Monroe Airports Grow to Five as Pilot Training Expands
Monroe's aviation scene has grown to five airports hosting about 100 planes. The facilities rank high in state hours flown per CPA statistics, with hundreds of pilots earning private and commercial licenses. Many airports offer charters, aerial dusting, coffee shops, and spectator areas as flying enthusiasm rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoot Field
Monroe
G. Ellis Dowdey
Louis Brister
Gordon Regan
L. A. Hatten
G. V. Evanoff
P. S. Wood
W. L. Carbrey
Batty Bales
J. J. Griggs
Pervis Henley
L. R. Matthews
Wayne Brockner
Norman Coates
W. C. Fuller
Jack C. James
C. O. Howard
R. L. Brown
William V. Stamper
A. R. Brown
M. C. Jackson
J. C. McHenry
C. L. Hanna
Marion Bagwell
H. E. Miller
W. M. Williamson
David L. Williams
Everett C. Woolfe
Curtiss C. Cowan
Minnear Cannon
Joe Boyer
Republican leaders clash over funds and tax cuts in weekend scramble
Amid a heated campaign weekend, spokesmen blamed Congress for hindering youth and backing communism. Taft attacked bureaucracy while Stassen pressed tax limits, Dewey dismissed VP talk, and Wallace sought ballot access and court action to keep his third party on the November ballot.
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Congress
House
80Th
CBS
McGrath
White House
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
U. S. Treasury
Reece
Taft
North Carolina
San Francisco
Stassen
Dewey
Boston
Massachusetts
C. B. Baldwin
Wallace
Alabama
Utah
Ohio State Supreme Court
Ohio Secretary of State
India Pakistan relations quietly improve after turmoil
The two dominions show reduced tensions since independence in 1947. Relations remain wary with frontier glances and militant reader voices. Progress includes minority protection pacts, refugee settlement, financial and asset division, and a one year trade accord while tackling Britain on empire debt.
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India-Pakistan
Russia
Kashmir
Dominions
India
Britain
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pakistan
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Nehru
Jinnah
Punjab
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Truman urges Congress to act on farm program
President Truman in a western swing urges Congress to adopt a farm program now arguing many prominent politicians have campaigned here with farm talks. He cites flexible price supports for farm goods, expanded soil conservation, better farm markets, rural housing roads and electricity, and supports co operatives amid attacks while proposing a stand by plan for low income diets and a three year extension of the reciprocal trade treaty act. He highlights a bigger farm research push and a gap between farm prices and consumer costs.
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Truman
Congress
Detroit
Walter Beale
Reuther
C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
G. M
Chrysler Corp
Ford
Chrysler
Republican Party
Henry Wallace
Steel and Electric
America
Joe Stalin
Admiral and Marshall Polo Visit Chicago Beer Parlor
In a Chicago beer parlor a bartender encounters old Admiral and his owner Marshall Polo who share a beer before returning to their plowing. A humorous scene unfolds as the unlikely pair casually relaxes together.
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Chicago
Admiral
Marshall Polo
Ford wages and price shifts spark new labor saga
Walter Reuther outlines views after wage settlements and price changes ripple through Ford GM and Chrysler. He cites rising costs, predicts inflationary pressure, and argues for worker protections and political realignment amid postwar labor strife.
Atomic energy test device outlined by commission
A high voltage atomic energy setup using insulated plates and a moving cotton belt generates a beam for experiments. The design includes a 39 foot tall steel tank and high pressure gases to suppress sparks, with voltage rising to 12 million. Senator O Conor calls for broader public information via educational groups.
