British plane down near Nis amid conflicting reports
An Allied statement said a British aircraft landed near Nis Yugoslavia with no casualties and possibly due to Yugoslav fighter signals, while a Belgrade dispatch claimed it was a combat plane. The route noted was Bari to Bucharest via Belgrade. Tito had protested foreign flights over his territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Nis
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Caserta
Bari
Italy
Bucharest
War Office
Air Ministry
London
Marshal Tito
U. S. Army
Dreamboat Near Mediterranean On Single Hop From Honolulu
The Pascusan Dreamboat, flying non stop from Honolulu to Cairo, radioed from the eastern Mediterranean during an electrical storm seeking weather updates. Airbase reports show it passing near Foggia, Giampani, and Lyon sectors with an ETA near Foggia in Italy. Col. C. S. Tevine and a nine member crew took off Friday afternoon as the long flight continued and weather fluctuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Mediterranean
Rome
Honolulu
Pascusan
Foggia
Italy
Greenwich
Ciampino
France
U. S. Army
Lyon
Orly Field
Adriatic Sea
Geneva
Switzerland
Alps
Dreamboat
Hudson Bay
Palms
Hawaii
Col. C. S. Tevine
Burials Planned on Granite Cliff After Aviation Disaster
The 39 victims of the overseas airliner crash will be buried under granite blasted from a cliff at Harmon Field. An Army engineer and 25 Newfoundlanders will detonate the blast to cover the plane wreckage and ashes. Funeral services will be held aboard a plane with a Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish officiants. An acre of ground by the cliff will be a cemetery with flowers sent from New York and dropped to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenville
Nild
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Newfoundland
Carlton W. Hardin
Breckenridge
Tex
Stephen T. Mayer
Chicago
ATC
Harmon Field
Here
Richard E. Pritchard
Fort Pepperrell
Sapena
Gander
Earl Carroll Kidnapped and Robbed in Hollywood
Earl Carroll, famed producer of galas in Hollywood and on Broadway, was abducted and robbed at his upscale home before dawn. A suspect, Eugene Striplin, 26, was arrested in San Bernardino after Carroll’s car was halted by police. Striplin confessed to the robbery but claimed ignorance of the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Earl Carroll
Hollywood
San Bernardino
Carroll
Eugene Striplin
James W. Ellis
Simplin
Body of Mrs Josephine Rose Found Slain in Detroit
The beaten and slashed body of Mrs Josephine Tracy Rose 38 a divorcee was found in the basement laundry room of her apartment building in Detroit Officers noted a clutched hair fragment that may come from the assailant A janitor and tenants were questioned but not considered suspects Mrs Rose son Ralph 21 a University of Michigan student arrived and identified the body The scene showed a battered room with footprints and hair tufts suggesting a struggle Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Josephine Tracy Rose
Meat price ceilings defended amid shortage debate
Price Administrator Paul Porter defended meat price ceilings as essential to stabilization while acknowledging shortages. He warned against allowing run away prices and urged public patience. White House spokesman Ross noted cabinet discussions but offered no new steps. Porter warned of dangerous public psychology that could undo inflation gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul Porter
Porter
Ross
Anger Over Truman Policy Roils Arabs and Britain
London reports show Arabs and British officials openly angered by President Truman's stance on immediate substantial Jewish immigration to Palestine. In Britain, Attlee and Churchill criticized policy while cabinet reshuffles moved Noel-Baker to air secretary amid Palestine tensions. Foreign office signals suggest no surrender of Britain’s mandate despite UN discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Creagh
London
Truman
Britain
Foreign Office
Attlee
Holy Land
Winston Churchill
Blackpool
Labor Party
United Nations
Palestine
Philip Noel-Baker
Noel- Baker
George Hall
J. J. Lawson
League of Nations
Ship strike talks collapse as talks drag toward weekend
Washington reports a breakdown in ship strike negotiations between unions and operators with blame exchanged on both sides and no peace prospect. Talks paused until Monday 2 PM EST as government mediation aimed to settle deck and engine room walkouts along east gulf and pacific coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren
East
Gulf
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Maritime Commission
C. I. O. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
LSU fixes Red River valley station site near Shreveport
The LSU board fixed the Red River valley agricultural experiment station site in the Bossier Caddo area on highway 71 seeking additional frontage. A public auction was set for November 10 in Baton Rouge with a minimum bid of 750000, higher than prior bids. The Curtis property seven miles from Shreveport covers about 528 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Red River Valley
W. B. Harvice
State Civil Service Commission
Curtis
Highway 71
Shreveport
Twin City Community Chest Campaign Opens October 14
The annual drive begins Monday October 14 with committees set and publicity underway. Ten agencies budgets approved aim to meet 1947 service needs in Monroe and West Monroe. The drive seeks pledges from the community’s best givers, funding Boy Scouts of America, Red Shield Boys Club, Salvation Army, YWCA, and more, under the slogan Everybody Benefits Everybody Gives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Boy Scouts of America
