Executions of Cullen and Shonbrun at Sing Sing
In Ossining New York on April uP two convicted killers John Cullen and Eli Shonbrun were executed by electric chair for the strangulation murder of Mrs. Susan Reich in a New York City hotel. Shonbrun spoke of innocence and read a final letter from Madeline Webb. Cullen professed innocence and addressed Governor Dewey before death.
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N.Y
Bi Shonbrun
Equare Arms
Singmars Electric
Brunette Tne Webb
Crame
John Cullen
Madeline
Stillwater
Okie
Susan Flora Reich
Newark City
Webb
New
Cullen
Dewey
Thomas & Dewey
New York State
Bernard Martin
Medeline
Shenbrus
Robert J. Kirby
Heroes Named In Plane Crash At New Orleans
The crash near Pearl Harbor killed 21 aboard while six were injured. Pilot Wyatt H. Alex and Sgt Ed H. Smith, both praised for rescuing others, aided evacuation after wheels up landing. The craft carried 21 passengers. the plane was ferrying for a Lovefield group. Earl Long seeks signer of a country letter listing backers, as his gubernatorial campaign opens in Pere Marquette building.
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Las
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Om m
Irport
Pearl
Smith
Wacoith
Lovefield
Army Flying School
New Orleans
Earl Long
Long
Pere Marquette
Russians Face Major Summer Land Campaign Likely Decisive
Izvestia signaled a pivotal summer campaign may decide the war as air battles intensify along the front. It recalled the winter drive that reclaimed 480000 sq km, while German reports claim strong Soviet attacks in the Kuban region were repulsed with heavy tank and artillery support.
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Moscow
Russia
Izvestia
Levestia
Caucasus
Transocean
Berlin
Kuben
Sunser
Kuban
Black Sea
General Sales Tax Proposed by Senator George
New York April 3 Senator Walter F George Democrat Georgia chair of the Senate finance committee proposes a general sales tax if war revenue needs exceed current laws. He spoke at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States annual dinner, urging postwar government economic responsibility and a pay as you go plan for individuals while warning private enterprise will face more pressure after the war.
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New York
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
George
Senate
Negro indicted in Parsley death at carnival slaying
A special grand jury returned a true bill charging Willie Wright, 22, a negro, with murder for the death of Tom Parsley at a local carnival last Saturday. His trial is set for the spring term opening next Monday at district court.
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Willie Wright
Tom Parsley
District Court
Consul General Recalled From Martinique Amid Vichy Rift
The United States recalled its consul general from Martinique and abrogated all agreements with Admiral Georges Robert the French high commissioner in the Caribbean. Hull stated the envoy is a tool of the Hitler regime and the US will not recognize Vichy or negotiate with French Antilles officials allied to it. The note declares metropolitan France is used for hostilities against the United States and dismisses past discussions as binding.
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Washington
United States
Martinique
Georges Robert
Caribbean
Hull
Robert
France
Antilles
French Antilles
Stilwell and Chennault plan Washington visit amid Tunisia campaign
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell and Major General Claire L. Chennault prepare for a Washington visit after being recalled by the War Department. The trip follows the Tunisia battle context with high level talks expected with Secretary Stimson, General Marshall, and possibly President Roosevelt regarding war strategy and Tokyo air operations. Stilwell leads all American forces in the China India Burma theater and serves as chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek while Chennault commands the American air forces in China. The Tunisia campaign nears conclusion, potentially shaping future Allied operations in the Mediterranean and beyond.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Tunisia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Stilwell
Chennault
China- India-Burma
Generalissims
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ith
China
Replacement plans urged for childless cotton workers in 1940s solution
Atlanta reports that Herman Cane of Greensboro urged cotton manufacturers to replace single and childless workers ages 18 to 38 with a formal replacement schedule filed with state selective service officials and approved by the War Manpower Commission. He warned turnover in cotton mills was rising, citing nearly 100 percent annual turnover in 1942 versus 16 percent in 1959, and noted cotton consumption figures for 1942, 1949, and 1999.
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Atlanta
Herman Cane
Greensboro
N. C
American Cotton Manufacturers’association
State Selective Service Board
War Manpower Commission
Cone
Big Decision Before Lewis
Walkouts in the soft coal mines pressed toward a broad industry tie up as John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers rejected the War Labor Board settlement, urging renewed collective bargaining. Miners quit in droves ahead of the contract expiry and Roosevelt's Friday deadline, with 40,000 striking in Pennsylvania and similar actions in West Virginia and Ohio as miners await Lewis's cue.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
America
WLB
New York
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mountaineer
White House
Ohio
Sofl
Social Welfare to Close Meet in Monroe
The Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare held its 27th annual state meeting in Monroe at Hotel Frances with delegates present. Judge Frank Voelker presided. the final session planned 1944 officer elections and board appointments plus reports, awards, city vote on next convention, and constitutional amendments.
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Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare
Monroe
Hotel Frances
Frank Voelker
Lake Providence
Nomination of Allred Draws Louisiana Bar Fire
Ledoux Provosty of Alexandria blasted President Roosevelt for not naming a Louisiana candidate to the Fifth Circuit and denounced the Allred nomination as political payback. He urged an independent judiciary and warned that robes are handed out as rewards to those repudiated by their constituents.
