Truman to address meat controls and wage policy tonight
President Truman prepared a 15 minute nationwide radio speech on meat stabilization and possible policy changes. Officials and Republicans weighed whether to scrap or relax controls with debates over ceilings, marketing incentives, and importation.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Republican Party
Mr. Truman
OPA
Paul Porter
John R. Steelman
Porter
Steelman
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Reece
Taft defense of Nazi trial standards sparks party backlash
Westbrook Pe gl er reports Taft’s insistence on ex post facto law limits and due process draws sharp rebuke from Dewey Ives and Republicans. Taft argues for American constitutional justice amid Nuernberg debate while rivals face accusations of pandering to electoral sentiment.
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New York
Taft
Stalin
Molotov
Finland
Poland
Hitler
Dewey
Irving M. Ives
United States
Ives
Intendo
Bilbo
Mississippi
Jack Kroll
Woman Executed in Pennsylvania at Bellefonte
Bellefonte Pa Oct 14 The 22 year old Philadelphia housemaid Ovinne Sykes was executed in the electric chair for the 1944 stabbing murder of Mrs Freeda Wedlinger in Philadelphia The second woman to be executed in Pennsylvania The time of death was 12 37 am The trial said robbery was the motive The other Pennsylvania execution was Irene Schroeder in 1931 Truce agreement signed in Batavia India signed between the otherlands government and the Indonesian republic calling for immediate ceasefire in East Indies hostilities
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Bellefonte
Ovinne Sykes
Philadelhia
Charlain C. F. Lauer
Tenitentiary
Sykes
Freeda S. ‘Wedlinger
Ibatavia
Otherlands
East Indies
Fire devastates Columbia downtown area
A Sunday night blaze in Columbia South Carolina threatened the downtown, prompted Monroe fire aid, and was controlled by dawn. The Rogers Feed Store warehouse burned with its contents, then spread to three adjoining brick stores WagGoner Grocery Dixie Stores and Jarrell Grocery. Damaged goods were salvaged but water damage was extensive. losses could exceed fifty thousand dollars with partial insurance.
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Columbia
Monroe Fire Department
Rogers Feed Store
J. F. Waggoner
Slightly Warmer Weather Forecast Across Gulf Coast
The weather bureau forecast slightly warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies from Louisiana to Mississippi and the mid coast. Early lows ranged from 44 in Shreveport to 60 in New Orleans with Lake Charles at 58 and coastal winds light to moderate from the east.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Midcoastal
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Stalin Charge Refers to United States War Talk
Moscow radio quoted Stalin as linking war talk to the United States. He told Alexander Werth that foreign military men spread war talk to justify big armaments. Izvestia dismissed a Tokyo Constitution claim about Japanese atomic work as provincial fabrication.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stalin
United States
Alexander Werth
London Sunday Times
Moscow
Izvestia
Atlanta
Snell
Pravda
United States Justice Department
Lant Named Chief Engineer of Louisiana Highway Department
Norman E. Lant, long time chief bridge engineer for Louisiana, was appointed chief engineer of the state highway department. The move follows Harry D. Henderlite’s resignation with a provisional appointment awaiting civil service testing within about 45 days. Lant has designed major state bridges including the Rigolets, Chef Menteur, and the $19,000,000 Mississippi River Bridge at Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Norman E. Lant
Louisiana
State Highway Department
D. Y. Smith
Lant
Harry D. Henderlite
Smith
Dan S. Moore
Moore
Evansville
Ind
Purdue University
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Pan-American Bridge Company
Indiana Highway Department
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Louisiana Highway Commission
Rigolets
Chef Menteur
Mississippi River
General Joseph Stilwell Dies After Illness in San Francisco
General Joseph W. Stilwell died in Letterman Hospital San Francisco from cancer of the liver and amoebic acccess complications. He had entered for a routine checkup on September 27 and died peacefully in his sleep. Cremation plans include scattering ashes over the Pacific from Carmel after private family services. He leaves a wife two sons three daughters and five grandchildren.
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San Francisco
Burma Jungles
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sixth Army
Burma
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio of
Army
Silwell
Carmel
Pacific Ocean
Stilwell
Col
Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
China - Burma - India
Chiang Kai-Shek
Simon B. Buckner Jr
Okinawa
Buckner
Tenth Army
Pepper urges federal action for a regional economic bill
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida addressed civic, church and professional leaders in Atlanta urging an immediate national economic and social bill of rights for the South. He said the greatest resource of the South is its people and proposed a national uniform minimum standard to equalize opportunities nationwide.
