Rites for V. H. Ellerbe set in Rayville Baptist Church
V. H. Ellerbe 52 of Rayville died in a Monroe hospital Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Rayville Baptist Church with Rev. John H. Hooks officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Pallbearers are church deacons H. C. Chambers J. C. Boies J. R. Aycock W. O. Boughton R. L. Harris Arville Cox and N. C. Woods. Ellerbe operated a Rayville jewelry store and later managed the Western Auto Store before engaging in a clothing business. he was a WWI veteran and member of the American Legion post and Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife Irline, a son Froman Ellerbe, four brothers Denson Carlbad NM Theodore Wisner LA Benny Lafayette Alvin Winnsboro and three sisters Eunice Shields Monroe Minnie Grayson Vicksburg and Mae Russell Winnsboro.
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V. H. Ellerbe
Rayville
Monroe
Baptist Church
John H. Hooks
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Masonic Cemetery
H. C. Chambers
J. C. Boies
J. R. Aycock
W. O. Boughton
R. L. Harris
Arville Cox
N. C. Woods
Ellerbe
Western Auto
The
American Legion Post
Masonic Lodge
Irline Ellerbe
Froman Ellerbe
Denson Ellerbe
Carlsbad
N. M
Theodore Ellerbe
Wisner
Benny Ellerbe
Lafayette
Alvin Ellerbe
Winnsboro
Eunice Shields
Minnie Grayson
Vicksburg
Mae Russell
Tarium
Tulip Methodist Church
Tulip
Ark
R. F. Sorrell
Josephine Matlock
Dumas
Robert Gray Matlock
Bobbie Joe Matlock
O. H. Magness
Fisher
J. P. Caldwell
Parksdale
J. W. Treadwell
Pat Millis
J. C. Hubbard
Floy Christman
Robert Moore
Arkansas City
Jim Wyle
Ross Wyle
Tulsa
Oklo
Matlock
Missouri Pacific Railway
Little Rock
Alexandria
Rochelle Street
Fordyce
Hall Funeral Home
Joseph O. Mayo
Baton Rouge
Eudora
Laura Jane Holmes
Olla
Oak Grove
Catron-Gay
L. J. Ready
Bastrop
Emily Ann Arrant Crow
Robinson Funeral Home
E. C. Whitsett
First Baptist Church
Joley B. Harper
First Methodist Church
Christ Church Cemetery
Jack Tyler
David Crawford
Mingo Sisson
Willie Pierce
Tom Naff
Fred Carpenter
Crow
John Sterling Crow
Marion
J. S. Crow
J. R. Nixon
Huttig
Jessie Crow
Clyde Gully
Waco
Tex
W. S. Crow
Emmett Crow
Joe Lee Brantley
J. B. Crow
Harry Crow
Springhill
Robbie Lee Crow
T. O. Yeldell
Jack Andrews
Republicans eye bill basis in Truman veto dispute
The article notes ongoing disagreement over a vetoed measure as Republicans seek to use the Truman veto as the foundation for a new bill. It mentions plans to push forward once party leaders approve the approach.
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Truman
Senate considers labor reform and dual posts in GOP
Debates over new labor rules include delaying strikes under mediation and barring certain union actions while discussing financial reporting for unions. Senate Republicans weigh two posts for White and split views on holding multiple chairmanships with Morse urging moderation.
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Senate
Taft
Ball
Congress
Morse
Oregon
Europe
Ball Committee
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Madison Parish Oil Completions Record Three This Week
The Conservation office announced three oil completions last week, two in Madison parish. J. H. ONeal No 3 in section 16 17 10 flowed 293 bpd at 3 304 14 ft with 289 to 1 gas oil ratio and gravity 41 2. Griffis Mahoney State Unit No 1 in Delhi field flowed 260 bpd at 3 356 1/2 59 1/2 ft with gas oil 234 to 1 and gravity 41.7. Murphy Sun E H Willis No 1 in Richland parish Delhi field flowed 248 bpd at 3 368 74 ft with gas oil 361 to 1 and gravity 41.8. Holidays delayed district report but staff tracked activity.
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Madison Parish
Davis
Duncan
Cook
Madison
Murphy-Sun
J. H. O'Neal No. 3
Jones-Linam Company
Shreveport
Parish
Delhi
Griffis-Mahoney
E. H. Willis
Richland Parish
Local Loan Advertisement Seeks Borrowers
A payday style ad offers loans on cars furniture or almost anything owned. It encourages one trip to obtain cash and names Mr Harbuck Loan Dept manager and Mr Prewitt and Mr Dennis general manager as contacts.
