Truman calls for sweeping public employee income disclosure
Westbrook Pegler condemns Harry Truman for urging a law to reveal all income sources above 10,000 for public employees including judges and generals. The column attacks trust in party members, criticizes Baruch, and notes Willkie’s prior statements about wealth inventories for presidents and families.
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New York
Harry Truman
Bernard Baruch
Truman
Supreme Court
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Girl Told of Dad's Death in Korea
In Memphis on October 2, 1949, the grandmother says Judy Anderton learned her father 1st Lt Horace Bert Anderton was killed in Korea on September 2. The girl, aged 7, had been sick with polio and missed the news until Friday. The family framed the loss with a comforting religious analogy and Judy began to cope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Judy Anderton
Korea
Judy
Horace Bert Anderton
W. J. Massey
Daddy
Editor Urges Papers To Realize Responsibility
New Orleans. Texas editor M. E. Walter of the Houston Chronicle urged newspapers to serve the public with worthy reporting at a regional NNPA meeting. He warned that Europe fell under dictators as papers became unreliable and venal. Walter called President Truman’s security information policy a pernicious move against press freedom. NNPA meetings continued.
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New Orleans
Texas
M. E. Walter
The
Houston Chronicle
National Newspaper Promotion Association
Europe
Walter
Truman
NNPA
Yanks shoot down six Reds in Korea jet battles
American Sabre jets tallied six Red aircraft destroyed and two damaged in a pair of fierce air battles over northeast Korea. A total of 193 planes were involved, boosting the daily Communist loss to 106, tying a record. Ground fighting raged as Reds recaptured a hill east of Heartbreak Ridge and stalled Allied offensives west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Randolph
U. S
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Heartbreak Ridge
Chorwon
United Nations
Mig
George W. Dunne
Wilmington
Del
Francis S. Gabreski
Oil City
George J. Ola
Arcadia
Fla
Iran wins ten day delay at United Nations oil debate
At the UN Security Council Iran secures a 10 day postponement of the Britain Iran oil dispute. Britain demands action to safeguard its stake in Abadan while Iran insists British technicians leave the refinery by Thursday. Tehran signals Mossadegh could lead Iran's delegation.
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Iran
U.N
Max Harrelson
United Nations
N. Y
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Sir Gladwyn Jehh
Ali Gholi Ardalan
U. N
Tehran
Jebb
Abadan
Truman Edict Sparks Senate Attack as Subversive
Senator Bricker denounces President Truman’s security information order as an insult to Congress and a free people. He urges rapid passage of a repeal bill joined by Senators Capehart and Ferguson, with the measure referred to the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee. The order tightens handling of military information issued a week ago.
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Washington
Truman
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Capehart
R.-Ind
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Slate hearings on six oil fields set for Oct 18
Conservation Commissioner S L Digby announced public hearings in Shreveport on October 18 to consider proposed operations in six oil fields. The agenda covers Ruston for Southwest Natural Production Co well siting, Athens gas use by Skelly Oil Co, East Haynesville Gloyd zone rules, Haynesville pooling of a Rodessa unit, Lisbon Vaughn sand unit expansion, and Big Creek Munson sand unit reform.
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Baton Rouge
P— Conservation
S. L. Digby
Shreveport
Ruston
Southwest Natural Production Co
Athens
Skelly Oil Co
Haynesville
Lisbon
Vaughn
Big Creek
Munson
Dewey Leads Governors In Draft Eisenhower Campaign
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York heads a western outreach at the forty third Governor's Conference to back a draft Eisenhower for 1952. He plans a social security round table with Oscar R. Ewing while urging Western Republican governors to rally behind Eisenhower and arrange a US wide campaign.
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Dewey
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oscar R. Ewing
Ewing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Thornton
Duff
Europe
Arn
Storm rescuers battle leaky Kerry Mac in Gulf gale
Nine crewmen fought to keep the 92 foot Kerry Mac afloat as coast guard cutters and PBYs searched amid heavy seas. Gypsy crew removed after steering gear failure. both vessels stranded south of Mobile. Florida coast wary as tropical storm heads east-northeast with winds to 45 mph.
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New Orleans
Kerry Mac
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
PBY
Mobile
Ala
Blackthorn
Charleston
S. C
Pensacola
Florida Keys
Jacksonville
Fort Myers
Fla
Judy Garland Sid Luft Testimony Linked Romance
Sid Luft 35 pleaded innocent to drunkenness driving with out a license and carrying a concealed weapon after a minor crash. He may call Judy Garland to testify at a municipal court jury trial set for November 14, with Luft stating the actress was not in the car during the collision and that they are romantically linked.
