Campaign of Truth Gets New Steam Under Allen
Dr. Raymond B. Allen, 49, former University of Washington president, becomes temporary director of the national psychological strategy board. The White House agency coordinates top level propaganda efforts in the Cold War with Moscow, guiding Voice of America, films, posters, and libraries for public persuasion.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Raymond B. Allen
Campaign of Truth
Allen
University of Washington
National Psychological Strategy Board
White House
Truman
Strategy Board
Defense
Moscow
Salary Stabilization Board
Army
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
University of Caliene
Los Angeles
Ing
Congress
State Department
Office of War Information
Voice of America
James E. Webb
William C. Foster
Gen
Walter B. Smith
The
Central Intelligence Agency
Blair House
National Security Council
March of Dimes Opens Ouachita Drive to Pay Debt
Ouachita parish starts the 1952 March of Dimes with a goal to pay off a 1951 deficit of about 5 million dollars. Campaign director W J Riley Jr notes polio cases rose from about 10 000 yearly to an average of 30 000 over the last four years totaling 132 000 cases. The drive runs through January to erase the debt and avoid new deficits for 1952 while supporting care and research.
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Ouachita Parish
National Foundation For
America
W. J. Riley, Jr
Riley
National Foundation
Gold Star Mother Receives Draft Order in Chicago
Mrs. Joe Willie Riley, a Gold Star mother classified 1A last spring, is ordered to report at an induction station next Monday. She doubts she is fit for combat but says she is ready if needed and notes one son was killed in 1943 over Bremen while another son serves in civil air patrol.
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Chicago
Joe Willie Riley
Truman Hints He Will Decide By February Sixth
Democratic congressman Nep Hays quotes President Truman as hoping to reveal plans before February 6 on whether he will run again. The timing aligns with the Ohio delegate filing deadline for the Democratic National Convention. If Truman steps aside, Hays says Kefauver of Tennessee would gain his backing.
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Washington
Truman
Nep. Hays
Unio
White House
Mr. Truman
Ohio
Hays
Jenning
Estes Kefauver
Yennessee
Nineteen Injured In Two Greyhound Bus Collision
Nineteen people were injured when two Greyhound buses collided on rain slick Highway 51 near Dyersburg Tennessee. One driver, G F Wilkerson of Memphis, was seriously hurt and trapped for over an hour.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Greyhound
Highway 51
Mervin Middleton
G. F.red Wilkerson
Memphis
Middleton
Wilkerson
John Cribbs
Baird Brewer Hospital
Ilington
World rings in 1952 with celebrations and tragedies
The new year opens amid peace and goodwill, mass celebrations in New York Chicago Paris and London, plus prayers and mummers parade in Philadelphia. Tragedy hits with auto crashes plane crashes shootings stranglings and stabbings as prices rise including penny post cards and parking fines.
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New York
Chicago
Paris
London
America
Youth Admits Killing Girls In Detroit Snowbank Tragedy
Detroit police say 20 year old Anthony Redmond surrendered and admitted his car struck two Pontiac girls Barbara Holloway 17 and Jessie Anaston 15 as they walked from a party on Woodward Avenue New Year’s Eve. Redmond and a 17 year old boy were with two 15 year old girls and the girls’ father at the station. A second youth Doran Cushing was held as a witness. Two college youths led investigators to the scene.
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Detroit
Anthony Redmond
Royal Oak
Doran Cushing
Barbara Holloway
Jessie Anaston
Woodward Avenue
Redmond
Woodward
Cushing
Samual Harrell
Clemson College
South Carolina
Gerald Sielaff
Wayne University
Boggs Free of Deals, Franklin Editor Says
Winnsboro January 2 Special editor Marion T. Lipp of the Franklin Sun endorses Hale Boggs for governor as free of commitments to individuals or groups. He notes Boggs would oppose Earl Longism and favors Boggs over James McLemore and Robert Kennon, praising Eisen in a signed editorial. The piece argues Franklin parish voters seek integrity and honest government and ends with Boggs for better government.
