Westbrook Pegler on Rathborne Visit to White House in 1940
Mervyn Rathborne, Communist party member and ex head of the American Communications Association, spent two weeks at the White House in summer 1940 with Eleanor Roosevelt as a guest. He had just resigned his union presidency due to ill health and planned a cross country drive with his wife and infant. The piece notes Rathborne later quit the party, joining other ex Communists who faced unemployment after testifying in the Bridges trial.
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Mervyn Rathborne
Communist Party
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
American Communications Association
New York
California
Rathborne
Harry Bridges
Korea
Airborne Me Go Into Action In Korea
Washington reported the army is assembling its airborne reserve for a major strike against North Korean forces. Pentagon officers cautioned timing remains uncertain as paratroopers arrived at Kimpo and were quickly committed to action on the Seoul front amid reports of about 150 planes delivering troops.
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Washington
Pentagon
Kimpo
Seoul Battlefront
Seoul
U. S. First Cavalry
Chongju
Inchon-Seoul
Yongdok
Sea of Japan
Chinju
U. S
Suwon
South Mountain
Lewis
Chesty
Truman to Pick Anti Red Board in Veto Fallout
Allied columns push toward Duk Soo Palace as U S forces plant the Stars and Stripes amid Seoul street fighting. Truman faces selecting a five man subversive activities control board to enforce the new Communist control act after its veto override.
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Truman
Leif Erickson
Tokyo
Seoul Sra
Duk Soo Palace
Han River
Stars and Stripes
Han
South Mountain
North
A. P
Whitehead
Marines
First Regiment
Leathernecks
Duk Soo
Nun to Give Away Legacy in Charity Plan
New Orleans nun Sister Eugenia inherits 10000 from oilman Charles Babonet of Los Angeles. She teaches in a Catholic high school and vows poverty but will distribute the funds to real poor, good people. No appeals or notices have arrived yet.
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New Orleans
Eugenia
Order of the Daughters of Charity
Charles Babonet
Los Angeles
Judge John Dale of Concordia Dies
Vidalia La Sept 25 Judge John Dale a mainstay of Concordia parish life died at a Natchez Miss hospital He was 90 and buried here He held nearly every office in Vidalia and Concordia parish including town clerk mayor parish police jury clerk district judge and worshipful master of the local Masonic order Surviving are his widow three children eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
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Vidalia
John Dale
Concordia Parish
Natchez
Miss
Dale
10Th District Court
Masonic Order of
Order of Eastern Star
Knights of Pythias and
Elks Lodge of
John Dale, Jr
L. D. Dale
Susie C. Rogers
France Maintains Hostility to German Rearming
Paris dispatch reports a foreign office spokesman stating France remains hostile to any move to rearm Germany. He said the Big Three ministers did not decide on such a plan at their New York meeting, despite Paris papers speculating about creating German divisions for a unified western defense.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Germany
New York
Crutists Aid Plane Victims Near Goose Bay Rescue Felted
Parachutists were dropped to aid six United States airmen after a B 50 bomber crashed in Labrador. A U S air force team and Canadian forces prepared to evacuate the crew and passengers by helicopter and amphibian plane to a nearby lake for transfer to safety. The cause of the crash remained undetermined and the mission faced weather risks.
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Halifax
N. S
United States
Labrador
Fort Repperell
U. S
Goose Bay
Tucson
Ariz
Wilds
Arizona
Air Force
Black says Tito needs help with drought and economy
World Bank President Eugene Black returned from Yugoslavia reporting Tito faces a serious drought and economic issues. He declined to state loan terms or amount, saying talks will continue in Washington with Tito sending representatives. He stressed the talks were cordial and satisfactory.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eugene R. Black
World Bank
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Black
Washington
Yugo Slavia
Peters Appointed Acting Chief of Monroe Police
H T Ward resigns as Monroe chief and M L Peters named acting chief by Mayor John E Coon. Peters, 34, joined the force in 1941 after WW II service, previously a state trooper at Leesville, and resident of Ouachita Parish since 1928. He is married with two children and will enforce all laws vigorously and impartially.
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H. T. Ward
Monroe
M. L. Peters
John E. Coon
Hts
Ward
Department
H. H. Benoit
J. D. Busby
George Breece
Peters
Monroe Department
Leesville
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
South 4Th Street
Louisiana Department of Welfare
Coon
British regime in family row
London reports Prime Minister Clement Attlee rejected calls from some Labour factions for another general election this year. A No. 10 source said only a parliamentary defeat would trigger polls before 1951, with Attlee prioritizing his paper majority of seven amid unsettled international events. Continued on Fifth Page.
