Churchill May Expand Wartime Conscription and Manpower
Prime Minister Churchill outlined proposals to broaden conscription and mobilize more manpower in 1942 and 1943. The plan includes raising the compulsory service age to 50, registering 16 to 18 year olds for national service, and compelling unmarried women aged 20 to 30 to join uniformed forces. He warned of continued war strain and the need to staff new production and military capacity. Britain also plans to shift some men to noncombat roles to free younger troops.
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Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Russia
Home Guard
Hitler
United States
Convicts Cleared, Some Found Guilty in Seditious Conspiracy Case
The government indictments against 29 persons split as most acquitted on both counts while several others were convicted. Notably, Vincent R. Dunne and a varied roster of Socialist Workers party affiliates faced verdicts. Grant Dunne committed suicide before trial. Miles Dunne was acquitted. others including Harry De Boer and Felix Morrow were among the convicted.
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United States
Grant Dunne
Minneapolis
Miles Dunne
General Drivers Union 544
Vincent R. Dunne
Kelly Postal
Ray Organ
Ray Rainbolt
Harold Swanson
Goldman
W. R. Dunne
Harry de Boer
Carlos Hudson
Clarence Hamel
Emil C. Hansen
Jake Cooper
Edward Palmquist
Carl Skoglund
Socialist Workers Party
James P. Cannon
New York
Grace Carlson
Felix Morrow
New Militant
Oscar Coover
Alfred Russell
Oscar Schoenfeld
Max Geldman
Farrell Dobbs
Carl Kuglen
Clarks Band Boosters elect officers for coming year
The Clarks Band Boosters club elected officers at a meeting in Mrs. M. D. Ballard’s home with 12 members present. Officers named were Mrs. Katie Harris president, Mrs. E. M. Steeley vice president, Mrs N. A. Rees treasurer, and Mrs. W. L. McDermott secretary and reporter.
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Clarks Group
Clarks
Clarks Band Boosters
M. D. Ballard
Katie Harris
E. M. Steeley
N. A. Rees
W. L. McDermott
Cotton makes big comeback in 1941 demand rise
Rebound in cotton usage follows research and technical advances that offset export slump to 1.1 million bales. Prices soar with middling 15/16 at 16.39 on November 14, cutting government stocks and bolstering commodity credit loans while October construction in the sixth federal district triples previous year levels.
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Federal
Lacking Shoes and Warm Clothing Appeals to Good Fellows
A pair of letters from children request help with shoes sweaters and coats as they fear missing school due to cold and poverty. A 12 year old and a 10 year old describe harsh need while a younger sibling asks for clothing and a doll. They mention a father out of work and ask Good Fellows for aid.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Wish From a Cold Family Plea to Santa
A child pleads for help as the family faces poverty and cold. The letter requests a jacket size 30, a dress, food, pajamas and slippers for the sister, and asks Santa to visit to avoid a sad Christmas while noting the father owes rent and cannot buy gifts.
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Santa
Agreement in Rail Dispute 15 Announced
Debate opens on four proposals to curb strikes in defense industries. The House labor committee plan would create a national mediation board with a 60 day cooling-off period and possible government seizure of facilities. Other bills include compulsory arbitration and a defense union status freeze, with secret ballot approval before strikes.
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House Labor Committee
National Mediation Board
House
Naval Committee
Mediation Board
Smith
Virginia
Labor Committee
Virginian
Vinson
Georgia
Navy
Bert Coverdale in satisfactory condition at sanitarium
The Ouachita parish tax assessor Bert Coverdale is described as satisfactory by attending physicians while he receives treatment at St Francis Sanitarium after entering last Tuesday. England's Yeomen of the Guard traces back to 1485 under King Henry VI.
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Bert Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Coverdale
England
Yeomen of the Guard
Henry VI
Macbeth Freighter Believed Torpedoed in North Atlantic
Shipping circles believe the United States freighter Macbeth was torpedoed after going missing in the north Atlantic. The 4935 ton vessel, once the Ida Z. O, sailed under Panamanian flag and was operated by United States Lines carrying American supplies to England. It had been seized March 3% at Mobile, Alabama, with other enemy ships under protective custody to guard against sabotage. The ship left New York on September 20.
