U S Robot Planes and the Echoes of Two Wars
A 1930s column argues Americans misread their role in World War I and II. It contends U S and Russia emerged as rivals in a third war and claims Roosevelt backed an anti Germany alliance to unite Britain France and the United States against the Bolsheviks.
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New York
United States
Europe
Russia
Pershing
Britain
France
Roosevelt
Geroy
Germany
U S Grand Jury Session Names Foreman and Panel
A 23 member federal grand jury opened the fall session after Judge Dawkins instructed jurors. Foreman W D Edmonson of Forest and deputy foreman Bourke G Godbold of Ferriday were chosen with 21 others listed from Rayville Grayson Jonesboro Ex tension Simsboro Lillie Gilbert Newellton Haile Oakland Baskin Calhoun Swartz Chatham Mer Rouge Lake Providence Ruston and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben C. Dawkins
W. D. Edmonson
Forest
Bourke G. Godbold
Ferr'day
J. K. Post
Powell Smith
T. H. Pittman
Rayville
Sam Braddock
Woodrow May
Grayson
W. R. Irwin
Jonesboro
Eros
W. A. Ballard
W. A. Slover
Ferriday
Earl Car
Louisiana Cotton Forecast Is Down
Baton Rouge report from the U S D A crop reporting service lowers Louisiana cotton prospects for 500 000 bales, 25 000 fewer than last month and 22 percent below the ten year average. Hurricane on Sept 19 damaged plants and rock crops. fall cucumbers and snap beans hit hard, with snap beans nearly wiped out. Some strawberries and shallots escaped major harm despite delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Robot Fighter Hops Planned for Automatic Flight Tests
Air force experts plan automatic flight experiments with jet fighters and transport planes after the 8,000 mile round trip to England proved the push button system. The C-54 Skymaster completed the final leg from Stephenville N F and is praised as an electronic brain capable of sequencing takeoff to landing. Experts see potential uses in jet approaches and landings to ease pilot workload and improve reliability.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Air Force
England
Wrightfield
Clinton County
Stephenville
N. F
Benjamin S. Kelsey
Bloodhound Queenie Finds Lost Boy in Woods in New Hampshire
Sheriff Jennison used Queenie the bloodhound to locate Louis Dunton, missing for six hours in Fitzwilliam woods. About 75 volunteers stood back to let the dog work, and photographer Jack Teeman captured the moment as the boy, naked, was found unharmed after blueberry hunting mystique.
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Wyes
Trigni
Wouls Vuntom
Fitzwilliam
New Hampshire
Bill Greene
Orford
N. H
Queenie
Jack Teehan
Keene
Jennison
Louis
Cuban yacht murder case sharpens as Schmidt faces trial
Patricia Schmidt, 22, Toledo dancer, weeps in a Havana prison cell as Cuba resumes her trial for the yacht murder of Chicago lawyer John Lester Mee. She reenacted events aboard Mee’s yacht in Havana harbor on April 8 and faces a possible 30 year sentence with indemnity to Mee’s family. trial resumes Tuesday after a five day delay.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia (Saura) Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Toledo
Mee
Havana Harbor
Cristobal More
Superior Criminal Court
Miss Schmidt
Jose Manuel Fuentes Carretero
Laura
Patricia Schmidt
Oiedo
Three Sisters Jailed as Common Scolds in Allegheny
In Allegheny county court three sisters aged 23, 26, and 36 received jail terms as common scolds after a neighbor testified a double sided record captured their alleged insults. Helen Znosko 36 and Betty 26 of West Natrona got 13 to 23 months at Muncy Industrial Home for Women, Josephine 23 received three months in county jail. Francis Pastor testified the women hurled vile remarks after a shrubbery dispute. The recording was made by his son. Assistant DA James Philpotts noted common scold charges apply only to women and a male charge earlier was dismissed.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Helen Znosko
Betty
West Natrona
Muncy
Josephine
Francis
Znosta
Francis, Jr
James Philpotts
Chile Exiles Two Yugoslav Diplomats Over Subversive Plot
Chile expelled two Yugoslav diplomats after accusing them of aiding a Communist campaign against the United States and Western democracies. Andrej Cunja and Dalibor Jakasa were escorted to Argentina as Santiago cited subversive aims and coordinated strikes in key industries.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Hemisphere Solidarity
Andrej Cunja
Dalibor Jakasa
Buenos Aires
Communist International
Belgrade
United States of America
Cunja
Jakasa
Mendoza
Argentina
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Juan D. Peron
Communist Party
Peron
Gonzalez Videla
Vergara Donoso
Padway Death Shocks A F L Convention
Joseph A. Padway general counsel of the American Federation of Labor died after a stroke suffered during a heated Taft Hartley act debate at the A F L convention in San Francisco. He collapsed on the speakers platform eight hours after the stroke and died in Stanford hospital. The incident disrupted the gathering as delegates learned of his death during proceedings led by John Shelley and Daniel J. Tobin.
