Government claims modest central China victory amid peace talk rumors
Nanking reports a small military success in southern Shantung while rumors spread that negotiations with the Communists may be in progress. The government said three Communist columns were defeated, with 3,000 casualties claimed, as Chiang Kai-shek and top aides held meetings to chart China’s future.
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Nanking
Suchow
Pengpu
Yingkow
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
Chiang
Chest Donors Named in Community Chest Appeal
The Community Chest fundraising lags as donors are urged to contribute promptly. Listed are numerous contributors from American National Insurance Company employees to Ransom School teachers and students, among others, with more names continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Insurance Company
J. W. Johnson
G. W. Speed
P. W. Parker
E. S. Leggett
J. L. Hattaway
J. A. McKissick
J. B. McGee
O. J. Harris
W. E. Lindley
Grover Cornett
N. B. Album
Thompson, Thompson and Sparks
Schlumberger
Twin City Motor Company, Inc
Interstate Natural Gas Company
H. H. Shiffieth
California Company
Travis Oliver, Jr
Ransom
W. D. Clark
Ruth Poimbeuf
Claudia Nugent White
Geneba Cloutier
Cecelia Coulter
Moe T. Osnorn
Lena McKinney
Eddie Matthews
Willard Fisher
Lois Edmiston
Ransom School
Joseph Mickel
Russell Long Plans to Back Most Truman Programs
Senator elect Russell Long said he will support about ninety percent of President Truman’s legislative agenda but will oppose civil rights and tidelands moves. He endorsed Truman on other proposals and praised the election’s demonstration of public support for a fighter. Long and Mrs. Long continued their housing search and planned to return to Louisiana soon.
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Washington
Russell Long
Truman
Ellender
Louisiana
Long
Louisiana Voters Rebuke Gov Long In Constitutional Plea
Early results show most hard fought amendments backed by Governor Long were defeated. Voters rejected measures giving the administration freer spending, altering school funds, reorganizing the New Orleans dock board, forcing judges to resign to seek non judicial posts, and reshaping state college boards. Voter tallies over 1 800 precincts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana State University Supervisors
Molotov Claims U.S. Vote Rejected Aggression
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said the American people rejected an aggressive program with Dewey's defeat. He warned that despite US views plans for a North Atlantic alliance could unleash new wars. Molotov spoke at the Bolshoi on the eve of the 21st anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Molotov
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Bolshoi Theater
Stalin
Truman
Dewey
Britain
Germany
Japan
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Berserk Gunman Kills Seven in Chester Tenement
In Chester, Melvin Collins, 38, shot seven people dead and wounded six before killing himself. Eyewitnesses recall Collins firing from a second story tenement. Detective Elory Parnsley exchanged fire with him as police closed in.
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Chester
Serge
R. Paul Lessy
Melvin Collins
Exmore
Collins
Andrew J. Desmond, Jr
Harry Gibbs
Gibbs
Edward Boyer
Elory Parnsley
Pay Boosts for Government Officials Urged by Solons
Three senators urged immediate $5,000-a-year raises for cabinet members and about 200 top officials. The proposal would raise pay from $10,000–$15,000 to $15,000–$20,000, with critics noting the current scale underpays department heads relative to subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
Baldwin
R-Conn
O'Connor
D-Md
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Congress
Civil Service Committee
UN says Arab Palestine truce dead. peace urged
Four Arab governments were told their military position in Palestine is hopeless and they should seek peace. Brig. Gen. William E. Riley of the US Marine Corps, chief of staff for the UN truce mission, told Syrian Egyptian Lebanese and Iraq representatives that the truce is a dead duck. The conference, arranged by Dr. Ralph Bunche, also discussed the likelihood of a new peace framework as Jews hold full military control, with the mediator pressured to enforce the Security Council's terms.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
William E. Riley
United States Marine Corps
Iraq
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Bunche
Henri Vigier
Riley
Cairo
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Israel
Security Council
U. N. Palestine
Galilee
Negev
Vishinsky
Greece
Panayotis Pipinellis
United States
Britain
Constantine Tsaldaris
Dulles
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Katz-Suchy
Katz-Suehy
New York
Hector McNeil
Yugoslavia
Trygve Lie
Monroe to raise city bus fares November 15
Commissioner Frank X. Cline announced Monroe will raise bus fares to ten cents standard or seven and a half cents if four tickets for thirty cents are bought. Children’s fare stays two and a half cents. Tokens remain two and a half cents. Six new buses are on order and delivery is planned soon. Tickets will be sold at downtown stops shortly before and after the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Frank X. Cline
Finance and Utilities
Cline
Republicans Sweep Iberia Parish in Election Results
In New Iberia Louisiana on election night Republican votes dominated Iberia Parish. President results show Dewey 2910 Thurmond 2224 Truman 1015 Wallace 8. Senator Clarke led for the GOP with 3214 to Russell Long 2682. Representative Duke 3862 beat Willis 2567. Iberia, a sugar region, is Duke’s home.
