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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler reports that after sixteen years of hiding and hardship Republicans in Philadelphia nominate Governor Thomas E. Dewey for a second presidential run. The piece attacks Roosevelt officials, predicts disclosures from tax returns and treasury records, and forecasts a dramatic, aggressive campaign season.
In Columbus Georgia on June 29 a prosecution witness testified that Hazel Smith an evangelist promised to dip a handkerchief in her six year old daughter Bobbies blood to prove she had beaten the child. Judge Solon M. Davis bound her over on four cruelty charges.
Berlin seeks UN intervention as the British military governor denounces the Berlin blockade as ruthless inhumanity. Berlin’s government has prepared an appeal and is asking Denmark to relay it, with Parliament to meet to discuss sending the plea to the world body.
Early arrivals of Louisiana Restaurant Association directors in Monroe preview a 6 30 pm Rendezvous gathering hosted by vice president Bobby Pappas. An 8 pm Hotel Frances open meeting will discuss cafe and restaurant business with officials including A S D Amico Al Jackson Jr and Chris L Sarrat Sr previewed.
London dock workers voted to end the 16 day wildcat strike and return to work tomorrow as the government readies emergency powers to secure food and transport. About 30,000 idle nationwide including 18,000 in London, with troops deployed to unload supplies.
Anti Truman Democrats pushed for Eisenhower as a standard bearer with Elliott Roosevelt releasing a letter from the general he says signals openness to a draft. Roosevelt spoke at a New York rally by Americans for Democratic Action, while others seek an Eisenhower interview as party leaders anticipate Truman on the first ballot in Philadelphia.
Shattered Fukui area reports tremors as rescue and relief arrive. Officials estimate 2,500 dead and injured in the quake, with 3,155 killed in the prefecture per local officials. Americans say Fukui resembles wartime devastation, water mains failed, and fires raged amid massive homelessness.
The Central Savings Bank and Trust Company board voted a four percent semi annual dividend, up from three percent, yielding eight percent annually if December’s payout is four percent. A month end bonus to staff, salary raises, and higher undivided profits were approved amid strong six month results. President Travis Oliver cited increased living costs and overall success.
President Bustamante Rivero announced Peru is in an acute national crisis and will assume extraordinary powers to rule by decree. He will not convoke Congress July 28 due to a boycott by 21 independent senators and warned of dangerous political tension. He denied seeking dictatorship and said elections are not a solution.
Washington reports Britain vowed to stabilize its currency and balance the budget in exchange for up to 4.5 billion dollars in American aid under the European recovery program. The accord, published by the State Department, sets a 1953 end for promises and allows either side to terminate with six months notice.
Fred T. Culp 26 of Itasca Texas died last night two miles from Shreveport on highway 80 after being struck by a car while standing on the road behind his vehicle fixing a flat tire. The other driver Edward Bruner of Vivian had minor injuries. Investigating officers and coroner planned further inquiries.
Nin e International Harvester plants with over 35 000 workers shut down as C I O United Farm Equipment Workers strike to force a new contract. Canton Ill and Rock Falls NJ reports vary while Chicago area facilities halt operations. Negotiations paused after union demands and company wage offer failed to reach a deal.
U S diplomacy in Rome notes Russia may push troops into Yugoslavia amid a harsh Cominform denunciation of Tito. The broadcast claims Tito must align with party lines or be replaced, with Belgrade suggesting martial law near Nis amid flood evacuations.
The Soviet press accuses Kurt Schumacher and other German Social Democrat leaders of being anti Russian spies paid by Western powers. Taegliche Rundschau prints a confession by Wilhelm Lohrenz, a former SPD executive, claiming espionage for Schumacher and Western authorities.
A 12-year-old girl in Shreveport, Martha Jo McCart, bore a six and three quarter pound baby boy at Charity Hospital. Wiley McCart Jr. was born at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The father, 20, works at a sawmill in Fairview Alpha. Grandparents live in Fairview Alpha.
Cominform denounces Yugoslav leader Tito as pursuing a pro West policy and breaking party lines. It warns he must mend his ways or be purged while Tito remains at his Bled summer home amid uncertainty on his fate and possible immobilization or removal.
San Francisco June 29 a 52 year old dishwasher Fortunato Ornelar Anguinao paid ten cents and climbed the Golden Gate bridge rail then jumped. A coast guard recovered the body and a purse led to a second possible victim, Mrs Dianne B Black 31, who did not jump. A note read bury me in the land of my ancestry.
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