Clare Boothe Luce Attacks Eleanor Electorate Gaffe
Westbrook Pe gler critiques Clare Boothe Luce in a sharp column, recalling her jibe at Eleanor the Great and mocking Luce’s praising of a trivial gold medal. The piece lampoons political vanity and the ritual awards of elite circles, including references to the Waldorf and a caravan trail to Muscovy.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Eleanor
Eleanor the Great
Henry Luce
Clare
Franklin
Williamsburg
Waldorf
Muscovy
Gab
West German Police Force Considered by Allies
June 2 7 The western powers discussed a plan to form a central police force of 25000 in western Germany. The idea was raised by Chancellor Adenauer and debated by the American British and French foreign ministers in London. No decision was reached and authority moved to the high commissioners in Frankfurt for review. No agreement exists on the need or size of additional police units.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Adenauer
West Germany
London
Michael J. McDermott
Frankfurt
McDermott
Ross Case Argued in Supreme Court
Joseph H. Ross, life term for the murder of C. M. Kitchens, a local grocer, is up before the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans. District Attorney Fred Fudickar Jr. argues for the state while Lee Madison and David I. Garrett of Monroe defend. Convicted in the Fourth Judicial District Court earlier this year, the high court’s ruling is not expected until early summer.
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Joseph H. Ross
C. M. Kitchens
New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Lee Madison
David I. Garrett
Monroe
Body Ross
Fourth Judicial District Court
Supreme Court
Iuka Celebration Of National Club Award Set
Iuka Mississippi marks July 6 as Iuka day after Twentieth Century Club wins first in General Federation of Women's Clubs contest in Boston. The group brings doctors to town, opens eye ear nose throat clinic, installs dial system and leads local improvements. Governor Fielding Wright proclaims the day.
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IUKA
Miss
Boston
Mass
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Twentieth Century Club
Fielding Wright
LSU to Send Two Cadets to Marine Reserve
Louisiana State University announced it will send two graduating cadets to the marine corps reserve for commissions as second lieutenants. Joseph Nastasi of Monroe and Arthur J. Perrault of Opelousas were selected for reserve commissions today.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Marine Corps Reserve
Joseph Nastasi
Monroe
Arthur J. Perrault
Opelousas
Marine Corps
Senate probes crack down on crime leads to broad inquiry
Washington reports a senate investigation into crime and gambling expanding under President Truman’s support. Chairman Kefauver plans to request a freeze on Western Union message files to curb disposal of records, as effort to link interstate communications to racketeers broadens. The president promised full cooperation and access to confidential information with tax return disclosures possible by presidential order.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
New York
Florida
California
Defauver
D.-Tenn
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
Kefauver Committee
Senate Committee
McGrath
White House
Truman vows to keep southern Democrats in party
Washington June 2 President Truman sought to mend ties with southern Democrats saying he does not favor driving any critic of his program from the party. He noted a Senate speech by Senator Humphrey urging Dixiecrats to ally with Republicans and Liberal Democrats to merge with Truman Democrats. Senator George of Georgia countered with remarks on opposition to a fair employment practices commission.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Humphrey
D.-Minn
George
D.-Ga
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Long Plans Flight to Cast Vote on Basing Point Measure
New Orleans June 2 Ailing Sen Russell Long plans to fly to Washington to vote on the basing point price measure. He hoped to go yesterday but caught a bad cold and inflamed throat. He aims to return tonight to resume his campaign for reelection. The measure would allow manufacturers to charge uniform delivery prices including freight within an area regardless of distance from the shipping point.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
D.-La
Washington
Long
Senators rush back for vote on uniform delivered price bill
Washington June 2 prospects of a tight vote drew senators back from out of town to ballot on a measure allowing businessmen to set uniform delivered prices for their products wherever sold. The agreement for a 1 p.m. EST vote aimed to resolve a long disputed issue with potential broad impact.
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Washington
Eruption Drives 60 Families From Southwest Hawaii Homes
Honolulu report says Mauna Loa eruption sent a molten lava river up to a mile wide racing toward the sea. About fifteen homes and a Catholic church were destroyed while two elderly residents are missing. Communications to the south were cut and damage in that area remains unclear.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Kona
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Henry Kunitomo
L. P. Lincoln
Kunimoto
Commencement Address by Dr. E. B. Robert at Neville High
Dr. E. B. Robert of Louisiana State University delivered the principal address at Monroe’s 63rd annual Neville High commencement. He praised the public school system, warned against attacks on free press and open discussion, and declared no fear of bombs or welfare state while emphasizing democracy. Virginia Laing gave the Valedictory and Jo Ann Roberts the Salutatory, with Rev. Holloway offering the invocation and the Neville band performing.
