Civilian board proposed to referee defense row
Washington Oct 14 two key congressmen Brooks and Price urged President Truman to appoint a civilian board to settle the dispute over defense plans. The move echoes a prior proposal from the Army Navy Union as Navy officials claim fleet capability is eroding while the Air Force expands B 36 programs. The plan follows the president’s remarks that fundamentals of policy need no change.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
Army-Navy Union
Brooks
D-La
Price
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
Fair Enough in a Labor Fight Over Union Funds
Westbrook Pegler reports on David Dubinsky and the Garment Workers Union, noting a court ruling in favor of Helen Kulesha who challenged union leaders over withheld wages. The piece accuses Dubinsky Antonini and aides of funding foreign causes, using the union press to court votes while claiming charitable deeds.
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New York
David Dubinsky
Democratic” Garment Workers Union
Dubinsky
Helen Kulesha
Emil Schlesinger
Antonini
Justice
National Association of Manufacturan American Society
Ubase
Dunsky
Israel
Italy
Mhe
Exe
du Binisky
Liberal Party
Yates
Kulesha
State Jaycee Board to Meet in Monroe
Floyd Stewart national vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will lead a forum during the fall quarterly state board meeting of the Louisiana Jaycees in Monroe October 14 15 and 16 with headquarters at the Virginia Hotel A briefing on Operation Economy a national junior chamber project to cut waste in federal government plans will be led by R C White and Fred Fudickar l of Monroe Public speaker contest for high school students and other items are on the agenda A hunting trip barbecue and dance are planned State president Robert Angers Jr expects strong attendance from chapters statewide Jack Howard of Monroe is president of the Monroe chapter and Stewart of Monett Missouri is in charge
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Floyd Stewart
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Jaycees
Monroe
Virginia
R. C. White
Fred Fudickarl
Robert Angers, Jr
Uisiana Jaycees
Jack Howard
Stewart
Monett, Mo
Orleans housing declared better in city plan
Oct 14. I J G Janssen of the local rent advisory board says housing conditions are much improved and urges removal of rent controls in New Orleans. He cites an informal meeting with National Housing Expeditor Tighe Wood on Oct 21, where abolition of controls by end of January is urged, or at least considerable liberalization to avoid hardship.
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New Orleans
I. J. G. Janssen
Janssen
Tighe Wood
Rent Advisory Board
Hells
New pipelines are permitted for United Gas Line
The Federal Power Commission grants United Gas Pipe Line temporary authority to build 105.6 miles of loopline in Louisiana increasing deliveries to Mississippi River Fuel by about 195 million cubic feet per day at an estimated cost of 5.113 million dollars. The project adds a 20 inch loop paralleling a 24 inch line from Carthage, Texas to Sterlington, Louisiana, stretching from De Soto county to Ouachita parish near Monroe. A formal hearing is set for October 25 while other parties seek to intervene.
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Washington
Oct
The
Power Commission
United Gas Pipe Line Company
Shreveport
Louisiana
Mississippi River Fuel Corporation
St. Louis
United
Carthage
Tex
Sterlington
de Soto County
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Mississippi River Fuel Company
Railway Labor Executives Association
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers of America and
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Houston
Tennessee
Steel peace hope appears in deadlocked steel strike
Pittsburgh, Oct 14. A faint glimmer of hope emerged as government mediators announced exploratory talks in New York with Bethlehem Steel Corp. giving a better understanding of its position. The mediators, seeking common ground among struck companies, may resume negotiations today. Bethlehem is the first to confer under the new plan aimed at creating joint bargaining sessions amid a 14 day old walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
C. I. O.united Steelworkers
Cyrus Ching
Ching
Presidential Steel Fact Finding Board
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Cut in Cotton Acreage Asked
Washington reports the agriculture department seeks a cut of about 5.0 million acres from 1950 cotton plantings to cut sales at least 20 percent below this year’s crop. A referendum Dec 15 would approve rigid marketing quotas binding two thirds of growers. If enacted, land taken from cotton would shift to livestock feed grains and pastures. In urging, the department aims to expand the livestock industry in cotton areas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Canton Awaiting Arrival of Conquering Communists
Nationalist troops deserted Canton as the city in south China awaited the advancing Communists. Officials reported negotiations for surrender, rumors of a peaceful turnover circulated, and White Cloud airport was believed seized while thousands fled westward.
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Canton
South China
Hong Kong
White Cloud
Here
Chungking
China
Yu Han-Mou
Call for tighter controls on atomic secrecy rises
Washington reports that David Lilienthal urged ending extreme secrecy on atomic research and expanding cooperation with Britain and Canada to speed development. Senators Johnson and Hickenlooper criticized secrecy, pressing for real security and questioning the AEC oversight amid ongoing investigations into Lilienthal and the commission.
