Subversive Inquiry Hearing Hears Walsh Toast Mention
Admiral Walsh testifies at the subversive activities inquiry that a Latin American diplomat praised the United States in a February 1944 White House dinner toast. President Roosevelt allegedly recalled the diplomat for subversive activity amid accusations of a red herring.
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Washington
Ivan Walsh
United States
White House
Walsh
Roosevelt
United States of America
Admiral Walsh
Ivan Koppiikov
Slopova
Bessarabia
Harvard Law School
Neenie
Walsh Amily
Ireland
Osten
Woopinkov
Hazard Law
Woopikov
Congress scrutinizes FCC atheism rulings amid mixed testimony
A House committee questioning FCC religious liberty decisions heard from an atheist priest rabbi and federal officials as it weighs the 1946 Scott case. Rep Harness notes possible legal changes while stressing the FCC did not overstep its authority.
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Washinckton
FCC
House
Federal Communications Commission
Representative Harness
R-Ind
Robert Harold Scott
Palo Alto
Scott Dedi
Vie Harness
Ptrance
Rness
Mittee
M Petty
Nationalsociation of
LeBlanc Leads Baton Rouge DA Bid in Parish Runoffs
In East Baton Rouge Parish the unofficial returns from 42 of 45 precincts show Fred S. LeBlanc leading Rufus D. Hayes for district attorney by 13 003 to 12 609. W J Wicker appears set as city parish councilman, while no candidate has a majority for mayor president or eight other council seats. The new city parish charter extends the office and takes effect next January.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Wage Parish
Fred S. LeBlanc
W. J. Wicker
LeBlanc
Louisiana
Rufus D. Hayes
Farr K. Long
Powers Higginbotham
J. B. Alexander
Higginbotham
Passman Near Clear Majority in Fifth District Race
Unofficial Fifth District totals show Congressman Otto E. Passman leading with 26 106 votes to Charles E. McKenzie 17 776 and Net W. Mills trailing. Fed Fudickar Jr likely district attorney with 8 242 votes from 54 precincts. Cormick 5 342 with Morehouse Parish results pending.
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Otto E. Passman
Charles E. McKenzie
Net W. Mills
Morehouse Parish
J G Ford Dies Suddenly At Home
J G Ford of Monroe route died suddenly at his home 515 Hudson Tuesday at 10 30 p m He had served as parish superintendent and parish engineer here He was born in JacksonMiss in 1902 married Helen Vaughan Howell in 19 He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Atchley Jr and Mrs Robert Wy Wolffe Jr both of Ruston three grandchildren his mother Mrs Joes Ford Sr of Jackson two sisters Mrs J E Taylor and Mrs Wayne Traylor of Jackson and a brother William Ford Baton Rouge The funeral arrangements are with Mulhlin Funeral Home for Wednesday noon.
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Joe G. Ford
Toé
Monroe
Hudson Inc
Nate
Jackson
Miss
Helen Vaughan Howel
Ben
Atchley, Jr
Robert Wy Wolffe
Ruston
Joes. Ford, Sr
J. E. Taylor
Ayne Traylor
William Ford
Baton Rouge
Mulhlin Funeral Home
Mitchum Held On Drug Charge In Hollywood Raid
Actor Robert Mitchum and three others were arrested in a Hollywood home raid on suspicion of violating federal narcotics law. Sam and Robin Ford, both 31, were found with marijuana laced cigarettes, plus 13 more cigarettes seized. Actress Lila Leeds, 20, and dancer Vis Evans, 25, were also arrested in the operation conducted with federal narcotics help.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Hollywoo
A. bBarr
J. B. McKinnon
Heywood
Sam
Robin Ford
Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Vis Evans
Yig
Barr Saif
William Craig
Reitzell Far Ahead In Marshal's Race But Faces Runoff
Monroe voters in the primary returns show Judge W. M. Harper leading with 4 296 votes and no runoff. Frank V. Reitzell led the marshal race with 2917 votes but trails W W Cummings and faces a runoff. West Monroe judge Jesse Heard won 2617 to 1310. Ward 5 school board saw Ed Hislop top with 1551, Ward 10 had James Trousdale Jr leading with 2660.
