Burt W Sperry Heads Legion Commander Elected
The L. B. Faulk post American Legion held its annual election Monday night Burt W Sperry was chosen commander Other officers elected include Alex Lea Morris Haas Jr W D Boatright Fr D Farr Jr Walter Kellogg Jesse Johnson Rev Ernest Holloway C M Mitchell J W Blanchard Eddie Bowles H F Madison Jr Saul Adler and C B Brauch An advisory change moved July meetings to July 11 and 23 due to the Baton Rouge convention July 15 to 17 and a large delegation is expected to attend
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L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion
Burt W. Sperry
Alex Lea
Morris Haas, Jr
W. D. Boatright
FR. D. Farr Jr
Walter Kellogg
Jesse Johnson
Ernest Holloway
C. M. Mitchell
J. W. Blanchard
Eddie
Gas Station Looted on DeSiard Street by Burglar
A Negro owned gas station at 1312 DeSiard Street was burglarized Monday night. Detectives reported coins stolen from a cigarette machine. the building was entered through the record door and contents disturbed, but no other items were taken. Operated by Wilson and Robertson.
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DeSiard Street
Wilson and Robertson
Sterlington High Grad Wins Clark College Associate Degree
John Martin Johnson Jr a Sterlington La high school graduate earned an Associate in Arts at Clark College Vancouver Wash on June 9 as part of a class of 103. Commencement speaker Dr Raymond B Allen UW president noted for his national profile. Married father of three, Johnson is a navy veteran and plans further study on the West Coast.
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Vancouver
Wash
John Martin Johnson, Jr
Sterlington, la
Clark College
Raymond B. Allen
University of Washington
United States
Johnson
Navy
Division of
Applied Arts
Births at Wright-Bendel Clinic and local families
Sgt and Mrs John Percival Kersey Lafayette welcome son Gerald Thomas born June 17. Mr and Mrs Billy Gerald Tyler Monroe welcome son David Gerad born June 17. Mr and Mrs James Berkley Gates Monroe welcome daughter Charlotte Ann born June 11. About half of our sheep and lambs come from grazing lands in Texas California Wyoming Montana Colorado and Idaho.
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John Percival Kersey
Lafayette
Gerald Thomas
Billy Gerald Tyler
Monroe
David Gerad
James Berkley Gates
Charlotte Ann
Texas
California
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Idaho
Franklin Officers Make Liquor Raids
Franklin Parish Sheriff Hiram Waller led midnight raids on eight Afro American cafes and homes in Winnsboro Louisiana seizing whiskey wine rum beer and gin. Eight suspects Lemon Ball Henry Bail Ebb Mitchell Jake Green T B White Suzie Chatman Lucille Williams and Bessie Peyton faced $350 bonds each with arrests expected Monday night. Deputies Ellis Tarver Elmer Wiggins and Travis Bass assisted the operation.
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Lemon Ball
Henry Bail
Ebb Mitchell
Jake Green
T. B. White
Suzie Chatman
Lucille Williams
Bessie Peyton
Weller
Waller
Ellis Tarver
Elmer Wiggins
Travis Bass
Franklin Parish
Fourth Sasser Is Sent to Jail Over Contempt
A fourth defendant, Gilbert Green of Waco, was jailed for contempt in the Communist conspiracy trial after defying Judge Harold R. Medina. Green’s bail was revoked as he protested, joining John Gates Gus Hall and Henry Winston, who were jailed or remanded earlier. The judge declared no further outbursts will be tolerated.
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New York
Gilbert Green
Wacois
Federal House of Detention
Green
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Eugene Dennis
House of Detention
John Gates
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
Gates
Hall
Winston
Dennis
United States
Abraham J. Isserman
Truman
Sheriff Stages Big Search For Badge
Sheriff Bailey Grant misplaced his solid gold badge on Saturday morning. He checked pockets and searched West Monroe's Cloyd's ball park with volunteers, then the mayor's car before finding the badge behind a desk chair cushion.
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Bailey Grant
Cloyd
West Monroe
C. C. Bell
Grant
Material missing at atomic plant in Oak Ridge
Washington reports that material at the Oak Ridge Tennessee plant of the Atomic Energy Commission is missing or misplaced but not A-bomb uranium. Statements from the AEC and Senate Atomic Energy Committee chair McMahon note an inventory discrepancy under investigation and raise the possibility of a bookkeeping error.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
McMahon
D.-Conn
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
McMahon Defends AEC Oversight Amid Uranium Loss Reports
Senator McMahon responded to questions about reports of uranium loss at Oak Ridge during hearings on charges of mismanagement of the Atomic Energy Commission under chairman David E. Lilienthal. He urged the public not to alarm the American people as the committee continued its inquiry. About 45 percent of the corn crop is fed to hogs, highlighting agricultural context in the discussion.
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Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lillienthal
McMahon
Oak Ridge
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