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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
12
Philadelphia public schools plan new model airplane clubs for junior and senior units to promote engineering and hands on learning. The program emphasizes student led projects and collaboration across grades.
The Little Theater of Monroe stages Margin for Error at Crosley School Tuesday night at 8 15 p m The production denounces Nazi philosophy and conveys a timely message amid wartime tensions Public admissions are at the door and servicemen in uniform are admitted free EB S Tuker of Tocopilla Chile holds the world record for a 860 pound broadbill swordfish catch
New Orleans reports the Krewe of Harlequins will hold its annual ball on December 17 amid war. The group cancelled other carnival events as 98 percent of members are in age groups likely to be drafted. Over 1,200 invitations were sent to military personnel to attend.
New York December 16. A doughnut shaped glass tube with two magnets creates artificial cosmic rays and 100 million volt X rays. University of Illinois physicist Dr. Donald W. Kerst designed the device. GE lab in Schenectady builds the 100,000,000 volt machine. The four ton “baby” yields 20,000,000 volt X rays, sufficient to drive electrons through body tissue. The big doughnut aims at cosmic ray energies. the cyclotron at California handles heavy particles and neutrons.
The electrons in Kerst's device are at least 1,800 times lighter than the positive particles used in cyclotrons. The Kerst machine is small and inexpensive. It will be transported to the University of Illinois for scientific and possibly medical experiments.
The United States treasury department seized the joint offices of the Free American and Deutschner Weckruf und Beobachter German American groups in Manhattan’s Yorkville. A notice on doors declared the property under government control and entry prohibited. Police and federal agents noted common personnel among the groups and the paper dated December 11 remained for sale with other German language publications.
In unoccupied France the government announced all but the smallest factories will shut from December 21 to January 4 due to coal and material shortages. Owners may use workers briefly for repair work, then must compensate for idle days.
The government stated that factories working on several orders for Germany were affected in the same way as other firms. The announcement emphasizes parity of impact across sectors and orders, noting no preferential treatment.
Volunteer workers surpass two hundred as men and women join a national project. The News-Star lists donations from Hearn Piston Ring Co to Jue Airoldi, with numerous firms and individuals contributing varied sums across Monroe and surrounding areas to aid the effort.
President Roosevelt backs lowering the draft age to 19 to widen the pool of potential soldiers. Senator Austin argues a larger pool aids selectivity while avoiding unnecessary use of trained workers in factories. Both chambers were set to act on selective service measures and powers for government agencies to propel the war effort.
The pilot recounts air combat figures from a Sunday engagement. Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor of Hominy Oklahoma shot down a bomber and another plane, but was wounded in the arm. The narrator shot down three bombers and returned with three bullet holes in his craft. Welch describes mixed emotions of fear and anger during the chase.
A reader pleads for help for four children asking for clothing and groceries while Good Fellows continues to seek donations to surpass $1,000 for the less fortunate. The item also notes Mount Mitchell State Park in North Carolina as the highest peak in the east at 6,684 feet.
New Orleans markets show December notices quickly stopped with futures steady to higher amid light turnover. Spot cotton in New Orleans closes five points up with steady prices and strong mid and good middling levels. New York futures drift lower on wheat disposal rumors, then recover slightly.
Trading slipped as Cuba crop news stayed scarce and price controls tightened. Prices showed small gains and losses across futures while raw sugar held steady near 1.40 cents. Refiners pursued new business under end week OPM restrictions as No. 3 and No. 4 futures moved modestly.
Chicago December 14 live poultry and dressed poultry prices listed by weight and type. Hens, leghorn and Plymouth Rock, white and colored varieties show varying ranges for hens, roosters, and chicks with turkeys noted by age and weight. Dressed poultry steady with turkeys and young toms at A grade 18 pounds and over 21 2 cents.
Potatoes arrivals nine on track 293 total U S ship ments 456. Supplies moderate and demand light. Nebraska Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 at 2 50 to 2 65, Colorado red McClures U S No 1 at 2 35, Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss 1 59 to 2 02 percent.
Soviet dispatches report Red armies battering German flanks near Moscow and recapturing Klin. Heavy losses claimed for German units in Kalinin and a 44th division defeat. A Stockholm news note cites typhus spreading among exhausted German troops amid cold and supply woes.
New York reports uneven trading with early recovery faltering. Bonds steady and rails in demand while foreign exchange remains quiet. Cotton mixed with trade buying and liquidation by commission houses. Sugar irregular and quiet trading. Metals steady with resale ceilings. Wool tops uneven amid December liquidation. Chicago wheat up with soybeans, corn higher, hogs down and arrivals heavy. Cattle and yearlings steady to lower.
Chicago grain activity eased mid session as demand slackened after a sharply higher start. Wheat closed 1-2 to 1 cent higher, December around 1.24 3/4 to 1.27 3/4 for May. Corn rose 3/8 to 5/8, December about 78 3/4, May near 84 1/8, oats 1/2 to 7/8.
New York stocks show a two way day with gains in steels coppers aircraft oils and specialties at the open but wavering into the close. Motors rubbers and some leaders weaken keeping overall forward swing modest as volume runs around 1 200 000 shares and bonds hold steady with commodities edging higher. In Chicago wheat rose a fraction while corn and cotton move mixed.
Livestock market report from Chicago notes salable hogs at 25,000 to 32,000 through all categories with weights 240 lb down and 160-270 lb bulk at 11.00-20, sows 9.85-10.35. Cattle salable 11,000 and calves 1,000 with fed steers and yearlings down 25, early top yearlings at 14.10, loads of choice medium to heavy weight steers 13.85-14.00, bulls scarce and up 10-15 on weights, sausage offerings at 9.73 and weaners steady near 14.00 down.
The document lists 1942 1943 expenditures for Ouachita Parish including salaries court jail police jury and other services. It also references a court sale under a writ of attachment with sale terms cash, describing a Chevrolet model vehicle as property of the defendant to be sold at the Monroe city court house on a stated Saturday.
Regular meeting of holders of The Ouachita National in Monroe Louisiana will be on January 1942 at ten o'clock A M in the rectors room to elect a board of rectors for the ensuing year and to transact any business brought before the meeting. Monroe La December 2 16 38 1941.
Butter receipts 786,846 steady. Eggs receipts 11,775 weak. Current receipts 32 dirties 271 2, checks 27. Other prices unchanged.
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