Entertainers and coachmen cited in draft deferment debate
Westbrook Pegler discusses draft deferments for public figures including Danny Kaye Frank Sinatra and Leo Durocher. He critiques psychiatric rationale behind exemptions noting 350000 to 400000 deferments and questions the morality and practicality of using mental health as a factor. The column connects these exemptions to broader wartime policy and political influence.
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New York
Danny Kaye
Frank Sinatra
Leo Durocher
Kaye
Stonewall Jackson
Army
George S. Patton
Sinatra
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Durocher
Roosevelt
White House
Republicans plan anti inflation program in reply to Truman
Senator Millikin republican of Colorado said Senate Republicans will draft an anti inflation program based on sound measures after studying all proposals including Truman's 10 points. He noted the plan will await committee work and will aim to counter inflation with prudent actions. The president had proposed credit margin controls for commodity markets and asked Congress to approve 597 million dollars for winter aid to France Italy and Austria.
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Washington
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Republicans
Truman
Senate Republican Conference
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
Navy Neptune bomber crashes off San Diego harbor
A navy Lockheed Neptune patrol bomber with 11 aboard crashed 102 miles off San Diego early today. Two survivors were picked up by the submarine U S Pomadon, which searched the area as the escort carrier U S S Bairoko aided in rescue. The plane departed Miramar on a 14 hour mission.
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San Diego
Calif
Naval District Headquarters
U. S. Pomadon
U. S. S. Bairoko
Bairoko
Miramar
President Seeks Commodity Margin Controls
President Truman told reporters he wants Congress to authorize government oversight of credit margins in commodity market trading similar to stock exchange regulation. He offered this as part of a broader anti inflation plan to curb speculative price rises in wheat, cotton, and related markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Truman
Jesse L Norris Announces Independent Candidacy for Ouachita Assessor
Jesse L Norris, a 31 year old Ouachita parish native and World War II veteran, announces his independent bid for parish tax assessor. He highlights law education from LSU and local roots, stating commitment to democratic change and service to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Norris
Ouach
Lla Parish
Ouachita Parish
William Norris
Millhaven Road
Philip the Greek becomes Prince of Britain in wedding
London reports the wedding of Philip, heir to Greece, to Princess Elizabeth. He is seen as a reserved yet poised figure who steps into public life with new titles and a transformed role beside the Queen. Crowds cheer as he arrives at Westminster Abbey and departs with altered status.
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London
Philip
Greece
Britain
Athens
Elizabeth
Europe
Albert the Good
Queen Victoria
Westminster Abbey
Directors of Chamber Named Directors of Chamber Named
The annual Chamber of Commerce board election selected five new directors for three-year terms. Winners include F. N. Steele of Central Auto Sales, George G. Weaks Jr of Weaks Supply, Henry Bernstein of Hudson Potts Bernstein and Davenport, John P. McKee of McKee Radio Service, and E. N. Thompson of Ritchie Grocer. President H. M. James praised the slate as representative of local business strength. Directors will meet next month to elect officers for 1947 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Board
Twin Cities
F. N
Sticky) Steele
Central Auto Sales Company
George G. Weaks, Jr
The
Weaks Supply Company, Ltd
Henry Bernstein
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein and Davenport
John P
Royal wedding ends with famed British pomp in Romsey
Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wed in a ceremony echoing a thousand years of English tradition. After the Westminster Abbey celebration, they began their life as a couple with a quiet breakfast at Broadlands. Romsey residents await a possible public appearance at the abbey.
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Romsey
England
Elizabeth
Philip
Britain
Broadlands
Earl Mountbatten
Navy
Placid
Hampshire
St. Philip Mountbatten
Duke of Edinburgh
Westminster Abbey
London
Major Elzie Reppond Dies of Wound in Casablanca
Maj. Elzie Achand Reppond Jr., 21, of the French Foreign Legion, died after a bullet wound fired at the American consulate hall in Casablanca on November 13. He rose from private to major in a year and served as second in command at a hospital in Tiznit. A Ouachita parish native and Ouachita Parish High School and Northeast Junior College graduate, he previously volunteered for the Marines in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzie Achand
Billy) Reppond, Jr
French Foreign Legion
Casablanca
E. A. Reppond
St. John Street
Monroe
Washington, D. C
Francis E. Flaherty
Division of Protective Service
Major
Reppond
Soldier of Fortune
Young Reppond
Africa
Tiznit
Legion
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
Marines
Burglar Steals Meat Stock From Jackson Street Store
A burglar ransacked George N. Dawson’s grocery at 419 Jackson Street on Thursday night. He entered through a northside window and stole 22 pounds of ham, 20 pounds of pan sausage and the pan, 10 pounds of bacon, 5 pounds of baloney, 2 pounds of cheese, a 5-pound pimento loaf, 2 boxes of chewing gum, and 16 cartons of cigarettes.
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George N. Dawson
Jackson Street
Jap Denies Beating Monroe Serviceman
Tusta fu Kimura labor supervisor at a POW camp pleaded innocent before an army commission of eight on charges of beating and mistreating American prisoners. The allegedly mistreated include Pvt. Earl V. Gould of Monroe Louisiana.
