Secret Anti Nazi League operatives named in Atlanta reports
Dispatches from Atlanta recount the Anti Nazi League secret agents in the Columbians circle. Mario Buzzi of New York is cited as a daring operative amid hearings on FBI and FCC conduct and alleged citizen surveillance. Doctor Sheldon, leader of the league, notes its investigators and files while Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook holds a press conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlanta
the Columbians
Mario Buzzi
House
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
James H. Sheldon
Sheldon
Anti-Nazi League
Eugene Cook
Georgia
Buzzi
League
The
Columbians
Eugene Garey
Rollins
Shelidon
Garey
Fire Destroys Tran ylvania Junior High School in Lake Providence
A fire destroyed the Tran ylvania Junior High School building in Lake Providence Louisiana on a Wednesday morning. The one story frame structure housed 15 classrooms an auditorium and home economics dept. Insurance covers the loss and pupils aided in saving equipment as firefighters battled the blaze aided by a nearby department. The federal government built the school in 1937 under a FSA project and it was deeded to the East Carroll school board in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Providence
Tranylvania Junior High School
B. A. Bayles
Telulah
FSA
East Carroll School Board
Chennault Divorced in Louisiana Court Decree
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, former Flying Tigers commander, was granted an absolute divorce from his wife in Tensas parish court, with Mrs. Chennault receiving half of the community property. The couple, married December 24, 1911, have eight children and lived in Waterproof, Louisiana. Chennault is currently overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
China
Tensas Parish
Waterproof
Chennault
Flying Tigers
United States
Burma
Shanghai
Louisiana
Winter aid drive urged as Monroe seeks warmth for needy
Facing biting winter, Monroe appeals for clothing and bedding for the poor. Letters from residents recount hunger, cold and welfare struggles. Residents urged to share sweaters, union suits, dresses and festive meals, with continues promised on Page Three.
United States proposes seven member on-the-spot inquiry
The United States urges the United Nations Security Council to name a seven member on the spot investigation committee to inspect conditions along the Greek frontier. Poland and Brazil would join the five permanent members on the panel. The move follows Greece's request for an inquiry amid clashes with Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Russia
Britain
China
France
Poland
Brazil
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Constantin Tsaldaris
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Andrei Gromyko
U. N. General Assembly
Commission
Gromyko
Baruch
Security Council
Stassen Seeks Liberal GOP Path and Wagner Act Changes
Harold E. Stassen, 39, Minnesota governor and former Navy captain, declared his 1948 presidential candidacy on a platform to amend the Wagner labor relations act. He wants a set of unfair labor practices defined and a balance to collective bargaining, signaling a major challenge to the party’s old guard. He plans a Washington office opening January 1 with Earl E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Navy
Stassen
Vandenberg
Michi
Parley Urged for China Crisis Under UN Framework
Republican Senator Flanders and Democrat Murray urged an international conference to resolve China’s internal strife with General George C Marshall presiding. They called for broad Chinese party participation and for America, Russia, and Britain to exit Chinese politics, citing ongoing civil war and external arms flow.
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Washington
Flanders
Vermont
Murray
Montana
China
George C. Marshall
United Nations
America
Russia
Britain
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Chiang Kai-Shek
Harley F. McNair
Chicago University
Kuomintang
Rocket Soars 11 Miles High at White Sands Test
A German V-2 rocket reaching a record 111 miles altitude at White Sands Proving Ground near Alamogordo, New Mexico, set a speed of 5350 feet per second. The meteorites sighting was limited to a few observers, with many residents missing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands
N. M
New Mexico Ordnance Proving Ground
Harold R. Turner
Bisbee
Ariz
Albuquerque
Lincoln la Paz
Soldier aided by Jap prison will in Cincinnati case
Staff Sgt. Ray F. Holland became $1,700 richer after proving a holo graphic will drawn by James O Conn er, a Cincinnati soldier lost on a Jap prison ship. Attorneys said O Conn er's relatives settled after Holland produced the document to Probate Judge Frank S. Bonham. The estate totaled about $5,900. Holland, now with the Army Air Corps in Orlando, Fla., had hidden the will on his person during imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ray F. Holland
Bataan
Holland
James O'Conner
Army Air Corps
Orlando
Fla
O’conner
Frank S. Bonham
Nine Veterans to Receive 86 Irrigated Farms in Klamath Falls
In Klamath Falls Oregon today eighty six irrigated farms valued at about two million dollars will be awarded to World War II veterans in the first government homestead land opening. The draw includes 1,305 qualified applicants with 172 numbers drawn to provide alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Ore
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Reclamation Bureau
Olney Rudd
Tule Lake
Homestead
Bus and train collide near Newberry killing nine
A school bus and a Southern Railway passenger train collided at a grade crossing near Silver Street, Newberry County, South Carolina. Nine pupils and the bus driver died, twelve other children were injured and taken to Newberry County Hospital in critical condition.
