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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
1
Washington notes reflect on the sixteenth amendment ratified in 1913 and its lasting impact on the balance of power between citizens and government. The piece argues the tax amendment created a state of economic servitude and shifted mastery from the people to Congress.
Washington reports the 81st Congress raised service connected disability and death compensation. About 1.88 million veterans will see higher monthly payments from early January, with war disability min 15 and max 150 dollars and peacetime min 12 and max 120. Widows with children also gain increases.
Walter A. Lozier of New Orleans told the FBI he was forced at pistol point to drive an unidentified man from New Orleans to Mobile. He said the kidnapper boarded and escaped near the tunnel before Mobile River, after ordering him to continue through the tunnel. Lozier works for a marine machinery firm. the truck bore Chas Ferran & Co. on Magazine Street.
Agricultural leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi say many cotton farmers oppose next year’s acreage allotments yet will back control to avoid a price collapse. A Mississippi spokesman notes 8 percent unharmed but 12 percent, mainly hill counties, hurt, with tenants and war-era idle lands hardest hit. Louisiana Farm Bureau President Malcolm Daugherty cites fears of price drops and Brannan plan, but predicts broad support for control despite perceived inequities.
Rain across northern watershed areas boosts reservoirs but city leaders warn a real shortage remains. Water Commissioner Stephen Carney outlines a 24-hour voluntary water fast to conserve supplies, with cooking allowed for essential needs and detailed guidelines to follow.
A fragmentary page lists in memory tributes and society notices from West Monroe church groups and local clubs including First Methodist Church memorials for Barbara Rae Brooks George Athas Otto Siegle and civic society items from The Rendezvous and Women's Auxiliary. A poem fragment from Abou Ben Adhem appears with an ongoing continuation note.
Washington December 13 Republican Representative Rich charged that the Truman administration is trying to scare the nation into accepting a compulsory health program. He cited testimony by John L. Thurston that three children per class could be destined for mental hospitals as proof of propagandistic pressure. Senator Sparkman dismissed the claim, saying Thurston’s figures were not presented to frighten Congress into socialized medicine.
Berlin police report the three year old son of U S deputy commander Col W T Babcock was found after most of the American and German police hunted him through traffic and the Grunewald forest. He wandered from his yard at about 3 p m and was found a mile from home. He was cold but not scared. The parents were unaware of the intense search.
A mid December cold snap chilled the western half of the country with below freezing readings across California and Arizona. Flagstaff recorded 3 below zero and Sacramento 30 while Fresno reported 27 above. Bozeman and Dickinson saw sub zero marks as the belt stretched from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. The east saw milder weather with scattered rain from the Mississippi valley to New York. Forecasters warned little relief in the midwest soon.
Sheriff Bailey Grant said H. H. Lakey alias H. H. Lackey received 90 days for theft of a black cocker spaniel on Louisville avenue in early fall. He completed the sentence and was released to Alabama authorities to begin a five year term for issuing bogus checks forgery and swindling transfer by Deputies Cooley and Thaxton of Birmingham.
Secretary Brannan has proclaimed a national marketing quota for the 1950 cotton crop and set December 15 as the referendum day for growers to approve or disapprove. Ouachita parish voters will cast ballots at polling places in each cotton area as P M A farmers urge participation. The outcome will affect all cotton farmers, regardless of voting.
Mallory M. Walsworth was appointed East Carroll parish superintendent of schools succeeding the late Howard Moorman. The selection, made during a special parish school board session, makes Walsworth the leader for Moorman's 25 month unexpired term. He has 21 years with East Carroll schools and previously served Monticello High School as principal and teacher.
Washington Dec 13 A reform campaign led by Herbert Hoover proposes an eight point program to trim government. Hoover says it could save taxpayers about 2 billion dollars yearly and reduce the red ink expected this fiscal year of about 5.5 billion to be spent next year. He warns against higher taxes and inflation while urging urgent enactment of reforms to unify and streamline the executive branch.
Ouachita parish residents have contributed 3300 of the 6000 quota for the 1949 Christmas Seal Sale by mid to late November, with at least 2700 still needed to reach the 1950 program goal. Tuberculosis Association Secretary E L Sanford reported three weeks into the drive, noting growing public support and plans to expand health education case finding and rehabilitation if the target is met.
A Capital airliner with 23 aboard struck fog near National Airport and crashed into the Potomac mud killing four. Nineteen survived largely due to luck and servicemen returning home for Christmas. The DC-3 had departed Memphis with several stops before reaching Washington, and wheels-up landings may have spared a total catastrophe.
In Kelso Washington a 16 year old Girl Scout Ruth Aberle remains missing after two days of tracking through wet brush and snow six miles northeast of town. About 500 townspeople aided the search through cold damp woods with flashlights while her mother joined the effort and coffee was supplied from a camp. The girl reportedly became separated while seeking a Christmas tree for a Scout party and may have limited woods experience or navigation skills.
State police report a Monroe man and a hitchhiker were hospitalized after an automobile plunged off U S Highway 80 into a borrow pit in La Fourche Swamp ten miles east of Monroe during heavy rain. Driver Johnny Lee Patrick was treated for multiple lacerations to the left hand at Conway Memorial Hospital. Passenger Elizabeth Young of Delhi was also treated and released. Monroe fire department assisted in pulling the vehicle from the water.
The United Nations trusteeship council begins the task of drafting a statute for Jerusalem and Bethlehem for international rule. Israel and Jordan oppose giving up their sections, while the council seeks cooperation to appoint a U N governor and implement the statute.
Congressman Otto E. Passman, asked about governor 1952 plans, says he neither confirms nor denies pursuing any office other than his Fifth District seat. He emphasizes continuing in Congress, flood control and agriculture, and stresses close cooperation with Louisiana state administration and other public officials.
Mrs K R Bryant of 701 Oak Street placed an inexpensive want ad in the News Star World urging readers with land for rent to respond. The notice highlights speed and broad reach of the local paper for landlords seeking quick tenant placement.
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