Capart says high stakes gamblers loosely united in Senate talk
Washington April 29 Senator Capehart said a senate investigation shows big-time gamblers are loosely aligned in an informal working arrangement. Senator Tobey said there may be no rambling syndicate but a meeting of minds exists among gamblers. Costello denied current involvement while testifying with Erickson and Carroll admitting lay-off betting.
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Washington
Capehart
Ind
Senate
America
Tobey
Senate Commerce
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Frank Erickson
Frank Costello
James J. Carroll
St. Louis
Costello
Carroll
Erickson
Foreigners Head Home From Communist China After Months
More than 700 foreigners stranded in Communist China have boarded the American President liner General Gordon off Tientsin, ending months of release negotiations. The group includes 93 State Department personnel and dependents, about 60 other Americans, and representatives from 26 nationalities. The voyage to safety followed an earlier Yangtze route closure and a shift to a northern port plan. The ship also carried Consul General Edmund O. Clubb and Peiping staff members.
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Washington
China
State Department
General Gordon
Tientsin
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Acheson
North China
Gordon
Taku Bar
Edmund O. Clubb
Peiping
Threat Renewed in New York Telephone Strike
AP report from April 29 says 10,000 installation workers, who struck last Monday, voted to set up picket lines Monday, risking nationwide telephone service disruption. Leaders say talks paused as the strike continues and most remaining workers have postponed action.
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New York
Funeral Today for Capt Allan Sholars Drug-Influenced Lawyer and Politician
Capt Allan Sholars 72 a Monroe resident and noted criminal lawyer died in a New Orleans hospital after a long career in Louisiana law oil and politics He was born June 16 1878 in Trenton Ouachita Parish and married twice Survivors include two daughters and four grandchildren The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p m at the family residence 1006 Riverside with Rev Ernest Duncan Holloway officiating Interment at Riverview Burial Park
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Allan Sholars
Monroe
New Orleans
Trenton
Ouachita Parish
Dennis M
Carrie Standifer Scholars
Louisiana State University
Tulane Law School
Louisiana
National Democratic Party
Second Volunteer Infantry
United States Army
Board of Supervisors of
Louisiana State Board of Education
Charlotte Brear
Air Force hints progress on guided missiles and defense
The air force hints progress toward an intercontinental weapon combining bomber range with a guided missile. Russia is believed to be improving all weather interceptors as bombers face stronger anti air defenses, including rockets and guided missiles.
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Max Boyd
Washington
Air Force
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Leopold’s Fate Fronts Belgium’s June Vote
Belgium outlines a June 4 parliamentary election to decide the Leopold question after a regent dissolved the chamber. Exiled King Leopold III and his son Baudouin remain abroad in Switzerland as Social Christian and Socialist parties vie for influence. May Day demonstrations are planned by Socialists and Communists to boost the campaign.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Prince Charles Day
Proposd Social Christians
Antipold
Libal
Theo
Aprent
Prince Baudouin
Switzerland
Gaston Eyskens
Marshall Denounces McCarthy Charges By Temps Aid
Gen George C Marshall condemned Senator McCarthys charges of communism in government as undermining US position and aiding powers seeking to destroy the nation. He joined Cordell Hull James Byrnes and Dean Acheson in denying Latimore as the top architect of US Far Eastern policy amid a Senate Foreign Relations inquiry.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
George C., Marshall
McCarthy
Tydings
D.-Md
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Senate
Byrnes
Acheson
Gargotta Was Stool Pigeon Before Slaying
In Kansas City on April 29, a federal grand jury named 15 men connected to a $34.5 million gambling racket. Charles Gargotta and Binaggio were cited as having turned stool pigeons, with an assistant prosecutor and a former county official among the group. No indictments were returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles
Charlie
Gargotta, Es Binagliar
Gama Federal Grand
Gargotta
Binaggio
Richard M. Duncan
Egyptian King Farouk Plans a Second Marriage
Cairo reports palace sources say King Farouk intends to wed again to secure a male heir. The wedding would not occur or be announced before 1951, and a candidate named Narriman Sadek is discussed as a potential future queen. The romance has stirred Arab world reaction and media restrictions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
London Times
Akhbar el Yom
London Times’ Dispatch
Mohamed Aly
Fuad
Mohammed Aly
Damascus
Syria
al Misri
Narriman Sadek
Zaki Hashem
United Nations
Washington
Jeep Station Wagon Sold Fast in West Monroe Ad
Private 1947 jeep wagon with radio heater and overdrive sold for 1.92 after one day on a West Monroe want ad. Ad by Mrs B Bowker at 307 Riverbend Drive notes six calls and quick sale and promotes low rate and cancellation privilege for selling merchandise via Want Ads.
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B. Bowker
Riverbend Drive
West Monroe
News-Star-World
Riverbend Drugs
Kansas City Dice Raid Names 15 Gambling Operators
A Missouri grand jury names 15 men as operators of the Town Recreation dice game at 3111 Holmes Street in Kansas City. The eight month operation yielded about $19,000,000 in dice games and $3 in police racket, with Gargotta and Binaggio slain April 5 in a Truman Road political club.
