Western Envoys Seek Next Step in Berlin Quarrel Talks
Paris hosts American British and French foreign ministers and advisers as they mull next moves in the Berlin blockade dispute with Russia. The discussions occur on the eve of the 58 nation United Nations assembly as East West talks show little sign of progress and some fear escalation. A surge of attention also centers on the Palestine issue and a posthumous report on Count Folke Bernadotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
U. N
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Bubblehead Wallace Criticized for Southern Campaign Tactics
Westbrook Pegler contends Bubblehead Wallace’s efforts in the southern tier exposed propaganda by the Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Communist party. He accuses Wallace of patronizing, demagogic behavior and of exploiting Negro voters while avoiding true integration in government posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Communist Party
Advancement Outfit
New York Herald Tribune
Walter White
Harlem
H-T
White
American Legion
Charles G. Bolte
American Veterans’ Committee
Bolte
John Silver
Henry Wallace
South
Agriculture
Commerce
Bubblehead
Federal credit controls return on installment buying
Federal control of installment buying returns after an 11 month gap. Auto dealers warn stiffer terms may curb premium prices for used cars and place late models beyond many families reach. Purchases like a $1800 car imply $600 down and $30 monthly for 18 months. The Fed aims to slow growth of time buying, not halt it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Beauty queens honored at Louisiana harvest festivals in New Orleans
Five Louisiana festival queens attended closing day ceremonies at Pontchartrain Beach in New Orleans. Officials including Mayor Morrison and Vic Schiro presented the queens who were led by Miss Bobbie Jean Floyd. Honorees include Mary Alice Toso New Orleans Crowley rice queen and others from Hammond Lake Charles New Iberia Buras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Pontchartrain Beach
deLesseps S. Morrison
Cliff Liles
Lake Charles
Secretary of Agriculture
Victor Schiro
Young Men’s Business Club
Bobbie Jean Floyd
Mary Alice Toso
Mary Ann Palmentier
Hammond
Elsie Winter
Renee Aubrey
New Iberia
Florida Landry
Buras
Shock troops linked to Communist takeover feared in Germany
Berlin report says Communists in eastern Germany arm illegal shock troops and workers police battalions as auxiliaries to the Soviet zone police. Montag's Echo claims civilians form armed units to seize power in Berlin and across Germany, amidst calls for withdrawal of occupying forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Montag
Echo
Liberal Democratic Party
News
Republicans predicted to gain about 20 House seats in November
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr predicts a Republican year with gains that could push the GOP to control the House and possibly pick up a Senate seat. He cites current lines and warns Democrats may lose seats to Henry Wallace's Progressive party as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
American-Labor Party
South
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Russia to withdraw troops from northern Korea by January
Moscow announced that Soviet forces will pull out of northern Korea by the new year with no condition on American troop removal from the south. Tass broadcast the decree saying the move to begin by October and finish by January 1, surprising U S diplomats who expected linkage to American actions. The statement gave no troop numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Korea
Far Eastern
United States
Tass
Supreme Soviet
Moscow Radio
London
U. S
Israel arrests Stern gang as emergency rules take effect
Israel announced emergency regulations to curb terrorist groups and moved to dismantle the Stern gang. About 150 Stern members were arrested in Jerusalem and 50 more in Tel Aviv and other cities, with nearly 200 seized and sent toward dispersal into the army. Some high ranking figures and a suspected Bernadotte driver were among those detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Stern Gang
Folke Bernadotte
Moshe Shertok
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Shertok
Bunche
Stern Group
Count Bernadotte
U. N. Mediater
Andre Pierre Serot
U. N
Jerusalem
Holy City
Abu Mimri
Morehouse Man Killed in Virginia Head on Collision
Robert L. Humphrey a 29 year old Bastrop resident was killed instantly in a head on crash at Falls Church Virginia six miles from Washington D C His body will be sent to Hall Funeral Home and funeral arrangements will be announced later He is survived by his parents two brothers and four sisters in Arkansas Bastrop and Crossett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Robert L. Humphrey
Falls Church
Washington, D. C
Hall Funeral Home
F. B. Humphrey
Crossett
Ark
Carrie L
Truman Urges West Voters in Fight Against GOP Greed
President Truman appeals to Rocky Mountain voters to oppose Republican sabotage and warns the GOP would roll back western gains. He cites congressionally funded conservation cuts and urges a Democratic victory to aid agriculture industry and commerce. He spoke at the Colorado state capitol grounds after a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Truman
Rocky Mountain
West
Wall Street
State
Congress
Mr. Truman
Six New Professors Added At L S A
Eaton Rouge La Sept 20 Six new professors four department heads join Louisiana State University President Harold W Stokes announces the appointees Dr Cecil B Camp becomes professor and head of hydraulic engineering directing the school of hydraulic engineering replacing Dr Glen N Cox who resigned after 19 years Dr Jennings Bryan Frye Jr leads the dairying department and Dairy husbandman formerly at University of Georgia Dr Luther Irwin Wade comes as professor and head of mathematics from Duke University Dr Gerrit John Buddingh heads microbiology at the New Orleans medical school formerly at Vanderbilt Dr Merlin Theodore Henderson becomes agronomy professor formerly associate at Pennsylvania State College Dr Grover Elmer Murray geology professor stratigraphic geology formerly Magnolia Petroleum Co and the lone LSU alumnus who earned a PhD there in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Harold W. Stoke
