Texarkana Slayings Linked To Phantom Kidnapper Robbery
Police from Texas and Arkansas chase a green Plymouth suspect after a negro confesses to five area killings and a later robbery claim near Henderson and Lufkin. A mutilated railroad-body case in Texarkana remains with unknown killers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Texas
Arkansas
Kilgore
Tex
Herbert Thomas
Paul Landes
Henderson
Thomas
Lufkin
Paul Martin
Betty Jo Booker
Martin
Landes
W. C. Turner
Campbell
Turner
Jim Sanderson
Little River County
Liberalism and union power in the era of John L. Lewis
Westbrook Pegler argues that liberalism gains converts amid criticism of John L. Lewis and union tactics. He contends mandatory within unions erode individual rights, cites the closed shop and check-off as coercive, and notes government roles shaping union power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Jimmy Petrillo
Roosevelt
Lewis
Hugh Johnson
Mass Meeting Set On May 20 In Monroe
A mass meeting to present the Louisiana Legislative Council’s program will be held in Monroe on May 20. Dr. Paul C. Young of LSU is council president. The program includes five new projects and three continuing measures such as the child labor law and civil service act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Louisiana Legislative Council
Paul C. Young
Louisiana State University
Monroe
Elmer C. Slagle
American Association of University Women
Communists Claim Control of Most of Manchuria
In Changchun on May 7, Chinese Communists announced they held about 70 percent of Manchuria and predicted an end to the civil conflict either by negotiations or through victory over Chiang Kai-Shek's forces. Peng Sheng said government troops no longer fight effectively. The Reds established governments in eight of Manchuria’s mine provinces with 300,000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changchun
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peng Sheng
Communist Northeast
Chiang
China
Peng
Esingan
Reds
Democratic Unity Army
Meikokow
Five Sailors Held for Sabotage On Sakawa
Five U S Navy crewmen face court martial specifications over alleged sabotage of the Japanese cruiser Sakawa during its Bikini mission. Lt David Merrill testifies sabotage occurred April 5 6 and 7 at Eniwetok damaging fuel systems instruments and steam lines endangering crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
Bikini
L. W. McConnaughay
14Th Naval District
David Merrill
Hartford
Conn
Eniwetok
McConnaughay
Three Jurors Chosen in Corrent Murder Trial
At noon today three jurors were accepted in the case of Sam Corrent a grocer on Breard Street charged with the December 29 slaying of Fred White. Jurors chosen were Ed Watkins Frank Fox and O Z Barefoot. Corrent allegedly plotted with butcher J W Givens to kill White for robbery to finance a trip to New Orleans for a cousin funeral.
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Sam Corrent
Ed Watkins
Frank Fox
O. Z. Barefoot
Jack Ober
Marvin Shipp
W. W. Montgomery
T. C. Rowland
Max Kubcke
Corrent
Breard Street
Fred White
White
J. W. Givens
New Orleans
Three Monroe Used Car Firms Face Federal Suit
Three Monroe used car agencies and a Choudrant lumber concern were sued in federal court in Shreveport for alleged OPA price regulation violations. The Nichols Motor Company faces treble damages of 3606.60 for three cars sold in October and November. The Pickens Used Car Lot faces 272.28 in treble damages for a November 13 1945 sale. Davis Motor Company is charged with selling five used cars in November and December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Choudrant Lumber
Federal District Court
Shreveport
OPA
Davis Motor Company
Pickens
Nichols Motor Company
F. M. Lowery
W. R. Kennedy
F. M. Lowery Lumber Company
Choudrant
Nichols Company
Davis Motor Co
Carter Proud Not Bilbo A Pulitzer Winner From Small Daily
Rockport Maine May 8 The publisher Hodding Carter of the Delta Democrat Times Greenville Mississippi who won the Pulitzer for distinguished editorial writing says he is pleased the country knows not everyone thinks like Bilbo He notes the award honors a small daily newspaper and editorial policy He adds as a Southerner he hopes the South is seen as tolerant He left for New York after a Nieman Fellows conference and is writing a book under a Guggenheim fellowship
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Miss
Delta Democrat- Times
Bilbo
Carter
New York
Harvard
Nieman
Guggenheim
Truman says highway death toll must and will be met
President Truman opened a three day highway safety conference urging all government levels to act to reduce the mounting death toll. He called for uniform road rules and stressed shared responsibility among federal state and local authorities to curb accident figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Huffman Wins Democratic Nomination in Florida Primary
Senator James W. Huffman, 51, named to a senate vacancy from Ohio, led broadly in Florida returns to clinch the Democratic nomination for a full term. He faces former Governor John W. Bricker in November while rival Stephan M. Young trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Huffman
Senate
Ohio
Huffman
Stephen M. Young
Marvin C. Harrison
Cleveland
C. IL. O. Political Action Committee
Edward A. Fluth
Labor
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Alabama
Indiana
Florida
Spessard
Doenitz testifies on German submarine output and wartime strategy
Grand Adm Karl Doenitz told the international military tribunal that Germany produced few U boats early in the war and redirected effort to submarines. He accused British forces of firing on sailors in lifeboats, while defense counsel argued Allied methods also shaped naval warfare. Doenitz surrendered last year as Adolf Hitler's successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard Muernberg
Germany
Karl Doenitz
International Military Tribunal
Doenitz
Otto Kranzbuehler
Adolf Hitler
King Ibn Saud calls Palestine inquiry a betrayal
In Riyadh on May 8 King Ibn Saud denounced the British American Palestine inquiry as a betrayal. He urged Arabs to act, questioned Jewish settlement gains, and warned that Allied policy risks alienating Arab leaders while noting Europe’s Jewish refugee issue. He cited armed Jews in Palestine and urged wider world participation in solving the refugee problem. The king criticized U.S. policy as viewed in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud
Palestine
Mecca
Medina
Associated Press
Europe
Italy
Middle East
United States
V E Day parade marks first anniversary in Frankfurt
In Frankfurt four thousand American troops paraded through bomb scarred streets to salute Gen Joseph T Mc Narney as the city observed the first anniversary of V E Day. The procession included two light armored cars a headquarters detachment and units with Wacs and Red Cross crews amid a sparsely celebratory German crowd.
