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WORLD AMERICA'S ONLY omrr daily NEWSPAPIR DAILY 8T. LANDRY'S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER YOUR FAVORITE NEWSPAPER MORE NEWS MORE ADVERTISING MORE PAID SUBSCRIBERS Number 241 Volume VI Louisiana, Friday, December 14, 1945 Murray Paints A Forboding Picture Of U. S. Tomorrow (By United Press) A foreboding picture of the nation's future Is painted by a prominent labor leader today. CIO President Philip Murray 0 nas tow the House Labor Committee that the nation la rushing toward an economic disaster jr more catastrophic than the crash of 1929.

The CIO leader appeared before the committee to voice his disapproval of President Truman's plan for a 30 day cooling off period before strike action in order to give fact finding boards time to study the situation. Murray stressed that a decline in workers take-home pay, combined with profit hoarding, could to a depression more severe than that of 1929. He called the president's plan futile, deceptive and aimless and claimed that Mr. Truman had backed down from his original promise of maintaining high wages. He scoffed at the idea that cooling-off periods are necessary.

He said that workers in the oH, steel and automobile iadttmtry have cooled off until they are al-. most been frozen out of the Opelousas, Baptist Revival Comes To Close Dr. C. W. Culp win close le series of Revival Services at the First Baptist Church with his sermon Sunday evening at the seven-thirty worship hour.

Services will continue each night until the meeting closes. Dr. Culp has announced the following as sermon topics for the remaining services: Friday evenine. 'A Soul's Saturday evening. "Death at A Sunday morning, "What Must I Do to Be Sunday evening, "Blockades on the Road to Hell" The Sunday morning services will be dedicated to the Sunday School with the regular Mornine Worship Hour at ten-thirty In stead of the usual eleven o'clock hour.

A record attendance is ex pected in the Sunday School for mat service. The Training Union is sponsoring a special attendance effort for Sunday evening. A record attendance is looked for at the regular six-thirty meeting hour. December 23, has been deslgn-ater as SCRTFICE DAY 1 at the First Baptist Church. ftn th.f day at the Moraine- wm iHbur every wwiTgi mt thecho.rch win mm a sacrifice offering to the Building Fund for the new church building.

Plans Beting Made For Student Night Club Baton Rouge. Dec. 14 An LSU student-faculty committee is working on plans for a student night club on the universitv campus which will be operated on a non-profit basis. The night ciud wui be named "Swing Inn." The fountain room of the LSTI field house has been selected as the site of the entertainment, which will be open to all students each Friday night beginning February 22nd. The program each week will include informal danc ing to recorded music, studpnt presentations of songs and skits ana tne serving of soft drinks and sandwiches.

Bandit Dies In Hospital (By United Press) The Crime-studded career of badman Matt Kimes has ended ingloriously in a Little Rock hospital. The number one desperado of the southwest died this morning following an operation which staff physicians had hoped would save his life. Hospi.tal surgeons, who performed the operation last night at 9:30 says Kimes 'death is only a partial surprise. He died at 7:54 A.M. (CST).

Post Office To Remain Open All Day Saturdays Mr. Leon 8. Haas, announced to the public that the post office win remain open from 8 A. M. until 6 Plf.

every Saturday now until Christmas to take care of the last minute Christmas rush. Week day schedule will be as be- for from sight until six. Legal Staff Of Committee Has Face Deaih To Deslroy Bomb (By United Press) Two young Britishers are tink ering with sudden death today. They've started the pound by pound removal of 3,000 pounds of live TNT packed in an un. ploded two ton bomb lying deep in a south Croydon residential district.

The two men from the Roval Engineer Bomb Disposal squad again entered the 40 foot crater early this morning. Thev found that they would have to enlarge the crater to provide more elow room for the ticklish job of ex tracting the TNT. As the two worked 43 feet below the surface of the ground a group of Britain's bomb disposal experts crowded around the gaping hole. Many have been anxious to get at the job ever since the unexploded bomb tumbled down from a German plane almost five years ago. LSU To Broadcast 'The Messiah' Dec 17 Baton Rouge, Dec.

14 (UP) A radio broadcast of "The Messiah" will be carried over station WJBO in Baton Rouge when it is presented by the LSU chorus December 17th in the university theater. Loren D. Davidso, associate professor of Music, is in charge of the production. The first 55 minutes of the, XA hour program will be broad cast over WJBO. Patton Reported Excellent (By United Press) News reports say that General George S.

Patton is in excellent condition. A medical bulletin Patton spent a comfortable night, and woke up bright and cheerful this morning. His temperature has dropped to normal, and his scalp wound is healing rapidly. However, he remains paralvzed and doctors are con sidering putting him in a plaster cast from neck to foot, and send ing him home to America fori lengthy treatment. Gen.

Spaatz Gets Award Washington, Dec. 14 (UP) General Carl Spaatz, commander of American strategic air forces overseas, has received the Robert Collier award for the year's outstanding contribution to aviation The award, aviation's highest honor, was presented by President Truman at a White House ceremony. THE WEATHER Louisiana: Cloudy with occasional rain near the coast. Colder this afternoon. Cloudy and cold er tonight with lowest temperatures 28 to 32 in north and 32 to 34 in sugar and truck regions tonight.

