Reformulated Roosevelts Marriage In Book Review Rumor
Westbrook Pegler argues in a Nov 11 piece that a New York Times Sunday Book Review excerpt hints at strain between Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. He notes Elizabeth Janeway's portrayal of their separated lives and the wife’s assumed absence from her disabled husband.
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New York
Eleanor the Great
United States
Sunday Book Review
New York Times
Elizabeth Janeway
Washington
Boy Stowaway Rides Airliner to St Louis
An 11 year old New York boy, Arthur Biggs, secretly booked a Trans World Airways flight to California to pursue acting in western movies. He rode to LaGuardia with a taxi valet paying his fare, then boarded unchallenged with other passengers. The airline, surprised by the incident, brought him home from St Louis after the trip.
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Roy Rogers
St. Louis
LaGuardia Field
New York City
Trans World Airways
California
Waldorf-Astoria
Arthur
Trans World
Pitts
Continues Beating Wife After Death in Arkansas
A transient cotton picker Carl D. Brady 32 is charged with murder for beating the dead wife Lilly Milner Brady 45 after her death on a Bogalusa Louisiana couple's farm near Piggott Arkansas. His brother Clell Lamar Brady 35 was also arrested. Sheriff Dalton sent Carl Brady for mental examination in Little Rock.
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Piggot
Ark
B. O. Dalton
Here
Carl D. Brady
Lilly Milner Brady
Brady
Little Rock
Clell Lamar Brady
Bradys
Bogalusa
Dalton
Military leaders urge strength to avert future war on Armistice Day
Associated Press reports America's top military men spoke at Armistice Day ceremonies across the nation marking 31 years since World War I. Defense Secretary Johnson warned that weakness invites war, while Army Secretary Gray estimated World War II would cost about one trillion dollars and urged continued US strength to prevent future conflict. Air Secretary Symington emphasized the men and resources needed, urging action to deter aggression.
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Associated Press
Johnson
St. Louis
Greenville
N. C
Gray
United States
Air
Symington
Secretary Johnson Says Plans Contingent Move Seat of Government
Secretary of Defense Johnson told Senator Wiley that the United States is preparing for a possible relocation of the seat of government if Washington becomes a target in war. He said plans would move army navy and air force command to other locations and designate military successors while maintaining a joint command post.
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Washington
Secretary of
Defense
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senator Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Department of Defense
Blackmer Reclaims $10 Million After Return From Exile
Henry M. Blackmer, 80, returned from a 25 year overseas exile and pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He gained access to $10,000,000 frozen in New York banks since 1942, including $7,115,000 in Treasury notes and municipal bonds. He paid a $20,000 fine in Denver on November 2.
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Denver
Henry M. Blackmer
Rocky Mountain News
New York
Blackmer
France
Europe
U. S
the News
Washington
Justice Department
United States
U. S. Treasury
Big Three to Hold Talks With West German Pneumonics?
The foreign ministers of France Britain and the United States issued instructions to their western German high commissioners for two day talks with the west German government in Bonn. Dean Acheson plans to meet with Theodor Heuss and Konrad Adenauer and visit Bonn making it the first direct high level US German conference since the war.
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Paris
France
Britain
United States
Germany
U. S
Dean Acheson
Theodor Heuss
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Acheson
Governor Long Denies Naming Monroe Mayor Choice
Gov Earl K Long said he has not appointed a successor to late Monroe Mayor George Breece and will likely wait until next Monday or Tuesday. Rumors name State Rep John E Coon as a likely appointee to serve the remainder of Breeses term, with offices closed for Armistice Day adding to confusion. Local leaders have urged his appointment, which would require no special election under current law.
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Earl K. Long
George Breece
Monroe
Breece
John E. Coon
Long
Coon
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Passman Plans Pacific Area Inspection Tour
Washington November 11. Representatives Passman and Norrell, both Democrats, join a House Appropriations subcommittee on an inspection tour of Pacific installations. The trip will cover Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Manila, Calcutta, and Batavia, with stops to assess U S spending and prevent waste. The delegation includes Miller and Wilson, with Kruse picked up in Indiana. they will depart Washington by plane and conclude the San Francisco leg Sunday.
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Washington
Passman
D.-La
Norrell
D.-Ark
House
Appropriations
Pacific
U. S
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Hawaii
Guam
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Manila
Calcutta
Batavia
A. L. Miller
R.-Neb
Paul Wilson
Kruse
D.-Ind
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kansas City
San Francisco
U S Steel Strike Near Settlement
In Pittsburgh a 35 member United Steelworkers negotiating panel waits as Philip Murray and negotiators press for a settlement with United States Steel. Reportedly shaped by Bethlehem peace terms, the accord would recall 150,000 workers and end a 42 day strike, with Bethlehem and four other majors already agreeing to pension and insurance demands.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
C. S. O. United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
C. I. O. United Steelworkers
Murray
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Armistice Day Parade Lights West Monroe Streets
A colorful Armistice Day parade moved through West Monroe's business district near 11 a.m. featuring 26 floats and many decorated cars. More than 34 groups entered, with Brownie Scout troop No. 2 winning for World Friendship, Millsaps School second, and Crosley School third. Mayor Bell awarded Miss Barbara Rawls the key to the city. A bingo party tonight caps the observance.
