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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler describes a coal strike context with Phil Murray signaling a push by the C S O to organize the South. He warns of potential mob action, oil and plant seizures, and alleged Communist-led unrest. The piece suggests a volatile, reactionary southern response and lingering memories of prior disorders.
Cairo reports from exile say three Ober divisions totaling 45,000 troops and Mihailovic's guerrillas clash in the western Morava valley with tanks and aircraft supporting a broad offensive. Serb forces resist fiercely near Uzice as Axis attacks force a unit withdrawal, while partisan operations disrupt Axis rear areas. The事件also notes a large munition dump explosion at Dujitza Serbia with 1500 killed.
A first group of 46 American transportation men reached Manila to aid the Burma road supply run to China under Chiang Kai Shek’s government. They will guard convoys from air attacks and receive up to 500 dollars monthly, carrying a quarter million dollars in a single shipment among Far East materials. Daniel C. Arnstein had advised Generalissimo on speeding traffic on the lifeline highway.
In Chungking a Chinese spokesman said 40 Japanese warships including an aircraft carrier with 45 planes were seen in Camranh Bay, signaling possible springboard attacks on Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, or the Philippines. American transport units head toward the Far East to keep Burma road supplies flowing, guarded by U.S. planes and pilots.
In Boston on December 4 a mass primary battle for the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts Seventh district escalates. Ten candidates seek the seat left by the late Lawrence J. Connery with isolationist Joseph B. Harrington pressing the foreign policy issue. The race centers on defense policy and national stance as December 16 approaches.
A vast fog blanket from the deep south to the eastern states disrupted air and road travel. Visibility fell to near zero in several ports and cities, with few fatal incidents reported and ships idle at harbor. A sun break soon ended the worst conditions as factories reported smoke adding to the blackout.
A letter to Good Fellows from a girl pleading for help for an underprivileged family reveals a child’s simple gratitude amid hardship. The Missouri Pacific Booster Club announces a Good Fellows benefit ball on December 13 at 8 pm at the Ouachita clubhouse to raise funds, with Basil Church and his seven piece orchestra providing music.
Montgomery, Ala. Dec 4 Two Maxwell field flyers die when their plane crashes northeast of Andalusia eight miles west of Dozier. Identified as Second Lieutenant Charles M. Jose engineering officer of the 91st school squadron and Private Thomas J. Stevens of near Birmingham. Plane en route from Elgin Field Valparaiso Fla to Maxwell Field Alabama. Cause undetermined. Jose had married Merilyn Tate Moss a month earlier.
Washington dispatch reports the House approved a stringent strike control bill 252 to 136 to curb defense plant work stoppages. It imposes a 30-day cooling off, secret ballots, bans intimidation, and blocks imports of strikebreakers while denying Wagner act benefits to pro-Communist groups. Senate action likely to modify terms.
William H. Davis, chairman of the national defense mediation board, told thousands at the 64th annual NAM convention that trying to suppress labor organization now would be disastrous. He urged that independent self disciplined labor groups remain a tool of industrial peace to build trust and push Hitler off the map, arguing service in private industry cannot be drafted.
The China clipper with Maxim Litvinoff aboard reached Midway Island from Wake Island as Pan American Airways reports. The plane is scheduled to fly to Honolulu tonight and to San Francisco Saturday while Litvinoff, newly named Russian ambassador to the United States, continues to Washington.
In London the house of commons backed Churchill's mobilization plan by 326 to 10, approving extending national service to include women and raising male draft age to 50 with fewer exemptions. Bevin affirmed government resolve to pursue the war with maximum effort and impartial application of conscription.
Serb guerilla armies engage Germans in Nazi occupied Yugoslavia while London reports German forces mass on Bulgaria’s frontier with Turkey after Roosevelt’s lend lease disclosure. Russians claim German Ukraine units retreat beyond Taganrog as Soviet troops push back 16 to 31 miles on Moscow front. Rain drenches North Africa as a 24 hour lull holds. Tokyo presses express shock at Hull’s gulf between US and Japan.
Patrick J. Currier, head of Currier Lumber and AFL organizer, faced a bombing at his northwest Detroit residence as a black powder charge shattered a front door and windows. His daughters Collette 14 and Claire 3 slept upstairs while relatives and a domestic were unharmed. Currier offered 1000 reward and blamed enemies tied to threats after his contract bid for defense housing was declined.
The United States began furnishing Turkey with military supplies six months ago to back its pledge to Britain to defend the Dardanelles against axis threats. The White House said defense of Turkey was vital to U S security and ordered lend lease aid. Plans call for about 100 million dollars worth of planes tanks trucks and guns to Turkey, delivered via Britain.
Serb guerrillas reportedly battle three axis divisions in Yugoslavia as Allied broadcasts note new German troops along Bulgaria's frontier and renewed lend lease aid from the United States. The Serb communique claims a defensive in Uzice with German tank pressure, while Belgrade area reports place Uzice about 89 miles southeast of the capital.
Plans for the 1941 Christmas Fiesta are completed with a parade featuring 16 schools, eight bands, and 17 floats including Santa Claus. Students from northeast Louisiana and southeast Arkansas will participate, with queen and maids of honor on each school float. The procession starts at 10 30 am Saturday at DeSiard and Elysian Field streets and moves through downtown West Monroe to Monroe across the Ouachita River.
Merchants in Monroe urge restraint on gift wrapping as paper and cardboard supplies dwindle nationwide. Stores have stock but warn the public not to double wrap or reuse downtown wrapping. Rosenwald calls for overall thrift to prevent shortages before December 20.
Alva Oklahoma December four seven teen Kenneth Root is charged with fatally shooting Donald Benson 22 after Benson laughed at him as they walked from a rural school box supper Root fled on horseback and was later captured in a canyon authorities say the father helped recover the youth who surrendered hours later
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