Rites Held for H K Touchstone at 1103 College Avenue
Funeral for 55 year old H K Touchstone was held at the family home with Dr Ernest Holloway officiating. Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park. pallbearers named. Touchstone, a longtime Monroe Furniture secretary treasurer and later founder of Three Way Finance, was active in civic groups and golf. He is survived by wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren. The document also notes a welfare appeal letter and a Santa letter requesting help for a family with seven children and Christmas needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Touchstone
College Avenue
Ernest Duncan Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Riverview Burial Park
Peters Funeral Home
Joe Hixon, Jr
Nelson Abell, Jr
Herbert Breard, Jr
C. D. Oakley, Jr
George Holt
Fleming Touchstone
Sidney Selvidge
Touchstone
Monroe Furniture Company
Three Way Finance Company
Rotary Club
Community Chest
Red Cross
L. B. Faulk
Walter E. Lamb
Cheniere Community Plans Cemetery Working Event
Cheniere residents organize a cemetery working, set for Saturday December 2, inviting all interested to attend with necessary working equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheniere
Chest to publish daily honor roll and broaden payroll pledge
Chest announces the 100 percent firm and organization honor roll will stay public daily as more groups are urged to join the elect circle. Employers must report a day's pay pledged on a 100 percent basis under the payroll deduction plan, with hardship provisions and illness or vacation exceptions. Reservations for a victory luncheon are due by 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, with guests urged to bring a final report. Ethridge and Durrett stressed no uncompleted envelopes after 11:45 a.m. next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chest Office
Chest Offices
Mr. Ethridge
Mr. Durrett
Chest volunteers praise and urge post Christmas pledges
Praise goes to more than five hundred Chest volunteers for solid performance and asks firms and individuals to mail contributions. They note pledges may be dated after Christmas for individuals and quarterly in 1951 for firms, delaying payments to fit tax rules and budgets.
Civil Defense Bill Advances Powers for Emergency Control
A proposed civil defense measure would empower the secretary of state to negotiate agreements with foreign nations for civil defense and allow presidential control of unspent federal funds after an emergency. It envisions states forming a United States civil defense corps and mandates security rules including FBI checks and loyalty oaths for federal staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
United States Civil Defense Corps
FBI
Cleveland Greyhound attack victim identified in terminal case
A 38-year-old waitress, Mrs. Whitley of Charlotte, North Carolina, was found in the Greyhound terminal dressing room with fatal injuries after a man, Stevenson, forced entry and attacked her. Coroner cited ruptured liver and multiple fractures. Stevenson described entering the women’s room then striking her and taking money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greyhound
North Korea to drop critical bomb after evacuation warning
Willoughby says old style bombs could suffice, cites Hiroshima and Nagasaki as reference. Allied troops stabilize along the Chongchon River in the northwest and promise UN forces will strike back against the Reds when the time comes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Korea
Hiroshima
Nakasaki
Willoughby
Chongcchon River
United Nations
U N Diplomats Urge Wu to Study American People
U N diplomats urged Wu to study the American people whom Rau described as warm-hearted and the very reverse of imperialistic. Delegations noted that crucial decisions, including whether to use the atom, loom over talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egal N. Rau
U.N. Action Plans Focus on Veto-Free Assembly
The debate centers on how to present the Manchuria issue to a veto-free U N assembly under anti aggression action. Washington talks between President Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee are expected to clarify overall strategy after weekend conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Washington
Truman
Attlee
Bri
U. N
Veto Free Assembly
Truman Names Di Salle Indicating Move Toward Controls
Senator Martin welcomed the Di Salle appointment as likely signaling imminent wage price controls, suggesting action could come in a few weeks. Senator Taft warned decisive steps may be necessary, stating avoiding controls would be very difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
R.-Pa
di Salle
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Republicans backing rapid arms buildup and Korea war effort
Outlays aim to bring armed forces to slightly under three million in a year, with faster draft inductions and possible draft-law changes. Mobilization plans were deemed unchanged for now. Rep Halleck R Ind pledged GOP support to quick action, while Sen Taft promised full Republican backing for the Korean war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Air Force
Short
Halleck R.ind
Taft
Ohio
G. O. P. Senate
Prime Minister weighs RAF versus civil air travel option
A debate over travel choice surfaces as the prime minister has not decided whether to fly by RAF aircraft or a civil airliner. The decision could affect arrangements for upcoming engagements and security protocols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Deaths in Calhoun and West Monroe Include Shackelford Clark
Multiple death notices from Calhoun and West Monroe list Mrs. Minnie S. Shackelford 77 dying at home from a heart attack with funeral at Calhoun Methodist Church and burial at Forksville Cemetery. Also noted are Mrs. S. A. Boyd 89 who died at home, and Holmes Gordon Clark 23, a sailor from West Monroe, who died from head injuries in an automobile crash in Jackson Mississippi with funeral at Aulds Chapel and VFW military rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie S. Shackelford
Calhoun Methodist Church
J. L. Beasley
Gibsland
Thos. Borrie
Calhoun
Forksville
Methodist Church
Frank Golson, Jr
Jack Golson
Ross Golson
Richard Fuller
Bill Wyly
Wyly Brothers
Douglas Kelley
Lawrence Shackelford
Holmes Gordon Clark
West Monroe
Jackson
Miss
Aulds Chapel
Veteran's of Foreign Wars
Hudson Leedy
National
Monroe
Joseph Holmes Clark
Johnie McDaniel
Bobby Joe
Emma Clark
W. J. Clark
Lincoln Clark
Cecil Sturgis
Buddy Anding
Hixon Brothers Funeral Home
Funeral services for Ira Lester at West Monroe home
Funeral services for Ira Lester about 80 who died at his residence 201 Pine street will be held at his son A. J. Lester 304 North Seventh street West Monroe Friday at 3 p.m. Interment in Hasley Cemetery with Rev. G Roy Weber officiating. Survived by wife Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Lester
Pine Street
A. J. Lester
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
Hasley
G. Roy Weber
Barnes Rites Held for W. E. Barnes in Ruston Church
Funeral services for W. E. Barnes 59 who died Wednesday night in a Ruston home were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Carlton Meat Church with E. L. Tanner of Monroe Assembly of God officiating. Interment followed at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Cemetery. Barnes is survived by his wife, two daughters Frances Barnes and Elizabeth Dopson, and two sons A J Lester and Jim Barnes, plus two brothers John Lester and Charlie Barnes and three sisters Lavenia Smith Leona Murphrey and Jearl Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Barnes
Ruston
Carlton
E. L. Tanner
Monroe
Dopson
Houston
Texas
Frances Barnes
City of Monroe
George Barnes
Calhoun
Hir Fother
Ada Pratt
Wesley Barnes
Charlie Barnes
West Monroe
Lavenia Smith
Chauderant
Leona Murphrey
Jearl Mills
Beaumont
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H.K. Touchstone
Santa
Santa Claus
Cemetary
Forsythe Pharmacy
Parkview
Dia
Civil Defense
Cleveland
Silversteins
Artemis
Canyon
C. Artemis
Stre
Silverstein
iLverstein
North Louisiana
Tain
Boyd Rites
S. A. Boyd
P. G. Boyd
J. J. Burroughs
G. A. Boyd
B. F. Burroughs
Waco
Tex
R. M. Richmond
Bastrop
J. M. Delaney
Alexandria
Holmes Clark
DIAL
Roach Nursery
Hwy
Jettie Lester
Margarite Malone
John Lester
Little Rock
Jim Lester
Lonnie Blake
Webb Goodlet
F. L. Watts
Jesse Lolly
Louis Lee
W. D. Allbrittion
Mark Downs
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