28 Dec 1948
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1948
Page
1
A satirical piece on baseball unions and racial themes, describing a manager negotiating with the International Brotherhood of Right Fielders. It recalls how bosses contend with player unions and the impact on opening season as teams sign with unions including the Yankees Red Sox and Detroit.
Representative Rankin dismissed Mundt and Nixon proposed nine point overhaul of HUAC rules as impractical and unnecessary. He argued House committee rules follow broader House rules and warned changes should have been offered while their party held Congress. The plan would allow witnesses to have a lawyer at all sessions and limit subcommittees.
Peiping crowds mourn as government forces clear cypress trees in the Temple of Heaven grounds for a new city airfield linking Peiping to the outside world. Communists are within artillery range but have not halted the work. The action endangers the altar revered by emperors who bowed to Heaven, seen by some as the universe’s center.
The United Nations Security Council ordered The Netherlands to release Dr Soekarno and Indonesian cabinet members within 24 hours after seizing Jogjakarta during the Java and Sumatra action. The Dutch argued U N lack of jurisdiction and said obeying the cease fire would wait for more guidance as the council prepared to discuss Colombia’s peace initiative.
Representatives Gathings of Arkansas and Larcade of Louisiana oppose full repeal of the Taft Hartley act. They tout existing features such as anti union violence rules and anti closed shop provisions, while noting amendments should be studied to improve labor management relations. The law is praised for reducing strikes by about 50 percent.
AP report details rising costs of cold war policy for the U S in the coming fiscal year with projected total near 21 billion including defense spending foreign aid and relief funds. It notes estimates rely on official sources and that costs could climb if conflicts expand beyond China Greece.
Faye Emerson Roosevelt, wife of Elliott Roosevelt, cut her left wrist with a razor at their Hyde Park home. Sheriff C Fred Close quoted Dr H Sherman Hirst as saying the wound was self injurious and that she needed restraint. Elliott claimed it was an accident. She was treated and later released after a night in hospital.
Paris dispatch reports Britain urging immediate cease fire and Israeli withdrawal from the Negev. Harold Beeley submits a resolution to the UN Security Council, seeking a cease-fire, withdrawal and a no man’s land under Bunche supervision, with a council vote possible after Jan 6.
Western powers established a Ruhr production control system to keep the German industrial region from war production. A Ruhr authority with six members from the United States Britain France and Benelux will oversee a framework of industrial inspection. Germany gains a board seat once a legal government exists.
Coroner rules Christmas death tragedy in Big Bear California a monoxide poisoning and asphyxiation case. Dr Jerome Schnedorf 35 his mother 64 and son Tommy 3 died from the gas heater sealed cabin with vents blocked. Judy 8 died by asphyxiation while wife Mary Margaret and son Jerry 10 survived. A trace arsenic found in Jerry but deemed nonfatal.
Senator-elect Russell Long of Louisiana says he wants a liberalized federal program for the aged, citing Louisiana’s model where two thirds of seniors over 65 receive 50 dollars monthly. He notes no immediate plan but favors expanding federal support, in contrast with stricter state rules elsewhere. Continued on Eighth Page.
President Truman declined to elaborate on his off the cuff remark that certain Soviet leaders seek an understanding with the United States. He criticized the Soviet government for breaking Yalta Potsdam pledges, operating with immoral standards, opposing peace agreements, and treating contracts as not sacred.
Air Force announced the rescue of 13 airmen stranded on the Greenland icecap. A C-47 from an air base 270 miles northwest of the crash site extracted them and heads toward Labrador after possible refueling at Blue West Eight. The final count may be 12 or 13.
Nathan Klein a Philadelphia area industrialist visiting Monroe with his wife and relatives for the Davidson Laudenheimer wedding Tuesday night. He heads Caloric Stove Corp of Topton Pa, a major stove maker with 1000 workers, built on a 1893 idea by his father now in his 90s.
Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha was shot and killed today in the interior ministry by a student who wore a police uniform. The assassin, linked to the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood, fired five shots and then attempted suicide. Nokrashy Pasha, 60, died within five minutes.
Republican leadership offered insurgents a seat at policy making as Taft and Wherry defend keeping top jobs. Insurgents push to enlarge the policy committee and elect senior leaders by conference vote while Morse urges secret-ballot member elections amid ongoing intra party clashes.
In Nanking on December 28 reports spread of a possible government reorganization and peace talks with the Chinese Communists. Officials denied the rumors, but sources said a new leadership and peace moves could materialize before New Year’s Day, with Chiang Kai-shek under pressure to step aside.
In Washington on December 28, Senator McKellar of Tennessee admitted striking Evans publisher Lillie Nashvilleman Evans in a Mayflower Hotel corridor during a chance meeting two weeks prior. Evans said he offered no resistance and did not return the blow.
Gordon Clarke of Draper North Carolina traced his way to the Detroit Free Press after losing Joe Christian the bridegroom to be's best man. Clarke flew in for Joe and Barbara Mason's wedding and was shown on page one, enabling a reunion in the newsroom.
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