Message to troops in the Philippines draws sharp fire
The New York Times exposes a self serving message from Generals Christiansen Eubank and Carroll to troops in the Philippines as likely damaging to military discipline and relations with Filipinos. Critics say the generals shift blame to the country and the troops appear undisciplined and unkempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Philippines
Christiansen
Western Pacific
Eubank
Carroll
Times
Two Veterans New Policemen Promote Patrolman Wood
Police Chief J D Busby announces George A Wood to provisional sergeant and two former servicemen Jewel P McKeller and James C Bryan join the department. McKeller served in army intelligence and air transport command flying over the Hump. Bryan served 33 months overseas as an army corporal. Both are married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Wood
J.D. Busby
Sgt. Wood
Guy A. Sievers
Jewel P. McKeller
Oak Street
James C. Bryan
Vine Street
West Monroe
Union
McKeller
Army Intelligence and Security Division
India-China
Air Transport Command
Himalaya
Ruth Marie Whitman
Merryville
Wanda Alvira
Jerry Prentice
Bryan
Mary C. Antley
Farmerville
Southwestern Fire Chiefs Elect Officers at Meeting Place
The Southwestern division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs closed its annual convention at Hotel Virginia with election of D P Rachal of Port Arthur Texas to president Dan F E Lake Hobbs New Mexico named first vice president J A Hebert Plaquemine chosen second vice president and G R McAlpine Oklahoma City secretary treasurer for a tenth term State vice presidents were T A Rosenwald Albuquerque Jules Sanders Orange E M Gaston El Dorado Gerald Goodin Muskogee and J Plores Shreveport. The gathering followed state firemen and Louisiana Chiefs Club events earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Hotel Virginia
D. P. Rachal
Port Arthur
Texas
Dan FE. Lake
Hobbs
New Mexico
J. A. Hebert
Plaquemine
Chief Lake
G. R. McAlpine
M. J. Bren
Fort Smith
Ark
T. A. Rosenwald
Albuquerque
Jules Sanders
Orange
E. M. Gaston
el Dorado
Arkansas
Gerald Goodin
Muskogee
Oklahoma
J. Plores
Shreveport
Louisiana
Watson Sentenced for Kronberg Castle Jewel Theft
Maj. David F. Watson was sentenced to three years in prison and dismissal from the U S Army after his Frankfurt conviction on conspiracy and receiving stolen property related to the Kronberg Castle jewel theft worth about 1 5 million dollars.
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David F. Watson
U. S. Army
Frankfurt
Germany
Kronberg Castle
Five feeder lines favored in Mississippi valley routing
Civil Aeronautics Board examiners recommended authorizing five feeder airlines to operate across the Mississippi valley. They proposed extending routes for Eastern Air Lines Delta Air Corporation and Chicago and Southern. Affected states include Kansas Missouri Mississippi Louisiana with parts of several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mississippi Valley
Ferdinand D. Moran
James S. Keith
Eastern Air Aves
Delta Air Corporation
Chicago
Southern Air Lines
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Parks Air Transport, Inc
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Poplar Bluff
Jonesboro
Blytheville
Ark
Cape Girardeau
Cairo
Ill
Pikeston
Tulsa
Oklo
Memphis Tenn
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Russellville
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Stuttgart
Helena
Texas-Oklahoma
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Lafayette
New Iberia
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Galveston
Tex
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Houston
Monroe
Alexandria
Shreveport
New Orleans
Longview-Kilgore
Tyler
Chicago and
Southern Air Lines, Inc
Pine Bluff
el Dorado, Ark
Lewis Reaches Big Showdown With Miners
Washington November 1 United Mine Workers press their demand for a new contract and higher pay as 4000 miners at Williamson West Virginia stay home. Miners accuse the government of breaching the May 25 agreement while officials meet with UMW leaders to discuss reopening the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Lt. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Williamson
W. Va
Lewis
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Coal Mine Operators Association
Ardigo
Officer Buck Grinder Faces Arson Charge in Columbia
