Big Red One Signs Show a War-weary Army in Frankfurt
The Big Red One remains a symbol along the Darmstadt Frankfurt AutoBahn with yellow signboards for miles. In Heidelberg General Handy’s HQ warns of discipline as Gen Terry Allen’s storied first division reflects on refinements. Luxuries and shops in the post exchange area reveal a civilian veneer as Lt Gen Manton Eddy clarifies their field army role.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Darmstadt
Pershing
Terry Allen
North Africa
Allen
Heidelberg
Thomas Handy
Europe
Roosevelt
Manton Eddy
Handy
Evans Threats In Court Over Mrs. Solomon Case
In a packed district court, J. R. Foley testified Buck Evans confessed beating Mrs. Solomon over dating another man. Nettie Williams recalled Evans saying if you quit me I will kill you, though she called it a joke. Other witnesses described the ambulance scene and Mrs. Solomon’s injury, with Foley noting his mother had limited opportunities with Evans.
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J. R. Foley
Amanda Solomon
Buck Evans
Annie Neal
Hixon Brothers
Solomon
James Brooks
Evans
Foley
F. H. Hammond
Oil Barge Blast Kills One Near Lake Charles
A blast on an oil barge at Cities Service docks southwest of Lake Charles Louisiana killed one man and left another missing. The explosion at 2 04 a m caused a fire seen from the city with four barges towed to safety and a nearby Standard Oil tanker moved away.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service
George Keller
Keller
United Gas Plans $5.764 Million Pipeline Project
United Gas Pipeline Co seeks power commission approval to build compressor stations at Napoleonville Louisiana and Jackson Mississippi and to add capacity at two other stations. It requests authority to boost delivery to Southern Natural Gas Co at Birmingham Alabama by 100 million cubic feet daily.
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Washington
United Gas Pipeline Co
The
Power Commission
Napoleonville
Jackson
Miss
Southern Natural Gas Co
Birmingham
Ala
Pressure Mounts on Russell to Seek Democratic Nomination
Southern Democrats push Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia to formally enter the presidential race. Senator Maybank denies backers aim to block Kefauver Truman or others, noting Russell's friends extend beyond the South. Byrnes is reported as a weekend visitor amid ongoing debate over the party’s fair deal and 1948 conventions echo.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Maybank
D-S. C
Russell
Kefauver
D.tenn
Truman
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Ritchie’s Rites in Bastrop
Sam Franklin Ritchie 72 a retired plantation owner and operator died at his Bastrop home after a several week illness. The funeral is set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cherry Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. W. R. Rogers officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Ritchie was a native of Brookhaven Mississippi and had lived in Bastrop previously.
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Bastrop
Sam Franklin Ritchie
Cherry Ridge Road
Cherry Ridge Baptist Church
W. R. Rogers
Robinson Funeral Home
New Memorial Park Cemetery
Ritchie
Brookhaven
Miss
State Dept Hints Russia China Drift Apart
The State Department notes reports of growing cooling between Peiping and Moscow in 1951. The review cites food shortages, land reform upheavals, purges, and mass deportations in China, while praising rising strength and production in the free world as a bulwark against Soviet aggression. It also notes over 16 000 private enterprises closed in the Soviet zone of Germany.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
Soviet Russia
Department
China
Peiping
Moscow
Free World
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Zone
Germany
Brussels
International Commission of Jurists
Ouachita Junior Elected To Head State-Wide Group
Harvey McFalls a Ouachita Parish High School junior is chosen president of the Distributive Education Clubs of Louisiana. He defeated Marilyn Garrity the first girl candidate. McFalls will lead the Louisiana delegation to the national DECA in Wichita Kansas in April.