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Yokohama
Tustafu Kimura
Pvt
Earl V. Gould
Monroe
Louisiana
Earl K. Long Campaign Rally Scheduled in West Monroe
Gubernatorial candidate Earl K. Long and key ticket members plan a 2 p.m. rally at Jack Russell's parking lot in West Monroe drawing an expected crowd of over 4,000. Speakers include Bill Dodd Wade O Martin Bolivar Kemp and Russell K Long with West Monroe Mayor C C Bell Jr presiding. The group tours Columbia Farmerville Ruston after the event and resumes with stops in Clarks Grayson Calhoun and Choudrant next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl K. Long
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Bill Dodd
Wade O. Martin
Bolivar Kemp
W. E. Anderson
Russell K. Long
Huey P. Long
Committee of Friends of
Earl Long
Jack Russell
Trenton
Wood Streets
Farmerville
Ruston
Long
Virginia
Fifth District
Clarks
Grayson
Calhoun
Choudrant
Fatally Burned in Mississippi Bus Truck Crash
In Orange Grove near the Alabama line two men died in a wreck between a Greyhound bus and a truck. Five bus passengers were injured and treated at Jackson County Hospital, Pascagoula. The truck, owned by a Pascagoula junk dealer, burned after the collision.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Mississippi
Orange Grove
Alabama
Carl Wilson
Jackson County
Jackson County Hospital
Frank Grubbs
Mobile
New Orleans
Nations meet in Havana on trade and employment
Delegates from 62 nations gather in Havana under United Nations auspices to craft a charter for an international trade organization aiming to cover global economic life. They seek tariff reductions, with 23 countries already implementing provisions. debates address Marshall Plan implications and ILTO longevity.
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Havana
United Nations
London
New York
Geneva
William L. Clayton
U. S
Clayton
IL. T. O
Russia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Italy
Japan
Dr. Gaines to Visit Here by Alumni Plan
Washington and Lee University president Dr. F P Gaines will arrive from Shreveport Saturday morning. Local alumni and leaders will host a luncheon at Hotel Virginia at 1 pm, followed by a boat ride from the local dock with former Gov James A Noe aboard, returning by 5 30 pm.
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F. P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Shreveport
F. F. Millsaps
Ouachita National Bank
H. Flood Madison
Gilbert Faulk
L. B
Washington and Lee
Gaines
South
Louisiana
Virginia
James A. Noe
Bradley to be Army Chief of Staff and Gray VA Head
President Truman announced Gen. Omar N. Bradley will become army chief of staff when Eisenhower retires next spring. Carl R. Gray Jr. will succeed him as veterans administrator starting January 1, while Bradley surveys army facilities. Gray is Chicago Northwestern Railway vice president and a World War I veteran.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Truman
Carl R. Gray
Chicago Railway
Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York
Gray
Army Department
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Wichita
Kans
United States Engineer Reserve
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Doughs Boys
12Th Army Group
Europe
Veterans Agency
Dillon S. Meyer
Public Housing Administration
Italy riot toll climbs as clashes erupt in Apulia region
In Bitonto and nearby towns peasants clash with carabinieri after a priest is shot. At Campi Salentina and Gravina in Apulia, seven carabinieri and police are wounded and three to four demonstrators killed. Bari and Taranto report general strikes as violence intensifies across the heel of Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Carabinieri
Bitonto
Bari
Italy
Pasquale Pileo
Christian Democratic
Rome Qualunque
Common Man
Apulia
Alcide de Gasperi
Campi Salentina
Gravina
Messagero
Corato
Brindisi
Lecce
Messaggero
Avanti
Adriatic
Chamber of Labor
Taranto
Il Popolo
Alcide
Meyers Acknowledges False Affidavit In Cadillac Case
Maj. Gen. Ben E. Meyers admitted signing a false affidavit about the Cadillac used by Aviation Electric Company linked to his wartime activity and his claim it was for his girlfriend Mrs. Mildred Lamarre. Senate investigators pressed on why the affidavit was signed before a wartime car order and questioned the officer’s reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Cadillac
Senate
Senate War Investigating Committee
Aviation Electric Company
Mildred Lamarre
B. H. Lamarre
Aviation Electric
Meyers
Ferguson
Republican
Michigan
District of Columbia Auto License Bureau
Flushing
United States Army
William Rogers
Rogers
Performers Hurt In High Wire Fall At Ringling Circus
Sixteen year old Hilda Alzana fell 33 feet from a high wire during a Ringling Bros show in Miami. Her brother Harold, 31, toppled from the bicycle he rode on the wire. Father Charles Noah Alzana, 65, suffered a broken neck but showed improvement and was credited with saving them. Harold sustained a fractured vertebrae. both sisters escaped injury. The dangling rope blamed for the accident.
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Miami
Fla
Hilda Alzana
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Alzana
Harold
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Charles Noah Alzana
Hilda
Elsie
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Margaret
Westminster
Maj. Reppond
Veterans
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