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San Francisco
Joseph A. Padway
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
Padway
Stanford
A. F. of
California Federation
John Shelley
Shelley
Distilleries to Halt Soon In Grain Saving Move
Washington reports a two month shutdown of liquor distilleries to save over 10 million bushels of grain for Europe. Joseph Engelhard of Louisville says a smooth date could be set in two to three weeks, likely around Oct 25. Brewing industry officials will decide on broader cuts and relief for potential hardships, with a 39 firms meeting and 18 voting for shutdown.
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Washington
Europe
Joseph A. Engelhard
Louisville
The
Distilled Spirits Institute
Truman
Citizens Food Committee
Engelhard
Charles Luckman
Food Committee
Chicago
Luckman
Industry
Poultryless and Eggless Thursday Reported Nationwide
The nation observed its first poultryless and eggless Thursday with mixed compliance. A nationwide survey showed some restaurants banned eggs at breakfast while others served them. bacon and sausage orders rose as substitutes. In Washington DC most eateries offered eggs, though the Carlton Hotel removed them from the menu. Pittsburgh reported 40 percent of downtown spots omitting eggs. Cleveland varied from no eggs to eggs on request. Toledo showed better observance than meatless Tuesday. Baltimore largely served eggs with many eateries noting imperfect adherence.
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Europe
Washington, D. C
Carlton Hotel
Charles Luckman
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toledo
Baltimore
Twin City Community Chest Drive Aims For 1947 49,000 Goal
Workers band together in Twin City drive to raise 49 000 for nine agencies including Boy Scouts Colored Community Welfare Ouachita Parish Girl Scouts Red Shield Boys Club Salvation Army and Y W C A Red Feathers appear in shops and cars as volunteers report progress toward a strong civic appeal and optimism for meeting the target.
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Twin City
Twin Cities
C. D. McAdams
Boy Scouts of America
Colored Community Welfare
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Red Shield Boys’ Club
Salvation Army
Bullitt proposes $1.35 billion aid plan to save China
Former ambassador William C. Bullitt urges a three year program of American aid to Chiang Kai Shek's government to counter Soviet influence in China. He calls for $6 billion in credits for American goods and $15 billion for an exchange fund to combat inflation with $600 million for troop and air force deployment. He identifies Manchuria as pivotal and warns of Soviet takeover if arms stockpiles are not released to Chinese forces.
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New York
William C. Bullitt
Russia
France
China
Life Magazine
Bullit
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai- Shek
Soviet Union
U. S
Far East
Manchuria
Bullitt
Truman
Greatly Exceed Speed Of Sound From Robot Planes
American robot rocket planes have breached the sonic barrier around 1700 mph from a Virginia coast station. Flights use bomber launches, preset controls, and telemetering with radar tracking. A piloted breakthrough is anticipated within months, with a turbo jet and rocket boost.
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Wtaff
Detroit News
The
Cleveland
England
Sanic Barrier
Detroit
Two suspects nabbed in atomic thefts report
Federal agents arrested two ex Army photographers connected to Los Alamos thefts and disclosed an associated secret weapons project near Albuquerque. George Thompson and Ernest Paparello face charges for stealing Los Alamos pictures with bonds set at 10 000 dollars.
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Los Alamos
Albuquerque
New Mexico
George Wellington Thompson
Greenwood
Army
Sandia
Atom Laboratory
Ernest Lawrence Paparello
Union City
N. J
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thompson
Civil Service
Santa Fe
Paparello
War Department
Pope Pius says force sometimes needed for law and order
Pope Pius told a U S House Armed Services subcommittee that force may be required to defend justice but must be checked by law. He urged Congress leaders and American Legionnaires to push for peace and an orderly world, blessing each group and stressing nonbelligerent veteran valor.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Armed Services Committee
U. S. House of Representatives
Representative Short
Missouri
U. S. Congress
American Legionnaires
Senate House
State Department
Smith
New Jersey
Mundt
South Dakota
Paul Griffith
Legion
Truck Driver Curtis Taylor Dies After Self Inflicted Gunshot
Curtis Taylor 32 of De Valls Bluff Ark employed by J O Willett Contracting Co was found dead beside Roy Phillips home on U S 80 three miles east of town after taking Phillips borrowed 12 gauge shotgun to investigate a barking hound The coroner ruled death by own action The deceased roommate Harold Bailey and Phillips reported waking late Wednesday and Taylor did not return Taylor unmarried with siblings in Lonoke Ark notified by Hall Funeral Home
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Curtis Taylor
de Valls Bluff
Ark
J. O. Willett Contracting Company
Roy Phillips
U. S. 80
James T. French
Phillips
Taylor
Harold Bailey
Griffithsville
Willett Company
French
Lonoke
Hall Funeral Home
Bold glass-cutter makes jewel haul in Baton Rouge
A skilled thief cut a triangular window panel at Simon and Stein's Jewelers in Baton Rouge and stole about $6,000 in rings and jeweled watches while passersby watched. The break was noticed within a half hour of closing at 6 10 p m.
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Baton Rouge
Winedow
Simon and Stein's
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