Veterans and rhetoric blur the lines of duty in wartime discourse
Westbrook Pegler argues that praising veterans as fearless knights is a political fiction masking practical realities. He critiques draft law effects, postwar favoritism, and union propaganda, noting veterans and civilians alike suffer under manipulated narratives as journalists claim to defend liberty while stoking division.
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New York
Democratic National Campaign Fund
Treasury
Valley Forge
Miss America Prelim Winners Dominate 1947 Pageant
Southern belles take top honors in the 1947 Miss America preliminaries in Atlantic City. Miss Kentucky Evelyn Murphy won beauty division, Miss Memphis Barbara Jo Walker won talent, with Miss Miami Beach Pepper Shore also a recent talent winner. Four of five early winners hail from below the Mason-Dixon line as contenders move toward tomorrow’s final.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mason-Dixon Line
Kentucky
Canada
Overton backs Sam Jones for Louisiana governor
U S Senator John H Overton announced he will support former Gov Sam Jones in the Louisiana gubernatorial race subject to the January Democratic primary He aims to defeat James H Morrison whose election he calls a misfortune and tragedy Overton notes Jones has strong support from the state and New Orleans administrations and a sizeable personal following. He urged opponents of Morrison to back Jones to prevent Morrison’s victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
John H. Overton
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Alexandria
Overton
James H. Morrison
Jones
New Orelans
Morrison
New Orleans
Northeast Junior College Enlarges Faculty for 1947 48
The Northeast Junior College faculty is expanded for the September 11 session under Dean Rodney Cline. New hires include Dr. Willa Cox assistant professor English from John McNeese Junior College and PhD Peabody College. Elton Upshaw English from Union Parish schools. James Parkerson speech instructor released from military service. Francis Burke violin and instrumental music from Adams State College. Miss Emma Ferguson mathematics from Louisiana State University. E Alwin Parker biological sciences from Michigan State with degrees from Northwestern State and LSU. Aubrey Phillips accounting from LSU. Complete 1947 1948 faculty listed.
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Northeast Junior College
Rodney Cline
Willa Claire Cox
John McNeese Junior College
Cox
Peabody College
Elton J. Upshaw
Union Parish
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana State University
University of Arkansas
James W. Parkerson
Webster Parish
Ohio State University
Francis H. Burke
Colorado
Adams State College
University of Miami
University of Arizona
Emma Allie Ferguson
E. Alwin Parker
Wage hike averted strike for 65000 railway clerks
George Harrison announced Railway Express Agency agreed to a 1512 cents hourly raise for 65,000 workers effective September 1, matching increases given to about 1 million railroad workers this week. The deal spans Clerks, Independent Machinists, and Blacksmiths and adds an estimated 30.6 million dollars annually.
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Washington
George Harrison
A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Railway Express Agency
Harrison
Clerks, International Machinists
Independent
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths A. F
LY Harrison
Churches Erect Edifices in West Monroe and Monroe
The Memorial Presbyterian Church in West Monroe pours foundation for a $50,000 sanctuary and educational building, to seat 243 in a 69 by 37 foot auditorium with colonial brick design. Architect plans by Smith Padgett and Stubbs. Pastor Rev Charley Robinson. In Monroe Stone Avenue Methodist Church begins $16,000 overhaul using day labor under Rev Ira Yeager.
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Memorial Presbyterian Church
North Fourth
Mill Streets
West Monroe
Jesse Heard
Smith, Padgett and Stubbs
Monroe
Monroe City teachers listed for 1947 48 session
Superintendent E L Neville announces the coming year staff for Monroe City schools. Each school is listed with principals and teachers including Neville High School and Central Grammar School. The notice names many staff members and ends with Lida Benton School and a parenthetical note about continuation on the third page.
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Monroe City
E. L. Neville
Neville High School
Paul J. Neal
William Ruple
Stella Reid
Genevra Washburn
Janor QO. Claudell
D W. Griffith
Sara Bres
May Coker
J. W. Hammett
Harriett Boyle
Mary Hester
Ruth Simmons
Neville Junior High
Elgin Boggs
E. L. Averett
Agnes Miller
Audrey Boggs
Elnora McClendon
Dorothy Dalton Hornbeak
Sue S. Ormston
Central Grammar School
Katherine Key
Kate Henry
Dorothy Scott
Edna Andrews
Eulalia McCoy
Elizabeth Johnston
Mattie Rog
U N arms cut hopes dim amid stalled talks
The U N arms control efforts show little progress as a working committee fails to agree on next steps. A Sept. 16 United Nations assembly in New York will hear about atomic control and arms limitation, with the atomic commission preparing its second report to the Security Council due by Sept. 15.
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U.N. Commission
U. N. Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
New York
Atomic Commission
Security Council
Commission
Rio DE Janeiro
Truman
United States
United Nations
Tiradentes Palace
Brazil
inter-American Conference
U. N
Mr. Truman
U.N
Motorcycle Rider Breaks Leg After Hitting Dog
Percy Nichols 27 of Brownville suffered a broken leg when a dog darted into his path causing him to lose control of a motorcycle and crash into a ditch. He was taken to St. Francis Sanitarium for treatment. doctors noted a fracture above the ankle and potential internal injuries. State troopers investigated the Jonesboro road accident near Brown Paper Mill after the Mulhearn ambulance transferred him.
