Marksman’s arrow and parking meters make headlines
In Vincennes Pete Stewart recalls borrowing his son's bow to shoot an arrow skyward it fell to earth and struck no one. In Parsons Mayor DiBacco installs parking meters then fines a violator a dollar challenging overtime rules. In Boise Idaho secretary of state Ira Masters seeks help from rival J. D. Price to hire a private secretary after his defeat strained office work.
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Vincennes
Ind
Pete Stewart
Stewart
Boise
Idaho
Ira H. Masters
Masters
J. D. Price
Price
Temptation Denied
SEATTLE November 15 Home was the hunter as Officer Ed confronts a case involving a suspect resisting arrest and an undercover stakeout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
the Hunter
Budget Axe Proposed by Taber Cuts $9 Billion and 1 Million Jobs
Rep. Taber, set to head the House appropriations committee, urged a nine billion dollar budget reduction and dismissal of about one million civilian workers. He said the cut could save three billion while preserving government efficiency, and called for broader pruning across departments and nonrecurring military costs.
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Washington
Rep
Taber
Republican
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Army
Navy
House Sliced Off at Neighbor Line in Miami Beach
In Miami Beach on November 15 a court ordered removal cut 7.56 feet from a home owned by Mrs. Louise Z. Osius after a deed mixup left encroachment on Betty Roney Fitzpatrick’s land. Sheriff’s deputies watched as crowbars hammers and saws demolished the rear section to resolve the dispute.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Louise Z. Osius
Osius
N. E. T. Roney
Betty Roney Fitzpatrick
Ross Williams
Roney
Chicago Teen Faces Extortion Probe Over Facial Change
David Ruge a 16 year old from Chicago received offers of money nationwide for plastic surgery. His attorney reported in felony court that Judge Charles E Byrne placed him on probation after he admitted attempting to extort funds to alter his facial features. Ruge said he was distressed by nicknames about his face.
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David Ruge
Chicago
Charles E. Byrne
Ruge
Washington
Trans-World
Paul E. Richter
David L. Behneke
A. F. of L
Ofice
Frank P. Douglass
National Mediation Board
Jack Frye
Behncke
Underwriters Open Sessions in Monroe Convention
The Louisiana State convention of Life Underwriters opened a two day meeting in Monroe with nearly 200 registrations by noon. Speakers include George D. Holland Louie Throgmorton W V Walker Frank Plaisted Powell Stamper Wade O Martin Jr Sam Jones Norman E Lisk and others. The program continues Saturday morning with a focus on insurance topics and future prospects.
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Louisiana State Convention of Life Underwriters
Monroe
Hotel Frances
Virginia
George D. Holland
The
Chamber of Commerce
Louie Throgmorton
Shreveport
W. V. Walker
Life and Casualty Company
Nashville, Tenn
Frank Plaisted
Aetna Life
St. Louis
Powell Stamper
National Life and Accident Insurance Co
Nashville
Norman E. Lisk
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Little Rock
Ark
Twin City
A. R. Duke
T. L. Firnberg
Bill Hayes
Frances Holmes
I. J. Houck
Helen Hunt
Eileen Skerd
C. D. Martin
A. M. Marx
Peggy Morrison
Thomas J. Mulheart, Jr
Mary North
Audrey Paylor
J. H. Paylor, Jr
J. H. Paylor
H. Petty
Otho Pique
Frank Miller
Hammons
Norman
Mack E. Norred
David Faulk Russell
W. F. Southerland
Miss Strohm
Jacob Strauss
Ray R. Updegraff
Jack Valentine
Helen B. Wesson
Zelda Vick
Percy Byrdsen
James Collins
Tom Duncan
Jerry Fielden
Eddie Foster
Floyd Gray
Ivy Herron
Dillard Lee
James Norman
Curtis Oatley
Jessie Promise
Bennie Putman
W. M. Russell
Joseph Sewell
Obadiah Simmons
Jesse Toliver
Wilbert Walker
Oliver Tractor and Equipment Company
Tower Grill
Old Glory
J. E. Whitaker
Broomfield's
H. C. Hailey
Monroe Storage Battery
Tom Monk
F. N. Steele
Calls On Other Major Nations To Preserve Veto Power
The United States rejected any amendment to the United Nations charter to end or weaken the veto in the Security Council. It urged the four other major powers to restrict veto use to rare and exceptional cases. Senator Tom Connally outlined a 9 point program replying to the attacks in the General Assembly’s political and security committee.