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Hollywood
Sid Luft
Judy Garland
Luft
Miss Garland
Passman backs Spaht as Oct. 12 deadline looms for qualifying
Rep. Otto Passman endorses Judge Carl Spaht for Louisiana governor while Sheriff Dutch Rowley also backs Spaht, signaling a possible split with Leander Perez. All nine Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls queued to qualify by Oct. 12 ahead of the Jan. 15 primary.
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Passman
Associated Press
Carlos Spaht
Louisiana
Otto Passman
D.-La
Earl Long
Judge Spaht
C. F
Dutch) Rowley
St. Bernard
Leander Perez
Plaquemines
Perez
Lucille May Grace
Register of the
State Land Office
Robert Kennon
Minden
Spaht
Democratic State Central Committee
Baton Rouge
Boggs
Long
Bradley says UN forces ready to resume truce talks in Korea
General Omar Bradley told reporters in Tokyo that UN forces in Korea are strong enough to prevent a Communist breakthrough and would fight to a successful conclusion if talks collapse. He said the UN is prepared to resume negotiations anywhere for equal rights, but Red leaders showed no sign of meeting in Kaesong or altering conditions. Ridgway and Bradley weighed options, noting one plan for talks near Songhyon and Kaesong as a possible site, while noting no reply from the Communists.
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Don Huth
Tokyo
Omar Bradley
United Nations
Korea
Bradley
U. S. For Chiefs of Staff
U. N
Kaesong
U. S
Conditio
Tok
Wasington
Ger Rals
Matthew B. Ridgway
Pla
Ridgway
No - Man's - Land
Songhyon
Ouachita Parish Industrial Development Committee Inc Formed
A certificate from the secretary of state records the Ouachita Parish Industrial Development Committee Inc filing under U S 1950 Title 12 Chapter 2 with corporate existence starting September 6 1951. Officers include L Slade Brown president Walter Kellogg vice president T O Bancroft treasurer H L Rosenhein secretary and directors Clifford Strauss Bernard Biedenharn W L Ethridge Joe Durrett Wilson Ewing Clarence Oakley George Moses E L Hochenedel A Petrus Jack Masur W L Jack Howard Evans Ethridge and John Sherrouse Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Slade Brown
Ouachita Parish
Walter Kellogg
T. O. Bancroft
H. L. Rosenhein
Clifford Strauss
Bernard Biedenharn
W. L. Ethridge
Joe Durrett
Wilson Ewing
Clarence Oakley
George Moses
E. L. Hochenedel
A. Petrus
Jack Masur
Bootleg Case Goes to Trial
A 12 man jury was selected in federal court to try Floyd Newton Dison of Union parish charged with possession of an unlicensed still operating a still fermenting mash and making a business of the still. Deputy J G Stewart testified to a 55 gallon drum of mash found near the house and a second drum on a fire suggesting alcohol production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Newton Dison
Union Parish
Ben Dawkins
Wilbur Jackson
State Penitentiary
United States Post Office
J. G. Stewart
Dison
Federal
Harvey Fields
Farmerville
Leslie Hoyt
Alcohol Tax Unit
Cecil Raymond Coil
Bennie Booten
George Wallace
Littleton Calvin
Robert Bradock
Homer Best
Robert Calvin
James Kirby
Walter Shelton, Jr
B. B. Martin
R. Dean Farr, Jr
Floyd Durham
Kiwanis Group Elects Officers at Convention Close
The 3rd annual Louisiana Mississippi West Tennessee Kiwanis district convention concluded at First Baptist Church with officer elections for the coming year. Governor Armand J. Rochorst of the Mid City Club New Orleans and eight lieutenant governors across divisions were elected by acclimation along with committee reports and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loisiana
Mississippi - West Tenessee
First Baptist
Armand J. Rochorst
Mid-City
Orleans
W. W. Scott
Dision
Memphis
Tenn
Ral L. Webb
Columb Miss
Phil H. Berry
Unrest In Ching Obvious On 2nd Anniversary
From Hong Kong the tone of Red China’s second anniversary celebration appears muted. Propaganda radio and press show less fire and Chu Teh’s speech lacks impact, suggesting weariness from the Korea crisis and a renewed push for a Japanese peace treaty as part of a wider world peace effort.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Red Radio
Red Army
Chu Teh
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