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Harbuck
Mr. Prewitt
Mr. Dennis
Monroe oil drilling suspended for Christmas week
The Monroe district saw drilling paused on Christmas Day as crews work short handed for holiday travel. Prospecting continues in Ouachita parish with tests approaching Monroe. A local operator reportedly prepared to drill a wildcat near the city, but no permit had been filed. W C Nolan bought leases in Union parish for ten years totaling several tracts near Farmerville and Ruston Road. Funeral services are planned for a Monroe resident at Tulip Methodist Church in Arkansas with interment in the church cemetery.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
M. W. Shriver
H. H. Coon
Roeser & Pendelton, Inc
Westgate-Greenland Oil Co
Sentry Coal & Mining Co
W. C. Nolan
Township
Union Parish
Farmerville and
Ruston Road
Deaths in Arkansas and Louisiana Read Like Local Hall
Obituaries note Joseph O Mayo former Monroe resident died at his Baton Rouge home. Laura Jane Holmes 82 died in Eudora Christmas Day. Emily Ann Arrant Crow died in Bastrop after years in Marion. Reports list survivors, funeral details, and pallbearers for each. Robert Gray Matlock 42, Dumas business figure, died Thursday night.
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Robert Gray Matlock
Dumas, Ark
Lend Lease Aid Settlements and Negotiations Across Allies
The report notes Britain as the largest recipient at 65 percent with the Soviets at 23 percent while Russia faces open negotiations. It details final agreements with Britain, France, India, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and Turkey on war debt settlement and delivery payments after V J day. Canada is considered closed. negotiations continue with South Africa, Norway, Greece and The Netherlands. Minor programs in China remain operable on a reimbursable basis.
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Russia
Britain
Truman
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
India
Australia
New Zealand
Belgium
Turkey
Uncle Sam
Canada
South Africa
Norway
Greece
Netherlands
Brazil
Japan
China
Wreck After 6 Panama Distance Sways Train Cars
Passengers recall violent swaying and a flying package as a rail car derailed near Panama. Mrs Raidnick compared the slam to popcorn in a shaker while others were knocked about. Ambulances ferried the injured to Hammond and Ponchatoula hospitals. conductor Price could not determine the cause. Tobe Clements piloted the controls.
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Hammond
Ponchatoula
J. H. Price
Tobe Clements
Dairy price protections and retail cuts sweep the nation
The Dairymen's League argues butter price controls shield New York milk prices amid a federal state program tying monthly milk costs to butter and dairy product prices from a prior 30 day window. Reports from major cities describe widespread discounts on clothes, eggs, butter, and other foods, with department stores advertising clearance sales and meat prices easing in several markets.
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New York
Dairymens’ League Cooperative Association
Anderson
Dairymen’s League
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Butter Price Break Hits Cities in Post Holiday Slump
Prices for butter and eggs plummeted across major cities led by sharp wholesale declines in New York and Chicago. Stores cut many food items and department stores slash clothing prices by one third to over 50 percent in a year end sale. Dairy groups defend price actions saying purchases kept milk prices stable to protect producers and consumers.
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Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Atlanta
Associated Press
Chicago
East
Boston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
C. J. Blanford
League
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Masachusetts
Vermont
Dairyman’s League
Henry H. Rathbun
Rathbun
John McClay
New York City
Tom Clark
New York State
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Jeanette S. Turner
Council
Goldstein
E. W. Gaumnitz
National Cheese Institute
Gaumnitz
Plymouth
Wis
Agriculture Department
Russell Fifer
The
American Butter Institute
Bilbo hearings debated as GOP subcommittee weighs options
Ferguson, the lone Republican on the three man subcommittee, said he could not force hearings without Mead and Senator Tunnell. He preferred direct testimony to affidavits. Taft called it a news in the steering committee session as Hickenlooper and Millikin outlined the inquiry into Bilbo’s alleged intimidation of Negro voters in the Mississippi primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Mead
Tunnell
Del
Taft
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Bilbo
Mississippi
Millikin
Colo
Births in Louisiana and nearby towns list several new babies
A community birth notice lists newborns across multiple families including Steven Fairell born December 25 in West Monroe. babies in Sterling, Monroe Rayville and Bastrop areas. girls and boys named at St Francis Sanitarium Start La Swartz and other addresses. several parents include prior names such as Monica Liles.
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Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
S. E. Fairell Ketchell
Stella Street
West Monroe
Steven Fairell
St. Francis Sanitarium
L. T. Barnes
Sterlington
Monroe
G. C. Hill
Rayville
T. R. Griggs
Jackson Street
Curtis Parker
Start
R. C. Brice
Gordon Avenue
C. G Redmond
Oak Street
H. B. Watson
North Fifth Street
T. B. Howard
Farmerville
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Maine
White
Commerce Committee
Reed
Kansas
Wherry
Nebraska
Commerce Post
Tobey
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Baruch
Atomic Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Colombia
Syria
Mexico
Egypt
General Assembly
Security Council
United Nations
Silverstein
Ieverstein
Louisiana
By William Ferguson
Mississippi River
Norta
Allower USA
NEA Service, Inc
Emily Crow
Club Castle
Lloyd la Brie
Panama
Frguson
Etary
Walnut St
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