Churchill and Roosevelt Clash Over Invasion Plans
The piece discusses 1942 debates on a cross channel invasion versus Churchill's Balkans plan. It notes Mountbatten's influence on Roosevelt, the strategic aim to capture Germany, and the political cost of delaying Overlord. Major General Deane critiques the shift favoring Africa and the missed chance to confront the Soviet threat sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Turkey
France
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Europe
Churchill
British Isles
Mountbatten
Dieppe
Mountatten
Italy
John R. Deane
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Averell Harriman
Sicily
Sardinia
Normandy
Balkans
England
Ruhr
Saar
Deane
Africa
Congress
Acheson outlines Far East policy and Sino clash views
In Senate hearings, Secretary of State Acheson detailed postwar Far East policy and potential Russian entry to the war in the far east. He discussed Sakhalin and Kurile concessions, Chiang Kai-shek aid limits, and the Communist ascent, noting Nationalists never controlled China and faced a reduced front after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Far East
Sakhalin
Kuriles
Port Arthur
Dairen
Manchuria
Japan
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
China
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kai- Shek
Marshall
Funeral services set for Rev. Charles Shirar
Alexandria, Louisiana June 4 funeral services for the Rev. Charles B. Shirar pastor of Calvary Baptist Church for 13 years were held at 10 am. He died Saturday at an Alexandria hospital and will be buried in Greenwood Memorial Park Pineville. Survived by widow Katherine Shirar a son Charles B. Shirar Jr. of Houston and a daughter Mrs John Russell of Falfurrias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Charles B. Shiraz
Calvary Baptist Church
Pineville
Greenwood Memorial Park
Shirar
Alexandria Hospital
Katherine Shirar
Charles B. Shirar, Jr
Houston
Tex
John Russell
Falfurrias
Allied push toward the iron triangle in Korea
The Eighth Army drives north from Yonchon Yongone and Hwachon toward Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyongyang to break the iron triangle and control key highways. Heavy fighting, rain and air losses mark another day on the front with ground battles from Yonchon to Kansong and naval leaders visiting front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Yonchon
Yongone
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
Kumhwe
Eighth
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
North Korea
Eighth Army
U. N
East Central
A. P
Nate Polowetzky
Parallel 38
Yongpyong
Chail
Yongong
Yanggu
Inje
Kansong
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
C. Turney Joy
Far East
Mickey Cohen Faces Tax Case and Publicity Battle
The government pursues income tax actions against mob figure Mickey Cohen, likened to Capone in risk and notoriety. Cohen, ongoing rivalries with Jack Dragna, gunfire, disappearances, and heavy press coverage shape his decline while police claim financial trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Capone
Jack Dragna
Siegel
California Crime Commission
Dragna
California
Sica Brothers
Drought Continues Amid Sparse Rain Across Deep South
The Weather Bureau warned rains would be brief and sporadic with drought in Louisiana and Mississippi persisting. Farmers faced fears of crop losses, with Lepan Arkansas estimating up to 3 million dollars in value. water shortages prompted conservation in cities like Nashville and Atlanta.
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Lepanto
Ark
Nashville
Atlanta
Joe Allen
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Breuth
Weather Bureau
Alexandria
Shreveport
Monroe
Dead from 13-Name World War II Casualty List
A military casualty notice lists 13 dead including officers First Lt. Lennard E. Gewin and Cpl. Robert Ridgeway among others. Names are given with kin and hometowns such as Monroe Sarepta Shreveport Kentwood and Pitkin. General Delivery and route addresses accompany each entry as the contact for next of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Etheridge
Zwolle
Lennard FE. Gwein
Phyllis A. Gewin
B. A. Marony
Rt. 4
Monroe
Sherlyn Holloway
Helen Holloway
Sarepta
Charles M. la Caze
Moise Jones, Sr
N. Roman
New Orleans
Charlie L. la Caze
Pitkin
Ernest G. McAdams
Ernest McAdams
Laurel
Shreveport
Walter J. Pierce
Ashford B. Pierce
Kentwood
John E. Pratter
John Pratter
Pickett
Robert E. Ridgeway
R. J. Ridgeway
Lafitte St
Louis T. Simmons
Mary Nell Simmons
General Delivery
Louis R. Wilson
Percy Wilson
Ball
Inquest Set for Ivy Pearl Victim on Ouachita Farm
The parents of Ivy Pearl, now in Ouachita parish from Bovina Mississippi, live on Bob Harmon's farm seven miles from the Columbia road. Ivy Pearl is survived by her parents a grandmother and eleven siblings. Dr J T French Ouachita parish coroner will hold an inquest Tuesday at 2 p m at the parish courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Harmon
Columbia Road
Ouachita Parish
Bovina
Miss
Ivy Pearl
J. T. French
Reds seize 14 missionaries in China report
Hong Kong dispatches say Chinese Reds arrested fourteen American and European Catholic missionaries on April 18. Six others including a bishop were denounced. Names named include Father Robert Kennelly Sister Alice Ledoux Sister Marie Gellert Sister Antonio Balzan Sister Berthe Rassin0 and Bishop Robert Kowalski with deputies and four Franciscan brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Communists
New China News Agency
Robert Kennelly
Alice Ledoux
Canada
Marie Gellert
France
Antonio Balzan
Hungary
Berthe Rassin
Malta
Robert Kowalski
Kowalski
Michigan
China
Schneider
Women Advised to Let Husband Boss at Bride and Groom Day
In Los Angeles on Bride and Groom Day Dr. Jesse Randolph Hellems urged 14 young couples at Westwood Hills Christian Church to follow the Apostle Paul instruction that wives submit to their husbands. He claimed the rise in divorces stems from ignoring this teaching and said the view is not old fashioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jesse Randolph Hellems
Paul
Christ
Westwood Hills
Monroe City to vote 650000 bonds for fire dept upgrades
The Monroe Louisiana City Council orders a July 3 1981 election for property tax paying voters to authorize 650000 in 40 year bonds at up to 4 percent interest to acquire and improve fire department stations and equipment. It lists polling places precincts ward 3 and 10 with election officials and clerks for each site.
