Yardbird Stripling and the Hiss-Chambers case recap
The article centers on Pvt. Stripling, his role policing subversive activity, and his clash with public figures like Alger Hiss and media figures Pearson and Winchell. It links his discharge controversy to Roosevelt era politics, detailing his military assignments, lectures, and the label yard bird used by colleagues and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stripling
Pearl Harbor
Pearson
Alger Hiss
State Department
Yard-Bird
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Isaac Don Levine
Adolf Berle
Levine
Miami Beach
Winchell
Roosevelt
Stork Club
New York
Roney Plaza
Yalta
Fort Meade
Army
Tokyo
Army War College
Rose Purdy
Death notices for Clara Kramer former Monroe resident
Mrs. Clara Kramer died Tuesday morning at her daughter’s home in Jackson Mississippi. Funeral services will be held today at the Evangeline Funeral Home Chapel in New Iberia with interment in New Iberia. She is the mother of Claude Kramer of Monroe linked to Cox and Frazer and survived by daughter Evelyn Scott of Jackson and two grandchildren.
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Clara Kramer
Monroe
Jackson
Miss
Evangeline Funeral Home
New Iberia
Claude Kramer
North Third Street
Cox and Frazer
Claude
Evelyn Scott
Jackson, Miss
Chinese nationalist leaders meet as Chiang plans exit
Reports say a policy making conference will include Gen Fu Tso Yi Pai Chung Hsi Chang Chih Chung Lu Han Yen Hsi Shan Ma Hung Kwei and others to decide if war with the Communists can continue while Chiang retreats north of the Yangtze. Rumors say Chiang may resign with Li Tsung Jen as successor. Relief air drops to Tu Li Ming's trapped forces near Suchow continue but are unlikely to avert defeat.
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Shanghai
Canton
Chiang
Nanking
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Tu Li- Ming
Suchow
Fu Tso-Yi
Pai Chung-Hsi
Chang Chih-Chung
Northeast China
Middle Roaders
Kuomintang (Government
Lu Han
Yunnan
Yen Hsis-Han
Ku Chu-Tung
Yen
China
Li Tsung- Jen
Tu Li-Ming
Rescue of 12 marooned airmen tops Greenland mission
Lt. Col. Emil J. Beaudry of Manchester New Hampshire landed a C 47 on a Greenland ice cap to rescue 12 airmen isolating since December 9. The operation involved air drops supplies and a Navy helicopter team aboard the Saipan as it prepared to depart for Argentia and Norfolk.
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Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Northland
Emil J. Beaudry
Manchester
N. H
Bluie West
Beaudry
U. S. S. Saipan
Norfolk
Navy
Saipan
Argentia
Newfoundland
Bernt Balchen
Balchen
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Europe
Dyke's Lake
Labrador
40 Year Farm Payoff Early by FHA Finley Ferriday
William Finley a Black resident of Star Route Ferriday paid off his Farmers Home Administration financed farm in six years rather than forty. He received a debt free home as a Christmas present after completing the final payment this month. the FHA aided his 1942 establishment on the farm with supervision from E M Grayson.
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Ferriday
William Finley
FHA
Temporary Judge Appointed for Third District Court
Judge H. W. Ayers of Jonesboro named temporary judge of the third district court covering Lincoln and Union parishes. The appointment by the Louisiana Supreme Court fills in during the illness of Judge E. L. Walker of Ruston.
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Marion
H. W. Ayers
Jonesboro
Second Judicial District Court
Bienville
Claiborne
Jackson Parishes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Third District Court
Lincoln
Union
E. L. Walker
Ruston
Egyptian premier Nokrashy Pasha assassinated amid unrest
Egypt planned a military funeral for Nokrashy Pasha buried at Abassieh mausoleum beside Ahmed Maher Pasha. The killer linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, with rioting at Fuad University after the prior clash that killed Police Chief Selim Pasha. Farouk aims to preserve sovereignty and Suez Canal control.
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Egypt
Nokrashy Pasha
Abassieh
Ahmed Maher Pasha
Maher Pasha
Fuad University
Egyptian King Farouk Faces Constant Danger
Berlin dispatch notes King Farouk carries a pistol and is a crack shot amid constant threats after the premier’s death. Internal turmoil, Palestine defeats, and pressure from the Muslim Brotherhood fuel instability as Farouk relies on force, police strikes, and military displays to govern Egypt.
