Tragic July Fourth Crash Kills Child In Smackover
A Ford dump truck and a 1947 Buick collided head on on U S 80 near West Monroe killing 3 year old Carol Ann Hancock and badly injuring her parents and aunt while a Monroe youth narrowly escaped a fiery death.
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Ark
Monroe
U. S. 80
West Monroe
Carol Ann Hancock
St. Francis Sanitarium
Robert L. Hancock
Menier Cannon
North Fifth Street
Hancock
Juanita
Onnie Butler
Cannon
Oscar Edney
Edneys
Roerich link to New York arts scene questioned in 1929 project
Westbrook Pegler outlines ties among New York cultural figures and Nicholas Roerich at the Riverside Drive project Jamasery. He cites a March 24 1929 cornerstone event, Wagner letter praising Roerich, and Sol Bloom’s remarks about “weird lectures” and hypnotic influence amid protests and graft concerns surrounding the Roerich Museum Press and cultural ventures.
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New York
Neweaters
Nicholas Konstantin Roerich
Henry Wallace
Jamasery
Riverside Drive
Louis L. Horch
Department of Commerce
New Jersey
Roerich Museum Press
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Tammany Clubhouse
Roerich
Nicholas Roerich
Sol Bloom
New Deal
Joss House
Grand Tower Flood Swamps Town After Sandbag Barrier Breach
Flood waters flooded Grand Tower Illinois as a five foot sandbag barrier broke at 9:30 p m. Mayor Jesse Grammer said all residents reached high ground safely after the breach inundated Front street and nearly every business. A boy injured foot was the only report of injury. The river stood at 40.1 feet, the highest on record, with more rise expected. Residents seek shelter in schools and spared homes as authorities maintained control.
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Grand Tower
Jesse Grammer
Grammer
Pardon recipient Ma jczek receives $24000 from state
Joe Majczek, 39, freed after a 13 year sentence in a 1932 Chicago policeman slaying, received a $24000 state expression of regret. Gov. Green pardoned him in 1945 after a Chicago Times investigation, while his widow mother Tillie financed the fight with work and a mortgage. Majczek has not decided how to use the funds.
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Chicago
Joe Majczek
Majczek
Arthur C. Leader
Dwight H. Green
Chicago Times
Times
Joe
Tillie
Denmark Greece to join European economic talks under Marshall plan
Denmark declared its participation in the European economic consultations proposed by Britain and France under the Marshall plan. Premier Knud Kristensen called the move a peaceful offensive as Greece accepted the July 12 Paris conference invitation, with Finance Minister Demetrius Helmis to represent Athens.
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Associated Press
Greece
Denmark
Britain
France
Knud Kristensen
National
Jutland
Kristensen
Paris
Athens
Demetrius Helmis
Russia
Europe
Poland
V. M. Molotov
Warsaw
Henry Fergus Wins Marathon at Monroe Field Day
Henry Fergus, 15, Neville High School student, won the two mile race from downtown Monroe to Neville Stadium in 12 minutes 2 seconds. Harold Bassett 12 21, Roy Aston 12 30, Robert Jones 13 04, Bill Hance 14 01, Jimmy Waugh 14 11, Hayden Cutler 14 11. A handsome trophy and four other prizes from Monroe merchants were awarded.
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Monroe Recreation Department
Henry Fergus
Monroe
Neville Stadium
Neville High School
Harold Bassett
NevaIto Boat
Roy Aston
Robert Jones
Bill Hance
Jimmy Waugh
Hayden Cutler
Fergus
Monroe Merchants
the Palace
J. Mickel and Son
Goldsmith
Gay Clothing
European aid conference expected to be brief
Paris reports that the European recovery conference aimed at coordinating inter European aid and reconstruction is expected to last two or three days. Invitations went to 22 nations except the Soviet Union and Spain under Franco. The gathering will adopt British French proposals to form a temporary data gathering body and outline a continental program.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Spain
V. M. Molotov
Franco
George C. Marshall
Harvard University
United States
Europe
Truman Calls European Rejection of Aid Folly on July Fourth
President Truman in a Monticello Independence Day address denounced as folly the refusal of European nations to join a cooperative relief plan. He urged end to propaganda and warned that organized mistrust diverts nations from peace and unity. He cited failure at Paris talks and argued the United States must lead in rebuilding economic conditions for peace.
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Charlottesville
Truman
Soviet Union
United States
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Marshall
Long Promises Farm to Market Roads and Pensions
Earl K. Long opened his Louisiana governor campaign on July 4 in Leesville promising farm to market roads and a $50 monthly old age pension for those aged 60. He highlighted his brief 11 month governorship and touted road work while urging citizens to stay engaged. He deferred major policy remarks to running mate William J. Dodd and said he would push veterans’ and highway reforms as part of his program.
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Leesville
Formnte-Market
Long
Richard W. Lewhe
Louisiana
Iowa
California
William J. Dodd
Dodd
Huey Long
State Highway Commission
Voodoo Gunman Shot Dead by Nashville Police
Nashville police say paroled suspect Robert Waddy known as the Voodoo Gunman was shot and killed after wounding Assistant Police Chief Martin Stevens. Waddy had been sought for questioning in a fortune teller bombing and the voodoo shooting of two women, and had earlier been convicted of a 1931 slaying.