Cecil &. Camp
University of Tennessee
Camp
Glen N. Cox
University
Jennings Bryan Frye, Jr
University of Georgia
Luther Irwin Wade
Duke University
Gerrit John Buddingh
School of Medicine
New Orleans
Buddingh
Vanderbilt
Merlin Theodore Henderson
Pennsylvania State College
Grover Elmer Murray
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Murray
Guardsmen Can Get Commissions in the National Guard
New Orleans September 20 Brigadier General Raymond F Hufft announced enlisted men and warrant officers aged 21 to 23 can be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Louisiana National Guard. Eligibility includes one year of service two 10-series extension courses and board recommendation with temporary waiver. Previously commissions required nine months at the regular army officer candidate school or wartime service in the first three non commissioned ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Raymond F. Hufft
Adjutant General of
Louisiana
National Guard
Armed Forces
Dewey Curtain Raiser Aims at White House Bid
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey unveils the 1948 G OP campaign feature production during a Des Moines speech at 9 30 p m EST as he travels aboard a private rail car. Truman counters with a coast to coast tour as both parties push candidates in key congressional races. Dewey’s running mate Earl Warren campaigns in Oklahoma while Senate races in New Mexico and Colorado heat up and House seats are forecast to shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Truman
Denver
Pacific Coast
Dewey
Englewood
Dwight Green
Wayland Brooks
Colorado
Edwin C. Johnson
Earl Warren
Oklahoma
Ross Rizley
E. H. Moore
Robert S. Kerr
New Mexico
Warren
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture
J. O. Gallegos
Hurley
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Washington
Massachusetts
Republican
Solid
South
Long to Join Senate as Huey Long’s Son in Washington
Russell Long arrives in Washington for a sight seeing and home hunting trip amid expectations he will win a full term in the Senate. At 29 he is the son of Huey Long and the widow Rose Long served in the chamber after his father’s 1935 death. He may be the first senator with both parents who served in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell Long
Senate
Long
Huey Long
Louisiana
Russell
Rose Long
Feazel
D-La
Bernadotte Posthumous Report Urges UN Action Over Palestine War
A posthumous report by Count Folke Bernadotte calls for United Nations intervention to end the Palestine conflict if Arabs and Jews fail to reach peace. He states Israel exists in Palestine and future Arab Palestine should be decided with Arab states and inhabitants. The 35 000 word document was distributed to UN members as his and Col. Serot’s bodies were flown home. A memorial service at Orly Field was tentatively planned before burial in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Holy Land
U. N
Andre Pierre Serot
Orly Field
Bernadotte
Stockholm
Lochmonar Stricken Freighter Safe as Storm Shifts North
The Lochmonar with 73 aboard is believed safe as a hurricane of 115 mph moves away from the vessel toward Cuba. Coast guard reports flooding of the forepeak and water in No 1 hold while two U.S. ships were cancelled. navy plane monitored the ship and no distress signals were seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
South Florida
Keys
Weather Bureau
Coast Guard
Lochmonar
Curb
Associated Press
New York
Little Cayman Island
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Cayo Guano
Rancho Boyeros
Hanavana
Grady Norton
Florida
Everglades
Havana
Florida Straits
Noron
U. S. Navy
Kingston
Shea
Guantanamo Bay
Rochester
Caribbean
Auto Victim's Funeral Held
Charles Holstead a 27 year old salesman from Shreveport died from a fractured skull after an auto crash in Choudrant. His funeral with full military rites was held at the Methodist Church with Rev. Roy Grant officiating. Survived by his wife and one child. Investigated by State Trooper Kidd and Lincoln Parish officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choudrant
Charles Holstead
Shreveport
Methodist Church
Roy Grant
Halstead
Salley Grocer Company
New Orleans Schools Debates Bath and Car Upgrades
In New Orleans the school board defends a $1900 bathroom and $3800 in new cars as necessary for official use. Critics call the spending extravagant as teachers protest a $417 monthly raise, while Superintendent Lionel Bourgeois cites health needs and fleet use for officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hasket Derby
Orleans Parish
School
Bourgeois
Veterans Affairs Chief Post Open in Louisiana
The Louisiana state department of veterans affairs seeks a new director with applications due October 1 after a 1948 overhaul. Casimir Moss of Winnfield was elected chairman and M. W. Grimm vice chairman. Joe Darwin said New Orleans has not provided its share of funding for the VA office there, leaving about 92,000 veterans underserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Casimir Moss
Winnfield
M. W. Grimm
Joe Darwin
New Orleans
Veterans Affairs Office
Darwin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westbrook
Pegler
Wallace
Henry
Stern
Morehouse
Francis, Hitchcock
Stephany
Rio de Janeiro
Hitchcock
LT. U
Indianapolis
Luther M. Swygert
International Typographical Union
A. F. of L
Swygert
Printers’ Labor Organization
Gerhard van Arkel
Winthrop Johns
National Labor Relations Board
Okla
White House
R. Long
Cuban
New Mediator
United Nations Palestine Secretariat
U. N. Holy Land Mission
Count Folke Bernadotte
Detroit
Mich
Veterans Affairs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!