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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
10
Twelve girls and one boy were invited to the executive mansion for a Christmas gathering hosted by Governor Johnson. Mrs D C Lea dressed as Santa distributed gifts as a phonograph played Jingle Bells. The governor shook hands and slipped a silver dime to each child. Apple juice replaces other fruit juices in menus.
In Honolulu a federal court battle over Palmyra Atoll pits the U S government against private claimants led by Leslie and Lewis Fullard-Leo. The navy plans a seaplane base as part of a $13 million Pacific island development, while the government appeals after a first ruling in favor of private ownership.
The Noparo, Barbara Huttons palatial 157 foot yacht, is entering navy service as a naval auxiliary in a Boston shipyard. Officials say she turned over to the government for a dollar. Built Kiel Germany in 1926, the vessel carries a crew of 23.
Gray county farmers face delayed Christmas shopping after a mail pouch fell from a train under wheels. $30,000 in government checks for farmers were destroyed, with fragments sent to Kansas City for new vouchers. The agency estimates a 40 cent cost per item.
Governor Sam Jones signed clemency papers for 14 prisoners, sent to Angola. Several will be released soon with time served or short remaining terms, while others gain full pardons or citizenship restoration. Names include Beglis, Herbert, Davis, Jefferson, Comeaux, Archie, McCoy, Browder, Armenia, Cousan, Gillespie, Bailey, Burke, and Eiserloh with varied sentences and release timelines.
Two Republican congressmen returning from Panama labeled Canal Zone defenses inadequate. They pressed for external defense stations and rapid deployment of aircraft to the canal, arguing the lifeline of America requires constant, modern air power in the zone.
Kansas City report says New ton Hufford found a fragment of paper money on his parking lot. A search yielded more than 100 torn pieces of $20 $10 $5 and $1 bills. Federal agents call the fragments worthless and suspect they were dumped by a bank employee ordered to destroy them.
Former Huntington mayor Bangs is released after 306 days in jail for contempt of court tied to injunctions against selling electricity to private consumers. J Clayton Brown, a construction foreman, is also freed for holding funds in the light plant’s account.
Hugh Daizell aged 13 and his 14 year old brother David saved from newspaper routes to gift their father a 1936 automobile. They maintained a weekly saving of five and seven dollars respectively and tested the car themselves, saying they grew tired of others riding in cars and decided to act.
Crown Prince Olav arrived from England to join his wife Crown Princess Martha and their three children at a Maryland estate. The 31-year-old prince, a Norwegian army general, had been rallying Norwegians in England to support Britain and fight alongside its forces.
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