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West Monroe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brownie Scout Troop No. 2
Mitchell School
Millsaps School
Crosley School
C. C. Bell
Barbara Rawls
Riddle of Soviet Atomic Production Before U N
Armistice Day at the United Nations centers on the Soviet atomic dilemma. Russia touts peaceful uses of atomic energy for development while Andrei Vishinsky warns that if war comes the USSR could produce atomic bombs in unlimited numbers. Delegates show skepticism as the debate continues with about a dozen nations to speak.
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A. I. Goldberg
United Nations
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
U.N. Assembly
Atomic Energy
U.N
Argentina
Yugoslavia
Pakistan
Uruguay
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Liberia
Nicaragua
Israel
India
Peru
United States
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
U. N
Earth
Civil rights plea renewed by President Truman
President Truman urged swift passage of civil rights laws in an Armistice Day address to the National Conference of Christian and Jews. He linked unity to the unknown soldier grave and warned enemies abroad exploit domestic prejudice. He argued legislation would curb discrimination and strengthen America.
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Washington
Truman
National Conference of Christian and Jews
United States
Maryland man held in wife slaying in Laurel
John William Barker, 22, of Maryland, was jailed in Baton Rouge on murder charges for the hammer death of his wife Nellie in Laurel last August. He reportedly said she nagged him for two hours before he struck. Barker claimed self defense and fled with their two young children present. A Maryland state police officer was to escort him to Maryland custody after a vagrancy arrest with companion Jack Orcutt in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Maryland
Laurel
Bryan Clemmons
John William Barker
Clemmons
Barker
Husky Barker
Nellie
Margaret Truman in Romance Again
Detroit, Nov. 11. Margaret Truman and Frank P. Handy Jr. of Ypsilanti, Mich., are again the center of romance rumors. The president's daughter, who will perform a concert tonight, lunched with Handy, seen last winter with him at times. She played it cool when asked about Handy, then he got his date and they dined privately at the Detroit Athletic Club in a nearly empty big dining room, with Margaret wearing a white orchid before leaving in Handy’s convertible.
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Detroit
Margaret Truman
Frank P. Handy, Jr
Ypsilanti
Mich
White House
Miss Truman
Handy
Detroit Athletic Club
Margaret
Truman accepts Krug resignation as Chapman named successor
President Truman accepted the resignation of Interior Secretary Julius Krug and selected Undersecretary Oscar L Chapman to succeed him effective December 1. The move, announced by Presidential Press Secretary Charles G Ross, follows reports of strained relations between Truman and Krug. Chapman, a Coloradoan from Denver, is a longtime defense witness in other matters and aligns with party officials.
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Washington
Truman
Interior
Julius Krug
Oscar L. Chapman
Charles G. Ross
Krug
Ross
Chapman
Bill Boyle
Agriculture Brannan
Denver
Woman loses 8312 after phone booth theft scare
Mrs. Virginia K. Spina and her husband misplaced eight thousand three hundred twelve dollars while calling from a corner dry goods store. A passerby found the cash in a drugstore booth and delivered it to the Spinas’ address via a neighbor, preserving the sum.
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Philadelphia
Virginia K. Spina
Passman asks disaster area for river parishes cotton
Representative Passman urges the agriculture department to designate the river parishes in his district as a disaster area. Lasseter promised an immediate survey and said the parishes likely will be declared a disaster area, unlocking additional credit and potential grants for cotton farmers affected by a poor season. Passman toured East Carroll, Tensas, Madison, and Concordia parishes noting near total crop failure due to rain and boll weevil.
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Washington
Passman
D.-La
Agriculture Department
Dillard Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
Lasseter
Mississippi
Arkansas
East Carroll
Tenses
Madison
Concordia
Louisiana
Alexandria
Eight Killed in Truck Collision Near Gila Bend
Eight men, recruited from Los Angeles, died when a cotton picker truck crashed into a stalled semi trailer 17 miles east of Gila Bend Arizona. Thirteen injured, three critically, as police and driver accounts differ on causation. The victims were bound for cotton pick work at Continental, south of Tucson.
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Gila Bend
Ariz
Here
Los Angeles
Charlie Davis
H. P. Myers
Myers
Davis
Continental
Tucson
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Fred Fudickar, Jr
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