Air Base Aids Red Cross Fund Campaign at Selman Field
Colonel Jess B. Bennett announces that $2,880.43 has been contributed by army and civilian personnel at Selman Field to the American Red Cross. The post reports additional weekly contributions and includes Ernie Pyle’s North Africa telegraph on animals and life with troops, noting dogs burros and a monkey among camp pets and a bomber crew arrival after three missions.
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Jess B. Bennett
Red Cross War Fund
Selman Field
American Red Cross
T. L. James Er Post Engrog Stbrook Pegler
Ernie Pyle
Africa
Tac Yard
Dorothy Pes
Willie
L. Spiller
Ziggie
Robert
Marion Street
Denver
Pfil Landis
Bob
Iamour
Fredendall Considered to Succeed Lear for Army Command
The report says Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall, a Tunisia campaign veteran, was chosen to succeed Lieutenant General Ben Lear as commander of the Second Army. No official announcement followed, but Fredendall, famed for the Oran landing, is seen as Lear’s possible successor. The piece notes Lear’s stature and Patton’s earlier command role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioyd R. Fredendall
Stich
Ben Lear
Second Army
Sdendall
Lear Yester
Fredendali
Oran
Great Lakes
Mexico
Lear
Erwin
Africa Corps
Americces
George S. Patton, Jr
Fredendall
Tunisia
Tragic Navy Plane Crash Kills Seven In New Jersey
A transport plane crashed in a Copper Hill cornfield in Easthampton Township New Jersey. State police report seven dead with five occupants parachuting to safety. Survivors include Ensign Durham 21 Kenneth Cotton 27 Somploski 24 Berla Prairie 32 and Deeon W pro. A naval public relations officer said no casualty count would be released until a Navy inspector reported.
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Ezmington
N. J
Copper Hill
Lane
New York
Naval
Navy
Kenneth Cotton
San Marino
Calif
Ensign Durham
Houston
Tex
F ‘Ion
Somploski
Chicago
Avia- Machinist
Ber- la Prairie
Detroit
Aviacorps Veg Dee
Rommel force in Tunisia remains largely intact
Secretary of War Stimson said Rommel still commands most of his Tunisian troops and could link with von Arnim in the north, signaling potential heavy fighting before the final North African phase. He noted Montg omery and the British Eighth Army routed a key Mareth line defeat and cited continuing Allied air strength and growing cooperation in North Africa.
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Washington
Stimson
Erwin Rommel
General von Arnim
Tunisia
Rommel
Mareth Line
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
United States Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
Britain
Russia
Caucasus
Kerch
Crimea
Burma
China
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
George S Patton
First Army
Sorthern
Mareth
Tunivia
Conference of Women Closes in Monroe at First Methodist Church
The third annual session of the Women’s Society of Church Services in Monroe ended at noon Thursday. About 150 delegates from Louisiana attended, plus an estimated 30 local churchgoers for evening sessions. Miss Edith Fredericks, Hong Kong missionary, spoke on wartime experiences, including Hong Kong bombing and a Japanese camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Church Services
First Methodist
Monroe
J. P. Pollard
Alexandria
G. W. Cameron
Shreveport
Edith Fredericks
Hong Kong
China
United States
S. S. Gripsholm
C. C. Selecman
Oklahoma City Episcopal Area
Edgar Godbold
Louisiana Moral
WPA Officially Closes in State Louisiana
New Orleans April 1 1939 state WPA official C P Carroll announced the agency's closing in Louisiana noting 2009 workers remained on rails with 8 percent on construction and most could find new jobs. At its 1936 peak the program employed 60000 statewide as remaining workers were shifted under the federal liquidation order.
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New Orleans
C. P. Carroll
WPA
Louisiana
Republicans Seek Two Term Presidency Limit Proposal
Washington April 1 UP Republicans plan to introduce in the Senate a constitutional amendment limiting a president to two four year terms. Senator Butler Nebraska anchors the move with possible Democratic co authors. The push follows anti fourth term resolutions from Iowa Illinois Indiana and Michigan and counters talk of a Roosevelt fourth term.
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Washington
Senate
Butler
Nebraska
Wherry
Bruges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Harrison Spangler
Man Freed In War Effort Plea Dismisses Charge
In Cumberland hospital Brooklyn, Antonio Marques’s plea for mercy prompts magistrate Charles Solomon to dismiss the charge against Armando Pina. Marques asks the judge to spare his shipmate, saying he is needed for the war effort and a good fireman, amid a brief courtroom sequence with police and court officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cumberland Hospital
Brooklyn
Bernard Marques
Charles Solomon
Marques
Armando Pina
Solomon
Royal Air Force Marks 25th Anniversary in 1943
London reports the Royal Air Force marks its 25th anniversary with King George VI and General Henry H Arnold sending messages of praise. March air losses show Allied forces downed 94 German planes while suffering 209 total aircraft losses on the continent. The king notes his personal ties to the RAF since 1918 and looks forward to stronger ties with the United States Army Air Forces.
