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14 Dec 1945
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1945
Page
1
Gossip and propaganda in the Sunday press lore
Westbrook Pegler notes the press habit of planting publicity on Mondays and Sundays. He recalls dog stories and public relations stunts, including the Harry Reichenbach hoax, to illustrate how papers spread official statements and sensational claims to attract readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
New York
Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Broadway
Thomas R. Zann
Zann
Harry Reichenbach
Arzan
Pearl Harbor Probe Faces Two Major Snags
The Pearl Harbor inquiry stalled as the joint committee legal staff asked to withdraw and Chairman Barkley pondered resignation amid expanding scope. Mitchell said 60 witnesses remain and months of hearings loom, while Barkley weighs duties to the Senate before deciding his future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Joint
Senate House Probe Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Committee
Senate
Keefe
Wisconsin
Britain Approves U S Loan After Lively Commons Debate
Britain won approval for a 4 4 million US loan terms after a stormy two day Commons session. Labour and Conservative leaders clashed as 345 to 98 backed the terms and prepared for the Bretton Woods bill vote. Churchill and Bevin sparred on the floor over the loan and its terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilondon
Britain
United States
House of Mons
Comns
Bretton Woods
Willnm Churchill
Nest Bevin
Evin
Churchill
Immons
3Evin
Unitedates
Vin
Amer- 1
Want Ads Ad Copy For Immediate Action
The notice urges readers to place classified want ads for rentals purchases or sales to reach large crowds quickly. It highlights an economy plan cancelable upon results and a daily publish rate with payment on publication days and offers phone in lodging for next day collection.
Rotary assists Good Fellows in Monroe auction drive
The Rotary Club of Monroe funds the Good Fellows drive with a 162 dollar donation from the Opera Club of Monroe and various memorials. A letter from W M Harper praises Ro tarians for supporting the annual Old Hoss Sale whose proceeds aid the Good Fellows fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Gieiek
Pila Ee
KMLB
Sijasvte
Chas
Chennault Taebeth
Lewis Mitchell
Mike Ritter
Ara Srr
Sonny Williams Tan
J. F. Wetzel
R. C. Smith
Graham Surginor Lodge
A. M
William Huck- Seee Eeaez
Opera Club
Monroe
Joe Tanenbeum
Cecil E. Morace
B. B. Martin
Good Fellows Club
Monroe la
B. B
Rotary Club of
Good Fellows Fund
W. M
Bill) Harper
Man Tosses $200,000 Fire Loss Through Window
Edward B. Hillis escaped a blaze in Glen Falls New York as fire destroyed his home and salvage yard. He reportedly threw $20,000 in cash from a coat through a burning window, the sum missing afterward. The fire caused an estimated 200000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Falls
N. Y
Edward B. Hillis
Hillis
Blanket of Snow Widens Its Reach Across Nation
A broad winter system brings freezing temperatures to Louisiana and Mississippi alongside heavy snow from Nebraska to the Ohio Valley. Erie and Cleveland report 7 and 6 inches of snow, while freezing rain hits Virginia and the Carolinas and broad clear spells occur elsewhere. Chicago forecasters warn of a new cold mass entering the Midwest from Canada, with Minnesota and the Dakotas facing 25 to 30 below zero by weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Prema
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
North Atlantic States
New England
Erie
Cleveland
Virginia
Carolinas
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Pueblo
Colo
Brownsville
Tex
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Fort Smith
Alberta
Canada
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Omaha
Kansas City
Duluth
Minn
Labor hearing postponed to after holidays
The Senate labor committee halted end hearings on the fact finding labor disputes bill and will not resume until after the holidays. Chairman Murray said it is impossible to finish hearings and move Senate action before Christmas. He noted 100 or more witnesses asked to be heard as the panel shifts to reconvened sessions after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
Montana
Senate
Philip Murray
Ellender
Six Million Jews Slain in Nazi Campaign Says Police
German secret police estimates presented to the international war crimes panel put the total Jewish deaths at six million. About 4 million perished in extermination camps and 2 million in other actions, with many killed by security squads during the Russia campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel de Luce Muernberg
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Wilhelm Hoettl
Ernst Kaltentrimner
Russia
Hoettl
Adolf Eichman
Secret Police
Eichman
Murder Trials Begin For Five Japanese Officials