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W. M. Harper
Monroe
News- Star—World
Harper
C. Elliott
Pee-Wee) Thompson
George Fink
Fred Coon, Jr
Judge Harper
Frank V. Reitzell
W. W. Cummings
Reitzell
Cummings
B. L. Risher
Walter Veach
Boamer McQuiller
E. B. Clower
Jesse Heard
West Monroe
Jesse L. Norris
Ed Hislop
D. C. Harper
Hislop
Grant
James L. McElroy
J. N. Rogers
James H. Trousdale, Jr
W. Barlow Inabnet
Ouachita Parish
C. C. Mills
Three Soldiers Fatally Injured at Fort Jackson Blast
An explosion at Fort Jackson South Carolina yesterday killed three soldiers and critically injured three others. Twenty more suffered lesser injuries as recruits passed to a machine gun demonstration. Dead are Martin S. Mainer Edison Georgia James H. McLemore Dice Kentucky and Joe A. Morris Pass Arkansas.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Anderson P. Neeley
Post Public Information
Martin S. Mainer
Edison
James H. McLemore
Dice
Morrison Appears Winner In Louisiana Democratic Primary
Rep. James H. Morrison appears set for re election in Louisiana sixth district after unofficial returns from 247 of 254 precincts show Morrison with 47 363 votes, Nelson 5 799 and Richardson 23 791.
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Baton Rouge
James H. Morrison
Morrison
John S. Nelson
W. H. Richardson
Schuman Begins Forming New French Cabinet
Premier Robert Schuman moved to assemble a new French cabinet after winning parliamentary confirmation by 322 to 185. He aims to include ministers from his prior eight month tenure, despite historic narrow support and opposition abstentions and walkouts.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Assembly
Schuman
Andre Marie
Aleman Fights for Leadership in Mexico City
President Miguel Aleman seeks renewed leadership before congress amid wage and cost of living pressures. He proposes swift creation of food markets to cut prices, while devaluation worsens the peso to about 6.85 per dollar. The treasury secretary is absolved and Fund criticisms loom.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Congress
Treasury
Ramon Beteta
International Monetary Fund
China bars foreign aircraft over western provinces except Russians
In Nanking on Sept 1, China barred all foreign airplanes from its western border areas except Russian planes. The move follows a 1939 pact giving Moscow exclusive overflight rights. China has not decided on renewal and says the pact may end Sept 9 next year. Officials note Moscow already informed of the possible termination.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
United States
Lewis Clark
Landow
Hollington Tong
Moscow
Russia
Foreign Office
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-Shek
Zhdanov Death Shocks Moscow as Soviet Power Shifts
Washington dispatches report the unexpected death of Col. Gen. Andrei Zhdanov at 52, a key figure in the cominform purge of Yugoslavia and a potential Stalin successor. Observers note Kremlin intrigue and fading public appearances by A. A. Andreev amid Berlin talks and Cold War tensions.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
West
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Stalin
Zhdanov
Comin
Berlin
A. A. Andreev
New Teachers Added at NJC for 1948 49 Session
The N. J. C. faculty for the 1948 49 session will include three new teachers: Clara Louise Jones assistant professor of biological sciences W C Buchanan instructor of geography and Roderick Hickman instructor of Mathematics. Jones transfers from M Neese Junior College Lake Charles and holds a master’s from L S A. Buchanan a Peabody College graduate from Clarksville Tenn is a WWII veteran. Hickman recently earned a master’s in mathematics from Peabody College and taught in Morehouse parish public schools.