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Newberry
S. C
Southern Railway
Silverstreet
Newberry County Hospital
H. N. Wallace
McSwain Funeral Home
Boy’s Roman candle lesson starts Louisiana house fire
Seven year old Tommy Thompson learned Roman candle technique to celebrate holidays. A spark from the candles set the garage roof ablaze at 611 Glenmar, prompting engines to respond. Mother Mrs Charles Elliott Thompson said his father, a former Navy Air Force night fighter, and guest Wilmer Thomas assisted with water buckets until firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Thompson
Louisiana
Thompson
Glenmar
Tommy
Charles Elliott Thompson
Navy Airforce
Pacific
Wilmer Thomas
New Orleans
Umstead Named North Carolina Senator to Succeed Bailey
William B. Umstead a 51 year old Durham attorney and former U S House member is North Carolina s new senator Gov R Gregg Cherry announced the appointment to succeed the late Josiah W Bailey who died Sunday Bailey s term would have expired in 1949 Umstead had helped Cherry s 1944 gubernatorial campaign and later served as state Democratic chairman before resigning recently
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
William B. Umstead
Durham
U. S. House of Representatives
North Carolina
R. Gregg Cherry
Umstead
Josiah W. Bailey
Bailey
Cherry
Senator Bilbo aide Testifies of Kill Threats and Campaign Debts
Edward P. Terry testified that A. B. Friend warned he would be killed if he revealed Bilbo campaign details. Terry cited a debt repayment scheme in 1940 with war contractors, saying Bilbo assured repayment by contractors after Terry lent money. He described efforts to secure funds and a breakfast warning to stay silent until contracts progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward P. Terry
Bilbo
Mississippi
A. B. Friend
Friend
Terry
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
A. B
Wildcat well in Catahoula opens new oil field
Completion of the P. L. Mitchell well No. 1 in Catahoula parish, a Lyons Pren tiss and Penrod Drilling joint operation, produced 28 barrels daily of 30 grade oil from 9 330 to 34 feet with 33 percent salt water. The well lies four miles northeast of Wildville, about 25 miles from Lake St John, near section 368N TE. Nearby Madison parish oil activity includes 15 wells producing 109 barrels daily on the Delhi field eastern extension. additional wells and tests are pending completion or drilling. A deep test in Union parish, W E Weldon unit No 1, is under way two miles east and three miles south of Bernice after permit grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Mitchell
Catahoula Parish
Lyons & Prentiss
Penrod Drilling Company
Shreveport
Monroe District
Wildville
Lake St. John
Sicily Island
Madison Parish
Conservation Office
Murphy- Sun
Delhi
Bayou Macon
O'Neal No
Bayou
Jones, Linam Et al. Griffis-Mahoney State
Bayou Macon Farms, Inc
S. C
Madison
James Frazier
Kingwood Oil Co
California Company
Union Parish
W. E. Weldon
Bernice
Gulf Refining Co
Chamber of Commerce disputes CIO on wage rise price impact
The United States Chamber of Commerce told Washington that wage increases will push prices up, calling the CIO analysis that profits and earnings could absorb raises without price hikes a mirage. It argued that prices rose after the first wage round and warned further raises would force closely linked price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker Washington
United States Chamber of Commercce
William K. Jackson
Chamber
Jackson
Robert R. Nathen
Nathan
CIO
Youth biker dies after Friday motorcycle crash
Herman Alfred Thompson, 24, of Girard, died in a Monroe hospital Tuesday after injuries from a motorcycle accident Friday. He rode on the rear of a bike owned by J B Rubin of Rayville and crashed into a truck stopped for a red light at Sherrouse and DeSiard driven by R K Garrett. Aubin's injuries were slight and he was discharged. Thompson's injuries were critical. He was a World War II veteran. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Alfred Thompson
Girard
Monroe
Thompson
J. B. Rubin
Rayville
Sherrouse
DeSiard
R. K. Garrett
Aubin
Homer Thompson
J. P. Thompson
Trey Thompson
Poland
Leon Thompson
Sallie Mae Linder
Winnsboro
Emmet Lee Quimsey
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Fe Westbrook Pegler
General Chennault
Michael Melia
Tony Milazzo
Anna
Brooklyn
U.S
A. E. Montgomery, Jr
Joe Montgomery
Anne Nher
Quachita Valley
Roark Bros. Music House
al BE
Gan
Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Earl Warren
California
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl E
Republican and Democrat
Ask International Conference
Shushan
Abe Shushan
Huey Long
War Investigating Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bureau of Internal Revenue
J. P. Winchell
Catahoula
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