New York Spy Angela Calomiris Faces Mixed Portraits
Angela Calomiris, a New York photographer and former Communist party informant, testified for the government in the party leadership trial. Her career contrasts with Margaret Bourke-White, a longtime Life Time and Fortune editor and photographer.
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New York
Angela Calomiris
Communist Party
FBI
Margaret Bourke-White
Life
Time and Fortune
Henry
Army
Marines
Navy
American Legion Magazine
Miss Calomiris
John Morris
Ladies’ Home Journal
Curtis
Oil Jubilee Celebrated in Jennings Louisiana
Jennings Louisiana prepares for a three day festival marking Louisiana’s early oil discovery on September 21 1901. The city in the oil and rice belt hosts celebrations as it honors a multi million dollar industry with a giant field rated for an ultimate recovery of 1200000 barrels of crude oil currently producing 3500 barrels daily.
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Jennings
Louisiana
Ofuisiana
Atoday
Ordinance 2788 Prohibits Long Vehicle Parking for Sale
The ordinance forbids stopping standing or parking any vehicle on streets or alleys for more than eight hours or for displaying for sale or for running testing washing or oiling. Emergency repairs at the point of need are exempt while the vehicle remains in place per Section 63.
West Monroe Bonds Defeated Nearly Two to One in Vote
Final unofficial counts show West Monroe property owners rejected the 1.965 million expansion bonds by about two to one. Only the hospital bonds drew any concentrated support in four precincts, while the water and street programs failed broadly. Mayor Bell released a brief statement after the defeat.
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Bert Hatten
West Monroe
Water Department
C. C. Bell, Jr
Board of Aldermen
West
Britons Grieve and Watch as King George Falls Ill
London reports mount as King George VI, age 55, battles a serious lung illness. Doctors warn of structural changes in a lung and provide no full diagnosis while crowds gather at Buckingham Palace awaiting further bulletins. Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh return from Scotland after a vacation.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Scotland
Duke
Benton Says McCarthy Worried Over Ouster Move
Senator Benton charges Senator McCarthy fears losing his seat as Benton acts on a rule to investigate McCarthy. McCarthy resists cross examination while Hennings faces disqualification questions tied to St Louis Post-Dispatch ties. Gates and Daily Worker figures linked in appeals and law partnerships noted as context.
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Benton
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Hennings
St. Louis
St. Louis Post - Dispatch
Post - Dispatch
John Raeburn Green
John Gates
Daily Worker
Fourteen Die in Oil Blast at Shell Refinery Roxana
Wood River Ill Sept 19 The Shell Oil Company refinery at Roxana suffered a fatal blast and fire. Fourteen men died with nine burns, seventeen others hospitalized, as fifty workers cleaned the unit. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars. cause undetermined.
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Wood River
Ill
Shell Oil Company
Roxana
Willett testifies Boyle pressed loan matters after chairing party
Former RFC director William E Willett testified before a Senate committee that William M Boyle Jr contacted him three times about loan issues after becoming Democratic national chairman. He described calls arranging meetings for engineers at Thompson and Starrett Co and others at Lustron Corp, Wren Manufacturing, and Copper City Min.
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Washington
RFC
William E. Willett
William M. Boyle, Jr
Willett
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Boyle
Government Loan Agency
Senate
Thompson and Starett Co
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Wren Manufacturing Co
Sam Marks
Copper City
UN agrees to Communist request for liaison team to Kaesong zone
The United Nations command agreed to a Communist request to send a liaison team to the Kaesong neutral zone. The move followed reports four unarmed South Korean soldiers entered the zone. The Reds may seek resumption of talks or new charges of Allied violation at Panmunjom.
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Don Huth
Tokyo
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Reds
U. N
Red
Panmunjom
Frank A. Allen
General Headquarters
Crowville Man Seriously Hurt In State Road Accident
Crowville Louisiana September 19 A 43 year old Crowville man J Wesley Peetles was seriously injured in a one vehicle tractor crash late Tuesday a half mile south of Crowville He was taken to the sanitarium where he remained hospitalized with injuries described as serious by State Trooper Dave Chase Continued on second page
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Winnsboro
Crowville
Dave Chase
J. Wesley Peetles
Names on Venire Lists
Ouachita parish clerks office released 20 grand jury names for the October term and 60 petit jurors for two sessions starting November 5 and 19. Included are Bunn Beasley Guy Campbell Newsom Coon Marshall Downs D X Ellett W S Garnett and others. petit jurors list includes William H Parker Key Holloway J H Ashford W L Browder Roy T Buce Joe N Coates E N Camp Sr C H Dalton Thos A Dingler and more.
