Recruiting Men Review In Monroe Visit By Army Officials
Colonel Baron, West Point veteran who led units in France during World War II, arrives in Monroe with Colonel Bacon and Colonel Bishop to inspect the US Army recruiting station in Ouachita parish courthouse. They are joined by Lt. Col. Jordan as head of the Louisiana recruiting district. December 7, 1945.
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Colomel Racer
Celene Warner J. Bishop
Eighth Command
Monroe
US Army
Ouachita Parish
Baron
Sth
Falaise Gap
Avalanche
France
Metz
Bacon
Bishop
Jordan
U. S. Army
Louisiana
Guilty Verdicts Scrutinized by Commission in War Crimes Trial
The commission verdict outlines witness accounts from 286 individuals across doctors, nurses, prisoners of war, and civilians. It notes 4,055 pages of testimony and 433 exhibits, detailing command responsibility and the line between soldier acts and commander liability.
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Yamashita
Reynolds
Bern
United States Army
Imperial Japanese Army
Asia
Malaya
Eutrope
Yamashita Trial Details Atrocities Across Philippines Emerges
Manila dispatch details the wartime crimes case against Lt General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Prosecution portrays mass murder and rapes by Japanese troops, while Yamashita denies ordering or knowing of abuses. The trial tests command responsibility and jurisdiction, with witnesses recounting Batangas killings and Manila killings, rapes, and prisoner deaths.
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Manila
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Robert M. Kerr
Harry E. Clarke
American Military Commission
Clarke
Philip
Batangas
Bayview Hotel
Ermita
Vast Sea Search Continues For Missing PBM Planes
Report from the Miami weather station notes a storm centered over Georgia produced widespread turbulent air sweeping Jacksonville and reaching Miami. A torpedo plane formation missing since 5:25 p.m. was 75 miles northeast of Cocoa Florida with fuel beyond one hour. Crews scoured sea from Key West to Jacksonville and 250 miles offshore, while uncertainty remained whether the planes were in the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico.
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Miami
Georgia
Jacksonville
Cocoa
Fla
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Peninsula
Key West
State minerals board head declines comment on fee suit
Major B. A. Hartley chairman of the State minerals board refused to comment on a $103 832 fee suit filed in Baton Rouge. The dispute centers on a lease agreement No 318 and subsequent assignment to Atlantic Refining Company as Atlantic selects 45000 acres in Lake Pontchartrain for development and has secured three well permits. Hartley said he has not seen the petition and will respond after consulting with board members.
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Annals of
Louisiana
State Mineral Board
Daspit and
Marcantel
Daspit
Philadelphia
Baton Rouge
Jimmie Davis
Fred LeBlanc
Hartley
Burton
Atlantic Refining Company
Atlantic
Lake Pontchartrain
Hardey Shreveport
B. A. Hartley
State Minerals Board
Chaplain A. Selby Aswell to Speak at Ridge Avenue Church
Chaplain A. Selby Aswell recently returned from overseas and son of Mrs. Ava Aswell of Monroe will address Edge Avenue Baptist Church Sunday night. A Ouachita Parish High School and Hardin-Simmons University alumnus, he studied at Southwestern Baptist Seminary before enlisting. He served with the Third Air Commando Group in New Guinea the Philippines Okinawa and Japan and will share war experiences with the congregation. Public invited.
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A. Selby Aswell
Ava Aswell
South First Street
Monroe
Ridge Avenue
Chaplain Aswell
Ouachita Parish
Hardin-Simmons University
Southwestern Baptist Seminary At
Fort Worth
New Guinea
Philippines
Okinawa
Japan
Third Air Commando Group
Luzon
Edge Avenue Baptist Church
Pulic
Lawyers seek fees over gas field royalty agreement
The case alleges two lawyers worked on a contingent fee for a gas field matter with 148 overriding royalty on 49 producing wells. It claims Hartley verbally ratified the arrangement in 1945 while the lawyers sought cash and land recovery, with pay implications tied to a state board position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daspit
State Revenue Department
Hartley
Revenue Department
Pearl Harbor Day Observed at Temple B'nai Israel
Temple B'nai Israel will observe Pearl Harbor Day Friday at 7 p m with Rabbi F K Hirsch speaking on The Hero's Future. The invitation calls on Jewish servicemen and the general public to attend.
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Pearl Harbor
Temple B'nai Israel
F. K. Hirsch
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New
Pilibid
New Bilibid
Akira Muto
Military Commission
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Algiers
Mecca
Baton
Spatafora’s Pharmacy
DeSiard Phone
Aswell
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance & Utilities
Jyalul
Kenyon Auto Stort
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Holsum
Stella Stikk
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