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Berlin
Farouk
Egypt
Palestine
Holy Land
Cairo
Alexandria
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Zhukov
Israel
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Nokrashy
Nokrashy Pasha
Brotherhood
Mediterranean
Jerusalem
Haj Amin el Husseini
Mufti
Security Council Consideration Follows Indonesian Crisis
Western officials report ongoing debate over how the United Nations will address Indonesia's crisis and Dutch refusals. Britain seeks support for a Palestine resolution with seven votes likely. Russland and several others favor it while China Canada Belgium Syria and Ukraine also appear supportive. The Dutch delay on releasing Indonesia's leaders and a ceasefire order from December 24 remain key issues as Jan 6 Lake Success talks approach.
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U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Washington
Palestine
Britain
Russia
Jakob Malik
China
Canada
Belgium
Syria
Ukraine
Colombia
Council
Lake Success
N. Y
General Assembly
France
Turkey
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Jan Herman van Royen
East Indies
van Royen
Holland
Nuclear propulsion efforts outlined with Argonne and Westinghouse
A. Tammaro of the AEC in Chicago described a naval propulsion initiative developed with Argonne National Laboratory as part of the AEC reactor program. The contract with Westinghouse adds engineering strength, with work centered in Pittsburgh and a 600-man team of specialists.
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A. Tammaro
Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Commission
Argonne Laboratory
Tenn
Weaver
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Mindszenty Arrest Draws Vatican and U.S. Reactions
The Hungarian interior ministry cites Cardinal Mindszenty’s arrest on treason espionage and black market charges. Cardinal Spellman condemns the move as a totalitarian mock trial while Lovett links the event to long running East–West tensions and religious freedom erosion.
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State Department
Lovett
Europe
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
United States
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Otto von Hapsburg
Chancery Office
Cardinal Spellman
Interior Ministry
Archduke Otto
Otto Hapsburg
Mindszenty Refuses Exit as Hungarian Crackdown Grows
Cardinal Mindszenty refuses to flee Hungary despite impending arrest. Father Paulus, his secretary, says the cardinal declined warnings with the line a shepherd must not leave his flock. The primate and 10 Catholics face charges of plotting to overthrow the government and black market dealings.
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Vienna
Austria
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Paulus
France
Father Paulus
Rome
Cardinal Mindszenty
Monroe Man Dies At Wheel From Heart Attack
A 48 year old West Monroe resident, George Bailey Brandy of 701 Pine Street, collapsed at the wheel of his car shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Lee Street and died of a heart attack according to parish coroner Dr J T French. Bystanders summoned a doctor but Brandy died before arrival.
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Monroe
Evans to Arrive for Hot Springs Funeral in Germany Death
First Lt. Carter M. Evans son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evans Hot Springs Ark killed in action May 7 1945 in Germany will arrive Thursday near Hot Springs. Funeral in Hot Springs Friday 10 a m with interment there no military rites at grave. He is survived by parents and widow former Miss Lucille Falgout of Monroe La. Doris Jean May dies in Monroe at seven months funeral at Forest Cemetery Oak Grove officiated by Rev Luther Ellis interment Catron Gay Funeral Home. She is survived by parents two brothers Clifton and Ralph a sister Bobby Jewell paternal grandmother Mrs Buddy Antley and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jeff Hust.
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Carter M. Evans
Jack Evans
Hot Springs
Ark
Germany
Es Se
Lucille Falgout
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Holly Ridge
Doris Jean May
Bulger May
Monroe Hospital
Forest Cemetery
Luther Ellis
Catron Gay Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Clifton
Ralph
Bobby Jewell
Buddy Antley
Pioneer
Jeff Hust
Udora
Boy Takes Box of Sleeping Tablets
Mrs. C. A. Pinion warns to keep medicine out of reach after six year old Harry Ray Pinion found sleeping for more than 20 hours following swallowing a box of sleeping tablets he retrieved from the garbage. He awoke at a sanitarium and later recovered and was released.
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C. A. Pinion
Harry Ray Pinion
Harry
Solomon Otto Barron obituary notice died at 58
Solomon Otto Barron, 58, of Oak Grove, La., died of a heart attack at home. Services were held in Oak Grove with Rev. Dan Green. body to Ackerman, Miss., for final rites. Interment in Ackerman cemetery. Survived by wife Alma, two sons Otto and Troy, three daughters Orlyne, Arlis, and Lois, six brothers Payton, Tom, Lem, Lee, Noah, Sam, and one sister Mrs. W. E. Terry.
