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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler discusses ethical standards in the Supreme Court era, criticizing Justice Black’s Klan past and Roosevelt's court packing. He notes leaks and political influence undermining judicial independence, with broader commentary on the New Deal era and press manipulation.
A June 14 account notes the Dachau hangings as not the largest U.S. military execution. Historians cite 1862 Mankato executions of 38 Sioux and earlier mass killings under Gen Winfield Scott, with Lincoln commuting most death sentences.
Major Edward Bowes famed for the Wheel of Fortune radio show died at his Rumson New Jersey estate on the eve of his 72nd birthday. Cardinal Spellman administered last rites as Bowes, long in frail health, returned from New York to his seaside home.
Umberto II of Italy lands in Lisbon after a night in Barcelona as exile begins. Queen and children join him in Portugal, with Italian legation staff guiding them to their housing. In Rome Premier De Gasperi urges unity for the republic amid royal tensions.
President Truman said he was informed a settlement prospect exists to avert a shipping tieup tonight. War Shipping Chief Granville Conway said Harry Bridges agreed to a 22 cent an hour wage rise for CIO longshoremen. A final session was scheduled for 1 p.m. CST to settle retroactive pay on the West Coast. Bridges hinted the 22 cent rise could hold only until September 30.
Baton Rouge June 14. A new labor measure moves through the legislature after committee approval. Described as a mutual responsibility bill it would allow unions and employers to be sued for breaches of working contracts. Sen A A Goff offered amendments to bar foremen unionization and to bind management as well as labor by agents in bargaining.
June 14 report says Paul V. McNutt will become the first United States ambassador to the Philippines President Truman announced the nomination It follows his current role as high commissioner aiding preparations for independence on July 4 Rear Adm Gilchrist Stockton is appointed embassy attache at Manila
Bishop Charles P. Greco outlined a diocese expansion plan featuring a 20 acre aged home on Sterlington road near Monroe to serve the Alexandria diocese. Other projects include an infant home in Shreveport, rebuilt Pineville orphanage, a Cottonport boys home with trades training, a Cottonport girls home with home economics, and an Alexandria hospital funded partly by the service area. Land for the hospital has been purchased and sites for other projects are being arranged.
President Truman appoints John R. Steelman as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Steelman will succeed John W. Snyder and also serve as labor advisor. Gardner’s resignation as OWMA adviser remains unsettled with no further detail.
Lt. Granville Cubage rested his defense in the Lichfield trials as officers hear testimony on wartime discipline at the stockade in Lichfield England. Prosecutors seek verdict on maltreatment charges amid ongoing trials of other personnel.
President Truman announced that Myron C. Taylor will remain as the president's ambassador to the Vatican until world peace is secured and peace treaties are written. He said there may be no official representative at the Vatican after that, a stance contested by Protestant clergy who pressed for recall. Cardinal Spellman condemned recall talk as anti Catholicism.
Washington June 14 The House rejected Senate curtailments to the OPA extending price controls and sent the bill to a conference committee amid doubt a compromise can avoid a presidential veto. The Senate voted 53 to 11 to extend controls for a year but remove meat dairy eggs chickens ceilings by July 1.
George Bancroft of the Bancroft Bag Factory is wounded and in St. Francis Sanitarium after an armed robbery near a gravel pit. Johnny Osborn, taxi driver, and Leza Price are jailed in Ouachita parish on robbery charges. The suspects allegedly beat Bancroft and took a small sum. a gun figured in the incident.
An amnesia patient at Charity Hospital in New Orleans for three days was identified through a newspaper photo as William Riley a 32 year old welder from Neosho Missouri. Mrs E J Hart and her daughter Miss Elinor LaBruzzo recognized him from a Kansas City connection and his wife. He confirmed the name Riley saying That is my name I know it now.
Bernard Baruch outlines a plan at the United Nations atomic energy commission for a world body to control all atomic energy, end manufacturing of bombs, and dispose of existing arms. He calls for no veto in the framework, enforceable sanctions, and a robust international law with teeth.
West Monroe Bus Company will terminate service after Saturday, forcing riders to walk across the Ouachita river via the DeSiard street bridge. Mayor Benoit ordered the Second and Washington Street terminal closed after June 15, prompting the company to operate to the west end of the DeSiard bridge starting Sunday. The mayor said he had requested a new Monroe terminal since March and noted multiple prior terminal sites faced complaints from nearby property owners.
Thirty year old Negro slayer Joe Mincey blocked the Kilby prison death cell with bed sheets to delay his electrocution for about an hour. Officials say an iron bar was later found in his cell and he was strapped to the chair at 1:07 a m. after resisting guards during the walk to the electrode. Governor Sparks refused clemency.
Boston police announce the investigation into President William A. Whitcomb of the Great Northern Paper Company is closed. A police captain says George E. Hardy of Westfield New Jersey is believed responsible, with Hardy’s thumb print on an unsigned contract on Whitcomb’s desk.
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