Defense spending soars in first five months of fiscal year
The defense outlay for the first five months since July 1 reached 1.24 billion, with November spending at 365.2 million. Total treasury outlays hit 3.96 billion while revenues stood at 2.18 billion, creating a 1.90 billion deficit and driving the debt to a record 27.4 billion. Congress debates defense oversight and tax measures as the national rearmament drive continues.
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Washington
Iis
War and Navy Department
Treasury
Signa
Congress
Roosevelt
Byrd
Virginia
National Defense Injury Committee
Defense Pro
National Defense Council
Impor
Tragic Madrid Barcelona Express Crash Claims 53
Fifty three bodies removed from the Velilla de Ebro wreckage after an early morning collision between two express trains bound for Barcelona and Madrid. Cold weather, splintered cars, and a failed switch contributed to the disaster as rescue workers labored through the day.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Velilla de Ebro
Cerbere
Calcasieu Parish declares cash death a rail accident
Calcasieu parish authorities closed the investigation into the death of Asa Marion Cash a 43 year old man from West Monroe marking the death as an accident. His body was found near a railroad track last week relatives had asked to reopen the case citing a missing automobile and a stranger Cash left in Shreveport.
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Calcasieu Parish
Asa Marion Cash
West Monroe
Lake Charles
Cash
Shreveport
Monroe creates civil service panel for police and fire
The Monroe Commission adopts an ordinance to form a civil service commission to run city police and fire affairs under Act 253. Members include Henry Haas Hughie Dieterich R G May and J C Iley with six year terms. The panel will ensure merit based appointments and promotions through annual qualification exams and maintain eligibility lists for all but chiefs.
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Monroe Commission
Civil Service Commission
Harvey H. Benoit
Henry Haas
Hughie
J. J. Dieterich
Police Department
R. G. May
Fire Department
J. C. Tley
Will. l
Council
Archduke Felix Claims Prussians Loot Vienna Palaces
Archduke Felix of Austria, the 2 year old son of Emperor Karl, charged that Prussians stripped Vienna palaces and museums of their contents and moved the stolen goods to Germany. He said democracies would win through revolutions in Nazi-occupied countries and noted Austria sending workers to Germany and Germans to Austria. He was en route to California.
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Portland
Ore
Archduke Felix
Austria
Vienna
Germany
Karl
Ruhr
California
Fort Benning Builds Realistic Weapons Training For Rookies
Fort Benning officers stress immediate live weapon training for new soldiers to reduce World War I casualties from inadequate drill. Recruits begin firing rifles and artillery soon after enlistment, with tank crews practicing under simulated fire and armor proving resilient. Veterans note the aim is to create capable leaders. 8,000 officers to receive prewar style training this year.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
Fort Benning
St Mihiel
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Fredendall
H. B. Fiske
France
Benning
Fort Sill
Cold snap chills central plains and raises frost risk
The United States Weather Bureau reports a cold air mass dropping temperatures across the plains and Midwest. Milwaukee set a December 3 record at eight below zero, while Minnesota residents endured 22 below in Wadena as forecasts predict continued frigid weather and frost in Louisiana interior regions tonight.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Chicago
Central
Plains States
Milwaukee
Wadena
Minn
American Pilots Fly U S Bombers to Britain in Regular Runs
Fort Lewis reported that forty American pilots are delivering U S bombers to England in regular high altitude crossings taking about ten hours. The Flying Hutchinsons claim seven Hudson bombers flew first last month, with crews including Americans Canadians and Britons.
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Baltimore
England
North
Atlantic
George R. Hutchinson
North America
Britain
British North America
Hutchinson
Population In South Shows Heavy Gains
The census bureau informs President Roosevelt that based on the 1940 count California gains three house seats and ten states gain or lose one seat. New York remains in front with 45 members. Pennsylvania and Illinois remain second and third despite losses. The apportionment will affect the 78th Congress starting January 3, 1943.