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London
Royal Air Force
George
United States Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
United States
Great Britain
Europe
King George
48-Hour Work Week Begins Across 32 Areas
Washington April 1 The 48 hour work week started in 32 labor short areas with early reports from War Manpower Commission area directors saying compliance is good to 100 percent and few exemptions requested. Most plants already on 48 hour weeks. few workers moved to other jobs. Some uncertainty remains as reporting is not mandatory and requests for exemptions are still being processed. Other actions include reclassification for induction and stopping broad discharges for older workers. National WMC officials expressed satisfaction with initial results.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
United States
Army
Knickerbocker 10 Discuss War in Monroe Visit
World famous foreign correspondent H R Knickerbocker arrives from Florida to lecture at Monroe Town Hall in Ouachita Parish High School auditorium. The event closes 1943 44 club memberships, with last chance season tickets at the door. Family night allows bringing all family members on one ticket for tonight only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Knickerbocker
Monroe
Florida
Monroe Town Hall
Ouachita Parish High School
Knickerbockers
Nazis Target French Births in Grim Nazi Plan
Swiss based dispatch by Frank Brutto reports Nazi measures in occupied France aim to curb birth rates and remove potential manpower. The program could cut France’s population by tens of millions over 25 years, with 3 to 5 million youths slated for labor camps or Nazi industry. French census figures show an aging population, fueling alarm among observers that France could be reduced to an older demographic.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Delavedi
France
Hitler
Germany
Paris
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
April Fool's Day Observed Warns Against Pranks
Washington April 1 The Society for the Preservation of Practical Jokers warns members nationwide to avoid dangerous stunts on April Fool's Day. Pranks include bricks under hats salt in sugar tires and disturbing army camps. The note ends with a jest that the society does not exist.
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Washington
Society For the Preservation of
Hitler
P. S
Weird swapping of wives bared in Indianapolis
In Marion county Indiana a petition for child support exposed a wife swapping agreement among two couples. Judge Emsley W. Johnson Jr described the tale of Mrs B living with Mr A and Mrs A with Mr B until the B home had two children, then Mrs A returned to Mr A with five children. The judge refused judgment to any party after the hearing.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Superior Court
Emsley W. Johnson, Jr
Mrs. A
Mr. A
Red Army Overcomes Worst Kind of Transportation Difficulties
Soviet forces push to expand offensives in the Kuban and Donets regions amid mud and thaw. Units breach near Anastasevskaya and raid toward Smolensk while counterattacks fail to shift gains. Rail disruption persists as Germans shell and bombard the Kuban sector.
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Red Army
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Anastasevskaya
Kerch Strait
Smolensk
Smolensik
Red
Smolensi
Donets
Rostov
Tass
Axis Invasion Jitters Noted From Balkan to Scandinavia
Reports from Stockholm and London claim Allied parachute troops have set up a base in the Norwegian Hardanger Vidda region with a meteorological station and raiding Nazi factories. The Norwegian government-in-exile questions confirmation while Germany hunts the parachutists. Pavolini brands Sicily a fortified outpost on the continent.
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London
Balkan
Scandinavian
Quisling
Stockholm
Hardanger Vidda Mountain
Alessandro Pavolini
Sicily
Production push aims for 90000 planes in 1943
Chicago April 1 4 The United States expects to reach a 90000 plane production goal in 1943 says Lt General William S Knudsen director of army production. He asserts American industry can not be held back and speed equals accuracy until greater output is achieved. He notes midwest plants show satisfactory progress as fighting men call for more war materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
William S. Knudsen
Army
Midwest
Fortresses Hit Sardinia in Major Allied Raid
Allied forces disclosed a massive strike by nearly 106 Flying Fortresses allied with fighter escorts hit the Sardinian port of Cagliari and three airfields. The action damaged 37 aircraft on the ground, destroyed or damaged 57 others, and left all Allied planes returning safely.
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Associated Press
Allied
Sardinia
Tunisia
Cagliari
Sardinian
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Robert Fennell Succumbs Here in Monroe
Robert Fennell, 76, longtime Ouachita parish planter, died in a local clinic after two weeks of illness. A native of Ireland who settled in Monroe in 1917, he owned the Ingleside plantation later expanded for the Selman airport. Survived by his wife Jean Gibson and four daughters, with funeral arrangements handled by Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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Robert Fennell
DeSiaré Street
Quachita Parish
Monroe
Mr. Fennell
Ireland
United States
Earl Young Manhood
Mlinoig
America
Ingleside
Ouachita Parish
Selman
Fennell
Jean Gibson
Illinois
R. C. Ryan
Eau Claire
Wis
J. J Bower
J. Parker Humble
C. D. Anderson
Moncroe
Joe Fennell
Kirkland
Harry Fennell
Australia
Bessie Salter
Rathville
Sarah Jones
Annie Synott
Villa Park
J. D'Loy
Faulkton
SL. D
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Quisling strength waning in new Allied message
Washington reports Attorney General Biddle prepared a Norwegian information booklet to broadcast to occupied territories. The text accuses Vidkun Quisling of selling his people’s dignity, warns of borrowed strength failing, and notes cracks in his armor amid world contempt and wrath.
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Washington
Norway
Biddle
Vidkun Quisling
Royal Norwegian Informationervice
The
Information Service
Quisling
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