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Atlanta
Southland
Claude Pepper
Florida
South
France Accepts Constitution Amid De Gaulle Opposition
France approves a fourth republic constitution with a strong legislature against a presidential shadow. About 53.6 percent vote in favor 46.4 percent opposed as turnout dips. Gen. de Gaulle argued the charter weakens executive power and endangers the future. Official returns show continental France tallies.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Interior Ministry
Streicher Urges Doom to Be Brave in Last Hours
In Nuernberg Julius Streicher urged condemned men to be brave and strong in their final 48 hours before hanging. Ribbentrop recalled wartime acts and Readings to British Ambassador, voicing thoughts on Germany quitting the League of Nations. Keitel’s spirits improved over the weekend.
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Streicher
Nuernberg
Julius Streicher
Ares
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Viler
Ribbentrop
Neville Henderson
Germany
Poland
League of Nations
Hitler
Fuhrer
Geneva
Wilhelm Keitel
Robbery at A and A Package Store on Louisville Avenue
A masked pair robbed A and A Package Store 492 Louisville Avenue at 10 p.m. They demanded cash, taking about $600 from a drawer while the clerk Marcus Kahn complied. Suspects described as well dressed former servicemen, one dark and short, the other blonde and tall, have police under arrest.
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Louisville Avenue
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Kahn
Ben Freeman
A. and A. Store No. 1
Harrison Street
Police Department
Freeman
West Monroe
Mr. Kahn
Chinese forces press to close 50 mile gap near Peiping
Government troops from Kalgan push southeast along the railway toward Hsiahwayuan while others advance from F Peiping to seal the north south corridor. Communists claim Kalgan loss and pledge to hold railways as siege of Paoting and Tatung continue amid reported epidemics and renewed drives on Chengteh and Kalgan.
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Peiping
Kalgan
F Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Hsiahwayuan
Hsuanhwa
Hwailai
Ksiahwayuan
Yenan
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang Kai-Shek
Paoting
Tatung
Shansi
Chengteh
Molotov Charges U. S. Domination at Peace Talks
At the Paris peace conference Molotov accused the United States of dominating the 11 week session. He objected to Finland reparations and US vetoes on Baltic and Arctic issues as the four power council moves to finalize treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland. Senator Vandenberg urged cutting Finland reparations, drawing Molotov's ire as talks near adjournment.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
United States
New York
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Danube
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Russia
United Nations
Molotov
Soviet Union
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Great Britain
France
Balkan
Greece
Conference of 21 Nations
Arthur Vandenberg
United States Keeps Recapture Rights in Lend-Lease with Soviet Union
Washington officials say the United States will reserve the right to recapture all weapons and munitions supplied to Russia under lend-lease before wartime accounts are closed. The recapture clause appears in settlements with seven other countries, though officials expect not to reclaim war materiel unless necessary. The bulk of the $11 billion in goods lies in war materiel, and discussions with the Soviet side on settlement timing remain unclear.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
Mrs W C Faulk Dies After Brief Illness in Monroe
Mrs. W C Faulk of 1010 North Second Street, a member of a prominent Monroe family, died in a local hospital after a two day illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. Rev A M Serex officiated, with interment in the Faulk plot at Monroe City Cemetery. Pallbearers included George Weaks Jr J Arthur Smith Jr J A Reid Taylor Barbee W C Oliver and Ben R Downing. She is survived by her husband a son Gilbert Faulk a grandson Gilbert Faulk Jr twelve brothers and sisters in West Monroe West Monroe Vincennes Ind Farmerville Baton Rouge and other areas.
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W. C. Faulk
North Second Street
Monroe
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Faulk
Monroe City
George Weaks, Jr
J. Arthur Smith, Jr
J. A. Reid
Taylor Barbee
W. C. Oliver
Ben R. Downing
Gilbert Faulk
Gilbert Faulk, Jr
W. Green Haynes
J. A. Haynes
J. L. Haynes
Robert Haynes
J. B. Haynes
J. G
Court to rule on freight rate validity
The Supreme Court agreed to decide the validity of I C C orders that increase rail freight rates 10 percent in the north and east and decrease them 10 percent in the south and west to the Rockies. Nine northern states, six New England governors, and 33 railroads appealed after a Utica three judge court upheld the orders and stayed enforcement pending appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Rockies
New England
Utica
N. Y
Foreign agents to register under new public disclosure rule
The justice department said 262 Allied government agents must file new public registration statements. Wartime exemptions ended last Tuesday and all statements will be public. Britain leads with 22 exemptions. Russia has two. many other nations listed. 369 foreign agents are registered in total. filings include employee names, work nature, and abroad income. Propaganda disclosures must be filed with Congress librarians and the attorney general.
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Justice Department
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Russia
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Belgium
Brazil
Canada
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India
Luxembourg
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Department
Foreign Agents Registration Section
Librarian of Congress
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