Prices rise slow as OPA barriers fall in postwar period
Washington observers say the end of price controls will curb cost of living increases to about 5 percent or less, with rents and services potentially stabilizing. Economists believe the shift could aid budget balancing for President Truman, though overall inflation remains a concern amid a Republican drive to cut federal spending.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Mr. Truman
Congress
The Plotters by John Roy Carlson to be published by E P Dutton
New York November 13. E P Dutton prepares a new Carlson work titled The Plotters under the pen name Derounian. The 500 plus page book follows Under Cover first issued in 1943. It centers on alleged propaganda and accusations against government and private agencies.
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New York
E. P. Dutton and Company, Book Publishers
John Roy Carlson
Derounian
Carlson
Dies Committee
John T. Flynn
Department of Justice
Thought Police
George Sokolsky
Marine Corps
United States District Court
Chicago
John P. Barnes
Barnes
Dutton
Cour
Roy E. Ful«ier
United States
Louisiana considers temporary higher pay for state jobs
Louisiana civil service commission to discuss allowing department heads to offer higher pay to prospective hires for positions paying under 200 a month. Official Dan S. Moore says the plan aims to make state salaries more competitive with private firms amid high turnover and uneven pay across agencies.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Civil Service Commission
Dan S. Moore
Moore
New Orleans
Batonie
Shreveport
State Department
Civic Chest Gifts Listed for Twin City Campaign
Acknowledged contributions to the Twin City Community Chest include multiple individuals and local firms such as Joe Airoldi Electric Shop Fay Phelps Touchstone Beauty Shop and First National Life Insurance along with U S Engineers employees James Machine Shop and several local merchants totaling varied amounts. The list continues on the sixth page with additional donors and sums.
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Twin City Community Chest
Joe Airoldi
Fay Phelps
Audrey Ambrose
Touchstone Beauty Shop
J. W. Womack
First National Life Insurance
S. O. Causey
D. B. Martha
Lester Cockerham
C. W. Griffen
Monroe
Christine Moore
Sullivan
U. S. Engineers
George B. Carpenter
T. J. Hunt
Edward B. Porter
Inez Roberson
Jetson J. David
John R. Hollis
L & M Bar
Marine Piano House
Kitchens Grocery and Market
Southside
Stein’s Clothiers
James Machine Shop
Joseph Dieterich
Carl Inzina
W. E. Beard
R. O. Mcbeth
M. J. Riley
W. O. Roby
H. L. Sawyer
Arvel Shirley
J. E. Sidders
Robert W. Ceyes
L. L. Kettenring
John W
U S Calls On Operators To Take Back Coal Mines
Government pressures the big five coal mine operators to settle with John L Lewis and run the federally operated pits. With three days left for talks and eight days until Lewis’s November 20 deadline, officials seek a contract to avert a nationwide strike.
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U.S
Washington
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Krug
Lewis
Admin
Death sentence for Maryland war veteran in fatal Chesapeake Bay murder
Ross J. Abbott, 24, a World War II veteran with a Purple Heart, was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his 17-year-old sweetheart Pansy Twigg near Deal Island. The three man court rejected his plea of postwar frustration, stating the shooting was brutal and unjustified.
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Cambridge
Ross J. Abbott
Abbott
Pansy Twigg
Chesapeake Bay
Deal Island
Maryland
Laird Henry Jr
Melvin Silberg
Somerset County
Prentiss W. Evans
Henry
Snowdrifts Challenge Colorado Rescue Efforts
Army vehicles battled 10 to 18 foot drifts to reach marooned families and 10,000 cattle in Lincoln county. Red Cross set up headquarters in Colorado Springs and plans moved to airlift hay as planes stood by. By November 13 teams from Lowry Field and Pueblo depot used trucks weasels and bulldozers to aid mercy missions amid a seven‑plane reconnaissance and a 15‑life toll.
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Denver
Colo
Red Cross
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Colorado Springs
Edison
William Hunt
Lowry Field
Lincoln County
United
Pueblo
Boone
Dhu Wright
Chamber of Commerce elects seven new directors for 1947
The Chamber of Commerce announces seven new board members for three year terms starting January 1, 1947. A. Petrus and G. Thomas Frazer join from West Monroe. Ray Updegraff, W. W. Kellogg, Ted H. Alien, George Trousdale, and H. M. James represent Monroe. Carry-overs include L. A. Fourmy, C. K. Crandall, Dr. J. W. Cummins, H. K. Litton and T. H. Scott. Appointments fill unexpired terms for Brice, Whittelsey, Snellings, and Cummins. A nominating committee will propose 1947 officers.