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Commission
O’conor
D-Md
David E. Lisenthal
Atomic Energy Commission
O'Conor
Giant YB-49 Flying Wing Bomber Impresses Test Flights
The YB-49 flying wing bomber weighs 44 tons empty and over 100 tons loaded with eight jet engines producing 32 000 horsepower. Its 172 foot wingspan enables operation above 30 000 feet and a 13 person crew. The first flight occurred October 21 from Hawthorne with a P 61 escort crashing but crew safe. Northrop and the government funded the project aiming for speeds near 500 miles per hour and long range beyond other jets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Northrop
Muroc Aair
Talks Resume on Pension Plan for Retired Miners
A federal injunction issued by Judge T Alan Goldsborough bars Union-Government talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association allowing resumption of negotiations. Proposals call for $100 monthly pensions to miners 62 or older who retired after May 29, 1946, but a lawsuit by Van Horn challenges the plan as unsound and questions the agreement process.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Styles Bridges
Board of Trustees
van Horn
Start boy buried after fatal accident prompts coroner inquest
Cartlidge family mourns after a fatal Start crash. Coroner's inquest scheduled for Sunday morning as investigators review the incident. Survived by parents, two grandmothers, and a brother Donnie Ray. funeral at Start Baptist Church with interment at Rayville Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Cartlidge
Start
Estelle Whitten
Maxwell
Vaughn
C. E. Whitten
D. B. Noland
Donnie Ray
Start Baptist Church
J. S. Deal
Jessie Halley
Start Baptist
Senate aids funding debate stirs bipartisan talk
Senators Ball and O Mahoney voiced support for restoring part of the aid funds criticizing current cuts. McGrath warned the United States risks losing European credibility if the full recovery program is not funded. Taft offered no comment on the action. Vandenberg cautioned against undermining the cold war effort but may face opposition to boosting the amount. Dworshak supported keeping justified cuts, signaling continued debate.
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Senate
Friends
Ball
R.minn
Congress
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
House
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
Taft
Ohio
North Carolina
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
Russia
Dworshak
Idaho
Appropriations
Funeral services for Miss Cora Ethel Washburn
Miss Cora Ethel Washburn longtime critic teacher at Louisiana Tech die s Friday night at Ruston Lincoln Sanitarium from heart disease. Funeral services set for First Baptist Church Ruston Sunday afternoon with Darby Funeral Home in charge.
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First Baptist Church
Ruston
Cora Ethel Washburn
Louisiana Tech
Ruston- Lincoln
Washburn
Peabody College
Columbia University
Darby
House trims foreign aid bill and adds new limits
The House approved the bill with a voice vote, cutting cash requests by 533 million dollars and extending the program to 15 months. Chairman Taber warned the effect could exceed one billion in reductions. Two amendments added call for 65 million to buy dried skim milk and 50 million to limit farm machinery shipments abroad.
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Revercomb
R.-W. Va
House
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
China and US Disagree on Japanese Industry Policies
The report notes that China and the United States hold differing views on disposing of certain Japanese industries yet agree that neither government would permit Japanese rearmament. Student demonstrations, believed to be backed by the U.S. state department, were denounced by Stuart at a Friday press conference as harmful to Sino Japanese relations.
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China
United States
U. S
Japan
Stuart
State Department
Egyptian thrust halts near Tel Aviv as Yibna falls
Israeli units retook Yibna and foiled Egyptian advances south of Tel Aviv as battles raged along the coast and around Jenin. The Cairo press claimed a general offensive, while Bernadotte and Bunche moved toward a four week truce amid contested reports of troop positions and losses.
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Yibna
Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Isdud
Farouk
Cairo
Akhbar el Yom
Jenin
Associated Press
Esdraelon
Nablus
Tulkarm
Dunkerque
Holy Land
el Ramle
Lebanon
Bernadotte
Haifa
Ralph Bunche
U. N. Secretariat
Ramblin Jes Achieves Principal Post After Advanced Degrees
Jes Ramblin, native of Fredericksburg Missouri and former air corps navigator, has been named principal of a Shreveport school after earning a master’s degree in Baton Rouge. He previously taught, earned a bachelor’s at Tech, and recently completed his master’s degree.
