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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1951
Page
1
Bernard Baruch's quiet visit to President Truman at the Marshall home in Leesburg Virginia signals a somber reconciliation after past sharp exchanges. The encounter, arranged by General George Marshall, also hints at political maneuvering surrounding Justice Vinson and a possible return to public prominence for Baruch.
The House approved a measure granting coastal states title to submerged lands three miles out to sea, Texas to 10 1/2 miles, and ownership of oil and minerals under their waters. It would give the federal government rights to the continental shelf. The bill, 265 to 109, moves to the Senate and then to President Truman.
New Orleans July 31. Sam Jones identifies Donald Easterwood 26 of Baton Rouge as knowing the dead man’s name after Jones’s statements. Easterwood arrested on murder investigation. Jones had earlier said the man died in a fight and fell on a knife, then body placed in a swamp. Jones, once a material witness, is held on a murder charge related to the unnamed John Doe.
The Argentine embassy said Argentina plans to set up its first atomic plant for industrial purposes with no date given. Earlier Argentine reports described a cheap method for releasing atomic energy via thermonuclear reactions, drawing skeptical reactions from some scientists abroad.
A red haired Scotsman shut down the Abadan refinery’s final producing unit as the Anglo Iranian Oil Company ends production amid the Iran Britain oil dispute. The oil tanker flow was stopped, the pipeline from Aga Jari to the refinery was cut, and tensions over ownership linger. W Averell Harriman returns to Tehran to push new talks while a parade marks the day.
Louisiana farm bureau delegates opened talks on stockpiling cotton to halt price drops and a ban on livestock running at large. The livestock group backed a statewide law, while opposing price controls and urging disease prevention studies. Cotton demand for 1951 52 loomed large.
United Nations and Communist negotiators failed to narrow their dispute on the cease-fire buffer zone in Korea. The UN seeks a DMZ along the current battle lines, while the Reds push a 38th parallel centered buffer. Talks resume at Kaesong after another uneventful session.
Ouachita parish reports three new polio cases reaching eight for the year. Victims are Vicky Lewis 11 months Sandra Lewis 2 and William Cole 6 all from West Monroe. Vicky shows severe paralysis while Sandra and William have milder symptoms. The cases were sent to the polio center in Alexandria for treatment.
Disbarment actions resume against former state Senator Joe Cawthorn of Mansfield. He aided William Burton, Lake Charles oil operator, in an income tax suit. Burton and Marcel La Branche of New Orleans were earlier sentenced to two years for conspiring to influence a federal court jury. all were paroled in December 1950 after ten months served. The hearing before Moseman R. Simoneaux proceeds after other attorneys requested relief due to potential bias. Others named: Harry Booth, Turner Morgan of Shreveport, and Charles Thomas Munholland of Moriroe.
Jack H. Kawano described a Hawaii Communist party operation from 1937 to 1949 naming 46 members and alleging the ILWU Hawaii regional director Jack W. Hall as a party executive board member. Kawano testified July 6 before HUAC in Washington. texts were released to Hawaii papers.
New York July 31 An additional six months contempt sentence was handed to millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field for refusing to reveal data in the government probe of four top ring Communist leaders. The sentence, to run after a previous 9 contempt term, could keep Field behind bars for nine months more. Field, trustee of the Civil Rights Congress bail fund, refused to name contributors to aid the fund. The $80 000 bail was forfeited when four convicted Communists jumped bond earlier this month. Field appeals both sentences and faces possible repeated contempt orders if called back to court and again refuses to disclose information.
New York reports that Associated Press Executive Director Kent Cooper says Europe is afraid to death of U S defense pressure fearing an aggressive policy. Cooper returned on the Mauretania from Reuters celebration in London and visits to France with his wife. He noted British press interest in the William Oatis spying case and Lord Layton’s push for a parliamentary declaration for his release.
Washington July 31 lean pork prices got official sanction to rise yesterday. The office of price stabilization issued new pork ceilings and said it will raise most pork chop and roast prices at the meat counter by five or six cents a pound. Slaughterers receive higher prices on pork loins weighing 16 pounds or less due to a rise in lightweight hog costs since January. The butcher shop price rise may vary three to nine cents a pound as retailers pass on higher slaughterer charges.
Washington reports President Truman's team urged signing the new economic controls bill today and critics argue more anti inflation powers are needed. The House passed the measure 294 to 80 with Senate approval last week and DiSalle warned lapse could disrupt defense production and raise prices. Ambiguities remain on future revisions including live stock slaughter quotas.
J D Franklin of Bosco has been appointed to the Farmers Home Administration board for Ouachita Parish. Berry W Wilson Jr local FHA supervisor announced the state director F L Spencer made the appointment. Franklin, a long time parish resident and successful farmer, will serve three years on the FHA committee aiding fellow farmers.
Washington heard Alexander Barmine say in 1933 the head of Soviet intelligence called Owen Lattimore and Joseph Barnes “our men.” As head of the Russian VOA unit, he testified to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that he was supplying arms to a western China province and sought more personnel. He cited General Berzin offering several men and naming Lattimore and Barnes.
State police arrested Fred O. McDonald aged 20 and Ver tis Duff aged 29 on auto theft charges. They were jailed in Ouachita Parish after allegedly stealing two cars over the weekend, one reported stolen in West Monroe and wrecked, the other taken on Harrison Street and recovered near Columbia.
LaSalle Telephone Co. announces $405000 investment across five exchanges in La Salle parish and Franklin parish Wisner for dial service upgrade. Rebuilding will expand to about 20000 subscribers with new office buildings at Ollila Tullos Wisner and Urania. construction may start January or February.
East Berlin presses accuse churches and citizens of neglecting decor for the Communist world youth festival opening in the Russian sector. Neues Deutschland says about 685000 visitors have quarters arranged, with 100000 to stay with families and the rest in mass quarters. The Berliner Zettung notes bare patches in churches and Evangelical offices and urges decoration.
The notice states Ordinance 2788 Section 11 bans driving a motor vehicle when a person carries a child or another in arms or when the front seat is occupied by more than three persons.
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