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Nashville
Tenn
Martin Stevens
Robert Waddy
J. B. Millican
Waddy
Garner Robinson
Andrew Tanner
Robinson
State Penitentiary
Thirteen Die in Holiday Highway Mishaps Across Eight States
Thirteen persons were killed in highway accidents across eight states as 39 million plus vehicles entered peak holiday travel. The national safety council warned the weekend would set a record, predicting about 275 traffic fatalities by Sunday night. Florida led with five deaths, then Arizona two, and Alabama Montana New York Ohio South Carolina Utah each with one. New York and New Jersey reported additional noncar crashes.
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National Safety Council
Florida
Arizona
Alabama
Montana
New York
Ohio
South Carolina
Utah
New Jersey
Eisenhower warns of Golgotha if world peace plan fails
In Vicksburg on July 4 General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff, warned that without U S help to plan a world peace structure humanity may suffer the Golgotha of a third world war. He spoke as principal speaker at the third annual carnival of the Confederacy.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
B-29 Formation Leads Vicksburg Fourth of July
Seventeen B-29 bombers of the 850th squadron 509th group passed over Monroe at 9 15 am en route to Vicksburg July 4 celebrations. Leading was Major Ralph W Taylor son of Ralph and Mrs Julia Taylor of West Monroe. He commanded Luke the Spook a plane he has piloted since atomic training in the Aleutians in 1941.
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Monroe
Vicksburg
509Th
Roswell Field
New Mexico
Ralph W. Taylor
Ralph Taylor
Clayton Street
West Monroe
Taylor
Luke the Spook
Aleutian Islands
Union of Nations Shaped by War Roots for Global Peace
General Eisenhower warned that uniting the North and South after the Civil War offers a model for international cooperation to avert future conflict. He said nations must work for the common good or face slow decay or total war, as industrial and atomic advances create boundless risks. Many dismiss world unity as impractical due to strong national loyalties.
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Eisenhower
Slavery Testimony in Ingalls Trial Details Dora Jones
Dora Jones testifies at the federal slavery trial of Mr and Mrs Alfred Wesley Ingalls in San Diego California recounting fear of jail and hell for years. She describes presences of threats including institutionalization and a claim of pregnancy by Mrs Ingalls first husband Walter Harmon. The emotional testimony continues as the case advances.
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San Diego
Calif
Dora Jones
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Mad
Lora
Washington
Alabama
Dozen Towns and Villages Hit by Deadly Tornado Path
GRAND FORKS North Dakota July 4 AP Ten people died and 30 were injured as a tornado carved an 80 mile path across the Red River Valley from Manitoba into Minnesota and North Dakota. Dozens of farms were leveled and many livestock killed with towns including Windy Gates Oslo Auburn Warsaw hit.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Red River Valley
Manitoba
Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
Windy Gates
Man
Oslo
Mann
Here
Mayville
Portland
Auburn
Warsaw
Frank Rogalla
Republicans claim votes to pass tax cut plan in 1948
Washington reports Republicans claim enough votes to override President Truman's veto and enact a $4.009 billion tax cut for 48 million taxpayers in 1948. The Ways and Means Committee approved the measure 18 to 6, with two Democrats switching to support. If enacted, taxes would fall 30 percent for those with $1,000 or less income, 15 to 20 percent for middle earners, and up to 105 percent for higher incomes, effective January 1, 1948.
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Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Representative Doughton
North Carolina
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Knutson
House Committee
Ways and Means
Ben-Gurion demands Jewish state in Palestine before UN inquiry
David Ben-Gurion testifies at United Nations Palestine hearing as Jewish Agency head, urging abolition of the white paper, immediate Jewish statehood, and Jewish Arab alliance to solve the Holy Land question. He blames Britain for failing to settle Jews and argues joint trusteeship would fail to match single mandatory.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency
Palestine
United Nations
United Nations Special Committee On
Middle East
Ben-Gurion
England
Mandatory
Britain
Southern Coal Producers Meet as Walkout Looms
Washington July 4 Representatives of the Southern Coal Producers Association convened to review their stance after John L. Lewis and northern mine owners reached a one year contract. Southern talks stalled over terms with United Mine Workers, with a no contract no work policy pending for miners not covered.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
Jonn L. Lewis
Northern
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Lewis
Northern and Steel Company
Steel
Formerly Chained Girl Treasures First Independence Day Fun
Geraldine Massengill, a 16 year old from Knoxville, left for a weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after police freed her from an eight foot chain and a bedpost. Her father W M Massengill and stepmother Ellen Massengill face felonious neglect and assault charges with bonds set at 1000 dollars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Geraldine Massengill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
C. V. Christenberry
Eva Crane
Hattie Love
Joe Kimsey
H. B. Webster
W. M. Massengill
Ellen Massengill
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N. Y
William Horton
Wirerhoto
Westbrook
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Molotov
Georges Bidault
Alexander Bogomolov
U. S
Passover City
Hell
Ways ,and Means Committee
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