24 Jun 1949
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler vents at corporate executives over social security and old age proposals funded by stockholders. He argues stockholders shoulder tax and contribution burdens while executives hoard bonuses and replaceable perks. He warns that families at all income levels pay taxes and suffer when profits are strained by governance tax tastes.
Edward J. Beckwith 27 of Morrison admitted to his mother he killed and mutilated 22-year-old Irma Jean Stahlhut. Sheriff Meyer said a first degree murder charge would likely be filed. Stahlhut’s nearly nude body was found in a walk-in refrigerator at the tavern owned by her husband Harvey, with both breasts severed, throat cut ear to ear, body opened center, and two heart stab wounds.
A top secret naval building near the Anacostia base in Washington suffered heavy damage in a three alarm fire that threatened nearby munitions warehouses. Shore patrols with revolvers barred police entry as foamite aided firefighting and officials did not release damage estimates or cause.
John L. Lewis outlined general contract demands at three conferences in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia as negotiations split the industry into groups. The contract expired June 30 and 49 000 soft coal workers begin a ten day vacation, potentially delaying any strike until July. Lewis seeks a broad coalition including northern western operators and steel company mines while aiming to draw in all bituminous producers except the Southern Coal Producers Association.
Police hunted a "sex fiend" after the brutal slaying of four year old Walter Eaton in downtown Lansing near his home. Walter's throat was cut with a broken beer bottle and his body lay between steel drums at a chemical company's storage lot. A manhunt followed as officers and volunteers searched cheap rooming houses and rail yards for a tall thin man seen in the area.
Themis tokles Sophoulis, Greece's premier since 1947, died at 4:15 p.m. at his summer residence. He was 88, had been ill and bedridden after a heart attack, and his death came unexpectedly after a tumultuous career amid civil conflict and a cabinet reshuffle in April following a government scandal.
Secretary of State Acheson argues Soviet Russia is now on the defensive in Europe’s struggle and must be kept so. He cites the Paris talks among the big four as evidence of Moscow’s grip on occupied Germany and urges continued Marshall Plan aid Nato, and arms for Europe programs to maintain Western strength. He also condemns Czech Slovakia’s attack on Archbishop Beran as a civilizational violation.
Washington June 24 Judith Coplon, in her espionage trial, shouted she had been framed and entrapped as cross examination ended. She alleged a conspiracy involving prosecutors Kelley and Wearty, plus H P Shapiro and William Foley, and claimed not to be a Communist. She criticized the case as smelling to high heaven and insisted her innocence amid disputes over a Russian suspect.
A double explosion at Showa Denko Fertilizer Company near Tokyo and Yokohama killed 16 people and injured 52, with 12 in serious condition. A fire gutted the plant after hydrogen and nitrogen leaks caused the blasts. The plant’s owner faced a bribery scandal that toppled a Japanese cabinet last summer.
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a full field investigation by the Justice Department into alleged night rider violence in Alabama with reports that Ku Klux Klan members were involved. The move comes as a House Judiciary subcommittee set hearings on Alabama flogging cases, with witnesses from Birmingham press outlets expected.
In Greenville Mississippi on June 24 a missing blood trail mystery surfaced during the trial of Delta socialite Mrs. John Dickins for the murder of her mother Idella Long Thompson with rose garden pruning shears. The defense timeline centers on a police statement in which Dickins claimed an intruder, and investigators challenge the blood evidence. Dr. K L Witte, the defendant’s uncle, testified that no bloody tracks were found at the death scene when he arrived. The trial continues with additional testimony to resolve the discrepancies in the written statement.
George Whitfield Tyner aged 100, Ouachita Parish’s oldest resident, died Friday at his son’s home in West Monroe. Funeral at First Baptist Church Saturday 9 a.m. Rev. J Weber to officiate with two other pastors assisting. Interment in Meridian, Mississippi, Kilpatrick Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Tyner long a prominent plantation operator in Mississippi and Civil War courier for the Confederacy.
Washington June 24 Senators claimed unity against the Taft Hartley act and its emergency injunction power. The senate’s stance shifted as Lucas of Illinois proposed a plant seizure amendment to remove injunction authority, while Taft countered with a 60 day injunction plan without seizure. The showdown pits Holland and Lucas amid a tight vote likely after today.
Berlin dispatch reports a Russian directed Reichsbahn refusal to accept any emergency trains by west Berlin strikers. U G O union leaders push in American and French sectors while British, American and Russian authorities clash over control. British officials say only whole railway operation possible and police vow to keep strikers from installations.
Ten year old Mary Catherine Tully had battled a bone disease for years and hoped to walk without crutches. In Pittsburgh surgeons announced improvement during a visit, but a cab ride home ended when it struck a concrete abutment, and she died after losing consciousness.
A 12 man West Carroll parish jury found Robert Layton guilty as charged in the February shotgun death of former neighbor Jim Ward. The verdict carries a mandatory death penalty. Sentencing likely set for late next week.
Alger Hiss faced the jury denying he ever was a Communist or aided Soviet spies. He testified he never supplied secrets to Whittaker Chambers or met him after January 1, 1937. Hiss rejected Chambers as a liar and maintained his grand jury testimony was true as the perjury trial continued.
A wide area power failure disrupted Monroe from 9:00 to 11:04 a.m. affecting the News-Star plant and several facilities including St. Francis Sanitarium Vaughn Wright Bendel Clinic and the parish courthouse south of DeSiard street. Some DeSiard businesses remained powered while others were dark. Commissioner Frank Cline said minimal cooling water kept portions on the lines.
Will A Ober 53 prominent Jones merchant, gun owner, and planter, died of a heart attack during a Thursday night baseball game. He founded the Louisiana Ark White Sox, organized the Tenth Ward Sports Association, and was noted for charity. Funeral Saturday in Jones. interment Riverview Monroe. Survived by wife Mary Haynes, son Billy, brother G R Ober, sisters Miss Mary Oper and Mrs Causey, and Mrs Walker.
In Philadelphia on June 24 a father, his two sons, and five boys saved 12 year old Joseph Sigilisci after he was thrown under a slow freight by a truck bump. The Tomczaks placed tourniquets and freed him as railroaders stopped the train. The boy was taken to Methodist Hospital in serious condition but with a good chance of recovery.
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