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Percy Nichols
Brownville
St. Francis Sanitarium
Nichols
Jonesboro
Brown Paper
Mulhearn
Japanese Captain Sentenced to Death for Atrocity Murders
Capt Hiroshi Iwanami a frail medical officer was sentenced by a five man military commission on Guam to die by hanging for the 1944 atrocity killings of 10 American airmen on Truk Atoll. Lt Shinji Sakagami received life imprisonment for strangling two prisoners. Eighteen subordinates drew prison terms from 10 years to life for the same crimes involving bacterial injections tourniquets bayonets and spears.
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Guam
Hiroshi Iwanami
Truk Atoll
Shinji Sakagami
Iwanami
Miners Rescued Safely From WV Mine Fire Scare
In Richwood West Virginia 23 miners were evacuated from the Richwood Sewell Coal Company mine after a conveyor belt overheated and smoke appeared authorities said all were unharmed. Superintendent James Sadilla confirmed initial reports of trapping were unfounded as workers walked out.
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Richmond
W. Va
Richwood- Sewell
WAC Captain Near Freedom in Jewel Theft Case
Former WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant 43 won a court ruling voiding her army court martial. Judge Ben Moore said she was a civilian at arrest, thus lacking jurisdiction. Durant was convicted in Germany for participation in the Hess crown jewels theft and faces possible release after final order.
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Charleston
W. Va
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
U.S
Ben Moore
Jack W. Durant
Moore
Mrs. Durant
Midwest Shifts From Heat With Cooler Air and Showers
Midwestern states saw cooling air and thunderstorms breaking a heat wave that lingered across the southwest and south. Temperatures remained near 100 in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas after yesterday’s highs with 108 at Mc Alester Oklahoma and 107 at Tulsa. Forecasters said cooler air would reach the Texas Panhandle by tomorrow as thundershowers spread from Missouri and Ohio valleys to the Great Lakes, with heavy rainfall near the Illinois Wisconsin border and relief felt across much of the region.
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Associated Pres
Midwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Mercury
McAllester
Okla
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Gandhi ends 73 hour fast and warns of death
Mohandas K. Gandhi halted a 73 hour fast in Calcutta after peace talks with Rajagopalachari Ghosh Kripalani and Suhrawardy. He warned his next fast would be unto death if communal violence resumes. Officials noted quiet in Calcutta with scattered incidents in Bombay and New Delhi.
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Calcutta
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pakistan
Punjab
Gandhi
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
P. ©. Ghosh
West Bengal
J. A. Kripalani
Congress Party
H. S. Suhrawardy
Bengal
Mahatma
Suhrawardy
Bombay
New Delhi
California seeks Democratic National Convention bid
California wants the Democratic national convention and has sent James Roosevelt to gauge party leaders in Washington and New York. He aims to form a California delegation and seek federal aid to reopen the Kaiser shipyards in Richmond, with local business and labor groups backing the effort.
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Los Angeles
California
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
New York
Kaiser Shipyards
Richmond
Calif
Rising prices whirl through US markets in September surge
The nation’s main commodity markets extend into a dizzy rise, hitting household budgets as grains soar to record highs. Corn, oats, wheat and cash corn reach multi‑decade peaks while butter and eggs spike, with observers warning of further increases and substitutions urged for staples.
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Chicago
Spaghett
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
John Kray
American Meat Institute
Ouachita Parish Schools Open 1947 48 Term
The Ouachita Parish public schools will start the 1947 48 session on Wednesday September 10 1947 at 900 am a half day opening. First grade entry allowed for children turning six by January 15 1948. Attendance required for ages seven to sixteen with legal compliance urged for regular participation. School transportation provided for distance and district transfer rules noted. West Monroe grammar zones Millsaps Crosley Mitchell defined for grades and districts. Continued on Tenth Page.
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Ouachita Parish
Schol
Lieve
West Monroe
Millsaps
Crosley
Crosley Street
J. C. Railroad
Crosley School
Mitchell
I. C. Railroad
Plea of insanity planned for girl in murder case
17 year old Pearl Silverman faces murder charges in the death of her younger brother as the defense plans an insanity plea. Prosecutors indicate sanity tests will be arranged. the case heads to a grand jury as family members cope with the tragedy.
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Jersey City
N. J
Pearl Silverman
Jeck H. Breitbart
Breitbart
Hudson County
Abraham Sepenuk
Hebrew Cemetery
Mollie Silverman
Daniel Silverman
Pearl
Maxine
New Jersey
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Socialist Unity Party
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Thuringia
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Telegraf
Weimar
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Memorial
Ers
Frances Crowell
Grace Porter Hudson
Virginia Butler
Shirley Courtney
Louise Shelton
T. L. McMurphey
Sherrouse
Marguerite Vincent
Eloise Cann
Clara Mae Starnes
Louise Brown
Myrtlle Vining
Georgia Tucker
Myrtle Rodgers
Bess H. Burns
Annie Windes
Winfred McWhorter
Grace Willard
Verna LeBlanc
Gladys Miller
Avrice Simpson
Frances Hammond
Mary V. Peavy
Mabel Lippmin
Gertrude Hart
Louisa F. Anglesby
Rosa Belle McDonald
Lida Benton School
Fred Key Golson
Cliffie Olmstead
Pup
Joker
John J. Brown
J. P. Margiotta West
Lake Success
Eugene Schulz
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