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Chamber of Commerce
T. H. Scott
Chamber
West Monroe
A. Petrus
G. Thomas Frazer
Monroe
Ray Updegraff
W. W. Kellogg
Ted H. Alien
George Trousdale
H. M. James
L. A. Fourmy
C. K. Crandall
J. W. Cummins
H. K. Litton
George Snellings
R. C. Brice
C. C. Whittelsey
W. L. Ethridge Jr
W. J. Riley
Wood H. Thompson
P. E. Massey
G. E. Tyner
J. S. Drew
J. W. Keene
Brice
Whittelsey
Snellings
Scott
Walter Black
Morris Haas
G. F. Becker
W. M. Mitchell
Tojo Accepts Full Blame in War Crimes Trial
Tokyo November 13 Former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo publicly claimed full responsibility for all his official acts including the Do little raid executions, during a recess of the war crimes trial. Associate Prosecutor John W Fihelly said Tojo spoke in Sugamo prison in 51 interviews this year.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Doolittle Fliers
John W. Fihelly
Fihelly
Sugamo
Tojo
U. S. Army
Doolittle
Fidelly
Guilt Denied by Distiller in Tallulah Whiskey Case
S. Semel operator of United Distillery Products Co of Amston Conn testified as first defense witness in federal court. He denied involvement in a scheme with Needleman Weiner and Kott to sell 356 cases of whiskey to John Beverage Co of Tallulah for 7120 above ceiling price. He said liquor bottled at his plant was sold legally to Distillers Factors Corp of New Brunswick N J and never met government witness Camel John.
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S. Tully Semel
United Distillery Products Company
Amston
Israel Needleman
Harry Weiner
Irwin Kott
New York
John Beverage Company
Tallulah
OPA
Semel
Distillers Factors Corp
New Brunswick
N. J
Disappearance of Joyce Garner Baffles Police
Miss Joyce Garner an 18-year-old Seville, Ohio student nurse at Cleveland City Hospital vanished after leaving Athens where she visited Baldwin Wallace and Ohio University. Richard Gorham says he put her on a Cleveland train at 7 15 p m Sunday arriving 1 30 a m Monday. hospital officials filed the case with missing persons. Miss Garner wore a black felt hat gray coat white sweater gray and red skirt and brown shoes.
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Cleveland
Joyce M. Garner
Seville
Ohio
City Hospital
Garner
Ohio University
Athens
Robert P. Hinds
Robert Gerrity
Baldwin - Wallace
Richard Gorham
Miss Garner
Gorham
Charles T. Dolezal
Jean Gregg
Columbus
Trieste Pact Talks Advance Amid Western Russian Strife
The Sixth Avenue dispatch reports Smuts warning he would seize mandated Southwest Africa if the UN rejects annexation plans. In New York, cracks appeared in the Trieste deadlock as Byrnes and Molotov pressed for changes, with direct Italy Yugoslavia talks possible and a move to have ministers review the Trieste statute.
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New York
Russia
Trieste
Byrnes
United States
Molotov
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Bevin
Couve de Murville
Italy
Yugoslavia
Bombs destroy patrol in dawn ambush near railway line
In Jerusalem six police officers were killed when attackers described as Jewish extremists exploded a bomb-armed hand-propelled trolley during a dawn patrol checking railway lines. Police labeled the attackers as Jewish extremists and blamed the incident on the ongoing conflict.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Beit Safafa
Jaffa
Palestine Railway Administration
Jerusalem-Lydda
Lydd Jaffa
Young Veteran Dies in Crash on Louisville Avenue
Corbett R. Simpson 23 of Rocky Branch died when a speeding car struck a parked tractor trailer in Monroe. Driver Cpl. Ruffin J. Richardson 19 survived with injuries after the Chrysler collided with the rear of the trailer near Tenth street. Patrol and coroner details noted severe chest injuries and a skull fracture. an inquest followed as the city recorded a fourth traffic fatality this year.
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Louisville Avenue
Union Parish
Corbett R. Simpson
Rocky Branch
Farmerville
Brown
China
Cpl
Ruffin J. Richardson
Army of Occupation
Japan
St. Francis Sanitarium
H. F. May
William Booth
F. L. Barnes
J. B. Gulley
Rupert Brown
Fort Smith
Ark
Monroe
Louisville
Tenth Street
Richardson and Simpson
Elliott
Sterlington Road
Richardson
Simpson
James T. French
Parish
Corbett Simpson
Former Governor Jones urges balanced economy and gas conservation
Former Louisiana governor Sam Jones urged a balance between agriculture and industry and conserving natural gas for state needs in a Bayville Kiwanis Club luncheon. He backed state gas operations, referenced 1942 and 1946 gas policies, noted Louisiana gas underprice versus West Virginia, and warned Monroe field reserves may last seven to eight years with about 15 trillion cubic feet remaining.
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George W. Lofton
Rayville
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Bayville
Richland
Jones
West Virginia
Monroe
Leadership Woes Highlight GOP Progressives Voice
A large bloc of self-styled GOP progressives signaled a louder voice in House affairs as they seek greater committee power and influence on policy. Unnamed spokesmen say they represent a majority of the 246 Republicans set for the next House and may take their case to the steering committee led by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts.
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Washington
House
Republican House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Louisiana film on Gov Davis life set to begin soon
Baton Rouge November 13. Filming of Louisiana the screen story of singing Gov Jimmie Davis life will start soon producers Monogram Pictures Davis hopes for a strong leading actress and notes his own acting is limited to quick cameos. filming in Baton Rouge will take two to three weeks with background scenes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jimmie Davis
Davis
Monogram Pictures
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Pegler
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William F. Leonard
Portland
Ore
Self
Lake Success
N. Y
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
United Nations
Southwest Africa
General Assembly
Corbett Simpson, Jr
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