Labor Groups Face Weekly Adcast Challenge to Truth
The piece attacks A F of L and CIO spokesmen, urging National Broadcasting Co to allow equal time for workers to expose corruption and misrule. It argues unions are dangerous foes and demands patriotic, well charactered speakers to counter alleged grafters and demagogues. The language likens critics to Hitlers and warns of attacks on private virtue.
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A. F
National Broadcasting County
Pelican
Labor
Atice
Sugar registration drive across Twin Cities schools
Public notices announce a government sugar distribution drive May 4 to 7 from 7 am to 7 pm at Twin Cities gram mar schools. Head of household must register at their nearest school by family name letter groupings and provide full name address and identifying details for every family member.
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Twin Cities
Mills says current appropriation funds Ruston air facility
Rep Mills of Louisiana announced that a current appropriation bill includes 1 036 000 for a Civil Aeronautics Authority Class 4 air field at La. to serve as an auxiliary to Monroe air training field and Barksdale field. It would feature a 5 000 foot runway capable of handling heavy bombers with no further details released.
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Washington
Mills
Louisiana
Civil Aeronutics Authority
Monroe
Reund Barksdale
Shreveort
Padlock Put Upon Prices As Of March
Washington April 2. A government padlock forged in March will be placed May 18 on the price of nearly every article on the daily shopping list and rents in war boom towns will be frozen. Prices will be held to March peaks and ceilings apply to tobacco meat canned goods clothing and household drugs. Housewives may see 6 to 75 percent of the ceiling in retail stores May 18 with retail prices limited thereafter.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Louisiana Defense Rental Areas Set Price Ceilings
New Orleans April 29 Almost half of Louisiana’s 2 400 000 population is in seven defense rental zones with rents stabilized under a wartime price ceiling as of March 1 1942 except two areas Alexandria and Minden set earlier In Louisiana 1 140 519 people live in these areas Leon Henderson administrator of price administration calls rent control essential to the war effort urging landlords and tenants to cooperate to support the home front and the overall price ceiling program.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Alexandria Loewile
Minden
Leon Henderson
Price Administration
Franklinton Marines Cited for Courage in Ship Sinking
Washington April 2 4 General Thomas Holcomb commands three Marines for bravery during a merchant ship sinking en route to England. Corporal Herman W Trail Twila Ky, Taylor G Collom Silverton Miss, Shelby O Jones Franklinton La aided a nurse and helped rescue four nurses after Collom was injured and a nurse remained in the water near an oil tanker.
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Washington
Thomas Holcomb
England
Herman W Trail
Twila
Taylor G. Collom
Silverena
Mias
Shelby O. Jones
Franklinton
Collom
Helen Collom
Summerland
Mies
Jones
Henry Jones
Regains Senses After 105 Days Adrift
LOS ANGELES April 20 Mrs Lily Fern Thompson 22 year old survivor of 105 days on a sloop lifeboat in the Pacific has mostly recovered to recall incidents of the fatal voyage Atttorney Robert A Neeb Jr expects to show her the Wing On log this weekend The boat disintegrated after she was removed from it by a Fiji Islands missionary on November 24 1940 She was brought home March 24 1941 after months of hospitalization and a psychiatric regimen She recalls the deaths of her husband and Dave and Eve Conly the other couple who set out August 12 1940 from Oakland Calif The Conlys died at sea and Mrs Thompson remains with her two children Tommy and Jackie in her parents home The log and a physician advised gradual recall helped her remember but she was not shown newspaper clippings or letters until ready
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Los Angeles
Lily Fern Thompson
Pacific
Robert A. Neeb, Jr
Fiji Islands
Thompson
Dave
Eve Conly
South Seas
Patty
Hewali
Samos
Conlys
Oakland
Calif
San Pedro
Mra
Conly
Fiji
W. G. Ferris
Bucabey
Varua Lavu
Newb
Tommy
Jackie
Mrs. Thompson
Clint Thompson
Two added to heroes roll in Pacific combat
President Roosevelt singled out Captain Hewitt T. Wireless and Lieutenant Commander Corydon Wassell for recognition. Wireless, a bomber pilot from Menard Texas, fought Japanese fighters to strike six transports before engine trouble. Wassell, from Little Rock Arkansas, helped evacuate 12 wounded sailors from Java to Australia during the same mission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Java
Australia
Hewitt T. Wireless
Menard
Tex
Corydon McAlmont Wassell
Little Rock
Ark
Women to Aid in Enforcing Price Ceilings in Fort Worth
Fort Worth April 29 The Office of Price Administration appeals to women to enforce new price ceilings while guarding quality quantity and service. Dan A West director warns watching prices alone is insufficient and urges verification of March 1942 prices by checking lists or old newspapers to ensure bread weight and quality match.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Office of Price Administration
Dan A. West
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Roosevelt Warns Allies Fight Any Axis Move On Vichy Bases
Roosevelt declares united nations will resist any axis use of Vichy territory for bases with a tough, long war program. He vows mobilization of all resources, price controls, and a rapid buildup to reach a 73 billion dollar yearly rate by 1942, while detailing global American war efforts from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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Washington
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
United Nations
Near East
Middle East
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Germany
Italy
Japan
America
North
South Atlantic
Arctic
South Pacific
South America
Greenland
Iceland
British Isles
Far East
Australia
Pacific
Europe
Orient
New Zealand
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Guarantee Of Police Juries Funds Planned
Baton Rouge officials outline a plan to ensure parish police juries receive stable gas tax shares. A 1 percent occupational license tax on wholesalers would raise about 9 million annually, directing funds to preserve police juries’ payments even if state gas tax income dips.
