Injustice Overturned by Air Force in Moscow Case
After years of suppression a U S court martial in Moscow provoked outrage for ill treatment of bomber pilot Myron Lyton King. Major General Reginald Harmon ordered action correcting the affair amid blame for Major General Deane and Averell Harriman in the lend lease era.
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Moscow
Reginald C. Harmon
Air Force
Kremlin
Myron Lyton King
Chattanooga
John R. Deane
Deane
Lend Lease Administration
United States
Edward R. Stettinius
Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
William H. Standley
America Last
New York
Harriman
Russia
Bright
King
Berlin
Kuslevo
Poland
England
Three Gambling Spots Near Barksdale Raided by Police
State police raided three small gambling sites near Barksdale Air Force Base in Northwest Louisiana, arresting nine people while patrons were released. Col. Francis Grevemberg led the operation, his second gambling action in six days, as he pursues broader crackdowns near Bossier City and La Place.
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Barksdale
James McLean
Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Louisiana
New Orleans
Francis Grevemberg
Bossier City
Red River
Air Force Base
Robert Kennon
Grevemberg
la Place
Baton Rouge
Digby Plans 10 Complete Term as Conservation Commissioner
Judge S. L. Digby of Monroe said in Baton Rouge he will serve as state conservation commissioner through December 10 1852 ending rumors of resigning to let Major B A Hartley of Shreveport take over. Governor Kennon had announced Hartley would replace Digby on December 10 after a 30 minute Capitol meeting. Hartley reportedly accepted the appointment and both men discussed the transition.
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S. L. Digby
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Digby
B. A. Hartley
Shreveport
Robert F. Kennon
Major Hartley
Hartley
Capitol
Kennon
Ridgway marks D-Day anniversary with warning against communism
General Matthew Ridgway spoke on Utah Beach marking the eighth anniversary of the Normandy invasion. He warned the "lords of communism" that another war would bring suffering to them and destruction to their power, while urging peace through NATO and strength as a shield against aggression.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Utah Beach
Nazi Germany
82Nd Airborne
Sainte Mere Eglise
Europe
NATO
West
Mother Charged With Murder in Child Fire Death
Crowley Louisiana Mrs Flora Ellen Foreman Suir 23 is charged with murder after allegedly leaving her sleeping two year old daughter in a house set afire with oil. Police Chief Max Barousse said she admitted the act and refused to answer questions. The inquest listed third and fourth degree burns as the cause of death homicide.
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Crowley
Flora Ellen Foreman Suir
Max Barousse
Suir
Barousse
Acadia Parish
H. H. Gardiner
Taft says Eisenhower speech boosts GOP nomination chances
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio told radio listeners that Eisenhower’s Abilene speech improved his odds for the Republican presidential nomination. He cautioned that Eisenhower’s remarks may hint at repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, while defending a strong air force and criticizing the Korea war handling.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Joseph Sagmaster
Cincinnati Times-Star
Joseph Garretson
Cincinnati Enquirer
Robert L. Riggs
Louisville Courier- Journal
Eisenhower
Taft
Gen
Korea
Sen. Taft
Europe
United States
Siberia
Arctic
GOP
Scout Camp Ki-Ro-Li Season Opens Sunday
Boy Scout officials prepare for a large summer encampment at Camp Ki-Ro-Li starting Sunday for six weeks. Over 600 boys will attend as each camp runs one week offering instruction in camping, swimming, canoeing, archery and skeet shooting.
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Boy Scout
Ki-Ro-Li
Ruston Infant Smothered While Sleeping
An eight month old Ruston girl, Katherine Barrett, died about 8 30 a m Thursday from suffocation after wedging between mattress and wall. Coroner Bennett ruled accidental. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p m Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include her parents Linden and Mrs Barrett and two siblings Kenneth Dale and Bonnie Barrett.
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Ruston
Katherine Barrett
Linden Barrett
Lincoln Parish
J. J. Bennett
Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Kenneth Dale Barrett
Bonnie Barrett
J. P. Higdon
Dr. H. L. Johns New Pastor at Monroe First Methodist
Dr. H. L. Johns is installed as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Monroe. He will lead services at 8:30, 11, and 7:30 with sermons on Is My Religion Alive Begin with Faith and Dynamic Christians. He previously served as District Superintendent for the New Orleans District overseeing 55 churches and over 16 000 members.
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H. L. Johns
First Methodist Church
Monroe
Johns
New Orleans
Louisiana
Cedar Grove
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Carrolton Avenue
Trinity Church
Ruston
First Methodist
Swaggerty Sentenced to 18 Months in Angola Penitentiary
Marvin Swaggerty, charged with escape from the Louisiana Training Institute and auto theft with two companions, was sentenced to 18 months in the state penitentiary at Angola by Judge David I. Garrett. The ruling followed an appearance in Fourth District Court on Friday morning.
