World Communists Call On To Help In Overthrow Of Tito
Cominform issues a secret resolution urging all Communists to aid Yugoslav workers and peasants in overthrowing Marshal Tito. It says Tito’s party has lost the right to be called Communist and calls the regime an enemy of the workers and peasantry. The measure follows Yugoslavia’s 1948 expulsion from Cominform. The document marks the Tito government’s 1943 founding anniversary.
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Moscow
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Tito
Hungary
New York
Belgrade
Romania
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Party
Communist Party
Serbia
Slovenia
Croatia
Bos
Building Struck Near Love Field Tragedy at Dallas
An American Airlines DC-6 crashed near Love Field in Dallas, striking a chemical plant and bursting into flames before dawn. Of 45 aboard, 28 believed dead. 17 hospitalized with survivors among crew and passengers. Officials described the scene as organized chaos as firemen retrieved bodies and the airline tallied casualties.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Love Field
Mexico City
New York
Washington
Home Office
Review of Broun biography sparks heated charges
New York biography review by Quentin Reynolds of the late Heywood Broun stirs harsh language and personal attack claims. The piece accuses Reynolds of slander and questions Broun’s honesty while noting Broun’s life as a controversial journalist and public figure.
Girl Reported Dead Is Alive In Texas
Ellen Cruse of Olla Louisiana, claimed dead by Arkansas convict Billy Kidd, is alive working at a ring tossing concession in Port Arthur Texas. Kidd said he killed her and dumped her body near Bastrop Louisiana, but Bastrop authorities had no record of a crime or body.
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Arkansas
Texas
L. C. Taylor
Port Arthur
Ellen Cruse
Olla
Little Rock
Ark
J. H. Porterfield
Arkansas State Police
William Wayne
Billy) Kidd
Bastrop
Kidd
Arkansas Penitentiary
Here
Taylor
Porterfield
Ellen
Wanted Puppies Call for Help in News-Star World
Dozens of readers from West Monroe respond to a WANTED ad placed by Mrs. D. W. Harper at 1314 Nat St. The plea appears in the News-Star World seeking homes for a litter of puppies.
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D. W. Harper
Nat St
West Monroe
News-Star— World
Ad Offer Promotes Low 7 Time Rate With Cancelation Privileges
A local ad service invites customers to ask about a special seven ad package offering low pricing and cancellation privileges. The message emphasizes affordability and flexible terms to attract clients seeking frequent advertising with control over commitments.
Good Fellows Race To Boost Holiday Charity Fund
A local Good Fellows drive seeks donations to reach a larger fund for holiday aid. Freddy and Mickey Cook added 524.75 previously, now the tally stands at 529.75 as organizers plan a big Wednesday push. John Spatafora is thanked for aid after a rain ruined a benefit ball game against an Atlanta team. Continued on Tenth Page.
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John Spatafora
Atlanta
Neomycin Shows Hope Against Tuberculosis at Penn Hospital
Doctors at Pennsylvania Hospital report a new drug neomycin used with streptomycin in two near death TB patients. Six days to full recovery claimed, after other drugs failed. Developed by Selman Waksman, tested with Hubert Lechevalier, potential to curb TB noted by Dr. Garfield G. Duncan.
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Lee Linder
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Garfield G. Duncan
Divisions of Medicine
Dr. Duncan
Selman Waksman
Rutgers University
Waksman
Hubert Lechevalier
Duncan
Truman Urges Jobs For All At Labor Conference
President Truman called for full employment and mobilizing national resources to provide jobs for everyone. Read by Secretary Tobin, the message addressed unemployment pockets despite high overall employment and praised recent federal and state labor law advances. Delegates to the annual conference of state labor commissioners and labor union representatives attended.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Labor
Maurice Tobin
Congress
Youth 17 Found Guilty of Bigamy in Roanoke
Sherman Lovelace, 17, was found guilty of bigamy in hustings court in Roanoke Va after a swift trial. He received a three year sentence in the state penitentiary for marrying three times in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Arizona. He faces federal charges for illegal wearing of a navy uniform and possession of forged army discharge papers.
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Roanoke
Sherman Lovelace
Lovelace
Sullivan County
Tenn
Tucson
Ariz
Bridges Named in Federal Case Over Communist Ties
San Francisco November 29 A former associate of Harry Bridges testified in federal court that Bridges joined the Communist Party and paid dues. John H Schumaker known as Big John said Bridges was active in party work as prosecutors accuse Bridges of perjury in a 1945 naturalization hearing and of conspiring to defraud the government with two union aides J R Robertson and Henry Schmidt.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
C. I. QO
Bridges
Communist Party
John H
Big John) Schumaker
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Schumaker
Longshore
Com
Former Louisville parking attendant on trial for Bristol millionaire slaying
Louis Eugene Hoover, former Louisville parking lot worker, faces murder charges in the February death of James Mahoney, a Bristol Tennessee millionaire, found beaten and strangled in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. Hoover, once a mental patient, said he was with Mahoney the night before but memory failed. He underwent a truth serum and later admitted a fight with Mahoney. A criminal court lunacy commission ruled him sane and fit for trial.
