West Brook Pegler on Lewis and Roosevelt's union grip
New York historic column criticizes John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. It argues Roosevelt’s rescue of Lewis built a powerful labor regime, likening C. I. O. control to dictatorial rule and noting the use of miners’ funds for organizing campaigns. It cites past funding and political leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Treasury
Committee For Industrial Organization
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Lewis
Stalin
Russia
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Harold Ickes
Phil Murray
Mine Workers
C. I
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Mr. Big
Mister
Mister Big
Henry Mencken
Labor
Noartisan League
Overton urges full use of flood fund for surge projects
Senator John Overton of Louisiana urged President Truman to release the remaining 20 million dollars for flood control and river and harbor work after a new 70 million dollar allocation. General Crawford announced quick resumption of urgent lower Mississippi Valley flood projects, including revetment, dike work, levee repairs, maintenance dredging, and Ahifalaya basin construction. The West Memphis district said repair work on the St Francis revetment would begin, with scope tied to available funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John Overton
Truman
Congress
Overton
W. Crawford
Mississippi River Commission
T Vicksburg
Miss
Lower Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Ihafalaya Basin
Gen. Craward
U. S.district Engineers Office
West Memphis
Ark
St. Francis
Rosedale
Greenville
Col
B. F. Hiarioe
Thanksgiving Observances Across Twin Cities Before Holiday
U N approval of world troop inventory looms as Thanksgiving greetings frame the holiday. In Twin Cities churches plan joint services and special sermons. notable events include First Christian Church at 10 30 a m with Rabbi Hirsch and music, Monroe First Baptist tonight at 7 p m with Rev Hastings and a film, and College Place Baptist uniting with Memorial Methodist at 10 a m. St Matthew's Catholic Church and Grace Episcopal offer masses and Eucharist with charity offerings to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Twin Cities
First Christian Church
F. K. Hirsch
Monroe First
Pineville
Baptist Training Union
First Church of Christ, Scientist
College Section
College Place Baptist Church
Memorial Methodist Church
George Pearce, Jr
Memorial Church
Grace Episcopal Church
William Albert
New Orleans
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Trumans Host Two Diplomatic Dinners At White House
President Truman and Mrs. Truman hosted a state dinner for 30 nations and 38 guests in the White House marking the end of wartime social blackout. A second dinner will follow next Tuesday as the formal calendar resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Truman
White House
Hitler
Senate
Carlos Martins
Brazil
Madame Martins
Wildcat Test Near Fort Necessity In Franklin Parish
Roy L. Fisher an independent oil operator from Shreveport and Jackson has secured a permit to drill a wildcat well on Tensas Delta Lumber Co land in Franklin parish six miles southwest of Fort Necessity. He plans to rig up soon and had earlier been linked to a Gratz property test near Rilla six miles south of Monroe. Duncan S. Cook says the operation will not start until after year’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Fisher
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Tensas Delta Lumber Company
Franklin Parish
Fort Necessity
Fisher
Gratz
Rilla
Monroe
Columbia Road
Duncan S. Cook
Demand for World Troop Census by Home and Abroad
A 54 member U N political and security committee likely to back an immediate world inventory of troops at home and abroad. United States and British spokesmen expect a vote within 24 hours to resume veto talks. Russia reports troops abroad but not at home. an inspection board may fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Political and Security Committee
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Political and Security Committee
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Tom Connally
Texas
Good Fellows Mail Appeals For Christmas Aid
Beverly Martin notes that Good Fellows must aid the less fortunate in the Twin Cities to prevent a scanty Christmas. Letters from families plead for toys, clothing, socks, and food as the high cost of living bites. An elderly crippled woman and an old widow seek assistance, with continued appeals promised on the sixth page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Man charged with murder in aunt's scalding death
Neal H. Keough 33, former mental ward inmate, faces murder charges in the death of his 86 year old paralytic aunt Georgianna Senn. He allegedly poured a bucket of scalding water on her after she complained of coffee. Neighbors heard screams. she died three hours later at a hospital.
