Eleanor Roosevelt honored in New Delhi reception report
Indro Montanelli of the Evening Courier writes that Pandit Nehru hosted a garden party for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, noting contrasts with British empire attitudes and detailing the VIPs at the door, the Gandhi cap, and a scene of the Great Widow amid palace hospitality.
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Chicago
Indro Montanelli
Evening Courier
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Italy
New Delhi
India
Eleanor the Great
Pandit Nehru
Mr. Montanelli
Eleanor Roosevelt
Disraeli
England
Nehru
Gandhi
Navy Accepts Soviet Explanation Over Patrol Plane Incident
Washington reports the Navy accepted Moscow’s explanation for a Soviet jet attack on a US patrol plane over the Yellow Sea. Navy officials note extensive Allied sorties near Korea since the war’s start. A Russian bomber previously engaged a UN naval formation and was shot down after refusing warning.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Yellow Sea
U. S
Korea
China
Asia
Korean
Inchan
United Nations
Bancroft Printer Suffered Finger Injury At Rewinder
Zylous W. Cooper a Bancroft Bay factory printer in West Monroe sustained severe hand injuries when a chain on the re winding machine wrapped around his left index finger. He received 18 stitches and faces possible amputation pending further medical evaluation. Cooper has worked 16 years as a printer at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zylous W. Cooper
Bancroft Bay
West Monroe
Cooper
Four GOP Senators Prepare Attack on Stevenson Campaign
Republican strategists plan a broader assault on Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson the Democratic presidential nominee. Senators Jenner Bricker Kern and McCarthy as well as Dirksen hint at digging into Stevenson scandals including cigarette tax and horsemeat issues as Eisenhower campaigns. Bricker Jenner Kem and McCarthy face renomination in upcoming primaries.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Jenner
Ind
Bricker
Ohio
Kem
McCarthy
Wis
Sen
Dirksen
Stevenson
Ilinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Adlai
Kern
Dirkson
Missouri
Wisconsin
Pearce Studies New System For Weed Killer Regulations
Louisiana Department of Agriculture considering new rules to curb careless use of 2 4 D herbicide sprayed by rice growers. Commissioner Dave Pearce announced at a 200-plus attendee meeting that over 100 complaints prompted the move and that state funds are backing an investigation into crop damage. Governor Kennon pledged support before the Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Department of Agriculture
Dave Pearce
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
E. A. Epps
Pearce
Robert Kennon
Board of
Bloodhounds Hunt Negro Intruder in West Monroe
An unidentified intoxicated or mentally unbalanced Negro invaded the Bamburg home at 613 Wood Street early Tuesday. He forced entry, ransacked the house, and attempted to assault the couple before fleeing, dropping a wallet and flashlight. Bloodhounds were used to track him. Police described the intruder to the Bamburgs.
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M. D. Bamburg
Wood Street
West Monroe
Tucker's Condition Is Still Serious
Hospital attendants stated Tuesday morning that Samuel L Tucker remained in serious condition after being struck by an automobile late Saturday. Tucker suffers a broken right leg and hip with deep head lacerations at Charity hospital. George Moses, a Monroe businessman, posted a $500 bond on a negligent injury warrant pending Tucker's condition.
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Samuel L. Tucker
George Moses
Monroe
Tucker
Charity Hospital
Rain Eases Drought Slightly Across Regions
Light rain fell in parts of the South and East but was mostly insufficient to ease dryness. Maine saw the most relief while showers touched drought-hit Tennessee and Kentucky as the ongoing drought has damaged pastures corn tobacco and other crops, causing substantial losses.
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Associated Press
Dought
Maine
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi GOP rejects independents for Eisenhower ticket
The Mississippi Republican Party at its state convention endorsed the Eisenhower Nixon ticket and rejected any Democratic or independent support. It instructed electors to vote for the GOP slate if successful, and said no coalition with Eisenhower Democrats under an independent elector slate.
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Jackson
Miss
Chicago
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Republican Party
Negley Bay Plant Fire Destroys Majority of Building
Flames swept through the Negley Bay Company addition in West Monroe on Tuesday, destroying about 75 percent of the plant by noon. No injuries were reported as the blaze began in a storage room when a welding torch sparked laminated asphalt paper. Engineering, electric, machine shop, storage, paste and boiler rooms were lost, while stamping and business departments remained intact. Monroe fire crews dispatched three trucks to combat the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negley Bay Company
West Monroe
Monroe
Coal Strike Looms As UMW Director Warns Of Expiring Contract
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, notified Southern Coal Producers Association president Joseph E. Moody that the union’s current work contract expires September 30, 60 days from Lewis’s letter. The agreement allows termination on 60 days’ notice by either side, signaling potential renewed industry disruption.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Asso
MINISTERS TALK OF AREAS IN PACIFIC MEETING
In Honolulu foreign ministers from the United States Australia and New Zealand discuss areas of common concern in the Pacific including Korea Indo China and Malaya. Dean Acheson chairs the discussions as the three nations implement the ANZUS mutual defense pact with annual ministerial meetings planned.
