Scouting Leaders Map Central Ouachita District Plan
Leaders of the Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts of America met at the First Methodist Church to map activities for the Central district covering Ouachita and Caldwell Parishes. They set training requirements for new unit leaders, quarterly courts of honor, daily advancement goals, and revisions to the merit badge roster. The meeting planned the March camporee, summer activities, health inspections, and medical exams for all scouts, with the next session set for January 13.
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Ouachita Valley
Merit Badge Council
Quadruple Amputee Of War Father Of Daughter
Fred Hensel, World War II quadruple amputee, and his wife welcomed their first child Kay Frances in a Birmingham hospital yesterday. Hensel, an Army master sergeant, lost limbs on Okinawa in 1945. The couple married in 1942 and moved from Kentucky to Birmingham in 1946, running a Mt. Pinson area farm since.
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Birmingham
Fred Hensel
Kay Frances
Hensel
Okinawa
Hensels
Kentucky
Mt. Pinson
Ex-Minister Sentenced To Prison By Reds
Belgrade Yugoslavia A former Macedonian provincial minister Djafer Jadra was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Yugoslav district court in Bkoplje after conviction on charges of conspiring with the Cominform. He allegedly spread propaganda against Marshal Tito and aided hostile groups to flee to Albania.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bkoplje
Djafer Jadra
Marshal Tito
Albania
Fifes First in U S Marine Band Until 1881
Fifes and Drums formed the initial United States Marine Corps band. The band later expanded with multiple instruments, but fifes remained part of the Marines until 1881.
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United States Marine Corps Band
Marines
Lattimore Faces Indictment Over Alleged False Testimony
A federal grand jury accused Owen Lattimore of lying under oath about his ties to communism and six other points during Senate internal security testimony. The 52 year old Johns Hopkins foreign policy expert, on leave from his post, awaits arraignment as McCarthy allies call for probes into patrons of Lattimore and John Carter Vincent amid loyalty concerns.
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State Department
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
America
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Sen. Mundt
D-Sd
John Carter Vincent
Vincent
Tangier
Civil Service Commission
Mundt
Perjury Question Tied to IPR Indictment
Seven count indictment grew from Lattimore's twelve days of testimony before the sub committee on the Institute of Pacific Relations. The panel labeled Lattimore a conscious instrument of the Soviet conspiracy since the 1930s and called Vincent the principal fulcrum of IPR influence in the State Department. Both figures also appeared in earlier Senate probes of McCarthy era charges.
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Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Vincent
State Department
Senate
McCarthy
Christmas Shoppers Hope For Mild Weather
Weather forecast says Christmas shoppers will find partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions with temperatures in the 60s. Yesterday reached 59 degrees before a sharp drop to 24 degrees.
Four-Month Search For Mysterious Caller Ends
A 15-year-old high school student was arrested in Alexandria for four months of obscene telephone calls to women in Alexandria and Pineville. Juvenile officers say he was jailed, later released on bond, after a trap set by residents led to his capture.
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Alexandria
Pineville
Dick Garmon Orchestra Opens Ten Day Rainbow Inn Engagement
Dick Garmon and his trumpet led orchestra start a ten day engagement at the Rainbow Inn on Thursday night. The act will include vocals and showmanship with Rainbow Glen Pigott, a Horace Heidt alum, as featured artist.
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Dick Garmon
Beautiful Rainbow Inn
Garmon
Garman
Bow Glen Pigott
Horace Heidt
Local Marriage Licenses Reported in Monroe Area
Murrill R. Mims 18 and Shirley Lavonne Finch 17 both of Monroe were issued licenses. Henry Arvil Malone 31 and Mattie Layne Mitchell 21, Monroe. Warren Cauthron 21 of Ferriday and Bonnie Jean Jankford 21, Monroe. Teddie Lorenzo McKeithen 18 of Monroe and Nellie Marie Johnston 16 of West Monroe.
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Murrill R. Mims
Shirley Lavonne Finch
Monroe
Henry Arvil Malone
Mattie Layne Mitchell
Warren Cauthron
Ferriday
Bonnie Jean Jankford
Teddie Lorenzo McKeithen
Nellie Marie Johnston
West Monroe
River Stages Flood Reported Amid Rising Water
Flood warnings note 24 hour stage changes as river levels rise during the present period. The report contrasts planetary facts with Saturn’s volume and mass relative to Earth for context.
Agriculture Department estimates farmers’ net income near last year
Washington reports the Agriculture Department projects farmers will finish the year with around 14.3 billion dollars in net income. Higher production costs offset higher gross income, keeping net income at or just below last year’s 14.3 billion dollar level.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Frisco Freight Train Jumps Track
Frisco freight train from Birmingham to Memphis derailed near Holly Springs Mississippi. About 25 cars jumped the tracks and scattered along the right of way for 600 yards. No injuries reported and most cars were empty. Cause under investigation.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Memphis
Birmingham
L. J. King
Trains Routed Through Illinois Central Route
Early today Frisco trains were redirected onto Illinois Central tracks from Holly Springs to Grand Junction Tennessee, then onto Memphis via the Southern Railway line, affecting service flow and routing patterns.
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Frisco
Illinois Central
Holly Springs
Grand Junction
Tenn
Memphis
Southern Railway
Military mascots vary by branch
Each service branch favors distinct mascots with tradition. The Army and Navy use mules and goats, while the Marine Corps uses bulldogs as its official mascot across units.
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Army
Navy
U. S. Marines
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