Fair Enough Suit Targets Free Expression in Connecticut
Westbrook Pegler argues that the Draper Adler lawsuit against Greenwich resident Mrs. John T. McCullough threatens free expression. He notes attachment of home and bank account under a Connecticut law, with $100,000 demands each, while the McCulloughs face financial distress and possible loss of property for expressing views on alleged Communist ties of the entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
John T. McCullough
Parsonage Road
Greenwich
Conn
Adler
un-American Activities Committee
Congress
Draper
Connecticut
McCullough
McCulloughs
Time Magazine
Connectit
Draper and
Wisner Two Missing in Plane Search Near Baton Rouge
Air and coast guard units sweep the area for two Wisner farmers Madison Floyd and Monroe Jordan, missing since Saturday noon after a Cessna 120 departed Baton Rouge for Winnsboro. Floyd, 27, was the pilot and a Monroe Airport Service student. Jordan is his neighbor. Floyd faced trouble in from New Orleans with an overcast sky.
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Madison Floyd
Monroe Jordan
Near
Wisner
Floyd
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Winnsboro
New Orleans
Joe Joseph
Coast Guard
Navy
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Alexandria
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Jack Scott
Joseph
Frank Smith
Selman Field
Darwin Nichols
Woodville
Miss
Natchez
Ferriday
Red River
Ruby Floyd
Jordan
Burton Jordan
Dock walkout threat averted in Houston labor scene
Houston cooled a looming walkout as West Gulf longshoremen accepted a seven cent hourly contribution to the union benefit fund at 12 45 a m averting a 12 01 a m strike that would have shut ports from Lake Charles Louisiana to Brownsville Texas About 2 150 Houston longshoremen work locally with 5 000 other crafts likely to honor picket lines The strike mood could shift with bus drivers and mechanics 1 100 additional workers reported active Local 18 hod carriers build laborers 2 500 CIO steelworkers at Sheffield Steel Tennessee Coal Iron plants 26 Airways Limousine Co drivers 350 CIO Oil Workers Mathieson Chemical workers and others affected Continued on Fifth Page
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Houston
West Gulf
Lake Charles
Brownsville
Tex
A. F. of L. Hod
Sheffield Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Airways Limousine Service, Inc
C. I. O. Oil Workers International Union
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
A. F. of
L. Building Crafts Union
Fire damages $11,000,000 post office building in Washington
A fire and series of explosions struck the $11 million post office department building on Pennsylvania Avenue, injuring at least three and forcing hundreds of federal workers to flee. The blaze, confined to the eighth floor, caused heavy smoke and water damage with an initial blast shaking the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
12Th
13Th Streets
Federal Communications Commission
Richard Jamison
D. C. Corrigan
Robert Farrington
Associated Press
Post Office
Martin Levy
Bethlehem Contract Signed By Norman Walker
Bethlehem Steel and the CIO signed a welfare pact in Cleveland ending the strike for Bethlehem workers. The deal provides employer financed pensions starting at 100 dollars monthly and a five cent an hour insurance program. CIO President Philip Murray hailed a breakthrough as government mediation urged broader steel industry peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Cleveland
Philip Murray
Murray
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Four Bandits Seize $17 460 In New Orleans Robbery
City and state police chased four bandits who burglarized Ralph Gall. They wounded Charles Buisson while forcing Gall to open a wall safe. They grabbed $5,000 cash, a diamond ring, and $11,260 from a chest. Buisson suffered a minor arm wound. no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ralph Gall
Charles Buisson
Gall
Buisson
Lake Vista
Hallowe'en
Wrangling Threatens To Upset Italian Government
Italian Social ist wrangling threatens De Gasperi's coalition as three moderate socialist ministers resign in a bid to push a unified anti Communist Socialist bloc. The move risks bringing down the cabinet amid a nationwide eight hour general strike by the Communist led labor confederation over peasant clashes and land seizures in southern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Giuseppe Saragat
Italian Socialist Labor Party
Industry and Commerce
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
Roberto Tremelloni
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
Olin Linn Named to State Bond Board in Louisiana
Olin Linn of New Orleans was appointed by Gov. Earl K. Long to the state advisory board that approves bond issues. He succeeds the late Alfred D. Danziger. The governor cited approval from a majority of the board including elected officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Olin Linn
New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Alfred D. Danziger
Linn
Firemen Search for Body Near Ouachita River Incident
Sheriff Fred Fairbanks sought Edgar Ussery's body after a motorboat capsized near Habayou mouth on the Ouachita River two miles north of Jonesville. Monroe firemen joined the search. Ussery, 46, is believed drowned while Sebille Cagle survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Fred Fairbanks
Edgar Ussery
Ouachita River
Monroe
Emmett Dortch
Eugene Wilhite
Ray Breeland
American Legion
Fairbanks
Ussery
Ha- Habayou
Here
Sebille Cagle
