Lait Reflections on Newspaper ism and the Craft
Westbrook Pegler recalls Jack Lait editor of the New York Mirror speaking at Chicago Press Veterans dinner. He notes early peers like Arthur James Pegler and Walter Howey, mentions Ben Hecht, and reflects on the romantic era of journalism with fires, hangings, and dramatic city hall bells.
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New York
Jack Lait
New York Mirror
Chicago Press Veterans
Arthur James Pegler
Tucson
Walter Howey
Ben Hecht
Hecht
Honey
Sumer
Hassar
Buckingm
Knight
Ed Conkie
Gran
Morris
Jack Laitys
City Hall
Admiral Denfeld fired. sticks by my guns
Admiral Louis Denfeld says he will step down if that helps the navy and the country after being ousted from chief of naval operations. President Truman approved Secretary Matthews' recommendation to move him to other duties as lawmakers react to the firing amid unification dispute.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Navy
Louis Denfeld
Truman
Pentagon
Denfeld
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Army
Matthews
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Truman Says He Is Embarrassment-Proof in 1950 Campaign
President Truman told reporters he is embarrassment-proof as the 1950 political campaign looms. He declined to say if he will back Rep. Leonard Irving in Missouri's Fourth District, noting he will cross that bridge next spring before the primary. Irving, allied with Truman, has faced recent trouble including a staff dispute at the capitol and an AFL Hod Carriers Union accounting suit.
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Washington
Truman
Leonard Irving
Missouri
Irving
Capitol
Kansas City
A. F. of L. Hod Carriers Union
White House
Charles Ross
Ross
Bing Crosby Still Favored By Czech Opposition
In Prague a Crosby record concert faced anti jazz protests by Czech Communist youths who denounced Western culture and Crosby as a greedy artist. An announcer invoked Jefferson and Lincoln to condemn him while the crowd booed and hissed. A later recording by a Czech singer triggered further outcry.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bing Crosby
Crosby Records
Bing
Crosby
Jefferson
Lincoln
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
Mississippi-born Williams Receives Treasury Honor
Garland H. Williams, longtime narcotics chief for New York and six northern New Jersey counties, won the Treasury Department’s top civilian service award from Secretary John W. Snyder. The Oct 28 ceremony at the customs house drew over 1,000 attendees and highlighted interagency cooperation in combating drug trafficking.
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New York
Garland H. Williams
Treasury Department
Secretary of Treasury
John W.W. Snyder
Williams
Prentiss, Miss
Bureau of Narcotics
New Jersey
New York City
Treasury Enforcement
Customs House
Snyder
Decline Expected in Unemployment in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana's division of employment security forecasts a drop in unemployment in the state over the coming weeks. A two percent fall in initial unemployment claims to October 22 supports seasonal trends, with the national coal and steel strikes affecting Louisiana only moderately. About 80 initial claims tied to steel shortages in the past week, 75 in Bogaus a.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Division of Employment Security Today
Marvin E. Thames
Bogausa
Congress to reopen probe into armed forces rift
Washington Oct 28 The firing of Admiral Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations signals Congress will restart its inquiry into differences among the armed services. House Armed Services members criticized President Truman's action and predicted a new hearing in January. They cited reprisals against officers who testified and urged the committee to meet the issue promptly.
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Barney Livingstone
Washington
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Denfeld
House
High Command
Arends
R.ni
Georgia
Vinson
D.-Ga
Short
R.-Mo
Bates
R.-Mass
Secre
Van Horn accuses Lewis and Bridges of fund dissipation
Ezra Van Horn, employer trustee for the coal miners pension fund, says John L. Lewis and Senator Bridges illegally dissipated welfare money. He claims the two trustees refused to disclose fund disbursement details and are solely responsible for the dissipation. He noted the operators’ spokesman blames Lewis and Bridges for any liability and asks the court to dismiss the complaint.
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Washington
Ezra van Horn
Coal Miners Pension Fund
John L. Lewis
Senator Bridges
R-N.h
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bridges
van Horn
Lewis and Bridges
George Livengood
Pennsylvania
U. S. District Court
Livengood
Attempts To End Strikes Seen By Truman and Taft
President Truman declined to intervene in the ongoing 28 day steel and 37 day coal strikes, expecting renewed efforts toward voluntary settlements. Taft concurs that emergency orders should come only in great emergencies, while Cyrus Ching leads mediation efforts with U S Steel and other parties as talks continue.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
R.-Neb
G.O.P
Senate
White House
Humphrey
D.minn
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Ching
New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip
Bidault Forms French Regime
France's longest political crisis ends as Georges Bidault is confirmed premier by a 367 to 183 vote. Bidault, 50, leads a center coalition and backs a cost of living bonus for low earners, aligning with Moch and Mayer proposals after weeks of deadlock.
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Paris
France
Georges Bidault
Bidault
National Assembly
Popular Republican Movement
Jules Moch
Rene Mayer
Henri Quielle
Rene Waldeck Rousseau
Bridges Won’t Quit Union Until Booted Out Says
Longshoremen leader Harry Bridges, head of about 65,000, warned the union would depart only if forced out. He said next week’s CIO convention would be rough as factions split between left and right. Bridges planned a private meeting with CIO President Philip Murray as left wings seek to influence the proceedings while United Electrical Workers pressed their ultimatum to Murray.