Colored Community Welfare
Ouachita Parish Girl Scouts
Monroe Maternity Clinic
Red Shield Boys Club
Salvation Army
Social Service Exchange
Twin Cities
Mother tortured with razor and fire in Chicago
The 24 year old mother of two, Thelma Breen, told police she was seized near her home, bound with rope, and tortured with a razor and a lit cigarette. She received eight stitches for a cut on her right breast and sustained cigarette burns. Breen is pregnant again and described the assailant as unknown. neighbors attracted by her screams assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thelma Breen
Cast of Little Theatre's New Season Showcased
The article lists cast members for the upcoming Little Theatre production including Annie Sue Miller Bid Caul Ey Paul Duet Elizabeth N. P. Whitfield Frank Breese Judy Caraway Jerry Juneman Mrs. R. O. Watson and mentions their theatre background. It notes Tommie Fortenberry, LSU senior, elected head cheerleader and announces Sparks Shows coming to Monroe October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Sue Miller
Northwestern State College
Bid Cauley
L.S. A
Paul Duet
Luzon
Judy Caraway
Little Theatre
Jerry Juneman
L. S. U. Opera
R. O. Watson
University of Arkansas
Dallas
Tex
T. D. Fortenberry
Tommie
Monroe
Sparks
Charles Underwood
Docket of U S Court Opens Fall Term West District Louisiana
The opening day docket for the fall term of the U S district court for the Western District of Louisiana Monroe division lists cases: No 11077 U S vs O R Foster on revenue. equity action Angeline E Hogue and Marjorie Hogue vs Stricker Land and Timber Co. No 1584 C H Murphy Jr et al vs John A Burns et al. No 1765 Edwin G Gillette vs R B Dockery Dockery Transport Service and Edwin Ray Flowers. Attorneys are named for both sides. motions for new trials rehearings and more definite statements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court For
Western District of Louisiana
Monroe Division
U. S
O. R. Foster
Int. Revenue
Angeline E. Hogue
Marjorie Hogue
Stricker Land and Timber Co
Thompson
C. H. Murphy Jr
John A. Burns
Snyder and Sevier
Carl Marshal Art
Shotwell
Brown
Weeks
Hankerson
Surles
Edwin G. Gillette
R. B. Dockery
Dockery Transport Service
Edwin Ray Flowers
James H. Dorman
Dent and
Ward
Balkan reparations bill totals 1.35 billion dollars
Fourteen delegates cheered as the Balkan economic commission adjourned after drafting five peace treaties with Nazi satellites. The proposed reparations bill would cost Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland 1.35 billion dollars for aiding Hitler’s war effort.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Balkan Economic Commission
Germany
Commission
Josef Korbel
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Egeland
Merci
Spasipo
Russia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Ethiopia
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Jones Convicted in Pincus Death at Convent Louisiana
Alonzo Blackie Jones was found guilty of murdering Irving Pincus near Shreveport after picking him up as a hitchhiker. The jury deadlocked after 19 minutes, sentencing Jones to death. He also faced charges for shooting Walter Smith and wounding Gordon Ray during the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Pincus
Shreveport
Walter J. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Gordon Ray
Electra
Tex
Ray
Henry L. Himel
Edmond Connerly
New Orleans
Connerly
Sigur Martin
Cal
Mobile
Ala
Two Nazi leaders freed by US authorities amid German demand for trial
Hjalmar Schacht and Hans Fritzsche were released from prison by the US army and may move freely pending denazification court review. Franz von Papen remained jailed as German officials press for all three to face German crimes against the German people. Public outcry grew in Berlin Bremen and Munich urging immediate handover for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy Muernberg
United States
Hjalmar Schacht
Hitler
Hans Fritzsche
Franz von Papen
U. S
Schacht
Fritzsche
Germany
Berlin
von Papen
Bremen
International
Miiitary
Munich
Anton Pfeiffer
Bavaria
Dowling To Head Confederate Meet
Atlanta reports General Henry Taylor Dowling aged 97 will travel to Edgewater Park Mississippi to preside over the United Confederate Veterans convention set for Monday and Tuesday. Dowling says wars may continue and notes expectation of large attendance from Texas and Oklahoma with unknown participation from other Georgia veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Henry Taylor Dowling
Edgewater Park
Miss
United Confederate Veterans’ Convention
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Hull's Condition Still Improving After Stroke
Cordell Hull, 75, former secretary of state, shows further improvement at the naval medical center but remains in serious condition following a stroke at Bethesda hospital. Early bulletins noted slight gains and continued seriousness by 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cordell Hull
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Hull
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Farl Carroll
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Zagreb
People's Court
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Axis
Astashi
Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation Director
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Community Chest
Jes Ramblin
U.S. Court
Louisiana
Foreign Ministers Council
Thetalian Political Commission
Andrei Vishinsky
Lief Egeland
South Africa
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