21 Oct 1946
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1946
Page
1
In Stuttgart Germany an unnamed US official warned of more bombings linked to protests against denazification. The blasts harmed no one and targeted denazification board offices and a US military jail amid tensions before the Schacht trial.
Westbrook Pegler critiques President Truman's announce ment of meat price de control. The article argues Truman undercuts his critics by citing Taft and Wherry by name and implying Democrats overstated the risks of ending price and wage controls while praising abundant production as the path to a free market.
More than 70 World War II veterans ended a 23 hour occupation of the New York state senate chamber after Governor Thomas E. Dewey pledged efforts on an 800 million housing program. The demonstrators, joined by 900 veterans and 2,000 CIO locals, threatened to push the housing demand across the state.
G A Craighead 60 of 215 Cypress street West Monroe died instantly of a heart attack while walking on Trenton street Monday morning. He had been ill and unable to work. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives from out of state. Hall Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survived by wife two children Grace Reddin Farmerville Ruby Jones Hayward Calif one sister Jess Reddin Farmerville four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Ankara rejects Russian bid for exclusive Black Sea control of the Dardanelles and discusses joining a multi nation talk on revising the Montreux convention. Turkey notes preliminary work for a Potsdam backed process is nearly complete and would prefer a nine power conference.
New Delhi reports 1 600 troops two battalions and brigade HQ move into East Bengal joining 2 500 soldiers and 450 armed police to quell unrest in Noakhali and Tippera as Hindu Muslim clashes surge. Wavell Burrows faced criticism for slow action. Nehru's touring convoy attacked on the frontier with Afghanistan with limited injuries. Refugees describe mass religious conversions.
In Berlin elections for city and borough councils ballots across four occupied zones show the Social Democrats with 48.7 percent and the Christian Democrats with about 22 percent. The Socialist Unity party fairs third at roughly 19.8 percent, while the Liberal Democrat party garners 9.5 percent. The new council will replace the Russian backed city government from last year.
Federal court heard doctor affidavits and family testimony claiming Louis Halle, New York and Washington attorney, suffers gastritis and must await trial continuance. Defense cites hospital stay and death of local attorney George Wesley Smith as factors. The United States vs N Tully Semel et al involves 356 cases sold to John Beverage Co of Tallulah at inflated prices.
The News Star World hosts a banquet for Twin Cities pastors at Hotel Virginia. Due to many church meetings Tuesday, the event shifts from 7:00 p m to 5:00 p m in the Cameo Room.
Voters in California Illinois Louisiana New Jersey Michigan Rhode Island and Texas will decide multiple measures. The group includes proposed constitutional amendments and referendums on veteran bonuses homes and farms funding and anti discrimination rules. Results may signal a national pattern for wartime GI bill expansion when Congress convenes in January.
The annual meeting of the First Regional Clearing House Association of the Louisiana Bankers' Association will convene at Hotel Virginia Monday with a 4 p.m. call to order and an 8 p.m. banquet. Attendees include Arden B. Smith as president and O R Wurster as vice president with remarks from H L Sims and others.
New Orleans reports the cotton market broke to the $10 level and then recovered amid heavy selling and buying activity. N C Williamson of Lake Providence urged Truman and Anderson to use emergency powers to aid farmers, warning of potential $200 million losses for the South’s main cash crop if prices remain low.
Pittsburgh workers return as Duquesne Light Company employees vote 1197 to 797 to arbitrate a 20 percent wage demand and related issues. Reopened plants, resumed streetcar and bus service, arc lamps lit within 24 to 48 hours, with a hotel strike conciliation resuming after 21 days of closures.
Five members of Frank May’s family escaped in night attire as a blaze at 710 North Fifth Street destroyed seven rooms. The fire, begun near an electric refrigerator, raged for two hours and caused an estimated 5000 dollars in losses before three fire companies gained control. Mrs Tennie Thomas spotted the flames and woke Mr May and Leo J McStravick who attempted to call aid. the telephone burned out and entry was impossible.
Italian police flatly denied rumors of an assassination attempt on Pope Pius XII. Vatican sources cited by the Italian News Agency said the tale circulated even within the Vatican as the pope prepared to visit Castel Gandolfo and honor Therese de Soubiran, founder of the Order of Marie Auxiltrice, whose beatification drew pilgrims from France, Britain, and Italy.
A rare pilot walkout halts all United States and transatlantic TWA flights amid a months long wage dispute. About 1,400 pilots seek higher pay, with estimates from 7,600 to 12,598 dollars yearly. Grounded planes strand 3,000 passengers and shift 25 tons of mail.
The Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov and Senator Tom Connally arrived in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth to join the American delegation for the United Nations general assembly at Flushing Meadows. Other diplomats including Spaak Noel Baker Bevin Shancecross Masaryk and Manuilsky join the gathering as debates on veto power begin. The American delegation led by Warren R Austin prepares for policy talks ahead of the assembly opening in New York.
Secretary Byrnes, confident in a patient but firm stance toward Russia, hailed Senator Vandenberg’s bipartisan foreign policy address. Officials expect President Truman at the UN to echo Byrnes on freeing Europe from fear and resisting Russian pressure, while cautioning against unilateral coercion. The remarks target fear, inter Allied unity, and Russia’s “war of nerves” tactics toward peace efforts.
Bruce B. Baxter a 30 year old native of St Joseph and navy veteran was fatally injured when a gun discharged accidentally during a hunting trip near Beeville Texas He died en route to Corpus Christi hospital His wife two children mother and grandmother accompany family to Corpus Christi for his funeral.
The War Department announces federal recognition for 93 National Guard units as a first step toward postwar reorganization. About 55 units are air guard including 14 fighter squadrons, with up to 25 percent of officers and 10 percent of enlisted required for recognition. Maj. Gen. Miltenberger notes rapid progress in recruiting and upgrading despite some gaps. By 1947 two-year goal requires full officer complement and 80 percent of enlisted strength.
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