Draft Bill Division Sparks House Debate on Defense
The House opened debate on a two year draft bill as Rep Allen Illinois urged defeat while stressing national security could be achieved without coercion or regimentation. Despite criticism, leaders expected swift passage by nightfall though senate approval and conferees remain to finalise the measure.
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Washington
House
Representative Allen
Illinois
Allen
Senate
Hamburger orders spark rant on service and standards
Westbrook Pegler rails at poor restaurant quality and broader consumer grievances. He vents about a rare hamburger served with soggy slaw, leaky mayo, and sloppy kitchen leftovers. He mocks department store substitutions and defends consumer insistence on exact requests, linking issues to jobs and dignity.
Gertrude Atherton Dies at 89 Novelist of San Francisco Era
San Francisco June 15. Novelist Gertrude Atherton died at Stanford Hospital following a light stroke after a long career marked by controversy and a string of acclaimed works. Her first novel appeared in 1892 and her last in 1946, including the sensation Black Oxen. She had vowed to write no more after her 90th birthday in October and once quipped about living only a year longer. Mayor Roger Lapham awarded her a gold medal on her 8th birthday, and she playfully noted a French custom with a kiss.
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New York
Department of Sanitation
United States of America
Park Lane
Sir Longfellow
San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
Stanford Hospital
Atherton
Dewey Best Bet for Republican Nomination in Conference
In New Castle New Hampshire on June 15 Gov. Thomas E. Dewey emerged as the leading choice to win the Republican presidential nomination among 15 governors polled by the Christian Science Monitor and the Associated Press. Seven favored Dewey, two Kennedy-like names include Vandenberg, Taft, and Stassen garnered one each, with several key state governors declining to answer. The scene noted Eisenhower as a possible outside chance among Democrats expect Truman renomination. predictions were cautious, with anonymity and hedged bets common at the national governors conference.
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New Castle
N. H
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Truman
Philadelphia
Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Christian Science Monitor
Associated Press
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Maine
Horace A. Hildreth
Charles Hildreth
New Hampshire
Houses Adopt Trade Act Bill
Washington reports Congress passed and sent to the White House a Republican sponsored bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for one year with changes. The House approved a tariff bill by voice vote after Senate amendments and urged renewal on an as is basis despite Truman's veto risk. Senate Republicans pushed the measure 70 to 18, with 23 Democrats joining after rejecting Barkley motions.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Truman
Secretary of
State Marshall
America
Senate Republicans
Barkley
Kentucky
Lions Clubs of State Meet Opens in Monroe and West Monroe
The Monroe and West Monroe Lions Clubs will host the 25th state convention with North Monroe Lions Club participating. Co chairs W. W. Kellogg and E. E. Eaves will oversee arrangements as Kellogg travels to Washington. Registration Sunday 2 to 8 p.m. at Hotel Frances. past district governor banquet at 8 p.m. in the mirror room. Monday activities include registration 7 a.m. to noon and lunches at Crystal Ballroom Hotel Virginia and Cherokee Terrace Hotel Frances. First business session Monday at 2 p.m. Central Grammar School auditorium.
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Monroe
West Monroe
North Monroe
Lions Club
W. W. Kellogg
E. E. Eaves
Ron Campbell
Washington
Eaves
Hotel Frances
A. B. Clarkson
Crystal Ballroom
Hotel Virginia
West Monroe Lions Club
J. D. Preddy
Cherokee Terrace
Monroe Lions Club
Merl Padgett
Central Grammar School
Louisiana House Faces Criticism Over Abdicating Duties
In Baton Rouge on June 15, Rep Edward DuBuisson blasted the Louisiana house for "practically abdicating its legislative function" amid a crowded calendar and swift bill passage. Rep Jesse Verret sought a long floor so long as allowed, discussing sports and Mardi Gras while pending amendments drew reform debates. the New Orleans sugar bowl and city governance bill passed 65 to 13 before moving to the senate.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
House
Edward du Buisson
St. Landry Parish
Jesse J. Verret
Calcasieu
New Orleans
Senate
DuBuisson
Verret
William Farrell
Morris Lottinger
Mouth Cancers Costing Lives
About 20 percent of all cancer is found in and around the mouth with about 2,600 Louisiana deaths last year placing cancer second in state deaths. Monroe dentists heard Dr. Paul Cook outline the figures at a one day detection program in the Virginia Hotel. Dentists stressed immediate microscopic tissue exams for suspected areas and biopsy to confirm cancer.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Paul Cook
Louisiana State Department of Health
Virginia Hotel
Council On Dental Health
The
State Dental Society
State Department of Health
Loyola University
P. B. Drez
New Orleans
Guard kept after death by own action in Chicago
In Chicago on June 15 guards kept 24 hour watch at Cook County Jail for Roy Adams a 14 year old charged with murder of eight year old Nancy Schuler. He tried to hang himself yesterday after confessing the slaying and later calmed but threatened further self harm. Adams had stated he smothered Nancy May 27 in his apartment at 1164 West Grand Avenue. The hearing was moved to June 25 for psychiatric evaluation.
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Chicago
Cook County
Roy Adams
Frank Sain
Sam
Adams
Criminal Court
Nancy Schuler
Cornelius J. Harrington
Young Adams
Nancy
West Grand Avenue
Monroe Voters Choose Two Officers In Runoff
Qualified Monroe voters began casting ballots at 6 AM and will vote until 7 PM in a runoff primary selecting two commissioner posts. Candidates are Herbert Dickard and Frank X. Cline for finance and utilities, Wayne Huckaby and J P Simmons for streets and parks. Early counts from five random polling places show modest turnout with varying registered voters and vote totals across wards.
