Un-American Activities Committee Progress and Reflections
WESTBROOK PEGLER reports editorial praise for the House committee on un-American activities noting its role in imprisoning suspected Communists and cataloging alien sympathizers. The piece criticizes prewar security laxity, praises the current records for anti communist work, and blames past agencies for harboring traitors and indoctrinating military staff.
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New York
Committee On UN
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Army
Dies Committee
Thomas Committee
Nce
Department of State, War and
the Navy
State, War and Navy Departments
Lightning Bolt Fatality Near Rayville
Thomas Horton 20 of Jonesboro was fatally struck by lightning while picking cotton with his partner near Holly Ridge in Rayville around 7 30 am Monday. He died en route to a physician, and the body was taken to Mulhearn Funeral Home before arrangements in Jonesboro. He is survived by his parents brothers and a sister.
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Rayville
Thomas Horton
Jonesboro
Holly Ridge
Mulhearn Funeral Home
B. C. Horton
Grover
Robert Horton
Effie Lana Horton
Father Held After 3 Children Killed
Police say 31 year old William Cary is in custody after his three children, John 9, Billy 6, and Bobby Jo 4, were killed in a farm house near OMAR Washington. A four year old girl Isola Ward survived after being shot in the leg and beaten with a rifle as she pleaded for mercy. The suspect reportedly assaulted his wife and attempted to seek hospital treatment for an old back injury.
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Omar
Wash
Tom Johnson
William Cary
Johnson
Cary
Olice
Here
Isola Ward
Hnson
Ife
John Cary
Billy Cary
Bobby Jo Cary
Gambler Wounded In Rayville Club Clash
In Rayville at Club Castle two gamblers clashed leaving T C Richardson shot and Sam Shores jailed. Richardson, 25, owner of a Heidelburg Mississippi night club, is in St Francis Sanitarium in satisfactory condition. Shores, 26, manager of the club, is held awaiting district attorney action. Shores allegedly said Richardson was disgruntled.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
T. C. Richardson
Heidelburg, Miss
Rainbow Inn
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sam Shores
Shores
Richardson
King-size bomb drop tested as dud first
The army plans the first test of its 420 pound king-size bomb as a dud drop from a B 29 to study release and fall pattern from aircraft. Experts note this weight has never been dropped before and will test penetration depth before remote explosion or fixed ground blasts.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Force
Army Ordnance
Monroe hotel managers head to Louisiana hotel meeting
Managers of three Monroe hotels and the owner of one will travel to New Orleans by car for the 22nd annual Louisiana Hotel Association convention. Ernest C. Gibson of the Frances is slated to become president in 1948, with other locals L. J. Hulin, J. D. Green, Fred Kalil, and Roger Dishough attending, mostly with wives.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Louisiana Hotel Association
Ernest C. Gibson
Frances
L. J. Hulin
J. D. Green
Virginia
Fred Kalil
Roger Dishough
Alvis
Urges Return of Rationing in Congress Age of Inflation
A CIO leader urged an immediate special session of Congress to re-establish price controls and rationing. Frank J. Benti said profits fuel inflation and demanded government action while criticizing voluntary restraint as insufficient. In Washington, Norris E. Dodd proposed voluntary food rationing to avert famine abroad.
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Associated Press
Congress
Frank J. Benti
Rhode Island
Washington
Norris E. Dodd
Dodd
Providence
R. I
B LUCAS DIES IN NEW ORLEANS
B Lucas 60 prominent Tallulah citizen and son of a Madison Parish former sheriff died in New Orleans after seven years there. Funeral held at Episcopal church in Tallulah with interment in local cemetery. Survived by wife and two sons T B Lucas Jr and Coleman C Lucas. pallbearers listed.
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Tallulah
N—T. B. Lucas
Madison Parish
New Orleans
Episcopal Church
Lucas
T. B. Lucas, Jr
H. C. Sevier
W. M. Scott
Calvin Todd
Maxwell Yerger
R. M. Armond
Police
H. C. Massey
W. P. Sevier, Jr
A. L. Sevier
Even Poles See Iron Curtain Dividing Them From Russia
Warsaw dispatch notes Polish views of foreigners and Soviet control as the true iron curtain in eastern Europe. Poles describe Moscow as hard to meet and Soviet actions as alien to Polish readers. They cite agents of influence in Prague and Prague visitors while lamenting restricted access to Russian officials.
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Soviet Union
Daniel de Luce
A. P
Warsaw
Russia
Europe
Poland
Washington
London
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Prague
E B Tatum Dies in Dubach Bank Leader and Local Official
Emmett B. Tatum 56 prominent Dubach citizen and Dubach State Bank vice president and cashier died at home. Funeral at Baptist church Tuesday 10 am with interment in Hamilton Memorial cemetery. Survived by wife Mattie Anderson Tatum two daughters Ruth Delaney Rae and son O Ardis Tatum two brothers Dr A Tatum Homer La Sid Tatum sister Miss Mattie Tatum and many relatives. The bank founded over a half century ago has paid high dividends and celebrated its 50th anniversary last June.
