Viscount Wavell Dies After Long Military Career
Viscount Archibald Percival Wavell, famed for defeating Italian forces in Africa and later serving as viceroy of India, died following an abdominal operation. A strategic commander and poet, he won early WWII victories in North Africa and later influenced policy and war effort in the Far East and Europe. He is survived by two daughters and a son who will inherit the earldom.
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India
Archibald Percival Wavell
Britain
Wavell
Egypt
Cirenaica
Mussolini
Africa
Africa Corps
Erwin Rommel
Greece
Far East
America
Truman
Canada
Ottawa
Germany
Europe
Russia
Eugenie Marie Quirk
Viscount Keren
Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler on Gambling Reputations
Westbrook Pegler defends gambling culture by recalling Palm Beach Havana Nassau and Chicago scenes. He praises Ed Bradley as virtuous yet secretive about gambling while noting patrons lose more willingly than they win and recounts Bradley’s past faro dealings and the manager Barry Shannon who died before a promised memoir could be written.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt Tribe
Harvard Law
Miamis
Palm Beach
Nassau
Havana
Hollywood
Ed Bradley
Bradley
Faro
Clark Street
Chicago
Neville High School 63rd Commencement Held June First
The 63rd Monroe City Schools and 1950 Neville High School commencements take place in the Neville auditorium at 8 p.m. June 1. Dr. E. B. Robert of LSU delivers the principal address. Seventy graduates receive diplomas with salutations by Jo Ann Roberts and Virginia Laing. The program includes the Coronation March, Star Spangled Banner, invocations, and several awards and speeches by seniors.
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Monroe City
Neville High School
Neville Auditorium
Paul J. Neal
E. B. Robert
College of Education
Louisiana State University
Meyerbeer
Ernest Holloway
Jo Ann Roberts
T. H. Roberts
North Sixth Street
Roberts
Virginia Laing
W. R. Laing
Louisville Avenue
Jane Blanchard
Holy City
Adams
Elizabeth Cretney
Robert
Frances Flanders
Morris Haas, Jr
American Legion
Neal
Sigma Sigma
J. M. Boyet
City Su
Democrats for Warren Form to Back Warren Over Roosevelt
A group of lifelong Democrats in Los Angeles formed a Democrats for Warren committee urging Gov. Earl Warren's reelection. They assert that being the son of a famous father is not enough for high office. Movie figures Walter Wanger and Leo Carillo are named members.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Warren
Earl Warren
Walter Wanger
Leo Carillo
Gold Found On Woman's Farm At Port Angeles
Grace Melick discovers gold bearing rock on 43 acre ranch in Port Angeles Washington after optional road right of way study. Divorce decree finalizes yesterday and neighbors guard the property with rifles to deter prospectors while she considers oil rights and state land prospecting. About 20 applicants seek rights to explore nearby state lands as a junior gold rush begins.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Grace Melick
Seattle
Floyd Melick
Ex husband arrested in New Orleans for attempted murder
Lawrence E. Dorsey, 28, accused of tying his ex wife Marian 26 and attempting to hang her from a cemetery tree near Freeport Illinois. He was captured in New Orleans on fugitive charges and faces extradition to Illinois. The victim, bruised but recovering, identified Dorsey and filed a hospital complaint.
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Freeport
Ill
Stephenson County
New Orleans
Ray Mead
Lawrence E. Dorsey
Dorsey
Marian
Gerald Fox
Lionel Hernandez
Hernandez
Oil permissible production set for Louisiana next month
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 24 The state department of conservation says the Louisiana daily oil production allowable will be a record 591,135 barrels next month Commissioner S L Digby said the 45000 barrel production cut in March has been restored and the figure represents a 51000 barrel increase over the May quota
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Conservation
Louisiana
S. L. Digby
Montgomery Again Heads Police Jury
A. E. Montgomery was elected president of Ouachita parish police jury for the sixth consecutive term at a special meeting Tuesday night. Tom E. Hicks was re-elected vice-president and Mrs E H Hill secretary treasurer, with Hicks also serving a sixth term and Mrs Hill continuing in the role for 17 years.
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A. E. Montgomery
Ouachita Parish
Tom E. Hicks
E. H. Hill
Hicks
World News Briefs Mention Possible Cold War Détente
London reports Trygve Lie stated there is a chance for constructive talks to reduce Cold War tensions and ultimately end the conflict. He spoke tonight, signaling cautious optimism and a path toward broader negotiations.
