Paul Draper suit highlights Connecticut legacy of political clashes
Paul Draper, elfin dancer linked to high end night clubs, sued Mrs. John T. McCullough for 100000 after she objected to paying to see Draper and Larry Adler perform with Greenwich community group. The piece notes Draper’s mother Muriel Draper and a House committee report on American women while criticizing Connecticut’s pre judgment attachment practices used against McCullough and her family.
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New York
Paul Draper
John T. McCullough
Congress
Muriel Draper
House Committee On un-American Activities
Congress of American Women
McCullough
Greenwich
Draper
Larry Adler
United States
Adler
Connecticut
Discarded Toys Being Needed For Christmas Cheer
Good Fellows of Monroe and West Monroe urge collecting discarded or broken toys to be repaired for needy children this Christmas. The West Monroe vocational school staff will repair and refurbish toys with paint donated by Sherwin Williams. People are asked to gather toys from attics and basements and await Sunday instructions on where to drop them off.
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Santa Claus
Monroe
West Monroe
Sherwin- Williams Company
Ecuador's President Escapes Assassination Attempt
President Galo Plaza Lasso survived a failed assassination when a time bomb exploded under a bridge moments after his car passed. He was en route to Cuenca for a regional patriotic festival. the government did not identify the group behind the plot.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Plaza
Cuenca
Mediator Arranges Meeting With Lewis On Coal Strike
Cyrus S. Ching, federal mediation chief, arranged a meeting with John L. Lewis as part of new government efforts to end the soft coal strike. Lewis proposed to negotiate in Chicago for an agreement covering mines in Illinois and Indiana. Authority sources say the afternoon talks could lead to a joint Washington meeting with soft coal operators next week.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Ching
New York
Flying Boxcar Crash Kills 2 Near Shreveport
An air force C-82 Flying Boxcar crashed in a cotton field near Barksdale field killing a cotton picker and a crewman. A Negro girl field worker was critically injured. Eight other aboard escaped with minor injuries. Names not immediately released.
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Shreveport
Air Force
Barksdale Field
Barksdale
Cheyenne
Wyo
Shreveport Journal
Urge Display of U S Flag Daily
Merchants, at the American Legion's request, ask that flags be displayed daily from November 4 to November 11. If no sidewalk receptacle, flags may be attached to parking meter stanchions with city consent. Chamber of Commerce merchants division urges public cooperation. Herb Fink chairs.
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American Legion
Twin Cities
Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Herb Fink
Foreign policy split shocks Republicans in Washington
President Truman urged passage of his fair deal program as a stand shield against communism while Republican disunity surfaced with James S. Kemper resigning as treasurer of the RNC over concerns about bipartisan foreign policy and party funds. Kemper warned against socialist panaceas echoed by Britain and said party leadership hampered his efforts.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
St. Paul
James S. Kemper
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Kemper
Great Britain
Philadelphia off year election pits GOP strength against Democrats
In Philadelphia, an off year election pits four city wide posts controller treasurer register of wills and coroner all currently held by Republicans. GOP registration leads 731 348 to 285 623. Democrats have rarely won city hall in decades. Continued on Seventeenth Page.
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Philadelphia
Boies Penrose
William S. Ware
G. O. P. Politicos
Nations
Truman
Farm cash receipts in Louisiana ahead of 1948
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi lead a modest national trend with farm cash receipts for the first nine months of 1949 higher than 1948. Arkansas reports 296.8 million versus 249.7 million. Louisiana 202.5 million versus 195.0 million. Mississippi 292.3 million versus 249.3 million, aided by last year’s cotton sales and shifting marketings. The Agriculture Department cautions final-quarter results could reverse the gain if marketings slump further.
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Louisiana
Gordon Brown
Washington
Arkansas
Mississippi
Agriculture Department
Department
Delaware
Florida
North Carolina
Alabama
New Mexico
Arizona
Oregon
South
Fort Benning meeting tours new infantry tactics
The joint chiefs of staff led by Defense Secretary Johnson gather at Fort Benning to observe infantry oriented warfare, joining Admiral Sherman for a field cross education on artillery tank infantry teams and modern fighting tricks, continuing a prior carrier visit to study navy methods.