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Oak Grove
Solomon Otto Barron
Catron Gay
Dan Green
Ackerman
Miss
Ackerman Cemetery
Catron Gay Funeral Home
Barron
Korea Faces Uncertainty as UN Studies Reunification
Korea hopes for reunification progress as a UN commission heads to Korea mid January to explore methods to unite the divided peninsula. Rhee seeks air attaché and U S military aid to train the national army amid mixed signals from international recognitions and shifting Cold War alignments.
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Rhee
U. S
Korea
Yasu
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
South Korea
United States
Russia
China
Philippines
South’s
Two Ships Distressed in Gulf Off Texas
Two ships reported in distress in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas. The Capitola ran aground 85 miles south of Brownsville with a $40,009 banana cargo, eight crew aboard, captain Paul Noel. The Linda Clausen towed 100 miles southeast of Brownsville after steering gear trouble, 28 crew, Danish registry, owned by C. Clausen of New York.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Here
Boca Ciega
Mexico
U. S. Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Capitola
Linda Clausen
Galveston
Peter Sorensen
Trans- America Produce Corporation
Montreal
Canada
Paul Noel
C. Clausen
New York
Durbin Named Assistant District Attorney in 21st District
Eric J. Durbin of Denham Springs was appointed assistant district attorney of the 21st judicial district, per secretary of state records. The announcement appeared in Baton Rouge on December 29.
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Baton Rouge, la
Eric J. Durbin
Denham Springs
21St Judicial District
Secretary of State
Truman Advocates Taft Hartley Repeal Amid Kansas City Visit
President Truman campaigned against the Taft Hartley act with support from C Lt. O while aboard the Independence. Carl Dixon was named to become assistant chief of the Secret Service. Truman spoke without a manuscript at a Kansas City luncheon honoring Eddie Jacobson, criticized Soviet actions, and planned a White House meeting with Vice President elect Barkley and Rep. Sam Rayburn to discuss congress reorganization and the legislative agenda.
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C. Lt. O
Independence
Carl Dixon
Secret Service
Potsdam
Yalta
Blevin Davis
Broaaway
Cobine Wright, Jr
Beverly Hills
Calif
Washington
White House
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Rayburn
House
Congress
Administration
Four Die In Hotel Fire At Campbell Hotel Twisp
Fire destroyed the Campbell Hotel in Twisp Washington killing at least four people with authorities stating possible additional bodies. Publisher Claude Watkins of the Meh on Valley News noted two more may be in the ashes and owner Tom Campbell is believed among the victims. nine others escaped. Fire crews would continue recovery as hotel records were lost and occupancy unknown.
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Twisp
Wash
Campbell Hotel
Claude Watkins
Mehow Valley
Bridges and Roads Get $700000 in State Contracts
The state department of highways awarded contracts totaling over $700,000 for bridge and road work. Notable items include the Bayou Teche bridge projects in St. Martin parish and Cecilia, the Bayou Rapides Boeuf channel bridge, paving of 4.267 miles on the New Iberia Loreauville highway, and gravel provision for public roads in West Carroll and Ver Milion.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Highways
St. Martin Parish
Parks
Austin Bridge Co
Dallas
Tex
Bayou Teche
Cecilia
Forcum James
Rapides
Brother stabbing leads to aggravated battery arrest
State police arrested Henry De Shaze of Swartz early Wednesday morning charging him with aggravated battery after his brother Robert DeShaze was stabbed twice in the chest. Investigators said Henry fled the scene and was found in the rear seat of his vehicle about ninety minutes later. Henry DeShaze is jailed in default of a 150 dollar bond. Robert was not believed seriously injured. A pocket knife used in the scuffle was found on the vehicle floorboard.
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Henry DeShaze
Swartz
Robert DeShaze
Henry
Hope Dims After Holiday Relatives Visit Missing DC-3 Flight
A twin engined DC-3 bound for Miami vanished after 4 13 a m position reports from New Orleans radio. Despite coast guard air sea rescue alerts and 43 planesship searches no sign of the missing craft was found by nightfall.
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Miami
Civil Aeronautics Overseas Radio
New Orleans
Linquist
Overseas
Karl Knight
Knight
Coast Guard
Air Force
Navy
House caucus debates wider rights code for committees
Spy hunting actions prompt a push to revise investigative rules. Mundt Nixon and others seek stronger witness protections while Rankin opposes. Forand proposes a special committee to draft a universal code of rights for all congressional panels. Democrats plan Saturday caucus discussion.
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Mundt
Nixon
Rankin
Representative Forand
Rhode Island
House Democratic Caucus
House Caucus
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