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New Iberia
Louisiana
Iberia Parish
Thomas Dewey
J. Strom Thurmond
Harry S. Truman
Henry Wallace
United States
Clem Clarke
Russell Long
J. Paulin Duke
E. E. Willis
Duke
Air Show Promises Fast paced Monroe Exhibition
The Trans American Air Show sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce arrives at Selman Field at 8 this afternoon with eight top precision acrobatic pilots. Rex English and crew promise rapid, entertaining commentary and a two hour program. A portable Cub plane landing atop a station wagon is set to wow crowds along with Johnny Vasey and other notable aviators. Portable local buses will shuttle fans from Liggett's Drug Store starting at 1 p.m.
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Johnny Vasey
Selman Field
Rex English
Maryvia Dubes
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Frank Smith
Ross Stanton
Civil Air Patrol
Fort Smith
Ark
Liggett's Drug Store
English
Selman
Lowell White
Skateland hosts Ramblin club and final Rollnteers show
West Monroe Skateland at the Fair Grounds invites the News-Star-World carrier boys and more than fifty teens for a Sunday night event to help the Rollnteers in their final appearance. Monday doctors will treat six month old Billy Ray Duff, a yellow baby with bladder and gait issues, with funds already raised by the public.
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News-Star—World Carrier Boys’ Organization
Fair Grounds
West Monroe
Rollnteers
Billy Ray Duff
Louise Duff
Oak Street
Monroe
B. C. Bruce
White's Ferry
Six Die as Canadian Bus and Streetcar Collide Near Toronto
Six persons are dead and 50 injured in a collision between a bus and a streetcar on the outskirts of Toronto. The bus carried 35 people from Hamilton returning from a reunion of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. the streetcar held 80 passengers. Notables among the dead include Frank A. Noble and Earl McKie, both pipers, and Drum Major Gordon Beddie. The driver Frank Rowe and Mrs Noble were trapped for 90 minutes before rescue.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Argyll and Sutherland Schotch Highlanders
Frank A. Noble
Berlin
Earl McKie
David Armitt
Gordon Beddie
Thomas Hay
Noble
McKie
Smith Surrenders in Caldwell County Swindle Case
William H. Smith of Bossier City turned himself in at Shreveport posting a five dollar bond as part of theft charges linked to a Caldwell Parish road project. E. D. Black remains at large as investigators prepare to present the case to the Caldwell parish grand jury on November 16.
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Columbia, la
William H. Smith
Bossier City Construction Company
Highway Department
Here
J. Howell Flourney
Shreveport
Caldwell Parish
J. B. Erskine
E. D. Black
Jonesboro
Black
Cameron Minard
Horton and Pollard
Route 17
Minard
John McKeithen
Erekine
Chamber of Commerce Election Ballot Cast for Board Seats
The Chamber of Commerce distributed ballots for the election of five board members for three-year terms starting January 1. Voters in West Monroe may select one candidate, D. C. Harper of Harper Truck Line or J. C. Steele Jr. of J. S. Steele Lumber Company.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Trousdale, Jr
L. A. Fourmy
T. H. Scott
C. K Crandall
W. E. Leigh
A. B. Patterson
Harper Truck Line
J. C. Steele, Jr
J. S. Steele Lumber Company
Top Ten Nation Hit by Poor Relatives In Upset Losses
Notre Dame beat Indiana 42 to 6 on a muddy Hoosier field as its 25th straight game without defeat. Army routed Stanford 43 to 0 at Yankee Stadium while Michigan crushed Navy 35 to 0. California overwhelmed UCLA 28 to 13 as Penn and Missouri faltered and Oklahoma exploded late in a 41 to 1 score.
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Harold Clausen
New York
Notre Dame
Michigan
Army
California
Georgia Tech
Pennsylvania
Missouri
North Carolina
Dixie
William & Mary
Tiny St
Indiana
Stanford
Yankee Stadium
Penn State
Oklahoma
15 year old admits strangling boy in Chicago belt case
Juvenile court judge Robert Dunne announced that 15 year old Raphael Rocky Villasenor confessed to choking 13 year old William Gervais to death with a belt. The admission followed an oral statement by Villasenor, a playmate of the victim, in Chicago.
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Chicago
William Gervais
Robert Dunne
Raphael
Rocky” Villasenor
William
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Republican National Committee
Solons
Marine Corp General
Jaycees
Jes Ramblin
Francis W. Carpenter
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Juliusz Katz- Suchy
John Foster Dulles
U.S
General Assembly
Smith
Caldwell
Bossier City
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