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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
3
Aug 31 dispatch notes Wendell Willkie may align with either party and keeps rivals guessing. Friends expect him to back the GOP or shift to Democrats as he engages Roosevelt and Gov. Dewey in postwar policy signals while shaping postwar peace goals.
The article notes Willkie withholding endorsement to gauge others on core issues at his Broad Street law office. It highlights his past 1940 voter pull for president, moves toward liberal foreign policy with Dewey, and debates over four power alliances and small nations’ voice, amid Willkie’s evolving role.
The article describes Willkie’s reluctance to conference with Roosevelt or Dulles, noting invitations from Roosevelt for private foreign policy talks that would be off the record. Willkie would not consider a post election role and insists he has not decided whom to support.
Pfc. John L. Segars of West Monroe was killed in action August 1 in France, according to a War Department notice to his mother Mrs. Della Deckham. He was 19, an Ouachita Parish High School alumnus, and survived by his mother three sisters and two brothers.
The Ouachita Parish High School band will hold its first meeting of the new year in the band room Friday at 7 p m. All members are urged to attend. Assistant Principal Walter Minniear also asks unregistered students planning to attend this fall to register at the high school during weekday office hours 8 a m to 5 p m and Saturday 8 a m to noon.
War Department lists 1,257 U S soldiers wounded in action in Europe and Asia. Included is Pvt Willard R Lewis of Calhoun, listed with mother Oma Lewis of Route 1 Box 140.
A New York jewelry shop on Fifth Avenue, famed for its luxury items, features in-store a finely tooled fire control mechanism in its display window attracting attention from passersby and collectors.
Distribution of 10 435 copies completed August 30 per J W Warren district manager of Southern Bell. The directory, bound with a stay cover, will be mailed this week. Subscribers are urged to use it to avoid tying up war busy equipment and to return old directories with waste paper when possible. If not received, notify the telephone business office for prompt delivery.
The text notes a firm manufactures products for Army Ordnance, highlighting industrial ties to defense work and production outputs for military use.
Richard Bryant a Black youth about 11 or 18 years old and 6 feet tall weighing 145 pounds escaped from the parish road camp around 7 p m Wednesday. He was last seen wearing gray and white striped rats.
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