Democracy in Germany Libraries and Cultural Assertion
Westbrook Pegler reports from Amerika House in Frankfurt as the US pushes a cultural program under Shepard Stone. He notes books on Mary McLeod Bethune and democracy tied to Eleanor Roosevelt, with US funding and a belief that democracy defines culture amid Allied governance.
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Frankfurt On Main
Germany
Amerika House
Department of Public Affairs
Shepard Stone
Hirog
Bonn
John J. McCloy
Stone
McCloy
Harry Truman
Mary McLeod Bethune
Catherine Owens Pearce
Eleanor Roosevelt
Committee On un-American Activities
The
United Nations and Youth
Helen Ferris
Edwin C. Broome
Edwin W. Adams
Philadelphia
Twin Cities Safety Campaign Reports Week of Accidents
Law enforcement agencies say 47 accidents occurred in the Twin Cities and Ouachita parish last week. Six deaths this year from auto accidents, 66 last year. Phantom Driver contest postponed as the safety campaign, begun January 1, continues with four agencies coordinating through year end.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana State Police
Monroe
West Monroe
Parish
Louisiana
Eight Year Old Struck By Auto in Sandifer-Dick Taylor Crash
Eight year old Charles E Mitchum son of Mr and Mrs E W Mitchum 505 Carlton was treated at a local hospital after an auto struck his bicycle at Sandifer and Dick Taylor streets. Monroe police said Bonnie Gene Lane 27 Standifer claimed the child ran into her vehicle as she traveled west on Standifer. The boy was northbound on Dick Taylor and suffered a broken right leg and head bruises.
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Charles E. Mitchum
E. W. Mitchum
Carlton
Sandifer
Dick Taylor
Monroe
Bonnie Gene Lane
Standifer
Burning cross discovery at Governor Long mansion in Baton Rouge
Police and fire crews responded to a call claiming a Ku Klux Klan cross burned on the lawn of the Earl Long governor's mansion in Baton Rouge Louisiana. A seven foot burlap covered cross soaked in kerosene and set with firecrackers was found burning. no witnesses were identified and the governor could not be reached for comment.
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Baton Rouge
Central Fire Station
Earl Long
Louisiana Governor Race Heats Up One Week Out
Louisiana voters face a one week to election as Democrats choose their governor. Kennon and Spaht campaign on independence, taxes, and governance with endorsements from defeated candidates and remarks by U S representatives highlighting the pivotal issues of an independent legislature and honest voting.
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Louisiana
Carlos G Spaht
Robert F. Kennon
Kennon
New Orleans
U.S
Hale Boggs
Civil Service
William Dodd
Dudley J. Leblanc
LeBlanc
Spaht
James M. McLemore
East Baton Rouge Parish
State Court of Appeal
Truce Talks Adjourn To Await Reds Plan
Communists pledged to propose a new plan for patching up the latest truce trouble spot and for a final Korean peace. Negotiators adjourned until that plan is ready, likely from Pyongyang or Peiping. Allies pressed for higher rotation limits and more entry ports for troops and materials.
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Munsan
Korea
Pyongyang
Peiping
George W. Hickman
Red Cross
Hickman
Reds
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Rites Held For Child Killed In Accident
The funeral for 13 month old Larry D. Walker of Holly Ridge took place in Dunn Louisiana with Rev. E. T. Cooper officiating. Interment was at Rayville Masonic cemetery. The child died when a brother, 10 year old John, fired a .22 rifle at home, the bullet entering the eye. Survived by parents, five brothers, and grandparents.
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Larry D. Walker
L. B. Walker
Holly Ridge
Dunn
Church of God
E. T. Cooper
Rayville Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville
John
Charles
Bobby
Hershell
Carey Dale
J. W. Rayville
John Wd Ridge
Acheson Heads to Western Europe for Talks on Defense Uproar
Secretary of State Acheson departs for London with his top German experts to push western Europe’s faltering talks toward a consolidated defense force. He will meet British and French foreign ministers, attend King George VI’s funeral, and then fly to Lisbon for a meeting of the 12 Atlantic pact governments seeking a common strategy.
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Washington
Acheson
London
Europe
Truman
Britain
George VI
Lisbon
Panel To Study Fate Of Newark's Airport
Elizabeth residents confront a critical meeting to decide Newark airport's future after three crashes within two months. The National Airlines DC 6 twin engine jet killed 31 and damaged nearby homes, as officials from New York and Port Authority prepare for negotiations with 17 airlines.
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Airview
National Airlines
Janet Memorial Home For
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark
Newark Airport
New York
New York Authority
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Thomas E. Dewey
Port Authority
Canfield R.N
Harold Fiore
Lynbrook
N. Y
Elizabeth General Hospital
Fear Shark Ate Missing Swede
In Panama City Panama on February 12 six native fisherman teams began a shark hunting expedition to locate evidence of Videgaard a Swedish engineer who vanished January 25 after leaving a note he was going for a walk His clothes were found on a distant beach Louis H Schmidt heads the search as a veteran deep sea fisherman and former Panama Canal employee
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Panama
Gosta Widegaard
Harry Soderman
Videgaard
Soderman
Paitilla Point
Panama City
Louis H. Schmidt
Panama Canal
Central America
Policy Defends Keeping Jet Pilots Through 100 Missions
A U S Fifth Air Force spokesman defended keeping all jet pilots including aces in Korea until they complete 100 combat missions. Maj George A Davis Jr had 59 missions before being shot down after becoming an ace with 11 MiGs and three Red bombers.
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Stan Carter
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Air Force
Maj
George A. Davis, Jr
Davis
U.S
Lubbock
Tex
Pentagon
Eyoboanes
George Creighton
Baton Rouge
Winton W. Marshall
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Marshall
Creighton
Election laws to be explained in Ouachita parish
Burt W. Sperry chairman of the Ouachita parish democratic executive committee announces two election instruction sessions on February 15 in the district court room at the parish courthouse. Deputies and all election officials invited as League of Women Voters sponsors seek clarity on primary election duties and laws.
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Ouachita Parish
Burt W. Sperry
Democratic Executive Committee
League of Women Voters
Sperry
City OKs drainage fix on Spencer Street and traffic safety
Monroe city officials moved to address severe Spencer Street drainage between Jasmine and Make Place with a survey underway and a plan to issue stop signs at the cost of the city. Citizens urged action as residents described unsafe conditions during heavy rain and children living nearby.
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Monroe
Spencer Street
Jasmine and
Make Place
John E. Coon
Frank Cline
John Simmons
M. L. Peters
Spencer
A. C. Warner
Henry Bernstein
Little Theater
Forsythe Park
Bernstein
P. A. Pong
Poulman
Wilbanks
North Fourth Street
Westinghouse Corp
Seeapenen Aches -At-Oyp
Ellsasser to Play Tonight at Brown Hall
Organist Richard Ellsasser known as the Paganini of the concert organ will perform tonight at 8 15 in Brown Hall on the Northeast State campus. He is famed for memory feats including Bach's complete organ works from memory and has given landmark firsts in America. Tickets are available at Hewitt's Dew Music Co and the Fine Arts building.
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Richard Ellsasser
Paganini
Brown Hall
Northeast State
College Chapter
Music Educators National Conference
Cleveland
Elisasser
J. 5
Bach
America
Hewitt's
Dew Music Company
Fine Arts
MENC
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State Police
Cross Burns
B. Rouge
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Hebert
Lyle
House Armed Services Group
Congress
House
Armed Services
M. L. King
Munitions Board
D. - Tex
United States
D.-La
Ellsasser
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