Truman Seeks Continued Aid to Greece Turkey and Europe
President Truman in Washington urges continued military and economic aid to Europe and regional partners including Greece Turkey Iran and Korea while Senate moves to trim foreign arms aid. Delegates debate funding levels and China policy amid mounting defense demands and international tensions.
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Washington
Dinner Key Auditorium
China
State Department
Philippines
Korea
Far East
Greece
Turkey
United States
Russia
U. S
United Nations
Europe
Rio de Janeiro
North
South America
V.F. W
V.F.W
America
Truman
Mr. Truman
Yugoslavia-Tito Defies Kremlin as Western Aid Talks Loom
A Western-facing Yugoslavia under Tito resists Moscow pressure while Moscow accuses Yugoslavia of aligning with Western imperialists. The dispute centers on German assets in Austria and alleged mistreatment of Soviet citizens in Yugoslavia. Borba notes some Russians were used for Soviet intelligence and others faced arrests for sabotage related to cominform resolutions.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Pravda
Communist Party
Tito
Vatican
Chekich
Russia
Borba
Tanjug
Carinthia
Austria
Woman flier vows lifelong marriage after rumors
The article quotes a woman stating she and a man named Michael have grown up as friends none of which suggests romance. She stresses Michael is a skilled navigator and confirms her return with her husband for life, warning rumor mongers they have their answer.
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Michael
Fires Rampage in Southwest France Killing Dozens
In Bordeaux France 78 people are dead as forest fires burn across a 20 by 30 mile area. Troops civilian workers and Paris fire crews battle the blaze which forced armies to deploy water bomber efforts and evacuate villages amid a summer drought.
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Bordeaux
Franc
France
National Defense
Paul Ramadier
Paris
Army and air chiefs defend B 36 program amid inquiry
Gen Spaatz and Gen Fairchild testify that decisions to accelerate the B 36 and continue the B 47 and B 54 programs were unanimous and free of political influence. The House committee probes alleged favoritism tied to a mystery memo and aircraft-industry ties to Johnson Symington and Odlum as witnesses seek the memo’s author.
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Spaatz
Harold A. Craig
Lauris Norstad
Joseph D. McNarney
Fairchild
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Floyd Odlum
Consolidated Vultee
Russia
Europe
Asia
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
H. H
Hap) Arnold
Bates
R-Mass
Johnson
Secrretary
Air Symington
Air Force
Symington
D-Ge
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Naval Reserve
Congress
Washington
Johnson, Symington
Odlum
Atlas Corporation
Brooks
Deane
Dn.c
Child is born to polio victim in Spokane
Spokane August 22 A 20 year old mother Mrs William B Johnson left her iron lung for ten minutes Saturday to give birth to Patrick William an 8 pound son while her polio myelitis left her in critical condition Her husband also remains hospitalized from a heart attack and doctors caution the baby may require a spinal tap if polio signs appear
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Spokane
Wash
William B. Johnson
Patrick William
Johnsons
Deaths in Louisiana Rites for Mrs Ann Davis
Mrs Ann Davis 73 of Olla La died Saturday morning Funeral services were at McDaniel Cemetery near Olla with Rev Olla James officiating Interment under Riser Funeral Home direction Surviving include three daughters Mrs Henry Law Mrs T J Reynolds Mrs E L Girod four sons John Davis Archie Davis Elijah Davis Bennie Davis four brothers Hugh McDaniel Arch McDaniel Cicero McDaniel Ira McDaniel and a sister Mrs M J Wilks Pallbearers were Reggie Parham Julian Martin Ed McDaniel Gore Davis Buddy Davis and Henry Carter
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Columbia
Ann Davis
Olla
McDaniel
Olla James
Riser Funeral Home
Henry Law
T. J. Reynolds
E. L. Girod
Kelly
Funeral services held for Mrs Bingie Elizabeth Hite
Mrs. Bingie Elizabeth Hite 72 of West Monroe died Saturday in Monroe. Funeral at Claiborne Church at 3 30 p m with Rev Roy Grant officiating. Burial in Claiborne Cemetery. Survived by daughters Daisy Bass Mary L Sandlin Lottie D Morgan. sons J M Hite Alfred Hite. brothers Tom Hattaway Marlin A Z R G Gerald O W Hattaway. sisters L H McElroy L W Toston Geneva Shamberger Steed Billgrins. 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Ruston
Bingie Elizabeth Hite
West Monroe
Monroe Hospital
Claiborne Church
Roy Grant
Choudrant Methodist Church
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Claiborne Cemetery
Alabama
Ouachita
Gerald
O. W. Hattaway
L. H. McElroy
L. W. Toston
Geneva Shamberger
Steed Billgrins
Willard Washburn Jr. Rites Held in Delhi
The body of Tech Sergeant Willard H. Washburn Jr. killed in World War II in the Philippines arrives in Delhi. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. at the Delhi Baptist Church with Rev. G. F. Stinebaugh officiating. Interment will be in Delhi Masonic Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents, a brother Jack Washburn of Farmerville, and four sisters Janet Washburn Harper Edward French Marianne Washburn all of Delhi.
