Eisenhower's North Atlantic army seen as fight-ready by generals
The piece criticizes the creation of a large field army under Eisenhower and the Truman administration. It notes the Washington liner carrying thousands of dependents to Europe, the rushed air and transport plans, and public fear about draft, refugees, and civil defense. The writer questions the war psychology pushed by the state department and defense.
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Godesberg
Rhine
Eisenhower
Stars and Stripes
Army
Washington
Germany
Truman Machine
Roosevelt
Truman
State Department
Department of Defense
New York
England
London
Death near Alto ends in gunshot death of Monroe man
Monroe resident Monroe Eugene Lyles aged 24 died from a gunshot wound to the temple near Alto. Authorities say the death was self inflicted after Lyles was arrested for drunk driving and trespassing. A note to his wife lay on his car seat beside a 41 caliber revolver. He served as a Monroe post office mail carrier and was a World War II veteran. Funeral set for Alto Baptist Church with interment at Little Creek Cemetery. Lyles leaves a wife a son and his parents and two sisters. Pallbearers named.
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Monroe Eugene Lyles
Richland Parish
J. C. Ellington
Lyles
Alto
Monroe
Ernestine Smith
Pine Street
Alto Baptist Church
Roy Joiner
A. O. Buckley
Little Creek
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville
Blanks Street
Jerry Eugene Lyles
L. Lyles
Sally
Marilyn Lyles
Jerry Shoemaker
Randle McKay
Joe Mack
Charles Noble
Roy McKay
Edmond R. Brown
Monroe Post Office
Vehicle License Deadline Extended To February 23
The final date for purchasing vehicle licenses has been extended from February 6 to February 23, announced by department of revenue manager C. R. Tidwell today. He noted the delay was due to late receipt of four plates slowing license issuance.
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Department of Revenue
C. R. Tidwell
Tidwell
Morris cleanup drive targets Justice Department
Newbold Morris arrives in Washington to run an independent inquiry into federal government corruption. He will focus on the Justice Department under Attorney General McGrath with Louis Yavner as chief of staff. The probe draws Republican and Democratic criticism and potential congressional scrutiny.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Morris
New York
Justice Department
McGrath
Truman
Louis E. Yavner
New York City
House Judiciary Committee
Keating
The
Grunewald
Taft
Ohio
Potter
R.mich
Nixon
R. - Calif
Ickes Death Mourned Across Nation
Harold L. Ickes died at 6 25 p m in Washington after an 11 week illness. The 77 year old former interior secretary and famed blunt wit sparked two decades of national politics. Truman called him a unique figure and patriot. Funeral set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at All Souls Church with burial in Sandy Spring Maryland.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
New Dealer
Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
All Soul's
Unitarian
Palfrey Perkins
King’s Chapel
Boston
Mass
Sandy Spring
Ickies
Public Works Administration
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
New Deal
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Wall Street
Kidnapped U S Girl In Germany Returned Safely
Frankfurt report says Mamie Ruth Shelton, 18, the first postwar American girl seized in Germany, was held in a stolen car by a gunman in U S uniform for about an hour before being found by two military police corporals near Niedernhofelden. She was not harmed, though exhausted, and reunited with her mother in Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Mamie Ruth Shelton
U. S
Niederdorffelden
Fechenheim
F B. Burns
Hot Springs
Hanau
West Germany
Mannheim
Burns
Spaht Blasts Coalition in Louisiana Gubernatorial Battle
In Hessmer Avoyelles Parish Spaht attacked the Kennon coalition accusing defeated rivals of colluding in New Orleans to deliver votes. Kennon defended his ticket urging supporters to back every member while denying auto tax increases proposed by Spaht. State Sen Barham on Kennon ticket denied auto tag fee boosts.
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Carlos Spaht
Ciizens
Robert Kennon
Kennon
Spaht
Hessmer
Avoyelles Parish
Franklin
C. E. Barham
Police Probe Three Weekend Burglaries in Monroe
Monroe police investigated three burglaries reported over the weekend. C H Morgan said his garage at 303 Glenmar Street was broken into and tobacco valued at about 135 dollars was stolen. 50 cartons of cigarettes and many cans of tobacco were taken. Cliff Flack of El Paso reported a lamp worth 8 dollars stolen from his truck at the Tow er Grill while he visited the restaurant. Howard Griggs of Choudrant said his room at the Earle Hotel was burgled with a watch valued at 105 dollars taken.
