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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler argues that many current attacks on John L. Lewis mirror past critiques from Roosevelt era politics. He claims Lewis' powers and methods were set by Roosevelt and warns that Roosevelt's legacy endangers elected government and hopes for postwar recovery.
The agriculture department reports indicated cotton production this year at 8,482,000 bales of 500 pounds. Ginnings to Dec 1 reached 7,365,914 running bales, with planted acreage around 17,639,000 acres and a 3 percent abandonment rate. State breakdown lists Mississippi 2,280,000 acres at 219 pounds per acre producing 1,040,000 bales, Texas 6,100,000 acres at 130 pounds producing 1,650,000 bales, and Louisiana 800,000 acres at 150 pounds producing 259,000 bales.
The government seeks an iron clad no strike pledge in key industries after its coal strike win over John L Lewis. Aimed at utilities gas power and transport unions and management meet to discuss voluntary arbitration under a labor department advisory committee. Additional peace talks planned with steel auto and other industries under Smith Connally act powers.
At Basel the 22nd Zionist Congress opens amid split views on British partition plans for Palestine. Dr Nahum Goldmann urges a compromise approach within the Jewish agency while Moshe Sneh rejects participation in a London conference. U S Secretary Byrnes notes willingness to observe.
In Saskatoon on December 9 the Barry Hotel fire killed 11 and wounded 18 as gasoline flames, described as moving like a solid wall, engulfed the building. A gasoline can near the kitchen may have sparked the blaze, with firefighters searching 87 rooms for occupants.
A Russian embassy spokesman dismissed death or illness rumors as dirty speculation stating Stalin is in the best of health. London newspapers circulated reports that at 67 he plans to retire from supreme control but stay active as an elder statesman.
British bombers dropped five tons of food and supplies to 800 Jews aboard a ship wrecked off a Syrian island near the Dodecanese as they head toward Palestine. Flight Lt. Allen Ross led the relief flight while Weather hindered operations. The Jewish agency said most passengers were rescued and eight were missing. Cyprus detentions rose with 756 Jews sailing to Palestine, totaling 1 054 admitted under the current quota.
Senator Lucas proposes a congressional inquiry into labor organizations to determine if leaders wield autocratic power and to examine Democratic processes, focusing on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers as coal miners resume work after a walkout. He cites potential spring difficulties if UMW contract by March 31 is not won.
The Good Fellows fund notes donations in memory of loved ones with urges to give from $5 to $100. A $5,000 anonymous gift remembered a prominent Memphis lawyer and civic worker who died recently. The fund stresses continuing contributions to support memorial gestures and rounds.
The Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta climbs to 120 dead as city, county, and national investigations begin. Added victims include Mrs. George D. Burch of Chattanooga and two others earlier listed by Red Cross. Probes target possible criminal negligence amid calls for stronger safety safeguards.
The German built liner Europa renamed Liberte sinks in Le Havre harbor after breaking moorings in a storm. No lives lost though all aboard were landed safely and divers assess damage as other ships drift in the gale.
Mrs Estelle Brantley a Missouri Pacific operator and two companions resisted a young Negro thief who snatched her purse on Catalpa street near Calypso after 8 PM. Brantley suffered bruises from the struggle and police continued the search Monday for the suspect as residents heard the screams.
Led by Robert Heller of Cleveland, a volunteer advisory group seeks to outlaw Senate filibusters and abolish committee seniority. The plan calls for further modernization beyond last summer’s reorganization act, which cut committees and raised lawmakers salaries. The group aims to grow from 38 leaders to 400 and push for reforms to curb obstruction by a few.
The Supreme Court agreed to fast track arguments on John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers contempt convictions over the 17 day soft coal strike. A January 14 hearing date was set with a decision possible soon after.
At Flushing Meadow Park the Soviet Union rejected a U N Security Council style census of domestic troops and foreign forces. Molotov demanded deletion of the home troop census from a resolution approved by the U N political committee, risking reopening troop disposition issues. The session recessed after a surprise move and followed censuring South Africa over Indian treatment, signaling tension over international interference in domestic matters.
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor opened the trial of 22 men and a woman charged with Nazi medical experiments on live victims. He called them murderers who poisoned the German medical profession under Hitler and said hundreds of thousands suffered. He linked the group to Himmler and the armed forces and described extreme experiments on Poles, Russians and Jews. The case aims to show these acts were real and not fable.
Sheriff announces three arrests in illegal sugar possession and sale. Evans, fruit store operator, charged with 5,000 pounds without ration stamps. Lloyd Boucher and Peggy Bercegey of Istrouma also arrested for buying sugar without stamps. Evans allegedly bought sugar in Orange Texas at 28 dollars per 100 pound sack to sell at 35 dollars.
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