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Delhi
Tech
Willard H. Washburn, Jr
Philippine Islands
Delhi Baptist Church
G. F. Stinebaugh
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
W. H. Washburn
Jack Washburn
Farmerville
J. E. Harper
Jonesville
Edward French
Janet Washburn
Marianne Washburn
Funeral services for P R Monk 45 in Monroe
Funeral services for P R Monk 45 who died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital were held at Hixson Brothers Chapel at 4 p m with Rev George Pierce Jr of College Place Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed in Memorial Park Cemetery. He leaves a wife a daughter a mother two brothers and a sister. Pallbearers were John Bateman Fred Hancock Douglas Bearden C H McAmis W W Hathron and Ben McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Monk
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
George Pierce, Jr
College Place
P. R. Moak
Monroe
Mary Kathryn Sackett
Alice Moak
Herbert Moak
James C. Moak
Alaine McKenzie
John Bateman
Fred Hancock
Douglas Bearden
C. H. McAmis
W. W. Hathron
Ben McCoy
Leon A. Warden Sr. 72 Dies in Ferriday
Leon A. Warden Sr. of Foules died at home aged 72. Services were held at Bethel Baptist Church in Wiggins Mississippi with burial at Roselawn Cemetery in Wiggins. He moved to the Ferriday area in 1936 from Wiggins and is survived by his wife Ruth five sons two daughters two brothers and a sister.
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Ferriday
Leon A. Warden
Foules
Young
Roselawn
Wiggins
Miss
Bethel Baptist Church
Ruth Warden
Funeral set for Mrs. Jack Vines in Winnsboro
Mrs. Jack Vines 35 dies Sunday night in Monroe hospital. Funeral at Coax Baptist Church Tuesday at 10 30 a m with Rev T G Polk officiating. Survived by husband Jack two daughters Joan and Ruby Nell two sons Jack and William parents Mr and Mrs John Jones Winnsboro three sisters Annie Mae Robinson Ruby Dunnell Bessie Jones Winnsboro one brother Frank Jones Winnsboro pallbearers Hubert Dempsey R N McGee Elzie Hastings Wade Williams Walter McDugal James Reeves.
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Winnsboro
Jack Vines
Monroe
Coax Baptist Church
T. G. Polk
Jack
Joan
Ruby Nell
William
John Jones
Annie Mae Robinson
Ruby Dunnell
Bessie Jones
Frank Jones
Hubert Dempsey
R. N. McGee
Elzie Hastings
Wade Williams
Walter McDugal
James Reeves
Mrs Ophelia S Nichols Rites Planned in Talulah
Mrs Ophelia Sevier Nichols 75 died after a long illness at her daughter’s home in Talulah She was a Presbyterian Church member Daughters of the American Revolution and American Legion Auxiliary survived by two sons Ed of Austin and Albert of Shreveport a brother Jim Sevier Gulfport Miss five grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral arrangements by Crothers Funeral Home with interment in the Nichols family lot in Vicksburg Miss
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Ophelia S. Nichols
Tallulah
Ophelia Sevier Nichols
Alberta Ammons
Nichols
Presbyterian Church
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Legion Auxiliary
Austin
Tex
Albert
Shreveport
Jim Sevier
Gulfport
Miss
Crothers
Nichol
Vicksburg
Infant Dennis Falgout Dies After Birth in Monroe Clinic
Dennis Ray Falgout infant son of Mr and Mrs Earl Falgout of 4602 South Grand St Monroe died shortly after birth in a local clinic Funeral arrangements under Hall Funeral Home placed in Carter Cemetery Bastrop Sunday Interment followed at Carter Cemetery He is survived by sister Carolyn Fay brother Thomas Earl and paternal grandparents O J Falgout Houma and Mrs O J Falgout Monroe
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Dennis Ray Falgout
Earl Falgout
South Grand Street
Monroe
Hall Funeral Home
Carter Cemetery
Bastrop
Carolyn Fay
Thomas Earl
O. J. Falgout
Houma
The Lefthanded Rule Is Repealed
In a satirical riff, a narrator discusses etiquette busting a long standing rule about serving bread and utensils on the left. The piece humorously imagines social chaos, language about manners, and the idea of fighting lefthandedism until a bold surrender.
