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JANUARY 27, 1054 Deaths d. c. Mcknight DELHI, Jan. 27 C. McKnight, 48, died Monday in a Monroe hospital.

Knight was a resident of Rayville, Route'4. Funeral services, under the direction of Catron and Gay Funeral Home of Delhi, took place at the family residence at 11 a.m. with the Rev. W. A.

Dearman, officiating. Interment was in the McKnight Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Nellie McKnight, by four sons, Herman McKnight. Monroe; John McKnight, Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport: Richard McKnight, Rayville; William McKnight, Rayville; five daughters, Mrs. A.

R. Munholland, Monroe; Miss Nancy McKnight, Rayville; Mary Jane McKnight, Rayville; Alice McKnight, Rayville; Virginia McKnight, Rayville; Lucinda McKnight. Rayville; two brothers, Frank McKnight, Jonesville; Floyd McKnight, Epps; five sisters, Mrs. Allen Mclland, Epps; Mrs. Nancy McHand, Rayville; Mrs.

Fannyi Nations, Goodwill; Mrs. Gilbert Payne, Rayville; Mrs. Nora Humphries, Rayville; his mother, Mrs. Lucinda McKnight of Rayville and by one grandson. ADAM RANDALL OLLA, Jan.

27 (Special) Adam Randall, 79, died in a local hospital early today. The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a. m. but the place where the service is to be held is not decided. Interment will be in Memorial Cemetery in Jena.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Audry Shaw; and two sons, Bill Randall, Jena and La MONROE (LA.) NE WS-STAR THREE Troop 92 Will Be Scout Host Air Armada To Hunt For Jelke W. W. Stevens, chairman for Monroe in the March on I olio, is shown with two of her workers. The group met recently to make final plans for the climax of the current polio drive.

Pictured from left to right are Mrs. Dick Ucan, Mis. and Mrs. Sackman Marx. I he March will be held Friday night from 7 until 8.

(Staff photo by John Fogleman.) Federal Trade (Continued From Page Onei in dealing with individuals and conservative in dealing with economic and monetary matters. uclia dUU A major difference can be cited, Mar Randall, Harrisonburg; added, simply by taking a look i of krt Knrl rtftt irkinU r. 1 .1 nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. E. E.

Bass, Harrisonburg; and the following brothers, Neal Randall, Harrisonburg; Claude Randall. Monroe; John Randall, Sicily Island; Oscar Randall, Clayton; Jim Randall, Aim well; Charles Randall, at the budget which he said shows his administration is reducing spending and that his predecessors went further and further into debt. 4. Asserted that Rep. Condon (R-Calif) has every right to clear himself of charges of subversion niiiincii, Vliai ICO fidllUdll, ouu vvi Jiuu, Manifest; and L.

Randall, Port Ar- Condon last year was refused nr mission to view atomic tests be- thur, Tex. FERRIDAY, Jan. 27 Carolyn Sue Keith. 2-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert of Ferriday, died at the Fer- has hcon a Communist or a sym cause of information the Atomic Energy Commission said it had received about him. The congressman has denied that he is or ever riday Hospital this morning Funeral services under the direction of the Comer Funeral home of Ferriday were held at the First Baptist Church at 3 m. Wednesday with the Rev. Shirley Briggs officiating. Interment was in the family plot fthe Natchez cemetery'.

Survivors besides her parents include one brother, paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keith of Ferriday and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Staggs also of Ferriday.

LUTE JORDAN Lute Jordan, age 72 resident of Chatham, La died last night at 7 40 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 p.m at the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church with Rev. C. K. Brooks and Rev.

J. T. Garrett officiating. Interment will follow in the Mount. Pleasant Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Survivors include one sister. Miss Della Jordan, one brother, Mr. W. E. Jordan and a number of nuiees and nephews.

MAXWELL MAJOR Maxwell Major, 43. 305 Catalpa Street. Monroe, died early Monday afternoon in a local hospital The body was sent to Joplin. for funeral services and interment. Mr.

