Power and influence in New Yorks Port and unions
Westbrook Pegler profiles Bill McCormack a Port of New York boss who commands Longshoremen's Association leader Joe Ryan and locals 282 and 202 corralling McCormack's concrete and materials business. He built power via unions and politics, rivals, and a long career from Jersey City trucking to wartime meat loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bill McCormack
Port of
Joe Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
The
A. F. of L
Teamsters’ Union
McCormack
Market
Tom Pendergast
Harry Truman
Pendergast
Long Island Sound
Greenwich
Bill
Harry
Jersey City
Teamsters
John O'Rourke
Standard Oil of
California
Dewey
Labor Committee
Joe Papa
William O'Dwyer
Reds Advance in Indo China
Saigon reports that French headquarters announced evacuation of Binhlu as Communist Vietminh forces closed to within 30 miles of Saichuu. The communique said another out post nine miles northeast of Nghia lo fell as 12 Vietminh battalions probed the remote northwest corner. Vietminh units advance from the Red river valley toward regions 150 miles northwest of Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indo-China
Binhlu
Saichuu
Nghialo
Red River Valley
Hanoi
Restaurant Owner Pays Four Dollars For Ten Cents
In Kankakee Illinois Sam Baltes refused a Canadian ten cent coin for a cup of coffee. Clyde White the truck driver drove off. Baltes phoned police. White paid Baltes a dime in US currency and Baltes paid four dollars in court costs. Baltes said he was satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
Sam Baltes
Baltes
Clyde White
White
U. S
Dixie Governors Push Beat Truman Drive
Gatlinburg Tenn October third AP report shows Southern Democratic leaders led by James Byrnes moving toward opposing President Truman if reelected. California Governor Earl Warren keeps quiet on 1952 GOP plans amid Dewey skepticism and Eisenhower draft discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Truman
Gatlinburg, Tenn
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
California
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower
Dewey
White House
Mrs H L Gregg Dies in West Monroe
Mrs. Mary Gregg widow of H L Gregg of 112 South Second Street West Monroe died early Wednesday. Mulhearn Funeral Home to handle services. She leaves daughters Mrs J B Carpenter Holly Springs Miss H L Gregg Jr Sterlington Mrs Earl P Matthews Vidalia Mrs Carl Byrd Ruston Mrs T M Amos New Orleans Miss Gladys Gregg West Monroe two sisters Mrs Maud Davis and Mrs Brice Frizzell and nephew Victor Davis plus grandchildren Mary Sally Howard Bruce Jerry Gregg and Nancy Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gregg
H. L. Gregg
South Second Street
West Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Gregg
Gregg & McKenzie
McKenzie & Monk
Twin Cities
Gladys Gregg
Crosley School
Ouachita Parish
J. B. Carpenter
Holly Springs
Miss
H. L. Gregg, Jr
Sterlington
Earl P. Matthews
Vidalia
Carl Byrd
Ruston
T. M. Amos
New Orleans
Maud Davis
Brice Frizzell
Monroe
Victor Davis
Mary
Sally Howard
Bruce
Jerry Gregg
Nancy Byrd
Mossadegh to Leave Sunday for New York
Tehran Iran Oct 3 government spokesman announced Premier Mohammed Mossadegh will fly to New York Sunday to plead Iran s case in the oil dispute with Britain before the U N Security Council. He will be accompanied by his doctor son Gholem Hossien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
New York
Britain
U. N. Security Council
Mossadegh
Gholem Hossien
Britons Evacuate Abadan Aboard Cruiser Mauritius
Abadan Iran Oct 3 The British pulled out of Abadan to give Iran full control of its refinery. The cruiser Mauritius with about 275 AIOC employees sailed to Basra while forty others left by plane. Iran asserts it can run the refinery, while storage tanks near capacity and evacuation reflects ongoing nationalization of oil.
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Abadan
Mauritius
Iran
Anglo - Iranian Oil Company
Shatt-El-Arab
Basra
Iraq
Britain
AIOC
William Frazer
Alec Mason
Bradley EnRoute Home and Korea Front Action
Gen. Omar Bradley left Tokyo after a short visit to Korea where a two day front tour occurred amid fading hopes for a truce. A secret chiefs conference with Army Air Navy leaders followed as Ridgway warned of major military developments. News blackout was imposed on Korea fronts as UN and Red forces clashed along the western front.