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London
Trygve Lie
Truman creates federal maritime board names Fleming undersecretary
President Truman established a new federal maritime board and designated Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming as undersecretary of commerce for transportation. He also appointed three chairmen of federal commissions, including Mon C. Wallgren to head the federal power commission, succeeding Nelson Lee Smith. Acting under new reorganization powers, Truman also named other appointees.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Maritime Board
Philip B. Fleming
Commerce
Transportation
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
Wallgren
Nelson Lee Smith
Bevin Seeks Seat for Communist China in UN
London May 24 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the house of commons Britain favors seating Communist China in the United Nations to keep China inside the forum. He criticized the Soviet Union for blocking UN work and defended recognizing the Mao regime despite not yet having full diplomatic ties. He said the decision may prove right in years ahead.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
China
United Nations
U. N
Bevin
Soviet Union
Far East
Southeast Asia
Mao Tze-Tung
General Motors contracts settle auto industry for years
Detroit May 24 The General Motors contract locks in labor peace for at least two years with Ford and Chrysler, creating long term stability. GM’s five year pact bars wage reopenings before 1955, while Ford and Chrysler allow limited renegotiation windows. Union leaders see patterns for smaller firms as U A W aims to spread the settle
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Detroit
General Motors
G. M
Ford
Chrysler
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Walter Ruther
Extension of Draft Studied in House Vote
Washington May 24 A two year extension of the selective service law faced house action with expected passage. Drafts would last until 1952 but inductions would be standby pending a national emergency and congress decision. All 18 to 26 register. no 18 year enlistments. voluntary enlistments under two years banned. National emergency could mobilize reserves for 21 months. 18 year olds may join if they request. Defense chiefs say continued service is essential for cold war. House also approved nearly one billion dollars in new defense spending for the next fiscal year, including navy modernization and an atomic powered submarine project amid plans for guided missiles and more ships.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Vinson
D.-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Russia
Opposition Silent as Louisiana Bond Measure Advances
Governor Earl Long's $140 million bond issue gained unanimous backing in the House Public Roads and Highways Committee after a two hour hearing. The plan funds a New Orleans river bridge and canal tunnel, major state highways, and secondary roads, with public approval required. Critics cite regional allocations and gasoline tax reassessment concerns.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
House
Public Roads and Highways Committee
Lorris Wimberly
Long
Alvin Stumpf
Gretna
Bil
New Orleans
Stumpf
Jefferson Parish
Horace Dugas
St. Charles Parish
Ways and Means
Louisiana
F. Hunter, Jr
Caddo
Highway Department
Wellborn Jack
Texas
Algie Brown
Brown
Chemist Held as Fuchs Aid in Spy Case
Philadelphia May 24 39 year old research chemist of Russian extraction held on 100000 bail for receiving atomic bomb secrets from Klaus Fuchs and passing them to Soviet Russia Harry Gold senior bio chemist at a major hospital arrested in Washington and brought before Judge James P McGranery in Philadelphia for a 15 minute hearing with June 12 set for further proceedings The FBI information cites Gold and John Doe conspiring since 1944 to obtain defense related documents from Fuchs and transmit them to the USSR
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Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet
Russia
Fuchs
Harry Gold
Washington
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James P. McGranery
Gold
Moyamensing
Philadelphia General Hospital
McGranery
Martin C. Epstein
John Joe
Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
John Doe
Jackson Heights
Long Island
N. Y
Trolley Bus Crash in Glasgow Kills Seven
A speeding trolley collided with an overturned double decker bus during the morning rush in Glasgow. Seven people were killed and 43 injured, many trapped as the trolley pierced the bus ceiling. Witnesses described a chaotic rescue as ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Alec Carmichael
Lafargue Opens Campaign Tonight for U S Senate
Shreveport May 24 Former U S district attorney at Shreveport Malcolm LaFargue will open his radio campaign for the U S Senate nomination tonight speaking from Shreveport on a statewide hookup at 6 45 p m He seeks the seat held by Russell Long Mills challenges Long and three others criticizing Gov Earl Long Lieut Gov William Dodd and Rep Otto Passman Mills attacked Long promises taxes and taxes heightening road and tax concerns.
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Shreveport
Malcolm LaFargue
U. S
Russell Long
Newt Mills
Long
Mills
Earl K. Long
William Dodd
Otto Passman
Fifth Congressional District
Earl
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