Britain Urged for Swift Aid as Axis Threat Looms
Secretary Knox warned of a likely axis attack on the Western Hemisphere if Britain falls and said the United States must move fast. He stressed the British navy and fleet as the first line of defense and that aiding England is a primary objective, with repayment a secondary concern.
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Britain
Washington
England
Knox
Western Hemisphere
United States
Navy
Senate
North Dakota
Bill
United States Aa
Shotwell's boat damaged by fire at Monroe dock
The Goofus, a houseboat owned by Alden Shotwell, was burned near Monroe dock on the Ouachita River last night. The 44 by 18 foot craft, valued at about unknown amount, was left as a shell with no insurance. Dock worker Claude Slayton alerted firefighters who extinguished the blaze. debris included shotgun shells or small arms ammo nearby.
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Alden Shotwell
Monroe Boat Dock
Ouachita Rover
Shotwell
Claude Slayton
Dock Employe
Monroe Firem
Bossier City Officer Cleared in Soldier's Death Trial
A Bossier Parish jury found Officer M. B. Chaney Jr not guilty of manslaughter in the January 8 fatal shooting of Army private James E Fahrenkopf on a Bossier City street. Chaney testified he fired to protect his life after a scuffle during an attempted arrest while a companion officer described Fahrenkopf as drunk and combative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bossier
Fahrenkopf
Chaney
J. Ray Roles
GK. Kitchens
Bossier- Weteter
Scales
McAdoo Dies of Heart Attack at 77 in Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo, former senator and World War cabinet officer, died in Washington after a heart attack at 2 a.m. at his hotel. He entered public life as Treasury secretary under Wilson and later served as a Democratic leader and prominent administrator. Funeral services are set for Epiphany Church with burial at Arlington. a burial provision exists for the war cabinet at Arlington.
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Washington
William Gibb McAdes
Wilson
Brice Clagett
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Senate
Zebarney T. Phillipa
Arlington Cemetery
Woodrow Wilson
Hugee F McAdoo
New York Chemical Company
McAdoo
Democratic Pri
British Army Captures Derna After Four Days of Fighting
Eye witnesses recount the British entry into Derna Libya after a six day siege. Italian defenders held forts with heavy artillery while evacuating a 3000 strong retreat under cover of night toward the Akdar mountains. Australian companies led the assault as Derna is described as a green oasis in Cirenaica.
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Fathord Kennedy
Associated Presse
Derna
Libya
Cirenaica
Akdar
Derma
Hershey urges end to defense production delays
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey urged a halt to defense production delays caused by disputes over profits wages and labor issues at a New Haven address. He cited new strikes including 1500 AFL truck drivers in Dayton and 1400 at Bridgeville PA plant of Universal Cyclops Steel. He warned America must do its duty and avoid delays that hinder national defense.
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Associated Press
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Mate
New Haven
Conn
A. F
Dayton
Ohio
C. I
Elizabeth
N. J
Phelpe-Dodge Copper Products Corporation
Alli«a Manufacturing Company
Waukee
Wis
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Mobile
Ala
Bes
American Legion Auxiliary
Hershey
Times
Nelson
America
Hospital hearing to begin Monday in federal court
Hearing on Continental Casualty Company request for permanent orders halting payments to Caldwell Brothers Hart Construction and sub contractors for the charity hospital opens Monday before Judge Ben Dawkins. Case continues from January 21 with defendants including Caldwell relatives Buckman Hart executives and several firms named in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Casualty Company of
Chicago
Charity Hospital
Ben €. Dawkins
Casualty Company
Dawkins
Louisiana State Hospital Board
Caldwell Brothers and Hart Construction Company
Samma Caldwell
Verne L. Caldwell
Cora Buckman
Monte EF. Hart
Hart
State Hospital Board of Louisiana
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
T. B. Merrill
Acoustics and Specialties, Inc
B and B Cut Stone Company, Inc
Cahn Electric Company, Inc
Clifford A. King
Neidringhaus, Inc
Acme Brick Company
Twin City Glass Company
Charles
Governor Jones Praises Democracy Amid Tyranny Warnings
Governor Sam H. Jones urged Masons in New Orleans to embrace democracy as the path to freedom, warning tyranny remains the oldest form of government. He argued that democracy brings risks but benefits the humblest citizens more than despotism would.
