Probe into Hopkins Russia wartime deals order placed
Congressional investigators were ordered to examine broadcast charges that Harry Hopkins aided Russia by shipping uranium and "bomb powder" via air during World War II. Senator McMahon directed staff to probe security angles, prompted by former Army Captain G. Recey Jordan's radio claim based on 1943 44 lend-lease work in Great Falls Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Harry Hopkins
United States
Senator McMahon
D.-Conn
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Army
G. Recey Jordan
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert E. Sherwood
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Stephen T. Early
Defense
Junius W. Jones
Jones
Russia
Accu sed Slayer Held in Memphis Murder Case
In Memphis, Tennessee, 51 year old W F Bean, called a dangerous killer by Sheriff James E Thompson, was arrested for the murder of his wife and young daughter after a four state manhunt. His brother kissed him as Bean confessed to the fatal shootings seen by three other children including a wounded witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Bud
James E. Thompson
W. F. Bean
Bean
Thompson
J. R. Bean
Merchants Rush for Stock as Gifts Run Low
Retailers report dwindling inventories as holiday gifts weigh on stock levels. Merchants say time constraints hinder restocking and outflow of goods accelerates. Shoppers face limited choices and potential delays in securing desired items.
Dormitory Fire Fatal To 3 College Students
A flash fire in a wooden University of Oklahoma dormitory killed three students and injured twenty one, with two still unaccounted for. Night evacuations sent many leaping from windows, as officials identified two of the dead and narrowed the missing to three others among 349 men in residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
Sammy J. Larue
Sam J. Larue
Rt. 3
Clinton
Maurice Ahearn
Killingsworth
Conn
Good Fellows Optimistic Donation Totals Reach 718.75
We report strong early donations to Good Fellows with a current total of 718.75. Contributors include Blair Buchanan and Mrs. Melanie Meyer plus the Missouri Pacific Women's Club, funding clothing, warm shoes, and bedding for cold winter nights. The appeal urges continued gifts to help others this Christmas and cites the scriptural blessing of giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah M. Dembinski
Chas
Risans
Vg Oinggedirse
Blair Buchanan
Raverses
Melanie Meyer
Cisie
Saou
EB. Meyer, Sr
Missouri Pacific Women's Club
Priohd
eaKevreteees Ta
Rambler City Finds a Crossing Coons in Public Works
City employees from Monroe’s parks and streets divisions unearthed two raccoons in separate sections while aiding a local project. Fred Campbell and team were called to remove a tree at North Third and Breard streets for Twin City Motor Company when a hollow cavern yielded an enormous raccoon that bolted across the street before the page ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Parks and Streets Department
Fred Campbell
Twin City Motor Company
North Third
Breard Streets
Campbell
Mt Etna belches flame as lava slows near towns
Volcanic activity on Mt Etna continues with lava issuing from cracks on the 10,758 foot summit and damaging farms, orchards, vineyards, and forests in the Maletto Bronte Pedara area. Cracks narrow and fissures feed several lava streams. one large flow nears Maletto but slows as a rock ridge shields the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Maletto
Bronte
Rosario Pappalardo
Pedara
Truman Seeks Cabinet Advice on Tax Program
President Truman, in Key West, consulted cabinet and top officials on his January tax program. He aims to raise revenue to cover a deficit expected above 5.5 billion dollars this fiscal year and indicated no way to wipe it out except by higher taxes. The White House kept specifics secret while Press Secretary Ross said no change in stance on needed new taxes if the budget requires it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
White House
Washington
80Th Congress
Charles G. Ross
Eight Hurt In Two Auto Crashes On State Roads
Two separate crashes last night left eight injured after rain showers and fog. In Sterlington road wreck a 1941 Ford driven by Leon Williams collided with a pulpwood truck, injuring Williams, Sid Bonnet a passenger, and two others. Bonnet, unconscious on admission to St. Francis Sanitarium, suffered shock and possible internal injuries. Cliff Nolan, driver of the pulpwood truck, faced possible left hip and pelvis fracture. his wife and two children suffered leg lacerations. Barbara Jane, 14, was among the injured children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Sterlington Highway
Sid Bonnet
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bonnet
Leon Williams
Rt. 2
West Monroe
Cliff Nolan
Sterlington Road
Louisville-DeSiard
Williams
Bennet
Hall Ambulance
Nolan
Wright-Bendel
Barbara Jane
Four Year Old Patty Owens Heads Home To Die At Christmas
CHICAGO December 3 Four year old Patty Owens now living in San Francisco with her parents and two brothers will travel home to California to die. Patty’s oxygen tent stays with her in a special train compartment as doctors say she may not live until Christmas. The family will stay with Aunt and Uncle Francis Boynton in her hometown while awaiting Santa Claus and a grim visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patty Owens
San Francisco
Patty
University of California Hospital
Robert Owens
California
Francis Boynton
Santa Claus
Jury convicts Louis Hoover of Mardi Gras murder
An all male jury in New Orleans found Louis Eugene Hoover guilty of murdering millionaire James A. Mahoney in a Monteleone Hotel during Mardi Gras last February. The verdict makes a death sentence mandatory but no date for sentencing was set. The crime occurred February 22 with Mahoney beaten and robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Eugene Hoover
James A. Mahoney
Bristol
Tenn
Monteleone
Peron vows prosecution of editors in Argentina
President Juan D. Peron said he will prosecute editors of La Nación and La Prensa for reporting a speech accusing him of self enrichment in office. A military court of honor stripped Lt Col Atilio Cattaneo of his army rank over the original accusation, with Cattaneo summoned to the war ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Atilio Cattaneo
