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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1952

Page

3

Mrs Daisy Chapman dies in Ouachita Parish at 72

Daisy E Chapman age 72 lifelong Ouachita Parish resident died in Hodge after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Beulah Methodist Church with burial in Beulah Cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Survived by daughter Mrs G K Emory of Choudrant two sons J D Chapman of Hodge and Ralph Chapman of Palatka Florida two brothers L H Averett and Bennie Averett both of West Monroe and one sister Mrs W L Lacey of West Monroe.

Daisy Chapman Ruston Daisy E. Chapman Ouachita Parish Hodge Beulah J. D. Chapman Ralph Chapman Palataka Fla L. H. Averett West Monroe Bennie Averett W. L. Lacey

Budenz Names 30 Communists in Senate Hearing

Budenz testified yesterday that he identified 30 persons as former Communist party members during his quit in 1945. Harold M. Keele read the list as Budenz asserted his access to party documents and personal experience. Emerson denied ever belonging to the Communist party and called the accusation unfounded.

Harold M. Keele Budenz Emerson Yale Law School New Haven Adent Communist

Good Fellows Help Bring Holiday Cheer in Twin Cities

The Twin Cities see thanks to city administrations for truck use and to Ouachita Baking Co for 100 oversized loaves. Cub Scout packs 131 and 31 contributed canned goods while B. B. Martin led the effort with volunteers ensuring bags were filled for less fortunate residents.

Ildren Twin Cities Ouachita Baking Company Cub Scout B. B. Martin Jack Hesketh

Ike Chooses Morse as General for Farm Roles

Ike selects Morse as general for farm managers and rural appraisers with a long church service in St. Louis area. Morse, born January 21, 1896 on a farm in Carthage Missouri, studied at Missouri University Agriculture College in 1924 and worked as an agricultural economist and with the Missouri Farm Bureau.

Amercan Society of Christian Disciples of Christ) Church Carthage Agriculture Ge University of Misssouri Missouri Farm Bureau Eisenhower Morse Cmme

Eisenhower Plans Christmas With Family At Columbia Home

President elects grandson Dwight David, 4, Barbara Anne, 3, and Susan 11 months join their mother at General Eisenhower's Columbia University home on Morning Side Heights. The family arrives after a conference on government reorganization with former President Hoover and plans to trim a Christmas tree for the children of John Eisenhower, an Army major in Korea.

New York Hoover Eisenhower John Korea Dwight David Barbara Anne Susan Columbia University Morningside Heights Highland Falls N. Y West Point

Christmas Leave Trio In Bastrop Auto Crash

Airman Finley and two fellow servicemen on Christmas leave were traveling through Bastrop en route to Oak Grove after a boxing match in Monroe when Finley swerved while pulling back onto the road. A baby died of a crushed skull after arrival at Bastrop hospital. Police expected charges against Finley as investigation continued. The infant’s body rests at Robinson funeral home with relatives arriving later.

Boyd Siebley Finley Williamson Curtis Bastrop Oak Grove Monroe Bastrop Hospital Robinson Funeral Home

Stripper in Oklahoma Gun Duel Ends with Death

The 23 year old exotic dancer Miss Shonnae spoke to reporters after a Dallas entanglement with rival Ailes. A gun battle with Rosenfield left him dead and Miss Shonnae wounded by a powder burn while fleeing to Cedarvale Oklahoma. She and Ailes faced a bond and examining hearing in Justice Glen Byrd's court.

Ailes Oklahoma City Hughes Rosenfield Cedarvale Okla Arbuckle Mountains Miss Shonnae Dallas

FBI Takes Over Fails In His Statement

Justice Department officials declined to elaborate as FBI agents took over the case. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey also declined comment while New York based investigators pursued the state level angle.

Justice Department Thomas E. Dewey New York

Waterfront graft probe targets New York shipping profits

Crime Commission head Joseph Kaitz said the group would offer FBI assistance. Dewey plans to hand over power to Herbert Brownell as attorney general January 20. The waterfront probe seeks background on dock rackets draining an estimated 350 million dollars from New York City's seven billion dollar shipping industry.

Crime Commission Joseph Kaitz FBI Dewey Herbert Brownell McGranery Eisenhower State Crime Commission Albany New York City

Pope criticizes capitalism and unions in social justice call

The Pope denounces Communist led regimes as vast regions where souls and bodies bend under absolute power and warns that even in free economies labor unions and bosses suppress worker rights through party registration and monopoly driven control. He urges solidarity and redistribution toward the common good.

