Prisoner exchange talks cloaked as secrecy in Korea
In Munsan Korea the Korean truce negotiators keep prisoner swap talks hidden while Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols says any results will be published. The deadlock centers on letting POWs choose homeward return versus total repatriation and whether Russia will be recognized as a neutral supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
U.N
Russia
Don O. Darrow
Soviet Union
Propaganda Exposé on Irving Brown and Marxian A F L Ties
A critical letter dismisses Irving Brown as a radical socialist linked to Garment Workers Union leadership, alleging vast irregular funds and covert activities in Europe. The author accuses Dubinsky and Antonini of steering money for political projects while claiming Brown promotes world Marxian socialism against capitalist society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time
Luce
Irving Brown
A. F. of L
Europe
Brown
Garment Workers Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
Luigi Antonini
Antonini
Germany
Harry Rutz
Miss Rutz
Rutz
United States
Frankfurt
Paris
Actress Anne Sterling Beaten By Four Thugs
Hollywood reports actress Anne Sterling claims four men kidnapped her as she returned to her apartment. She says she was beaten and kicked and escaped, later collapsing and being treated at a hospital. Detectives plan to question all involved as they piece together varying details from her account and her escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Anne Sterling
Miss Sterling
Gordon Bowers
Red Cross Honor List 100 Pct Donors Missouri Fence
Honor list showcases complete donor participation in the Red Cross drive. Local entities including Missouri Pacific Traffic Dept Foremost Dairies Modern Furniture & Supply Ouachita National Bank West Monroe Apex Supply Company Appliance Center E R Kiper Hardware Monroe Police Dept Dr R T Armstrong Singer Sewing Machine Co and Ouachita National Bank Building Maintenance Dept appear among seniors and firms recognized for full giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Traffic Dept
Foremost Dairies
Modern Furniture & Supply
Ouachita National Bank
West Monroe
Apex Supply Company
E. R. Kiper
Monroe
R. T. Armstrong
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Arkansas Tornado Damage Totals 25 Million Dollars
Arkansas faces a 25 million dollar damage bill from the Black Friday tornadoes as 129 killed and 711 hurt in the state. Red Cross and Salvation Army relief crews aid victims while reconstruction loans open for storm areas under FCC and Federal Reserve actions. Assistance flows from Warren and other communities as mass funerals mark the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Sid McMath
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Warren
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee
Alabama
Missouri
Mississippi
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Judsonia
White County
Sibley elected president of Louisiana police officers group
Ray Sibley, Bastrop chief of police, was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Police Officers Association at the close of the three convention held at the Virginia Hotel. New officers for the year include Fred Parker as first vice president and Paul Witkawski as second vice president. The group urged lower civil service thresholds and a constitutional insertion of civil service. it backed state police to obtain civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Sibley
Bastrop
Louisiana Municipal Police Officers Association
Virginia Otel
Fred Parker
Baton Rouge
Paul Witkawski
Lafayette
Jimmy Daniels
R. H. Penny
Alexandria
Penny
Legislative Committee
Association
Louisiana
L. C. Taylor
C. Roger Johnson
Central Baptist Church
W. M. Harper
Virginia
Father of 11 kills wife then kills self in police trap
Mehr Victor Stull fatally shot his wife Martha in the kitchen of his tavern near Frederick Maryland. After an argument over his wife quitting her waitress job, he shot her with a rifle and then killed himself in an open field while being hunted by state troopers, leaving eleven children orphaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mehr
Victor Stull
Here
Martha
Stull
Shirley
Armored car heist nets about $60000 in Danvers
Gunmen escaped with roughly $600000 after stopping the United States Trucking Corp vehicle on Maple Street in Danvers. The driver Lawrence Johansen said loot came from various North Shore banks as the trio fled in a black 1950 Buick toward Peabody. Patrolman Noonan leaped aside as the car tore through Danvers Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers
Mass
United States Trucking Corporation
Maple Street
Danvers National Bank
Lawrence Johansen
North Shore
Boston
Danvers Square
Edmund Noonan
Peabody
Salem
Massachusetts
New England
Credit Union
Quonset Point
R. I
Naval Air Station
Medford
Ouachita Oil Men Set Tuesday Meeting at Courthouse
Ouachita parish oil men will meet at 7 p m Tuesday at the courthouse to elect officers for the coming year and discuss tax issues and industry concerns. E J Jones chairs the local Petroleum Industries committee which aims to represent motorists and suppliers fairly in state programs alongside Esso Standard Oil and Pan American Southern Corp speakers P V Rome and Milton Reisch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
E. J. Jones
P. V. Rome
Esso Standard Oil Company
Milton Reisch
Pan - American Southern Corporation
Jones
Woman linked to corpse case arrested in Joplin
A 42 year old woman identified as Mrs Pearl Friend formerly Pat Land of New Orleans was arrested in Joplin to face a New Orleans perjury charge tied to testimony in the corpse that came alive case. She claimed she did not witness the 1949 slaying and did not know the case details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