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Fredericksburg
Air Corps
Selman Field
Tech
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Morehouse Memorial Airport Dedication Draws Monroe Airmen
Hopping from Monroe to Bastrop for the 10 o clock dedication, with breakfast in the administration building and a buffet lunch by Bastrop. Army plane formations are on the program and Monroe Air Force contingent plans to attend, as new air fields open at Winnsboro Rayville and Columbia.
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Monroe
Bastrop
Morehouse Memorial Airport
Monroe Air Force
Winnsboro
Rayville
Columbia
Puppet rule set for Vietnam declared by French aboard ship
The French backed provisional Viet Nam government was proclaimed on a French warship off Haiphong. The treaty ties the regime to the French union with Bao Dai and Nguyen Xuan as leaders, while Ho Chi Minh’s republic denounces it as a puppet government. Sporadic fighting continues as the new regime claims Hanoï as its seat.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Central
Viet Nam
Haipong
Ho Chi Minh
Emile Bollaert
Bao Dai
Nguyen Xuan
Xuan
Bao’ Dai
Hong Kong
One-man Scenic High class graduates in 1948
Scenic High School senior Alvin Zietlow Jr., the sole graduate, served as president, salutatorian, and valedictorian and accepted a commencement address by Warren Morrell. Morrell urged vigilance against Communism as the town watched the unique ceremony with 35 attendees.
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Alvin Zietlow, Jr
Warren Morrell
Dan Valentine
NEA
Scenic, S. D
Alvin Zietlow
Scenic High School
Scenic High
Alvin
Martin J. Revick
Warren Morr
Rapid City
Morrell
Scenic
Zietlow
Medical School Plans Discussed At Meeting
Progress and future plans of the LSU Medical School were reviewed by Dr. Tom Richardson at a local association meeting Friday evening. Dr. C P Hipsly spoke on shock and officers were elected: James Shonlan president Fabeau Cannon secretary Fred A Marx reporter George Webb delegate.
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L. S. U. Medical School
Tom Richardson
L. S. U. Medical Alumni Association
C. P. Hipsly
Crossett
Ark
J. E. McConnell
James Shonlan
Fabeau Cannon
River Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage Change
River gauges show rising flood stage with a 24 hour change indicating increased water levels. Officials monitor river forecasts and issue precautionary advisories for nearby communities and flood plains.
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Margaret Gambrell
M. T. Hines
C. G. Pearce, Jr
Hunter May
J. R. Prange
G. I. Sill
A. C. Lingefelter
J. A. Murphry
Lawrence Nola
Tommy Downs
Bill Poland
Selmer Fintland
H. C. Miller
M. C. Jackson, Jr
Claude McHenry
Harry Blackstock
E. N. Wilson
Morris Blumenthal
J. E. Lucas
J. C. Kinney
Robert C. Royal
L. P. Frazier
A. L. Spurlock
Barksdale Field
Pete Peevy
Billy Edmonston
Johnny Scalia
Johnny Poulos
Wesley E. Cobb
Wade Pearson
California
Miami
Manuel Carril
New York
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Oklahoma City
Stinson
C. A
W. B. Cathings
W. Harold
L. R. Walker
Atlanta
Birmingham
Fred Kingdon
Kingston
Dallas
U.S
William Ralph Cartlidge
the Baptist Church
P. F.C
James HA. Parrott
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Tru
Ford Company
General Motors
Democratic Party
Union
Jes’ Ramblin
Lake Success
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Nyet
Alf Reid
Reid
Sydney
Queensland
Australia
Mississippi
St. Louis Weae
Memphis Tare
Helena
Anes Peters
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez Vette Meee
Cuachita
Camden Ae
Soewne
Jonesville
Seane
CHIO
Pittsburgh
Enews
Cincinnati
Soeneee
Cairo Sites
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Cumberland
Nashville
Werenee
Arkansas
Little Rock
Alexandria
Clark Refrigeration Co
Jackson
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