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Leif Erickson
Honolulu
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Korea
Indo-China
Malaya
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
ANZUS
One Armed Pilot Makes Landing with First Marine Wing
Capt Edward Shamis 28 of Pensacola Fla landed a plane with an unexploded bomb dangling after a shattered left arm. He pinned through anti aircraft fire near Chorwon during a dive bombing run. Shamis was recommended for the Bronze Star for his heroic action.
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Marine Aircraft Wing
Korea
Edward Shamis
Pensacola
Fla
Marine Corps
Shamis
Chorwon
Richard T. Spencer
Seven Dead In Bus Crash With Censorship Claim
Authorities in Waco probe how many died after two Greyhound buses collided and burned near the city. At least 28 bodies recovered with seven identified by mid-morning. Twenty-five injured, all out of critical danger. A reporter was barred from the morgue by order from Wright Patterson civilians.
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Greyhound
Waco
Tex
Sam Wood
Waco Times-Herald
Mary Ann Jennings
Compton Funeral Home
Wood
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
R. L. Trask
R. W. Ralston
James LaBlond
McClennan County
The
Farmers elect P M A C Hiefs Chiefs
Ouachita parish farmers elected new community committeemen for the Ouachita Production and Marketing Administration. J E Lucas said the officers will take office August 1 1952 and serve for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita
Ouachita Parish
J. E. Lucas
Leon P. Osterland
L. P. Milner, Jr
Ray Harvey
J. B. Johnston
Vance Trichell
Memorial Will Honor Heroes At Disabled American Veterans Event
A memorial service at the DAV 31st national convention in Boston on Monday August 11 honors Monroe area service members who died in Korea. First Lt Frederick G Hudson III of Monroe is named, with his parents listed, among names drawn from defense casualty lists for the grand Bradford Hotel ceremony.
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Frederick G. Hudson III
Air Force
Monroe
Murray Hudson
Forsythe Avenue
Northeast Louisiana State College to award 21 bachelor degrees
Twenty one students will receive Bachelor degrees at the first summer commencement at Northeast Louisiana State College this afternoon at 5 o clock in the college auditorium. Dr. Ernest Holloway dean of men will address the class on How We Can Become Inspired Personalities with Rev. Herrell and Rev. Reinhardt giving invocation and benediction.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Ernest Duncan Holloway
David Herrell
Methodist Church
Collinston
Harold Reinhardt
Trinity Lutheran Church
Monroe
Northeast
Lewis C. Slater
B. S. Hamner
Florence Z. Allbritton
Robert Wood
Slater
Mary Joan Bandy
West Monroe
James H. Boone
Bastrop
Mary Scott Buchanan
Lola Walters
Northeast State College
Veterans may apply for mustering out pay under 1952 act
H. B. McClendon parish service officer announced forms are available for veterans to obtain mustering out payments under the Veterans Re adjustment Assistance Act of 1952 Section 501 for active service on or after June 27 1950. Office is in Room 204 Parish Courthouse Monroe La. Bring separation form DD 214.
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H. B. McClendon
Parish
Monroe
Top Democrats Eye Solid South in November Ventures
Democratic leaders predicted the South will stay solid this November despite Dixie dissatisfaction with the platform. Stevenson cited heartening evidence of loyalty from Southern leaders as Long of Louisiana and Green of Rhode Island asserted the Republican ticket cannot win a Southern state. Eisenhower aims to rally stateside with a major Los Angeles speech while Stevenson meets White House aides amid Missouri Michigan Kansas primaries. The Negro vote looms large as parties debate civil rights strategy.
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Associated Press
South
Dixie
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Michigan
Kansas
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Group delays decision on rooster ballot name in Louisiana
In Shreveport Louisiana the Democratic Central Committee delays selecting the name under the traditional rooster symbol for November. Chairman N B Carstarphen cites await Kennon return from vacation and seeks guidance from Southern state leaders before committing. He intends to gather advice from governors Battle Byrnes and other party leaders.
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Shreveport
State
Democratic Central Committee
N. B. Carstarphen
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Carstarphen
Robert Kennon
Caribbean
Kennon
Democratic Party
South Carolina
Mississippi
Battle
Virginia
James Byrnes
Six Killed In Raid Of N Korea Polling Place
South Korea’s first direct presidential election was disrupted when police killed six guerrillas and wounded ten of a 40 member raiding group at a polling place about 70 miles west of Pusan. Voting resumed after a short delay as government officials cited high expected turnout.
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N. Korea
Stan Carter Pusan
Korea
Here
South Korea
Kim Tai Sun
Syngman Rhee
Cho Bong Am
Legion Officers Installed at Faulk Post 13 Meeting
The January meeting of L. B. Faulk Post No. 13 American Legion focused on installing officers for 1952 53. Department vice commander Cuney of Gilbert installed Commander Sam A Orchard and officers including Roland Waldroup first vice commander Bert C Root second vice commander C B Braun adjutant Sylvian J Ardoin sergeant R D.
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L. B
Sylvian J. Ardoin
R. D
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State Democratic Committee
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