Byrnes breaks with Truman in southern political shift
Westbrook Pegler reports Byrnes has split from Truman and the Democratic Party, signaling a southern revolt against what he terms Marxian policy. The piece argues the defection could realign parties, impact Dewey in New York, and shape future opposition to Truman’s perceived socialist program.
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James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Truman
Democratic Party
Americans For
Democratic Action
Byrnes
South
Tom Dewey
Republican Party
Byrd
George
Edward Hebert
New Orleans
Europe
Floods Plague Pacific Northwest After Deadly Storm
The Seattle area and surrounding states battled a major winter storm that swept from British Columbia to Oregon, killing 15 people. Washington faced the worst damage as the Skagit River rose, forcing evacuations, sandbag battles, and flood fears across several towns.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
North Idaho
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Central Plains States
Great Lakes
Cut Bank
Mont
Sheridan
Wyo
British Columbia
Oregon
Washington State
Skagit River
Washington
Skagit Valley
Mount Vernon
Coast Guard
Hamilton
Doodlebug Service To Halt Between Bastrop and Vidalia
The Doodlebug passenger mail and freight service between Bastrop and Vidalia will be discontinued within the next couple of weeks. Missouri Pacific attorney Fred Hudson said the order should arrive this week and the train will be removed after a ten day waiting period. The public service commission vote was two to one to remove the service after a July hearing where thirteen communities protested. The line serves Bastrop Collingston Oak Ridge Rayville Mangham Baskin Winnsboro Chase Gilbert Wisner Sicily Island Foules Clayton Ferriday Vidalia and nearby towns.
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Fred Hudson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
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Wade O. Martin
Nat Knight
Harvey Broyles
Collingston
Oak Ridge
Rayville
Mangham
Baskin
Winnsboro
Chase, Gilbert, Wisner
Sicily Island
Foules
Clayton
Ferriday
Throat Slashing Victim Holds On in Hospital
Millie M Samms an 18 year old Warwick High senior lies in Riverside Hospital with throat injuries that may affect her ability to speak. Doctors say nerve damage will determine prognosis. Police report a note accusing neighbor Jesse Worley of the attack. Worley is held on a maiming charge. he denies involvement. The victim was found bleeding near her home late Friday night after visiting hours.
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Millie M
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Riverside Hospital
Warwick High School
Jesse Wilmer Worley
Bill Worley
Warwick County
Leroy Woody
Worley
William B. Stooks
Sams
New York
Here
Colombia Goes Conservative Wins Presidency Again
Colombia's Conservative party secure a four year term with Laureano Gomez as the sole winner after Liberal withdrawal. President Ospina Perez's siege measures halted congress and delayed returns as clashes increased. No violence reported on election day though several months of fatal political clashes were noted.
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Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Dario Echandia
Marriano Ospina Perez
Congress
Ospina
United States
New York
Gomez
Barkley Campaign Tour Tops Democratic Fund Dinner
Vice President Barkley headlines a New York City fundraising dinner this Friday as part of a 1950 campaign warm up. The newly wed speaker fights GOP charges that Truman’s program risks a poorhouse state, while Republican chairman Gabrielson cites rising unemployment claims to criticize the administration.
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Barkley
New York City
Guy G. Gabrielson
Truman
Gabrielson
Reds In China Deport Americans in new order
Washington reports a second deportation order against the entire American staff at the U S consulate in Mukden as Chinese Communist officials press a trial of ten alleged spies. Ward and four aides were sentenced to deportation earlier, then released after a month’s imprisonment.
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China
John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
Peoples Court
William N. Stokes
Stokes
Dowdys Face Death Sentence In Louisiana Case
J D Dowdy and his father George R Dowdy, found guilty in May by a Madison parish grand jury, face sentencing Tuesday in sixth district court. The son is charged with murder of a Hattiesburg painter found in a dynamited fishing hut wreckage. The father, guilty of conspiracy, received as beneficiary on $30,000 life insurance and identified body parts as his son. The verdict requires a mandatory death sentence for the young Dowdy.
