China aid push sparks push for all out action
A Washington senate consultant return from China urges immediate far reaching U S aid to save Chiang Kai shek and combat communism. He cites a five point plan costing over 1 billion the first year and warns piecemeal help will fail amid global policy talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Senate
China
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Clark
J. Leighton Stuart
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bridges
R.N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Truman
Marshall
Chiang
William C. Bullitt
Senate-House
Charter Revocation Shakes New York City C I O Council
The C I O executive board votes 38 to 5 to revoke the New York City council charter for alleged slavish adherence to the Communist line. Luis Hollander will manage its assets and wind up affairs while a new council charter is planned and officer elections timed. NY City council leaders will not appeal the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
New York City
C. I. O. Council
Communist Party
Philip Murray
James Durkin
Luis Hollander
New York State
New York City Council
Aney
Henry Wallace
West Side Officer Injured in Wreck
West Monroe police officer Bill Lawrence suffered minor bruises and lacerations when his motorcycle collided with a car at Crosley and Cypress streets. The driver Sam Dunn of Monroe was jailed on charges of reckless driving personal injury and property damage. passenger George Reed of Sterlington was booked for drunk and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lawrence
West Monroe
Crosley
Cypress Streets
Sam Dunn Negro
Breard Alley
Monroe
Dunn
George Reed
Sterlington Negro
Cypress
Lawrence
U S Opposes Part of Bernadotte Plan Over Negev Split
U S delegate Philip C. Jessup in the U N assembly rejected Bernadotte's boundary proposal to cede the Negev to the Arabs while backing Israel's original partition boundaries. He said any further territory gains should come through negotiated exchanges and emphasized full Jewish consent.
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Paris
United States
Negev
Israel
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
United Nations Assembly
Jessup
Truman
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Britain
Assembly
Bernadotte
Negev Desert
Dr. Courtland P. Gray Sr. Dies at 66 in Monroe
Dr. Courtland Prentice Gray Sr., 66, longtime superintendent of E. A. Conway Hospital and noted surgeon, died of a heart attack at home. He leaves a wife Daisy Louise Russell, a son Dr. C. Prentice Gray Jr., a daughter Louise Gray Lemert, three grandchildren, and multiple honoring pallbearers. Funeral at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland Prentice Gray, Sr
E. A. Conway Hospital
Louisville Avenue
W. H. Giles
Monroe District
Methodist
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Gordon Cummings
John E. Coon
Thomas Leigh
Dan Armand Breard
B. A. Handy
Ray Rhymes
Rodney Cline
Frank Farmer
E. N. Faulk
Ouachita Parish
Fifth District
Hasley Cemetery
Doctor Gray
Albert and
Harriett Gray
Maryland Medical School
West Monroe
Monroe
Daisy Louise Russell
C. Prentice Gray, Jr
Louise Gray Lemert
Harry Lemert
Northeast Junior College
Jones
Davis
Long
Conway Hospital
Earl Long
Materials and labor seen to sustain postwar building boom
The Producers' Council forecasts 1949 construction to total 18.1 billion dollars in new work plus 7.09 billion in repairs with ample materials and labor. Federal yield insurance for rental housing moves ahead, while the housing expediter tackles 64,000 veterans homes overcharges with about 15 million dollars in alleged improper charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Producers’ Council, Inc
National Organization of Building Supply Manufacturers
Federal Housing Administration
Producers’ Council
Commerce Department
Truman Returns for Peace Talks in Washington
President Truman flies from Key West to Washington to begin a sequence of meetings with Secretary of State Marshall and cabinet leaders to review U S policy in troubled areas. Forrestal ordered Marines to Tsingtao and transports to remove Americans as talks focus on Europe and arming Western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Independence
EB. S. T
White House
Secretary of State
Marshall
Oval Room
W. Averell Harriman
Charles G. Ross
Harriman
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mr. Truman
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Tsingtao
Europe
United States
Good Fellows Launch 1948 Christmas Cheer Campaign
Good Fellows opens its 1948 drive under chairman B B Martin to aid families needing clothing shelter and food with toys for children. The fund starts with 537 dollars and 16 cents and donations are urged from the public to expand Santa Claus outreach. Acknowledgment is given to Mr Spatafora and his softball team for prior support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows
B. B. Martin
Santa Claus
Tax Girls
Spatafora
Martin
Baby girl born to blind couple in Atlanta
In Atlanta a four pound eight ounce girl was born to Mrs. W. L. Cash and her piano tuner husband who have been blind since birth. The mother asked if the baby could see and the doctor said the infant is normal. Mrs. Cash, who manages her own home, said a physician warned against pregnancy but she trusted her faith.