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C. H. Morgan
Glenmar Street
Morgan
el Paso
Tex
Cliff Flack
Tower Grill
Flack
Howard Griggs
Choudrant
Earle Hotel
Paratyphoid Case Suspected in Ouachita Parish
Dr W C Summer reports one suspected paratyphoid B case in Ouachita Parish with possible additional cases under physician care. A schoolchild ill about six weeks, hospitalized, now home and eating well. Blood tests planned to confirm diagnosis.
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W. Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
Summer
Three Autos Involved In Monroe Crash
Three automobiles were in a minor crash five miles north of Monroe on U S Highway 165 shortly before 4 30 p m Sunday. No one was injured and only minor damage was reported. Participants identified as Royce Adkison 19 Red Bay Alabama Simmis P Sims 23 Route 2 West Monroe and F A Butzine Barksdale Field. Butzine stopped to turn onto Black Bayou road and was struck from behind by the other two vehicles.
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Monroe
U. S. Highway 165
Royce Adkison
Red Bay
Ala
Simmis P. Sims
Route 2
West Monroe
F. A. Butzine
Barksdale Field
Shortage Of Blood Donors Reported In Monroe Area
Mrs. Toni Veazey announced that the blood mobile in Monroe for February 5 6 and 7 is woefully short of donors. The Twin Cities quota is 350 pints with 50 more needed in Monroe proper 60 in West Monroe and 25 in the college area. She urged citizens to cooperate and those unregistered to contact the Red Cross office.
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Toni Veazey
Blood Mobile
Monroe
Twin Cities
Veazey
West Monroe
College Area
Red Cross
Armistice prospects cited in Korea talks and Lovett on defense budget
In Munsan Korea Brig Gen William P Nuckols said staff officers have moved closer to an armistice with Communist acceptance of immediate negotiations on the final section. In Washington Defense Secretary Lovett urged no drastic cuts beyond the 52 billion dollar defense program for fiscal 1953 warning it would degrade operations and hinder major item production. Truce negotiators plan a full dress session Wednesday to tackle troop rotation while an Allied subcommittee member expressed optimism on completing the prisoner exchange agreement.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Washington
Defense
Lovett
Truman
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Joint Economic Committee
Defense Department
R. E. Libby
Prize Trip to Nassau For Safest Driver Contest
A 10 day all expense paid trip to Nassau is offered as prize in a safety contest. The Phantom Driver, sponsor Monroe News Star World and local authorities will select the safest driver from participants starting February 12. The driver’s identity remains undisclosed during the campaign.
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Nassau
Monroe News-Star—World
Winnie Ruth Judd vanishes after fifth hospital escape
Phoenix police and border officers search Arizona for Winnie Ruth Judd the 48 year old killer known as the Tiger Woman who disappeared from a state hospital after a rope escape. Authorities say no clues or tips have panned out as theories place her in Phoenix or heading toward Mexico.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Mexico
L. C. Boies
Maricopa County
Winnie Ruth
State Hospital
John Slaughter
M. W. Conway
South America
Judd
Irish Envoy Praises Marshall Plan Aid to Ireland
Ireland's ambassador John Hearne told the Irish Club in Baton Rouge that the Marshall plan aided Ireland by accelerating land reclamation and development. He noted U S taxpayers support a proposed $10.5 billion Foreign Aid program and praised four years of progress.
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Baton Rouge
U. S
Congress
Eire
Irish Club
John T. Hearne
Hearne
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Lehman
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Straus
Harold Ickes
Coalition
Br Associated Press
Vanny Holt
Edward Ashby
North Haven
Conn
Danny
Edward
Abbeville
Louisiana
Wilmot Daleferes
Vermilion Parish
Lafayette Advertiser
Stanley Pearson
Citizens For Better
Butzine
Black Bayou
Richard von Sprechan
Cpl
Ronald McMillian
Grand Rapids, Mich
U. S. Marshall
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