Fighter Escort Considered For American Air Routes
The United States weighs fighter escort to protect transport planes near the Yugoslav border on the Austrian Italian route. Officials note the current ban on overflight of Yugoslav territory remains, while diplomatic actions pursue a U.N. response if Yugoslavia ignores a 48 hour ultimatum. Officials wonder if lend lease aircraft or Soviet routes link to the shoot downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex H. Singleton
Washington
United States
Austria
Yugoslavia
Acheson
Herschel Johnson
State Department
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Oskar Lange
United Nations Security Council
Moe the Muscovy Duck Goes Hollywood
Westbrook Pegler recounts Moe the Muscovy duck’s rise to faux stardom after a news note prompts a film crew to seek a shot of him at the porch. He resists, craving crackers, while humans project vanity and political leanings onto the bird in a humorous diary-like vignette.
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New York
Moe
Jimmy Powers
Winnie
Fox
Eenie
Meenie
Miney
Jimmy
Stamford
Ruth Hale
Taggart
Ditmars
Bronx
Mr. Powers
Paul McNutt
Lionel Barrymore
Dewey
Colony
Adolph Menjou
Barrymore
Eight Die and Twenty Hurt in Azusa Jet Plant Explosion
A blast at the Aero Jet Engineering plant in Azusa California yesterday killed eight and injured twenty. Fire and a volatile fluids mixing process caused extensive damage to buildings nearby and shattered equipment as navy authorities took control of the scene. Local resident Donald Anderson described arriving during the blaze and witnessing the explosion.
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Azusa
Calif
Aero-Jet Engineering Corporation
Navy
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Donald Anderson
Four Officers Wounded in Sullivan’s Hollow Ambush
In Mississippi, Sheriff Hawkins reports a white farmer’s arrest on unspecified charges and warrants against several Craft and Cooper family members in the ambush shooting of four officers near Sullivan’s Hollow. Johnny Craft and Garfield Craft face assault and murder charges. Horace Craft is charged with aiding and abetting. Authorities question H. J. Sullivan, a white farmer, about the incident as more arrests follow.
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Raleigh, Miss
Sullivan's Hollow
George Hawkins
Hawkins
Hinds County
Johnny Craft
Craft
Cooper
Taylorsville
O. O. Weathersby
Garfield Craft
Horace Craft
Weathersby
H. J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Ray
First Cotton Bale Ginned in Qua nita Parish for 1946
The first bale of cotton in Qua chita parish for 1946 was ginned Thursday by the McHenry Gin Company on the Oliver plantation, five miles north of Monroe. It graded middling inch and thirty seconds and was sold to J. F. Stone Company for 53 cents per pound. Weather slowed planting. seven gins in the parish are expected to be busy, and yields are forecast to match last year.
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Quachita Parish
McHenry Gin Company
Oliver
Monroe
M. F. McHenry
J. F. Stone Company
North Sixth Street
Cab company owners help nab burglar in local theft ring
Richard Scott and Howard Ramsey of Economy Cab captured a suspect, Joe Bigge, after agreeing to buy a radio and electric fan from him at 6 to 8 p m. The pair alerted police, detained the seller, and later identified the stolen radio, fan, and bed coverings as belonging to Dr A L Peters of 320 Grammont Street.
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Richard Scott
Howard Ramsey
Sixth and
Depot Streets
Dr. A. L. Peters
Grammont Street
Ramsey
Joe Bigge
Gordon
Bigge
Scott
Dr. Peters
Yugoslavia Heavily Benefited by U S War Aid
U S records show more than 269.9 million dollars in wartime and postwar aid to Yugoslavia, including lend-lease and UNRRA support, with 327.6 million in UNRRA supplies delivered or en route. Yugoslavia received 72 percent of UNRRA aid from the United States.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
UNRRA
State Department
Russia
Trieste
Ukraine backs Albania in Balkan quarrel at peace talks
At the Paris peace conference on August 22 1946 Dimitri Manuilsky of Ukraine urged that the Balkans not become a world conflict powder keg. He sided with Albania against Greece criticizing Tsaldaris claims to southern Albania and warning of border violence and misrepresented votes.
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Robert C. Wilson
Paris
Ukraine
Balkans
Europe
Albania
Greece
Balkan
Dimitri Manuilsky
Constantin Tsaldaris
Epirus
Manuilsky
Tsaldaris
Mussolini
Dewey May Try to Run Again in 1948 Bid
Fresh gaps in New Yorks Republican setup boost the chance Gov Thomas E Dewey seeks the 1948 presidential nomination if reelected this year The regu lars backed Frederick R Coudert Jr to replace Baldwin in the 17th district and Baldwin declined to run in November
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Washington
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Joseph Clark Baldwin
Vito Marcantonio
Adam Clayton Powell
Dewey
Frederick R. Coudert, Jr
Baldwin
New York City
American Labor Party
Airman's Wife Plans Trinidad Flight to Rejoin Army Husband
Mrs. Eddie Lee Williams received a passport and will fly from Monroe to Miami then by Pan American clipper to Fort Read Trinidad to join her husband First Sgt Harry O Williams of the Army Air Corps. She lives with her brother Roy Aston on the Winnsboro road five miles southeast of Monroe.