New Baton Rouge Charter Sought In Deep Merger Plan
Opponents of the Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge parish charter push a deeper merger proposal. Parish assessor Jesse L. Webb outlined amendments abolishing separate city offices and placing city and parish functions under a parish commission and constitutional officers. Proponents plan to bring the amendments to the parish council October 19 to trigger an election January 19.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge
Jesse L. Webb
Robert M. Stewart
Rajk Death Edict Upheld By Budapest Court
Budapest Hungary Oct 14 4 Hungarys court of appeal upheld the death sentences for Laszlo Rajk former Communist foreign minister and two co defendants for treason confessing to plot Hungary as a satellite of Marshal Tito Yugoslavia The ruling confirmed the death sentences and prison terms for three others including Tibor Szoenyi and Andras Szalai while two more await court martial no execution date was set.
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Budapest
Hungary
Court of Appeal
Laszlo Rajk
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Rajk
Tito
U. S
National Council of Peoples Courts
Council of Peoples Courts
Lazar Brankov
Pal Justus
Big flood control measure signed by President
Washington October 14. A record appropriation bill for army engineer flood control and navigation projects was signed by President Truman. Known as the army civil functions bill it allocates 664 178 190 to 300 projects, the largest one year amount in history. It also funds Panama Canal maintenance national cemeteries Alaska communication system and the U S soldiers home in Washington.
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Washington
Army Engineer
Truman
Army
Congress
Panama Canal
Alaska
U. S. Soldiers Home
Lewis calls mine price of peace "fantastic"
Soft coal operators label John L. Lewis price of peace in the mine strike fantastic as he reveals 30 to 35 cents per ton added costs. He suggests government seizure as a last resort while Truman weighs powers. Operators debate how to spread added costs amid the walkout of 400,000 miners and industry profits.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
George H. Love
Love
United Mine Workers
Truman
White House
Inheritance Suit Ends For Jane Hensley Zander
Mrs. Jane Hensley Zander wins a two year lawsuit against the government for a $112,000 inheritance seized under the trading with the enemy act. She plans to quit her store clerk job and visit New Orleans after final settlement, recalling a decade of wartime exile and a German marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane Hensley Zander
New Orleans
Cole trial set for November 21
Federal jury convicted 11 top Communist leaders of conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government by force. Judge Medina sentenced five lawyers for contempt, with six months as the maximum. The trial, begun Jan. 17, ended after seven hours of deliberation with a guilty verdict for all defendants and pending sentences, including William Z. Foster.
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Joseph Murphy
Ed Creagh
New York
U.S
Harold R. Medina
Eugene Dennis
U. S. Supreme Court
Communist Party
Communist National Board
Medina
William Z. Foster
Harry Sacher
Woman shoots husband after alleged gris gris attack
In New Orleans a mother of four, Clemescer Hernandez, 30, shot her husband Joaquim Hernandez, 55, claiming he was putting voodoo on her. He was hit in the arm and stomach. hospital reports said recovery is good. Hernandez was booked for aggravated battery.
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New Orleans
Irvin Fricke
Clemescer Hernandez
Joaquim Hernandez
Fricke
Hernandez
Charity Hospital
French Premier Moch Narrowly Wins Confidence Vote
Paris report says Socialist Jules Moch survived a tense assembly vote 311 to 223 to become France’s new premier. He faced a fragile cabinet path amid a wage-price crisis and a traditionally waning investiture tally, succeeding Henri Queuille at age 56 after a hard fought confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jules Moch
France
National Assembly
Moch
Henri Queuille
Federal jury reconvenes in Monroe with Dawkins instructions
The western district federal grand jury met in Monroe at 10 a.m. with Judge Ben C. Dawkins delivering instructions and expects to report back after noon. Walter A. Chachere of Winnsboro was arraigned on fraud charges and pleaded not guilty. trial likely in April. Attorneys granted 45 days for preliminary motions. Marion Brazzel and Roosevelt Franklin of Lincoln Parish were arraigned on five counts of illegal whiskey making, trial date not fixed.
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Western District Federal Grand Jury
Monroe
Ben C. Dawkins
Walter A. Chachere
Winnsboro
United States
Dawkins
Chachere
Marion Frank Brazzel
Roosevelt Franklin
Lincoln Parish
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Red Wing
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Denmark
Minnesota
Anderson
Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal
Capitol Hill
Atomic Energy Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
D.cole
Hickenlooper
R.towa
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Atomic Commission
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Cole
Thos. F. Walker
Burrell Arthur Cole
Thomas F. Walker
David I. Garrett
Fourth District Court
Henry Montgomery
West Monroe
Kent Breard
Gilbert Brown
Garrett
Missouri
Walker
White's Ferry
S. A. Jones, Jr
Robert J. Edwards, Jr
Fred J. Powell, Jr
Edwards
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J. L. Crocker
John L. Richards
Robert Brown
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