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New Orleans
Louisville, Ky
Bristol
Va.Tenn
Louis Eugene Hoover
James Mahoney
Mahoney
Monteleone
Hoover
Joseph Schuering
Criminal Court
Delta socialite seeks reversal in fatal mother case
Mississippi Supreme Court reviews the murder verdict of Mrs. John Dickins, convicted of killing her mother with rose pruning shears. Defense argues insufficient evidence and errors in a directed verdict claim. Assistant AG Patterson counters, saying evidence supported the jury and proper instruction governed the case.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Delta
Rose Pruning Shears
John Dickins
W. D. Conn, Jr
Joe T. Patterson
Conn
Patterson
New York Council Ousts Red Member
Benjamin J. Davis Jr the only admitted Communist in a major public office was ousted from the New York City Council as unfit to hold office after his federal conviction for conspiracy to violently overthrow the government. Council ruled felony conviction ends his term. Davis attacked the move as police state overreach while his 10 co defendants remain free on bail pending appeals.
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New York
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Davis
Corporation
John P. McGrath
Council
State Law
Lewis Confronts Policy Group On Coal Strike Return
John L. Lewis delayed a decision on calling a new coal strike while missing the policy committee opening in New York. The 200‑man United Mine Workers group was convened by Lewis, who stayed away, delaying sessions by 25 hours. If he orders the walkout, 380,000 soft coal miners east of the Mississippi face a potential Thursday strike after the November 9 truce.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Group
Lewis
Union
Washington
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Mississippi River
Dowdy Sentenced to Death in Dynamite Murder Case
In Tallulah Louisiana on November 29 24 year old J Dowdy was sentenced to die by electric chair and his father 69 George R Dowdy received life in prison for the October 22 dynamite murder of a Mississippi painter. Judge Frank Voelker ordered the punishments and said execution date to be set by Governor Earl K Long. Both men likely to appeal to the state supreme court.
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Tallulah
Sixth
Frank Voelker
J. D. Dowdy
George R. Dowdy
State
Mississippi
Dowdy
Madison Parish
C. E. Hester
Earl K. Long
State Supreme Court
President Truman Enjoys Bathing Suit Vacation at Key West
President Truman arrives with family for a three week stay at Key West naval base. Staffers mingle in informal attire while Truman plans to swim in the gulf and work on the state of the union message and policy discussions with John B. Steelman.
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Charles G. Ross
Washington
Truman
Gulf
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Mr. Truman
Missouri
White House
Clifford
Extradition Sought for Escaped Louisiana Convict Weeks
William C. Weeks, an escaped Louisiana convict recaptured in Mississippi near Hazlehurst, faces extradition papers prepared in Baton Rouge. Weeks fears for his life if returned, but prison officials dispute mistreatment claims and his attorney vows to fight extradition.
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Baton Rouge
William C. Weeks
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weeks
Hazlehurst
Rollo Lawrence
Lawrence
U S protest drafted over Chinese Nationalist attack
The state department drafted an energetic protest after a second attack on an American merchant ship, the Sir John Franklin, which was shelled 12 times by Nationalist warships near Shanghai on the Yangtze mouth. The Isbrandtsen Company urged U S protection of American commerce as Washington weighs response amid ongoing China turmoil.
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Washington
State Department
Sir John Franklin
U. S
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Isbrandtsen Company
New York
Isbrandsen Round the World Service
Warren Hardy
John Franklin
Murder Victim On Hearse Trip In Lake Charles
A 65 year old man killed by a gunshot is believed to be John Elliott Ross of Gulfport Mississippi. The hearse carried the body east from Lake Charles as investigators retrace a route suspects followed before his disappearance three months earlier. Relatives identified clothing and physical traits linking the body to Ross, a Gulf Coast area bachelor, as Sheriff Reid directed a statewide inquiry to locate the killer.
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Lake Charles
John Elliott Ross
Gulfport
Miss
Louisiana
Henry A. Reid
Ross
Martin L. Richardson
Gulf Coast Military Academy
J. M. Richards
Richardson
Cole Is Taken To Jackson Hospital
Burrell A. Cole, 44, charged with the July murder of Thomas F. Walker, was moved from Ouachita parish jail to Jackson Hospital for 90 days of mental observation after his plea of insanity in district court. Two other prisoners, Chester Freeman and Leo Foy, were transferred to Angola to begin sentences of one year and three years for attempted rape and auto theft, respectively.
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Burrell A. Cole
Thomas F. Walker
Ouachita Parish
Jackson
Angola
Cole
Sheriff's Department
Chester Freeman
Leo Foy
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Pegler
Boas
New York Herald Tribune
Heywood Broun
Broun
Quentin Reynolds
Fulton J. Sheen
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Reynolds
J. B. Matthews
Old Dies Committee
Shirley Temple
Braun
Connie
Freddy
Mickey Cook
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T. B
Jacque Mercer
Phoenix
Chicago
William A. Runsick
Tuckerman
Lloyd Bradley
Tallevast
Fla
Harold Biegert
Junction City
Kan
Paul E. Spurrier
Union Bridge
Miss Mercer
Harveys. Firestone, Jr
Neil R. McAlpin
Pelson
Mont
Denis D. Patterson
Millersburg
Ohio
Dick Ball
Yukon
Okla
Dickins
Mississippi High Tribunal
Delta Socialite
NEW York Council
J. Dowdy
Key West
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
John E. Ross
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