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Federal Court Clek
Eddie Lee Williams
Miami
Fla
Fort Read
Trinidad
Harry O. Williams
Army Air Corps
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
War Department
Williams
Savannah
Auto Shortage Hints at Bank Robbery in Mississippi
Police in Corinth hold two men after a daylight bank robbery in Fulton netted over $6,000. A 30-year-old war veteran confessed to hiring a taxi for the getaway while the taxi driver remained in custody. The money was later found in the gunmen's car and pockets as officials prepared charges.
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Corinth
Miss
Hillie Coleman
Fulton
Coleman
Fulton Bank
Whitehead
Courfier
Fighting Rages in Three Luzon Provinces
In central Luzon three provinces Nueva Ecija Bulacan and Pampanga saw heavy fighting between peasant guerrillas and Philippine army police. Officials reported artillery use for the first time as Hukbalahap fighters press for land reform.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Death of Mrs Bertha Todd Linked to Anesthesia Collapse
The coroner reports Mrs Bertha Todd, 39, wife of Stage Producer Mike Todd, died August 13 in a Santa Monica hospital from left lung collapse and circulatory failure under anesthesia. She was treated for a hand tendon cut and had filed for divorce days earlier.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Bertha Todd
Mike Todd
Todd
Yugoslav at a Glance
U S Ambassador Patterson flies from Belgrade to confer with Tito at Bled and deliver the American ultimatum demanding release of downed fliers within 48 hours or refer the case to the United Nations Security Council. Secretary Byrnes orders Acheson to prepare the case for the Security Council. Byrnes confers with European aides and Senator Connally after meeting U S military men and Yugoslav Vice-Premier Edward.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Marshal Tito
Bled
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Secretary of
State Byrnes
Acheson
Security Council
Paris
Byrnes
Tom Connally
Texas
Edward
Last blackout hits Monroe during daylight power outage
An unannounced daytime blackout disrupted Monroe from 8:15 to 10:00 a m causing heavy losses to merchants and idle workers. City utilities head W D H Rodriguez blamed an unnamed Westinghouse engineer for miscalculating current and setting a relay breaker too low, causing two power restarts and a longer outage than planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
W. D. H., Rodriguez
Utilities
Westinghouse
Huts Seized by 20 Homeless Folk
Twenty homeless men and women with babies burst into a camp for German war prisoners near Hereford and took ten huts after overpowering a British army guard. Three hundred German prisoners slept in other buildings as squatters press housing crisis in Britain.
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London
Hereford
Britain
Halt on 53 Camp Transfers Shocks Postwar Asset Deals
The War Assets Administration halted 53 surplus camps and war plants transfers to educational institutions amid a House committee inquiry. The Thunder Bird airfield near Glendale Ariz was cited as sold at 100 percent discount to the American Institute for Foreign Trade. Interim permits will be issued for schools training veterans, with final transfers pending authority questions.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
WAA
House
Thunderbird
Ariz
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Rep
Slaughter
Democrat
Missouri
Thunderbird Field
Glendale
Army
B. K. Yount
Gulf Ordnance Plant
Aberdeen
Miss
John J. O'Brien
Justice Department
United States
O'Brien
No Sugar Ration Increase Foreseen by U S Officials
New Orleans report notes James H. Marshall of the USDA says next year’s sugar supply will fall short of demand by about 2.6 million tons, with only a potential 1 million more tons from Cuban and beet counties meetings. No rise in the sugar ration is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
James H. Marshall
Washington
Production and Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Marshall
United States
Cuba
U. S
Yugoslavia Uses U S Built Planes Amid War Tensions
An eyewitness reported Yugoslav fighter planes resembled American aircraft after two C 47 transports were shot down on the frontier. The witness, a former soldier, said the engines sounded like P 51 Mustangs. Washington weighs possible diplomatic break with Yugoslavia as Allied lines stay tense.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
Italy
Washington
Seven Paratroopers Escape Prison Camp in Singapore
Seven of two British paratroopers accused of mutiny escaped last night from a prison camp in Singapore but were recaptured early this morning. The fugitives, still handcuffed, were brought to the courtroom to stand trial with the other alleged mutineers before a military court.
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Singapore
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