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Dubach
Emmett B. Tatum
Lincoln Parish
Dubach State Bank
Baptist Church
Hamilton Memorial
Tatum
Dubach Bank
Mattie Anderson Tatum
Ruth Tatum Delaney
Rae Tatum
O. Ardis Tatum
A. Tatum
Homer
Sid Tatum
Mattie Tatum
Cobb sets land speed records at Bonneville but returns without final run
John Cobb drove the 7,700 pound Behemoth at Bonneville Salt Flats achieving 370.75 mph on the mile and 375.32 mph on the kilometer, faster than any land speed marks but a rear return run was damaged by a hole in the car. He planned a new attempt Tuesday between 4 and 5 p m local time.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
Utah Speedway
Cobb
Damage From Blaze Destroys Municipal Airport Hangar
Officials assessed about 120000 in damage after a Sunday morning fire and explosions gutted the municipal airport hangar, destroying 19 planes. Owners include Northeast Aviation Service partners P C Pines and Curtis Averitt, with 13 planes owned by the firm and six by private fliers.
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Northeast Aviation Service
News-Star
Northeast Aviation Service Today
Harry Hawthorne
Bastrop
Monroe Aviation Company
Hawthorne
P. C. Pines of
Curtis Averitt
Monroe
Publishers urged to avoid fantastic price for newsprint
Hot Springs Ark September 15 4 percent newsprint market urged to stay clear of fantastic prices. E B Stahlman Jr SNPA executive warned such purchases hinder industry and suppliers. He noted no shortage producers run at capacity and factory expansion drives demand while urging stable labor relations and contracted tonnage for Coosa River plant.
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Hot Springs
Ark
E. B. Stahlman, Jr
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Stahlman
Nashville, Tenn. Banner
SNPA
B. Hanson, Jr
Birmingham
Coosa River
Ala
Youth Admits He Killed Boy in Newark Case
A 14-year-old Bayonne student confessed to the slaying of 11-year-old John Preston Jr. in an abandoned Newark warehouse. He said he strangled him with a leather belt to prove himself not “a sissy,” and described planning the murder to satisfy his mother’s demands. The body was found in Harrison after a ransom note was discovered with the suspect’s father summoned.
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Newark
N. J
Paroential School
F. RB. I
Fred Walter Smigelski
Smigelski
Bayonne
John Preston, Jr
Kearney
Harrison
Preston
Walter Smigelski
John Preston
Treaties Become Effective Today For Five Nations
Paris and Moscow mark the effective end of World War II for Italy Finland Hungary Bulgaria and Romania as peace treaties are ratified. The Italian treaty takes effect at midnight GMT with Bidault and the Big Four witnessing the brief ceremony. Trieste moves toward a French free territory as Yugoslav troops advance on the eastern frontier.
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Paris
Moscow
Italy
Finland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Louis Nevin
Germany
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Kremlin
Trieste
Georges Bidault
New York
General Assembly
United Nations
Jefferson Caffrey
Alexander E. Bogomolov
Soviet Union
H. Ashley Clarke
Alfred Duff Cooper
Bidault
Morgan Line
Haly
Yugoslavia
Atlantic hurricane bears toward Florida coast from Nassau
A four day old Atlantic hurricane, 250 miles off Nassau, is on a west northwest track toward northern Florida and the Georgia coast. Winds near the center reach 125 to 140 mph with hurricane force extending 200 miles outward. Shipping is advised to avoid the storm. Land Cay reports 25 to 31 mph winds as the system moves westward.
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Miami
Fla
Nassau
Bahamas
Florida
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Land Cay
Overell murder trial enters 17th week in Santa Ana
The Overell yacht murder case enters its 17th week as defense questions explosives experts on whether a dynamite blast aboard the family cabin cruiser killed Mr and Mrs Walter E Overell on March 15. Capt Edward V Dockweiler resumes testimony. Louise Overell and her companion George Gollum are set to testify next week.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Walter E. Overell
Edward V. Dockweiler
U. S. Navy
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Louise
Gollum
U S Indirectly Calls On Russia For Cooperation
In New York with the United Nations session opening, Secretary of State George C. Marshall and U N officials urged cooperation and warned against obstruction in the Security Council. John Foster Dulles warned of penalties for defying moral judgment, while Trygve Lie highlighted colonial peoples as potential threats to peace amid shifting great power ties.
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John A. Panis, Jr
New York
United States
Russia
United Nations
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
George C. Marshall
Tarrytown
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Dulles
U.N
Baltimore
U. N
Trygve Lie
Lie
Germany Faces Government Crisis After SPD Move
Germany confronts a government crisis as the Social Democratic party withdraws its four ministers from the Bavarian coalition cabinet. The SPD calls for dissolution of the state parliament and a new election to challenge the Christian Social Union amid rising political tension.
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Munich
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Christian Social Union
Social Democrat State Committee
Hans Erhard
Lustgarten
Berlin
Ottomar Geschke
Union of Nazi Persecutees
Reich
Geschke
Hamburg
Palestine
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
AMG
Europe
Clay
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Westbrook
Pegler
Rayville Club
B. Lucas
By Daniele de Luce
E. B. Tatum
State Bank
Miame
la. Am
Atlantic Seaboard
Vero Beach
Mia
Cape Hatteras
N. C
West Palm Beach
Jacksonville
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