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Baton Rouge
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Price ceilings ease will keep living costs steady for now
Washington reports blanket price controls will keep most groceries and daily goods near last month’s levels until May 18, with many items likely to ease toward March prices. Food, clothing, tobacco and household items remain capped, while eggs vegetables flour chicken fish and dried prunes are not covered due to seasonality and competition.
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Washington
Mr. America
R. A. F. Attacks Kiel Trondheim Amid Axis Offensive Claims
Istanbul dispatch notes Axis plans to field about 280 divisions and up to five million men against Russia once Hitler’s new offensive starts. British raids hit Kiel and Trondheim, with civilian casualties and fires reported. Germany cites destruction of cultural monuments. Soviet front reports a four mile advance in four sectors.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bucharest
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Rumania
Hungary
Italy
Associated Press
Germany
Kiel
Laft
Trondheim
Norway
High Command
Russia
Attorneys Gather for Louisiana Bar Association Convention
The Louisiana State Bar Association opens a two day convention in Monroe with broad legal representation. Key talks include the Work of Louisiana State Law Institute on the Proposed New Criminal Code by Charles Payne Fenner Jr and The Work of a Judge by S A LeBlanc. Events include an invocation by Rev E D Holloway, welcomes by Mayor Benoit and M C Thompson, and a luncheon address by Dean Paul Brosman.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Louisiana State Law Institute
Charles Payne Fenner, Jr
New Orleans
S. A. LeBlanc
Napoleonville
Court of Appeals
First Circuit
E D. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
H. H. Benoit
Monroe
M. C. Thompson
Fourth Judicial District
Hollingsworth B. Barret
Shreveport
Daniel Debaillon
Lafayette
Hotel
Virginia
Paul Brosman
College of Law
Tulane University
Roosevelt's talk disappoints Jap readers in Washington
April 29 report notes Roosevelt’s brief remarks on Tokyo bombings failed to calm Japanese listeners. The president said it is reported Japan has bombs dropped on Tokyo and other war centers, marking a historic indignity if true.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Japan
Auto Essential To Life In U S Says Kreml
Chicago April 2. America cannot function without the automobile according to Lt. Frank M. Kreml a leading traffic authority He noted a 25 year motor economy and warned it could take a decade or generation to shift away from cars He cited a bomber plant needing 2000 buses to move workers and estimated 90 000 000 Americans rely on motor vehicles for essential travel
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Chicago
America
Frank M. Kreml
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Kreml
Evanston
International Association of Chiefs of Police
U.S
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Bamber
Krem
Chamber
Doctors' Position Periled Says Louisiana Physician Leader
Dr. Paul King Rand, retiring president of the Louisiana State Medical Society, warned at a New Orleans convention that physicians are gradually losing autonomy as non medical professionals fill medical fields, govern hospital boards, and direct public health in Louisiana while medical defense after Pearl Harbor drew criticism of social worker supervision.
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New Orleans
Paul King Rand
Alexandria
Louisiana State Medical Society
Rand
Louisiana
Pearl Harbor
Petain to Address French Workers on May Day
Paris radio reported Marshal Petain will speak to the workers of France on May Day, Friday. The broadcast was carried from London and confirms the government leader's upcoming address during the Labour Day observance.
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London
Paris
Marshal Petain
Workers of
France
Crowell Texas Destroyed By Tornado And Fire
A tornado followed by a massive blaze wiped Crowell Texas off the map last night. Seven residents died and hundreds injured as hospitals filled and communications failed. Red Cross says about 1 000 need aid with two relief stations treating more than 80 each. DEputy Sheriff Loper says no building undamaged and rescue efforts continue after six bodies recovered.
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Vernon
Tex
West
Texas
Crowell
George Self
Red Cross
Quanah
Chillicothe
Jerry Loper
Chinese Relief Drive Started in Ouachita Parish
A campaign to raise 3000 for United Chinese Relief began in Cruachita parish after a Wednesday meeting at the Virginia hotel. BR Wisenbaker, chairman, predicted a three day canvass with cards bearing donor names. The national goal is seven million, local quota three thousand as Chinese resistance against Japan aids U S defense in the south Pacific.
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Cruachita Parish
United Chinese Relief
Twin Cities
BR. Wisenbaker
Ouachita Parish
Virginia Hotel
Wisenbaker
United States
South Pacific
Louisiana May war bonds quota set at $4 843 500
Washington April 2 The treasury announced May war savings bonds quotas totaling 4 843 500 for Louisiana and set national county par ish quotas toward 600 million in May sales The largest quota 95 493 000 went to New York City. Smallest 100 each in Armstrong County South Dakota and Daggett County Utah. Northeast Louisiana parishes Caldwell 6 900 Catahoula 5 200 Claireborne 30 500 Concordia 9 600 East Carroll 10 200 Franklin 33 700 Jackson 748 Lincoln 40 700 Madison 15 500 Morehouse 15 406 Richland 8 190 Tensas Union 11 600 West Carroll 5 400 Winn 5 100.
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The
Treasury
War Savings
Louisiana
United States
New York City
Armstrong County
South Dakota
Daggett County
Utesh
Caldwell
Catahoula
Claireborne
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas, Union
West Carroll
An Winn
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