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Baton Rouge
Ledoux R. Provosty
Alexandria
Louisiana State Bar Association
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Fifth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Provosty
James V. Allred
Senate
Allred
Rufus Foster
Texas
Lee O Daniel Provosty
Bar Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
The
Martial law as weapon in coal strike debated
Washington April 30. Roosevelt’s options in the coal dispute range from moral suasion to martial law, an extreme officials deem unlikely. Martial law could suspend civil government, impose curfews and restricted areas, but could not force miners back to work. Soldiers might be sent to prevent picket lines, a tactic used in past strikes. The piece notes similar actions by Cleveland in 1894 and Wilson in 1918, with Roosevelt having intervened in war plant disputes. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
U S Airmen Freed in Turkey After Forced Landings
Sixteen United States airmen and six British fliers interned in Turkey after forced landings left Ankara for Cairo. They were freed under an agreement between the Turkish government and belligerents. Some Americans had been in Turkey since June 12, 1942, from the first all American raid over Europe targeting Romanian oil fields.
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Ankara
Turkey
United States
Cairo
Europe
Guadalcanal Patrol Wiped Out. Japan Hints at Australia Offensive
American forces on Guadalcanal eliminated a nine-man Japanese patrol near Beaufort Bay on April 28. The Navy offered no explanation for the unit's purpose, whether final stragglers or a remaining military party. Japan claimed strategic bases in the southwest Pacific, signaling potential new operations toward Australia.
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Atancieted Preas
Australia
British Commonwealth
Japan
Pacific
Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomon Island
Beaufort Bay
Elcc
Solomons
South Pacific
Beaufort
Two High Officers Die In Air Mishaps In England
Two high officers lost their lives in air accidents over southwest England. Major General H. L. N. Salmon, 48, of Winnipeg and commander of a Canadian division in England since last September, is the first Canadian general to die overseas. Lieutenant Colonel C. F. J. Finlay, 28, of Niagara Falls Ontario, on the staff, also died. No details of the incident were released.
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England
H. L. N Salmon
C.F. J. Finlay
Niagara Falls
Ont
Salmon
Winnipeg
Finlay
Rapides Exceeds Goal in Parish Bond Drive
Alexandria April 30 Rapides Parish bond drive exceeds its eight million dollar destroyer for Rapides goal as bonds continue to come in fast James C Bolton parish bond chairman said the original quota was two million two hundred forty five thousand
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Rapides
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
James C. Bolton
Changes in Meat Ration Values Altered. New Point Schedule
The CPA revised meat ration values effective Sunday, shifting demand away from round steak and center pork chops toward spare ribs brains tongues and pig knuckles. Round steak and center chops rose to 9 points per pound while pork spare ribs fell to 3. Loin pork roasts and beef flank also rose to 9. Liver unchanged at beef 6 veal 8. An oddity: round steak costs more in coupons than porterhouse despite cash price.
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Washington
CPA
Americans Raid Amboina Island and Surrounding Areas
Allied forces report raids by Liberators on Amboina island targeting the seaplane base at Halong and the waterfront at Ambonoba, with several Zeros shot down. Dutch Timor and nearby Kai and Tanimbar islands also see air actions including fires started at Koepang and Kouweer.
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Halong
Amboina
Amboma
Amboina Island
Australia
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Kouweer
Kai Islands
Tanimbar
New Guinea
Madang
Saidor
Finschhafen
Americans Advance on Tunisian Front Amid Nazi Counterattacks
Allied forces push through northern Tunisian mountains toward Tunis and Bizerte as US and French detachments reach within four air line miles of Bizerte. Battleground reports show advances north of Sidi N Sir, heavy mine fields, and repeated German counterattacks repelled along multiple sectors near Medjez El Bab and Lake Achkel as Montgomery's eighth army scores a local objective.
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North Africa
K. A. N. Anderson
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis Plain
United States Army
Tunis
Bizerte
United States
Lake
Lake Achkel
Lake Bizerte
Mediterranean
Sidi N’sir
Djebel Annetra
Jenna
Mateur
Sidi N'Sir
Djebel Tahent
Jund
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Medjerda River
Germans Intern Dutch War Veterans Warned
German occupation authorities ordered the internment of about 400 000 Dutch Army veterans to halt anti-German activity. Officers and men, released earlier by Hitler’s orders after capitulation in May 1940, must report for return to war prisoner camps as broadcast by Berlin.
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London
Netherelands
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Friedrich Christiansen
Helland
Germany
Netherlands
Fuehrer
Two Liberty Ships Will Be Launched In Louisiana
Delta Shipbuilding in New Orleans will launch its 3rd and 54th Liberty ships today and tomorrow. The F. T. Frelinghuysen, sponsored by Mrs. William E. Flaherty, will slide down the ways at 3 PM today. The S. 8. Charles Henderson, sponsored by Mrs. Wilmer Hayward, will be launched at noon tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Delta Shipbuilding Company, Inc
F. T. Frelinghuysen
William E. Flaherty
Charles Henderson
Wilmer Hayward
Louisiana Shipyards
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