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Wilmington. del
Neal H. Keough
James C. Riley
Keough
Georgianna Senn
Riley
Food shortages feared if coal strike lasts
Washington officials warned that a prolonged coal strike could trigger food shortages in major cities. They cited potential cutbacks in rail shipments of livestock, dairy and oilseed plants, and reduced coal powered processing and refrigeration, with citrus and vegetables from Florida Texas and California most at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Florida
Texas
California
East
Midwest
Bids Sought for St Matthews Church Rectory
Bids are invited for a two story brick rectory with fireproof construction north of the church. Plans by H H Land Monroe architect call for offices chapel dining room kitchen and servants quarters on the first floor with four bedrooms study and three baths on the second. Steam heat and cement floors with asbestos tile. Bids from Monroe Bastrop Alexandria and Shreveport firms to be opened December 13 at 10 a m in Mr Land s offices Ouachita Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Church
H. H. Land
Monroe
Bastrop
Alexandria
Shreveport
Mr. Land
Ouachita Bank
Housing Expediter seeks White House backing for housing program
Washington reports Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt pressed President Truman for full backing from other agencies to fund and run veterans housing. He warned he may resign if denied. Wyatt asked reaffirmation of his power to channel resources, opposed steel priority cuts, and urged continued controls on building materials plus expansion of rental housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Wyatt
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
War Assets Administration
Chicago
Lustron Corporation
WAA
Tucker Corporation
Civilian Production Administration
Nation reels under second coal strike ripple effect
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a national soft coal walkout crippling industry with unemployment rising to 70,000 and estimates up to 250,000 idle by next week. Schools and heat loss affect cities from Denver to Philadelphia as coal stocks dwindle and more plants prepare shutdowns.
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Pittsburgh
Denver
Philadelphia
Provo
Utah
Irving S. Old
U. S. Steel Corp
GOP to Seek Big Spending for Postwar Drive
The Republican National Committee plans a budget between 800000 and 1000000 dollars for 1947 to sustain party activities and research feeding GOP members and candidates. National Chairman B Carroll Reece likely to stay, as will key staff. Democrats begin action in late January while health updates for Senator Scott Lucas and Hannegan loom.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
O. K
Congress
B. Carroll Reece
Reece
William C. Murphy
John A. Danaher
Senate
House
Robert E. Hannefan
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Judge warns Lewis in contempt case over soft coal strike
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough said John L Lewis and 400000 miners who ignore a court order to stay in contract with the government would be in contempt of court. He ruled restraining orders cannot be disobeyed whether Norris La Guardia act applies or not. Lewis sat silent as lawyers argued dismissal of the contempt citation amid the nationwide soft coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Goldsborough
A. F
Joseph Padway
Gcve
Move to Deny Marcantonio Seat in New Congress
A congressional committee investigates Vito Marcantonio election in New York with backing from Rep. Rankin. The probe centers on allegations tied to political affiliations and an intimidation incident at the polls. Also noted are ongoing challenges to Senator Bilbo over voting rights and war contractor gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Vito Marcantonio
New York City
House
John E. Rankin
Miss
Marcantonio
Rankin
New House
Frederick Bryan
Bryan
Patrick J. Hannigan
Hannigan
Priest
Tennessee
House Campaign
New York
Joseph Scattereggio
Scattereggio
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate Republicans
Senate
Minden Police Chief Exonerated in Civil Rights Case
U S District Judge Ben C Dawkins cleared Minden Louisiana police chief Benjamin Geary Gantt of charges of aiding deputies to deprive two Black prisoners John C Jones and Albert Harris Jr of civil rights by turning them over to a mob at Webster Parish jail. The dismissals followed a prosecutor’s recommendation with consent of the attorney general. Jones was found dead the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
United States
Ben C. Dawkins
Benjamin Geary Gantt
Minden
Water Valley
Malcolm &. Lafargue
United States Attorney General
Monroe
Gantt
Webster Parish
John C. Jones
Albert Harris, Jr
Jones
Harris
Thanksgiving Day Weather Outlook Across Regions
The brisk weather map shows rain snow and subfreezing temps in parts of the north while fair conditions with sunshine are forecast for Thanksgiving. A cold Canadian air mass settles over the northern plains and upper Mississippi valley with subzero readings in Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Thanksgiving
Canada
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Mississippi
Maine
Georgia
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Montana
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Boston Club Owner Welansky Freed After Fire Tragedy
Barnett Welansky, Cocoanut Grove operator and 1942 fire convict, was pardoned by Gov. Tobin after cancer prognosis. He expressed wishes he had died in the holocaust and claimed wrongful conviction as he left Norfolk prison with his brothers. Lt. Gov. Bradford opposed the pardon.
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Boston
Barnett Welansky
Welansky
Maurice J. Tobin
Cocoanut Grove
Robert F. Bradford
Tobin
Norfolk
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Dear Goodfellows
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William T
Big Bill) Tilden
Los Angeles
J. E. Hawkins
Tilden
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Industrial Association
West Virginia
Toledo
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginia Railway
Youngstown, Ohio
Patway
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