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E. B. Robert
College of Education
Southern Association of High Schools and Colleges
Neville High School
Monroe City
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Jo Ann Roberts
Virginia Laing
J. M. Boyer
Robert
City of Monroe
E. L. Neville
Quadruple amputee plans to marry in Florida
Jacksonville news reports Jimmy Wilson a 25 year old University of Florida student applied for a marriage license to wed Dorothy Mortenson, 23, in Jacksonville on June 8. Both are quadruple amputees from World War II bomber crash injuries in Vermont in 1944.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jimmy Wilson
University of Florida
Dorothy Mortenson
Wilson
Vermont
Legislators Face Record 1950 Louisiana Bill Glut
Louisiana's 1950 legislature has over 1,420 bills, the most in 22 years, yet pace is slow. Gov Earl Long's administration provided only five or six major items, with administration bills minimal. Through mid-session the House acted on 80 bills and the Senate on 30, far below 1948 activity. Rep. George Tessier notes the body cannot clear its heavy calendar at this rate.
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House
Senate
Earl Long
Rep
George Tessier
Chemical head visits by Commercial Solvents president here
J Albert Woods recently elected president of Commercial Solvents Corporation will visit Monroe and Sterlington with M C Wheeler and A K Hamilton. The entourage will tour Dixie and Thermatomic plants, inspect plantations near Monroe for ammonia soil application, attend a Lotus Club dinner, and stage employee photographs for eastern offices, with Ouachita National Bank hosting events.
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C. C. Boardman
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Sterlington
J. Albert Woods
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Monroe
Mr. Woods
Commercial Solvents
Wilson Toomer Fertilizer Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp
W. R. Grace and Company
M. C. Wheeler
Terre Haute
Ind
A. K. Hamilton
New York City
Dixie
Ouachita National Bank
Lotus Club
Earl Williams
Louisiana highway contract awarded in Tensas parish
The Louisiana Department of Highways awarded a $280,569 surfacing contract on a low bid to Henry and Hall of Dubach for the Saranac Wilsonia highway in Tensas parish. The announcement was made from Baton Rouge on June 2.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
Department of Highways Today
Saranac-Wilsonia
Tensas Parish
Henry and Hall of Dubach
Japan may outlaw Communist Party in wake of general strike
Tokyo dispatch says reliable sources report MacArthur headquarters studying a plan to outlaw the Japanese Communist Party. The move hinges on tomorrow’s anti American general strike and violence near U S troops as a high court fast tracks eight defendants charged with attacking U S soldiers.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Japan Communist Party
Red Party
Communist Party
U. S
Widow SLAIN NEPHEW HELD IN MAINE CASE
In Scarborough Maine police seized 19 year old William N Elwell after the battered body of Mrs Viola Tully 56 was found in a watery ditch six hours after she vanished from Melrose Massachusetts Her nephew claimed two men killed her and forced him to drive her car to Maine while blood stained clothing and cash were found in his possession An all New England police alert was issued for Elwell as investigators pursued the leads from the bloodstained home and a kitchen ice pick found at the scene.
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Scarborough
Viola Tully
Melrose
Mass
William N. Elwell
Brunswick
Portland
Tully
Douglas Steele
Steele
Elwell
Maine
Acheson urges larger arms aid to stand against Communism
Secretary of State Acheson told senators the United States may need to raise annual arms aid to western Europe and beyond. He proposed a 1.2225 billion dollar program for the next fiscal year, with 1 billion for NATO defenses, and warned that any slackening could bring disaster if democracy is to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
United States
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Europe
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
London
Rent Control Bill Approved by Senate Banking Committee
Washington June 2 The senate banking committee approved eight to five legislation to keep federal rent control for six months beyond June 30. The bill allows cities to extend control if their governing bodies vote for it, a compromise between the administration and some members who want controls ended. The house vote is due around June 12, with a senate vote possible after. Some hotels would be decontrolled under the measure, while others noted as remaining under federal ceilings would be removed per Senator Douglas D Ill. The committee chair Maybank announced the vote, with Long supporting the report but reserving opposition in the Senate. Other voting members included Sparkman Frear Ives Shooters?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Douglas D.-Ill
Chicago
Maybank
Long
Sparkman and Frear
U S Develops Atomic Shells and Guided Missiles
Washington reports the United States has developed atomic artillery shells and atomic warheads for guided missiles. Defense Secretary Johnson informed President Truman on March 31 of new atomic missiles with tactical and strategic uses. Atlantic pact planners see these weapons boosting Europe’s security without overtaxing the United States or allies, while stressing they complement, not replace, conventional forces.
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Washington
United States
Defense
Johnson
Truman
Atlantic Pact
Europe
New Mail Schedule Begins June In Monroe and West Monroe
The postmasters announce curtailed mail service starting June 3 with one daily residential delivery in both Monroe and West Monroe. Downtown Monroe and business districts keep usual deliveries. post office hours stay the same, while money order and registry windows close at noon Saturdays.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Washington
Woodrow Hathorn
O. W. Boyd, Jr
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Woods
Methodist Conference
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M. D. Felder
Monroe First
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