Blum to attempt new French government amid strikes
Leon Blum agreed to form a new government as Communist led strikes spread across France. Flour supply moved by military trucks in Paris, 114000 coal miners on strike, transport walkouts tied up Mediterranean ports, and the auto industry paralyzed by stoppages. Paul Ramadier’s Socialist government faced a coordinated attack. Guy Mollet announced Blum’s decision, noting France is split into two camps.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Mediterranean
Paul Ramadier
Paul Reynaud
Third Republic
National Assembly
Blum
Guy Mollet
Socialist Party
U N Authority Challenged as Palestine Partition Plans Move Ahead
The eight nation Arab subcommittee on Palestine formally challenges UN authority to partition the Holy Land into Arab and Jewish states. Reports foresee debate tonight with a test vote on partition possible Friday, and nightly sessions toward a final decision by Thanksgiving.
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Max Harrelson
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Palestine Committee
General Assembly
Special Palestine Committee
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Britain
U. N
Retail Food Prices Show Drop in Recent Months
Washington reports preliminary BLS data indicating retail food prices declined slightly from mid September to mid October after hitting a record high in September. The index for 56 cities rose 3.6 percent from mid August to mid September, reaching 203.5 percent of the 1935-39 average due to higher meat dairy and egg costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Giants Bombs to Be Tested in West desert experiments
The air force will begin test drops of a 42 000 pound bomb at Muroc base in the California desert within about two weeks. Twelve bombs delivered for tests. A modified B 29 at Elgin Field Florida will carry the load. Tests aim to study fall characteristics blast areas and earth shock with bombs likely to be duds.
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Washington
Air Force
Muroc Air Base
California Desert
Army Ordnance Department
Elgin Field
Fla
Muroc
Army Ordnance
Japan
London wedding eve stirs capital ahead of royal nuptials
London today buzzed with wedding eve activity as Princess Elizabeth prepares for her marriage to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey tomorrow. The Welsh gold ring is to be kept by the Marquess of Milford Haven at the rehearsal, amid talk of a possible dukedom for Mountbatten. Security tightens under Ronald Howe and Leonard Burt as Westminster sewers are under scrutiny.
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Glenn Williams
London
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Westminster Abbey
Marquess of
Milford Haven
Mountbatten
Philip
Greece
Denmark
Two Attackers Receive Life Terms in Wisconsin Killing
Robert Winslow aged 24 and Buford Sennett 22 pleaded guilty to first degree murder after a siege near Neillsville Wisconsin. Superior Judge Roy H Proctor condemned the crime as cold blooded and revolting and noted Wisconsin lacks a death penalty. The men admitted shooting Carl L Carlson 25 and raping Janet Ann Rosenblatt 19 while confessing to kidnapping.
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Waupun
Wis
Robert Winslow
Buford Sennett
University of Wisconsin
Roy H. Proctor
Wisconsin
Carl L. Carlson
Proctor
Winslow
Sennett
Neillsville
Carlson
Janet Ann Rosenblatt
University of Michigan
Hero’s Funeral Set On Sunday
The body of Pfc. Dallas Wall is returned from overseas for burial in West Monroe. It arrives Friday at 7:35 a.m. at the Missouri Pacific railroad. An honor guard will accompany the casket to Mulhearn Funeral Home and Ridge Avenue Baptist church services begin Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Three pastors will officiate. A full military service will follow at Hasley Cemetery by the Hudson-Leahy post VFW of West Monroe and Rodney J. Hobbs post W.R. F. of Monroe. Wall, 19, died in the Battle of the Bulge. He is survived by his mother a sister Mrs. Haze Gentry Jr. and two brothers S. E. Wall Jr. and Shady Wall and by grandmother Mrs. Amanda Caldwell, all of West Monroe.
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Pfc
Dallas Wall
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Homer R. Spence
A. T. Mitchell
C. E. Autrey
Hasley Cemetery
Hudson-Leahy Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
West Monroe
Rodney J. Hobbs
Wr. F. W
Monroe
Wall
Haze Gentry, Jr
S. E. Wall
Time table for wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
London November 19 ceremony schedule for tomorrow's royal wedding lists Central Standard times. Troops position along procession route and royal guests arrive at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth accompanies by Princess Margaret leaves Buckingham Palace and Queen Mother's procession departs Marlborough House. Bride and groom arrive at the Abbey, bride's carriage reaches the west door, and the wedding ceremony begins at 5 30 a m Central Standard Time.
