense of the country. The Monroe-West Monroe observance highlighted the dedication.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Definitely On: Legion Memorial Stadium Dedication Game
Monroe and Greenwood meet in a dedicatory baseball game at Legion Memorial Stadium with World War II veteran ceremonies preceding. Business Manager Paul Manesseh says tickets sold out for a capacity crowd, proceeds benefit the American Legion debt retirement, and the game will be played unless rain interrupts.
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Legion Memorial Stadium
Monroe
Greenwood
Paul Manesseh
Monroe Sports
American Legion
Manesseh
Memorial Stadium Dedication in Monroe To Honor Legion
Memorial Stadium dedication in Monroe at Bernstein Park begins at 7 30 p m with Burt W Sperry master of ceremonies Rev Ernest Holloway will deliver invocation James Trousdale Jr will give brief address Band from Ouachita Parish High School to perform City officials from Monroe and West Monroe attend Gate receipts go to Legion for debt retirement Tickets may be bought at the box office before the game Memorial Day closures noted in Monroe vicinity and nationwide
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American Legion Memorial
Monroe
Monroe Sports
Bernstein Park
Twin Cities
Federal
Memorial Stadium
Burt W. Sperry
L. B
West Monroe
The
Legion
Cotton States League
Rod Cameron Engaged to Kay Buckley in Hollywood
May 30 report says Western star Rod Cameron aged 37 is engaged to leading lady Kay Buckley aged 22. The announcement offered no wedding date.
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Rod Cameron
Hollywood
Kay Buckley
Wind and rain lash Monroe and New Orleans region
An intense storm struck Monroe and northeast Louisiana with 40 mph winds and 1.15 inches of rain in the Twin Cities causing property and tree damage but no injuries. In New Orleans, gusts reached 50 mph at 4:40 a.m. storms disrupted power as two ships strained moorings and about 0.5 inches of rain fell before clearing.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Patapsco
Harmony Street
le Moyna D'Iberville
First Street
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Prisoner Escape From Ouachita Parish Jail
Two prisoners, James Davis and Arthur Coleman, escaped Ouachita parish jail before 2 a.m. Tuesday using a self-made key. A nationwide search was issued with no arrests by late Tuesday. both men may be traveling by motorcycle. Davis faces auto theft and burglary charges, Coleman is held on probation violations.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
James Davis
Arthur Coleman
Grant
Wilmer Jarrell
Bert Day
Jarrell
Winnsboro
Angola
Davis
Coleman
Convictions of 2 Dowdys Upheld in Dinamite Slaying
Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the murder convictions of J. D. Dowdy and his father George Dowdy in the Oct 22, 1948 dynamite killing of Walter Dorman at a plantation cabin near Tallulah. The son was convicted as charged. the father guilty without capital punishment. Dorman was a 44 year old painter from Hattiesburg Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State Supreme Court
J. D. Dowdy
George Dowdy
Walter Dorman
Tallulah
Dorman
Hattiesburg
Miss
Navy transport plane vanishes over Louisiana coast
A twin engine Beechcraft transporting three men disappeared after takeoff from Atlanta at 8 p.m. It was en route to Barksdale Field Shreveport when wreckage was found near Hall Summit La. Lt J T Herlihy confirmed search and investigation by Louisiana patrol and Barksdale base.
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Shreveport
Hall Summit
H. W. Jackson
Atlanta
Barksdale Air Force Base
J. T. Herlihy
Atlanta Naval Air Station
Horace M. Wade
Barksdale
Barksdale Field
Herlihy
Ringold
Louisiana Highway Patrol
Air Force Base
Dry Prong Boy Drowns While Fishing in Louisiana
A 10 year old Dry Prong boy Wel don LaJuan Simmons drowned while fishing in Little Creek near Pollock. He was with Arthur Rhineheart and Rhineheart’s two sons when he fell in. A rescue attempt by another boy failed as his brother saved one survivor.
