Independence Ceremony Thunders Across The Indies Echoes In Amsterdam
Queen Juliana proclaimed independence for 77,000,000 Indonesians as U S I. forms a new federation with the Dutch. Premier Hatta represented Indonesia in Batavia while the Nile carillon sounded, and the Netherlands pledged continued study of Dutch New Guinea autonomy.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Juliana
Holland
Royal
East Indies Islands
United States of Indonesia
East Indies
U.S. S
Batavia
Java
Mohammed Hatta
Indonesia
Raja
Wilhelmus
Yugoslavia and Britain sign five year trade pact
Tito announces a new five year trade pact with Britain plus a budget surplus to resist Cominform pressure. The accord covers about 560 million dollars in Yugoslav British trade with Britain extending a 23.4 million dollar credit repayable in six years. Yugoslavia will sell timber corn and non ferrous metals to Britain while Britain buys textiles machinery chemicals rubber and more. Compensation for nationalized British property is set at 1.4168 million dollars annually for eight years.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Britain
Russia
Eastern Europe
Tito
Kremlin
London
Board of Trade
Milentije Popovic
Deaths Arthur Curry of Sicily Island Dies at 64
Arthur Lafayette Curry 64 of Sicily Island died suddenly Saturday night at 9 15 from a heart attack. Survived by wife Rosena Curry a daughter Maxine White of New Orleans a brother Luther Curry of Natchez and eight grandchildren. Services at Harrisonburg Baptist Church with Rev J O McNair. interment Harrisonburg Cemetery. Funeral by Young's Ferriday. He had lived in the community forty years.
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Ferriday
Arthur Lafayette Curry
Sicily Island
Rosena. Curry
Maxine White
New Orleans
Luther Curry
Natchez
Harrisonburg Baptist Church
J. O. McNair
Jonesville
Harrisonburg
Young
Three Arrests After Monroe Pool Hall Fight
Monroe police report two local Black residents arrested and three people treated for cuts at Charity Hospital after a pool hall brawl in the 100 block of North Sixth Street. Josie Marie Thomas 25 charged with aggravated battery and fighting Willie Mae Brewster 20 charged with fighting. Sam Bass 26 King Buckley 56 Saland Bass 29 treated. Thomas held on 350 bond Brewster on 25 bond. Expected city court Wednesday afternoon.
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Monroe
Charity Hospital
North Sixth Street
Josie Marie Thomas
Willie Mae Brewster
North Eighth Street
Sam Bass
King Buckley
Shotwell Street
Saland Bass
Thomas
Brewster
Ranch Foreman to Face Death Charge in Slaying
Carl Schwartz, 39, a ranch foreman, was to face formal murder charges in the Christmas Eve shooting of Jane Maggard Dickson, a San Francisco Bay Area society columnist and mother of two, at the Black Point ranch home. Lyman Lacy was wounded in the incident as Schwartz allegedly ran amok after drinking.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Carl Schwartz
Jane Maggard Divison
San Francisco Bay Area
Dickson
Black Point Ranch
Fred W. Dickson
Robert Dollar
Lyman Lacy
J. McGoldrick
Schwartz
Bevin Leaves for Colombo Amid Health and War Talks
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, looking worn after a heart attack, travels to Colombo to join Commonwealth foreign ministers for discussions starting January 9 on issues from Communist China to a Japanese peace treaty and the ongoing dollar shortage. Bevin's physician accompanies him as he travels by rail, air, and ship with Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, South Africa and Canada among the participants.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commonwealth
Colombo
Ceylon
Far East
China
Bevin
Rome
Port Said
Egypt
Kenya
Australia
New Zealand
India
Pakistan
South Africa
Canada
Judge seeks Gubitchev immunity status in spy case
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ordered the State Department and the United Nations to certify Valentin A. Gubitchev’s diplomatic status. Gubitchev, a Russian engineer and U N official, contends immunity and a third secretary rank. both agencies say he lacks immunity. Coplon and Gubitchev face trial on conspiracy counts. Coplon is already convicted and free on bail pending appeal. Six months after incubation an average pullet lays its first egg.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Valentin A. Gubitchev
State Department
United Nations
Gubitchev
U. N. Post
Judith Coplon
U. N
Miss Coplon
Washington, D. C
Untalkative accused cattleman in wife slaying case
Thomas P. Talle, 37, wealthy retired New Mexico cattleman, remains silent in jail in San Jose as investigators probe the shooting death of his wife Margaret Lee Edwards Talle, 29, found bullet pierced at their Montecito Heights home. An attorney opened a letter from Mrs. Talle given to him for use only in case of her death.