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Monroe
Lousiana
Louisiana
Boyce-Nash Motors
Hall Street
Freeda Mickel
Halls
Jackson Street
J. Arthur Smith
Nona E. Martin
R. F. Parker
J. Norman Coon
McCarthy's Bakery
J. T. Tolson
C B. Flynn
Georgia Boxley
Jean B. Renaud
Stone Avenue
Alice Hawthorne
May Gardner
Chilton
Laverne Lutz
T. H. Wood
R. M. Gardenour
N. D. Abel
F. E. Hammonds
Eugene Shows
South 2Nd
Sam Q. Cobb
John G. Smith
A R Kirby
J. B. Evans
Lee and
Jackson Streets
William L. Perce
E. Carl Paulus
Charles Dent
Elmer C. Slagte
Smart's
Lee Avenue
Elton Johnson
J. A. Gonzales
S. A. Elliott
Guy Smart Lerk
Poland
South Grand Street
Theus
Island Drive
J. W. Webster
Lula Pope
R. W. Germany
J. W. Griffith
Forsythe Park
Florence Bubb
Louis B. Gannaway
Paul +. Neal
Ray Rhymes
Episcopal Parish
Monroe Elections and Public Works Notices 1951
Public notices from Monroe Louisiana detail ward precinct polling places and hours for city elections on July 5 1951 with officials and venues listed. Also notice of a city hearing June 20 1951 on street widening North Fourth Street and a sewerage district contract approved April 24 1951 for Sullivan Long and Hagerty amounting to 96410 and bond requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission Council
Monroe
Louisiana
North Fourth Street
Washington Street
Louisville Avenue
City Commission
John E. Coon
Board of Commissioners of Sewerage District
G. Foster Wallace
Travis Oliver, Jr
Warren F. Taylor
Vogie H. Rivers
James D. Sparks
Severace
Lousiana
R. C Cudd
Board of Commissioners of Sewerage
Mdistrict
Barnard and Burk Consulting
Sullivan, Long and Hagerty
Barnard and Burk
and Sullivan, Long and Hagerty
City of
Sullivan, Long & Hagerty
Ouachita Parish
A. D
Generage
Board of Commissioners
Fragmentary OCR Pricing Data and Codes
A fragmented OCR line shows mixed numbers and codes such as 192 236, 1.62, 3.20, 2.70 with references to tae and 378 32 435 and monetary figures like $76 486-540 ai 16.64 1792 10.80 11.88 12.96 14.04 1512. The text lacks clear context or full sentences, presenting as a partial numeric ledger or catalog snippet.
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William Trimpe
Fort Dodge
Trimpe
Antonio Galisteo
Mexico City
Galisteo
Mickey Cohen
Alcatraz
Mafia
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Netirous Murder, Inc
Southern California
Kefauver Committee
Drouth Sears
Montana
Colorado
Little Rock
G. I
Charles Chedester
Valley Grove
W. Va
Edwin Engel
High Spire
Dugout
Glenmar
W. E. Reitzell
Paul J. Newman
S. R. Biossat
E. B. Todd
Georgia Tucker School
Stubbs Avenue
John W. Warren
Leon Sugar
Ruth T. Marx
Beatrice Thurman
Quality Grocery
North 6Th
L. H. Carter
Pete Haddad
James L. Phelps
E. A. Porter
Kalil
310
Bros Avenue
J. J. Burroughs
Zilpah Baker
George Tonore
Dewey W. Kramer
Ouachita Steam Laundry
M. E. Nappier
Dollie Cornett
Gladys M. Frierson
Susie N. Littlepage
H. J. Cassanova
Louisville Ave
Della Williamson
Marcel J. Renaud
Marie Jacola
R. Portman
Wilkinson Motor Co
Washington St
Justin J. Glass
Neta W. Stroud
Earl R. Simmermaker
L. ©. Wilkinson
the Trading Post
Jack Tornatore
Pearl G. Kingston
Chas. Bruscato
Mattie Edney
Scott Truck & Tractor Co
DeSiard St
Randolph Coats
Groves Browne
Nick P. Fontana
John Adranga
Luffey
Ida M. Weed
Mike Luffey
Jesse L. White
W. A. Bickham, Jr
N. E. Junior College
Charlies P. Kornman
C. R Peterson
John D. Roach
E. L. Ritter
Neville High School Stadium
Forsythe Avenue
Charles H. Reid
Ira Cagle
Stella Drybureh
J. Frank Farmer
State of
P. A. Poag
A. Poag
Daily-Sun
Daily-Sun News-Star Combination World
Daily-6va
News-Star Combination World
Tae
B. C. Smith
Sampagnaro
Cataipa St. Dia
Eunice Brown
W. M
Gene’s Sporting Goods
GRAND
McCarthy’s Bakery
Jackson Dial
the Shades DR
Gayle
Alcoholics Anonymous
P. O
E.R. Kiper Gas Corp
Butane Sales and Service
West Monroe Rendering CO
Irene Simms Reid
Public News-Star—World Office
Plum &T
L. N. Blair
Cere Finnly
Louise
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