Justice department oversteps on Parnell Thomas probe
Westbrook Pegler argues the justice department uses selective prosecutions to target Republicans and critics of the New Deal. He cites the Fay case in Newark and alleges political manipulation by the era’s legal leadership and prosecutors.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Parnell Thomas
Committee On un-American Activities
Harvard Law
State Department
Hollywood
Thomas
Harding
Ohio Gang
Harry Dougherty
Harvard Fz
Trustees of Justice
East Baton Rouge Registrar of Voters at Issue
East Baton Rouge parish faces a controversy over its registrar of voters after Gov. Earl K. Long's board removed Jodie R. Smith last Friday. The police jury reversed the move, renaming Smith by a 13 to 1 vote amid opposition from two state representatives and several council nominees.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
Earl K. Long
Jodie R. Smith
State Board of Registration
Smith
Long
William J. Dodd
House of Representatives
Morris Lottinger
Dodd
Lottinger
East Baton Rouge
Percy J. Roberts
Charles F. Duchein
A. A. Fredericks
Dewey Urges Oil Capacity Boost Amid Campaign Trials
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, touring Oklahoma, urged increasing U S oil producing capacity and refining research citing national security and current import reliance. He pledged unity abroad and broadened opportunities at home while stressing resource maintenance as he delivered 13 speeches in the state.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
Illinois
U. S
New York
United States
America
Wallace to visit Georgia amid campaign clashes
Progressive presidential candidate Henry Wallace will fly to Dalton Georgia on October 16 for a national meeting of the Church of God where he will address 800 to 300 preachers before resuming his midwestern campaign. Baldwin says Georgia opposition included kidnappings and beatings but the party expects a ballot spot with over 80 000 petitions. Wallace assailed Wall Street and military influence over Italy and urged an end to Marshall Plan interference.
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Chicago
Henry Wallace
Georgia
Progressive Party
Dalton
Church of God
Wallace
Michigan
C. B
Benny” Baldwin
Baldwin
Wall Street
Italy
Cops Give Roses To Auto Drivers
Cleveland police public relations staff launched Pedestrian Safety Week with two patrolmen giving roses and candy to about a dozen women pedestrians for obeying traffic rules. The gifts were donated by the Sweetest Day committee and the Florists Association of Greater Cleveland. Later in the week cigarettes will be handed to law abiding males.
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Cleveland
Police Public Relations Department
Sweetest Day Committee
Florists Association of
Greater Cleveland
Labor chiefs may seek bigger pay after Lewis boost
Labor leaders see John L. Lewis’s $50,000 annual pay as a benchmark likely to trigger salary increases for other union heads at AFL and CIO conventions. The AFL meets Nov 12 in Cincinnati while CIO gathers Nov 21 in Portland. Observers expect pay scales to rise as conventions resume next spring following the United Mine Workers action. Lewis criticized Dewey at the Pittsburgh session.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
C. I. QO
Portland
Ore
United Mine Workers
A. F
William Green
George Meaney
Mine Workers’ Convention
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Lewis
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Two 17 Year Old Soldiers Held in Biloxi Taxi Shooting
Biloxi Mississippi Oct 13 two 17 year old Keesler Field soldiers Pfc William Edward Rumblis and Pvt Ray Pruitt were jailed on armed robbery with intent to kill charges. Cannette the 28 year old taxi driver was shot in the stomach and left on a back bay road. He is in critical condition at Biloxi Hospital.
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Keesler
Biloxi
J. S. Elizey
Thomas C. Cannette
Biloxi Hospital
Ellzey
Pfc
William Edward Rumblis
Ray Pruitt
Keesley Field
Rumblis
Claremont
Pruitt
Oakley
Ill
Cannette
Walter Williams
Child to Undergo Second Operation
Two year old Pamela Lamphere will have the second of three operations to correct a rare bladder malformation. Pamela was born with her bladder outside her body and a rift over surgery between her parents was settled before the begun series of operations.
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Chicago
Pamela Lamphere
Pamela
Blind Marine Wins Bid at Jersey City Public Sale
Jersey City October sale saw Benjamin J. Masdale, a former Marine blinded on Okinawa, enter a bid with his seeing eye dog Bray and win a six room frame house at the minimum price of 2500 dollars after six others bid.
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Jersey City
N. J
Bray
Benjamin J. Masdale
Okinawa
City Hall
William P. Black
Masdale
Hope Seen for Ending Strike in Maritime Labor Talks
An exploratory talk between national CIO leaders and American President George Killian followed by Allan Haywood and R J Thomas is viewed as a possible opening for settlement of the six week longshoremen strike. CIO officials termed the conference productive and optimistic. The strike costs employers about 4 million dollars daily. Pickets formed by non strikers in Tacoma were reported as talks continued.