Saturday, partly cloudy to Pearl Harbor Resigned (By United Press) The Pearl Harbor Committee's legal staff has resigned. And Chairman Alben. W. Bark- ley is threatening to ao the same. The four lawyers who make up the legal staff say that the com mittee is wasting time.

Chief Counsel William D. Mitchell says that he and his three colleagues will leave as soon as they can be replaced. They all feel that the hearings are dragging In much longer than expected. And Mitchell says that he and his staff have not been allowed present new data never made public. Barkley was quick to express his regret at the legal staffs decision.

But he adds, however. that the time also has come when he must determine whether his duties on the committee outweigh his responsibilities as democratic leader of the Senate. Barkley makes no comment on Mitchell's remarks. The lawyers says that he thought the committee intended to present facts which would permit a final answer by January 3, of tne question: "Who is responsible for final failure of our forces at Hawaii to be on the alert?" But, Mitchell says, the com mittee in a month of hearings has heard only eight witnesses and still has at least 60 to hear. And among those, Mitchell says, are some as "crucial" as those who have testified already.

Service Notes Dr. Creighton Shute To Receive Discharge Opelousans will be glad to hear that Dr. Creighton Shute, prom inent young doctor of this city is on the ship Muhlenburg, sailing for the United States and home. Dr. Shute has been across for the past two years serving with the medical corps of the armed forces.

He left LeHavre on December 10th. Dr. Shute is to receive his discharge on his arrival in the United States. Pearl Harbor. T.

H. John C. Malveaux, lie, USNR, son of Mr. James Malveaux, of Opelousas, is on his way home. Malveaux is one of 952 hlgii- point Navy veterans whom the "Magic Carpet" Is bringing back to the States aboard the U.

S. S. Warren. The USS Warren one of more than 250 carriers, battleships, cruisers, and attack transports in the Navy's famed "Magic Carpet" fleet left Guam, December 1, and is scheduled to arrive in San Diego about December 18. Passengers will go directly to the Separation Centers nearest their homes to complete the formalities of obtaining their discharges before returning' to civilian life.

Berlrand Discharged TJ5 Charles Curtis Bertrand has received his discharge from the army after 33 months serv- (See Number Back Page) NEW POST General Joseph T. McNarney, the new commander of U. S. forces in Europe and American representative on the Allied Control Council. He succeeds Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower. At his headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, he asserted that occupation of Germany looked like a ten-year job. He formerly was commander in the Mediterranean theater "''of war. American Foods Inc.

Is Presented Award The American Foods Inc. of Opelousas has been presented their second a awara iwu years. Before a large crowd Wednesday afternoon John Dezauche made a speech at the presentation of the White Star award to the plant and declared that the rumors that the dehydrating plant would be moevd to another locality away from Opelousas was heresay and that it would definitely remain here. The star was given to the Opelousas plant for its 1944-45 production and was presented by G. Chester Freeman, state officer for Marketing, U.

S. Department of Agriculture, Baton Rouge. In presenting the award, Mr. Freeman said it showed that each employee worked hard and made many personal sacrifices. Food, he said, is the most important means of preserving peace, as well as being a war weapon, and he told plant employees they had hastened the defeat of our enemies by keeping the American army the best fed in the world.

Acceptance Talks The achievement star was received by Arthur M. Nolder, production superintendent, and Joseph J. Viviano, chief of maintenance, and the acceptance address was made by L. Allan Malm, local manager of American Foods Inc. Mr.

Malm reviewed the presentation of the Achievement A award to the plant last year given for dehydrating over two and one half million pounds of yams or 14 million pounds of the raw product. The additional star award was for dphvrirafm tt million pounds of raw products. iius year, me local manager said. (See Number 1 Back Page) Members Drawn For Grand Jury Grand Jury members who were drawn December 13th to serve during the January term of the United States District eourt, for the Western District of Louisiana, Opelousas Division are as follows: Guy Savage, Port Barre; Wilfred Fremin, Youngsville; Walter A. Berry, Grand Coteau; O.

L. Riche, Breaux Bridge; Hosea Deshotels, Basile; Gustave Grand, Lafayette; Joseph Wallace James (C) Lafayette; FaBio G. Halphen, Arnaudville; Ignaze Dugas, Henry; Albin Simon Spiess, Opelousas: Calif or Seller Lafayette; Dudley Joseph Trahan, Lafayette; Wesley J. Hebert, Basile; Willie Holland (C), Vllle Platte; Joseph Afr-ceneaux Ca-rencro; Rene A. Sibille, Opelousas; Allen Halliburton Smith, Gueydan; Moses Joseph (C) Rt.

2, Opelousas; Leopold Camel, Ville Platte; Elue D. Broussard, Kaplan; G. D. Lowery, Morrow; Nelson P. Hollier, Abbeville; Ernest Chaguios, Rt.

1, Youngsville; Constant Jagneau, Opelousas; Albert Francis Durand, St. Martin ville; Denis Miguez, Abbe- vile, T. Angelle, Ar naudville; Joseph Frank Faval ero, Gueydan; Laurent Dore, Leon vine; Theodore Solleau, Eun ice, RFD. 9 Byrnes Lands At Moscow Moscow, Dec. 14 (UP) Secretary of State James Byrnes and his party have landed at Moscow airport on a flight from Berlin.

The landing was made in a heavy fog. Byrnes will attend the foreign ministers conference opening tomorrow. and continued cold..