Buck Grinder a 53 year old night marshal at Columbia and former guard sergeant at a war plant in Camden Arkansas is free on $1500 bond on an arson charge connected to a October 13 fire that destroyed the Rogers feed store and severely damaged three other Columbia businesses. Deputy Fire Marshal Lejeune of New Orleans led the investigation and Mayor Carl McIlwain and Marshal H B Prewitt alerted state officials. Grinder was taken into custody on October 28 under a district court warrant and posted bail for a March court appearance after being discharged from his post. The case was reported to State Fire Marshal Campbell Palfrey while he attended a Louisiana firemen’s convention in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Grinder
Columbia
Camden
Ark
Phillips Petroleum Company
Sulphur
Liberty
Rogers Feed
Gryder
Lejeune
New Orleans
Carl McIlwain
H. B. Prewitt
State Department
Campbell Palfrey
Louisiana Firemen’s Convention
Monroe
UN Predicted to Press Break With Franco Spain
U N delegates predicted a possible concerted break in diplomatic relations with Franco Spain as debate on the Spanish question intensified. The security council will decide whether to drop the issue to allow assembly action, with Andrei Vishinsky urging action and Andrei Gromyko’s earlier veto seen shifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N. Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Assembly
Russia
Soviet Union
Security Council
Spain
Heavy Buying Sends Cotton Higher Again
The Twin Cities mobilize large gifts to the civic chest as cotton prices rise on heavy buying. List of donors is presented with more to come in the News-Star and Morning World. agencies supported include Boy Scouts of America Ouachita Parish Girl Scouts Monroe Maternity Clinic Salvation Army and others.
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Twin Cities
Community Chest
News-Star
Morning World
Boy Scouts of America
Ouachita Parish
Girl Scouts
Monroe
Red Shield Boys’ Club
Salvation Army
Social Service Exchange
Twin City FT. A
West Monroe
Colored Community Welfare
Bobashelas
American Legion
Welcome Branch
Business
The
Women’s Benefit Assn
Catholic Daughters of America
Pilot Club
Williams
Dallas
Post Office
Frances Hotel
Bubbs
A. V. Miller
Bert Coverdale
Walter Rhodes
Sidney D. Jeffrion
Floyd D Huddleston
Samuel L. Hartman
M. Morganstein
Walgreen
Tom McAnn
Dan Cohen Company
Toddle House
Rhealee Stores, Inc
Peacock's Jewelry Company
Goodyear Service
Dealers
Wickersham Probes Sought For Cotton Break Cause
Cotton futures rose sharply at the New York open with December up to the permissible $10 a bale, heavy overnight order flow and mill buying lifting prices. By 11 am December traded near 31.50 cents a pound with other months up to 5 to 7 dollars above yesterday.
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Neng
ORR
New York
Mother Walking to Mass Slashed in New Orleans
Beulah Mancuso a 32 year old mother of three was assaulted while walking to an All Saints mass in New Orleans. An unidentified assailant choked her with a knife slashing her throat but she was not critically wounded and hospitalized. She told police a Black man followed her for a block before attacking after she screamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Beulah Mancuso
Charity Hospital
Wickersham Calls Three-Way Probe of Cotton Price Drop
Representative Wickersham of Oklahoma proposes a three way investigation into the recent cotton price break. He urges action by the Justice Department, the Commodity Credit Corporation, and the cotton subcommittee of the House to find causes and remedies to prevent a repetition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickersham
Oklahoma
Justice Department
Commodity Credit Corporation and Cotton
House
Homesick Bride Prime Suspect In Steubenville Fatal Shooting
Phyllis Savage 18 or 19, a four month bride, is to be arraigned in juvenile court on a pending charge after she shot her husband Homer Savage 19 a navy veteran in Steubenville Ohio. She told police she fired after a quarrel over a Canton visit and claimed the pistol from under her pillow. She rushed to police headquarters in a nightgown and said I just shot my husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Phyllis Savage
Canton
Homer
James Berkowski
E. M. Morrow
Walter Durbin
Durbin
OPA Takes On Skeleton Form
Price controls were lifted from nearly 100 items as OPA moved toward decontrolling the economy. The list included matches, dairy equipment, lighting fixtures, lumber items, and various industrial products in a sweeping shift as the agency reorganized itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
OPA
Price Control Board 5528 to End Duties This Afternoon
The Price Control Board No. 5528 serving Monroe and nearby areas will terminate this afternoon at 5 p.m. Chief Clerk R. W. Germany said orders from the New Orleans regional OPA office require the move. Rent controls remain in effect and will extend to Ruston and Lincoln Parish.
