Bastrop feed dealers blast U S black market claims
Four Bastrop feed dealers accuse the federal government of black market activity as grain export incentives raise U S price ceilings and leave local mills unable to obtain grain. They warn eggs may rise to 1.50 to 2.00 per dozen by Christmas, poultry raisers kill flocks, and dairy and rabbit feeds are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
United States
OPA
CPA
A. J. Gamble
W. A. Kunze
Kunze-Gamble Feed and Seed
Kunze and Gamble
Connie Petrus
Bastrop Feed and Seed Store
Petrus
Victory Day in Britain Observed in London Parade
London crowds filled streets for the empire victory day, headlined by a nine mile military and civil defense procession showing allied unity. Leaders included Churchill and royal figures, with U S forces also taking part. Casualties reported around 4,000 by 2 pm amid rain and celebrations continue with fireworks and water displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Winston Churchill
RAF
Russia
Yugoslavia
Poland
Joseph T. McNarney
H. Kent Newitt
F. A. Hart
U. S. Army
Navy
Marines
Ramjet engine flown at high speed by Navy tests
Washington June 8 A 500 mile an hour ramjet engine nicknamed the flying stovepipe has flown in tests boosted by rockets. It develops 2000 to 3000 horsepower with no moving parts and was radioed back via telemetering from Johns Hopkins aided trials. The device must be boosted to speed and works only at high velocity, with future plans for high speed aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Johns Hopkins Laboratory
Gladys pair wed after long license hunt in Kentucky
Delbert Sprouse eighteen and Mrs. Mattie Large seventy nine wed in Louisa County Court with over 100 onlookers. The ceremony occurred after a chase for a license filled with delays and money troubles. Witnesses included ex police court judge D. M. Cornette and E. A. Kirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Delbert (Shorty) Sprouse
Mattie Lyons Large
J. F. Wellman
Lawrence County Court House
Gladys
Here
Louisa Police
D. M. Cornette
E. A. Kirk
Sprouse
Mrs. Large
W. H. Moore
Delbert
Charlie
Georgie Sprouse
Delbert Lee Sprouse
Mattie Large
House Members to Meet Tonight in Baton Rouge
Louisiana lawmakers reconvene at 3 p m Sunday for a week of key votes on right to work legislation and proposed increases in natural gas taxes. The Ways and Means committee schedules action on gas tax measures Monday, with a 4 p m gathering to hear Rep. Fred Heintz’s plan for funding schools. Major E S Hardy said municipal representatives will also press before the committee midweek.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means
Fred Heintz
St. Tammany
Heintz
E. S. Hardy
Lecompte
Louisiana Municipal Association
Ways and Means Committee
AMVETS chief calls for peace and unity at state meeting
AMVETS Commander Jack W. Hardy urged cooperation between labor and management to win peace after World War II. He condemned racketeers and profiteers, pressed reinstatement of veterans to state jobs, and warned against destroying collective rights. Shreveport was named 1947 convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack W. Hardy
Louisiana Department of American Veterans
Shreveport
Amvets
Hardy
Local war veteran repays debt by donating blood
Bernie J. Van, a 23 year old war veteran from Monroe, waited in the Ouachita Blood Donor Service clinic to donate blood in gratitude for lifesaving transfusions received during the African campaign. Other donors included Velma McNeely and Dean Dewitt, while R. M. Troy chaired the Red Cross effort and also donated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie J. van
Dick Taylor Sr
Quachita
Monroe
Bernie
Red Cross
Velma McNeely
North Third Street
West Monroe
Pan American Airport
New York City
Neeley
Dean Dewitt
Ouachita Parish
Montana
R. M. Troy
Troy
Pantabangan Seized by Hundreds in Northern Luzon
President Roxas reported that Pantabangan, north of Manila, fell to hundreds of armed intruders who looted the town and set up a local regime. Officials fled as roadblocks were erected, with police pursuing about four hundred attackers. In Mindanao bandits killed over forty, with Moros blamed for the violence. The U.S. Army also said patrols captured Japanese stragglers and civilians there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Pantabangan
Roxas
Mindanao
Moros
United States Army
Brumfield seeks graduated gas gathering tax in Louisiana
Senator H Alva Brumfield chairing the Louisiana Revenue Code Commission said gas pipeline companies in the state pay no direct excise tax. He urged support for his graduated gas gathering tax proposal, House Bill 604, to tax the privilege of gathering gas with rates tied to gas price or a 1 1/2 cent per thousand cubic feet flat rate. Independent producers would benefit under this measure versus a simple tax hike, he argued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
H. Alva Brumfield
Louisiana Revenue Code Commission
Louisiana
Brumfield
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Furlough Pay Bill Delayed In House Action Next Week
The House postpones final action on the furlough pay bill, delaying a vote until next Tuesday due to many members being away. The measure would cash compensate enlisted personnel for unused furlough time since Sept 8, 1939, with about 15.9 million affected and an average payment around 24 dollars. UNRRA reports hopeful June food shipments totaling 562 000 tons for UNRRA countries, plus 160 000 tons shipped in early June under F H La Guardia.