New Orleans
Walter Flenner
Pearl Friend
Pat Land
Donald Easterwood
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Ver
Colo
John Harper
George Friend
Jones
Friend
Safety Drivers Of Week Are Selected By Phantom
The Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce board met to consider Mary Evelyn Dickerson's application as head of the proposed Twin Cities industrial development program. She appeared with chamber members after being defeated for state register the prior Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe - West Monroe
Mississippi River Parkway urged for long east to west highway
Ten state residents pressed Congress to approve a 2000 mile river highway from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The bid, backed by the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission led by A P Greensfelder, seeks to link existing roads with new parkway style segments across ten river states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Brown
Washington
Congress
Mississippi River
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Bureau of Public Roads
National Park Service
Drives By Hindsight Gets 25 Dollar Fine
Detroit patrolman Arthur Wynn, 27, was arrested for speeding after a 40 mph clock. Wynn argued the claim in court but Traffic Referee Rollin D. Shull ordered a $25 fine, noting the need for foresight over hindsight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George Williams
Arthur Wynn
Wynn
Rollin D. Shull
Safety Driver Winners Named In Monroe and West Monroe
J O Lee Jr of Monroe and J F Pop Lively of West Monroe are named Safety Drivers of the week by the Monroe News Star World and local merchants. Each receives cash prizes and gifts, with a Nassau trip grand prize for past and current winners. Lively, a longtime driver with Jack's Bus Lines, and Lee, a U S Engineers employee, credit safety programs for their records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F
Pop” Lively
Violet Street
West Monroe
J. O. Lee, Jr
Pargoud Drive
Monroe
Nassau
Leon Noland, Jr
J.O. Lee, Jr
Lee
United States Engineer Corp
Lively
Cotton States Chemical Company
Monroe News-Star—World
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Sullivan
Bahamas
Delta Airlines
Immigration Request Faces Senate Test
President Truman seeks to admit 300000 Europeans over three years. Sen. Humphrey says the plan is in a bill he and 11 senators introduced earlier. An attempt will be made to substitute this measure for the omnibus immigration bill backed by Sen. McCarran during floor debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Sen. McCarran
D-New
LeBlanc Martin Libel Suit Moves Forward
Baton Rouge attorneys will submit briefs within 15 days as a district court decides if Wade O. Martin Sr. has standing in his 500000 libel suit against State Sen. Dudley J. LeBlanc. The case stems from radio broadcasts in which LeBlanc spoke as a public figure criticizing a rate increase by Southern Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Wade O. Martin Sr
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Martin
Louisiana Public Service Commission
LeBlanc
Abbeville
Louisiana
Ben Voorhies
Lafayette
Judgment Upheld in Jasper County Electrocution Case
The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a $15,000 judgment against Southern Pine Electric Power Association for the electrocution of E J Stringer and his wife after an uninsulated line hung near a well on Stringer’s Jasper County farm. The ruling found negligence in line placement. The court also affirmed conspiracy to steal cattle convictions in Covington and Forrest counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
State Supreme Court
South Mississippi
Jasper County
Southern Pine Electric Power Association
E. J. Stringer
Stringer
Covington County
Mose Steele
M. A. Steele
Forrest
Bill Tightens Driver Responsibility in Louisiana
A motorists financial responsibility bill is being prepared for the Louisiana Legislature next May. The measure would require at fault drivers to pay damages or lose their driving privileges. A New Orleans Chamber of Commerce subcommittee headed by Louis and Edward LeBreton rewrites the 1950 bill approved by Gov. Earl K. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Fire kills at least six in six-story Skid Row hotel
AP reports a fast moving blaze at the St. George Hotel on East Third Street in Los Angeles killed six men and injured several others. Night clerk Leland Whitehouse helped alert guests before escaping and a Room 312 occupant died leaping to an alley. Fire arson investigators offered no initial cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
St. George Hotel
East Third St
Leland Whitehouse
A. D. Bernhardt
Emil Mongee
Whitehouse
Main Street
Bernhardt
J. R. Moore
Charles Ellis Black
W. E. Meyer
Little Chief
White Eagle
Kitchen Will Show His Hunt in Monroe Auditorium
A benefit show sponsored by the Civitan Club screens Clyde Kitchen’s color views from a three-continent big game hunt. The 7:30 PM event at O. P. H. S. auditorium in Monroe charges 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children, with proceeds aiding Bernstein Park and the youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Monroe
Bernstein Park
Civitan Club
Clyde Kitchen
Old
Mexico
Alaska
Mr. Kitchen
Louisiana
Homer
Used bicycle found via Want Ads
Mr G L Price of 501 Moore Monroe reported a good used bicycle found the second day his advertisement appeared. The Want Ad number 5161 is advertised with a low seven time rate and cancellation privileges.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reia
Fair
Westbrook Pegler
Bank
State Committee
Filling C. Ofc. Post
Mary Evelyn Dickerson
Board of
Pop’ Lively
Miss. Supreme Court
News-Star—World
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!