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Harold W. Ward Cleveland
Hardhitting
Harry Bridges
C. S O
Bridges
Murray
United Electrical Workers
U. K
U. E
C. E
Murrey
Two Escaped Convicts Recaptured After Highway Chase
Two of eight convicts who escaped from New Castle county work house were recaptured near North East Maryland after a high speed pursuit. John Henry Minor and Jesse W. Palmer, both in prison garb, were stopped by state police with no shots fired. Six accomplices remain at large as manhunt widens. Minor held life term for murder and Palmer 12 years for robbery.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
John Henry Minor
Bear Cleve
Fla
Jesse W. Palmer
Tuscumbia
Ala
North East
Minor
Palmer
Liberty
Danny Norris
Thomas Conaty
Joseph Lankford
Bellefonte
Willie Edwards
Satsuma
Victor Bryson
Marcel Cerdan Among Victims
A Paris to New York Air France flight with 48 aboard crashed into Algarvia Peak in the Azores. All aboard perished including French boxer Marcel Cerdan and 11 Americans. The plane was near Santa Maria when it wrecked in bad weather. Rescue teams found all 37 passengers and 11 crew dead. Also aboard were violinist Ginette Neveu, editor Guy Jasmin, Cuban yachtsman Remigio Hernandorena, Kay Kamen and wife, painter Louis Boutet de Montrel, and others. Cerdan was en route to a title fight December 2 at Madison Square Garden against Jake La Motta.
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Paris
Azores
Air France Line
Marcel Cerdan
Algarvia
Sao Miguel Island
Santa Maria
Air France
Cerdan
Ginette Neveu
United States
Guy Jasmin
Montreal
le Canada
Remigio Hernandorena
Kay Kamen
Philip Salles
West 112Th Street
New York
Fifth Avenue
John Abbott
Silbernagel
East 239Th Street
the Bronx
Edward Sophine
Irwin Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward Gehring
Mill Spring Road
Manhasset
L. I
Allen Named Envoy to Yugoslavia Amid Cold War Shifts
President Truman named George W. Allen ambassador to Marshal Tito’s Yugoslavia and Cavendish Cannon’s successor as ambassador to Yugoslavia. Allen will leave the post of assistant secretary of state for public affairs, while Rep. Mike Mansfield is eyed to lead the Voice of America. Mansfield, a Montana congressman, may shift from Congress to the State Department, a move welcomed by many in administration circles for foreign information work.
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Washington
George W. Allen
Russia
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Voice of America
Allen
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Iran
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Mansfield
Truman
Cavendish Cannon
Cannon
Congress
New York
Ile de France
Paris
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Montana State University
Voice
Belgrade
North Carolina
British Labor Survives Largest Vote Yet In Parliament
In London on Oct 28, Britain's Labor government pushed its economy program after a big 353 to 222 defeat of a Conservative motion to censure. Absentees and illness trimmed Labor support, yet the government won a confidence motion 337 to 5 as Conservatives abstained. Earlier, criticism centered on half measures in spending cuts.
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London
Britain
Attlee
Labor
Hon Peter Beatty Death Ruled Suicide by Ill Health
The Hon Peter Beatty, 39, grandson of Marshal Field and heir of a famed admiral, killed himself at the Ritz Hotel in London. A coroner ruled the death was by his own actions as he faced blindness and a troubled mind after failed sight restoration operations.
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London
Peter Beatty
Marshal Field
Earl
Ritz
Westminster
H. Neville Stafford
Beatty
Eleven Communists to Appeal for Bail in NYC
The 11 Communist party leaders convicted of conspiracy planned to appeal for bail today before the U S circuit court of appeals in New York. Time in detention will not count toward prison terms if they lose an appeal, and they chose to stay in the federal detention house to consult with lawyers daily. Ten received five year sentences and one three years plus $10,000 fines each for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the government.
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New York
Communist Party
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York City
Department of Justice
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Four Americans killed in London air crash
Four Americans including two Superior Oil Co officials died when a twin engine amphibian crashed on takeoff from London airport. One American crew member survived. Other victims included two British nationals. Surviving co pilot Earl Sivage suffered facial and leg burns but was not in immediate danger. The plane served shuttle runs between London and the Near East.
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London
Superior Oil Co
Robert Allen
Superior
Los Angeles
James Lewis
Joseph Jordan
San Fernando
Calif
Andrew Cole
Long Beach
Earl Oscar Sivage
West Middlesex Hospital
Sivage
Near East
The
Oil Company
Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM
Air
Hunting mishap repeats near Hoquiam ends in tragedy
Nelson W. McKinney, 53, was accidentally shot and killed by his 19 year old son John R. McKinney during a hunting party near Hoquiam Washington. Sheriff Kilgore said the father wore a light coat and may have been mistaken for an albino deer. McKinney had no license after being convicted of manslaughter in a prior fatal hunting accident involving his brother in law.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Nelson W. McKinney
Mike Kilgore
McKinney
John R. McKinney
Kilgore
Inlaw
Bill Edward Mullins
Centralia
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