Southern governors seek bigger share of defense funds
In New Orleans Southern governors pressed for fair railroad rates and a larger defense allocation for the South after Cheater C. Davis of the defense advisory commission warned that six interconnected groups including DuPont, General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, Curtiss-Wright, States Steel, Aviation, Newport News Shipbuilding had secured major contracts. Davis urged decisive action to secure Southern resources and reserves amid claims of regional misallocation.
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New Orleans
South
C. Davis
Defense Acviory Commission
Queriily
Washington
du Pont
General Motors Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Curtins-Wright
States Steel, Aviation and Peniportalon Corporation
Newport News Shipbuilding and Deyfernpany
Sever
Editorial argues Monroe power plant upgrades overprice
The piece disputes a proposed $726 725 expenditure for a new 3 500 kilowatt unit and urges cost comparisons with Burns and McDonnell estimates. It cites engineering reports showing current capacity and peak loads, arguing a $400 000 figure would suffice and urging voter participation in the election.
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McDonnell
Monroe
Watts
Burns and
Burns
Income tax deadline sets record payments across nation
Washington reports April 15-like rush with extended offices and mail-in returns. March receipts surpass last year with 13 days of data showing a 79 percent rise, while corporate filings total about 500,000 as defense taxes add to individual bills.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Runaway Horse Spooks Mulberry Street in Newark
A horse frightened by another bolted through traffic on Mulberry Street Newark today causing a brief scare. The aging huckster's mount, used to automobiles, was caught unharmed after a short race, marking the first Newark street runaway in years.
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Newark
N. J
Mulberry Street
Steel workers urged to accept fair settlement in U S plant dispute
Union leaders pressed the C I O United Steel workers to accept a proposed settlement offered by the government on March 3 as a nationwide strike looms. The Vanadium Bridgeville plant faced police protection while defenses orders stalled and mediation talks continued across several companies including Allis Chalmers.
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C1 O
O. P.M. Almom
Vanadium Steel Cooperin
Brdgeville
OPM
George M. Hernon
Railway Labor Executives Board
Cincinati
Harrison
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Man ‘Ig Company
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
Voters Decide Tuesday on Monroe $875,000 Bond Issue
Monroe voters face a March 18 election to approve an $875,000 bond for a proposed power plant and city improvements. Officials say the project is essential to growth while opponents call the cost excessive and note limited registration reduces who can vote.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Miebull Ebescne
Cecil B DeMille's Grandson Drowns In Hollywood
Two year old Christopher Quinn grandson of Cecil B DeMille drowned today in a lily pond on W C Fields home grounds. The child was son of Anthony DeMille and Mrs Katherine DeMille.
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Hollywood
Christopher Quinn
Cecil B DeMille
W. C Fields
Anthony Oo
Katherine DeMille
Style Show Highlight Of Annual Cooking School
The News-Star World reports a style show by Grayson Shop at Neville High auditorium during the three day cooking school March 19 20 21. Theme Dewylight to Dark features Easter apparel and lighting displays with dancers from Clarice and Goldah Roan School of the Dance.
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News-Star— World Cooking School
Neville High School
Grayson Shop
DeSiard Street
Jeanne DeBord
Youn Gels
Peggy McCrary
Margaret Butler
Joan Guertiers
Betty Nichols
Nickie Nichols
Tena McCoy
Betty Jean DeBord
Beverly Buckyer
Clarice
Goldah Roan
Esther Branch
Missionaries Abroad Hold Posts Amid War Efforts
American missionaries remain at their posts worldwide despite war. About 11,000 Americans are engaged in overseas work, with the Far East most affected as undeclared hostilities continue for years. Egyptian exits and Ethiopian expulsions illustrate disruption, while Africa India Syria see continued activity.
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J.D. White
New York
March Lie
The
Special News Service
International Missionary Council
Far East
Egypt
Africa
India
Syria
Ethiopia
State Department
Safety record update shows year to date losses
The report lists this year 106 accidents 15 personal injuries and zero deaths, compared with last year 10 accidents 20 injuries and 3 deaths. It also notes a traffic rule requiring two independent braking systems on motor vehicles and at least one compliant brake on motorcycles.
Plans Ready for Big Orleans Plant
In New Orleans the dock board announced plans for a $1,125,000 Industrial Canal plant to be leased to International Harvester Company. The facility combines factory and warehouse space totaling 350,000 square feet. Local funding of $745,000 is provided by the dock board with International Harvester prepaying $380,000 in rent for four years in advance.
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New Orleans
International Harvester Company
Dock Board
International
Army Bomber Seeks Stranded Dog Sled Party in Alaska
An army bomber with a skeleton crew departed to reach a dog sled team stranded at Burwash in Yukon territory on Lake Kluane. The sled party of 10 men with about 40 dogs began from Chilkat Barracks in southeastern Alaska in January to study winter transport challenges for Arctic operations.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Burwash
Yukon Territory
Lake Kluane
Chilkoot
Rapid British Offensive Planned in Balkans With 300000 Troops
Belgrade reports Britain rapidly mobilizing to strike Germany in southeast Europe. About 300000 British troops are dispatched to Greece, with 106000 already ashore, supported by hundreds of tanks and flame throwers. Forces include Canadians, New Zealanders, Australians, and English troops moving northward. The plan is to attack the Nazi Balkan army on Bulgarian soil if Germany holds Greece and Turkey.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Britain
Germany
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Louisiana approves 405000 for mental hospital repairs
Baton Rouge announces a 405000 program to repair and upgrade three state mental hospitals and related facilities. Funds allocate to Shreveport Charity 170000 East Louisiana Jackson 132000 Louisiana Training Institute Monroe 14500 plus 28000 already appropriated Central Louisiana Pineville 405000 and other sites. Officials cite economies and no cuts to staff or services.
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Baton Rouge
Martin Close
Shreveport Charity Hospital
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe
Close
Shreveport
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
State Colony
Alexandria
Central Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville
Department of Institutions
Central Louisiana Hospital
United States
Britain Silent on U Boat Losses as Sub Fleet Grows
The Associated Press reports British and German accounts clash on sea losses while noting Britain withholds submarines’ success details. Estimates place Nazi U boats at up to 609, with Italian craft possibly joining, bases near British lanes raise risk of mines and raids, as air power and sea power shape the Atlantic struggle.
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Kirke L
Associated Press
London
England
Atlantic
Leas
Berlin
Britain
Geren
Roosevelt calls for total effort against dictators
President Roosevelt pledges a total effort to equip nations resisting aggression. He warns Americans to expect sacrifice and inconvenience, lower profits, longer hours, and no war profiteering as lease lend gains approval. He speaks at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, framing policy as a decisive end to appeasement.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Correspondents Association
Mussolini branded bogus Caesar as Italian drive fails in Albania
Greek military dispatches report the Italian Albanian offensive struggled for a week, despite fresh troops and heavy weapons. Mussolini’s mission to rally morale failed, Greek spokesmen said, with multiple attacks across the front yielding heavy Fascist losses and no decisive gains.
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Athens
Greece
Mussolini
Albania
Fascista
Italy
Mrs James Walker Granted Divorce In Key West
Mrs James J Walker won a divorce from former New York mayor in Key West Circuit Court. A final decree allowed her to resume the name Betty and joint custody of two adopted children was set with a financial settlement. She testified to fear of bodily harm and occasional threats of hitting her. The couple married in Cannes in 1933 after Walker's mayoral resignation during a Roosevelt investigation. he did not contest the divorce.
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Key West, Frs
James J. Walker
New York
Betty
Arthur Gomez
Walker
Cannes
France
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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