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Atlanta
W. L. Cash
South Dakota
Delmont
Northwestern
Adrian
Minn
McPherson
Kans
Kansas
Nebraska
Frank Tiffany
Associated Press
Kinsley
Cimarron
Highway Department
Greyhound
Everett Hays
Colby
Hays
Rock Island
Oakley
Kas
Hal Laughlin
Jetmore
Libby Sinclair
Sinclair
Tye City
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Stromsburg
Neb
Myron Johnson
Emerald Johnson
Lebanon
Neby
Virgil Thomas
Seward
AFL moves toward national union of labor with Lewis return
In Cincinnati the American Federation of Labor invited John L. Lewis and 600,000 miners back, inviting the CIO to rejoin as delegates approved a resolution welcoming the rival group. The move follows Lewis’s stance against non-Communist affidavits and his clash with Taft Hartley era policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
A. S. of L
Portland
Ore
Lewis
A. F. of L
San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
Federation
Monroe parade to light up DeSiard with towering balloons
December 8 grand marshal leads the Monroe Merchants Christmas parade winding from Louisville to DeSiard and Five Points. More than 2000 northeast Louisianans will watch huge balloon figures bands and costumed performers pass under a canopy of lights and fir trees. ROTC cadets bear the Stars and Stripes near the parade’s start with Santa Claus closing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisville
Walnut
Grand
DeSiard
ROTC
Northeast Junior College
Santa Claus
Ballon
DeSiard Street
Strike by Cunard crew delays Queen Elizabeth voyage
In Southampton on November 20, 300 to 400 crewmen quit the Queen Elizabeth minutes before sailing with 1,600 passengers. The liner’s departure to America was postponed to at least 1 p.m. tomorrow as strikers cite faith with longshoremen and fear of trouble from American dockworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Eng
United States
America
Cunard White Star Line
Halifax
Cunard
National Union of Seamen
Death of Sigmund Masur, Monroe merchant, in New York hotel
Sigmund Masur, 68, prominent Monroe retailer and son of German immigrants, died after a three week illness in his Waldorf Astoria hotel suite in New York. He returned home by train for burial in the Jewish Cemetery, with services at the local synagogue and Davis Lawhead Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Masur
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Masur
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
F. F. Millsaps
Murray Hudson
Herbert Rosenhein
William Grasse
Ben Downing
William L. Harper
Leon Sugar
I. Edward Tonken
Dallas
F. K. Hirsch
Upsets Rule Day as Top Teams Fall Across Nation
Michigan Northwestern Minnesota Oregon and California won Friday leaving Rose Bowl decisions to faculty votes Monday. Pittsburgh upset Penn State 7 to 0 as Nick Bolkovac returned a interception for a TD. Carnegie Tech beat Grove City 7 0 and George Washington topped Georgetown 13 to 7. LSU upset Alabama 26 to 6 amid a day of nationwide results and a record punt return.
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Harold Claassen
New York
Michigan
Northwestern
Minnesota
Oregon
California
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Nick Bolkovac
Pitt
Carnegie Tech
Tech
Grove City
Pennsylvania College
George Washington
Georgetown
Louisiana State
Alabama
Great Plains Blizzard Paralyzes Region. Five Dead
A late fall blizzard churned from eastern Colorado to Minnesota, grounding the Lake Superior freighter Robert Hobson and trapping hundreds. Relief crews worked through 75 mph winds, with five deaths confirmed and many housed in improvised shelters amid drifting snow and power outages.
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Kansas City
Great Plains
Colorado
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Kansas
Nebraska
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Venezuela
Special Senate
Gallegos
Caracas
Romulo Gallegos
Permanent Commission of the National Congress
Miraflores
Ultimas Noticias
West Side
U.S
C. P. Gray, SR
P. Gray, Sr
Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe Kiwanis Club
St. Francis Sanitarium
Father Enaut
Gray
Good Fellows Starting Fund
Good Fellows Fund
AFL
National ‘Union OF Labor
Giants
Sig Masur
Jess Ramblin
Sargeant Cooper
Mary Ella Seaberry
J. T. French
Joe Guerriero
Guerriero
Garrett
French
Mr. Masur
David
Rose Masur
Germany
Louis
Herman
Sigmund
Edgar Masur
Ida
Clara
Pauline
Carrie Masur
Morehouse Parish
Palace
South Grand Street
North Grand Street
Lake Shore
Goodland
Union Pacific City of
First Methodist Church
Garden City
Santa Fe Railway
Robert Hobson
Duluth-Superior
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