Long proposes 140 million bond issue for highways
Governor Earl K. Long outlined a plan for a 140 million dollar highway bond issue plus civil service restoration and a constitutional convention. He detailed allocation aims, including 75 million for general road work, 30 to 38 million for a New Orleans downtown bridge, 8.5 million for a St Claude tunnel, and road-priority sequencing based on traffic counts.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St. Claude Avenue
New Orleans- Baton Rouge-Krotz Springs-Opelcusts
Texas
Laplace
Mississippi Line
Highway Department
Long
Sam Jones
Gov. Long
F Long
Louisiana Law Institute
Silverstein elected vice president of Louisiana Retailers Assn
David C. Silverstein of Monroe elected vice-president at the Louisiana Retailers Association annual convention in New Orleans. He has 25 years as a Monroe merchant and has lived in Monroe since 1918. Silverstein is Temple B Nai Israel vice-president, northeast Louisiana state boxing commissioner, former Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail division chair, and U S O athletic director in the recent war. He also chaired the resolutions committee and previously directed the district association. He is married to Lenora Dembinski, with daughter Bessie Ann Fishman.
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Monroe
Temple B'Nai Israel
Northeast Louisiana
Retail Merchants
Monroe-West Monroe
Louisiana Retailers Association
Association For
Lenora Dembinski
Bessie Ann Fishsman
New Field of Millions of Orchids Found Near Fort Myers
Fort Myers Florida May 9 A new field with millions of orchids has been found in the Everglades within 30 miles of the amiami Trail a Fort Myers colony reported Robert Halgrim manager of the Thomas A Edison home said on his return yesterday that the unusually dry weather allowed his party to go into a section usually closed to collectors The home of the great mentor was willed to the city of Fort Myers with a condition that plant experiments continue
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Fort Myers
Fla
Everglades
Robert Halgrim
Thomas A. Edison
Arm injury prompts Monroe doctor to seek saving Calloway’s arm
A Monroe physician reported P E Calloway 51 of West Monroe in critical condition with his left arm severed above the wrist after a gravel truck collided with his car eight miles east of Rayville on U S 80. Two Continental Trailways drivers Raymond M Stokes and F L Cooper aided, first aid given. driver Wiley E Walters 40 of Rayville charged with reckless driving and causing a wreck. Calloway transported to St Francis Sanitarium. car and truck damaged.
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P. E. Calloway
Tippit Street
West
Calloway
Rayville
Wiley E. Walters
Continental Trailways
Raymond M. Stokes
Shreveport
F. L. Cooper
Jackson
Miss
Walters
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mulhearn
Russia demands troop withdrawals for Berlin vote
Berlin May 9. Russia says it will approve a city wide election in Berlin only if allied troops move more than 100 miles to the west. The note also seeks withdrawal of all occupation troops from the city with American British and French troops moved to the Elbe border. Western commanders react coolly, noting it amounts to a rejection while hoping Berlin can be reunited.
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Berlin
Russia
West Germany
Elbe River
Maxwell D. Taylor
Geoffrey K. Bourne
Taylor
Flood Threat Grips Winnipeg as Red River Rises
May 9 Winnipeg reports the Red River's steady rise forces hundreds more from homes, flooding a southern suburb and threatening more areas. Some 12,000 people displaced. downtown largely dry though the grain exchange and rail lines are affected. Power, communications strained. hospitals limit admissions to emergencies. The manmade flood-control center orders evacuations as the city braces for a new crest.
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Red River
Manitoba
Canada
H. T. V. Grant
Minnesota
North Dakota
Grain Exchange
Canadian National Railways
Grain Center
Long At Meeting Of Central Committee
Gov Earl Long attended in person at the Democratic state central committee opening amid bids for control by States Rights and pro national factions. The meeting set a July 25 primary for the senate seat held by Russell Long with proxies suggesting Gov Long wide influence.