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London
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
No. 10 Downing Street
Attlee
Britain
House of Commons
Labor
Whistler case sígnals new evidence in Ca tlow case
Paradis La Sept 25 Sheriff Leon Vial said he had more evidence to support his claim the mysterious whistler frightening Jacquelyn Catlow an 8 year old bride to be is an inside job and a hoax The mother Mrs Clifford Catlow disputed the deduction and said she did not know why anyone would want to do it As the wedding to Herbert Belsom 26 year old state trooper looms at Taft preparations continue Jacquelyns condition has improved after medical attention and the whistles have not been heard recently Vial expected to make a full statement possibly by tonight ending the investigation
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Paradis
Leon Vial
Jacquelyn Catlow
Clifford Catlow
Vial
Whistler
Taft
New Orleans
Miss Catlow
Herbert Belsom
Cadow
Jacquelyn
Preparedness Will Continue After Korea Victory
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer firm on no pause in U S military preparedness after Korea. He floated possible new business controls to reserve materials for armament and indicated priorities requiring manufacturers to fill military orders first. He warned against unreasonable hoarding and suggested civilian sacrifices may occur while maintaining peacetime production.
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Washington
Korea
Sawyer
United States
Sawyee
Diplomats Outline Key Polices At U.N. Sessions
Yugoslavia urged the United Nations to form a permanent mediation commission for small powers to handle disputes and require nations in hostilities to declare cease fires within 24 hours or face aggression branding. The 12 member panel would exclude permanent Security Council members and could note suggestions for peaceful settlements without judging them. The proposals were part of a broader push at the UN session, alongside ideas for standby forces and a roaming peace patrol.
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Tom Ochiltree
New York
Yugo- Slavia
General Assembly
United Nations Mediation Commission
Assembly
Yugoslavia
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations
Secrety
Acheson
U. N
U.N
Ernest Bevin
China
Edvard Kardelj
Congress Faces Major Problems Upon Return
Congress returns to Washington in late November to tackle taxes on swelling business profits, statehood for Hawaii and Alaska, and possible rent control. The session follows a sweeping presidential veto override after Senate 57 to 10 and House 286 to 48 votes approving the anti Communist bill, with weary lawmakers and exhausted senators concluding a hard push.
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Washington
Truman
McGrath
Justice Department
Senate
Mr. Truman
House
Langer
North Dakota
Hawaii
Alaska
Congress
Girls Steal $150 Daily From Miami Telephone Co
In Miami on September 25 authorities disclosed a long running theft from the Southern Bell Telephone Co counting room. Twelve people including Rita Orr 18 and Marie Orr and Betty Corrigan 23 were arrested after $4,107 in quarters was found in suitcases. The scheme involved stuffing quarters into brassieres and taking money from sealed boxes on counting machines. The Orr family had five members among the arrestees and two husbands were also taken into custody.
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Miami
Fla
Southern Bell Telephone Co
I. R. Mills
West Miami
Rita Orr
Mills
Rita
Marie
Betty Corrigan
Telephone Company
Thick Canadian forest fire smoke blankets wide U S area
The Associated Press reports a 3000 foot thick smoke layer from Canadian wildfires spread from the Great Lakes to the seaboard and to the Ohio Valley. Visibility dropped in places, lights indoors and at baseball parks were used, with flights and games continuing under elevated conditions as smoke moves seaward.
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Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Ohio Valley
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Detroit
LaGuardia Field
Alberta
MacKenzie
Canada
Burma Surgeon Segrave kept in prison another two weeks
Rangoon Burma September 25 a Burmese court ordered American missionary doctor Gordon S Segrave to remain jailed for two more weeks before his high treason trial set for October 9. Segrave already appealed for release on health grounds reporting dysentery and weight loss of about 15 pounds. He was arrested August 20 charged with aiding Karen rebels and facing penalties up to death banishment or seven years hard labor.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Segrave
Seagrave
Winnsboro Man Killed in Action in Korea War
Washington list names Louisianian Private First Class John Allen Taylor of Winnsboro as killed in action in the Korean War. Also named are wounded Captain Frank E. LaMothe Jr. of New Orleans, missing Private First Class Ernest J. LeBlanc, and several others from Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Washington
Department of Defense
John Allen Taylor
Gistmer Taylor
Winnsboro
Frank E. LaMothe
Isoprene H. LaMothe
Far East
Napoleon Avenue
New Orleans
Ernest J. le. Blanc
Ella Cotton
Jackson Avenue
Army
Charles L. Woodall
Lula P. Woodall
Box 193
McComb
Miss
Woodson F. Clark
Annie Clark
Box 9
Six Die as Express Derails Near Nancy France
Six passengers were killed and seven seriously injured when an express train derailed near Nancy. The locomotive and first five coaches overturned as the Paris bound service ran from Nancy. The crash followed a warning signal reportedly ignored by workmen repairing the line.
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Paris
Nancy
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Pegler
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Norway
National Palace
First Cavalry
Concordia
Royal Candian Air Force
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
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The
Associated Press
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