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Washington
South
Census Bureau
Roosevelt
California
House of Representatives
Mississippi Valley
United States
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinois
Election bill cost estimated at twenty million overrun
Senator Gillette Democrat Iowa chair of the senate campaign expenditures committee says the 1940 presidential election cost the American people at least twenty million dollars more than it should have. He adds the Hatch act sets a three million dollar annual limit on political committee spending.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Urges Settlers to Defy Ouster in Alaska Colony
An Alaska legislator urged Matanuska valley settlers to stay on their farms and prove they are citizen stake holders, as government officials threaten eviction over missed land purchase payments. The dispute centers on 29 installment contracts averaging about 200 dollars with 3 percent interest plus separate debts for furniture and livestock.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matanuska Colony
Almer J. Peterson
Matanuska Valley
Herbert Hansen
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Anchorage Times
Guillory Loses Bid to Halt Election in Louisiana
The Louisiana supreme court refused Judge Isom Guillory’s request for an injunction to stop the December 31 election to select his successor for the 25th judicial district in St. Landry Parish. The decision leaves the vote to proceed as scheduled.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Isom Guillory
25Th Judicial District
St. Landry Parish
Louisiana WPA to Inventory Church Records and History in State
New Orleans December 3 Special James H Crutcher state administrator says a WPA records project will inventory church registers in Monroe Ouachita parish and provide a key to vital data The effort aims to aid defense security social security and court matters by listing where archived data can be found and improving age determinations for veterans near military age.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
WPA
James H. Crutcher
Monroe
Ouachita
Crutcher
Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Police Jury reorganizes personnel
In an efficiency move the Ouachita Parish Police Jury restructured departments in executive session. Joe Ford becomes parish engineer succeeding W W Stevens. Mrs E H Hill remains treasurer while Frank Farmer is named jury clerk. Other changes include prison feeding contract switch from Archie Parker to Johnny Joseph, and staffing swaps at the prison camp.
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Ouachita Parish
Joe Ford
W. W. Stevens
E. H. Hill
Frank Farmer
Stevens
Ford
Farmer
George Pipes
Archie Parker
Johnny Joseph
B. C. Wilson
Ernest White
Ray Webb
L. L. Kinney
Rodessa Area Felt Tremor Likely Small Earthquake
Geologists in Rodessa Louisiana say the tremor affecting the oil town on Monday was a small earthquake tied to a fault line. They dismissed oil and gas removal as the cause, noting saltwater replacement and hydraulic pressure as factors. The quake shook the Rodessa school and rattled a cafe and a store, with a dull thud also reported.
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Shreveport
Rodessa
Caddo Parish
Good Fellows Drive Urgent Christmas Donations
Readers urged to support the Good Fellows Fund as donations total only 43.85 toward Christmas aid. The News-Star-World serves as collection agency while the Salvation Army and West Monroe Welfare Association handle distribution. letters describe hunger and poverty seeking food clothing and groceries for a needy Christmas.
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News-Star—World
Salvation Army
West Monroe
Ffurt
London Admiralty Reports 22 Ships Sunk In Week
The London Admiralty acknowledged 22 merchant ships totaling 87 975 tons sunk by enemy action in the week ending November 24. German losses included 15 ships and the 17 000 ton British auxiliary cruiser Caledonia. Allied R A F bombers attacked Naples Augusta Lorient and Feje Island while Bristol bore the main brunt of German air raids. Pope Pius XII urged a Christmas truce to spare civilian bloodshed.
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Britain
Mackay Radio
New York
Salvonia
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hitler
Caledonia
High Command
Victor Ross
London Admiralty
Naples
Augusta
Sicily
Lorient
London Air Ministry
Feje Island
London
Bristol
United States
Thomasie Body Found in Lake Borgne Near Shell Beach
The body of J. P. Thomasie 32 formerly of Monroe was found floating in Lake Borgne about five miles from Shell Beach after a duck hunting accident that left three people missing. Clifford Behenna’s body was recovered earlier while a negro helper remains missing. Funeral services planned in Monroe after relatives arrive.
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New Orleans
J. P. Thomasie
Monroe
Lake Borgne
Shell Beach
S. J. Daigle
Thomasie
Clifford Behenna
Navy joins Patten family as Bruce Patten enlists
In Portland Oregon, 17 year old Bruce Calvin Patten from Ridgefield Washington joined the navy. He becomes the seventh Patten brother in service with six already firemen aboard the U S 5 Nevada. Another Patten brother Wayne 16 may also enlist soon.
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Portland
Ore
Bruce Calvin Patten
Ridgefield
Wash
Navy
Patten
Bruce
U. S
Nevada
Wayne
Floyd Patten
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Twin Cities
United States Weather Bureau
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Matanuska
Guillory
David Heller
Good Fellows Fund
Allen Lewis Smith, Jr
Admiralty
Italy
Norway
Associated Press
Pope Pius XII
Angel Chorus of Peace
Borgne
Yeas Arts
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