Senate showdown on Bilbo ouster plans begins week
The Senate faces a decision on ousting Senator Bilbo with plans to seat him then pursue charges of accepting war contractor funds and voter intimidation. The 80th Congress opens with routine session then tackles labor, tax, spending cuts and civil affairs while a campaign probe into Bilbo continues. Senator Hickenlooper and Bridges hint at a possible minority report opposing a unanimous Bilbo clearing.
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Senate
Bilbo
D-Miss
Mississippi
80Th Congress
Army
Europe
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Ellender
D-La
Senate Campaign
Bridges
R-N. H
Viet Nam in Indochina crisis widens as French clash
Viet Namese forces press Hanoi and Hue amid French bombardments and encirclement as Saigon declares siege. French leaders order troop movements and Leclerc arrives to command operations while Ho Chi Minh's government reestablishes near Hanoi.
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Indochina
Saigon
Bearn
Colossus
Toulon
Fantasque
Triomphant
Dixmonde
He de Frence
Hanoi
Bangkok
Siam
Phulangthuong
Namdinh
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Hue
Annam
Philippe Leclerc
Paris
Communist Party
Council of the Republic
France
Plane crash near Shannon kills prominent figures and survivors
Rescue workers recounted a fog bound TWA Constellation crash in Eire. Miss Ferguson, injured, guided rescuers as others crawled from the wreck amid flames. Among the dead were Pierre N. Dreyfus and several Paris and New York residents, with crews and passengers from various states.
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N. J
St. John’s Hospital
Limerick
St. John’s
Barrington
Ennis
Allan Charles Lanyon
Mayfair Hotel
Washington
D. C
Clementine Jeanne Pugh
Gay Street
Philadelphia
Alexander Haim Pekelis
Larchmont
N. Y
Columbia Law Review
New School For Social Research
New York City
American Labor Party
Francis Joseph Salabert
Paris
Simone Lucienne Clerc
Marie Zelaznagora
Pierre N. Dreyfus
New York
Alfred Dreyfus
Shannon
Eire
Edmond Weil
Dreyfus
Charles
Black Mountain College
Rehabilitation Raining Union
World Jewish Congress
International Children’s Rescue Organization
Weil
Six Negroes Lynched in 1946 Across Three States
Tuskegee Institute president Dr. F D Patterson cites the 33rd annual lynching report showing six Black individuals were killed in 1946 in Mississippi Georgia and Louisiana. One victim survived in Louisiana after mob action. Several borderline cases and numerous near-misses noted with limited prosecutions.
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Tuskegee
Ala
F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
Department of Records and Research
Mississippi
Georgia
Louisiana
Tuskegee Previent
Patterson
JES Ramblin features Bayles brothers and holiday tales
In West Monroe Eddie 12 Bobbie 13 and Tunney 15 Bayles are highlighted with Tunney a former News-Star-World carrier now in a military academy. Benj F Tatum recalls a dollar bill auto raffle in southeast Arkansas and a donated car to a relative. Charles Mangum and family travel to Hollywood via bus, commenting on the trip. A B Gaude introduces his dog Jack in the News-Star-World office and shows Kip Morel photos at the table.
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West Monroe
Eddie Bayles
Bobbie Bayles
Tunney Bayles
Unney
News-Star- World
Military Academy
Benj. F. Tatum
Pine Street
Arkansas
Charlie Mangum
Monroe
Hollywood
Calif
Shreveport
Dallas
Texas City
California
Charlie
A. B. Gaude
Morrison Street
Jes
News- Star-World
Kip Morel
Jack
Gaude
News-Star
Assistant Police Chief Appointed in New Orleans
William C. Maher Jr., 33, named assistant superintendent of police by Superintendent A A Watters. Maher resigns as special investigator for the district attorney to take the post January 1, succeeding James E Cripps who resigned December 18. He is Loyola University graduate of 1935 with a record in football boxing and track.
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New Orleans
William C. Maher, Jr
A. A. Watters
Maher
District Attorney's Office
James E. Cripps
Loyola University
Funeral notices for Mrs Poka Kewich et al
Funeral services listed for Mrs Poka Kewich et al. Readers note services at Swartz residence, a Methodist Church in Columbia Louisiana, and Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe. Ministers James Fden and Mayo officiate as per the fragments.
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Fmile Kaliski
Monroe
Poka Kewichet
Swartz
James
Methodist Church
Columbia, la
Mayo Funeral Services
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Woman Seeks Absolute Divorce After War Bribe Remark
The complaint alleges she offered a war bribe and thus is entitled to a divorce from her husband under the law. No children or property are involved. The couple reconciled briefly, then she returned to Monroe cafe life and later married Carrero. Carrero filed after she left him. license shows her age 21, previously married No. The ceremony occurred November 4 in Rayville with witnesses Batman and Morgan.