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Tokyo
Omar Bradley
Washington
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
Army
Navy
Bradley
United Nations
No-Man’'S-Land
Matthew B. Ridgway
Songhyon
Kaesong
Ridgway
Nate Polowetzky
U. S
8Th Army
Young Woman Testifies in Boyle Inquiry's Payments
Senate investigations hear from Janet Boone about orders to conceal payments to William M Boyle Jr. via American Lithofold in 1949. Nixon notes ongoing probe into Boyle income tax records and RFC loan ties with two more witnesses to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boyle
Washington
William M. Boyle
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
R.-Calif
Tne
Janet Boone
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
American Lithoford Corp
St. Louis
Boyle
Miss Boone
A Re
Link
Lithofold
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Litheford
Harley Hise
Max Siskind
Hadacol Business Seeks Time to Pay Debts in New York
New York reporters say Hadacol operators request more time to settle debts. A creditor committee will study finances to craft a deferred payment plan after a meeting with principal creditors and the New York Credit and Financial Management Association. The firm shows assets of about 5 million against 4 million in liabilities.
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New York
Hadacol
Asher Bob Laws
New York Credit and Financial Management Association
Laws
Louisiana
Dudley LeBlanc
LeBlanc Corporation
Tobey- Maltz Foundation of
Lans
LeBlanc
Maltz Foundation
Baltimore
Jans
Defense funding sails through after late committee vote
A Senate House conference panel approved 57.2 billion dollars for defense trimming 5 billion for extra air power to 1 billion. The split favors two thirds to the air force and one third to the navy air arm with final Senate and House approval pending. The lone remaining issue concerns releasing recalled World War II veterans after 12 months of service.
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Washington
Senate-House
Defense
Senate
House
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Mahon
D.-Tex
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Navy
O’mahoney
Truman
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish health director Dr. W Carroll Summer confirms two new polio cases. Gerald DuBois, 5, of 704 Mississippi Street, is in the polio clinic at Alexandria after onset Sept. 30. Fred Melvin Gibson, 16, a Negro youth of 215 McKaskle Street West Monroe, is listed as paralytic with onset Sept. 1 and hospitalized at Baton Rouge General Hospital.
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Ouachita Parish
W. Carroll Summer
Parish Health Unit
Gerald DuBois
Mississippi Street
Fred Melvin Gibson
McKaskle Street
West Monroe
DuBois
Summer
Alexandria
Gibson
Monroe
Young Gibson
Baton Rouge General Hospital
City Building Permits In Sept Total 92 042
City building inspector Sam Awl announced September permits totaled 92 042 dollars. Issued for 11 dwelling units seven non dwelling units and 21 additions and alterations. One building demolished and another moved.
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Sam Awl
Jessup Defends Loyalty Amid McCarthy Charges
Ambassador Philip C. Jessup testified before a Senate subcommittee denying McCarthy’s claim of Communist affiliation and asserting no loyalty doubts. The loyalty review board’s finding of no reasonable doubt about his loyalty was read into the record as McCarthy pressed for Jessup's UN appointment.
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Washington
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Jessup
Senate Foreign Relations
Truman
United Nations
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
Hirman Bingham
Loyalty Board
Wisconsin
Senate
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Loyalty Review Board
Bingham
Review Board
Hiram
United States
State Department
G O P Leader Expelled From Louisiana Central Committee
New Orleans October 3 a prominent Republican was expelled from the state central committee for party irregularity amid allegations he aided Gen Eisenhower's nomination bids. John E Jackson said Van Buren Harris was expelled after claims of residence changes and irregular party conduct.
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New Orleans
State Central Committee
Gen
Eisenhower
John E. Jackson
van Buren Harris
Alexandria
Harris
16Th Ward
Jefferson Parish
Faster Registration Of Voters Is Urged
Miss Lillian Collins, voter registrar, urged rapid voter registration for the January 15 primary. Registrants since January 2, 1949 qualify, provided they register before December 15 at the parish court office. She called for at least 100 registrations daily and stated residency requirements for eligibility.
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Lillian Collins
Miss Collins
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Westbrook
Pegler
Indochina
Ike
Dornheim
Germany
Vernon Walters
K. B. Ross
Iranian National Oil Company
Bradley EnRoute
Action Roars
By Don Huth
G. Milton Kelly
Red Fronts
John Birdsong
Ouachita Valley
Birdsong
Fair Association
Acheson
Jebb
Gladwin Jebb
United Nations Security Council
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