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San Francisco
Lines
Allan
Haywood
R. J. Thomas
George Killion
Washington
Thomas
Philip Murray
Killion
Examiner
Seattle
Tacoma
France opens war on prices amid nationwide strikes
France moves to curb profiteers as Communist led unions push a wave of strikes. Public prosecutors were urged to prosecute profiteers. A 24 hour dock workers walkout threatened to halt ports while a coal mine tieup enters its 11th day. The government says the strikes aim to pressure wages and prices.
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Paris
France
Andre Marie
Benoit Frachon
General Confederation of Labor
Cominform
Merchant Marine
Ruined Berlin City Fears World No 1 Headache
Berlin the rubble city of three million is described as the world’s top headache as Berlin crisis debates unfold at the United Nations Security Council amid Western and Soviet disputes over blockade and control. Background traces to a 1944 London conference and the choice of Berlin as allied capital, with tensions over occupation and governance.
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Berlin
Soviet
Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
theEerlin
United Nations Security Council
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
London
European Advisory Commission
Great Britain
Ger
Germany
U. S. State Department
Truman Campaign Train Moves Through Dairy Country
President Truman tours Wisconsin and Minnesota dairy regions en route to St. Paul for a 10 30 p m address after a Springfield Illinois rally where he assailed Dewey as Wall Street backed. Minnesota races center on Hubert Humphrey challenging Senator Ball amid civil rights tensions and party splits.
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Truman
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Illinois
Armory
Springfield
Ill
Thomas FE. Dewey
Wall Street
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic Farm Labor
Joseph H. Ball
Ball
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Taft
Ohio
Mr. Truman
Superior
Milwaukee
Adams
Altoona
Spooner
Leif Erickson Park
Duluth
Minn
Russians propose ending foreign missions in Berlin
In Berlin on October 13 the Soviet press reported that Marshal Sokolovsky urged Western powers to close and withdraw the 15 accredited missions from the Allied control council. He noted the council no longer exists and questioned how missions can remain. Western governors have not agreed, as the council has not met since March 20.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Sokolovsky
Allied Control Authority
Moscow
Two Arrested in Abbeville Night Spot Holdup
New Orleans detectives handed over two men Burley Duhon of Lafayette and Jimmie Wheatley of New Orleans to Abbeville authorities in a $3000 holdup at Club Forest. Two women accomplices were also seized. State police report the robbers fired a warning shot before fleeing with marked bills.
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New Orleans
Abbeville
Vermilion Parish
Arouleroussard
Pat O’brein
Burley Duhon
Lafayette
Jimmie Wheatley
Club Forest
Even 100 Seek Governorships
Washington October 13 An even 100 candidates are running for 32 governorships in the November 2 election. Republicans hold Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan. Michigan is labeled possible by Democrats while Republicans claim all four races. Maine already held its election.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Maine
Frederick G. Payne
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Advvocate
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Irma C. Otto
Mary Price
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Henry F. Schricker
Hobart Creighton
Warsaw
Schricker
Wendell Willkie
Illinois
Dwight H. Green
Adlai EK
Stevenson
Chicago
Progressive Party
United Nations General Assembly
G. Mennen Williams
Soaps
W Monroe Man Killed in Utah
Harold Wright Brown twenty three of West Monroe was killed instantly on a Park City Utah construction site. The funeral will be at Hall Funeral Home with Rev O E Sanderson officiating and interment in Hasley Cemetery. He is survived by his wife mother father siblings and grandparents. He had lived in Park City for a year and a half and was a Castor School student and Jehovah Witness member.
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Harold Wright Brown
Woodrow
West Monroe
Park City
Utah
Hall Funeral Home
Chapel of
O. E. Sanderson
The
Jehovah Witnesses
Hasley Cemetery
Marie King Brown
Shreveport
R. A. Brown
Raymond Brown
Dallas
Texas
J. J. Oswald
Harvey Arnold
Clyde P. Cheeks
Kathryn Brown
E. E. Wardaw
Castor
M. V. Brown
Houston
Brown
Castor School
Six UN powers press on Berlin crisis as Russia responds
In Paris on October 13 six neutral UN Security Council powers meet to weigh Russia's note on ending the Berlin blockade. Sir Hartley Shawcross brands Moscow's armament plan as inadequate while the subcommittee reshapes disarmament work.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Berlin
Kremlin
Hartley Shawcross
Britain
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Bramulgia
Andrei Y. Vivhinsky
Security Council
United States
France
Belgium
Colombia
Canada
China
Syria
United Nations
Hartley
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Shawcross
Oil reserves top one trillion gallons in U S
Cecil Morgan of Esso Standard Oil says known US reserves exceed one trillion gallons at a kickoff banquet in New Orleans. He notes reserves rise with demand, praises Louisiana as the leading oil producer per square mile, and says Louisiana outpaces Texas by 108 barrels per square mile daily while industry use grows 22 percent since 1945.
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New Orleans
United States
Cecil Morgan
Esso Standard Oil Company
Morgan
Louisiana
Texas
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Meaney
Hague
Edgar Rossbach
Socarras
Cuba
Carlos Piio Socarras
Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Federico Edelman
Cuban Supreme Court
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