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New York
United States
Macbeth
North Atlantic
Ida Z. O
United States Lines
England
Mobile
Ala
Roosevelts Japanese diplomacy and Thai invasion analysis
Washington speculated that Tokyo would respond to Hulls peace formula as officials weighed Japan’s possible moves toward Thailand and the Pacific. Nomura and Kurusu conferred with Hull while strategists warned AB CD powers might confront a Thai invasion linked to broader aims in the south Pacific and Burma road access.
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Hull
State Department
Tokyo
Nomura
Kurusu
Far East
Japan
Thailand
America
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
United States
Indo-China
South Pacific
Burma Road
Philippines
Middle East
Eastern
Asia
White House
Navy
Roosevelt
Pacific
Revival At Assembly Of God Church
Rev. Guy Shields leads a revival at the Assembly of God in West Monroe Crosley and Cypress streets with capacity crowds and nightly altar responses. Sunday school attendance rose and a 300-goal for next Sunday was set. a youth conference led by Miss Margaret Miller drew many present. Shields appears twice daily this week at 10 a.m. and 7 15 p.m. A Thursday mass meeting for children at 4 p.m. includes a peanut scramble and invites all churches to attend.
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Assembly of God Church
Crosley
Cypress Streets
West Monroe
Guy Shields
Margaret Miller
Christ
Moscow Drive Costs Hitler 500000 Troops Clash
The article reports on the Russo German war with Soviet dispatches noting German setbacks near Moscow and Rostov, heavy fighting in the Donets basin, and Axis gains and losses across North Africa including Tobruk and Rezegh. It also covers Allied carrier losses, Italian and German advances, Vichy France moves, and Tokyo signaling moves in Southeast Asia.
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Winston Churchill
Hitler
Churchil
Rostov
Red Army
Stalinogorsk
Moscow
London
Ewald von Kleist
Mariupol
Pravda
Klin
Volokolamsk
Rome
Donets River
Voroshilovgrad
Ras‘ov
Rezegh
Mussilini
Aleo
Tobruk
Sydney
Steiermark
John Curtin
Cape Verde Islands
West Africa
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Saint Florentin
France
Jacques Benoist- Mechin
Washington
Tokyo
See Mercam van Poser
United States
America
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Thailand
Hongkong
Hainan Island
China Sea
Second of weekly forums on farm purchasing power
The second of a series of weekly radio forums on civic and economic issues in the Twin Cities will air on KMLB at 7 15 p m Thursday. The topic is How to Improve the Farm Purchasing Power of Northeast Louisiana. George D Holland secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the forums, announced Tuesday March 8. M Biedenharn will lead the discussion with D L Bornman Jr Mrs Jewel McQuiller A R Wisenbaker Neil McHenry T C Rowland Tom Hicks and G E Tyner also taking part.
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Twin Cities
KMLB
Louisiana
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Biedenharn
Holland
D. L. Bornman, Jr
Jewel McQuiller
A. R. Wisenbaker
Neil McHenry
T. C. Rowland
Tom Hicks
G. E. Tyner
Cotton futures rise as demand and Japan stance aid market
New Orleans on December 2 reports cotton futures gaining nearly one dollar per bale amid mill price fixing and a milder Japanese tone toward the U S. The market closed steady up 14 to 19 points with Dec at 16.32 bid and May around 16.70. Spot cotton closed 14 points higher with low middling at 14.98 and receipts 4,925. Stock totaled 531,136.
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New Orleans
Japan
United States
Cotton futures rise on optimistic Far East crisis news
In New York trading on December 2 to 4, optimism over the Far East crisis drew adds in mills, Wall Street, and New Orleans. Prices closed higher with Dec at 16.22, May 16.58, Oct 16.66, and gains of 50 to 85 cents per bale across futures. Open highs show modest advances across contracts and a nod to hedging from Houston and Memphis.
