Tech Chief Ropp Honored With July Reception at Tech
Ruston July 14 Special Honoring acting President and Mrs R L Ropp of Louisiana Tech the Faculty Women's Club and the Faculty Men's Club plan a reception in Harperhall July 21 from to 10 p m The general committee as officers Frellsen Smith J Truly Johnson W J Bordelon Miss Helen Woodard Miss Merle Burk Miss Maxine Pepper Miss Edith Cotton supervise refreshments Wives of deans preside at punch bowls Raymond Heard of Ruston state board of education and Mrs Heard attend along with Mrs Smith and Miss Edith Cotton Receiving with the Ropps will be Mr and Mrs Ropp and other faculty and staff members who will greet the acting president and wife
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Edith Cotton
Tech
Agnes Chambless
School of Home Economics
Ropp
Raymond Heard
Ruston
State Board of Education
Heard
Frellsen Smith
Smith
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Changes in food prices show slight shifts this week
Produce items faced drought driven price changes with New England losses around 30 million dollars. Eastern markets imported cabbage from Colorado and Iowa while some produce items fell in price. Meat prices remained mostly steady with minor gains.
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Associated Press
New England
Colorado
Iowa
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago
Cleveland
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dun and Bradstreet
Brahma Breeders to Hold Field Day at LSU
Louisiana Brahma breeders schedule their annual field day for July 21 at Louisiana State University. S. E. McClaine of L S A's animal husbandry department says President S C Johnson of Jackson will preside, with Herman Taylor of Natchitoches as master of ceremonies. The piece also notes an unrelated fact about elephants kneeling when reclining.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Debate Over Overtime Pay Reform In Congress
The House debated paying overtime at regular rates to workers on premium pay. Senate amendments broadened coverage to all wage hour workers and added a retroactive clause barring back pay claims by longshoremen and stevedores. Lawful overtime remains one and a half times the regular rate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
Congressional Labor Committees
Fight Foreign Aid Bill Amendments
Washington July 14 Senate leaders lined up votes to block amendments aimed at forcing a 2 billion purchase of surplus U.S. farm commodities in foreign aid and occupation programs. Senator Lucas said he expects Senate rejection of the amendments supported by Senator McClellan to require American products only and funds for agricultural products used solely for that purpose.
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Stnte
U. S
Lucas of Ilinois
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
McClellan
D.-Ark
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Army
Germany
Austria
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Paul Foffman
Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
Molla
Auto Workers elect regional leaders amid faction shifts
The union re elected most leaders, naming Pat O Malley and Ray Ross to regional posts in Ohio West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. Harvey Kitzman of Racine becomes 23rd executive board member overseeing Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana and Wyoming.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pat O'Malley
Ray Ross
Paul Miley
Richard Reisinger
Miley
Reisinger
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Kitzman
George Burt
Windsor
Ont
Cy O'Halloran
Los Angeles
Reuther
Charles Kerrigan
Martin Gerber
New York
Tom Starling
Atlanta
Russell Lerner
St. Louis
Pat Greathouse
Chicago
Ray Berndt
Indianapolis
Charles Ballard
Toledo
Leonard Woodcock
Muskegon
Mich
Donnell Chapman
Flint
William McAulay
Pontiac
Norman Matthews
Michael Lacey
Joseph McCusker
Ed Cote
Detroit
Trouble seen for farm trial run as price plan faces foes
Washington reports a Democratic Republican coalition in the House claiming enough votes to block the Brannan plan for a trial run of the farm price bill. Senator Gore and Pace support alternative bills preserving the time-tested program with limited experiments and subsidies, while some administration figures privately fear the trial idea is failing.
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Washington
Agriculture Brannan
Gore
D.-Tenn
G. O. P. House
Representative Pace
D.-Ga
Pace
Brannan
Britain faces continued strike unrest as unions resist orders
The Stevedores and Tugmen unions await a report on the dispute after resisting government pleas to end the walkout. Labour ministers and union leaders clash over whether action is political and how to curb dollar spending as Cripps imposes rationing and import controls. Meanwhile US libraries exceed one million books each.
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Stevedore’s
Tugmen’s
Dana Wilgress
London
Dock Board
George Isaacs
Canadian Trades and Labor Council
Britain
Sterling
Cripps
Western convoy tests Soviet lane as blockade eases
The American convoy moved through Helmstedt at forty trucks per hour amid a backlog of sixty German lorries as perishable foodstuffs from West Germany gained access to the Soviet zone. British officials call the move a breach of East West deals and potential Western retaliation. The run marks the first large Western trucking effort since May 12 easing and serves to test the so called little blockade while aiding airlift relief.
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Helmstedt
West Germany
House of Commons
New York
Paris
U. S
Radar contact with the Moon established in 1946
The U S Signal Corps established radar contact with the Moon in 1946 and the echoed signal returned to the sending station in under three seconds.
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U. S. Signal Corps
Doan's Pills Warn of Kidney Trouble Signs
Backache and leg pains can signal kidney or bladder problems when poisons stay in the blood. Watch for puffiness under the eyes, swelling, and frequent scanty urine. Doan's Pills offer relief by aiding kidney tube flushing.
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Doan
Slot machines demolished in Columbia court yard
Sheriff George E. Erskine, following judge Vincent Mouser, began destroying 15 recently confiscated slot machines. The machines, valued at 250 to 1000 dollars each, held more than 40 pounds of nickels and quarters. A crowd gathered as they were smashed at the rear of the courthouse.
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Columbia
George E. Erskine
Vincent Mouser
College hospital courses proposed in Louisiana
Louisiana state hospital board considers formal college courses in hospital administration for residents. Hospital Director Jesse H. Bankston says 140 institutions across Louisiana are being polled to gauge interest. If favorable, LSU may host such instruction next school year via a junior level course, a non credit evening extension, or a ten day annual hospital management training conference.
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Baton Rouge
State Hospital Board
Jesse H. Bankston
Louisiana
Bankston
Louisiana State University
College of Commerce
BC Headache Powders or Tablets Offer Quick Relief
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