Fair Enough Fair Enough Exposes Union Despotism
Westbrook Pegler cites Phil Murray and Alan Haywood at the Boston C I O convention to accuse John L Lewis of organized despotism and a Hitler like apparatus in the United Mine Workers. He notes Murray praised Lewis in previous clashes while condemning current power plays led by Lewis and Quill within the union network.
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United States
New Deal Party
Phil Murray
Boston
Murray
John L. Lewis
Hitler
Europe
United Mine Workers
Lewis
C. U
Alan Haywood
John Lewis
Mike Quill
New York Transport Workers’ Union
Retail food dealers warn of closures without price relief
Fred A. Baughan, head of the Retail Food Dealers of California, told a joint committee that impractical price limits could force grocers out of business and push the government to feed people via food dispensing stations. He cited March 15 ceiling lists still stored in garages and losses from frozen prices below replacement costs.
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Washington
Fred A. Baughan
California
Baughan
Joint Committee
Ment
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
British naval guns sink four enemy merchants and two destroyers
London reports British forces struck at a Tunisian convoy bound for Axis reinforcements. In a midnight battle, four enemy ships and two escort destroyers were sunk or left burning wrecks while the destroyer Quentin was later sunk en route to base. Italians claim losses but confirm none. German and Italian reports vary.
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London
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Admiralty
Quentin
Berlin
Mediterranean
al- Revian
Brown Given One Year For Evading Draft In 1942
Raymond Allen Brown of Castor Louisiana was sentenced by Federal Judge Ben C. Dawkins to one year in federal custody for failing to report for induction. Brown, 22, was found guilty after refusing to serve, despite prior conscientious objector filings and an appeals board decision placing him in 1-A. He told agents I am not going to report for induction.
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Shreveport
Raymond Allen Brown
Castor
Ben C. Dawkins
Selective Service
Dawkins
Brown
Selective Service Board of Appeals
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Board (of Appeals
Lieut Ball Killed in Action in Western Europe
Alto residents learn their son Lieut J A Ball Jr a navigator in the US Army Air Corps was killed in action in western Europe on November 23. A Mangham High School and LSU graduate he trained at Maxwell Field and Mather Field earning his wings. He is survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters all named in the notice.
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Alto
J. A. Ball
J. A. Ball, Jr
Europe
United States Army Air Corps
Washington
War Department
Ball
Mangham High School
Louisiana State University
Maxwell Field
Ala
Matherfield
California
United States Air Corps
Walla Walla
Wash
J. E. Ball
Medical Corps
United States Army
W. E. Ball
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Gwendolyn Ball
Tech
Ruston
Benedict Named Assistant to Fontenot in Liquor Permit Drive
Barton Benedict of New Orleans was named assistant to Rufus W. Fontenot state revenue collector. He will handle all liquor permit applications and lead a statewide campaign to shut down unclean establishments and restrict permits to law abiding operators. Fontenot said he will use full authority to protect legitimate business and the public from vice conditions.
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New Orleans
Barton Benedict
Rufus W. Fontenot
Fontenot
Benedict
Allies repel Japanese reinforcements on Guadalcanal and New Guinea coast
Marine patrols on Guadalcanal killed 55 Japanese and seized arms in the Solomon Islands. In New Guinea, MacArthur’s air forces repelled Japanese attempts to land reinforcements, sinking fighters and forcing four destroyers to withdraw amid night battles near Buna and Gona.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Navy
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Buna
Gona
New Britain
Bomber Crashes Near Baton Rouge In Night Flight
Harding Field said a bomber on a night tactical mission crashed about 25 miles northeast of Baton Rouge shortly after midnight. One or two crewmen were aboard and may have parachuted to safety. a Baton Rouge bakery worker heard the engines sputter before the fall, with the wreckage in a wooded area near Livingston.
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Baton Rouge
Harding Field Army Base
Here
R. D. Hays
Baton Rage
Livingston
Livingston Parish
Harding Field
Army
Hays
Navy Orders Fleet Personnel to Report to Ships at Once
A radio broadcast in the San Francisco area ordered all fleet personnel to report to their ships immediately. Navy spokesmen said the broadcast was authorized but did not disclose the reason for the order.
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San Francisco
Navy
U S Granted Base Rights in Liberia During War
Liberia has granted air base rights to the United States for the war duration. The agreement, signed in Monrovia March 31 by Liberia’s secretary of state and Lt Col Harry A McBride, allows U S to build operate defend all ports and assist in defense nationwide.
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Washington
Liberia
Africa
United States
State Department
Monrovia
Harry A. McBride
Roosevelt
One Man Blitz Missing Four Days
Army fliers search the Gulf of Mexico coast for Boyd D. Wagner missing four days on a routine flight. Wagner, WWII ace and lieutenant colonel, took off from Florida toward Maxwell Field Alabama and has not reported in. He previously commanded a P-40 squadron in the Philippines and is credited with up to 30 enemy planes destroyed.