Major is survived bv his mother of Joplin, and one sister, Dorothy, also of Joplin. Funeral arrangements were under direction of Hall Funeral Home. MRS. CALL IE BEAUBE DELHI, Jan. 27 (Special of Mrs.

Callie Marie Beaube 26, who died in her home in Houston, as held in the Catron-Gay Funeral Home here at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. Steadman, Houston, officiating. Interment was in the Dunn Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Sam Beaube, Houston, one son, Sam Houston Beaube. Houston; three daughters, Martha Marie Beaube, Houston, Geneva Beaube, Houston; Jeanette Beaube. Houston; three brothers, Ossie Plunkett. Delhi; Clyde Plunkett, Delhi; Fred Plunkott, Delhi; eight sisters, Mrs. Hassie Verritt; Jewel Andy; Annie Harris; Katie Brim- He is being given a hear ing by the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee.

5. Declared a measure of humanity will be employed by the in handling the of Cpl. Edward S. Dickeilson, the American former prisoner of war who first chose to remain with the Communists and then elected to return home. The Army has started court martial proceedings against Dickenson on the ground that he had unlawful dealings with the enemy.

The President said. too. he is certain the armed forces will use sympathy in dealing with Americans who confessed under duress to encaging in germ warfare. The Marine Corps has ordered an inquiry into the case of Col Frank H. Nehwablc Marine flier who while a prisoner signed a germ warfare confession which he renounced when released.

6. Tagged as an idea worth looking into a reporter's suggestion that administration adopt a method of something like honorable dischaj.es to those who resign from the government without any suspicion that they might be security ri The reporter was Sarah McClendon, who represents a group of Texas papers. suggested that a system similar to the Army's be adopted so that there could be some indication whether the civilian discharges were honorable or dishonorable. 7. Declared with a trace of irritation that his new farm program, calling for a syatem of flexible puce supports eventually, re ent: no basic change in his thinking.

He added that he never promised during the presidential campaign to maintain at a rigid 90 per bevond the end of this year. 8. Said he probably will send Congress a special message dealing with his recommendations on foreign trade. Those recommendations will be based, he said, in part on a report by his special study commission and in part on an analv sis of that study now being made by various government agencies. The President announced that Clarence Randall, who was chairman of the Foreign Trade Study Commission, is being retained as a White House consultant.

9. Said the administration abandoned plans to renew its call fot REV. W. CARRAWAY Rev. Carrctway Is Song Leader STERLINGTON.

Jan. 27 J. Carr a way, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, in Monroe, will direct the singing at a revival which will be held the sterhngton Fir Bapti church Sunday. Rev. Cana wav is known as Singing lie has served widely in several Mates as an evangelistic singer, it is reported.

Ho began his full-time Christian service in such a capacity, and began preaching about a year ago. For several years. Rev. Carraway has had radio services on Monroe stations. Since the advent of television in the Twin Cities, he has a TV program on Thursday evenings.

Rev. Carraway has made a number ol religious recordings of hymns, gospel songs, ahd spirituals. J. P. Brown L.

Providence Bank Officer LAKE PROVIDENCE, Jan. 27 (Special i J. P. Brown, Lake Providence planter and financier, has been added to the officers of the First National Bank. Mr, Brown was elected a vice president at the January meeting of the board of directors.

Officers re-elected were C. R. Evans, to serve a fifth year as president; E. F. Stevens, vice president, Miss Catherine Fariow, cashier and P.

G. Marron, assistant cashier. The directors arc C. R. Evans.

FT F. Stevens. J. P. Brown, R.

S. Guenard, J. E. Holt. Keener Howard.

M. L. Levy and J. W. Pittman.

The bank, organized in 1902. lists 1053 capital stock and surplus of SI 75,000 and deposits. The resources total of $3.573.022.04 ended the businsss year of 1953. Prsston Barnes Will Preside At Rotary Meetinc mer; Dolly Mae Phillips; Beatrice ---Plunkett; Gladys Bracken; Sweetie a freeze of the 14 per cent social Mae Plunkett; and by her father, security pay roll tax. because the P.