Peron
la Nacion
la Prensa
Cattaneo
Radical Party
War Ministry
Congress
Man Acquitted for Murder Rearrested in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a warrant was issued for the rearrest of James Comber a 31 year old bartender previously acquitted last Thursday of murder and manslaughter in the death of 53 year old sales executive Hubert E Madden. The new charges assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery were filed at the request of ADA America V Corteese. Judge Joseph Sloane censured the all woman jury and ordered DA investigation into the verdict. Madden died March 26 after leaving the Moravian dining club where Comber worked. the commonwealth argued the off duty patron beat him in a drunken fight while the jury attributed contributing acute alcoholism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James Comber
Joseph Sloane
Atorney America
Corteese
Arthur J. Curning
Comber
Sloane
Hubert E. Madden
The
Commonwealth
Madden
Britain charges over a million in Soviet forced labor camps
New York AP reports Britain demanding the Soviet Union disclose the fate of about 1.5 million Latvians Estonians and Lithuanians said to have been sent to Russian forced labor camps. In the U N assembly Soviet delegate dismissed the British charge as Goebbels like propaganda provoking a heated exchange. The session ended with Romulo removing Goebbels references and approving a refugees resolution backing a UN high commissioner after the IRO dissolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tom Ochiltree
New York
Soviet Union
United Nations Assembly
Alexander Panyushkin
Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi Germany
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
General Assembly
G. T. Corley Smith
Smith
Romulo
U. N
International Refugee Organization
Frenchman Expelled From Poland Killed in Germany
In Hamburg on December 3, a Frenchman named Guy Auffrey, expelled by Poland amid espionage tensions, was found dead after supposedly jumping from a train in the American zone near Offenbach. He was among nine French expelled in reprisal for Poland’s actions against Poles. The incident follows arrests of 26 French nationals in Poland. The French consul-general expressed shock and noted Auffrey’s wife was in Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Poland
Guy Auffrey
France
Helmstedt
Auffrey
Offenbach
Andre Gaillard
West Monroe Hosts Santa Parade Warm Up to Dec 7
West Monroe and the West Monroe Business Men's Association lit Christmas decorations on Trenton Street drawing about 4000 spectators. Santa rode atop a half ton truck with gifts as Ouachita Parish High School Band and Choir performed favorites and carols. Charles Wall Jr spoke, Miss Mary Lou Miller read The Christmas Story, lighting and prizes cost $2 with potential $1,000 savings from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Santa Claus
Twin Cities
Monroe
Bethlehem
Charles Wall, Jr
WMBMA
Mary Lou Miller
Girl's Plea For Health Stirs Nation
Betty Lou Marbury, a 10 year old Brownsville girl facing possible right hand amputation after Christmas, asks for prayers from across the country. Her rural church Holly Grove Baptist near her farm home will host a prayer service with a student pastor from Union University as telegrams letters and donations flow in nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Betty
Holly Grove Baptist Church
Union University
Jackson
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis
Clay Marbury
Havoc In Radford As City Loses Power For Hours
In Radford Virginia a car hit a power pole at 2 35 am causing a major blackout that disrupted a fire department fire wall bank operations and three textile plants The Radford News Journal issued an abbreviated edition after losing power The electric outage also affected dozens of dance bound girls at Radford College with a cleaner failure The only injury was Mrs Owen Morris of Portsmouth who broke a leg as the outage ended around 1 40 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
Okla
Radford
First and Merchants Bank
People’s Bank of Radford
Radford News Journal
First
Merchants Bank
People’s Bank
Radford College
Va. Tech
Owen Morris
Portsmouth
US Protest Over Chinese Nationalist Pirate Attacks
The State Department issued a strong note to Chinese Foreign Minister George Yeh in Hongkong demanding the Nationalist government order its warships to stop illegal firing on American vessels enforcing the China coast blockade. The protest cites the assault on the Sir John Franklin near the Yangtze and earlier strikes on the Flying Cloud, declaring such acts to be unjustifiable and against the law of nations. The note holds the Nationalists fully responsible for losses to American nationals and seeks to prevent further incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MM. Hightower
Washington
United States
China Coast
State Department
George Yeh
British
Hongkong
Acheson
Shanghai
Isbandtsen Line
Sir John Franklin
Yangtze River
Isbrandtsen
Department
Civic Chest Faces Deficit In Twin Cities Community Chest
The board of directors warns a shortfall near $10,000 endangers funding for local agencies supported by the Twin Cities Community Chest. In a Christmas appeal, they urge citizens to help sustain the operation for the coming year and mention continuation on the fifth page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Community Chest
Pecans Sold by Mrs Ball in Richwood Ad
Mrs J E Ball of Richwood Road reports a sale of 400 pounds of pecans. The ad follows a prior News-Star World want ad placed by the same seller. The notice highlights a private sale and contact for buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Ball
Richwood Rd
Pecan Seller Credits Little Want Ad for Supply Loss
A seller boasts selling over 400 pounds of pecans via two advertisements and notes she only continued the last ad to finish her supply. The piece promotes the Little Want Ad as a powerful tool and invites inquiries about a low-time rate with cancellation privileges.
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Jes’ Ramblin
Mount Etna
Cabinet
Hoover
Tennessee
Keith Fuller
New Orleans
Mahoney
Milton
Lucky” Baker
REDS
U.N
W. Monroe
Santa
Virginia
Law of Nations
Civic Chest
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