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Price Control Board No
Monroe
R. W
OPA to Fold 10,000 Field Workers in 30 Days
About 10,000 OPA field workers, roughly a third of remaining staff, will lose their jobs within 30 days. The agency also shut down 1,642 local price boards, locking them on Monday as decontrol moves proceed. The move frees farm dairy machinery and some lighting and engine equipment from price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Decontrol Cement
Bombing at Baltimore waterfront shocks city
Detectives and police sweep the Baltimore waterfront after a Molotov cocktail blast at a rooming house. Four seamen killed, five injured, as Commissioner Atkinson leads a broad round up of suspects amid sharp official denunciations. FBI involvement noted as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hamilton R. Atkinson
Eastern District
Theodore R. McKeldin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
1947 Cotton Outlook Encourages 25 Percent Acreage Rise
An LSU extension service meeting in West Monroe reports a favorable 1947 cotton outlook with Louisiana growers likely to raise acreage by 25 percent over 1946. World demand and long term prospects remain uncertain, with 1948 forecasts dependent on trade and synthetic fiber competition. The meeting also notes sweet potatoes gaining importance in northwest Louisiana.
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Louisiana
West Monroe
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
PMA Parish
C. W. Davis
Northwest Louisiana
Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Davis
Jewish Refugees Moved to British Ships Amid Haifa Turmoil
In Haifa 1,200 Jewish refugees were shifted from a listing immigrant ship to two British vessels for deportation to Cyprus. A mass Jewish protest followed, with a strike and clashes at Tel Aviv. Arab Futuwah rallied in Nablus as security curfews and prohibitions shut down the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Palestine Arab Army Futuwah
Nabl
Tel Aviv
Inner Zionist Council
Jewish National Council
Irgun Zvai Leumi
San Dimitrio
Latrun
Palestine
Vandenberg Attacks UN Budget as Too Heavy for U S
Senator Arthur Vandenberg warns the United States should not bear half the UN budget and proposes 25 percent as a permanent ceiling, with 33 percent possible temporarily for 1947. He urges broader economy and notes the need to cover operational costs while resisting a weighty burden on any single nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hauck
Lake
Success
N. Y
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
United Nations
United States
Vandenberg
U. N
General Assembly
Congress
International Relief Organization
C. L. Hsia
China
Flushing Meadows
New York City
Assembly
San Francisco Bay Area
Warren R. Austin
U. S
New York
Westchester County
Assembly Committee
Stowaway Wins Reunion With Wife and Infant in England
Kingsley Foster, a Minneapolis lawyer, sneaked aboard the Queen Elizabeth in New York Oct 1 and won a reunion with his English wife Kay and their seven month old daughter Lesley Marilyn. Immigration awaited next boat. Foster thanked benefactor Charles Guttman who paid his fare and guaranteed return tickets. A Canadian stowaway, John Kenneth Dick, was also allowed to ashore after a fare was paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgouthampton
Kingsley Foster
Minnesapolis
New York
Southampton
Kay
U. S. Eighth Air Force
New York Newse
Lesley Marilyn
Foster
Charles Guttman
March Kent
England
Gatton
Gutuiman
John Kenneth Dick
Qazabeth
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Westbrook
Pegler
Southwestern Fire Chiefs
Watson
Columbia Night Marshal
Rome
Civic Chest
U.S
Too Heavy
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