Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
Senator Joe McCarthy opposed in Wisconsin primary on September 9 while recovering from a serious abdominal operation. The piece accuses eastern money and unnamed donors of meddling in midwestern politics and criticizes fellow Republicans and the Tru an administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Arthur J. Dsmith
Waldorf Tower
100 St
50Th St
Goldsmith
Sched Committee On
Aiis
Diplomats See Chinese Soviet Talks as a Begging Expedition
American diplomats view the Mos cow top level meeting as a begging expedition by the Chinese Reds seeking more aid to back the Korean War. They note desires for increased Russian military shipments and removal of troops from Port Arthur, while the State Department calls the talks routine. The 15 member Chinese delegation led by Chou En Lai signals continued war aims rather than peace moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Scali
Washington
Moscow
Korea
Port Arthur
Red China
Changchun
State Department
Far East
Chou En-lai
Chou
Floyd Ferrell and Johnny Baugh Named to Monroe-West Monroe Chamber Board
Floyd Ferrell and Johnny Baugh were elected to the Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce board. A nominating committee was chosen to propose 14 candidates for seven new directors with terms from one to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ferrell
Johnny Baugh
Monroe - West Mouroe
Eugene Windes
Rrell and Baugh
W. L
Jack) Kowara
E. Gordon Wright
Texas Throbs Under Dreuth And Heat
Dallas reports the heat wave with 100 plus temperatures for 18 straight days in North Texas including Dallas Fort Worth and Wichita Falls. Abilene hosts 200 farmers urging drought disaster status. White notes 68 million dollar crop losses in 18 days. Katherine Robinson dies of sunstroke as Dallas records fifth heat fatality. cattle and market prices pressured by dry conditions.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Dreuth
North Texas
Dallas, Ft. Worth
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Allan Shivers
West Texas
John C. White
Austin
Katherine Robinson
Woman Held For Assault On Husband
NORFOLK Va A Naval officer's wife 43 Dora Jones is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to kill on a government reservation. She says she ran her husband down with a car because he wouldn't come home. He Cmdr Alva J Jones is in Portsmouth Naval Hospital with superficial injuries awaiting bond of 5000 for a hearing Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
FBI
Alva J. Jones
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Dora Jones
U. S
Government Plans Post Prices in 500000 Grocer Stores
The government expands a uniform pricing program to half a million grocer stores by Oct. 1 with Office of Price Stabilization orders to 54 district offices. Posters will display ceiling prices for about 300 major items, restoring a WWI style pricing system to aid consumers and ease postings for retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 0
Warn
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization Aid
Ellis Arnall
OPS
Jacksonville
Fla
Fargo
N. C
Fresno
Calif
Brannan to Release Nationwide Farm Aid Survey
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan may release late this week a summary of a year old nationwide survey showing farmer support for federal farm aid programs. About 3,000 reports from county and state groups were summarized by a department committee leading to a possible Brannan Farm Plan during the presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Department
Clerics Slow to Register Under New Marriage Law
R D Farr reports slow clerical compliance with a state law requiring all ministers who perform marriages to register names, addresses, and church affiliations. Of Ouachita parish, 43 white and 15 Negro ministers have filed, with hundreds more believed unregistered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Farr
Ouachita Parish
Truman Likely To Drop Out Of Fall Campaign
President Truman may withdraw from the campaign after Labor Day as Adlai Stevenson plans further steps. Stevenson's strategy board postponed a Springfield meeting to decide how much campaigning Truman should do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Jack Bell Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Milwaukee
Detroit
Two Women Questioned in Morals Case
New York authorities hold two more women in a widening vice inquiry. Officials say the case could involve more arrests and big names. The two young suspects, one blonde and one brunette, were questioned at the district attorney's office as a patrolman accompanied them leaving the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Case Society Vice
