Britain’s Decline Seen Amid Global Shifts and Industrial Change
Westbrook Pegler discusses aging Britain amid global power shifts. He cites Germany France and Northern Italy’s industrial rise and the United States’ manufacturing power, predicting ongoing decline and upheaval. He notes textile moves to the south, farm-linked factory towns, and the CIO’s efforts to curb southern flight of industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Chinaboy Luce
New England
Jimmy Byrnes
Clemson College
Purgatory
Byrnes
South
Catlie
Day's Pay pledge firms honored by Twin City Chest drive
The paper lists firms qualified for the day's pay pledge honoring employees who support the Twin City Community Chest payroll deduction plan. Names include Baker's Shoe Store Central Oil & Supply Monroe Hardware Co J C Penney S H Kress Co Montgomery Ward & Co Ford Bacon & Davis and many others with daily additions pagewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Baker's Shoe
Central Oil & Supply Co
M. Kaplan & Son
Southern Lumber & Box Co
Rhealee Millinery
Monroe Hardware Co
Twin City Printing Co
James Machine Works
Olcott-Stone Motors
Friendly Finance Co
Weaks Supply Co
Superior Lumber Co
Dealers Supply Co
Monroe Bearing and Supply Co
Monroe Auto Supply Co
United Electric Service
Blue Grass Liquor Co
Brown Container Corp
Monroe Storage Battery, Inc
Saul Adler
Bennett
J. C. Penney Co
S. H. Kress Co
Keene Shoe
Monroe Glass Co
the Flower Shoppe
Crabirds, Inc
Turpin Lbr. & Supply Co
Monroe Letter Shop
A&p
Martin Marble Works
Standard Office Supply Co
William Cook to die for six murders in California case
William Edward Cook a 23 year old killer who kidnapped nine people and killed six was sentenced to death in San Quentin. The case ties to a Seattle salesman murder and multiple prior kidnap murders in Illinois. Federal and state authorities plan custody transfers pending review by California's Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Frawley
Centro
Calif
William Edward Cook
California
Wuok
Joplin
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Seattle
Robert H. Dewey
Beadman
Carl Mosser
Atwood, Ill
Federal Director of Prisons
James V. Bennett
Cook
Alcatraz Island
San Quentin
State Supreme Court
High Court
Department of Justice
Washington
Congress
Alcatraz
Hearing Set on Delhi and West Delhi Field
An oil and gas field hearing will be held December 18 in Shreveport to amend and extend orders 96 and 115 for new reservoirs in the Delhi and West Delhi area. Thirty eight wells remain unclassified and may gain specific classifications under a new order covering all producing reservoirs.
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Delhi
West Delhi
Shreveport
Monroe
Minerals Division
State Conservation Department
S Digby
State Conservation Comisioner
London Times Thanks Texas and Louisiana for Pelicans
The Times lauds Texas and Louisiana for sending pelicans to St. James's Park. It also thanks Pakistan and Nairobi for joining the effort to replace Peter and Pau, the park birds who died last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Texas
Louisiana
St. James's Park
Pakistan
Nairobi
Peter
Pau
Senator Kenneth Wherry Dies at 59 in Washington
Nebraska Republican Senate leader Senator Kenneth S Wherry died at 12 45 p m EST at George Washington Hospital at age 59. Doctors cited pneumonia as the cause though associates said he had cancer. In Washington a three judge federal court upheld the legality of the new federal tax on gamblers.
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Luray J. Mouser
Dewey
Cook
Washington
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
George Washington Hospital
Wherry
Unwarlike Front Attitude In Korea Baffles Officials
Tokyo reports say an unwarlike stance persisted along the 145 mile Korean front with no cease-fire order issued. Officials in Korea and Washington denied any halt while frontline reporters described conflicting signs including a possible written order and cease-fire tapes.
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Tokyo
Korea
Washington
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
White House
Matthew B. Ridgway
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Western Front
National Broadcasting Co
John Rich
More Heads To Roll As Tax Frauds Clear
Washington November 29 AP More firings were reported around the corner for the internal revenue service after 31 employees were ousted in a single day. Revenue Commissioner John P Dunlap said the tax scandals are clearing rapidly but the job is far from finished.
