House Passes Bill To Open Welfare Rolls
Dr. John Garrison Snelling 53 prominent physician surgeon of north Louisiana died after a brief illness at his home in Monroe. funeral held at Mulhearn chapel with Rev. J. M. Allin officiating. Interment Memorial Park. Survived by wife Norma Verlaque. Born 1899 in Bunkie.
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John Garrison Snelling
North
Louisiana
Marie Place
Mulhearn
J. M. Allin
Grace
New Orleans
Wofford College
Spartansburg
D. C
Tulane University
Charity Hospital
Monroe
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity
Masonic Lodge
Lotus Club
Country Club
Monroe Lions Club
Parish Medical Society
Louisiana State Medical Society
American Medical Society
Norma Verlaque
Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler on Marxian Unionism Abroad
Westbrook Pegler accuses the U S state department and unions of plotting a Marxian union empire in Europe and beyond. He cites his 1937 exposé and criticizes Roosevelt Truman era policies and alleged socialist influence behind foreign affairs.
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England
France
Germany
Italy
State Department
United States
Europe
Iron Curtain
Irving Brown
New York
Roosevelt - Truman State Department
Grace Episcopal Church installs Rev. John M. Allin as rector
The Rt. Rev. Girault Jones presided at Grace Episcopal Church Monroe as Rev. John M. Allin was installed eleventh rector. Assistants Rev. Edward Farren Hayward and Rev. Henry Hogg joined in the service and installation rites. Allin, formerly chaplain to Tulane students in New Orleans, succeeds Rev. David A. Jones who moved to Texas.
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Allin
T. F. Wilson
L. A. Fourmy
Episcopal Church
Jones
Monroe
New Orleans
Louisiana House approves open welfare rolls bill 57 to 28
Louisiana lawmakers moved to make public the names on the 100 million welfare rolls. The House voted 57-28 to send the measure to the Senate after a recon sideration and amid debates over broader public records.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Representatives
Senate
Willard Rambo
Grant Parish
Kenneth Barranger
New Orleans
James Eubank
Alexandria
Barranger
Eubank
James Martin
Donaldsonville
Virginia Jaycees Visit Monroe For Dallas Convention
More than 100 Jaycees from Virginia visited Monroe on Monday en route to the national convention in Dallas. Monroe Junior Chamber members greeted the caravan at Frances Hotel, with a motorcycle escort guiding the 25 autos to the Harrison entrance for coffee and doughnuts before they continued to Shreveport for lunch and on to Dallas. Louis Smith and Jim Roberts led the Monroe group in welcoming the visitors.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Dallas
Tex
Frances Hotel
Louis Smith
Jim Roberts
Monroe Group
Jaycees
Harrison
Monroe
Shreveport
Workers Kidnapped By Reds Returned Across Border
Forty three West German workers kidnapped by East German Volkspolizei were brought to the interzonal border at Hohnsleben near Helmstedt. They said they were not mistreated but exhaustively questioned by Russian officers and East German police before release.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Hohnsleben
Communist People's Police
Volkspolizei
Marienborn
U.S
Vopos
Berlin
New Liner Hails as U S United States Returns to New York
The 990 foot luxury liner United States begins its first home port call in New York after a 500 mile Newport News to New York cruise. Commodore Harry Manning expects smooth arrival as 1,300 guests join a foggy Virginia launch and shore welcome plans.
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United States
Atlantic
New York
U. S. Lines
Hudson River
mid-Manhattan
Commodore Harry Manning
Newport News
Virginia
Manning
Absentee Ballots Hit City Election Record
Ouzchita parish clerk of court R. D. Farr reported 341 persons cast absentee ballots in the city election, including eleven special military votes. He said this is one of the heaviest absentee turnout for city elections, noting the governors race also drew many absentee votes but city turnout is typically smaller by percentage.
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R. D. Farr
Ouzchita Parish
Murray Promises Support Over Taft Hartley Clash
Gary Indiana rally of 7 500 steelworkers heard Philip Murray say President Truman assured him last December there is no fear of Taft Hartley injunction if the union postpones the January 1 strike. Murray accused Inland Steel President Clarence Randall of lying about a deal with Truman.
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Gary
Ind
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Inland Steel
Clarence Randall
Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
John Watkins
Indiana
Steelworkers Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Louisiana Taft delegates draw ire at state GOP meeting
Louisiana pro Eisenhower Republicans plan to appeal Taft delegate ruling to the National Committee and convention floor. John Minor Wisdom calls for further fight while Harrison Bagwell blasts Taft tactics as officials meet amid seven hours of heated debate. Twenty six of one hundred one committee members vote, with 36 proxies backing Taft.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
State Central Committee
John Minor Wisdom
New Orleans
Eisenhower
Harrison Bagwell
Baton Rouge
National Committee
Mayor Coon Delivers Last Address In Race For Mayor
Monroe mayoral candidate John Coon delivers final radio appeal urging voters to choose him for a four year term. He defends his record, warns against last minute charges, and notes his Monroe birth and church involvement.
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Coon
John Coon
City of
Monroe
Allies warn Soviets to restore Autobahn patrols to Berlin
In Bonn the American British and French high commissioners delivered identical notes to Gen. Chuikov protesting Soviet limits on Allied patrols along the 110 mile Autobahn to Berlin. They accuse the move of violating four power accords and demand lifting the ban for safety and travel access.
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Bonn
Germany
Berlin
Vasily Chuikov
East Germany
Chuikov
West Germany
People’s Army
Soviet
Russia
Baltic
Allied air strike cripples five hydro plants in Korea
Five hundred Allied planes hit five major Communist hydroelectric plants, knocking out power across Korea and parts of Manchuria. Targeted sites included the Suiho plant near the Yalu River and two stations at the Chosin reservoir, with pilots reporting substantial damage and a claimed gain in air superiority.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Manchuria
Manchurian
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Chosin Reservoir
Songchon River
Hamhung
Boxer
Philippine Sea
Princeton
Bonhomme Richard
William Taylor
Florence
Ala
Wilson Dam
Seek Ban On Some Trade Legislation
A presidential board urged scrapping laws restricting foreign sales of raw materials for war and peace. The Materials Policy Commission warned of shrinking U S natural resources and urged permanent stockpiling, global sourcing, and incentives for discovery.
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Washington
United States
America
U.S
Dry Weather Dims Northeast Louisiana Panther Hunt
Sunday night in the LaFourche swamp a hunt for panthers yielded no animal. About 100 people from northeast Louisiana parishes joined, with special cat dogs hampered by severe drought. J. B. Thoman, president of the local wildlife group, said the chase would resume if rain comes. otherwise dogs cannot carry the trail.
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LaFourche
J. B. Thoman
Wildlife Organization
Louisiana
Thoman
Mississippi States Rights to convene before Chicago convention
Mississippi's States Rights leaders meet in Jackson to confirm 24 unpledged pro-Russell delegates who will cast 18 votes at the Democratic National Convention. They outline a plan to push Southern demands or possibly move to a House of Representatives vote if no candidate wins a majority.
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Jackson
Miss.p
Chicago
Mississippi
U. S
House of Representatives
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Taft Says He May Not Control GOP Credentials Group
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio doubts a Taft majority will exist on the credentials committee of the Republican National Convention. The panel will rule on contested delegates, a key flashpoint with Eisenhower. Taft notes diverse views among chosen members and cautions the committee cannot be assumed to lean his way. Eisenhower accuses Taft supporters of laiming Texas delegates, as both camps prepare for a floor fight at Chicago.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Credentials
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Chicago
Ohioan
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Eisenhower
Dallas
Tex
Taffites
Lone Star
Texas
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