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Washington
Army
Gulf of Mexico
Boyd D
Buzz) Wagner
Wagner
Florida
Maxwell Field
Ala
War Department
Philippines
Allied Drive Into Medjez El Bab Faces German Resistance
Allied officers report captured German papers show many Tunisia reinforcements came from supply troops and pioneer units. British first army and U S forces push toward Tunis near Tebourba, while German tanks counter at the town. The Medjerda bridge was blown to slow the advance but repaired by engineers overnight.
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Medjez-El-Bab
Tunisian
Tunisia
Pioneer Corps
Hannibal
Tunis
First Army
Tebourba
Bizerte
Medjez- El-Bab
Oued Medjerda
Good Fellows Gratefully Receive More Donations
The piece notes generous year end gifts to Good Fellows including 137.00 acknowledged, donations from Slagle Johnson Lumber Co and others, and a moving appeal from families needing help for Christmas. It emphasizes continuing efforts to provide happy homes, with letters from supporters and a hint of continued fund drives.
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Good Fellows
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co
David K. Masur
Mary Jo
Tommie
E. C. Fudickar
Grimaony
Jesse George
Powitia
Osesstecace
Community Chest
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company
Russians Tighten Noose on Besiegers Near Moscow and Stalingrad
Russian ski troops push Nazis back on blizzard laden fronts west of Moscow while the Red Army closes the trap on besiegers around Stalin grad. Communiques report storming a strategic height northwest of Stalingrad and a recaptured height southwest, tightening lines toward the German corridor as reinforcements rush to key salients.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Don
Volga
Red
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Southern Democrats urged to form own party with Midwest
Governor Sam Jones urged southern Democrats to break from the national Democratic Party and ally with the Midwest to form a separate party. He faulted Washington for war contract allocations and transport bottlenecks along the Atlantic coast, urging regional unity. Lachlan MacLeay supported the critique at a Mississippi Valley association meeting.
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New Orleans
South
National Democratic Party
Sam Jones
Midwest
Democratic Party
Mississippi Valley Association
Jones
National Party
Republican Party
Lachlan MacLeay
Association
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
United States
Bus Passengers Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Mississippi
In Starkville Mississippi on December 3 a bus arriving with 29 passengers and the driver suffered carbon monoxide gas poisoning. Two women and the driver were hospitalized in serious condition but expected to recover in a few days. The gas likely entered from a mechanical defect, according to bus company officials.
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Starkville
Miss
M. H. Hyden
William H. Hiesler
Atlanta
G. W. Black
Ackerman
Poisonous gas blamed for Boston deaths after club fire
Medical examiners link toxic fumes from Cocoa Nut Grove night club blaze to the high death toll of 490. Authorities test club decorations and bodies for clues while state investigators prepare inquest evidence for possible criminal action.
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Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Timothy Leary
Suffolk County
William H. Watters
Watters
House Passes Parity Redefinition Bill
The House, by unanimous consent, approved a bill redefining agricultural parity to include all farm labor costs. President Roosevelt opposed the move during anti inflation debates. A government estimate earlier suggested living costs could rise by up to 5.5 billion dollars annually. The measure, authored by Representative Pace of Georgia, now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Pace
Georgia
Senate
Death penalty for looting in Italy reports German radio
German radio reported that Italy has invoked the death penalty for looting in bombed areas and for blackout thefts. The broadcast also said the punishment will apply to rape blackmail and kidnapping.
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London
Italy
Navy reports 5 transports sunk in North Africa drive
The Navy Department announced five U S transports were lost during the North Africa operation near Casablanca Rabat and Algiers. Ships sunk included the Tasker H Bliss Hugh L Scott Edward Rutledge Joseph Hewes and Leedstown with three other transports a destroyer and a tanker damaged. Next of kin are being notified by telegram.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
North Africa
Navy
Tasker H. Bliss
Hugh L. Scott
Edward Rutledge
Casablanca
Joseph Hewes
Rabat
Leedstown
Algiers
Africa
Hugh la Scott
North Africas
President Cleveland
Baltimore
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drye
Gilbert 49, Wisner resident, dies after illness
William Edward Gilbert 49 a prominent Franklin parish resident died at his Wisner home after months of illness. The Franklin State Bank director and Louisiana Power and Light Company officer was honored in a service at his residence with burial at Oakley cemetery. He leaves a wife, a daughter Ozie Baker of Baton Rouge, and a brother H W Gilbert of Wisner.
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Red” Foster
R. M. Ward
D. W. Sherrouse
Franklin State Bank of
Winnsboro
The
Louisieana Power and Light Company
H. M. Alexander
Natchez
C. B. Sherrouse
Gilbert
Henry Jones
Wisener
C. W. Wallace
Monroe
Louisiana State University
T. B. Gilbert Company
Franklin State Bank
Louisiana Power and Light Company
State Highway Commission
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Tee
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Lone Raider
Thomas B. Klakring
Klakring
Pearl Harbor
W. E. Gilbert
Wisner
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