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New Orleans
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Fraud charges outlined in Lafayette city irregularities report
Lafayette officials face alleged irregularities totaling 423 475 43 across June 1938 to May 1940. Jerome A. Hayes urged recovery from trustees J Maxime Roy Wilson J Peck and Edgar G Mouton or their sureties for specified sums and questioned fuel oil and asphalt purchases made non competitively amid suspected collusion with American Bitumals of Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Public Funda
Jerome A. Hayes
Sam Jones
Hayes
J. Maxime Roy
Public Safety
Wilson J. Peck
Public Property
Edgar G. Mouton
Finance
Mouton
Peck
Prudhomme O1 Company, Inc
Vic
American Bitumals Company” of
Wheeler Denounces Slander Over Dodd Nazi Claim
Senator Wheeler of Montana denounces a Roosevelt claim that the late William E. Dodd quoted him as saying Nazi domination of Europe was inevitable. Wheeler calls the accusation false and says it aims to discredit him for opposition to aid to Britain. The matter is noted as continued on the fifth page.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
William E. Dodd
Europe
Dodd
Germany
Joseph P Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
United States
Senate
Kennedy
Florida
Aoe
Safety record shows fewer accidents this year
The report lists accidents to date as 4 and accidents this date last year as 44. Personal injuries to date are not provided, with no injuries this date last year. Deaths to date are 0 and deaths this date last year also 0.
American Hebrew Union Holds Southern Regional Meet
Delegates from 28 unions and affiliated groups across Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas converge in Monroe for the Southern regional convention of the American Hebrew Union. The opening session at Temple B Nai Israel features Rabbis Lefkowitz Levitt and Sanders with theme Democracy and Religion Challenged.
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Union of American Hebrew Congregations
National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Monroe
Temple B'Nai Israel
F. K. Hirsch
Judaism
Eldon S. Lazarus
New Orleans
Clifford Strauss
Charles Titche
P. Sandman
Temple B'Nai Israel Sisterhood
Rabi David Lefkowitz, Jr
Shreveport
Meyer Levitt
Jackson
Miss
Ira Sanders
Little Rock
Sanders
Jones to Discuss National Defense Conference in Baton Rouge
Governor Sam Jones announced a defense planning conference in Baton Rouge for next Thursday at 10 30 a m. The agenda includes a census of business facilities useful to defense and invites presidents and secretaries of parish police juries municipal and parish engineers and mayors of towns over 5000 to attend.
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Baton. Rouge
Sam Jones
Jones
Many Volunteer for Army Duty in Louisiana Call
State selective service announces the third call for 1 618 white selectees and 470 negroes between February 17 and March 6. Of the white group 693 volunteered while the rest were drafted. total yearly training for Louisiana reaches 3 629. White recruits proceed to Camp Livingston Camp Shelby then Camp Blanding or Fort Barrancas. negro quotas are not yet set. Local parish counts list Orleans at 240 and many others with varying numbers.
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New Orleans
State Selective Service
Louisiana
Camp Livingston
Camp Shelby
Camp Blanding
Fort Barrancas
Fla
Acadia
Allen
Ascension
Assumption
Avoyelles
Breauregard
Bienville
Bossier
Cadde
Jackson
Jefferson
No. Two
Jeff Davis
Lafayette
Lafourche
la Salle
Lincoln
Livingston
Madison
Morehouse
Natchitoches
Orleans
Ovuachita
Plaquemines
Pointe Coupee
Rapides
Red River
January British Night Fighters Down Nazi Planes In England
In January German air activity over England was at a record low, with London reporting more than a dozen Nazi night raiders shot down and British daytime losses as low. The results test the new British night-fighter tech and its guidance against night bombing, while lone daylight raids persisted but yielded little ground.
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England
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press Foreign Affairs
Britain
London
Dover
Midlands
Berlin
Manes
Weygand urges North African troops to resist Gaulle calls
General Maxime Weygand used Algiers radio to urge the 500000-strong French force in North Africa to ignore General Charles de Gaulle and his call to join the British assault on Italian Libya. De Gaulle spoke from London regarding the Libyan campaign as RAF bombed Tripoli and nearby targets causing dock and ship damage.
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Weygand
de Gaulle
Associated Press
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Italian
Libya
London
Algiers
Italy
Africa
Philippe Petain
Germany
Poli
Mediterranean
En Barce
Bengasi
Derna
Royal Air Force
Tripoli
Baree
Come Munique
Radio Stations to Be Changed in Nationwide Reassignment
The federal communications commission announced new frequency signings affecting 7 percent of the 83 standard broadcast stations. Changes take effect at 3 am March 2 to align with the North American regional agreement. Listeners will notice stations above 730 kilocycles move higher on the dial, reducing interference from Canadian Mexican and Cuban stations.
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Washington
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Come Mission
Groundhog Day See If Shadow Appears Amid War News
The article notes February 2 as Groundhog Day with the crowd watching the groundhog for a shadow. If he sees a shadow six weeks more winter, otherwise spring arrives early. Indiana residents report unusually mild weather so far, matching broader national interest.
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Europe
Mdiana
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