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New York
Mill
Wall Street
New Orleans
Houston
Memphis
Havana
Washington
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on December 2 prices for cottonseed oil closed steady with bids and quotes for various futures. Breachable prime summer yellow traded around 12.300 n, prime crude at 11.506, with December 12.56b, January 12.58b, March 12.61b, May 12.62b, and July 12.67b bids.
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New Orleans
Railway Peace Talks Spark First Stock Rally Since November
New York stock market rose after a nationwide railway strike was called off signifying peace terms between management and unions. Heavy tax selling tempered gains but transfers reached about 1,000,000 shares. Rail bonds led gains while cotton futures and grains showed mixed moves across the session.
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New York
Ations
Chicago
Poultry market report from Chicago trade summary
The report lists live poultry prices in Chicago for December with varied weights and breeds. Hens, leghorns, Plymouth Rock and White Rock prices shift across weights, including broilers, colored varieties, roosters, ducks, geese, and turkeys, with notes on up or down moves and dressed poultry unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Livestock market report from Chicago shows mixed trends
In Chicago on December 2, USDA reports salable hogs at 18 000 with totals near 20 000 as activity remains across the market. Prices mostly 5 to 10 lower with top trims around 10.05 and bulk 9.90 to 10.00. Cattle and calves total about 7 000 and 1 000 respectively with weighty steers firm to higher and top price 13.25 for 1 142 lbs. Yearlings and stock cattle are strong, heifers scarce, cows active, and vealers holding around 12.90.
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Chicago
USDA
Sheriff's Bale and Public Notice of Sale in Ouachita Parish
Legal notices include sheriff sale of property in Ouachita Parish tied to a fi fa from Ponthe District Court with December 13 1941 sale date and description of three parcels in Muhiend Park Addon plus improvements. Also includes annual meeting notice for The Queenite National Bank Monroe and a motors securitie vs We case with a 1936 Ford coach seized for sale.
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Louslers
Poorth Judicial Bistres
Onpeebil
Louisiane
Ieebore
Manret
Guacha
Loehelene
Seie
J L
Tw Moenree & Loan Areveistion
Guarehitea Paerian
Levisiana
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff
Mentor
la Nerv
Tel
Steel Dalgers
Queenite National Benchc
Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Losmviana
A Pawel
Sonaerin
Sheriff's Sale Motors Securitie, Co. Inc. Ve. We
Drer
Btule
Louisiana
Oiachita
Fourth District Court
Fourth Judicial District Court
Ouachita
Lowistans
Financial Market Highlights Across The Nation
New York reports steady bonds and rail loans while rails peace aids hold. Cotton rises as New Orleans buyers show demand. Sugar firm. U S offers 2.65 cents for 1942 Cuba. Chicago wheat steady to higher amid profit taking. Corn mixed on harvest weather. Hogs 5-15 lower top 10.05 with ample supplies. Cattle steers and yearlings up 15-25 as eastern buyers stay active.
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New York
Stoe
Wall Street
New Orleans
U. S
Chicago
Chicago grain market quiets after early soybean demand fades
In Chicago soybeans slid late in the session after an initial surge, while wheat finished mostly steady to mixed with gains of up to 8 cents. Corn and oats moved within narrow ranges, and soy complex showed closing weakness as traders cited technical selling.
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Chicago
Potatoes market report from Chicago with mixed bids
Chicago dated market round notes Idaho and U S Bliss Triumphs and Nebraska shipments with weakened demand, lower prices, and uneven futures. Reports list varieties and quality grades including U S No 1 and U S No J across Idaho Nebraska Minnesota and North Dakota with multiple price figures.
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Chicago
Artivala
Ofteck
Idaho
Nebraska Bliss Triumpha U
Butter And Egos In Chicago Trade Report
Butter receipts near 77 806 and steady. Carrot prices hold at 33 1-4 with other prices unchanged. Eggs receipts 7.7 percent easy, fresh graded, extra firsts at 35-2 to 38 1-2 cents. English doctors substitute potatoes for sugar in insulin shock treatment for shell shock war neuroses.
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Ghicago
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