02 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
1
Ernie Pyle reports from Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria on the famed French Foreign Legion. He notes it is a mercenary force fighting for leaders, with a bleak life and a five year enlistment, and details the Legion’s modernity and history.
Allied HQ reports the British First Army edging east and north of Sedjenane while American units engage in the central sector. Montgomery's Eighth Army mops up pockets near Oudres and Gabes as Patton's forces see action. Air strikes intensify despite bad weather in Tunisia.
The April 24 dispatch from London notes the 100-plane Flying Fortress raid on Sardinia as a potential model for axis retreat from Tunisia. Unofficial observers think Hitler may order a fight-to-the-death defense to delay the Allied advance, signaling a doom for von Arnim and Erwin.
Moscow announced that the Soviet Union will send representatives to a United Nations conference on postwar food questions in Washington. The conference opens April 27 and will cover food production distribution nutrition and related financial arrangements. About 38 governments were invited to send technical experts.
John L Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, charged that agents of military intelligence intimidated miners and hinted at a second military front in the coal fields. He spoke after talks with northern Appalachian soft coal mine operators about disturbing tactics and district office visits naming coal companies, mines, and union officers.
Government cancels contracts for synthetic rubber component manufacture at the Arkansas Fuel Oil refinery in Bossier City and Atlas Oil and Refining refinery at Jewella after both plants began conversion work planned to exceed 2 million dollars.
Senate hearings on the Austin-Wadsworth labor draft bill proceed as a decision is delayed for about a month. White House action on a four day work week and a directive to shift non essential workers into war jobs is expected. Selective Service Director Hershey says fathers may be drafted around July 1 and notes plans to clear other classes first.
Postmaster J. R. Wooten reports March 1943 postal business rose about 40 percent from March 1942, totaling 24 332 04 dollars versus 17 502 88 dollars the prior year. The Monroe post office saw strong increase in volume of business for the month just ended.
Soviet troops claimed to have taken three more villages along the Black Sea coast near Novorossisk as part of a broader push. Berlin reported heavy fighting south of Lake Ladoga with German air power halting offensives, while Donets river battles and Smolensk operations were also noted with both sides suffering losses.
In Shreveport at Highland Baptist Church the Louisiana Baptist Women’s Missionary Union re elected Mrs. R. A. Everett of Forest as president. New officers include Mrs. T. Y. Herndon of Lake Charles as vice president and New Orleans members Hannah Reynolds, Sarah Alley, and Virginia Wingo in key posts. A local board to operate after moving headquarters from New Orleans to Shreveport was named with six Shreveport members.
Moscow dispatch reports that by April 2 nine hundred fifty four buildings in Stalingrad have been restored and twenty restaurants have been opened.
American bombers pounded five Japanese destroyers southwest of Kolombangara as fighter planes engaged 30 to 40 Zero fighters, downing 16. Six US planes were lost in the Guadalcanal northwest clash. two pilots were rescued. Navy also cited Kiska attacks in the Aleutians and notes on March 3 operations.
The navy asked Congress to curb profits of manufacturers' representatives aiding war contracts. Jacob E. Davis cited hundreds of agents earning from 20000 to 500000 dollars yearly, many with little product skill, urging limits during the emergency and noting adjustments by the Navy to reduce agent earnings.
State Commissioner of Agriculture Harry D. Wilson pledges cooperation and assistance from southern commissioners to Chester C. Davis as new federal food administrator. Wilson, president of the Association of Southern Commissioners, is a personal friend of Davis dating back to his Montana agriculture commissioner days in 1924 and 1926.
Pan American officials announce the first flight on the New Orleans to Guatemala City route. A four motor 22 ton strato clipper will test radio communications with no passengers, concluding a tri weekly service link to Mexico Central and South America and reducing the trip to six hours from New Orleans.
The New Orleans joint traffic bureau with Baton Rouge Alexandria Shreveport Lake Charles and Monroe filed a brief with the Louisiana public service commission asking rail and truck rates between Louisiana points be aligned with rates in adjoining states. E. H. Thornton said state rates affect all shippers and put Louisiana at a competitive disadvantage.
The Senate War Investigating Committee condemns John L. Lewis for resisting his no strike pledge during wartime. It calls labor leaders patriots and stresses duties to the nation while warning inflation risks from wage hikes and noting the Little Steel formula remains open to discussion.
In Glendale on April 2 Policeman Roy E B Armstrong entered a burning house and pulled out Frank Dryer 83 and his wife also 83 who was blind. he returned to rescue Mrs Dryer whose clothes were on fire and recovered $700 from beneath a mattress despite suffering burns on his hands.
Washington dispatch reports GOP leaders contend New Deal figures already held a real convention and nominated Franklin D Roosevelt for a fourth term. Senator Taft and others back the critique of Walker’s short campaign idea while critics warn early campaigning could affect the war effort.
In a seconds long peril, a 20 year old aircraft worker pulled a 3 year old from danger as his car teetered on two wheels then flipped onto a curb. He swerved to avoid a bicyclist and, reaching from the window, grabbed the child and tossed him inside before the car pinned his arm.
President Roosevelt blocks the Bankhead bill to raise farm prices by excluding government payments in parity calculations. He warns the measure inflates costs, jeopardizes stabilization, and could push the cost of living up by more than five percent while raising food and war material expenses.
Secretary of Labor Perkins orders Louisiana firms under Walsh Healey public contracts act to keep full records of job accidents. Effective May 1 1943 reporting requirements extend to firms in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana producing goods for the government. Agencies cite safety standards for contracts over 1000 dollars and industry-wide aim to reduce lost time from accidents.
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