Orleans Coroner Attacks 6000 Cut In Budget

New Orleans reports Dr. Nicholas Chetta Orleans parish coroner condemned a $6000 reduction from the coroner’s 1953 budget. He cited inadequacies in vital tests tied to the Cooper murder case and blasted Council for not valuing crime detection from a medico legal view after the panel approved only $2000 of an $8000 request for lab equipment.

New Orleans Nicholas Chetta Orleans Parish Cooper James L. Diddie Cooper Chetta Commission Council Coroner’s Office

Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis With Creomulsion

Chronic bronchitis may develop if a cough or chest cold is not treated. Creomulsion targets the bronchial system to loosen and expel phlegm and soothe inflamed membranes. It blends beechwood creosote with time tested cough medicines and contains no narcotics. Guaranteed to please or your money back.

New Move In Cleanup Drive

Senator Wiley reports a plan to purge subversives from United Nations staff after a grand jury report on Communist infiltration. He says the Civil Service Commission will lead the housecleaning with State and Justice Departments, and notes eighteen U N employees were dismissed as security risks.

G. Milton Kelly Washington Sen. Wiley R-Wis United Nations Wiley U. N. General Assembly Robert Ramspeck Civil Service Commission Ramspeck U. S U. N New York Truman Eisenhower State and Justice Departments Civil Service

Truman Nominates Nash as Administrative Assistant

President Truman promoted Phillip Nash to administrative assistant to the President. Nash, 43, a Wisconsin native and cranberry producer, has advised on minority problems since 1946. The promotion raises his salary to 15000 a year for the remaining weeks of the administration. The White House called it one of the major Christmas gifts.

Washington Truman Phillip Nash Sen McCarthy R-Wis Nash Communist Party Wisconsin White House

Christmas Surprise Lifts polio family in Western New York

Neighbors raise gifts and a decorated tree for Walter Green and his five hospitalized children in Ellicottville. Charles and Kenneth return home from the hospital for Christmas as Bertha and Roland remain in care, with hope for a shared holiday soon.

Paul Thomson N. Y Walter Green Charles Kenneth Milford Bertha Roland St. Francis Hospital Green Farm Ellicottville Mary Casella James Ward Lynn Eddy New York Mrs. Green Green

How to Remove High Shine from Varnish

To dull a glossy varnish use diluted denatured alcohol on thin cheesecloth and wipe lightly in straight strokes. A lemon oil and rotten stone paste can assist but apply with a light hand to avoid damage.

Full Story Of Tojo Executions Revealed By King Magazine

The Tokyo magazine King reports a six month investigation into the 1948 executions of Gen Hideki Tojo and six others. It describes cremation at Kuboyama in Yokohama and partial ash recovery, later reburials in Yokohama and Nagano, with U.S. officials present and ashes allegedly dumped at sea.

Tokyo Hideki Tojo King Yokohama Tojo Pacific Kuboyama

Bandits Rob Farmers & Merchants Bank in Reyno

Two gunmen staged a daylight robbery of 33 090 dollars at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Reyno Arkansas. They forced three employees into a ventilated vault and escaped in a five passenger Chevrolet coupe. No clues have been found.

Reyno Ark Farmers & Merchants Bank Randolph County Rex Harper Glenn Brown Muriel Butler Oustean Ahrent

Mrs Thornhill Dies In Columbia After Long Residency

Eva Bridger Thornhill, daughter of C. P. Thornhill, died in Monroe hospital early Wednesday. Funeral planned at First Methodist Church, Columbia, where she was a longtime member. time not announced. She lived most of her life in Columbia and was active in community and church affairs. Survived by son J Bridgor Thornhill, two granddaughters Frances Hickman and Mrs. W. F. McClelland. Flowers requested to be omitted.

Eva Bridger Thornhill C. P. Thornhill Monroe Hospital First Methodist Church Colubia Riser Funer Columbia Thornhill Monroe Frances Hickman Ann Arbor Mich W. F. McClelland Los Angeles Calif

Child’s Bobcat Mystery Stuns Jackson Residents

Eight year old Richard Cutter claimed he killed a big wildcat with a cap pistol. He returned with a 30 pound bobcat in a red wagon. Neighbors and photographers watched as the dead animal, apparently long dead, prompted baffled excitement in Jackson city.

Jackson Miss Dee Richard Cutter B. D. Wade Richard

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