Truman Signs Largest U S Military Appropriation Into Law
President Truman signed a record peacetime military appropriation of 15.59 billion dollars, overruling Congress to impound 615 million for air force expansion beyond plan. The air force will grow to 48 groups with about 1,400 new planes, while critics question limits on executive power and long term costs.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Truman
Congress
Secretary of Defense
United States
House
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Whn
Brewster
Maine
Bangor
Margaret Chase Smith
Mass arrests surge in Bulgaria as Titoism fears rise
Yugoslav press reports Bulgaria conducts mass arrests of officials workers and peasants under Cominform aims to curb Titoism. Borba claims new camps are being built as old ones overflow while Yugoslavia accuses Hungary of border provocation near Donji Miholjac with no injuries reported. Continued on tenth page.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Cominform
Borba
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Interior Ministry
Donji Miholjac
On The Spot Ouachita Neville Classic Color Story Prep
A chaotic field report from Ouachita Neville game coverage describes a journalist's scramble to craft a color story amid upheaval. The author lists improvised gear from a battered typewriter to a war relic helmet, a Red Cross arm band, and a souped-up Ford, hinting at the madness of game night prep.
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Mebody
Egmy
Red Cross
Ouachita
Oak Grove
Ford
Monroe Little Theatre Opens New Home With Open House
The Monroe Little Theatre invites all Twin Cities residents to attend an open house this afternoon at their new Selman Field play house. Charles Stocker Fontelieu, a former Le Petit Theatre director from New Orleans, leads the professional staff as the group marks its first actual home since forming in 1932. The theater’s progress reflects the members’ persistent effort to establish Little Theatre as a cultural and entertaining asset.
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Twin Cities
Monroe Little Theatre Playhouse
Monroe Little Theatre
Selman Field
Charles Stocker Fontelieu
New Orleans
le Petit Theatre du
Little Progress in Labor Tieups
Pittsburgh report on steel and coal strikes notes only minor moves toward peace. Government mediators seek a path to end the deadlock as 1.1 million workers are idle and losses mount. United Steelworkers and United Mine Workers leaders remain firm on pensions and pay. Recall of the steel fact finders was urged by Crucible Steel’s William H. Colvin Jr. in Pittsburgh. Murray unavailable for comment in Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh
C. I. O. United
Truman
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
William H. Colvin, Jr
Crucible Steel Company
U. S. Mediation
Cyrus H. Ching
Murray
Cleveland
States Tighten Cigarette Tax Enforcement Nationwide
The Associated Press reports 38 states are boosting cigarette tax enforcement after President Truman signed new legislation. Tax officials aim to recover about 20 million in unpaid duties by tracking interstate sales and requiring list of buyers, while eight states have no cigarette tax and Illinois and Nevada resist collecting from buyers.
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Associated Press
Truman
California
Colorado
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oregon
Virginia
Wyoming
Illinois
Nevada
New York
Idaho
Lollar Acquitted in Alabama Flogging Case
In Birmingham on October 29 AP reports Coleman A. Brownie Lollar, once a self described ex klansman and former deputy, was acquitted of masked flogging in the alleged cross burning at Mrs Hugh McDanal home on June 10. The verdict drew applause from spectators after a brief jury deliberation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lollar
Special Snerks
Hugh McDanal
Perry
Open House at Louisiana Training Institute on Nov 6
Citizens of Ouachita parish and the people of Louisiana are invited to an open house inspection of the Louisiana Training Institute from two to five o clock Sunday afternoon November 6. J C Gresham superintendent said the board welcomes constructive criticism and noted improvements in the past 16 months while acknowledging areas for further work. The event aims to showcase the institute’s physical plant and operations amid recent parish grand jury scrutiny.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Louisiana Training Institute
J. C. Gresham
Winnsboro Remembers Halloween Murders Still Unsolved
In Franklin parish Louisiana residents recall the year-old double homicide of Sam Paola and his wife on Halloween night. Paola, a 45-year-old shortwave radio operator, was found shot near the kitchen door. his wife Mary was killed in a hallway. Sheriff Hiram Walker notes the killings appear to be a quick, staged break in as the couple slept in their night clothes. Investigators describe the crime as unresolved with the killer at large and emphasize the community’s memory of the tragedy.
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Percy Fant
Morning World
Nsboro
Innsboro
Franklin Parish
Sam Paola
Taylor
Halloren
Florence Taylor
Winnsboro
Sam Paloa
Paolas
Paola
William Baker
Baker
Hiram Walker
Mary
Three Sought In Game Violations In Winnsboro
Franklin parish Sheriff Hiram Waller said three of four men arrested for violating the state game law remain at large while the fourth is out on a $500 bond. The three men Ed Haygood Joseph Biggs Bartness and Arlen Haygood all of Catahoula parish face additional charges of resisting arrest with bonds set at $1,000 each.