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J. D. Dowdy
George R. Dowdy
Frank Voelker
Sixth Judicial District Court
Dowdy
Madison Parish
Young Dowdy
Hattiesburg, Miss
Here
Walter N. Dorman
Good Fellows Receive $50 Cash Donation for Christmas Help
Good Fellows collected $50 Monday, bringing their total to $524.75 as Christmas aid appeals grow. Letters from children and a widow plead for gifts or essentials, with readers asked to leave donations at grandmother’s house in West Monroe or similar local drop sites.
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Good Fellows
West Monroe
Plane crash near Hanoi kills ten including four French soldiers
A local airline plane collided in Indochina near Hanoi on Sunday, killing ten people. Four of the dead are French army soldiers, with other victims including civilians and crew members. The crash occurred in a remote area, and authorities began investigations into the cause.
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European arms plans mapped by western leaders in Paris
In Paris on November 28 western allies plan to use nearly a billion dollars for Atlantic defenses against possible Soviet aggression. U S Britain and France defense chiefs will outline a unified plan while defense ministers from 12 nations address political and technical issues including Germany rearmament and Atlantic area boundaries.
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Louis Johnson
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Body of murdered man identified as J E Ross
The body found in a southwest Louisiana marsh is believed to be J E Ross of Gulfport Mississippi. Relatives travel to Lake Charles for identification and confirm Ross had been missing since August. Laundry marks on khaki clothing match his name. A bullet hole in the forehead is noted. no gun found.
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J. E. Ross
Gulfport
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Henry A. Reid
Calcasieu Parish
Ross
Reid
U. S. 90
Vinton
Orange
Tex
Truman Begins Vacation Trip to Key West
President Truman departed for Key West Florida for a three week rest and work period aboard the Independence. The White House staff joined the trip, intent on business as usual amid hopes for renewed coal strike talks. Margaret Truman drew a warm reception at Constitution Hall, prompting fatherly pride as she performed with a sellout audience.
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Dying Man's Recovery Tells of Possible Miracle
In Lafayette Louisiana the Catholic Church opened an apostolic process to test a 1948 recovery of Herbert Theriot of Franklin after an appendectomy. Surgeons labeled his case hopeless, but after placing himself under Pere Antoine Moreau’s protection his condition rapidly improved, deemed miraculous by medical witnesses. The Immaculata Seminary hosts the inquiry with Father Antonio Dragon from Montreal attending as an official representative.
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Canada
Merchant Vessel Hit 12 Times Off Shanghai
The American merchant ship Sir John Franklin was fired on and struck 12 times by a Chinese Nationalist warship near Shanghai while en route to Woosung. All aboard escaped injury. The incident mirrors a prior attack on the Isbrandtsen ship Flying Cloud. The ship sailed November 25 from Hong Kong. the state department declined comment.
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Chungking
Coal Deadline Again Nearing in Soft Coal Dispute
John L. Lewis keeps government and operators guessing as the truce for soft coal miners nears expiration. The United Mine Workers policy committee meets in New York to decide whether to extend the three week back to work order or set a new strike. President Truman warned he would use the Taft Hartley act if an emergency arises.
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Cyrus S. Ching
George H. Love
Winchester
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Truman
Seeing-Eye Girl May Save Light for Parents
A 12-year-old girl in Portland, Mary Hope Hodgdon, may continue as the seeing-eye for her blind parents, as surgeons report success sealing a loose retina. Doctors at the University of Oregon medical school operated 12 days ago, and Mary may go home in a week. Her parents have saved hundreds of letters and packages from well wishers and plan to read them aloud to avoid straining the eye.
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Lee Hodgdon
University of Oregon Medical School
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Lilienthal Reports on Atom Board Program and Secrecy
David E. Lilienthal outlines the Atomic Energy Commission’s work toward a key program for peaceful atomic energy and reactor development. The briefing may mark his farewell as AEC chairman, amid criticism of slow progress and a political clash over secrecy and Britain’s atomic access.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
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D.-Cole
Great Britain
McGrath
Johnson
Rep J Parnell Thomas Trial Called In New Jersey
Rep J Parnell Thomas and former secretary Helen Campbell were indicted in federal court on charges of conspiracy and fraud over payroll padding and kickbacks. The case centers on three $880.70 vouchers using the name Jacqueline B Hill for nonservice clerk work with the un American activities committee. If convicted the counts carry up to two or thirty years in prison and fines up to $30,000. The indictment stems from a long dispute with Justice Tom Clark and subsequent FBI inquiry into payroll irregularities.
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