18 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1942
Page
1
United States Navy says Flying Fortresses with Airacobra escorts attacked the Munda area on New Georgia in the Solomons on December 17. No results were reported. A correction lowers Tokyo Zero kills to three for December 16, bringing Solomons total destroyed to 640.
An editorial argues that rank and file workers in mining, aviation, and unions feel powerless against management. It contemplates a possible alliance between union leaders and big business, warning such collaboration could curb workers’ livelihoods and grant bosses strong control over labor.
R Guerin a FBI agent said George Cates 60 once known as Uncle George was arrested in Louisville and to be brought to Mississippi on federal charges for transporting a New Oz girl for immoral purposes between Louisville Gulfport and here He offered four $1,000 checks for bond after bond set at $4,000 and proclaimed I am as recent as an angel.
New York December 18 The grief of Mrs Margaret Cameron was tempered by a war department telegram announcing the death of her 20 year old son Private Raymond Mcis Cameron in the western European area from a hot wound received in action. She had mailed a large package of Christmas gifts to him before the news arrived.
Japanese forces fight to hold out as Allied leaders battle in Australia. Report notes continued resistance and strategic positions, with Marine and Army units sustaining pressure near key bases. Dispatch reflects grim tempo and potential for protracted engagement in the Pacific theater.
A meeting of government and business groups sponsored by Mayor Harvey H. Benoit adopted seven state fire marshal drafted recommendations to reduce fire hazards. Key items include outward opening doors in public assemblies with adequate exits and always lit signs, and minimizing partitions where possible.
Eddie Rickenbacker, the famed air hero, lands in San Francisco grinning after surviving 24 days lost at sea. He wears mixed Pacific clothes and shows weight loss, awaiting his official Washington report as he reunites with his wife and hears of Secretary Stimson’s support.
Stockholm reports German military activity in Norway signals an expanding invasion complex amid Norwegian resistance. Measures curb shipping and block coastal areas while barbed wire defenses grow. Reinforcements move to Finnmark as Russian subs and RAF mine activity intensify.
In a delayed North Africa dispatch General Henri Giraud declares his sole duty is to throw out the Boche and deliver France. He says he will lead his mission from the head and will not mix into politics, leaving that to others. The French commander in North Africa notes Eisenhower backs his stance.
Soviet reports say Red Army shock troops attacked along the Rzhev Vyazma railway west of Moscow destroying a German infantry battalion and downing three planes. Moscow hinted a Soviet move south toward Smolensk and reported a new pincers action forming on the central front. Toropets denial suggested heavy fighting near Velikie Luki as German forces faced setbacks.
The Office of Price Administration outlined a sweeping readjustment of milk prices in the Southwest after a six day probe. Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and Kansas are affected with possible price increases or reductions. Details wait for local survey board recommendations and approval by the secretary of agriculture and OPA administrator.
Gasoline sales in the eastern states and District of Columbia were limited to one coupon per vehicle for emergency use while commercial vehicles faced no restriction. The Office of Price Administration issued the rule amid wartime shortages, with details pending definitions of emergency and enforcement.
New Orleans report says Richard Burke, appointed fourth municipal district assessor, declared today that six office clerks who resigned three days earlier would not be reinstated. The clerks had resigned hoping Governor Jones would call an election to choose a new assessor. Burke planned to name new clerks after taking office.
A widow offers to adopt a school age orphan, listing her home near West Monroe and access to milk butter eggs and local bus service. She asks for child placement references and invites contact through J W Dean general delivery West Monroe. The notice continues on a later page.
Arthur V. Miller longtime Monroe public official and superintendent of the Southern Gas Line Inc died at his Roselawn home at 7 a m Friday from a heart seizure. Born November 4 1879 in Darke County Ohio he studied at the University of Michigan and built a career with Sears Roebuck Missouri Pacific and Southern Gas Line He served as Monroe parks and streets commissioner from 1918 to 1923 shaping the citys park system.
In San Antonio Texas December 18 agent Jack Elig entered a cafe and arrested a man who tried to sell a Victory button with a nose gag. Elig recalled a Norfolk Virginia broadcast about a man without a nose wanted for draft evasion and acted on the tip.
President Roosevelt offered no date for Leon Henderson’s formal replacement as price administrator. He said rationing machinery is continually overhauled and revised, amid Capitol Hill pressure for less drastic rules and more voluntary controls.
In Bisbee Arizona on December 18 4 The murder trial of Margaret Herlihy reaches a dramatic point as she prepares to tell her version of the slaying of Captain David D Carr With the officer dead from two bullet wounds and Herlihy admitting to the shooting prosecutors and defense set out competing narratives The defense vaunts Carr as a brutal man with a tangled marital history including Meried Florette Bellerose Alice Lippelt Ruth Duke and a pregnant third wife as they depict a life of conflict and attempts to secure support.
British Eighth Army pressed after Rommel’s battered African corps near El Agheila and Zauta en Nafila, with fighting ongoing east of Marble Arch. Allied aircraft prevented Axis air interference while bombing missions hit Lampedusa airfield and Tunisian sea routes. Rommel fled western Libya as American air strikes hit Tunisia bases and ships were sunk by subs.
Batista leaves the United States with praise for American hospitality and Roosevelt. He thanks Mayor Fiorello La Guardia for an informal introduction and notes his fond regard for the American people as his plane departs from Miami en route to Havana. A U S Army combat unit had just completed maneuvers.
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