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Alexandria
Little Creek
Pollock
D. W. Donaldson
Grant Parish
Weldon LaJuan Simmons
William Simmons
Arthur Rhineheart
Rhineheart
Nation Honors U S War Dead at Arlington Memorial
Americans worldwide pay tribute to fallen servicemen while General Marshall, head of the Red Cross, urges continued support for the United Nations and aid for the world's impoverished. He warns against dissolving the UN and emphasizes open discussion as essential to peace.
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Gen. Marshall
United Nations
George C. Marshall
General Marshall
American Red Cross
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Marshall
Lehman Defends Roosevelt Ahead of Memorial Day Remarks
Hyde Park May 30 Senator Herbert H. Lehman declared that attributing the current world crisis to Franklin D Roosevelt is unjust. He praised Roosevelt as the grand architect of victory and urged exhausting every effort to prevent a cataclysmic war while opposing Communist tyranny and protecting mankind.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
P—Sen
Herbert H. Lehman
D.N. Y
Franklin Roosevelt
Lehman
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Winston Churchill
Europe
Optometrists Elect Louisiana Association Leader
Dr. Sanford Laborde of Abbeville was re elected president of the Louisiana Optometric Association at the 35th annual convention held today in the city.
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Optometrists
Alexandria
Sanford Laborde
Abbeville
Louisiana Optometric Association
Affray Triggers Japanese Skirmishes in Occupation Tokyo
In Tokyo on May 30 Communist led Japanese attacked four American soldiers, sparking further clashes as MPs cracked down. Eight Japanese were arrested. a nurse? interpreter and two enlisted men among the Americans. Demonstrators in Imperial Plaza hurled rocks, a sergeant was knocked down, and arrests continued at Hiya? Park and Marunouchi police station. A Red-led march faced police restraint as passions rose amid Memorial Day observances.
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William Jorden
Tokyo
Imperial Plaza
C. V. Clark
Hibaya Park
Marunouchi
Japan
Cominform
General MacArthur
Voters endure raids as Korea holds election in 1950s tone
South Korea held a national assembly election amid small-scale terrorist raids and violence. Police detained about 500 suspected communists, while UN observers watched as 6 to 8 million voters chose 210 seats. Prime Minister powers and constitutional questions loomed. President Syngman Rhee voted amid security concerns.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
South Korea
U. S
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
United Nations
Arthur B. Jamieson
Australia
U. N. Commission For Korea
Chongju
State Senate considers four year college in Monroe
Bills proposed Sunday would move Northeast Junior College from LSU control to a four year college under the state board of education. Senators John F. McCormick, Brooks Oliver, and R. E. King introduced the measure as the Senate has already approved a bill to elevate John McNeese Junior College in Lake Charles to a four year college.
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State Legislative
Monroe
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
State Board of Education
Senate
John F. McCormick
West Monroe
Brooks Oliver
Bastrop
R. E. King
Winnsboro
House of Representatives
John McNeese
Lake Charles
Forces in Pacific deemed adequate by Radford in Manila
Admiral Arthur W. Radford said American naval forces in the Pacific are adequate to meet any emergency and that no immediate fleet strengthenings are planned. He spoke at Manila on arriving to inspect bases in the Philippines.
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Manila
Pacific
U. S. Pacific
Arthur W. Radford
Philippines
First husband of Wallis succumbs in San Diego
Commander Earl Winfield Spencer U.S. Navy retired, first husband of Wallis Warfield Windsor, died in San Diego at 61. WWI naval aviator commanded San Diego naval air station. He married Wallie Warfield in 1920s. four marriages ended by divorce. Survived by his fourth wife. Funeral Friday at naval air station chapel with graveside rites at Ft. Rosecrans. Born in Kinsley, Kansas.
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Calif
Earl Winfield Spencer
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Spencer
San Diego Naval Air Station
Navy
U. S. Naval Academy
Wallie Warfield
Baltimore
Prince of Wales
Spencers
Miriam J. Spencer
Norma Reese Johnson
Hollywood
Naval Air Station Chapel
Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery
Kinsley, Kans
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