Paris Paper Attacks Brown As U S Labor Plant In Europe
The Humanity paper in Paris labels Irving Brown a professional New Yorker and top figure in the Dubinsky group, claiming he meddles in French and European politics as an American labor ambassador. It also denounces Eleanor Roosevelt and other American delegates to the United Nations as part of a socialist conspiracy funded from abroad.
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Paris
Humanity
Irving Brown
New York
Dave Dubinsky
United States
France
David J. Dallin
Brown
Eleanor Roosevelt
Democratic Action
U. N
Channing Tobias
United Nations
Benjamin V. Cohen
Benny the Cone
Tommy the Cork
White House
Anna Lord Strauss
Isador Lubin
St Matthew's Catholic Church Hosts New Year Masses
Downtown Monroe religious services mark New Year with eight Catholic Mass times at St Matthew's and additional vigils and services at First Methodist First Baptist Grace Episcopal churches. Clergy discuss New Year symbolism and salvation as 1951 fades and 1952 begins amid city celebrations.
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Monroe
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Jesus
Msgr
J. C. Marsh
St. Matthew's
Mary
Christ
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
David Jones
One Cent Postal Card Price Increases To Two Cents
Washington reports a shift in the postal rate structure beginning New Year’s Day with penny post cards rising to two cents. The 60 day grace allows cards mailed before midnight to pass. later ones face return to sender or postage due. Additional rate increases affect parcel post, special delivery, registered and insured mail, COD, and second class mail with timelines through 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nine governors candidates clash over reprieves in Louisiana
Lt. Gov. William Dodd assails Gov. Earl Long over nine reprieves for election law violators. Long defends the action saying the nine voted in the wrong parishes. Spaht pitches rural industrial growth while McLemore, Boggs, LeBlanc, and Kennon speak on pensions, taxes, gas, and endorsements.
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Associated Press
William Dodd
Earl Long
Earl
Dodd
Plaquemines
Long
Carlos Spaht
New Orleans
Rapides Parish
Spaht
Morgan City
Louisiana
James McLemore
Alexandria
U. S
Hale Boggs
D.-La
Boggs
New Iberia
Dudley LeBlanc
Jennings
LeBlanc
Robert Kennon
Minden
Bernard McCloskey
Peace Efforts Fail in 1951 Truce Talks at Panmunjom
In final 1951 Korean truce talks the United Nations accused the Reds of planning war while negotiating a cease fire and of withholding prisoner data. Subcommittees remain deadlocked on armistice policing and POW exchanges as meetings set for New Year’s Day. Allied officials called the Red stance obstinate and “minutiae” on prisoners, while North Korea promised data on Dec. 19.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Today
Panmunjom
Turner
Adm
R. E. Libby
U. N
U.N
Libby
Lee Sand Cho
William P. Nuckols
World bids farewell to 1951 and welcomes 1952 tonight
Across the globe people prepare watchnight prayers and celebrations as 1952 begins. New York hosts theater and Times Square revelry while Philadelphia greets the new year with the Mummers parade and hotels raise prices. Soldiers in Korea hope for a truce as nations mark a hopeful milestone.
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By -Associ
United States
Times Square
Polio Aid Ties March of Dimes With U S Forces Abroad
In Korea and worldwide, March of Dimes leader W J Riley says American troops and families receive polio support. Iron lung machines rocking beds and other life saving devices can be sent by air sea or land on instant notice. The poster child is Larry Jim Gross son of U S air force officer Jim Wheeler Gross of Wiesbaden Germany.
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March of Dimes
W. J. Riley
Ouachita Parish
Riley
National Foundation
March of Dimes Organization
Larry Jim Gross
Jim Wheeler Gross
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
Larry Jim
Prominent Cotton Trader Dies At 73 In Memphis
William Lucian Oates, 73, a leading figure in Memphis cotton circles, died yesterday in a local hospital. He served as president of Tri-State Compress Company, directed the National Bank of Commerce, and sat on the Memphis Cotton Exchange board. Born January 9, 1878 near Vicksburg, he moved to Memphis in 1917 to pursue cotton trading. Funeral details remained incomplete.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Lucian Oates
Oates
Tri- State Compress Company
National Bank of Commerce
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Vicksburg
Greenwood
Miss
Monroes First Methodist Hosts 48 Hour Peace Vigil
A noon Monday vigil begins in Monroe at the chapel beside the sanctuary of the First Methodist Church to pray for world peace for 48 hours ending Wednesday noon. Twelve Washington leaders conduct a parallel vigil while Glenn Clark founded the annual plan. Public invited to join at any time.
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First Methodist Church
Monroe
Washington, D. C
Glenn Clark
Washington
Paul Revere Crew Ahead On Holiday
The crew of the American freighter Paul Revere filed a claim for the first 1952 New Year celebration at 7 am December 31 1951 as the ship neared the international date line southwest of Midway Island. Captain Philip Mohun reported the boast to the Associated Press in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Paul Revere
New York
Associated Press
Philip Mohun
Midway Island
Weekends of U S aviation disasters with multiple missing planes
The Associated Press reports a grim aviation weekend as three planes disappeared with 68 people aboard, another search continues for an eighth crew, and a fifth aircraft limped into San Francisco after engine trouble. Aircraft from Continental Airlines and military services were involved in searches across the Great Lakes, Arizona, and California.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Continental Charters Inc
Great Lakes
Phoenix
Ariz
Fatal Wreck Claims Holly Ridge Father and Son
A gasoline truck struck a mule-drawn farm wagon killing six year old Errol L. Johnson and his father John Johnson 28. The accident happened near Holly Ridge on state highway 550 around 6 40 p m Saturday. Both were to be buried in Natchez Mississippi with services planned there.
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Holly Ridge
Errol L. Johnson
John Johnson
Young Johnson
Natchez
Miss
Natchez City
Jake Foreman
Delhi
John Ball
Richland Parish
Lavelle Williamson Funeral Not Yet Set
Funeral plans are incomplete for Lavelle Williamson a 14 year old boy fatally injured Saturday night when the car he and his brother rode in overturned into a ditch on White's Ferry road in West Monroe. Lee Williamson 19 is in serious condition at St Frances sanatorium. Lavelle’s body remains at the family residence and he is survived by his parents two brothers and seven sisters and grandparents.
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Lavelle Williamson
Frank Williamson
Central Avenue
West Monroe
White's Ferry Road
Lee Williamson
Lavelle
St. Frances
Monroe
Naval Base
Long Beach
Calif
McKenzie withdraws from race for state representative
Tom WL McKenzie withdraws from candidacy for membership in the lower house representing this parish. He cites time demands and college work at Northeast Louisiana College, thanks supporters, and notes he will be older at the next election. His name will appear on the ballot but votes in his case will not be counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom WL. McKenzie
Northeast Louisiana College
Clergymans Watermelon Yarn Wins Liars Contest
Burlington Wis December 31 The Burlington Liars Club crowned Rev Arthur R K Kirk of Biggs California as world champion liar for 1951. Kirk described a wild tale of oversized watermelons vines racing across soil rich enough to wear them out and a melon dragging a boy for a mile to hospital. Other honorable mentions include Mrs Faith B Fourre of Minneapolis and Oswald J Solheim of Hudson with tales about Minnesota mosquitoes and arizona fish.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars' Club
Arthur RK. Kirk
Biggs
Calif
O. C. Hulett
Mr. Kirk
Biggs Community
Minnesota
Faith B. Fourre
Minneapolis
Minn
W. Broadway
Oswald J. Solheim
Hudson
Arizona
J&. L. Morris
San Antonio
Tex
W. Norwood Court
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