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Fort Benning
Military High Command
Defense
Johnson
Infantry
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Naval Operations
Forrest P. Sherman
Sherman
Benning
Army
Air Force
Defense Secretary
High Command
Pentagon
Navy
Louis Denfeld
Joint Chiefs
Omar Bradley
J. Lawton Collins
Hoyt Vandenberg
Crash of B-29 Superfortress Kills Ten Off Bermuda
A B-29 crashed into the sea a mile from Bermuda shore during a weather recon mission. Ten of the 13 airmen aboard were killed, four jumped clear but one died of burns. Three survivors were rescued and treated at Kindley Field hospital after gasoline fires.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S
Oil Company
Kindley Field
William Gleason
Mnearb Standard Oil Company
St. George
Order of payments to World War veterans outlined
Washington announces the $2.8 billion special insurance dividend will be paid by a system based on the last three digits of veterans service serial numbers. Checks start January, with those ending in 000 or 496 given first and those ending in 990 among the last. The full serial number and VA acknowledgement card numbers do not determine payment order.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
V. A
Sherman Dissolves Naval Op 23 Unit After New Chief Takeover
Washington Nov 4 Adm Forrest P Sherman dissolves Op 23 the organizational research and policy division of the office of the chief of naval operations less than a day after becoming chief of naval operations The 30 member unit had been cited in Congress hearings over Pentagon policy and its records were reportedly seized by the navy inspector general. the work is transferred to other navy agencies The unit had mapped strategy for the broadside barrage criticized by House Armed Services committee members as weakening national defense and Adm Louis Denfeld who testified was later fired
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Sherman
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Navy
Allen R. McCann
Office
Chief of Naval Operations
A. A. Burke
Congress
Pentagon
Op 23
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Denfeld
Operations Division
Chief of Naval Opera
Ill fated Bolivian pilot fight for life after crash
Erick Rios Bridaux the Bolivian aviation director remains in a Virginia hospital with a broken spine two broken ribs head injuries and pneumonia after a P 38 struck an Eastern DC 4 over National Airport killing 55 aboard. Doctors gave him a 60 40 chance to live as news of the crash reached him and his condition worsened after a visitor revealed details.
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Washington
Erick Rios Bridaux
Alexandria
Rios Bridoux
Eastern Airlines
National
Ricardo Martinez Vargas
Potomac River
Navy
Government Tightens Controls on Global Shipments
Washington nov 4 a p the government imposes strict controls on shipments of strategic goods to nearly all parts of the world to prevent re shipments to 484 Genetis Et and Soviet dominated regions including China and Latin America. Canada remains largely exempt as controls broaden beyond Europe. Commerce department will issue licenses and screen proposed shipments to deny those deemed likely to enhance war potential.
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Washington
Genetis
Sovvel Dlc
China
Latin America
Commerce Department
Europe
Mediterranean
State Department
Truman’s Minnesota Welcome Signals 1950 Campaign Push
President Truman, en route to Washington, drew a crowd of about 400000 in Minneapolis and St Paul as he vowed to stump the nation again to elect liberals to Congress. He pressed Civil Rights, health and education programs as path to growth and framed his bid as bipartisan while predicting a heavier 1950 vote for his policies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Minnesota
White House
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Eighty-First Congress
Mr. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Luther Youngdahl
Parishes End Rent Controls in Four Areas
Washington dispatch reports rent controls ended in Jonesboro Arkansas Long Beach Mississippi and Union and Morehouse parishes in Louisiana except Bastrop city in Morehouse Parish Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods says rental housing demand has been reasonably met in Jonesboro and the parishes The Long Beach decontrol follows local action and is noted by Woods
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Washington
Jonesboro
Ark
Long Beach
Miss
Union and Morehouse Parishes
City of
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Tighe E. Woods
Harlem Mob Riot After 11 Reds Bonded Out
Eleven top American Communists posted bail totaling 260000 and were freed. Within hours a Harlem mob attacked police and rioted in Lenox Avenue, cheering Benjamin J. Davis Jr and other defendants as Paul Robeson spoke to about 2000 protesters. Bottles bricks and missiles shattered windows as police restored order.
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New York
Harlem
U. S. Supreme Court
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Teacher Meet Slated In Monroe For English Teachers
The Louisiana Council of Teachers of English schedules its fall meeting for November 5 at Northeast Junior College of Monroe with Dr. Helene W. Hartley of Syracuse University as guest speaker. The group has grown from 23 to about 200 members since 1947 and aims to expand further.
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Louisiana Council of Teachers of English
Northeast Junior College of
Monroe
Helene W. Hartley
Syracuse University
Alexandria
Shreveport
Lafayette
Natchitoches
New Orleans
Southeastern College
Tropical Storm Drifting Southward in Caribbean
A small tropical storm in the western Caribbean about 600 miles southeast of Florida drifted slowly south toward the Nicaraguan coast. Winds near the center reached 55 mph with rain squalls across the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Forecasters note the odd southward drift and possible growth, with warnings for Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Florida
Nicaraguan
Caribbean Sea
U. S
Honduras
Nicaragua
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Newbold Morris
City Fusion Party
Herbert H. Lehman
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