Adam Kats Drops Drew Pearson Radio Pact
Press release announces Adam Kats will not renew the Sunday night radio sponsor contract with Drew Pearson. Critics label Pearson’s broadcasts as propaganda and trash, while Senator McCarthy cites connections to international communism.
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Adam Kats
Blackguard
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Pearson
Joe McCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Lee Hat Company
Danbury, Conn
David Karr
Weintraub Advertising Agency
West Monroe high school bid set for January opening
Ouachita parish achom board will open bids January 17 at 10 a.m. for a large two story L shaped West Monroe high school with auditorium and gym. The structure at Travis and Riggs will seat over 2 000 in the auditorium and 1 500 in the gym, likely the area’s largest single construction project. Bids from firms in Jackson Mississippi Baton Rouge Houston Columbia Alexandria Shreveport Monroe and West Monroe are expected.
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Ouachita Parish
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Riggs Streets
Jackson
Miss
Baton Rouge
Houston
Tex
Columbia
Alexandria
Shreveport
Monroe
Six Missionaries Reported Arrested in Wuchow
Richmond Va Jan 3 Chinese Communists reportedly arrested six missionaries at Wuchow in south China on spying charges for the United States. Dr William Wallace head of an American hospital at Wuchow and five others were detained Dec 19 according to a cable from Hongkong to Dr M Theron Rankin secretary of the foreign mission board. Names of the other five were not released though believed American. Wallace a UT Memphis medical graduate once lived in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Wuchow
South China
United States
Southern Baptist Convention
Foreign Mission Board
Hongkong
William Wallace
M. Theron Rankin
Mission Board
B. J. Cauthern
Cauthern
Wallace
University of Tennessee Medical College
Memphis
Tenn
Knoxville
Senate And House Organizing Ranks
The 82nd congress opens with Democratic calls for unity and Republican demands for clear international aims. As Korea’s casualties loom, parties move to shape military and foreign policies, with Senator Taft signaling a drive to reassess U.S. military and foreign policy.
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82Nd Congress
Truman
Korea
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Taft
Ohio
Congress
Two Cold Fronts Drench Louisiana and Mississippi
Two cold fronts moved eastward through the region with heavy rain squalls and thunderstorms. Monroe logged 7.04 inches in 24 hours while Shreveport saw 46 degrees and strong winds. Temperatures drop across Louisiana and Mississippi as the fronts merge tonight with guidance of colder lows.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Memphis
Arkansas-Missouri
Texarkana
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Tex
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Florida
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Greenwood
Jackson
McComb
Meridian
Tupelo
Hattiesburg
West Point
Mercury
Coalition Moves to Restore Prewar House Rules
A bipartisan coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats plans to restore the old rules system in the new House of Representatives. They aim to overturn the 21 day rule that limited the Rules Committee and bypassed the committee if bills were not cleared within that period. Representative Cox of Georgia leads the effort with preliminary counts indicating broad support.
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House of Representatives
House
Rules Committee
Congress
Rules
Representative Cox
D.-Ga
Rain and Snow Hit Wide Midwest Areas
Freezing rain sleet and snow pelted wide areas disrupting traffic and power service as cold air moved south and blizzard conditions were forecast for the Dakotas and Montana. Winds up to 65 mph with 80 mph gusts reported on Vancouver Island caused tree and power line damage along the coast.
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Gulf States
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Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
U N Cease Fire Committee Fails to Secure Korea Truce
The U N cease fire committee announced it has abandoned hope for a Korea truce after two weeks of discussions. The report to the General Assembly cited inability to pursue a satisfactory cease fire arrangement and warned no useful recommendation could be made at this time. The panel signed by Sir Benegal Rau Lester Pearson and Nasrallah Enteszam outlined exchanges with the Chinese Communist government. The group urged continued peace efforts despite the setback.
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Ter B. Pearson
Canada
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Iran
Truce Committee
President Signs Profits Tax Bill
President Truman signed a 3.3 billion profits tax bill with a 77 percent excess-profits levy. He said higher taxes are needed and pledged further increases, while Treasury studies consider additional revenue measures for the new Congress. The bill lifts annual tax collections to over 45 billion dollars, far above 1945 wartime levels.