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Washington
Capitol
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
F. H. la Guardia
UNRRA
China
New Disorders Reported in Greece After Edict
June 8 Athens reports rising unrest after the government’s decree allowing death sentences for armed action against the state. The ministry of public order cites 198 killed since April 1, with 14 gendarmerie stations attacked and three burned. Communists warn the measure Could spark civil war and accuse fascism. Premier Tsaldaris defends emergency courts and harsh penalties. The leftist General Confederation of Labour denounces the decree as a fascist attack on workers. Twelve communists were arrested in Athens alleged planning to reestablish a police force.
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Athens
Greece
Ministry of Public Order
Edessa
Macedonia
Constantin Tsaldaris
General Confederation of Labor
Italy plebiscite sparks fraud claims and delayed republic reveal
In Rome June 8 authorities report monarchist protests and riots causing two deaths and many injuries in Naples Rome and Palermo as Allies review ballot integrity. Chief Justice Pagano cites late returns delaying formal proclamation of Italy as a republic. interior officials show republic ahead by about two million votes. Tullio Benedetti accuses widespread protests to Allied officials seeking redress.
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Rome
Italy
Umberto II
Naples
Palermo
Giuseppe Romita
Giuseppe Pagano
Supreme Court
Tullio Benedetti
National Monarchial Union
Ellery W. Stone
Government Seeks C. I. O. Agreement
Washington reports the A F of S seamen strike threat faded but a new government plan to avert a June 15 C I O walkout sparked union and shipowner negotiations. mediators propose in port paid time off while preserving a 56 hour week at sea, amid ongoing talks and doubt over acceptance by operators and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
A. F. of S
A. F. of L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
A. F. of L
Committee For Maritime Unity
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
National Council of the Maritime Union
John W. Gibson
Gibson
Morehouse Sees Severe Teacher Shortage Across Parish
Bastrop June 8 Special Lou isiana reports a major teacher shortage as Morehouse parish records 23 resignations for the 1945 46 term. Vacancies remain, with housing and better pay driving departures from Bastrop Bonita and Oak Ridge. Superintendent Shaw to conduct extensive southern scouting for replacements. two Bastrop teachers plan to move to Lincoln parish.
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Bastrop
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
FE. D. Shaw
Morehouse
Bonita
J. P. Causey
Oak Ridge High School
Louisiana State University Model School
P. P. Ferguson
Beckman Grammar School
Shaw
South
Clara
Robie Williams
Central Grammar School
Lincoln Parish
Bastrop High School
Elizabeth Kimbrough
Sammy Givens
Harriet G. Houston
Bonita High School
Bertie H. Poole
Dorothy Hornbeak
Sybie Adams
Lois C. Smith
Roslyn V. Colvin
Ila Mae Pesneil
Helen Kovac
Crown Jewel Theft Tangles Army Couple in Washington
In Washington a colonel and his WAC captain wife are held over a crown jewel theft linked to Kronberg castle. The gems worth about 1.3 million were found in a Chicago station locker after a key from the colonel opened it. The pair face court martial on looting and misappropriation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Washington
Kronberg Castle
Pentagon Army
Illinois Central Station
Chicago
John B. Salb
Provost Marshal General
Jack Durant
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Army
Hesse-Darmstadt
Salb
Germany
Col
Raph
Twelve Witnesses Decide to Testify in Lichfield Trial
In Bad Nauheim Germany twelve American soldiers who twice refused to testify in the Lichfield trials volunteered to take the stand and recount alleged cruelties at the Lichfield guardhouse in England. The move came during Lt Leonard W Ennis of Peekskill New Yorks trial on accusations he sought to influence prosecution witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
Cruselties
Eng
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
Saul L. Russ
East 57Th Street
Brooklyn
Ennis
Charles Sheppard
Deland
Fla
Lile
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Philadelphia
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Guadalcanal
Fawn
Anita Blair
el Paso
Tex
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LaSalle
W. A. Young
Miss Blair
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