Rich anti communists of New York and beyond
Westbrook Pegler writes that many wealthy Americans, concentrated in New York and others cities, superficially oppose communism yet avoid party membership. He singles out old and self made elites, noting their philanthropy and vanity, and attacks Washington society, casual marriages, and Hollywood poseurs as lacking real influence or intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston
Washington
Communist Party
Palm Beach
Palm Springs
Hollywood
Britain Expects Limited U S Help Amid Dollar Crisis
Washington news reports Britain is confident of limited American aid to stem its dollar drain this year while long term relief will hinge on congressional action. The American British Canadian economic conference continues with Cripps preparing a speech at the National Press Club outlining Britain's stance on a permanent dollar solution.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
Stafford Cripps
National Press Club
Texas Short of Cotton Pickers
Texas faces a severe cotton picker shortage as 90,000 workers have not migrated from the lower Rio Grande valley and coastal bend. The Texas Employment Commission campaigns locally, urging students and women to harvest a 5,000,000 bale crop, with deadlines and contractor labor aiding progress. Corpus Christi notes three quarters harvested and improved labor, while other regions report varying demand and early contract labor from Mexico.
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Texas Employment Commission
Rio Grande Valley
Coastal Bend
Austin
Corpus Christi
Mexico
Wichita Falls
Texas
Temple
el Paso
West Texas
Truman May Seek Truce Extension
President Truman may request an extension of the steel truce to avert a strike slated for next Wednesday. He will decide after reviewing a report from the steel fact finding board due next Saturday. The board has eaten into time and the union seeks higher wages pension improvements and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
C. I. O. Steelworkers
Western beauties lead in Miss America preliminaries
Western contenders dominate early Miss America preliminaries with Sylvia Canady Miss Colorado winning bathing suit, Margaret Lynne Munn Miss Canada topping talent, and Jacque Mercer Miss Arizona tied for chassis award. Finalists announced tomorrow amid Western odds in talent and bathing suit.
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Sylvia Canady
Denver
Colorado
Toronto
Mississippi
Minnesota
Gloria Yvonne Burkhart
Minneapolis
Sheriff Aycock of St. Mary Parish Dies in New Orleans
Dr. Guy G. Aycock 61 longtime sheriff of St. Mary parish died of a heart attack in a New Orleans hotel where he had attended the Louisiana Sheriffs Association convention. He served a third term, practiced medicine earlier, and is survived by a widow Florence Lewis Aycock and five children along with four brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending. burial planned for Franklin.
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New Orleans
Guy G. Aycock
St. Mary Parish
Franklin
Louisiana Sheriffs Association
Aycock
Raceland
Lafourche Parish
University of Tennessee
Memphis
Patterson
W. D. Roussel
St. Mary Hospital
Florence Lewis
Clifton Aycock
Charity Hospital
Monroe
Elizabeth Flynt
Barbara Florence Aycock
Roy Aycock
Convent Station
N. J
Harry Aycock
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Lawrence Aycock
Baton Rouge
F. J. Aycock
la Place
Buell Aycock
Southwestern Institute
Lafayette
Garland Aycock
Henry Kaufman
Jeanerette
May Hankinson
Truman stands firm on Iowa judgeship nomination
President Truman refused to withdraw Carroll O. Switzer from consideration as federal district judge for Southern Iowa. Senator Gillette criticized the decision, calling Switzer unsuitable, while reports suggested Gillette favored two alternative nominees.