Two Face Murder in Child's Death in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi November 1. Murder charges filed against Houston Roberts 42 and Ruby Pace mother of seven for poisoning five year old Mary Louise Hill in an apparent scheme to collect insurance funds totaling 630 dollars. A separate attempted murder charge involves Mary Louise's sister Shirley Ann 4 who was hospitalized for arsenic poisoning. Roberts has signed a statement admitting the poisoning to obtain insurance and elope. Pace allegedly helped. Both suspects held without bond in Hinds county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Joel Holden
Houston Roberts
Ruby Pace
Mary Louise Hill
Mary Louise
Shirley Ann
Think Sherman To Head Navy
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, already a key figure in the unified forces dispute, was due to land in Washington on a Mediterranean command reassessment trip. Public bets on him becoming chief of naval operations faded as officials and Sherman gave no confirmation, fueling rumors of a possible later appointment or different senior post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Naval Operations
Louis Denfeld
Sherman
Truman
Navy
Matthews
Defense Johnson
Pentagon
Navy Command
Truman Signs Farm Measure Amid Brannan Prospects
Washington November 1 President Truman signed the compromise farm bill of the 81st Congress into law for at least one production season. The measure preserves wartime level price supports and signals possible Brannan plan influence, while differing from the Aiken law mainly in handling surpluses of perishable products. Officials indicated no White House statement accompanied the signing, fueling speculation on future farm policy battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Brannan
White House
Collision Kills Many as Planes Fall Into Potomac
Eastern Air Lines flight 537 from Boston to Washington collided midair with a Bolivian P-38 near National Airport, plunging into the Potomac. Rescue efforts began amid uncertainty about casualties. the DC region reported the crash near Mount Vernon Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Potomac River
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S
Bolivia
Eastern Airlines
Boston
LaGuardia
Mount Vernon Boulevard
Futch Jurors Review Fictitious Checks in Trial
In Farmerville Louisiana on November 1, jurors examined 139 checks issued to fictitious names as part of the trial of P T Futch on charges of theft of 4119 in Union parish funds. State Auditor M O Reeves identified the checks and related records while jurors reviewed the documents. Reeves testified that the payees were non existent and the proceedings continued with crowded courtrooms and hotel lodging nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gambrell
News-Star
Farmerville
P. T. Futch
Third District
Futch
Union Parish
M. O. Reeves
Monroe
Ragan D. Madden
Reeves
D. C. Smith
G. R. Brantley
Lille
O. F. Chandler
Junction City
Ark
D. E. Taylor
Vivian
W. L. Wilhite
Downsville
Defense
Hanson Named by Publishers in Southern Association
Clarence B. Hanson Jr., 41, publisher of the Birmingham News and Age-Herald, was slated to be elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association at Mineral Wells on November 1. Nominees included Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby for chair, Lislay Baker Jr., Myron G. Chambers, and Walter C. Johnson, with named directors Curtis De Lamar and others. The election followed a panel on management and cost by the American Press Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Wells
Tex
Clarence B. Hanson, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
News and Age-Herald
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Hanson
Oveta Culp Hobby
The
Houston Post
Hobby
Lislay Baker, Jr
Louisville, Ky
Courier-Journal and Times
Electrical Workers Withhold Dues From C I O
In Cleveland Nov 1 United Electrical Workers announce withholding further dues to the C I O, signaling a move to oust the federation. Harold W. Ward notes left wing momentum, with President Fitzgerald accusing C I O leaders of raid busting and red baiting. Conventions slated action by the C I O on constitutional changes amid pressure from the U K faction and other left wing unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward Cleveland
United Electrical Workers
U. S
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Philip Murray
U. K
Fitzgerald
Toy Fox Terrier Puppies Sold Fast After Want Ad
Mrs Audrey Edwards of West Monroe placed a classified for two month old Toy Fox Terrier puppies in the News Star World section. The ad drew two long distance calls from Bas Trop and Wisner, and all puppies were sold on the first night the ad appeared. The notice praises Want Ads as the people marketplace for buying selling renting jobs and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Edwards
North 3Rd St
West Monroe
News-Star—World
Want Ad Help Line Advertisement Call 4800
A notice invites readers to call 4800 for help writing classified ads. It promotes a low-time rate and cancellation privileges, offering guidance to craft effective want ads.
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Washington Post Office Department
Westbrook
Pegler
Pkansas
Frankfurt
Germany
Cleatis C
Chester
U. S. Army
Stuttgart
GARBO
Hanna Schurmann
Copenhagen
Denmark
Brenau
Brenau College
Gainesville
Georgia
Greta Garbo
Geneva Saunooke
American Red Cross Blood Bank
Cherokee, N. C
Asheville
N. C
Orleans
Sportsman
Mediterranean Command
National Airport
U.S
George J. Bates
Salem
Mass
Washington, D. C
Southern Newspaper Group
C.I
U. E
Bastrop
Goood Pets
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