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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1941
Page
12
London reports of Churchill and Roosevelt meeting in Washington spark optimistic mood. Papers expect a master anti Axis strategy plan and view the gathering as more significant than the August Atlantic Charter meeting. Berlin hints at key German military shifts amid Hitler's leadership changes.
Reports from Berlin London and Washington assess Axis plans as decisive and shifting. Observers discuss possible German actions in Western Europe and the Mediterranean while Roosevelt and Churchill coordinate a unified wartime approach to cripple Axis advances and sustain Allied logistics.
The Rainbow Inn on Columbia road south of the city plans four holiday dances featuring Phil Castleberry and his 10 piece orchestra. The events occur Christmas Eve, Christmas night, Saturday night and New Year’s Eve with the management promising high character entertainment and good value for all attendees.
Monroe residents and family members are listed among Ouachita Parish men in military service. William Martin Johnson, 14 years in the Navy, ships at Pearl Harbor. Alfred Hance, Monroe mechanic in naval air corps, stationed at Pearl Harbor. Earl Gould, Marine Corps recruit, trained in San Diego and sailed to the Philippines, last heard from Manila in 1941. Lt John R Humphries Jr, son of local couple, trained across multiple bases and reassigned to Kelly Field.
The Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts mobilize Monroe and West Monroe areas to collect waste paper magazines and newspapers on the first Saturday of each month. Scout troops from multiple churches and groups cover defined blocks while leaders coordinate defense era efforts.
Governor Sam H. Jones appoints Palfrey to sheriff while Williams, backed by city police, blocks the handover. Palfrey appeals to state police and court, pledging to pursue official actions. The civil court faces the dispute. one judge dissents on jurisdiction, urging recognition of Palfrey.
Senator Connally of Texas said in a telegram to Mississippi Governor Johnson that he is ready to push Senate action on a bill giving the government power to seize struck war production plants even if labor and industry reach a plan to end strikes. He cited a department head urging action to handle affairs, as a wartime conference resumed after four days without an acceptable program.
Mrs Henryetta Vickery in San Pedro Calif reports a Navy notice said her husband Byron machinist mate was killed at Pearl Harbor December 7. She received a December 15 letter from him saying he is all right so far and to not worry, indicating she believes he may still be alive.
A report notes guidance to be mindful of training that is given to our young people. The first collection begins January 3.
Mrs Pearl Givens Aulds 68 died at a Bastrop hospital after months of illness Funeral at Robinson Funeral Home Bastrop Wednesday 9 am with Rev Charles E McLean officiating Burial in Ruston Cemetery She is survived by two brothers and two sisters Allen Givens Ruston Sam Givens Bastrop Miss Mattye Givens Ruston and Mrs Arlena Aulds San Antonio Texas plus many nephews and nieces
F. W. Woolworth store employees gathered Sunday for a Christmas tree party at the Missouri Pacific Rooster clubhouse. Santa distributed gifts as 50 plus Monroe store employees attended. a $300 Christmas bonus was announced and a motion picture camera and a Gladstone bag were presented. A tea for 100 guests followed at the Stillman home on North Sixth Street.
Washington reports a final judgment against 30 major oil firms 52 pipelines and seven affiliates. It caps pipeline returns at 7 percent of the ICC valuation, bans excess rebates and directs a special surplus fund for extensions and debt retirement. About $500 million in rebates affected.
The agreement includes Atlantic Refining Philadelphia Cities Service New York Consolidated Oil New York Continental Oil Ponca City Gulf Pittsburgh Humble Houston Mid-Continent Tulsa Phillips Bartlesville Pure Chicago Shell Union Oil Tulsa Shelly Oil New York Socony Vacuum New York Standard Oil Indiana Chicago Kentucky New Jersey Ohio Cleveland Sun Oil Philadelphia Texas New York Tidewater Associated Oil Newark list of major operators and locations forming the pact.
New Orleans on December 23 reports the city’s fourth mayoral candidate, John T. Knoop, joining Herve Racivitch, incumbent Mayor Robert S. Maestri, and Shirley G. Wimberly. Knoop was the sole opponent of Maestri in 1936, but withdrew nine days later, leaving Maestri unopposed. The navy hydrographic office released 2,331,000 nautical charts in the past fiscal year.
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