Eight Allied nationals were killed as specifications filed by the U S Eighth Army charge five Japanese prison camp officials with brutalities in hundreds of cases. Trials to be held in Yokohama with arraignments likely Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States Eighth Army
Japan
United States
Yokohama
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
Mush Mouth
Speedo
Mickey Mouse
Big Glass Eye
Kaichi Hirate
Muran
Hokkaido
Kei Yuri
Kyushu
Chotaro Furushima
Hif
Hoshu
Hiroji Honda
Onahama
Honshu
Robert Gordon Teas
Noah G. Heard
James G. Pavlakus
MacArthur
Nippon
Dhiet
Ransom demands mount in Boston area kidnap case
In Chelsea Massachusetts the Carlan family seeks their kidnapped six month old son Ronald Carlan. Authorities say the ransoms from 500 to 30000 were likely a hoax or the act of a disturbed individual. Leads include a thin dark man seen near the home and calls that swept to Boston taverns and Springfield. The Carlan parents, navy man James J. Carlan and wife, struggle to raise funds while investigations stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Mass
Ronald Carlan
James J. Carlan
Carlan
Boston
Springfield
Byrnes Arrives in Moscow for Allied Foreign Ministers
United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes arrived in Moscow by plane to meet Britain and Russia on the foreign ministers conference. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin also departed for Moscow aboard the Sky Master plane with wife Mrs Bevin expressing optimism about the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Moscow
United States
James F. Byrnes
Britain
Russia
London
Ernest Bevin
Northold Airdrome
Foreign Ministers
Executions at Hamelin Kill Belsen Commandant and Allies
Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters announced that Josef Kramer known as the Beast of Belsen and ten other Belsen gang members including Irma Grese were hanged yesterday for crimes at the concentration camp. The executions took place at Hamelin by official British hangman Pierre Pont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Montgomery
Josef Kramer
Beast of
Belsen
Irma Grese
Hamelin
Pierrepont
Lueneburg
Wesser
Royal Engineers
Marshall Montgomery
Oswiecim
Elizabeth Volkenrath
S. S
Juana Borman
Franz Hoeszler
Kramer
Fritz Klein
Peter Weingartner
Karl Francich
Ansgar Pichen
Franz Staffle
Wilhelm Dorr
Karl Francioh
Frang Hoeszler
Electricians Vote Strike Across Major Plants in 16 States
About 200000 C I O electrical workers at General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants voted nearly five to one for a work stoppage to win a $2 a day raise. Returns showed 86794 in favor and 18216 against with full results due later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
C. I
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
National Labor Relations Board
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
C. S O. United Steelworkers Union
C. S. O. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Company
Harry W. Anderson
G. M
Cleveland
la Grange
Ill
War Department releases over 400 million in civilian goods
Washington reports the War Department will immediately release more than 400000000 dollars worth of civilian goods to alleviate shortages. A detailed list of items valued at 205,721,570 dollars is provided with another 200,000,000 dollars pending, including trucks, steel, bleaching material, radio sets, clothing, vehicles, and electrical equipment as part of a surplus program overseen by Under secretary Kenneth C. Royall and Gen. Courtney H. Hodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
War Investigating Committee
Kenneth C. Royall
Courtney H. Hodges
Hodges
Royall
Cline Linked to Four Deaths in Nationwide Probe
San Francisco dating Dec 15 report reveals District Attorney Edmund Brown coordinating a cross country inquiry into the deaths and cremations of four elderly women tied to Alfred Leonard Cline. Police in Macon Portland Los Angeles Jacksonville and Dallas dispatched to aid as investigators note estate bequests and hotel registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edmund Brown
Alfred Leonard Cline
Brown
Macon
Portland
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Dallas
Eva Delora Krebs
Chicago
Cline
Atttorney
Frank Ward
Columbus
Ohio
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Biden
Ied
Adler
Westbrook
Pegler
Lapers
Aft
Des
Bellen
Matt Kimes
Badman
Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Texas
Baptist State Hospital
Kimes
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F. B
First State Bank of
Morton
U. S
W. M. Rankin
Tee
American Congress
Rotary
Good Fellows
Hunts
Louisiana
Mississippi
Jimmie Wilson
Cpl
Ernie Sardo
Elmira
England General Hospital
Atlantic City
N. J
Sardo
Jimmie
Senate Group
Truman
Lenwood Springs
Glenwood Hotel
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Charles Wells
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hoett
Warsaw Ghetto
Frank Walsh
New York City
Warsaw
Stroop
Irma.Grese
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