Plunkett, Dunn, La, 2 per cent rate now in effect will be needed to finance the expanded insurance program the administration advocates. The proposed expansion would bring an additional 10 million Americans under social security. 10. Declined comment on the latest talk between Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Ambassador Zarubin on RISTON, Jan. 27 proposal for creation of an inter- Commencement exercises in How- national atomic pool for peaceful ard auditorium at Louisiana Tech purposes.

The President said he Wednesday night will end the un- know when there would be der-graduate college days for 91 a report on that matter. 11. Commenting on the proposal Dr. Joe J. Mickle, president of of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Centenary College since 1945, will in Norwalk, to send to the 91 Seniors To Graduate At La.

Tech Wednesday W. Preston Barnes, Jr of Baton Rouge will preside at the Rotary meeting to be held in Monroe February 14-16 headquarters at the irginia Hotel. The meeting will be kicked oil with a price supports February 14. icnt of parity Mr. Barnes has been a member of the Rotary Club ol Baton Rouge since 1922 and is a past president of that club.

He is governor of District 202 of Rotary International for 1953-54. Mr. Barnes is past regional ice- president of the Public Affairs Research council Louisiana and an executive committeeman of the Last Baton Rouge American Red Cross chapter and the Baton Rouge United Givers Fund. In Baton Rouge, he has served as president of the American Red Cross and as campaign chairman of the Community Chest. He has served as a national director of the Motor and Equipment Wholesalers Association and as a director of the lstroume council of the Boy Scouts of America.

During World War 1, he served U. S. Army, Self-Employed Get Information On Security Tax Since the increase in social security contributions on January 1, 1954, inquiries are being received daily by the Monroe social security olfice from the self-employed in this area, according to J. Dodd Brooks, manager of the office. of these inquiries are about the amount of the tax and the Information is wanted in connection with filing the sell-employment report of earnings for 1953.

This return is tiled on schedule of the income tax return, Form 1040, and is due by 15, 1954. Brooks said that the amount of the tax is per cent of earnings from self-employment up to $3.600 per year for 1953. The tax increased to 3 per cent for 1954, but the self-employed ill not i file a return on this until 1955. If you have tax questions on social security, or any other federal tax. ou should see your Director of Internal Revenue as he is in charge of all federal tax matters.

However, the Monroe social security oificc welcomes inquiries about social security benefits and can furnish social security account numbers to the self-emplov ed and others. Brooks pointed out that sclf-cm- ployed Miould file only on net earning' from covered self-employment and should always include their account numbers on the return. The nature of the business should also be stated clearly, lie said. Negro Shoeshine Continued Page in the deliver the principal address. Following the graduation exercises.

an informal reception will be held in Iva Adams parlor for the graduating seniors, their relatives, friends and the faculty. FBI the names of residents of that city deemed said probably nothing can be done to stop such a program. But he added that there are libel and slander laws to take care of the situation Of the 91 candidates for degrees, if unwarranted accusations should 25 are in the School of Education, be made. The School of Business is second --------with 19. Others by schools are as School of Home Economics, 10.

0 As is the usual custom at Tech, School of Arts and Sciences. 15; no baccalaureate sermon was School of Agriculture and Forestry, scheduled in connection with the 11; School of Engineering, 11, and mid-year graduation activities. Nelson Elected Prexy Ferriday Commerce Group FERRIDAY, Jan. 27 (Special) A. Nelson was elected president of the Ferriday Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting at the high school cafeteria.

He succeeds Eugene W. Vogt as president of the organization. In addition to Claude Nelson, other officers named were: Lloyd L. Love, vice president, re-elected; Mrs. Vera Davis, secretary, succeeding Jimmie Robertson, and Bill Burris, re-elected treasurer.

