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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1947
Page
1
In Jerusalem a British regimental HQ was hit by grenades and mortars, one attacker was killed. In Tel Aviv gunfire from a British armored car wounded several Jews during a funeral procession of about 5,000, sparking panic.
Ford Motor Co proposes to waive Taft Hartley court protection against union contract violations if five conditions are met. The UAW and CIO discuss a possible strike as industry faces large scale idle time and labor tensions. Police and troops respond to clashes in Tel Aviv amid shootings linked to reprisal violence.
A cooler spell spread across the eastern half of the nation after July, with drops up to 25 degrees in places while West Virginia reports hail damage and the Maine Canada border area sees effects. A tropical storm forms in the Gulf and Las Vegas hits 112 degrees as Huntington West Virginia suffers service disruptions from giant hail.
A government source says Prime Minister Attlee will reveal crisis program details in the House of Commons next Wednesday. Reports in the Daily Express and Daily Telegraph claim cuts of 25 to 50 percent in meat, butter, grain and canned foods, with existing ration levels already tight.
Washington Aug 1 AP A remarkable improvement in morals among about 50 House page boys is reported by their guardian Rep Leo E Allen Republican Illinois. The pay has been stopped to urge them home during recess, with a precautionary pause of unused pay for July. A morals board set up earlier this year appears to have reduced misconduct, though no meetings have been recorded.
Senator Robert A. Taft campaigns after a big home-coming rally in Columbus Ohio with endorsement for the 1948 Republican nomination. He attacks Truman foreign and domestic policy calling it fuddled and controlled by the C IO and says cooperation with Congress is lacking. Taft predicts Republicans will win next year to correct policy and notes bipartisan cooperation elsewhere.
General Motors announces a two to six percent rise in list prices for all passenger cars effective immediately. Cadillac Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac and Chevrolet models will be adjusted by divisions. President C E Wilson cites higher labor and material costs, including a 12 percent wage increase from April with the CIO UAW and rising steel and pig iron prices.
Milton Coverdale said his department was investigating a theft from a car parked at a bathing beach along the Ouachita River. A woman identified as Miss Dixie reported jewelry worth about 1400 dollars and two rings, including an opal surrounded by diamonds, were taken. She later declined to provide more details as police continued the investigation.
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols testified Elliott Roosevelt picked a Howard Hughes plane for wartime photo reconnaissance after air force leaders rejected it in 1943. He said the plane could reach 485 mph if the claim held, and noted gaps in air corps records during 1942 43 as Hughes developed the project. Elliott was recalled from Europe to review plane types amid complaints about European recon planes.
Washington reports an underground OPA unit with a phony title prepared an abortive plan to ration clothing in 1943. Wilfred Carcel, former OPA apparel chief economist, outlines a two phase scheme including shoe rationing in February and textiles and apparel in April as part of a broader wartime price control push.
William V. Smith, 21, a seaman second class, awaiting court martial for killing nine shipmates aboard an LST off the China coast, was found hanged at the Anacostia naval receiving station. The charges allege he swept the deck of LST 2 with bullets on April 23, 1946.
The agriculture department forecasts at least two more years of world grain shortages and urges farmers to plant 75,000,000 acres of wheat to sustain large exports to shortage areas abroad through fall 1949.
Former Democratic senator Harry B. Hawes of Missouri died at his Washington home. He was 78 and had practiced law in the capital since leaving the Senate in 1953.
In Lake Success July 31 August 1 AP Soviet envoy Gromyko rejected U S mediation as bypassing the United Nations and urged a binding Security Council decision to halt fighting. He argued the Netherlands by invading Indonesia breaches peace and warned a by pass would aid Dutch positions. The United States urged immediate ceasefire to pave mediation efforts with the De Facto government.
Batavia reports indicate Dutch forces claim sweeping gains in middle Java as both sides cite counterattacks amid expectations of United Nations intervention in the East Indian war. Dutch communiques place advances near Banjoemas and near the south coast, while Indonesians dispute some claims and await world action.
Washington Aug 1 Atty Robert N Denham new NLRB chief counsels unions to recognize the reorganized board saying sane leadership will see unions gain by doing so He noted unions have criticized the Taft Hartley act and said his interviews mark his first remarks since appointment with Abe Murdock and J Copeland Gray as new board members taking oaths.
The California Company applied for a permit to drill a 9000 foot oil test in Lafourche swamp eight miles southeast of Monroe. The Breece Lumber Co No 2 well in section 30-17N-5E is paired with the earlier dry Breece No 1 at 3400 feet. Danciger Company of Fort Worth is the contractor. A new Union parish site Alton Odom No 1 is a wildcat with J A Funsten and Arthur Smith seeking a permit, located near the Perry J Tucker No 1 well awaiting gauge.
Henry Thurman 26 of six miles southeast of Junction City pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner M C Redmond to transporting and possessing untaxed liquor. He admitted attempting to deliver four gallons of moonshine to an unnamed buyer for ten dollars a gallon, leading officers to distilling paraphernalia in the woods. his army jeep was seized and Thurman’s brother Billy was among 43 arrested in prior raids led by Sheriff George Miller Edwards.
Washington reports a dramatic air show as seven B-29s from Tokyo land at Andrews Field after a 50 hour 55 minute flight. The event celebrates air defense independence alongside the army and navy, with jet fighters and 29 B-29s flying routes across Chicago Dayton and St Louis amid dinners and diplomacy.
Isabelle Iris Tinney, 21, Tulsa Oklahoma, or June Ashby of Eureka Springs Arkansas, was bound over to the U S district court after arraignment for attempting to rob the City National Bank in Fort Smith. She allegedly thrust a revolver at teller George Miller demanding cash.
Bailey Grant announces his bid for Ouachita parish sheriff with the slogan four years of law enforcement. He is the first major parish candidate for the Democratic primary next January 20. He resigns as deputy marshal for the Monroe division of the federal district court. his successor will be named soon.
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