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Frankfurt
U. S
508Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Wacs
Red Cross
I. G. Farben
Joseph T. McNarney
Continued Cool Weather Seen in South Louisiana and Mississippi
The Weather Bureau predicts continued cool tonight across south Louisiana and Mississippi with moderate north to northeast coastal winds. Forecast lows range from 54 to 58 in northeast Louisiana, 56 to 60 in southwest Louisiana, 52 to 64 near New Orleans, and 50 to 60 along the Mississippi coast with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Auto industry girds for coal strike layoffs in 110000 job cut
Detroit May 8 AP The Ford Motor Company begins laying off 110000 workers as coal shortages and rail embargo threaten, with 30 days or more of idle plants. GM and Chrysler weigh impact as production runs well below peacetime levels.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors Corporation
la Grange
Ill
Chrysler Corp
G. M
L. Bricker
Chicago
Five Die in A-26 Plane Crash Near Lillie
Five men including three army officers and two enlisted personnel were killed when an A-26 attack bomber crashed near Lillie Union Parish four miles northwest of Monroe. The crew consisted of First Lt Waynne Porter Captain Donald Liggitt Master Sgt Bernard Leiter and crew members William Dickinson and an unnamed flight engineer. Reporter observers described scattered body parts at the wreck site.
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San Antonio
Tex
Junction City
Ark
A. A. F. Flying Training Command
Randolph Field
Waynne R. Porter
Houston
Donald Wilmer Liggitt
York
Bernard L. Leiter
William W. Dickinson
Kenmore
N. Y
Barksdale Field
Army
Lillie
Union Parish
Monroe
Shreveport
Jack Griffon
Raymond Aycock
Hope to Escape Second Death Trip in Louisiana
The Louisiana Supreme Court considers a writ petition to halt Willie Francis 11, slated to die by electric chair tomorrow after a prior faulty electrocution. Attorneys seek habeas relief while officials weigh legal questions from last week’s chair failure. Francis was condemned for the murder of Andrew I. Thomas in St Francisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Martinville
Willie Francis
Louisiana
State Supreme Court
Francis
State Attorney General
Betrand DeBlanc
James D. Simon
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Fred LeBlanc
J. Emile Verret
James H. Davis
DeBlanc
Andrew I. Thomas
St. Francisville
Meet Brides Reunite With U S Marines in San Francisco
Eight U S Marines and foreign brides separated by war in China for four and a half years embraced on the General R M Blatchford at San Francisco. Wives were mostly Russian and Armenian. two couples learned husbands could not meet. Families included Sgt William J Hammer Jr and Sgt Carl J Jackel with spouses from New Orleans and McKeesport. Some couples plan to live in Oceanside while others stay near Philadelphia and Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U. S
China
R. M. Blatchford
Shanghai
Cleopatria N. Hammer
Margaret
William J. Hammer, Jr
New Orleans
Galine K. Jackel
Carl J. Jackel
McKeesport
Sgt. Hammer
Great Lakes
Sgt. Jackel
Philadelphia
Percy J. Fisher
D. L. Fisher
Iota
Xenia
James W. Randolph
Many, la
Ida
James
Oceanside
Calif
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Westbrook
Pegler
Legislative Council
Sakawa
Claude Canady
Bloomfield
Neb
F. H. LaGuardia
Anderson
By Alex H. Singleton
Holland
Arabia
W. E. Curtis
Michigan
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