Britain Studies Reconstruction And War Shipping Losses
London December 4 The government signaled possible use of labor conscription to rebuild Luftwaffe blasted industrial centers and pressed to curb shipping losses. Home Secretary Sir John Anderson called reconstruction vital and urgent, while Tory MP Ian Campbell Hannah urged U S aid to patrol Atlantic routes and fund war efforts. Attlee and Butler stressed sovereignty and U S cooperation as Britain eyes a path to victory.
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House of Commons
John Anderson
United States
Ian Campbell Hannah
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Atlantic
America
Hannah
The
House
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
R. A. Butler
Pacific
Hugh Dalton
RK. A. F
British Finances to Be Placed Before U S Treasury
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced that Sir Frederick Philips, undersecretary of the British treasury, would arrive in the United States to present the latest British financial information to the U S Treasury. Secretary Jones called Britain a good loan risk but would not commit on war time loans or Johnson Act repeal.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Frederick Philips
United States
United States Treasury
Moergenthau
Commerce Jones
Sir Frederick
Jones
Britain
Hunters warned by new state airborne surveillance
Louisiana hunters who ignore game laws face a new check by a light airplane that can spot violators from the air and land beside them for an inspection. The state department of conservation has put the aircraft into service to enforce hunting regulations.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
State Department of Conservation
Needleworkers Turn To Gas Mask Making Art
In Fall River Massachusetts 300 women on the top floor of a textile plant now manufacture gas masks for the army. The operation uses 15 inspectors and rigorous testing of windows and seals. Major General Walter C Baker praised the workforce for its role in national defense and quality.
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Fall River
Mass
Sam
Ing
Fall River Firestone Rubber and Latex Company
Walter C. Baker
Chemical War Service
Prisoner Henri Young Kills Fellow Convict at Alcatraz
Alcatraz officials report Henri Young killed Rufus McCain, a 37 year old inmate, with a sharpened steel spike in the tailor shop. McCain died hours after the attack amid long standing prison hostility. Young, 29, from Washington state, is in solitary. The stabbing occurred Tuesday. authorities cite a failed 1938 escape bid involving Young, McCain, and others.
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Alcatraz
Henri Young
Rufus McCain
McCain
Young
Washington State
James B. Johnston
Johnston
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Durant
Oklo
Louisiana Woman Offers Her Blood
Mrs Ludella Woodard of Shreveport says she recovered from strep tococcus veridans and will donate blood to Frank Shutt in Doylestown Pa, near death from the disease. Doctors say transfusion from a survivor is the only life saving measure.
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Shreveport
Ludella Woodard
Maestri Named to Defense Board by Mayor LaGuardia
Washington Dec 4 Mayors of 24 cities were appointed today by New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to the advisory board of the United States Conference of Mayors for 1941. The board advises on federal legislation affecting cities. Included was Robert S Maestri of New Orleans.
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Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
United States Conference of Mayors
LaGuardia
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
William Galbreath Dies in New Orleans Visit
William Robert Galbreath aged 49, a retired Shreveport lumberman and East Texas oil operator, died today in New Orleans while visiting his son Dr. W. R. Galbreath Jr. The death occurred during his stay in the city.
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William Galbreath
New Orleans
Willam Robert Galbreath
Shreveport
East Texas
W. R. Galbreath, Jr
British Airmen Slice Supplies of Nazis Coal
London reported that RAF raids on the Ruhr cut German coal output by half, forcing French factories to idle for lack of fuel. The air ministry cited explosions and fires at Mannheim Ludwigshaven Essen and the Dunkirk port, plus damage to Berlin railway terminals and oil plants including Leuna.
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Ruhr
Germany
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Upper Rhine
Essen
Dunkerque
France
Berlin
Leuna
Stettin
Three Blazes Keep Local Firemen Busy Early Wednesday
Monroe Fire Department fought three fires Wednesday morning including a truck blaze at Highway 80 Sterlington road, a trailer loaded with cotton, and a hand laundry blaze at 207 South 23rd Street. The dwelling and adjoining structures were saved. a large barn near eight miles south of Monroe was saved from a seed cotton fire.