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Earl K. Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Earl Long
Senate
Russell Long
Leander Perez
States Rights Democratic National Committee
Senator Long
Perez
Louisiana
Death of A. A. Swayze, Monroe resident, dies at 69
A. A. Gus Swayze, 69, longtime Monroe resident and brother of late City Commissioner R. D. Swayze, died early Tuesday. Funeral at Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel Wednesday at 3 p.m. Interment in old city cemetery. Survived by wife Gertrude, brother M. D. Swayze, sister Mrs Claude Scott. Born April 6 1881 in Franklin parish. previously ran a downtown grocery and meat market and later worked in dairy. Member of Stone Avenue Methodist Church and Stonewall Lodge Knights of Pythias.
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A. A
Gus) Swayze
R. D. Swayze
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Ira Yeager
R. T. Watson
Old City
J. E. Petty
J. O. Dooley
R. W. Germany
Joe Downs
Leo Ritter
J. D. Swayze
Swayze
Gertrude Swayze
M. D. Swayze
Claude Scott
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Ouachita Parish
Crosby Denies Rift With Wife Dixie Lee
Paris May 9 Crosby denies reports of strained relations in his 20 year marriage to Dixie Lee mother of four sons. Attorney O Melveny says reconciliation hoped for in June when Crosby returns from Europe. Larry Crosby says separation would be preferred to divorce and notes family battles occur every six months.
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Bing Crosby
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Screen
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Crosby
London
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Monterey
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Gary
Phillips
Dennis
Lindsay
California
O’melveney
Europe
Larry Crosby
Typhoon Causes Negligible Damage to Guam
Guam residents and American service members returned to quarters after a typhoon skirted Guam yesterday causing negligible damage. The storm prompted brief sheltering but no major losses or injuries were reported.
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House Set 10 Boost Defense in May Vote
Washington May 9 The House prepared to add 3500 million to national defense spending in an omnibus bill nearing a House vote. The plan preserves the 13911 million defense budget and favors air power, with Republicans aiming to avoid cuts to the Army Navy and Air Force. Representative Young cited a possible sinking of a strange submarine but offered no details. A Navy spokesman said no foreign submarine sightings have been confirmed.
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House
United States
Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Navy
Representative Young
Ohio
Young
U. S
Republican Policy Committee
Taber R
Chinese claim major victory in Formosa invasion battle
Nationalist Chinese air force reported sinking the majority of some 2,800 Communist invasion craft assembled to strike Formosa. Small junks were trapped at the Min River mouth near Foochow and at Amoy, Swatow, while Ningpo came under air attack. Nationalists also said artillery positions on Chintang were hit and ships battled 200 small craft near Chushan. American correspondents toured the island.
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Chinese Air Force Today
Formosa
Swatow
Amoy
Foochow
Min River
Ningpo
Shanghai
Bom
Chintang
Chushan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
United States
Island
Passman to Run Again in Fifth Louisiana District
Congressman Otto E. Passman of Monroe announced his bid for reelection to Congress from Louisiana's fifth district in the July 25 primary. He cites his district and national accomplishments, pledging to focus on real issues and avoiding unfounded charges while conveying his record on flood control, agriculture, and appropriations work.
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Monroe
Congress
Fifth
Louisiana
Passman
Fifth District
Mississippi Valley
Appropriations Committee
House
Executive Central Committee On Appropriations
Japan
General MacArthur
Far East
Washington
Washington Post lists about 200 sex perverts in government
The Washington Post reports about 200 government employees identified by the FBI and civil service commission as sexual perverts. Some have been fired or face dismissal while officials note routine reporting of police actions. estimates of total perverts in federal service are much higher and contested.
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Washington Post
Post
FBI
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Associated Press
State Department
Senate Appropriations
Civil Service
Federal Service
Loans Approved For Public Works Projects In Washington
The general services administration approved loans to finance 24 local public works projects with a total expected cost of 10,142,608 dollars. West Point Mississippi receives 5,240 dollars toward sewage facilities for a project costing 93,000 dollars.
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General Services Administration
West Point
Miss
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