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Marvin Swaggerty
Louisiana Training Institute
Angola
David I. Garrett
Swaggerty
Fourth District
Bruce Pepper
Monroe
Arcadia
New Mexico
Hundreds Of East Germans Flee To Allied Zone
The East German regime’s scare campaign backfired as thousands fled to the West. West Berlin refugee stations absorbed over 1,510 East Germans in three days amid rising frontier flights into Coburg and other zones. Many youths fled to avoid conscription into the East German army.
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Reds
Reynolds to Speak at Charity Drive Kickoff in Monroe
Quentin Reynolds internationally famed war correspondent will arrive Monday to headline the Bayou DeSiard Country Club banquet at 7 p.m. for the United Jewish Charities of Northeast Louisiana 1952 drive. Campaign chairman Percy Sandman leads a large committee aiding Jewish Appeal relief across Israel, Europe, and Moslem lands.
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Quentin Reynolds
Monroe
United Jewish Charities
Louisiana
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Reynolds
Europe
Percy Sandman
Albert Marx
Milton Gorn
Jack Gorn
J. M. Pickens
David Silverstein
Saul Adler
David Kaplan
Joe Kusin
Leon Sugar
Herman Masur
Frances Marcus
Irving Liebowitz
Bernard Wilenzick
Israel
United Jewish Appeal
Naval Academy grads lead nation into service with white hat salute
Annapolis Md 769 new officers joined the 112th class graduation as Adm William M Fechteler urged leadership from the cohort. The Air Force took 192 officers and the Marine Corps 61 while 13 Louisianians were among the graduates with careers to follow.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
America
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Fechteler
Naval Operations
Louisiana Prison Riot Quelled at Angola Prison
State troopers used tear gas to disperse a sit down strike by about 200 Negro inmates at Angola prison. Forty two ringleaders were seized and confined in a separate building while others returned to farm duties. Troopers remained on duty as ordered.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Penitentiary
Francis Grevemberg
Angola
Here
Grevemberg
D. D. Baxter
Col. Grevemberg
Bazer
Senator Howard Defends Stand Over Hatch Act Battle
Senator Harry Howard of New Orleans led a one-man fight against a Little Hatch Act clause in Louisiana civil service reform. After rejecting 15 amendments to remove the Act, the Senate approved the administration bill 38 to 0 to restore statewide civil service. Lt. Gov. Barham ordered Howard out of the rostrum, marking a historic move against a dissenting senator.
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Sen
Harry Howard
Howard
New Orleans
Louisiana
C. E
Cap) Barham
Senate
U. S
Army Sees Steel Strike Slowing Tank Production
The Army warned the steel strike could harm its tank program though recent two month gains improved the production picture. It noted light T41 light tanks require 68 800 pounds of steel and medium M47 tanks about 118 000 pounds, with plans to cut hundreds of tanks if budget reductions proceed, risking overseas and domestic supply. Cadillac and Detroit Arsenal reported on schedule outputs, while M47s are also built by Schenectady plant of ALCO and heavy tanks by Chrysler in Wilmington.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Congress
Collins
Korea
United States
Cadillac
Detroit Arsenal
Queen Elizabeth II Leads Trooping The Colors Salute
The young queen in full Colonel of the Household Brigade uniform salutes at Bucking ham Palace during Trooping The Colors. She becomes the first monarch to take the salute in her own right as Colonel in Chief on her 26th birthday aboard the horse Winston.
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Elizabeth II
Household Brigade
London
Buckingham Palace
Royal Review
Winston
Monroe field gas well shows heavy flow near Swartz
The Feazel Monla Gas Co and Breece Lumber Co No 1 well near Swartz is estimated to have an open flow potential of about 25 million cubic feet and a daily gas volume of 4.075 million. Drilled to 7980 feet in Boocan sand, it is linked to the Cotton Valley area and sparked permits disputes before completion on April 20.
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Feazel-Monla Gas Co
Breece Lumber Co
Swartz
Cotton Valley
Duncan Cook
State Department of Conservation, Minerals Division
Help Wanted Ad Attracts Attention In West Monroe
Mrs. Juanita Heth of 111 Mc Clendon West Monroe reported a Help Wanted advertisement in the ee World want ads prompting inquiries about a low seven time rate with cancellation privileges. The notice notes many calls on the first day.
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Juanita Heth
McClendon
West Monroe
Help Wanted
Ee — World
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Elton C. Fay
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