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Davis
South 23Rd Street
Sterlington Road
Bob Harmon
Roof Collapse Kills Two at New York World's Fair
At the New York World's Fair a large railroad exposition building called Railroads on Parade collapsed during demolition. Two workers were killed and six injured as the roof fell, trapping several laborers among thousands who had visited the fair over its two year run.
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New York
Warmer weather expected in Twin Cities after frigid spell
The Weather Bureau in New Orleans predicted warmer conditions and partly cloudy skies across the Twin Cities with a low around 46. Cold waves eased in the Middle West as Arctic air retreated, though record lows persisted in New York and New England and Pennsylvania faced subfreezing temperatures.
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Selman Field
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Oneonta
Poughkeepsie
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Long Island
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Maine
Naval Reserve
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Wis
Pennsylvania
Deer Hunt
Help Some Needy People Enjoy The Holidays
A Christmas appeal from the Good Fellows drives donations for needy families and individuals. Letters from children and a widow describe hunger for toys, shoes, dresses, fruit, candy, and warmth, asking readers to send contributions to the News Star World.
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Mother
News-Star—World
First Draftees Leave Parish for Camp Beauregard
Ouachita parish prepares nine draftees for army training at Camp Beauregard with four from Monroe and five from West Monroe. Named draftees include Harry Leland Stratton and Kurt Ackerman from Monroe and Webb Peirce Jr and James Allman Salter from West Monroe. Louisianas 67 draftees to be inducted at Camp Beauregard later today before en route to Camp Shelby Mississippi.
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Camp Beauregard
Monroe
West Monroe
Harry Leland Stratton
Sixth Street
Larue Hollis Hammond
Kurt Ackerman
Jackson Street
Arthur Cramer Haas
Riverside Street
Webb Peirce, Jr
Odis Fred Crockett
Luna
Robert Baugh
Reece Louis Moore
James Allman Salter
Alexandria
Louisiana
J. E. Kidd
Camp Adjutant
Camp Shelby
Miss
Watchman Shot Dead Aboard S S Everalda in New Orleans Area
In New Orleans area on December 4 54 year old nightwatchman Harry Hirdes was fatally shot aboard the S S Everalda moored at Westwego. First mate Valdemars Knieps 41 is jailed in Gretna on tentative murder charges after claiming he fired at an approaching figure he thought was a robber. Knieps a Latvia native and ex soldier who served in Finnish Russian hostilities.
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New Orleans
Harry Hirdes
Westwego
Charity Hospital
Charles Taylor
Valdemars Knieps
Gretna
Knieps
Latvia
Indictments Charge 29 Firms In Nitrate Conspiracy Case
A federal grand jury charged 29 corporations including DuPont and 66 individuals in six Sherman Act indictments. The alleged conspiracies aimed to fix nitrate prices across defense related industries and involved foreign and domestic firms from 1920 to September 1, 1939.
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New York
EB. J. duPont de Nemours and Company
William Bondy
duPont Company
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation
Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corporation
Barrett Company
Solvay Process Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Expropriation of Oil Lines Shocks Romania and War News
Romani a dictator Ion Antonescu orders expropriation of all oil pipelines pumping stations reservoirs and real estate including Romano Americano Company assets. In the Mediterranean Greek-Italian war context reports claim renewed Italian offensives and Greek counteractions amid broad Axis naval and air actions across Britain and the Atlantic.
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Ireland
Balkans
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Romano Americano Company
Standard Oil
Italy
Greece
High Command
Tirana
Albania
Athens
Porto Edda
Lip Reading Plays Detectives in Baseball Huddle Tale
Atlanta sports writer Al Sharp sought news during a minor league meeting by hiring a deaf mute lip reader. After several overheard hints, the informant identified a group discussing John McGraw and a Giants pitcher who complained, confirming the topic was baseball.
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al Sharp
Atlanta Constitution
Sharp
John McGraw
McGraw
Giants
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