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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
1
President Truman announced the cold war between Communists and Democratic governments is slackening. He expressed hope the war of nerves ends in surrender as the shooting war did and that the United Nations can move toward lasting world peace. He commented on the WWII tenth anniversary and forecast his program passing before Congress adjourns.
Westbrook Pegler contrasts Governor Deweys calm response to a Peekskill communist riot with his stance during Buffalo violence where UAW goons attacked a war plant. Pegler argues sheriffs should deputize citizens and act decisively, even using lethal force if necessary, to suppress mob violence and uphold wartime production and public order.
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. wed Suzanne Perrin in a quiet East 64th Street ceremony attended by family and close friends. The 35 year old congressman, a Democrat Liberal, married for the second time after his 1937 union to Ethel du Pont ended in divorce. The bride, 28, comes from a socially prominent New York family and served two years in wartime service.
Memphis reports the National Cotton Council announced the 1950 maid of cotton contest opening. Eligibility requires single women aged 19 to 25, height at least five feet five inches, and native to a cotton growing state. About two finalists will be selected in January by seven judges. The winner tours New York then a 35,000 mile circuit, meets top designers, and gets an all cotton wardrobe and makeup modeling training. Applications due by December 1. Sponsors include the National Cotton Council, Memphis Cotton Carnival, and cotton exchanges of New York New Orleans and Memphis.
Borba, Yugoslavia's official newspaper, charges Russia is paid 50 million dollars for abandoning Yugoslav claims to southern Austria. The piece frames Moscow's shift amid war of nerves, with Tito's army on alert and Western powers opposing Yugoslav land claims.
The American Legion's 31st national convention urged curtailing immigration as far as possible and adherence to existing laws and quotas. Four WW2 veterans compete for national commander as other major resolutions advocate local self help for unemployment, restoring veterans employment service staff, backing a veterans pension bill, and criminalizing picketing of U S courts. An AP survey followed.
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company purchased a lot at the southeast corner of Louisville avenue and North Seventh street. The site fronts over 100 feet with similar depth and may host a future drive in bank for Monroe, capable of handling 25 cars. Purchase price reportedly exceeds $20,000.
West German newspapers marked the tenth anniversary of World War II at September 1 1939 with pleas for peace while Soviet press in Berlin warned of another war on German soil. Abendpost urged no shame in losing the war but blamed the start by Germany, Neue Presse warned Europe would vanish if war is forgotten, and papers listed immense losses and wartime expenditures weighing on Germany.
The article reports on Vaughn's claim about acquiring three automobiles. It also covers rail workers beginning a five day work week nationwide. Washington notes the shift affects nearly a million non operating workers while operating staff remain on mileage pay. Costs and adjustments by railroads are discussed.
Samuel H. Awl, Monroe city building inspector, reports August permits totalled 373,733. Forty dwelling unit permits amount to 194,898. ten non-dwellings 153,620. 28 additions and alterations 30,215. Two buildings were demolished and 12 were moved.
Spring Green Wisconsin Sept 1 Miss Maurice Cavanaugh rejects accusations she black marketed an Oldsmobile bought for her by Maj Gen Harry Vaughan She tells Senate investigators she is unmarried and says there is no truth to the charge Cavanaugh has long run a Wisconsin Minnesota logging business and says she contacted Vaughan in July 1947 to assist in obtaining a Cadillac after dealers in Madison could not deliver
A 30 ton navy flying boat from Patrol Squadron 46 crashed into fog off the San Diego harbor during a routine training flight. Ten men aboard died, four officers and six enlisted. Three bodies were recovered, with divers locating the wreck in 18 feet of water. Names identified include Lt. Martin H. T. Kollmorgen of Coronado and Chief Machinist's Mate George Oliver of National City.
A cool air mass extended from the Dakotas to Ohio and Arkansas, bringing 30s in Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas and 40s elsewhere. Chicago tied a Sept 1 low record at 45, with showers from the upper Mississippi valley to the Great Lakes and into the north Atlantic coast. Warmest yesterday was 115 at Blythe California.
The Grand Army of the Republic held its final encampment in Indianapolis as six centenarian veterans rode past 100000 cheering spectators in a twilight parade. Albert Woolson 102 and Theodore Penland 100 led the group, with Penland receiving a past commander's badge. Other veterans shared personal memories amid the Campfire session closing the 83rd encampment.
Tokyo dispatch reports 68 dead 223 injured and 50 missing in central Honshu including Yokohama with 66,900 homeless. A hundred thousand workers sandbag levees as Tone river flood threat looms. Nine prefectures affected. US bases report damage but no injuries. Continued on Eighth Page.
Drew Pearson testified Vaughan telephoned the justice department in 1946 asking intervention in the income tax case of a New Orleans oil man. The columnist named W T Burton and said Burton was later indicted and convicted of jury bribing. Pearson said McGranery relayed Vaughan’s message and vowed not to stand for such pressure.
Berlin marked the tenth anniversary of World War II as a world tragedy started by Hitler. The piece recounts devastated cities, the Polish city Lvov under Soviet flag, and the ruins of Berlin. It notes vast casualties and the division of Poland and Europe, with Western powers preparing a mock Western campaign.
Special To The News Star reports Monroe as a prosperous market with higher earnings and purchasing power than most cities of its size in the region. The 1948 survey shows 13,100 city families earned 56.506 million dollars, an average of 4313 per family, with per capita spendable income at 1299. Retail sales reached 65.034 million, outpacing local income and signaling Monroe as a regional trading hub with a quality of market index of 121, about 21 percent above the national average.
A classified ad by Mrs J Dortch of 719 North 5th West Monroe placed in the News Star World led to her bedroom rental just four days after the notice appeared. The item urges others to advertise vacant rooms to avoid loss of potential income.
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