Captain White Receives Silver Star in Armed Forces Day
R C White Sr presents the Silver Star to Captain R C White Jr for heroism in Korea during the Armed Forces Day ceremony. Brigadier General Whitfield Jack honors him from the reviewing stand before a large Twin Cities parade. White Jr is a POW as wreaths and colors parade along Pine to DeSiard streets in Monroe.
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R. C. White
R. C. White, Jr
Korea
Whitfield Jack
Palace Department Store
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Jack
White
Army
Twin City
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corp
Pine Street
Trenton
Coleman
DeSiard Street
Army Band
508Th Field Artillery
Camp Polk
Louisiana National Guard
Louisiana State Rotc
Captain White
National Guard
199Th Infantry Division
Governor Names Covert Top Louisiana Highways Chief
Gov. Robert Kennon backs George Covert as director of the Louisiana Department of Highways, praising his engineering background in Texas and Mississippi and business success at Baton Rouge firm Dunham Pugh. Kennon also announces the Shreveport Charity Hospital board, Orleans Levee Board members, and James V. Sharp as press secretary.
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Highway Department
Covert
Kennon
Texas
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Commencement Dates for Local Schools Published
Northeast Louisiana State College prepares its first four year class for commencement with talks by Dr. Frank Stagg and Dr. Reynolds. Quachita Parish High, Neville High, and St Matthew's Catholic High announce baccalaureate and commencement plans with various speakers and dates through May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana State College
Frank Stagg
the Baptist Seminary
New Orleans
Reynolds
University of Texas
Quachita Parish High School
Ouachita Parish
Hugh FE. Bradshaw
West Monroe
G. Earl Guinn
Louisiana College
Neville High School
First Methodist Church
A. M. Serex
Troy H. Middleton
Louis 9 State University
St.Matthew’s Catholic High School
St. Matthew's Church
Marvin Birdelow
Catholic Church
Simmesport
After 50 Years She Settles It Suit Filed for Maintenance
In Los Angeles eighty year old Merl I Rice and his wife Gladys seventy filed for separate maintenance after celebrating their golden anniversary on April 27. Mrs Rice alleges non support and says she moved out of the family home a week earlier to take an apartment.
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Los Angeles
Merl I. Rice
Gladys
Nominating Votes Duel Tilts To Taft
The Taft Eisenhower battle for Republican nominative delegate votes tilted to Taft after West Virginia primary results where Taft added 15 delegates and Eisenhower picked up one. AP tally shows Taft 364 to Eisenhower 304 with 604 needed for nomination, as seating disputes loom over delegations with 75 votes at stake.
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Associated Press
Taft- Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
West Virginia
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
President Defends The Deals In New Deal Fair Deal Speech
President Truman defends the New Deal and Fair Deal saying planned economy works in agriculture and beyond. He touts 20 years of Democratic rule increasing farm ownership from 58 to 75 percent and dismisses critics as mossbacks alleging socialism.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
Washington Monument
Department
Democratic Farm
Mossbacks
Rayville Fuller Case Set For June 13
Judge David I Garrett overruled a motion to quash the indictment against Rayville Fuller Ouachita parish school board member Ward 9 for public defamation filed by James Trousdale president of the parish school board. The hearing was reset for June 13.
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Rayville Fuller
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Fourth District Court
Fuller
James Trousdale
Parish
Trousdale
Reds Accuse Allies Of All Conceivable War Crimes
Reds accuse Allies of every crime in the books including using prisoners of war for atomic bomb experiments. The U N Command calls the charges transparently ridiculous. Truce talks stalled over prisoner exchanges as Panmunjom session adjourns with no progress.
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Munsan
Korea
Red Truce
United Nations Command
U. N. Command
Nam II
Adm. C. Turner Joy
U.N
Ellender Attacks CIO and Tobin Over Anarchy Claim
Sen. Ellender accuses CIO Steelworkers and Secretary Tobin of inciting anarchy by backing a resolution for a steel strike if wage demands are unmet. Humphrey calls Ellender’s conclusions unjustified while stressed wage increases are due and fight for pay continues. Ferguson backs scrapping the Wage Stabilization Board for an all-public panel.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
CIO
Tobin
Humphrey
D-Minn
Philadelphia
Barkley
Wage Stabilization Board
Supreme Court
Truman
Govin
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Sen. Ferguson
Rmich
Senate Banking Committee
Ferguson
Monroe man named to Louisiana State Penitentiary board
Governor Kennon announced plans to name Claude Harrison of Monroe to a proposed board overseeing Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and other state institutions. L. H. Mulina was fired as Angola deputy warden. D. D. Bazer to remain superintendent for now. A future conference with federal officials aims to find a qualified Angola leader. A four day prison strike ended with a gas attack on a camp kitchen.
