21 Aug 1952
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
1
This excerpt surveys public figures from sports and politics, noting nicknames and reputations. It mentions Hyde Park figures, suffrage advocates, and several famous pols, umpires, and underworld names, illustrating a caustic portrait of public life.
Pat Thompson, 23, pictured outside the district attorney's office, was identified as a prostitute in a New York vice probe involving Richard Short who is accused of accepting monthly payments. Short says he is a movie actor and is held on related charges.
Two Camp Polk soldiers, Edgar E. Jones and Ernest Parden, were jailed in Columbia Louisiana on kidnapping charges involving Oakdale pastor Monroe Strother. The clergyman said a khaki-clad man abducted him at a drug store, later removing to a car at a red light before Strother escaped. Sheriff Erskine said the suspects would be sent to Oberlin Parish for processing.
Ouachita Parish schools set to open September 2 with a three day Teachers Work Conference and September 5 for pupils. First graders must be six by January 5, 1953 with birth certificates as age proof. Selman school also begins nine months term with early dismissal at 11 30 a m first week. Full list of teachers announced by Supt. W Ward for Calhoun Claiborne Crosley and other parish schools.
A promotional notice invites inquiries about a low seven time rate that includes cancellation privileges. Details on eligibility, terms, and how to apply are not provided in the fragment.
Cypress School announces G F Owens as principal with Merl Murphy and Mrs D E Owens among the staff listed in the notice.
Principal Mrs. A. P. Burkett along with Mrs. Vivian Parker Mrs. G. W. Welch Mrs. J. W. Winninger Mrs. Faye Cook and Mrs. R. L. Prichard are listed as organizers or participants in the upcoming school activity.
Eureka School announces new leadership with Mrs Gertrude Malone as principal and appoints Mrs Berlin Heck and Mrs Opal Yeates to the staff.
Ada McWilliams named principal at Fairbanks School with announcement continuing on page eleven.
Washington A P report says a high level Justice Department official is a prime target of House investigators set to begin hearings next Tuesday. Rep Chelf notes the official remains in the department as shakeups continue under James McGranery with several aides resigning or reassigned. Mullally, a long time Crim inal Division attorney, was suspended amid probe of outside activities as the department reshapes.
President Truman urged some new blood in the Democratic Party while saying he sees no mess in Washington. He avoided comment on Stevenson and Sparkman campaigns, defended the party's 20 year record, and declined to discuss the Secret Service matter involving his daughter. He criticized the Saturday Evening Post.
Ouachita parish as one of four in Louisiana seeking state appropriations to switch from four year to permanent voter registration. Ascension Iberia and Jefferson also request funds. State board head outlines two funding options, with next legislative session as last resort.
Thirty U S soldiers on a training crossing a river were engulfed by a nine foot wall of water. Four bodies recovered. 26 missing including one officer and 25 enlisted men. The flood struck a sandbar trapping the platoon during a typhoon driven river crossing.
A man was found shot to death outside a beachfront cottage in Gulfport Mississippi. Deputy Maxie Broadus identified the dead man as F. H. Slaven, about 30, with no home address. Slaven reportedly jumped from a cottage window wearing shorts as police arrived and offered little information. A three state alert was issued for an automobile carrying three men and a woman.
A report notes speculation on the next Soviet leader arising from the Communist Party’s third congress. The article lists political maneuvering and rumors surrounding leadership succession. It mentions key figures and timelines shaping early post-revolution power dynamics.
Union and management officials agreed to block unauthorized walkouts at the billion dollar atomic energy plant in Paducah Kentucky. The policy lays penalties for wildcat strikes and noncompliance with orders. The accord follows a carpenters withdrawal and aims to discipline members who do not return when ordered.
Washington reports that Moscow could reveal Stalin's preferred successor as chairman of the new Praesidium at the first post 1939 Communist congress. Analysts note a potential plan to ease a power transition after Stalin's death and avert a deadly leadership struggle. Georgi Malenkov is among the top candidates under consideration.
In Ouachita parish Louisiana the registrar Lillian Collins reports a surge of voters changing party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. The move aims to build a two party system believed to strengthen Louisiana in federal affairs and state politics. Local leaders welcome the shift.
J O Emmerich told the New Orleans Young Men's Business Club that the 1950s crisis shows a national socialist party in the United States and that the other major party mimics it to gain power. He blamed the gimme spirit and cited Democratic conventions of 1936 and 1952 as evidence of top-down thought control and propaganda. He contrasted totalitarian press control with free nations where public opinion shapes policy.
Louisiana Democratic leaders voted 77 to 9 to pledge the party's 10 electors to Gov Adlai Stevenson and Sen John Sparkman while not endorsing them or the national platform. Two electors resigned. Wilkinson and Stafford quit and will be replaced by district committee action. Governor Kennon said the move highlighted a state autonomy choice.
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