District Attorney’s Office
Anthony J. Liebler
Secret Oil Report Released For Grand Jury Probe
President Truman lifts secrecy on a ten chapter FTC oil report amid charges of a powerful cartel siphoning U. S. foreign aid. The report opens a grand jury inquiry into alleged price fixing and monopoly practices in the oil industry. Sen. John Sparkman announces the document will be printed for subcommittee review and wider distribution. The State Department confirms its prior security classification to avoid straining international relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Truman
U. S
Federal Trade Commission
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Senate
Alabaman
FTC
State Department
Record 102 Temperatures Hit Monroe Area Over Weekend
Record highs of 102 degrees were logged Sunday and Monday at the CAA weather station in Selman Field for Monroe and surrounding areas. The prior high was 101, with nights dipping to 76 Sunday and 74 Monday. A late Monday rainstorm brought cooling breezes but no measurable rain and temperatures barely fell. Another hot day was expected Tuesday.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
33 000 Still on Walkout
At least 33 000 workers in nine states remained on strike Tuesday. In New York a CIO union served strike notices affecting 32 000 Bethlehem Steel shipyard workers. In the same area talks began for a new contract for 75 000 hard coal miners with demands for higher pay and welfare fund contributions. The contract expires Sept. 10. Canton, Ohio reports 12 000 CIO United workers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
United Mine Workers
Ind
Union Welfare Fund
Canton
Acting Chief Diaz Leads After Tolbert Suspension
Detective Captain Billy J. McBride becomes acting chief of the Monroe police after a ten day suspension of Detective Chief Hugh F. Tolbert. The suspension, ordered by Chief M. L. Peters, stemmed from a dispute over use of a detective automobile. The car Tolbert used for official work was reassigned to another department, and Tolbert reportedly refused to surrender it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy J. McBride
Monroe
Hugh F. Tolbert
M. L. Peters
Tolbert
Peters
Reservations Deadline Set For Monroe West Outing
The Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail division announces Wednesday as the reservations deadline for its annual outing. Co chairmen Dave Silverstein and C D McAdams say the event at Finks Hidaway will be among the division's largest outings and all bookings must go through the Chamber office.
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Monroe - West
Monroe
First Bale of Ouachita Cotton Auctioned Saturday
The first bale of this year’s Ouachita parish cotton will be auctioned Saturday morning in the Central Savings Bank and Trust lobby. Grown by J W Wilson route 3 the bale weighed 415 pounds with 780 pounds of seed, ginned by Standard Gin Company. Hamilton will call the sale with buyers including Clarence Marks J F Stone Sr Guy DuPriest George W Raymond and Mark Stroud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Jim Williams
Monroe - West Monroe
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tom H. Scott
Lee Vanderpool
J. W. Wilson
Standard Gin Company
Hamilton
Clarence Marks
J. F. Stone, Sr
Guy DuPriest
George W. Raymond
Mark Stroud
L. L
M. E. Frost
Route 2
Downsville
GOP Campaign In Dixie To Be Intensive Door To Door
Republicans plan the most intensive presidential campaign in the South with extensive precinct work. They will use telephone and door to door outreach alongside media in 13 Southern states, while Democrats stick to usual efforts. State leaders predict wins in several states. Georgia opens state and district headquarters as part of the push.
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Dixie
Atlanta
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Louisiana
John Minor Wisdom
Eisenhower
Texas
Florida
Virginia
GOP
Wesley Roberts
North Carolina
Alabama
Miami
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Richard Nixon
Orlando
Jacksonville
Georgia
Elbert P. Tuttle
Quickest and Cheapest Way to Sell Unneeded Merchandise
By Mrs Tony Zurge invites readers at 600 Wood West Monroe to use NEWS STAR WANT ADS to turn unused items into cash. Call for details on rapid, economical ad placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Zurge
Wood
West Monroe
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Lois Phillips
Dallas County
R. A. Walters
C. R. Miles
Odessa
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Woods
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NEA Telephoto
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W. M. Reasonable
Phae
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