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Treasury
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New Defense Production Agency Created in Washington
President Truman established a defense production administration to unify emergency production agencies. William H. Harrison, head of the national production authority, will supervise industrial output transportation fuel minerals and power and report to Charles E. Wilson who directed defense mobilization and recommended the new agency.
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Truman
Defense Production Administration
DPA
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National Production Authority
Harrison
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
President Auriol to Visit Truman in Courtesy Trip
President Vincent Auriol of France plans a goodwill visit to Washington as a guest of President Truman with Mme Auriol. The trip is set for March 28 to April 3, described as a ceremonial visit similar to other state calls. He will also visit Canada before returning home.
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Vincent Auriol
France
Truman
Mme. Auriol
England
Auriol
Canada
Government seeks strike down of expanded fair trade price rule
The justice department asked the Supreme Court to limit a federal law on fixing minimum retail prices under state statutes. The brief argues the law should not apply to retailers who have never entered into contracts not to sell below fair trade prices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Pittsburgh Rail Station Fire Destroys Freight Terminal
A spectacular blaze on Pittsburgh's south side severely damaged the Pennsylvania Railroad block long freight station. Fire Chief Davis estimated about 30000 dollars in damage. A railroad worker was burned and hospitalized as eight fire departments and rain fought the two story tin and frame building. The cause remains undetermined.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
William H. Davis
Most Spent By 81st Congress
Washington reports the 81st Congress spent over 110 billion dollars in peacetime, approving Truman tax increases and arming the nation amid the Korean crisis. It extended the selective service law, drafted doctors, and backed foreign aid while ratifying NATO. A late session authorized defense funds and civil defense and extended rent controls.
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Europe
Senate
Stormy Pacific Northwest Fleet Disruptions and Injuries
A severe January storm lashed the Pacific Northwest with 55 to 65 mph winds and gusts to 80 mph. A man was swept from an ocean ship, a barge broke tow lines near the Columbia mouth, and power lines failed from the Oregon coast to Spokane. A bus rollover near Mount Hood injured no one, while two Seattle women were slightly hurt by the gale.
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Top Scale Attack Inching Toward Seoul Front
Chinese forces break through U.S. and British lines near Seoul as heavy fighting erupts in the region. Seoul's defense tightens under censorship while UN forces, including the 24th and 25th American divisions and a British brigade, brace for a likely all out assault on the capital.
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Swinton
Jim Pringle
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Waugh
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First Cavalry
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Old City
Purge in China Aims to Narrow Communist Core
Reports from Calcutta say Peiping orders slash Chinese Communist card carriers from 6,000,000 to about 3,000,000 to form a loyal core. Asia wide orders would trim ranks to follow Moscow Peiping axis. Purge targets politically unreliable elements from the 1949 shift to the Red ranks and war effort.
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India
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Korea
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Stoke Says LSU Will Admit Negro to Law School
President Harold W. Stoke of Louisiana State University, arriving in New York, said LSU would abide by the Supreme Court ruling requiring admission of a Negro to its law school. He declined further comment as the high court had upheld a lower court decision ordering Roy S. Wilson admitted to LSU law school.
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Harold W. Stoke
Louisiana State University
Supreme Court
Stoke
Washington
High Court
Roy S. Wilson
U. S. District Court
New Orleans
Monroe Approves Sites for Two More Housing Projects
The Monroe Housing Authority announces approval of two additional housing sites by the Fort Worth office of the Public Housing Administration. A second colored project will add 125 units on Texas Avenue, totaling 201 in the existing colored project Arthur Johnson Manor construction is about 10 percent complete. A white housing project on Winnsboro road near Georgia street spans about ten acres and will add 100 white units. Bids for the new colored project are expected mid February.
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Monroe Police Hires Three Women Radio Operators
Chief M. L. Peters announces three women radio operators for the Monroe police to boost active duty. The new operators are Mrs. B. J. McBride Mrs. J. C. Bryan and Mrs. W. A. Haywood. The detective force grows to six with Capt Hugh Tolbert as executive officer and new members Floyd Van B. J. McBride and J. C. Bryan.
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Monroe
Louisiana Solons Focus on War Crisis in New Congress
Two Louisiana representatives Boggs and Brooks say the 82nd Congress should concentrate on the Korea war crisis and preserving democracy. They urge prioritizing defense legislation and measures to curb inflation, with other issues set aside.
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