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Washington
Truman
Iowa
Senate
Carroll O. Switzer
Switzer
Gillette
White House
William F. Rilen
Des Moines
Iowa Bar Association
Trade Policy Battle Nears Verdict in Senate Debate
Washington Sept 9 The senate fight over peril points in reciprocal trade deals narrows to a close vote. Senator Millikin Republican seeks to attach a peril point to the administration bill while Wherry and George express doubt and Lucas predicts defeat. The bill would extend tariff adjustment powers to June 12 1951 and drop the peril point from earlier limits. Millikin would require presidential reporting to Congress when tariffs fall below safe levels per the tariff commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Millikin
R.-Cole
Wherry
Neb
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Lucas
Congress
Monroe police recover jewelry from 327 Harrison St
Monroe police reported about 4000 dollars worth of jewelry stolen from the Jewel Box on Harrison Street August 30 was recovered and returned to the owner on Thursday. Chief H. T. Ward said several suspects are under investigation but identities were not released. The burglary occurred before 10 p.m. and the officer discovered the scene. the recovered items were said to remain in Monroe.
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Monroe
Harrison Street
H. T. Ward
Ward
Surrounded by Resort Fire Near King City California
Forty vacationists at Tassa Jara hot springs resort faced encirclement as a wind driven blaze destroyed a two story hotel and about 15 cabins. Actor Phil Terry organized guests into a volunteer fire brigade while rescue teams reached the site. The fire scorched about 1,200 acres in Los Padres forest as evacuation efforts and helicopter transport were discussed.
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King City
Calif
Tassa Jara Hot Springs
Scenic Mountain Valley
Here
Henry Branagh
Jack Curran
U. S
Curran
Phil Terry
Terry
Palo Alto
Joan Crawford
Helen Meyers
Los Padres National Forest
King
Doctor Cerniglia to Obtain Monroe Radio Station
The communications commission in Washington authorized a new standard radio station for Monroe by Dr. Frank P. Cerniglia on 1230 kilocycles at 250 watts unlimited time. It will not air until KNOE changes frequency. Cerniglia, Tulane 1928 graduate, has run a dental office in Monroe 21 years and plans station operations later this year. He serves in Lions Club and dental societies and has five sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Monroe
Frank P. Cerniglia
KNOE
Cerniglia
News- Star
Tulane
Bernhardt
Northeast Junior College
Lions Club
American Dental Association
Louisiana State Dental Society
Fifth District Society
Human Rights Bill Adopted by European Assembly
Strasbourg report says the consultative assembly of the council of Europe approved a bill of 10 fundamental human freedoms 65 to 1 with 17 abstentions. The body, though advisory, must have the measure approved by the 12-nation council of ministers to take effect. Some British Labour members opposed the plan and abstained. The assembly urged unity to avert economic and political disaster in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
France
Council of Europe
Consultative Assembly
Europe
Assembly
European Council
Laborite
Committee of Ministers
Governor Long Calls Special Election in Sixth District
Governor Earl K. Long called a November 15 general election to fill the Louisiana Supreme Court seat left by retired Chief Justice Charles A. ONeill. The sixth district includes Ascension Assumption St. Charles Iberia Lafourche St. James St. John the Baptist St. Martin St. Mary Terrebonne and Vermilion parishes. Potential candidates include Jam A LeBlanc and James E Simon. Cleveland Fruge is ineligible as he resides outside the district.
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Batgon Rouge
Earl K. Long
Charles A. O'Neill
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Democratic Executive Committee
Wade O. Martin, Sr
St. Martinville
Wilbur B. Kramer
Franklin
Ascension
Assumption
St. Charles
Iberia
Lafourche
St. James
St. John the Baptist
St. Martin
St. Mary
Terrebonne
Vermilion
Court of Appeals
Jam A. LeBlanc
Napoleonville
James E. Simon
Cleveland Fruge
Ville Platte
Tito Granted Big U S Loan For Yugoslavia
The Export-Import Bank announced a $20,000,000 credit to Marshal Tito's government to help rehabilitate Yugoslavia's mining sector and support its break with Moscow. Up to $12,000,000 is available now for materials, with $8,000,000 more tied to later needs. The loan bears 3.5 percent interest, repaid in 20 semiannual installments, first due July 31, 1951.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Soviet
Russia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Cominform
Stalin
World Bank
Acheson
Johnson
Negro Wanted 6 Years Found in Louisiana Arrest
A six year search for a Louisiana Negro wanted by the FBI on draft evasion charges ended with the arrest of Will Fletcher, 32, who had spent three years in an Atlanta federal prison. Fletcher, already serving a Mississippi offense sentence, was captured Thursday by local FBI agents and held on $1,500 bond in parish prison. The case involved aliases and conflicting draft registrations beginning in 1943, linking the Shreveport and Gibsland warrants to Fletcher.