Confession Tlands Fort Wayne Sex Slayings Deepen Case
Franklin Click, a 30 year old truck driver, confessed to the 1944 murders of Wilhemina Haaga 38 Anna Kuzeff 19 and Phyllis Conine 16 in Fort Wayne Indiana. The admissions add to the Lobaugh case already linked to the 1945 Dorothea Howard killing. Robert V Christen 38 was convicted of the Howard murder and given a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ralph Lobaugh
Indiana
Lester M. Isenlott
Harold S. Zeis
Allen County
Franklin Click
Wilhemina Haaga
Anna Kuzeff
Phyllis Conine
Lobaugh
Dorothea Howard
Kokomo
Miss Haaga
Miss Kuzeff
Howard
Baer Field
Robert V. Christen
Education leaders clash over open forum at Congress
Steed planned to join boycotters but chose to attend and demand a public, press accessible round table. He warned of walking out if the forum became a mere gesture to delay aid to education as McCormack Lesinski face opposition amid stalled school health bills. NEA Marston and others stressed urgency as Congress nears adjournment while planning for 1949-50.
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Steed
McCormack
Lesinski
D-Mass
House
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Marston
Legislative Federal Relations Division
NEA
Earl J. McGrath
U. S
E. J. Butler
National Catholic Welfare Council
A. F. of L
Hawaii Eyes Ching Mediation To End Waterfront Strike
Hawaii hopes for a settlement in the 115 day C I O waterfront strike rested on Washington as Cyrus S Ching chief of the U S conciliation service was to announce if he would come to Honolulu to mediate. If he cannot come representatives of the strikers and of the seven longshore firms may be sent to Washington. The I L W U pressed for mediation and loading of pineapple cargo shifted to government stevedores under a new territorial dock seizure law.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
Ching
C. I. O. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Isthmian Line
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Hawaiian Stevedores, Ltd
Gasoline Scarcity Grips Chicago Amid Truckers Strike
Gasoline becomes scarce in Chicago as most of the city's 4 000 stations close after a 12 day strike by Local 705 of the Teamsters. Only 39 emergency stations remain open to serve physicians ambulances and hearses while holdout lines await a wage settlement.
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Chicago
A. F. L. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Pelican State officers elected by Pelican State
Pelican Boys' State elected Huey Lewing governor at the statehouse. Lt. Gov James Bradley, Bob Shirley secretary of state, Jack Duke treasurer, Joe Keogh attorney general, Rex Queen auditor, Jimmy Sippel land office register, Henry Politz agriculture commissioner, Charles Pellessier education superintendent.
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Baton Rouge
Pelican Boys’ State
Statehouse
Huey Lewing
Anacoco High School
American Legion
Lewing
James Bradley
Covington
Bob Shirley
Shreveport
Jack Duke
Joe Keogh
Rex Queen
Alexandria
Jimmy Sintm Sippel
Register of the State Land Office
Henry Politz
Napoleonville
Charles Pellessier
New Orleans
Baskin Resident Fatally Injured By Train
J. A. Laird 68 of Baskin was killed after walking into an Illinois Central train across from the Rayville post office in Rayville. He died two hours later from a basal skull fracture. Funeral services were at Union Baptist Church near Baskin and he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J. L. Lofton.
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Rayville
J. A. Laird
Baskin
Union Baptist Church
Illinois Central
J. C. Ellington
Laird
First National Funeral Home
Winnsboro
Union Cemetery
J. L. Lofton
Britain Says Talks May Bring Little Aid From U S
British measures and possible American help are under discussion as talks approach. US officials expect only indirect British relief and anticipate domestic hurdles in Congress. London press cites resentment at guidance while Britain recalls wartime partnership and faces need for economic stability and potential pound devaluation.
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United States
Britain
Congress
Washington
London
America
Senate clashes over rent control funds in large appropriations bill
The debate pits Wherry and allies against Myers and Ferguson over a proposed 17.5 million dollar rent control cut. Senator Myers accuses rent control opponents of lobbying against it while Ferguson blames federal officials for protesting budget reductions. Regardless, the bill must return to the House for action as part of a 7.617 billion dollar package funding veterans affairs atomic energy and 31 independent agencies including rent control.
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Ohio
Wherry
R-Neb
Myers
D.-Pa
Senate
Congress
Ferguson
R.-Mich
House
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Rent Control Agency
Poliomyelitis Survey Highlights City Variations in August
The first nine days show August as peak month with Boston and New York hardest hit while Philadelphia and Chicago fared better. New York leads states with 1837 cases, Illinois third with 1120, Michigan near 1000 by Aug 18. AMA estimates about half recover with varying crippling outcomes. death rate 5-10 percent. Iowa cancels its baby health contest as precaution.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Texas
California
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
American Medical Association
Iowa State Fair
Husband's 1935 murder case ends in manslaughter plea
Court records show Niedzialkowski jailed for life in 1935 on second degree murder of his wife Olga killed with a shotgun borrowed from his father. A 1946 retrial led to a guilty plea for manslaughter, a 15 year term, then immediate release for time served.