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Ouachita
New Orleans
Harvey McFalls
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Distributive Education Clubs of
Louisiana
McFalls
Marilyn Garrity
Nicholls High School
Fice
Glenn Edwards
Bastrop High School
Jeanette Ortega
Istrouma High
Baton Rouge
John Baroussa
Crowley High
Frances Ray Herbert
Lafayette High
Bobbie Sommer
Byrd High School
Shreveport
of Distributive Education Clubs of America
Wichita
Kas
Lucious Tucker
Mae Cunningham
Behrman High
Jo Roy Hamilton
Taft to enter New Hampshire primary against Eisenhower
Senator Robert A. Taft announced he will challenge General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination in the New Hampshire primary on March 11. Taft said he would seek pledged delegates and allow supporters to appear on the ballot, despite unfavorable factors. Southern Democrats reportedly push Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia to enter the race.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Spaht Campaign Manager Counters Kennon Aid Claim
James A. McDonough campaign manager for Judge Carlos Spaht in the fifth district rebutted Judge Kennon s pledge to back Northeast Louisiana State College. He cited John McKeithen s lieutenant governor candidacy and cited a Sunday World article about a four year Monroe college act, noting Barham opposed it in the Senate and stressing the lieutenant governor s power over funding. The statement hints at ongoing political maneuvering and possible continued coverage on page six.
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James A. McDonough
Carlos Spaht
Fifth Congressional
Kennon
Northeast
Louisiana State College
John McKeithen
Spaht
McDonough
West Monroe
Sunday World
Monroe
Louisiana State Senate
C. E. “Cap” Barham
Judge Kennon
Senate
M'Cormick To Direct Allied Naval Forces
U S Admiral Lynde D McCormick named supreme commander of western naval forces in the north Atlantic for NATO. He will command the U S Atlantic fleet and oversee duties up to but not including the British Isles coast area, a decision agreed by Truman and Churchill.
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Atlantic
London
Lynde D. McCormick
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Admiral McCormick
U. S. Atlantic
NATO
British Isles
Truman
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
McCormick
Eisenhower
Britain
Washington
Prisoner exchange talks stall in Korean truce efforts
In Munsan Korea January 30 Allied and Communist negotiators showed little progress on prisoner of war exchanges. U N command spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols said the Reds were reasonably objective but offered no measurable gains. North Korean Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho approved some points but clung to core disagreements blocking an accord.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Lee Sang Cho
U. N. Command
Lee
Grunewald Faces Contempt Bid Over Tax Probe
Washington reports Henry W. Grunewald refused to answer questions before the House Ways and Means tax subcommittee prompting possible contempt citations for him and attorney William Power Maloney. If found in contempt, Grunewald could face up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. The probe centers on a claimed $500,000 tax fix and related scandals involving government officials and influence peddling.
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Washington
Henry W. Grunewald
House
Ways and Means
Grunewald
William Power Maloney
Congress
Congressional
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Egypt Considers Joining Middle East Defense Pact
Egypt would join a Middle East defense command if the Suez dispute is resolved to Egypt’s satisfaction. Premier Aly Maher Pasha said participation would be natural if other Egyptian objectives are met and the government would decide Egypt’s stance. He met with the four powers that proposed the pact and discussed future policy with ambassadors.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Britain
Aly Maher Pasha
United Nations
National Front
Suez Canal
al Ahram
Warchist
Jefferson
Cai
Fery
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Farouk
Mothers March on Polio Starts With Wails and Lights
At 7 p.m. Thursday Monroe and West Monroe will begin the 1952 mothers' march on polio as police and fire sirens and whistles sound. Volunteers will collect funds for the March of Dimes, with home porch lights shining until money is secured in a central depository. The Ouachita parish effort notes 24 infantile paralysis cases in three years.
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Monroe
West
W. J. Riley, Jr
Riley
Ouachita Parish
Welfare Workers To Receive Pay Raise
The merit system council approves ten percent pay increases for all employees of the Louisiana department of public welfare effective February 1. Council Director Butler Walden stated the action. the board had previously authorized increases in public assistance near $1,000 a month. Welfare Commissioner A. A. Fredericks was unavailable for comment.
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Baton Rouge
Merit System Council
Louisiana Department of Public Welfare
Butler Walden
Board of Public Welfare
A. A. Fredericks
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Westbrook
Pegler
Andy Loomis
Dionne Quints
Quints
Loomis
Hudson, Wisc
United Gas
State Dept
Russia
Pittsburg
Ihe
John M.keithen
M’cormick
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