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London
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Greenwich
Westminister Abbey
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Mary
Marlborough House
Queen Mary
Abbey
Queen Elizabeth
George VI
Swedish Freighter Crash Kills 20 In Italian Mountains
A chartered Swedish freighter with 30 aboard including 20 Swedish airmen crashed near Salerno Italy during return from Addis Ababa. Ten injured, four crew, four captains and nine lieutenants among the dead. Authorities in Stockholm confirmed the toll and flag at the Swedish legation was lowered.
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Rome
Salerno
Addis Ababa
Sweden
Ethiopia
Stockholm
Traffic-Tourist-Transport Company of
Jones accuses Air Force leader of hiding notes on pay
Senate inquiry heard T E Readnover claim Aviation Electric paid him 100 monthly while in army and 15000 yearly salary charged to him. he said funds flowed to Maj Gen Bennett Meyers, including a 7000 cash envelope. Lamarre added Meyers arranged payroll for his father-in-law.
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Washington
T. E. Readnover
Aviation Electric Company
Bennett E. Meyers
Readnover
Edgewood Avenue
Dayton
Ohio
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Readnower
B. H. Lamarre
Lamarre
Aviation Electric
Marshall Uses Tough Attitude in New Policy Tone
Secretary of State Marshall backed a tougher stance toward the Soviet Union calling out brazen propaganda and urging a halt to inflammatory rhetoric. He aims to secure a European peace at the London foreign ministers conference and promotes a provisional central authority in a federated German state.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Molotov
Chicago
London
Germany
United States
Europe
Andrei A. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vishinsky
James F. Byrnes
Vandenberg
Five TW A fliers die in Delaware crash probe
The Civil Aeronautics Authority and Trans-World Airlines investigate the four engined Constel lation crash near New Castle County airport in which all five aboard were killed. Victims include pilots Capt. Francis Winkler and Capt. E El Christensen and Capt. Virgil G Kennedy plus flight engineer Richard De Campo and civil aviation inspector Herbert Dowsett Jr.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Trans-World Airlines
Francis X. Winkler
Buffalo
N. Y
E. el. Christensen
Virgil G. Kennedy
Northeast
Richard de Campo
New Garden Hills
Herbert M. Dowsett, Jr
Compton
Honolulu
Civil Aeronautics
Senate committee backs aid for France Italy and Austria
The Senate foreign relations committee approved emergency aid for France Italy and Austria by a 13 to 0 vote. The bill would provide 597 million dollars in food seed fertilizers petroleum and other supplies, with amendments to avoid creating obligation or guaranteed commodities. Secretary Anderson to testify. six Truman ten point program issues to be examined.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Vandenberg
Michigan
State Department
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Ohioan
A. F. of S
William Green
Anderson
Agriculture Departe
Rites set for crash victim John Bonner
Services for John Bonner 56 Route 2 Monroe killed when car crashed into a tree on Winnsboro road will be held Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church Fishville Burial at Friendship cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home direction Body to be taken to brother Alex Bonner Pollock before services In Charity Hospital two others Frank Moore 35 Route 2 and his eight year old son Billy Wayne were listed in fair condition Moore had emergency left leg amputation to free him from wreckage Moore's leg amputated below knee by Don Messer ambulance attendant other injuries include Billy W skull fracture.
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John Bonner
Route 2
Monroe
Winnsboro
Friendship Baptist Church
Fishville
Friendship Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Alex Bonner
Pollock
Charity Hospital
Bonner
Frank Moore
Moore
Billy Wayne
Billy
Don Messer
The
Hall Funeral Home
Siamese Army and Navy in Tug of War Over King Death
Strained relations emerge as a military spokesman links a retired naval lieutenant to King Ananda Mahidol's 1946 death. Premier Aphaiwongse warns investigators are civil, while the military retracts lacking evidence. Two regime fugitives held by the navy. Pridi Phanomyong and secretary Vajarachi Sidhihjev identified in custody reports.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Luang Aphaiwongse
Switzerland
Phamiphon Adaldet
Stassen Backs Marshall Plan in New Orleans Address
Harold Stassen urged full funding for the Marshall Plan in New Orleans calling Europe aid the most significant task for the nation. He warned penury could derail the program and travels next to St Petersburg Florida for a Republican rally tonight.
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New Orleans
Harold Stassen
Florida
Europe
Minnesota
Stassen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Rescued Duck Hunters Tell of Wanderings on Chenier
Two West Monroe brothers Benton Terral and Jimmy Terral 18 and 16 were lost for five hours Tuesday night in the Chenier Lake swamp. Monroe firemen found them near the north shore shortly before 11 p m while they struggled to reach solid ground.
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West Monroe
Benton Terral
Jimmy
Cheniere Lake
Monroe
American Legion
Cypress Street
Jimmy Terral
Benton
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