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Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Hiram Waller
Ed Haygood
Joseph Biggs Bartness
Arlen Haygood
Catahoula Parish
Waller
Boy Killed When Hit By Auto Near Walker
Four year old Norre Edward Stafford was killed crossing a highway near Walker Louisiana. Sheriff Taft Faust said a Negro man Lindsey Walker twenty two of Tylertown Mississippi is held on negligent homicide charges awaiting removal to Tangipahoa parish jail Hammond. Two Negro women companions are being held as material witnesses. The child is son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Stafford of Walker.
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Livingston
Norre Edward Stafford
Walker
Taft Faust
Lindsey Walker
Tylertown
Miss
Tangipahoa Parish
Hammond
Faust
Rodney Stafford
Trial of Futch Slated Monday
Farmerville Louisiana October 2 Special The postponed trial of P T Futch former secretary treasurer of the Union Parish police jury indicted March 9 for theft of 411,190 of parish funds is again set to begin at 10 am Monday in Third District court. A veniremen list of jurors and 30 witnesses has been summoned for the first day, with a full week expected. Futch will be defended by three north Louisiana attorneys and an assistant state prosecutor will be present.
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Farmerville
P. T. Futch
Union Parish
Third District
Regan Madden
Veniremen
Madden
Futch
C. Grenes Cole
Orleans Parish
H. W. Ayres
Ayres
North Louisiana
C. E. Barham
Ruston
Armond Rayburn
James Spencer
M. E. Culligan
New Orleans
Cole
Teachers to Meet at N J C for English Council Session
Northeast Junior College will host the Louisiana Council of Teachers of English for a one day session on Saturday November 5. The program includes a morning convocation in Brown Hall with Dean Rodney Cline welcoming state guests and Miss Helene W. Hartley of Syracuse University as guest speaker. A luncheon follows with an afternoon discussion concluding at 2 30. The council aims to bring national leaders to state teachers and has grown to about two hundred members from schools and colleges.
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Northeast Junior College
Louisiana Council of Teachers of English
Clio Allen
Natchitoches
Dorothy N. Younse
Brown Hall
Rodney Cline
Helene W. Hartley
Syracuse University
The
National Council
Allen
Pitt Purdue and Tennessee Upset Penn State and Iowa
Pitt upset Pennsylvania 22 to 21, Purdue beat Minnesota 13 to 7, and Tennessee defeated North Carolina 35 to 6. Notre Dame routed Navy 40 to 0, Oklahoma beat Iowa State 34 to 7, Army over Virginia Military 40 to 14, Kentucky edged Cincinnati 14 to 7, SMU beat Texas 7 to 6, Fordham crushed Georgetown 42 to 0, Boston University downed Scranton 46 to 6, and Iowa trailed Oregon 24 to 6 late third.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
North Carolina
Pitt
Indiana
Bernie Barkouskie
Ray Dooney
Boilermakers
Gopher
Charlie Justice
Volunteers
Notre Dame
Associated Press
Navy
Ernie Zalejski
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Sooners
Army
Virginia Military
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Southern Methodist
Texas
Doak Walker
Fordham
Georgetown
Rams
Boston University
Scranton
Iowa
Oregon
Hawkeyes
State Department Intervenes Over Mukden Consul Incident
The State Department ordered action against Chinese Communist authorities after the seizure of the American consul general at Mukden and four staff members. Officials said the case would go before the Mukden People's court and noted a pattern of crackdowns on U.S. diplomatic posts in Asia.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Mukden
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden People’s Court
China
Czechoslovakia
Red
United States
New York
Manchuria
Communist Radio
Skeleton Found Near Oak Grove in Arkansas Hunt
Walter Barnett and his son Sidney found an almost complete human skeleton while squirrel hunting near Oak Grove in Chiot County. A dentist in Eudora, Arkansas, identified the jaw as human and estimated the person to be about forty. The sheriff noted it may be linked to victims drowned when the Natchez tug boat struck the Greenville Miss. bridge last year. The bones will be buried Sunday afternoon.
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Oak Grove
Hallowe'’en
Walter Barnett
Sidney Barnett
Here
Chiot County
Ark
Sidney
Louisiana
Eudora, Ark
Eudora
Barnett
Chicot County
John H. Biggs
Natchez
Greenville
Miss
Want Ads Sell 75 Trailer From Monroe Readily
Mr. Garnett Thornes of 1305 South First Street placed a WANT AD in the News Star World for a 2 wheel trailer in excellent condition with an extra large bed and hitches priced at 75 dollars. A buyer came from 65 miles away on the ad's second day, and Mrs. Thornell made a 75 dollar sale at a cost of 1.92. The notice emphasizes that WANT ADS draw buyers from far away and offers help drafting ads and a low time rate cancellation privilege.
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South Ist
Monroe
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James V. Mathis
Jes’ Ramblin
Samuel Woodson Watkins, Jr
Clearwater
Fla
Farmville
Admiral Denfeld
Marine Corps
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Carl C. Ley
Clay City
Ind
L. T
N. J.C
English Teachers’ Council
Pitts
Uwarold Classen
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