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Ouachita Parish
Venire
Bunn Beasley
Guy Campbell
Newsom Coon
Marshall Downs
D. X. Ellett
W. S. Garnett
W. F. Grafton
William M. Greenwell
M. S. Harrison
W. R. Hatchell
Robert M. Hines
Jack Howard
Willie L. Jones, Jr
J. W. Keene
Herman Miller
H. C. Mize
Allen Norris
Vernon Page
Taylor
Iarry Ulrich
William H. Parker
Key Holloway
J. H. Ashford
W. L. Browder
Roy T. Buce
Joe N. Coates
E. N. Camp, Sr
C. H. Dalton
Thos
A. Dingler
B. H. Dyar
Leon Sutton
R. P. McKay
M. H. Hammett
Charles Chi
LeBlanc Plans Louisiana Politicking Across Texas Tour
Louisiana Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc announced a Sunday caravan from Port Arthur to Baton Rouge to campaign for governor. He aims to expand into north Louisiana while negotiating a potential lieutenant governor bid with Lt. Gov. William Dodd and rival James McLemore weighs in on the shifting endorsements and fundraising plan.
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Louisiana
Texas
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Port Arthur
Tex
Lake Charles
Leesville
Shreveport
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
LeBlanc
WNOE
New Orleans
William Dodd
Dodd
James McLemore
Rousseau Voorhies
Lafayette
Correspondent John Randolph Receives Silver Star Honor
U S Eighth Army in Korea decorates field correspondent John Randolph with the Silver Star for heroic action April 23. General James A Van Fleet lauds press members of the United Nations army, credits Randolph with saving the wounded amid a four hour battle beside a cut off American battalion. Randolph recalls the moment as a privilege to serve with the infantry.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
A. P
John Randolph
Randolph
James A. van Fleet
United Nations Army
Truman
United States Army
van Fleet
Infantry
Grady
Yukon
Okla
United States
Swirling Air Battle Over Northwest Korea
Uss al jet combat over northwest Korea. In three clashes totaling about 15 minutes, Allied pilots claimed one MiG 15 shot down and four more damaged while 112 jets fought at altitudes from 50 000 feet to tree tops. Ground fighting continued in Heartbreak Ridge as Communist troops forced Allied defenders from a commanding height.
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Associated Press
U. S
Korea
Dennis L. Skeen
Twin Falls
Idaho
Skeen
Sonchon
Maj
Lewis W. Powers
Albuquerque
Otis
Flash) Gordon
Washington, D. C
Arthur E. Oligher
Pittsburgh
Frank J. Kuzmech
Pottstown
Yanggu
Heartbreak Ridge
GROSS STOMPS FROM CHAIR AT GRAFT TRIAL
In Brooklyn at the mass graft trial, gambler Harry Gross defiantly left the witness chair but returned after Judge Samuel S. Liebowitz threatened to chain him to the chair with handcuffs. The tense exchange followed his earlier defiance.
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New York
Harry Gross
Brooklyn
Kings County
Samuel S. Liebowitz
Lenwil School Contract Awarded in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish School Board awarded a 134487 dollar contract to Jesse F. Heard of West Monroe for Lenwil elementary school. Seven bids were received with Heard’s being the lowest. Construction starts in October. The old Claiborne and Drew school buildings will be sold for community use. Movable school buildings at Swartz and Sterlington will be auctioned to highest bidder at the next meeting.
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Lenwis
Jesse F. Heard
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Heard
Claiborne School
Claiborne
Swartz
Sterlington
Lenwil
Farmerville Youth Fractures in Night Car Crash
Billy Joe Roan a 19 year old Farmerville resident was injured in a rollover eight miles north of West Monroe on the White Ferry Road shortly after 11 p m Tuesday. State police said he suffered multiple cuts and bruises and a left arm injury and was taken to Wright Bender clinic by a passing motorist. The crash occurred when he failed to negotiate a curve while driving north.
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Billy Joe Roan
Farmerville
West Monroe
White Ferry
Roan
Wright - Bender
Congress pressed to declare Camp Polk area a defense zone
Representative Bender Ohio and Louisiana lawmakers seek urgent designation of the Camp Polk Louisiana region as a critical defense area to ease housing for 37th Infantry Division families. Mayor Fertitta says no private housing is available, with about 400 units needed as the division moves to Camp Polk mid January. The Senate Preparedness Subcommittee is preparing a report on housing for service families near bases.
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Washington
Camp Polk
37Th Infantry
Bender
Ohio
Louisiana
Ohio National Guard
Leesville
R. J. Fertitta
Senate
Three-Point U S Proposal Aims to Break Iran Talks Impasse
President Truman aide Harriman outlined a three point plan to revive deadlocked talks with Iran over oil. It calls for competent management under Iran’s nationalized setup, compensation to Britain, and British control of overseas oil sales. Harriman urged Mossadegh to accept the proposals as a basis for renewed negotiations in Tehran.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
United States
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Mossadegh
Britain
Harriman
U. S
Petent
Truman
Tehran
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