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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
5
A local police department released a description and sketch of a suspect in a recent city burglary. Investigators seek more details from the public and urge anyone with information to contact the department.
In Artres France Aug 16 a mob shaves the hair from 30 women amid fear and anger over collaboration accusations. Some deplore the act calling for lawful trials while others view it as emotional punishment tied to wartime tensions and rumors about German soldiers. Jacqueline Frelat 24 freed after a month in German prison voices mixed feelings.
Baton Rouge Aug 24 G Chester Freeman War Food Administration urged housewives to use the abundant Louisiana pear crop especially in St. Tammany parish since no local processing plant is cann ing or preserving the fruit. He said pears suit canning marmalade pickling and home preserving.
Dr A L Peters chairman of the committee spoke on underprivileged children at the Monroe Wanians Club meeting in the Virginia Hotel. Dr Irving J Wolff described penicillin noting it has advantages but is not a universal cure. C C Col it received a seven years perfect attendance award from E Jack Selig. Guests included Captain Bell L T I Ed Hock dal H P Wills and Rev Jack Crawford.
At Red Hill Pennsylvania on August 24 a Congressional Medal of Honor winner Jon W. Knappenberger eased his nerves for a wartime wedding. He forgot the marriage license but quickly recovered and the ceremony finished in ten minutes with Ruth Eickhoff by his side. The couple planned a postwar honeymoon after he returns to service.
Bernice La Aug 24 Sgt Travis Goss. Jr and Mrs G W Goss report a new card from their son, a Japanese prisoner since Aug 1942. He says he is interned at Philippine military camp No 1, health excellent, or wounded, sends love to family and asks to hear from them.
War Analyst notes Romania’s surrender weakens Nazi hold on the Balkans and opens Danube access to the Allies. The move threatens Bulgaria and Hungary, cuts Hitler’s fuel lifeline from Ploesti, and boosts Allied morale while signaling potential shifts in Axis loyalty. Y’s Men meet for routine luncheon at Hotel Frances with no speaker.
Bray notes that hogs fed potatoes can stretch supplies if corn or other feed is added. Hogs may eat only one fourth to one third of a bushel of potatoes per day, allowing the potatoes to last longer.
Pfc. L. D. Ayers 19 Delhi, previously listed as missing in action in July, is reported killed in Italy on July 1 per War Department word received by his father Love Ayers. He trained at Camp Adair Ore earned good marksmanship medals and would have joined Central High School’s 1943 graduating class. Survived by his father and three sisters.
John G. Keller submits morning glory blossoms from the News-Star-World edition showing red white and blue streaks. The colorful display draws notice as nature appears aligned with patriotic color themes.
In city court Judge W M Harper fined Ike Johnson $200 with $100 suspended for drawing a dangerous weapon and disturbing the peace. Other defendants include Maggie Bell Carter $110 for fighting and vagrancy, Viny Tasby and Henrietta Hollam $100 each for vagrancy, True Miller Bigsby $12.50 for anti-vice and vagrancy, Robert Evans $50 for reckless driving, Percy Williams $50 with $25 suspended for drawing a dangerous weapon, Beulah Hill $50 for attacking with a dangerous weapon, Josephine Clark $37.50 for drawing a dangerous weapon, Tommy Johnson $25 for disturbing the peace and drunkenness, Ralph Bigsby $12.50 for fighting, Joseph L. Lewis $12.50 forfeited on anti-vice, Leon Judy A J Palmer and Arthur Matlock $7.50 bonds forfeited for drunkenness, Joe Odum $7.50 for drunkenness, and sixteen others fined $17.50 total for traffic violations. England rat population cited at about 40,000,000.
In Tallulah Louisiana Beverly Stone 18 son of John Stone and the late Mrs Lorraine Stone died from a bullet wound at his grandfather P H Harris’s home. The funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 6 pm with McKie Crotheres Funeral Home handling interment in Tallulah Cemetery. Stone recently returned from a short Navy service and worked at a local store before resigning. He leaves his father an aunt in California and his Tallulah grandfather. Pallbearers are Tallulah High School class members Warren Sevier Jimmie Moberly Riley Curtis John Tyner Joan Coffe Jerome K Post Jr and Billy Grace.
Philadelphia residents finally learn the source of five weeks of nocturnal rattle the culprit is barn owls. Dr. Robert W. Stabler of the University of Pennsylvania confirms the owls caused the strange sounds. Tenants seek quiet amid the ongoing racket.
The War Department informs William Lee Ewing of the death of his son Pfc. Clarence T. Ewing infantry in France on June 17 from wounds received in action three days earlier. Ewing entered service in 1942, trained at Camp Cleborne and Fort Bragg, served eight months overseas, with several brothers and a nephew also serving in the army overseas.
District game protector George Freas says owls are protected and cannot be shot. An amateur ornithologist adds that barn owls may migrate south within a month. The scene unfolds as the birds nest nearby while tenants rest.
Lt Duke Selig son of Mr and Mrs Duke Selig Sr Farmerville has a short furlough after serving with Air Group 10 in the southwest Pacific He earned a commendation for leading 2 800 sorties and aiding in the destruction of 98 enemy planes on 193 ground kills and 900 tons of bombs as part of Task Force 58 losses include 12 pilots and 7 air crewmen downed in action
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