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Arnolds
Monroe Cafe Light Life
Carrero
Andrew Crawford
Swartz
K. E. Batman
Rayville
Bessie
Eva Batman
Helen Morgan
Fire crews battle grass fire at Webster and Cole
Monroe firefighters responded Saturday to a grass fire at the Webster and Cole intersection. They extinguished flames before spreading. No injuries reported. Fire officials investigated the cause.
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Monroe
Webster and
Cole
Senate weighs Bilbo ouster tactics amid party split
Anti Bilbo forces clash over strategy to bar him from taking the oath. Ferguson argues the Senate should block service if facts disqualify Bilbo while others urge delaying action until full organization. Debate centers on whether a simple or two thirds majority is needed to oust if he takes the oath.
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Ferguson
Senate
Michigan
Bilbo
Himself
Mead and Tunnell
Snowy Midwest to Get Clearer Weather Early Week
Snow covered much of New York State with up to a foot in places. Sleet and rain hindered highway travel and some utility lines were down as trains ran late. A Maine blizzard dumped a foot of snow with 18 inches forecast by morning. Northern Wisconsin and Michigan skiers enjoy good conditions with more snow expected. Subzero readings appeared in northern Maine North Dakota Montana and Minnesota while Gulf and Pacific Coast stayed mild.
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Mid-West
Weather Bureau
New York State
Maine
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Dakota
Mortana
Minnesota
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Sales Centers to Resume Operations in Louisiana and Mississippi
The War Assets Administration announces full-time operation of surplus property sales centers will resume January 3 1947. The Baton Rouge depot starts sales with federal agencies only, then veterans eligible for $300 of property January 6. Subsequent sales on January 9 target state local institutions and non profit bodies, and January 10 opens to the public. Shreveport and Gulfport depots follow in early January.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Leonard E. Barnes
War Assets Administration
Baton Rouge Engineer Depot
Baton Rouge
Shreveport Quartermasters Depot
Naval Storehouse
Gulfport
Miss
Open Inquiry Into Butter Price Break
The justice department opened an inquiry into the New York butter price drop to assess possible anti trust violations. Attorney General Clark ordered the probe at the Consumers Council of New York's request with Wendell Berge and John F. X. McGheey overseeing the anti trust division. An agriculture department review also began into prior transactions preceding the wholesale price decline in the metropolitan market.
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Washington
Justice Department
New York
Clark
Consumers Council of
Agriculture Department
Wendell Berge
U. S
John F
Negro Breaks Into W. C. Lanier Home
An unidentified Negro youth robbed Mrs. W. C. Lanier at 229 Pargoud Drive on Saturday about 1 PM, taking a purse with seven dollars and three in silver. Lanier slept through a knock, awoke to a noise, and saw the thief exiting the front door before police opened an investigation.
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W. C. Lanier
Pargoud Drive
Bad Weather Forecasts and Global Storm Count
The piece notes constant storms worldwide with 16,000,000 annual thunderstorms and current 18,000 storms raging. It cites forecasts for 256,000 storms in 1947 and hourly lightning at 6,000 flashes, while Tannehill warns of floods droughts blizzards frosts fires hurricanes tornadoes and heavy snow.
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U. S
Tannehill
Woman Held on Perjury Charge in Gettysburg Case
Rita Dryer, 23, jailed in default of bond on perjury charges connected to accusations she made against Dr. Robert Lefever regarding a rape claim. Lefever, 28, denied the waitress’s allegations and testified Dryer admitted the lie in the presence of witnesses. A grand jury will hear the matter.
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Gettysburg
Rita Dryer
Robert S. Lefever
Justice of the Peace
Robert P. Sneyder
Guile W. Lefever
Five badly hurt in Long Island train wreck
Five persons were badly injured in a Long Island Railroad passenger train wreck near Medford Suffolk county with no deaths reported. The engine fell on its side after leaving the rails and two other cars derailed as the train en route from Greenport to New York.
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Patchogue
N. Y
Long Island
Medford
Here
Suffolk County
New York
New York City
Greenport
Canada Proposes Plan on Veto Atoms Control in UN Talks
In ongoing UN Security Council talks Canada backs a plan to curb veto power by tying major atomic control violations to Article 51 self defense. Britain hopes Baruch will accept, while Poland shifts toward Canada and the Soviet position remains unsettled ahead of Monday’s 11 am session.
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Alexandre Parodi
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Paul Hasluck
Security Council
Baruch
United States
Poland
Russia
S. P. Alexandrov
Andrei Ad Gromyko
Gromyko
Moscow
U. N
United Nations
Early Unification in Korea Unlikely Says State Dept
Washington officials concede that U S and Soviet efforts to unify Korea have stalled with Russia holding an advantage. NBC program quotes Edwin F Martin on the need to supply food and rehabilitation in the American zone to avert defeat. Hugh Barton predicts prolonged U S occupation to prevent Russian overrun and notes shifting aims from quick unification to long term presence.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Russia
Korea
NBC
Edwin F. Martin
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