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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1949
Page
1
In a December column Westbrook Pegler laments Miami’s political rot and argues the grand jury’s call to use the income tax to curb local corruption. He contends local officials failed, the press was apathetic, and the 16th Amendment was misused as a federal remedy for municipal vice.
Senator Taft after a 13 week tour of 175 Ohio counties said the major voter concern is the public debt and spending. He denied a slide toward socialism and noted workers largely favor liberty and the American system. He supported the Taft Hartley act and said farmers want price supports but resist production controls.
Israel's president, prime minister, and parliament begin relocating to Jerusalem, rejecting the UN plan to internationalize the Holy City. Knesset votes to speed the transfer except for foreign affairs and defense. U.N. trusteeship council proceeds with drafting an international regime, prompting concern that Israel's move could undermine the program. The United States and Britain backed Israel in opposing internationalization.
Newark reports Raymond Welsh, 16, convicted of first degree murder for shooting 15 year old Freddie Januszkiewicz in South Mountain Reservation last March 3. Jury of eight men and four women recommended life imprisonment. Welsh is Essex county's youngest first degree murder convict.
Monroe police investigated a grocery burglary that yielded about $10 in merchandise. Police Chief H Ward said entry was gained through a south window. burglars broke a large window pane, taped earlier by the owner, and replaced it during the Tuesday night escape.
Associated Press reports a week long drought relief with heavy rain in New Orleans area and lighter totals across Louisiana and Mississippi. Rains eased grazing damage in Vicksburg and aided crops in Gulfport Laurel and Hattiesburg, with farmers hopeful as rains continued.
Donations to Good Fellows total 1722.17 with many past contributors yet unpaid. Despite generosity many longtime supporters have not given for 1949, leaving the group behind by 350 dollars with holidays approaching and the need to help homes in despair remaining urgent.
About 75 members of the Fifth District Medical Society will attend a semiannual meeting at 2 p m in the Cameo Room of the Virginia Hotel. Guest speakers include Dr E L King Tulane Dr George Burch Tulane Dr Howard Karr New Orleans Dr Carl Moyer Southwestern Medical College Dallas and Dr J E Miller Southwestern Medical College radiology. A banquet and fellowship hour follow at 8 p m with a scientific program.
Batavia Java December 14 The long awaited formation of a sovereign United States of Indonesia was cleared as the Indonesian republic parliament ratified the Dutch Indonesian independence agreement. The draft constitution, ratified by state parliaments and The Netherlands parliament, is expected to be signed in Batavia today.
Complete but unofficial returns show Mrs. Guy G. Aycock elected sheriff of St. Mary parish. She polled 3,304 votes to 1,838 for Bernis Driskill, 1,122 for Aubrey Deslatte, and 319 for Peter Guarisco. She would succeed her late husband who died in New Orleans last summer while attending a peace officers meeting. the parish coroner filled the post since his death.
A six member committee of freeholders will decide the road location and compensation for property owners around Cheniere Lake. The group includes W W McBride parish engineer as chairman, B H Gentry Otis Downing E W Cruse Luther Reed and B W Biedenhar with Mary P Landrum Guyton objecting to the current site. Seventeen whisky applications including three new permits and 17 beer renewals for 1950 were approved by the police jury pending district attorney approval. New whisky permits were issued to J G Godfrey R G McGowant J Paul Riddle R C Massingill and Donald Lindsay. Renewal requests cover multiple Ward 5 10 and 2 properties and entities including Bayou Desiard Country Club. First time beer applicants include Louise Martin Gladys Mitchell Mrs A K Lowery Willie Lewis Mary Kinney. Renewal beer licenses were sought by Lillian M Kenny Mrs Margaret Costanza Mrs E W Shaw.
A 13 year old boy asks for the name and address of the man who finds children presents whose fathers are in prison. Dan Vinson in Oklahoma City has begun shipping handmade toys to 300,000 youngsters whose fathers are jailed, a project started in 1944. Volunteers across Oklahoma convert salvage material into dolls, scarfs, airplanes, and other gifts, all without money or publicity.
Washington reports the committee for economic development estimates national security will cost at least 20 billion dollars annually for years. It urges civilian supremacy, balanced security, and protection of individual freedom while warning against a domineering military economy and witch hunt loyalty inquiries.
Senator Russell Long spoke at a Virginia Hotel Kiwanis luncheon on how chain stores affect independent merchants. He cautioned against Senate Bill 1008, arguing it would undermine the Robinson-Patman Act, and urged enforcement of antitrust laws to sustain healthy small business. He noted major food chains' slim profits compared with others.
A Louisiana truck officials group disputes a highways official claim that roads are being pounded to death by overloaded trucks. Ben Grayson of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association released a memorandum titled Trucking Industry Says Not Guilty, citing N F E Lant's remark that regulation is nearly impossible. He argues drainage and soil stabilization flaws have harmed state highways far more than traffic.
A coast guard search plane found the burning Corps 300 miles east of Miami with no survivors. Sixteen crew were missing and eight were rescued after an explosion and fire. The chief engineer reported the captain and seven crew likely perished as planes and ships searched near Abaco Island Bahamas. The cause remains undetermined.
Washington reports the biggest tax harvest in history begins. The government anticipates about 15 billion dollars in receipts over three months, about 40 percent of annual revenue, with corporate taxes due first and individual taxes following by March 15. The piece outlines key dates including January 1 openings for social security changes, refunds from 1949 withholding, January 15 final estimates, and farmer-specific rules for 1949 duties.
In Sofia, Traicho Kostov and ten others await Bulgarian federal court verdicts on treason charges. The prosecutor seeks death by hanging for all. Kostov’s bid to renounce his confession failed amid a tumultuous courtroom moment. most co defendants confessed, some tearful, with Rostov withholding.
Glendale California December reports a 26 year old airman Robert Bryant plucked from Sespe canyon after six days without food following a crash on Devil's Heart peak in the Topa Topa range. Ground and air searches located him exhausted yet coherent. he described icing and low visibility during descent and stated he was on secret government work.
State revenue agents seized 275 cases of whiskey worth $10,000 in New Orleans. Three men were arrested as the contraband was moved from a truck to a tractor-trailer with a false compartment. Bottles lacked rate and city tax stamps and were shipped under a false bill of lading to a eastern city for smuggling back into Louisiana.
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