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Clara Louise Jones
W. C. Buchanan
Roderick Hickman
Miss Jones
M*neese Junior College
Lake Charles
Jena
Buchanan
N. J
Peabody College of
Nashville
Tenn
Waverly
Austin Peay College
Clarksville
Hickman
Peabody College
W. L. Perkins
Fannie P. Davis
Helen Hayes
Aubrey Phillips
Lewis Slater
E. J. Foster
Edward C. Whatley
Emma A. Ferguson
Mabel S. Slay
W. B. Rickerson
A. S. Huffman
Ada B. Hart
J. L. Malone
Dorothy Younse
Willa C. Cox
A. P. Duet
B. S. Hamner
Hazel Mitchell
J. W. Parkerson
Annie L. W. Stahl
E. J. Upshaw
McCleary
Allen
Carroll
George
Johnson
Jolly
Harry Lemert
Florence Allbritton
F. H. Burke
J. E. Monroe
Gertrude Sandrock
Eloise Stanhope
Shuck Named Chief Scout Executive of Boy Scouts
Arthur A. Shuck takes over as chief Scout executive in a ceremony at national headquarters. He becomes the third person to hold the top post, succeeding Dr. Elbert K. Fretweil who retired. The organization reports about 2,142,000 boys and leaders in 68,708 units nationwide.
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New York
Arthur A. Shuck
Boy Scouts of America
Shuck
Scout Movement
Elbert K. Fretweil
National Boy Scout Headquarters
Scouts
Moves Ahead And Lead Is Mounting In Louisiana Senate Race
Russell Long leads Judge Robert Kennon by about 1,500 votes as rural returns come in. Unofficial totals from 1,686 of 1,883 precincts show Long at 240,232 and Kennon at 238,732 with New Orleans and other cities favoring Kennon. Ellender runs far ahead in another Senate race as the Louisiana primary unfolds.
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New Orleans
Robert F. Kennon
Russell B. Long
U. S. Senate
John Overton
Parish Pets Aptd
Kennon
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Emer Arene
Assumption
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Concordia
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East Carroll Ce Entre Vee Navscacee
East Feliciana SO T
Evangeline Were
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Franklin Sheave & Pertences
Grant
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Orleans Reema Eee
Quachita
Plaquemines Peer Eeerereererese
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Rapides Pee Meere
Red River Ve Teem Beret
Richland Oos
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Tangipahoa
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Tensas
Terrebonne
Union Cetascens Feet Ween
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Emo Deerie Etwwnee
Vernon Ade Ais
Washington Peete Eneane Eeeene
Webster Peete Ee Eee
W. Baton Rouge Ceee Eerenreeee
West Carroll Tem
West Feliciana Creer Enen
Erin
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Long
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Caddo
Shreveport
Ouachita
Monroe
Calcasieu
Lake Charles
Allen J. Ellender
Rail Embargo May Be Put On Freight From West Coast
Washington reports that railroads plan a possible embargo on virtually all freight from west coast ports if a maritime work stoppage occurs tomorrow. Arthur H. Gass of the AAAR announced the plan as a protective measure with four freight classes exempt. Negotiations in San Francisco aim to avert a Pacific coast shipping tieup before midnight as a Taft-Hartley injunction expires.
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Washington
Arthur H. Gass
Car Service Division
The
Association of American Railroads
Gass
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
West Coast
San Francisco
Yugoslavia Criticizes Bulgaria Over Macedonia Aims
Yugoslavia accused Bulgaria of aiming for Macedonia and faced a broader cominform backlash. Tito reshuffled his cabinet naming Edward Kardelj as foreign minister and Alexander Rankovic as vice-prime minister, leaving Franc Frol as the lone non Communist in government.
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London
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
Macedonia
Belgrade
Borba
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Albania
Romania
Cominform
Tito
Macedonian Office of Information
Edward Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Franc Frol
Yugoslav Communist Party
Court acquits Hjalmar Schacht of Nazi offenses
In Stuttgart an appeals court freed former Reichsbank president Hjalmar Schacht from eight years of Nazi denazification punishment. The court found his resistance movement actions outweighed earlier support for Hitler and noted his later opposition to the regime. He plans to travel to the Italian Tyrol with his family.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Tyrol
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Pegler
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Fudickar
McCormick
Judg
J. G. Ford
Jimmy Morrison
Aleman
Thdanov
NJC
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