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Louisiana
Atlanta
Will Fletcher
Mississippi
Fletcher
Parish
Clifton Douglas Vaughn
Natchitoches
Shreveport
Willie Dunnerway
Gibsland
Tropical storm dissipating off the Mexican coast
Los Angeles reports a dissipating tropical storm off Mexico after earlier hurricane force winds. A new storm 160 miles southwest of Manzanillo shows 60 mph winds and northwest movement. Earlier storm near San Diego diverged into the Pacific as heat abated with highs near 96 to 103 in recent days.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
Strike Set To Start On Missouri Pacific Rail Line Today
Government mediators failed to prevent a Missouri Pacific Railroad strike set for mid afternoon. About 5,000 workers plan to walk out across 11 states, with an embargo on freight and passenger service affecting many towns and industries. The dispute centers on interpreting operating rules rather than wages.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Frank Douglas
National (Railway) Mediation Board
ST. Louis
Sunflower
Kansas City
Lucsday
Truman
the Road
Missouri Pacific
Brotherhoods
New Jobless Decline Seen in 1949 Outlook
Washington reports a continued improvement in unemployment with August showing a 400000 drop. Civilian employment reached 59,947,000, the best for 1949, while jobless totaled 3,689,000. Economists cited leveling-off signs and a sound economy, though lawmakers offered mixed views on permanence.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Census Bureau
Sawyer
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
Wherry
Death ruled accidental in Excalibur stairway fall
Texas debutante Adrienne Atwell 20 of Dallas died from a fractured skull after a stairway fall aboard the liner Excalibur at sea. A medical examiner said the death was accidental. Willard 21, also of Dallas, was injured and in satisfactory condition. The couple were returning home with a group from a summer voyage to the Mediterranean.
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Boston
William J. Brickley
Adrienne Atwell
Dallas
Webster Atwell
Robert M. Willard
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Miss Atwell
Willard
William H. Atwell
Mediterranean
Italy
Atwell
Marseille
Dulles Plans Busy Campaign in New York
Washington reports President Truman may campaign in New York to aid Democratic senatorial candidate Herbert Lehman against Republican appointee Senator Dulles. Lehman is expected to win the Democratic nomination to fill Wagner’s unexpired term. Dulles remains unfazed by potential presidential support.
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Washington
Truman
Dulles
New York
Herbert Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Thomas E Dewey
Republican Standard
Lehman
Carey Nominated for Western District Attorney Post
Harvey L. Carey of Shreveport is recommended as U S district attorney for the western district of Louisiana. The nomination was sent to President Truman by Attorney General J Howard McGrath with Senator Long's endorsement, replacing Malcolm LaFargue who retires next month. Carey, 34, served as clerk of the Louisiana house and as special counsel for the Caddo parish levee board. He is a Tulane Law graduate and is married to Katy Drew with three children.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Journal
Washington
Harvey L. Carey
U. S
Western District
Louisiana
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Long
D.-La
Carey
Malcolm LaFargue
the Journal
Louisiana House of Representatives
Caddo Parish
University of Arkansas
Louisiana Tech
Tulane University
New Orleans
Katy Drew
Minden
Harmon C. Drew
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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U.S
Rio Grande
Fighth
Atlantic City
Aleksander Broz
John Phillips
Life Magazine
Tassa Jara
DR. Cerniglia
Consultive Assembly
Percy Wyly
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