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Binaggio
Ward Heeler
Tom Pendergast
Democratic Party
Gargotta
Truman Road
Sam Hayden
Kansas City
Abe Freelander
S. O
Sally”’ McElroy
Tim Moran
Tince Walker
Walter Rainey
Earl Kennedy
W. F. Wedow
John Goulding
Francis M. Leslie
Tano Lococo
Clyde Keeling
William Cole
Robert Green
Holmes Street
Grand Jury
Underworld
Wire News
Red Coup Looms in Wisconsin Mock Revolt at Mosinee
Mosinee residents face a one day staged Communist uprising designed to teach contrasts with American life. Legionnaires portray secret police seizing city officials, imprisoning them in concentration camps, with roadblocks at the town limits and churches closed for the demonstration.
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Mosinee
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Crommelin to Seek Senate Seat in Alabama
Capt. John G. Crommelin, a naval power advocate, announces use of independent bid for the U S senate in Alabama. He targets the November ballot against the Democratic primary winner between incumbent Senator Lister Hill and Lawrence McNeil.
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Montgomery
Ala
John G. Crommelin
Navy Power
U. S. Senate
Alabama
Lister Hill
Lawrence McNeil
Birmingham
Protective Steps Planned for West Berlin During May
Berlin April 29 Allied protective measures will take effect on Monday. About 8,000 American British and French troops will stay alert throughout May with 3,000 additional troops in West Germany ready to fly to Berlin in two hours if needed. U S Air Force helicopters arrived at Tempelhof for orientation flights tied to National Defense Day May 20.
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Berlin
West Berlin
United States
West Germany
Tempelhof
Soviet Zone
Free German Youth
F. OD. J
Jes' Ramblin Birthdays And Local Notes
List of birthday names for April 30 to May 6 in Monroe with individuals including James P. Johnson Frances Elizabeth Powell Mrs Gus Williams Doris Carter Aubrey Young J A McKoin Mrs W K Clay Mrs H A Morrison Mrs E H Miller Carolyn Wills Mrs B N Owens Martha Jean Collier Elaine Brothers G P Tidwell Marie Smith Paul Meek Selby Langston Roy Aston Mrs A R Gilliland Mrs W L Husted Jo Ann Henderson Elsie Mae Williams and a line about a quote Dear Jes Ramblin It seems to me that one of the most needed improvements.
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Roy Aston
A. R. Gilliland
W. L. Husted
Jo Ann Henderson
Elsie Mae Wiliams
Jes
Senior Day at Northeast Junior College Planned
Northeast Junior College will host Senior Day Tuesday with about 1,500 students from high schools in the 5th Congressional district expected. The event includes registration at 9 a.m., a Brown Hall program by NJC students, a recital and film at 10:15, a barbecue at Brown Stadium, a close order drill by cadets, and a multi-high school talent show.
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Northeast Junior College
W. L. Perkins
Brown Hall
Redskins
Fine Arts
Brown Stadium
Twin Cities
Cadet Corps
May Day Spotlight Faces Soviet Competition
The article notes rival May Day displays as Moscow readies a grand parade with banners and mass crowds. In Mosinee Wisconsin a mock Communist revolution and anti totalitarian demonstrations are planned by Scouts and Camp Fire Girls to contrast American life with Soviet rule. New York and Chicago host loyalty parades as veterans and youth groups join in.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Square
Idaho
Mosinee
Wis
New York
Eighth Ave
Western Electric workers in Monroe affected by dial system dispute
Thirty Western Electric installers in Monroe will be affected by the new development in the dispute. The installers quit last Monday when the union strike order took effect, per Lonnie Clark of Southern Bell. The group was wiring a dial telephone system for the Twin Cities, originally set for September, with delays risking the project. Nationwide, about 100 Western Electric installers in Louisiana include 30 in Monroe, four in Ruston, and four or five in Shreveport.
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Western Electric
Monroe
Lonnie Clark
Southern Bell System
Twin Cities
Louisiana
Ruston
Shreveport
Picket Lines Planned by CIO Wire Workers
Isat Wednesday they would not cross installation division 6 picket lines around telephone exchanges starting Monday at 6 a.m. local time. Attorney Henry Mayer said Federal Mediator Thomas Steutel had notified Cyrus Ching, head of the mediation and conciliation service, of the new development as 13,000 telephone workers in Iowa Nebraska Minnesota join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. O. Communications Workers of America
Henry Mayer
Thomas R. Steutel
Cyrus Ching
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Minne
Marys Flower Shop to Erect Modern Building
A contract signed Saturday for a new modern Marys Flower Shop building north of 308 North Second Street. Jesse Heard and Son win the $24,000 job for Mrs. Mary Hunt Harker and Warren L. Harker. Plans by H H Land of Monroe call for a brick, 50 by 75Foot show room and garage with occupancy targeted around September 1, 1950. Marys Flower Shop has expanded since 1927, seeking larger facilities.
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Mary
North Second Street
Jesse Heard and Son
Mary Hunt Harker
Warren L. Harker
H. H. Land
Monroe
Mary's
Unidentified Plane Strikes Italian Town in Tyrol
Ansa reports an unidentified plane machine gunned Ruffre near Canareno in the Italian Tyrol this morning. Bursts damaged roofs and tires. mourners at a funeral fled in panic leaving a hearse on the road as the aircraft departed.
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Rome
Ansa
Ruffre
Canareno
Tyrol
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