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Charles Barrett Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue
John P. Dunlap
Revenue Bureau
House
Justice Department
Dunlap
Truman
James C. Smyth
White House
San Francisco
Smyth
Nixon
R.-Calif
Williams
R.-Del
Scrivner
R.kans
Washington
Scriver
Warm Clothes Scarce Prompt Plea From Needy Schoolgirl
A schoolgirl pleads for a winter coat as the Good Fellow Fund balance of 408.65 is carried forward from donations by Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Fisher and Siagle Johnson Lumber Co. The appeal asks the Good Fellows to provide warm clothing for her.
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A. E. Fisher
Siagle Johnson Lumber Co
Monroe Police Donates Full Day's Pay to Red Feather Drive
Monroe police department pledges at least one day's pay to the Red Feather drive. Police Chief M. L. Peters and Mayor John Blackwell lead a 100 percent department contribution at Community Chest headquarters in the Virginia Hotel. Campaign Co-Chairman Evans Ethridge and A. B. Clarkson praise the officers for their generous support.
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M. L. Peters
Police Department
Evans Ethridge
John E. Coon
Monroe
Community Chest
Virginia
Chest
John Coon
Red Feather Drive
News- Star
Twin Cities
Ethridge
A. B. Clarkson
Peters
Squirrel season extended to January in Louisiana
New Orleans official Er nest S. Clement, commissioner of the Louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries, announced the extension of the squirrel season from midnight December 21 to January 1, 1952.
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New Orleans
Ernest S. Clement
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Cease-Fire Bubble Of Yesterday Shattered
Seoul Korea Nov 29 Allied artillery opened fire on the western front after officers reported new orders to shoot to kill An eighth army spokesman said the original secret directive remained unchanged and any changes were clarifications or orders from General Van Fleet The report noted troops misinterpreting a non cease-fire directive and signaled heightened risk on the front
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John Randolph
Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
U. N
Kenneth Booth
Eighth Army Public Information Officer
Reds Softening Up In Truce Talks
Munsan Korea November 29 Communist negotiators proposed immediate discussion of a plan for gradual withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. They said staged withdrawal after an armistice would ease Allied fears of renewed fighting once the truce takes effect. The hint of less than full withdrawal came as fighting along the fifteen mile front slowed and both sides watched Panmunjom for armistice progress.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
First cash Christmas present winners named in Monroe drawing
Mrs. M. W. Platt of Monroe and Mrs. Zethel Brasher of West Monroe won $100 checks in the Chamber of Commerce promoted drawing. The contest will award $2,000 more before Christmas with weekly signups at participating stores.
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M. W. Platt
Monroe
Zethel Brasher
West Monroe
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
John Coon
C. C. Bell
Brahser
North Sixth Street
Platt
Movie Stars to Visit Twin Cities for Kiwanis Event
The Kiwanis club brings stars to the Twin Cities for Movie Time in Dixie U S A. on Wednesday December 5. George Murphy Margaret Sheridan and Jesse White are listed among attendees. Meyer Greenblatt heads the event with a parade planned from Louisville avenue to the Virginia Hotel.
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Bwin
Kiwanis Club
Dixie
Meyer Greenblatt
Movie Time
Virginia Hotel
George Murphy
Margaret Sheridan
Jesse White
Robert Fellows
Time In Dixie
Fred DeCordova
Louisville Avenue
Walnut Street
DeLiard
Sixth Street
Harrison
Twin Cities
Greenblatt
Syria’s Shishekly Ousts Pro-Western Premier in Coup
In Cairo the Syrian army seized control and arrested Premier Marcus Dawalibi and cabinet members after Col Adib Shishekly ousted the pro Western leader. Dawalibi urged closer ties with Russia. Khaled Bey El Azem named possible successor as Syria faces Middle East defense stakes.
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Cairo
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Premeir
Russia
Radio Damascus
Marcus Dawalibi
Shishekly
Damascus
Hashim Bey Attasy
Dawalibi
Khaled Bey el Azem
Middle East
Egypt
Ity
Defense Command
Europe
Africa
Asia
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Day's Pay Pledge Firms
Delhi Field
London Times
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Police Dept
Leon Noland, Jr
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Keyes Beach
Chicago Daily News
Michael T. O'Rourke
Los Angeles
Joan Adams
O'Rourke
Miss Adams
Jess White
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