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Monroe
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Claude Harrison
Kennon
L. H. Mulina
D. D. Bazer
Bazer
Langmuir Claims Nationwide Rain Pattern From Cloud Seeding
Nobel laureate Dr. Irving Langmuir says cloud seeding with silver iodide created a nationwide rainfall pattern. He asserts results from a 21 month Army Navy and Air Force funded study to be completed next September. He notes past Weather Bureau records show no such pattern.
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Tucson
Ariz
Irving Langmuir
Langmuir
Tucson Daily Citizen
General Electric Research Laboratory
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Five Big Housing Projects Planned In Union Parish
Five big housing projects were proposed for Union Parish, outlining planned development and potential impact on local housing supply and residents. The article notes the anticipated scope and aims to address housing needs in the area.
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Union Parish
Housing boom in Union parish sparks multiple projects
Plans for five large Union parish housing developments, totaling millions, emerge as reports poke at a proposed multi million dollar paper mill near Spencer. Olin Frost legal counsel denies mill location. federal housing bids span Farmerville Bernice Junction City and Marion with 480 units total.
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Union Parish
Spencer
Harvey G. Fields
Olin-Frost Industries
Fields
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Shreveport
Monroe
Ouachita River
Suffragan Bishop Noland Elected for Louisiana Diocese
The Rev Iveson Batchelor Noland of Lake Charles was elected suffragan bishop of the Louisiana diocese at the diocesan convention. He won on the fourth ballot with 27 clerical votes and 24 lay votes, becoming the first suffragan bishop for Louisiana. Noland, a Baton Rouge native, is married to Nell Killgore Burden and has three sons. He holds a BA from LSU (1937) and a BD from Sewanee (1940). ordained priest in 1941.
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Alexandria
Iveson Batchelor Noland
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Protestant Episcopal Church
Noland
Girault Jones
Titelands Title Bill Nearing Passage
Congress prepared to finish action on bills to give states clear title to submerged coastal lands rich in oil. A House compromise version was set for prompt passage with Senate action possible later in the day.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Neville Tigers Triumph in State Class A Rally Opener
Neville High School Tigers of Monroe defeated the Crowley Gents in preliminary play at the Louisiana State Class A rally in Baton Rouge. Gene Barham pitched the Tigers to victory. The Tigers face a New Orleans team at 12 30 p.m. in the afternoon session.
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Baton Rouge
Nevillie High School Tigers
Monroe
Crowley Gents
Gene Barham
Tigers
Neville
New Orleans
Colson Pact Ruled Out By Gen Clark Over POW Agreement
Gen Mark W. Clark repudiated the Colson agreement with Red prisoners on Kose Island as invalid and procured by duress. He stated Colson lacked authority to accept charges used to press for propaganda in Panmunjom talks. The pact freed Brig Gen Francis T. Dodd after a 78 hour hostage situation.
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William C. Barnard
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Colson
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Gen. Clark
Gen. Dodd
U.N
Panmunjom
Compound 76
Washington
U.S
Monroe Man Electrocuted Under House
John F. Holman about 31 of 108 Adams street died about 9 30 a m Thursday while working under a house at 1012 Civic street. Terminix repairman burned marks on neck. Dr J T French says coroners inquest to be held. funeral arrangements incomplete. survived by wife Edity Mae and son Johnny.
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John F. Holman
Adams Street
Civic Street
J. T. French
Quachita Parish
Holman
Terminix Company
French
Mulhearn Funeral Home
St. Francis
the Hall Funeral Home
Edity Mae
Johnny
Death Ends Hard Luck Story Of Railroaders Sweetheart
Minnie Rose Webb, 19, “sweetheart of the Illinois Central railroaders,” died in Memphis after a life spent as a crippled invalid since an appendicitis operation in 1942. Railroaders helped her reach St Louis for treatment, but she remained unable to walk far without pain. She contracted meningitis about a month ago and passed away yesterday near Covington, Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Minnie Rose Webb
Illinois Central
Minnie
Covington
J.W. McNamara
St. Louis
Shriners’ Hospital
Foundling Girl Baby Found on School Steps Care Taken
Sisters at the St Francis sanitarium report no adoption plans yet for a newborn girl found on St Matthew's School steps about 9 p.m. Wednesday. The infant, in good condition, is under hospital care. a note says the mother wishes her raised Christian. The find occurred when a student noticed the bundle and alerted a priest. Ink stains on the garments and feet aid hospital identification methods.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
St. Matthew's School
St. Francis
Welfare Department
St. Matthew's
Tax Boost May Lift Liquor Price Controls in U S
Government officials said price controls on liquor may be lifted soon due to over supply and falling sales. No retail price rise is expected when controls are suspended. OPS committee studies the matter as public reluctance to buy at higher taxed prices grows.
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Charles Welsh
Wilmington
Dei
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
F.L. Hayes
Hayes
Barbara Sykes
Army
Chesapeak City
Angelina
Philadelphia
Delaware
Summit Bridge
Del
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
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