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Niedzialkowski
Olga
Mother 29 wins 26000 on Stop The Music show
In Columbia Missouri a 29 year old mother of two won 26000 on the Stop The Music radio show aided by a house guest. Mrs Dorthe Pappenfort correctly identified the mystery melody Butter’d Pease with help from her brother in law Randall who retrieved a Kansas City Star article to confirm. Her husband Carson R Pappenfort supports the win while their son Robert William age 2 faces brain operation from injuries a year ago and daughter Ranne Jeanne age 4 rounds out the family.
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Columbia
Givaway
Dorthe Pappenfort
Missouri Highway Department
American Broadcasting Company
Kansas City
New Orleans Item Names George Chaplin as Managing Editor
George Chaplin former managing editor of the San Diego Journal assumed duties as managing editor of the New Orleans Item. Clayton Fritchey announced James A. Webbe will continue as assistant managing editor.
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New Orleans
George Chaplin
San Diego
Calif
Journal
Chaplin
South
Harvard
Nieman
Fritchey
James A. Webbe
Hurricane Grady Norton Warns of Possible Growth Near Bahamas
Storm 350 miles north of Puerto Rico moves 15 17 mph west northwest packing up to 80 mph winds. Norton says it could deepen and pass north of the Bahamas and Miami with no immediate danger to Florida.
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Caster
Grady Norton
Norton
Bahamas
Miami
Puerto Rico
Army Air Force
Florida
Truman
Wilhite Family Notice and World War I Veteran
T Wilhite and mother Mrs J E Wilhite of Eros Louisiana mourn the passing of a relative with three brothers Oliver Wilhite Alton Wilhite and Jim Wilhite and four sisters Olida Harper Gracie Waggoner Berlie Smith Elsie Mae Sales. Pallbearers Harold Head Nolan Crowell Max Warner Hillary Dozier Julius Dozier Claudie Saules bury. He was a World War I veteran.
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J. E. Wilhite
Eros
Oliver Wilhite
Alton Wilhite
Army Air Force
Jim Wilhite
St. Louis
Olida Harper
Gracie Waggoner
Berlie Smith
Elsie Mae Sales
Seattle
Washington
Harold Head
Nolan Crowell
Max Warner
Hillary Dozier
Julius Dozier
Claudie Saulesbury
Mr. Wilhite
Wedding invitation stunt draws crowd hopes and caution
West Point cadet Ralph Stephenson and June McFarland won 4600 on ABC Break the Bank and invited radio listeners to their June 6 wedding at the cadet chapel. Publicity head Lt Col Proctor said 527 calls and 4,600 acceptances arrived but space limits at the 1300-seat chapel require restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Point
Ralph Stephenson
Jena
June McFarland
Yonkers
N. Y
ABC
Stephenson
William Proctor
Proctor
Atlantic Gas seeks 1731 mile Texas to Southeast pipeline
The Atlantic Gas Co of Shreveport seeks state approval to build a 1731 mile pipeline from south of New Orleans through Mississippi Alabama and Georgia to Jacksonville costing about 92000000 dollars. The line would connect with United Gas Corp at Pointe a La Hache and serve Savannah Charleston Tallahassee and intermediate points with public hearings expected to last over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Power Commission
Atlantic Gas Co
Shreveport
New Orleans
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Jacksonville
W. Scott Wilkinson
United Gas Corp
Pointe A la Hache
Savannah
Charleston
S. C
Tallahassee
Fla
Southern Natural Gas Co
Atlantic
Wilkinson
Don Pflug
R. O. Wilhelmi
A. D. Greene
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and City Council
Marriage Licenses and Highway Cost Figures
The record notes marriages for L G Wilson aged 46 and Hattie L Hays aged 50, both of Monroe, and Thomas W Hassion aged 20 of West Monroe with Billie La Wanda Baker aged 19 of Monroe. It also states highway striping costs for 100000 miles yearly at 2800090 dollars or 28 dollars per mile, and that about 50000000 tons of ice are produced annually in 6900 plants across the United States.
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L. G. Wilson
Hattie L. Hays
Monroe
Thomas W. Hassion
West Monroe
Billie la Wanda Baker
United States
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Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Vandenberg
Rankig G. O. P
Dulles
Connally
D.-Tex
Tydings
Knowland
R.-Calif
Armed Services
Bridges
R.-Neb
McCarran
D.-Nev
Chiang Kai-Shek
Emily Green Balch
Mrs
Bingie Hite
Sgt
Willard Washburn, JR
Mr. Martini
Moosejaw
Mama
Emily Post
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Pelican State
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