Committees will be appointed in February, it was stated. Percy H. Farmer was re-elected chairman of the chamber's retail merchants division This committee promotes' activities of merchants including sales days. i was average or as a student, friends said. Wisdorf showed little emotion and no remorse as he told how he shot down first his mother, then his grandmother, and then waited until his father came home before tiring the third fatal bullet from his .22 caliber rifle.

Wisdorf was fleeing to Texas when he was arrested here. Sheriff William and other Sherburn authorities said they would take Wisdorf back to Minnesota Wednesday, So fer Cough Relief FOR CHILDREN For coughs and acute bronchitis due to colds you can now get Creomulsion specially prepared for Children in a new pink and blue package and be sure: 1) Your child will like it. (2) It contains only safe, proven ingredients. (3) It contains no narcotics to disturb nature's processes. (4) It will aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed throat and bronchial membranes, thus relieving the cough and promoting rest and sleep Ask for Creomulsion for Children in the pink and blue package.

CREOMULSION FOR CHILDREN Coaffct, Ckut Cofcta, InMcfcita. LAKE PROVIDENCE, Jan. 27 (Special) Troop 92, of the Monticello community, will be hosts to the Feb. 6, Boy Scouts Field Day for the northeastern district. Registration will begin at noon and last until 2 p.m., for registering troops from Delhi, Epps, Goodwill, Lake Providence, Monticcllo, Newell ton, Oak Grove, Pioneer, Tallulah and Transylvania.

Throughout the afternoon 11 activities will be participated in by patrols. They will be compass work, signaling, height judging, fire building and water boiling, tent pitching, chariot racing, stick relays, antelope racing, string burning, and kangaroo relays. Each patrol's work will bo based on points, and in the final score with ribbon awards, the points will be as follows: blue ribbon on 525 or more points; red, 475 to 524; white, 400 to 474. At 7 p.m. the court of honor will be held in the school auditorium and indiv idual awards will be made for all advances throughout the district.

Local and district officers attending the event will be Jim T. Simpson, northern district scout executive. Frank Voelker, chairman of the northeastern district; Penn Sandidge, district chairman of camping and activities, Roy Sullivan and Kiley Thames, Scoutmaster and assistant, respectively of Troop 25 of Lake Providence. GULFPORT, Jan. who as conv icted on a pandering air armada planned to broad- charge in connection with the open its search after fog lifted orations of a vice ring in New Wednesday for John Faris Jelkc York.

socialite oleo heir who disap- Thc Air Force conducted a peared Monday night on a flight search of the joo-mile coastline be- along the Gulf Coast. tween Mobile and New Orleans, Fog delayed the morning flights part of it populous with resort of most of thc search planes called centers and part almost inacces- in from four states to hunt for sible swamps. Jclke's missing Air National Joining in fhr hunt werc CjvU uau -j fighter. Air Patrol planes from Alabama, Jelke, member of a cafe society Mississippi, Louisiana, Air Force set and heir to a $3 million Chi- planes from Alabama and Texas, eago fortune, disappeared after and Coast Guard air-sea rescue passing Mobile. on a flight planes.

from a National Guard base at The Air Force said'70 per cent White Plains, to New Ur- of possible route was cov- leans. ered Tuesday in a search that was The handsome, wavy-haired Xa- hampered by fog and low ceiling, tional Guard first lieutenant is the Col. Warren Reimers, wing com- brother of Minor (Mickey) Jelke. mander of the Mississippi CAP, said Jelke made his final radio contact while over Mobile at 7:08 p.m., cst, Monday after taking off from Dobbins Air Force Base near Atlanta. His most direct air route lay partly across the Gulf of Mexico, and authorities expressed unofficially a fear that his plane might have crashed into the water during bad weather Monday night.

LEGAL POLL WATER8URY, Conn. -UP- A puzzled judge polled five attorneys waiting for other cases before deciding that a family must be evicted. However, upon the suggestion of one of the impromptu jury, he granted the family a two-week delay. Announcing Monroe Class No. 7 of the DALE CARNEGIE COURSE Clean patent leather with a damp cloth and a neutral Then rub on a little petroleum jelly to prevent cracking.

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