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Boggs
Franklin
Winnsboro
Hale Boggs
Marion T. Lipp
Louisiana Press Association
Franklin Sun
Lipp
James McLemore
Earl Longism
McLemore
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
New Orleans
Morrison
U. S
Russell Long
Franklin Parish
Passman Heads to Washington for Cotton Discussion
Rep Otto E Passman plans a flight to Washington to meet Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan and southern lawmakers to discuss cotton production for the coming year. Brannan seeks a 16 million bale short staple reduction in 1952, with Passman noting farmers may need incentives to plant enough acreage to hit that target.
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Otto E. Passman
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
South
Passman
Weather Man Sees Cold Wave Near Here Tonight
A mass of cold air moves into Louisiana Mississippi with freezing to near freezing temps possible. The front from Shreveport remains stationary and may wedge toward Alexandria and Lake Charles tonight or tomorrow. Below zero readings persist in the Dakotas Minnesota Montana and northern Wyoming as clouds and rain spread through the north and central regions.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Shreveport
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charlies
Houston
Tex
Greenville
Miss
Tupelo
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
Bureau
Canada
Midwest
Meyer Will Probate Distributes Noted Monroe Estate
In Monroe fourth district court the will of Mrs. Melanie Meyer widow of Sol Meyer was probated. The document leaves $20,000 to daughter Lillian Meyer to manage and invest with net income and principal to her, and the remainder to her. A $150 monthly trust is set for sister Julie Broda for ten years. The trust ends and the $20,000 principal goes to Lillian. Charitable gifts include $1,000 to the Jewish Ladies Cemetery Association of Monroe and $500 each to the Sisterhood of Temple B nai Israel Monroe and the National Jewish Hospital Denver Colorado.
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Melanie Meyer
Sol Meyer
Fourth District
Mrs. Meyer
Lillian Meyer
Miss Meyer
Julie Broda
Jewish Ladies Cemetery Association of
Monroe
Sisterhood
Temple B'’Nai Israel of
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Colo
Reds In Effect Say U N Proposal Stinks In Korea
AP report from Munsan on January 2 details a six point UN plan for releasing POWs and repatriating civilians, aiming for a man for man exchange then all for all. Red negotiator Lee Sang Cho reportedly rejected the plan as unacceptable.
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Don Huth Munsan
Korea
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
U. N
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Levie
Louis Smith Heads Jaycees
Louis Smith local attorney elected president of the Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce for six months. L Slade Brown and Lowell Hayden named vice presidents. A 12 member board includes Jack Howard Evans Ethridge Billy Edmondson Charles Regan Carl Slakter Jack Ansell Jr Raleigh Poulos N L Moncrief Garland Shell Lloyd Lenard and Theo Terzia. The installation will be at a luncheon January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Smith
Monroe-West Monroe
Auto license tags on sale at Monroe revenue office
The 1952 automobile license plates went on sale Wednesday at the Monroe state revenue office, with Tom Hicks of West Monroe Trucking Co. making the first purchase. Plates cost 3 dollars, and only one plate is required per vehicle to conserve materials. The office hours are 8 a m to 5 p m, Monday through Friday, and officials urge early purchases to avoid rush.
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Monroe
State Revenue Department
South Grand Street
State Revenue
C. R. Tidwell
Tom Hicks
West Monroe
Mr. Tidwell
Tragic C-47 Crash Kills 28 Cadets and Crew in Arizona
Scattered and burned wreckage of a C-47 near a central Arizona 7000-foot peak confirms the deaths of 28 aboard. Among the dead are 19 West Point cadets and a woman WAF Sgt Jeane Garafalo. A ground party, led by Arnold Johnson, races to recover bodies amid snow and ice.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
Arizona
West Point
Arnold Johnson
Jack Shoe Cattle Co
Johnson
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Tex
Building Permits Hit 1951 Total Of 6 Million
City building inspector Sam Awl reports 1951 building permits totaled 6,038,580 with a big rise from 1950s 5,293,? and earlier years. December issued 27 dwelling permits totaling 132.12 and 11 additions and alterations totaling 34,068.
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Sam Awl
Awl
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L. Slade Brown
Lowell Hayden
By Jack Stevenson
Fornia
Guy L. McNeil, Jr
McNeil
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Robert L. Baseler, Jr
R. L. Baseler
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Robert W. Berry
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