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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1941
Page
1
Duluth area freight engine plunged into the bridge as floodlights lit salvage work. Divers secured cables to the boiler, two salvage boats waited to lift the engine, and Fort Brady troops aided operations. Two trainmen Hazen Willis and Dave Monroe perished in the wreck.
Culley reports two sisters living with three preserved bodies in a single shack near a plantation. A third body lies in a barn near by, found intact. One sister, Mrs. Bacheller, asks not to disturb the remaining sister guarding the bodies and plans to bury them after selling antiques from the seminary.
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting 125 miles west of Moscow with counterattacks and high German losses in Vyazma and Bryansk. Leningrad fronts claim intensified counter-attacks, while Japan and Italy pursue political and military moves amid a widening war.
Travelers report Germans created a dummy town near Ploesti to mislead the Russians while diverting oil via two 10 inch pipelines to Giurgiu. Rumors say Raeder has a Bucharest house and many German naval personnel are in Constanta with dismantled subs moved down the Danube.
Federal indictment reveals Carl Viereck admitted aiding German causes and drafting speeches for publication. He faced five counts with penalties up to one year and $2000 fines per count. Names including Dr Claudius Murchison appeared. alleged foreign agent activities spanned 1939 to 1945.
The House backed a large lend-lease budget within an omnibus bill totaling 53 million, with 40 million cut for the Tennessee Valley Authority. The fund's ten categories include 1.875 billion for agricultural and industrial commodities and 1.19 billion for ordnance and stores. Officials note Britain may receive aid, and emphasize no army or draft cuts.
Barkley argues for repeal of arming prohibitions while deeming timing crucial. He supports allowing merchant ships to be armed and travel to designated combat zones as potentially urgent but notes his view is personal.
The article recounts clashes between union leadership and law enforcement, noting Goons surrounding a plant during a strike and the role of figures like George Browne Willie Bioff and Nick Circella. It cites convictions in New York Cleveland Akron and Chicago and accuses union bosses of obstructing justice while detailing local parish and city council actions and bids.
Report says Pamela Hollingworth was not kidnapped but wandered from a family picnic and survived frost bite by drinking water and resting. Her father Joseph E. Hollingworth of Lowell Massachusetts described her as weak but improving with heart and lungs in good condition.
The Ouachita Parish jurors vote to acquire land for Selman Field airport conversion to Class Four status. The Orphanage trust and J. W. Smith estate will sell 242 and 18 acres respectively for about 200 dollars per acre, financed by a one mill tax approved last July. Jurors estimate revenue from five year tax collections at around 180000 with a 135000 figure based on 75 percent collection. The city of West Monroe provides 1250 as its share for the Jet, allowing purchase to proceed.
The storm battered Tallahassee and Panacea with hurricane winds and floods, killing ten people including four Black victims at Panacea. Damage across Southwest Georgia and Florida reached hundreds of thousands, with power restored late at night in Tallahassee. Damaging winds felled trees and crippled communications while many soldiers prepared for maneuvers in the Carolinas.
The A F L meet debates unions and open shop versus closed shop amid calls for discipline and public policy alignment. Joseph Padway condemns National Labor Relations Board tactics as unconstitutional and sabotaging presidential policies.
Western editorials denounce American stance as tensions rise in the Pacific. The report notes new factor with shipments of oil and other supplies from the Netherlands East Indies to Russia adding to regional strains as Japan loses oil sources across the Pacific.
A navigator uses a sextant to observe the sun and determine position at sea with celestial navigation methods.
Diplomatic sources indicate Turkey faces a German pull in 1941 42 over chromium shipments to Britain and America with a threatened “take it or leave it” stance. Ankara’s concessions followed talks led by economist Dr Karl Clodius as Germany pressures Turkey amid warfare in Russia.
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