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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1942
Page
1
A controversial passage attributed to Westbrook Pegler toward Hopkins sparks a broader discussion on American life. The writer questions the linkage of business, golf, and cocktails with national duty, noting the dangers of press misrepresentation and the image of a nation preoccupied with leisure while facing challenges.
One man died from smoke and many were overcome as a stubborn 22 story hotel fire raced through the basement storeroom in the William s hotel between Newark and Chicago. About 1 000 guests fled their rooms into the lobby as flames trapped gas masks and sent acrid fumes through the building. The blaze started late last night in a basement room storing hotel furnishings and matting.
The Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union kept daily papers off New York stands for a third straight day while talks with the New York Publishers Association continued. The union seeks a $6.60 weekly raise and job security, with the contract expired in June and wages listed for seven and eight hour shifts.
Allied forces report heavy fighting around Buna and Sanananda in New Guinea as Americans and Australians press a three front advance toward Japanese positions. Bombing and naval actions disrupt enemy landings near Buna and Gona with reinforcements sent ashore despite losses.
George W. Lester former assistant district attorney was sworn in as district attorney for the Fourth judicial district. Clerk R Dean Farr administered the oath at the Ouachita parish courthouse as friends and officials attended. Hawthorne becomes district judge with Garrett named another district judge.
Inonu escaped unhurt as a major earthquake struck Corum, destroying about 600 houses and reportedly killing 25 people during his visit to inspect damage from a prior quake. He left Corum for Ankara and returned Sunday as word of the tremor spread.
The article reports official disclosures that American air sea and land forces will have giant bombers aircraft carriers battleships and other weapons ready by late next summer to begin sweeping Axis forces, with carriers and fighters expanding in 1943 and ships like the Iowa and New Jersey entering service soon.
Washington reports the Pentagon in Virginia will be home to nearly 40,000 workers by month’s end as 20,000 already move in and up to 15,000 more(to fill 24 other war buildings) join. The massive doughnut shaped complex spans four stories with a six acre central hole and cost over 70 million dollars.
Omaha dispatch reports a nine state unannounced 20 minute blackout described as a hundred percent success by defense officials. Joseph Schultz calls Midwest readiness evident. Brigadier General U S Grant praises civilian defense as the test exceeds expectations despite a fatal traffic accident in Creston Iowa and a three alarm fire in St Louis.
Moscow reports say German forces launched dive bombers tanks and infantry in a swift offensive southwest of Stalingrad but were checked after suffering about 1600 casualties. Russians claim to have repelled counterattacks on multiple fronts while at Stalingrad workmen repair rail lines enabling rail traffic.
The 77th Congress moves toward adjournment as Christmas recess nears. Capitol Hill plans for the 78th Congress to convene January 6. President Roosevelt will address a joint session January 7, likely to review the war and world reconstruction.
An appeal notes donations from firms and individuals to aid the Salvation Army fund. Monroe Drug Company contributions show community support, with calls for early giving to avoid last minute rush and ensure clothing and food deliveries.
Western Airlines reported a passenger liner with more than 14 occupants missing after taking off from Salt Lake City at 1 05 am mountain war time. The plane was last seen 50 miles south of Salt Lake City over a C A A station at Fairfield Utah. Cargo and passenger lists are incomplete and officials await government clearance to release names.
FBI agent in charge R A Guerin announced the Lafayette Louisiana arrest of Eddie Marino 28 on a Cincinnati complaint filed September 14 charging burglary of the State Bank of Moscow Ohio an FDIC bank. The 1941 robbery yielded 5000. Marino with prior records in Chicago Huntington and Pensacola was to be sent to Opelousas for removal proceedings. He was captured by FBI agents and Lafayette police. The other item notes Secretary Knox stating a naval inquiry into the loss of the President Coolidge near the Solomon Islands amid questions of mine type.
Jackson Mississippi dec 15 the state supreme court split four to two ruling Ollie Lee still legally married to her first husband Dan Evans who disappeared in 1912 and was presumed dead after social and insurance cases. Evans later remarried and Ollie Lee married Isom Frank in 1935 the ruling voids that second marriage due to the prior undissolved union.
London dispatch cites a Moscow radio official statement noting rising clashes between German and Italian troops in Italy. In Milan a crowd of women hurled stones at German officers, who fired on the crowd. Italian soldiers then aided the women and beat the Germans.
Allied bombers pounded Tunis and La Goulette for four hours as Rommel’s Libyan army retreated from El Agheila. Cairo reports say Axis forces withdrew with minefields hindering advance while RAF and US planes struck ships, railways, and ports, with only two planes failing to return.
Washington December 15 An agriculture subcommittee will begin a Senate inquiry into the price control office. Senator Wheeler Democrat Montana says the panel will examine how the price control act is interpreted and any subsidy plans to sustain ceilings. He questions the legality of subsidy payments and criticizes the department of agriculture’s handling of the law.
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