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Max Harrelson
Lake
Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations
Security Council
Tom Connally
Texas
General Assembly
Mrs America crown decision shocks Pollock family
In Columbus Ohio on November 15 1941 Mrs Janice Pollock 24 winner of Mrs America faces whether to keep the title and tour or abdicate to stay with husband Marion and their four children. Husband initially supports abdication but later says she may remain on the throne. Contest manager Burt Titcomb plans a meeting to decide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pollock
Janice Pollock
Marion S Pollock
Jackson
Miss
Burt Titcomb
Pollocks
America
Susan
Tommy
Queen of Housewives
Mark
Bobby
Janice
Fredda Acker
Anderson, S. C
Bert Titcomb
Donna Vestelle West
New York City
Blood plasma sold in Shanghai worth millions
Disruption from typhoons led to American Red Cross plasma being sold by Shanghai firms at 25 dollars a pint. The 10 000 tons surplus from Okinawa was contracted as is and resold to Chinese firms after protests by the Red Cross and UN agencies. A U S navy spokesman said the plasma remains Red Cross property and not saleable. The State Department pledged a thorough investigation.
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Shanghai
American Red Cross
U.S. Navy
Okinawa
Red Cross
Foreign Liquidation Commission
Powell Khoong
UNRRA
Khoong
Sincere Trading Co
U. S. Navy
Washington
State Department
Furious chase ends in arrest in Rayville
Walter E. Lee of Jackson, Mississippi, held on multiple charges after a late Thursday chase by Monroe police. He allegedly rammed a roadblock and tried to strike Rayville’s night marshal after threatening Lonnie Mercer over the phone and fleeing officers through several streets.
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Walter E. Lee
Jackson
Miss
Rayville
Monroe
Lonnie Mercer
North Seventh Street
Lee
R. G. May
B. J. McBride
Pine Street
Louisiana Tax Revenues Fall in October Decline
Louisiana October tax revenues drop 4.7 percent from October 1945 totals totaling 10,674,072 with declines in corporation franchise income and alcohol taxes but record sales tax of 1,548,376 and gasoline tax gains.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Roland Cocreham
Revenue Department
Gene Autry to Visit Gov. Davis in Baton Rouge
Cowboy star Gene Autry will visit Gov. Jimmie Davis at the Louisiana governor's mansion for three days. He is due to arrive by air today to participate in the Dixie Horse Show Jubilee at LSU Coliseum from today through Sunday.
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Baton Rouge
Gene Autry
Jimmie Davis
Autry
Louisiana State University
GOP Presses 20 Percent Tax Cut Plan In New House Agenda
GOP steering committee leaders unveil a 20 per cent cut in individual income taxes, paired with deep spending cuts. They back an eight year presidential tenure, labor reform, end to war powers, relief from shortages, and substantial government savings amid Democratic resistance and Bilbo seating debates.
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Washington
House
Republican Steering Committee
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Probe urged into lawyer offer over war plant deal
Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt sought Attorney General Tom Clark’s inquiry into a New York lawyer’s alleged bid to trade influence for stock and counsel fees in the Tucker war plant dispute. The case centers on Dodge-Chrysler’s Chicago plant, Tucker, Lustron, and federal lease actions affecting veteran housing production.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Tom Clark
New York
Dodge-Chrysler
Chicago
Tucker Corp
Lustron Corp
Wyatt
National Housing Administration
Lustron
The
War Assets Administration
Tucker
Clark
Preston Tucker
Office of the Housing
New Yorker
Defense rests in Tallulah black market whiskey trial
In federal court the defense rested after Israel Needleman testified the trio sought to shift blame to Irwin Kott and Camel John in the Tallulah whiskey case. Rebuttal began, with possible jury deliberation tomorrow if a Saturday session is agreed.
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Federal District Court
Israel Needleman
New York
Irwin
Ike) Kott
Camel John
Vicksburg
Miss
Kott
Father hunted after daughter slain by razor in New Orleans
New Orleans police sought James Henderson 57 and brother Leroy 26 after Reba Louise Henderson 24 was found dead in her apartment with her throat slit. The father had barred dating. blood-stained clothing of suspects found. purse money missing. auto moved. Coroner timed death about 7 p m. Mother recounts planned movie outing.
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New Orleans
Joseph Schwein
James Henderson
Leroy
Reba Louise Henderson
Flossie Henderson
Goering Used Suit Threat to Blackmail Ribbentrop Says Kempner
Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner testified at Nurenberg that Hermann Goering leveraged a suppressed suit filed by Ribbentrop’s aunt over the use of the title von to control the foreign minister. He said Goering kept papers in a safe and used the threat of scandal to secure Nazi priorities. Kempner also noted Rudolf Hess’s memory claims and said Hess was not crazy.
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Washington
Hermann Goering
von Ribbentrop
Nuernberg
Robert M. W. Kempner
Ribbentrop
Goering
Kempner
Thuringia
Robert H. Jackson
Rudolf Hess
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U.S
State Convention
MRS. America
China
Chase
Civic Chest's
Gov. Davis
Ike’ Kott
Needleman
Harry Weiner
Distillers Factors Corp
New Brunswick
N. J
John
N. Tully Semel
Aniston, Conn
Weiner
John Beverage Company
New Jersey Corporation
Federal
Tallulah
Fallsburg
Clyde D. Pace
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