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Monroe
Finance and Utilities
Herbert Dickard
Frank X. Cline
Streets and Parks
Wayne Huckaby
J. P
Johnnie) Simmons
Louisville Avenue
Lee and
Jackson
Poison case sent to grand jury in Cincinnati
Mrs. Mary Clay Watts, 43, was held to the grand jury on a murder charge in the mercury and barbiturate death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann on May 15. A pathologist linked the poisoning to the child and noted Willis Watts, husband and Barbara Ann’s father, died of poisoning in 1944. Coroner ruled homicide in his death, initially blamed on uremic poisoning.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Willis Watts
Norwood
Charles Fritz
Hamilton County
Herbert P. Lyle
George W Bancroft Sr Dies in Orange Tex at 81
George W Bancroft Sr age 81 father of T O Bancroft and George W Bancroft of Monroe died of a heart attack in Orange Texas shortly before 11 am Tuesday. Funeral services set for 5 pm Wednesday at Nogness Funeral Home Orange. Survived by daughter Mrs Elizabeth Lea of Orange and several grandchildren. he resided at 1006 Green Avenue Orange.
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George W. Bancroft
T. O. Bancroft
Monroe
Orange
Tex
Nogness
Mr. Bancroft
Elizabeth ©. Lea
Green Avenue
Orange, Tex
Congress Girds to Ease Truman's Eight-Point Plan
Washington June 15 President Truman urged Congress to stay in session to enact an eight point program on price controls housing health insurance education social security expansion labor welfare farm program and water resources. Republican leaders dismissed the plan as they prepared to adjourn with only a possible housing bill likely before quitting. House and Senate leaders argued the path to lowering prices lay in boosting production cutting costs and taxes rather than new controls.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Los Angeles
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
Halleck
Indiana
Allen
R.nii
Flood Control Bill Passed With Big Civil Works Plan
A record 573000090 flood control and navigation money bill was sent to the White House after Senate approval. The measure funds hundreds of projects across about 40 states, including 61000000 for lower Mississippi levee and bank work. The bill, part of a 641000000 army civil functions package, lists multiple reservoirs and river improvements across Arkansas Louisiana and Texas.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Lower
Mississippi
Tribu
Arkansas
Louisiana
Beyou Bodeau
Missouri
Norfolk
Bull Shals
Aloha - Rigolette
Bayou Bodeau
Red Chute
Loggy Bayou
Bayou Teche
Vermilion River
Mermentau River
Pineville
Shreveport
Jones
Appropriations In Big Log Jam In Washington
The Senate debated a $16.5 billion bundle of must pass funding bills piling up from last week’s rush. The package includes a $41 billion government corporations bill with a contested $4 million TVA steam plant for electricity. TVA sparks heated exchanges as lawmakers clash over its future, with debate continuing after a late-night session. The slate also covers $6.61 billion for the Army Air Force, $3.81 billion for the Navy, and $6.13 billion for foreign aid and the European Recovery Program, while a long-range farm bill looms as a priority.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Army Air Force
Navy
TVA
Senate
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Thye
Minn
Revercomb
W. Va
Baldwin
Conn
McKellar
Tenn
Sparkman
Ala
Hill
Stout
Army
Royall
Gea
Truman Active in Southwest on Campaign Train
President Truman campaigned across the Southwest urging voters to decide if he or Congress is wrong on domestic issues. He pressed lawmakers to stay in session to pass price control, housing, federal aid to education, and five other bills, as he spoke from his train en route to Kansas City. He joked about fresh eggs sent to him and warned he would keep pressuring Congress. He noted meetings with Clinton Anderson in New Mexico, with Gallup and Albuquerque stops listed.
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Truman
Kansas City
Southwest
Congress
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Calif
D. G. Murdock
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Senate Police Committee
Arizona
New Mexico
Clinton
Anderson
Gallup
Albuquerque
Hudson Workers Win 13 Cent Wage Increase at Hudson
Detroit June 15 The C I O United Auto Workers won a 13 cent an hour raise from Hudson Motor Car Co after an all night session covering about 17 000 employees whose average wage was about 1 50 an hour. Negotiations with Ford Motor Co began recently as the industry shifted attention to Ford wage talks.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Hudson Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Louisiana House Votes to Repeal the Little Case Labor Act
The Louisiana House approved by 64 to 19 a repeal of the 1946 Little Case labor act, seen by unions as lax on injunctive powers in labor disputes. The measure moves to the Senate, with proponents arguing Taft-Hartley limits, while critics say it did little to curb industrial strife and infringe interstate commerce.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Thomas Russell
New Orleans
W. J. Cleveland
Acadia
Jimmie Davis
Russell
F. E. Cole
Sabine
Samuel Cashie
Iberville
Anti-Poll Tax Bill Passable in Senate Action
Washington June 15 Republican leaders sought a path to pass an anti poll tax bill without a filibuster but faced doubt over pushing a civil rights measure and the diluted bill. The plan involves a constitutional amendment route with Southern Democrats backing limited debate before votes. Some Republicans foresee swift House action if the Senate clears the amended measure.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Dixie
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Two Announce For Race For Congress In Louisiana
State Sen Drayton R Boucher and Harvey Carey announce candidacy for the fourth congressional district. Rep Overton Brooks seeks the Senate seat after his uncle John Overton's death. Feazel serves in the Senate interim. Carey abandons bid for public service commission to enter the August 31 primary.
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Baton Rouge
Drayton R. Boucher
Harvey Carey
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Congress
Overton Brooks
John Overton
William C. Feazel
Senate
Overton
Boucher
Springhill
Bossier
Webster Parishes
Carey
Shreveport
Public Service Commission
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Pegler
Lions Clubs
Louisiana House
Alton K. Fisher
Loyola School of Dentistry
GRAND
Geo. Bancroft, SR
Hudson
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