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San Jose
Calif
Thomas P. Talle
New Mexico
Talle
Margaret Lee Edwards Talle
Denver
Montecito Heights
Felix Joseph LeRoy Dies at 88 in Local Obituary
Felix Joseph LeRoy, 88, of 107 Adams Street died Monday. Mulhearn Funeral Home has charge of arrangements and interment will be at Riverview Burial Park. He left no known relatives.
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Felix Joseph Leroy
Adams Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Riverview Burial Park
Death of Ed Smith in Rayville Area
Ed Smith aged 65 died in a Rayville hospital. Funeral at Little Creek Church near Alto Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Carrington officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. Survived by two brothers Frank Archibald Willis Smith of Rayville two sisters Mrs Ed Grant and Mrs Walter Deere an adopted son Clarence Pruitt Archibald and a foster son Jack Edward Box Archibald Pallbearers Jack Deere Fred Carey Eugene Smith Dick Hill Herman Grant Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville in charge of arrangements.
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Rayville
Ed Smith
Little Creek Church
Alto
Carrington
Church
Frank Smith
Archibald
Willis Smith
Jack Deere
Fred
Carey
Eugene Smith
Dick Hill
Herman Grant
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Yossett Rites Held for Monroe Resident After Illness
Charlie M. Yossett 72 of Monroe dies after a lengthy illness in a local sanitarium. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Liberty Baptist Church near Spearville with Rev. C. R. Hatch and Rev. Charlie Carter officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. Survived by a large family including wife, three sons, nine daughters, one sister, 40 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as Jerry Johnston and others.
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Charlie M. Yossett
Lee Avenue
Monroe
Chapel of Hall Funeral Home
Liberty Baptist Church
Spearville
C. R. Hatch
Charlie Carter
Mr. Yossett
Marshal McAdams
Jack
Rufust Yossett
Rayville
Izora Johnston
Etta Brown
Midland
Tex
Sallie Yossett
Clara Ward
Dollie Harris
Madie Rollett
St. Joseph
Celie Mae Rhodes
el Dorado
Ark
Maxine Day
Grandsons of Mossett Named in List
W C Johnston Glen Ward Ho ward Ward Wilborn Ward W Brown Harvel McAdams and Dew L McAdams are identified as grandsons of Mossett in the fragmentary text indicating familial connections within a local notice.
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W. C. Johnston
Glen Ward
Howard Ward
Wilborn Ward
W. Brown
Harvel McAadms
Dew L. McAdams
Mossett
Rayville Woman Eva Newberry Dies at 68
Mrs Eva Newberry 68 lifelong Rayville resident died early Tuesday morning Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 at her residence with Baptist and Episcopal ministers officiating Interment in Rayville town cemetery Survived by husband Char four children Edward Simms Baton Rouge Marjory Simms Eby Rayville Lula Newberry Rayville Louis Newberry Rayville and sister Mrs E B Ligcomb Rayville
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Rayville
Eva Newberry
C. A. Heinie
Baptist Miister
Newton Griffith
Episcopal mi Ister
Raville
Baptist Church
Char Newberry
Edward Simms
Baton Rouge
Marjory Simms Eby
Lula Newberry
Louis Newber
E. B. Ligcomb
Pink bollworm in five states persists in south
San Antonio Texas December 27 Pink bollworm infestation continues in five of nineteen cotton producing states. L F Curl in charge of pink bollworm control for the department of agriculture reports activity in Texas Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Florida with Louisiana and Georgia now clean. He notes no new infestations in the 1919 Texas crop and that damage was less than last year. Several Texas high plains counties are clean and 109 of 254 counties remain under quarantine.
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San Antonio
Texas
L. F. Curl
South
Department of Ag Culture
Tex Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Florida
Lusiana
Georgia
Curl
High Plains
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Lovink
Kemajor
Lovinks
M. J. Prinsen
Drees
van Maarseveen
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Republic of the United States of Indonesia
Abseme
Point Five
Hatta
Dutch Borneo
Bali
Sumatra
Dutch New Guinea
Arthur Curry
DODGE
E. C. Finley
J. R. Fuller
Milner-Fuller, Inc
Milner-Fuller
Silverstein’s
Coats
Silverstein
Vilverstein
Pete
Thermowell
Owen
Chambers
Louisville Ave
Ex-Lax
Lak
Mrs
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