Briton Sees Invasion As Happy Event
A Royal Air Force officer predicts Germany will have air superiority by March 1 but Britain will counter with superior aircraft and pilots. He cites weather, bomber repairs, and diversion to the Mediterranean as reasons for a lull and expects invasion to be announced as a “happy event.”
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London
Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Sicily
France
Norway
Daladier Expected U S War Entry Cited in Hearing
In a senate foreign relations hearing, Philip La Follette testified that Edouard Daladier told him in 1939 the United States would aid France with money materials and men. He said France expected U S support and that passage of the aid to Britain bill could mandate full war involvement.
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Washington
Philip F la Follette
Wisconsin
Edouard Daladier
France
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
la Follette
Daladier
Bien
Jonnaen
Republican
California
le Follette
Semmittee
Louisiana Governor vows to prosecute all wrongdoers in clean up drive
Governor Sam Jones announces weekly broadcasts to denounce graft and pledge swift action. He cites audits showing graft and vows every wrongdoer will be brought to book as part of a broad reorganizational push, with emphasis on democratic cleanup across the state.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Homes
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Monroe
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lafayette
Jones
Tnhorn
McReynolds Vacancy Shifts Supreme Court Seating
Washington reports the Supreme Court opened without James McReynolds who resigned February 1 on his 7th birthday. Chief Justice Hughes sits center flanked by Stone and Roberts. vacancy on the extreme left. Possibilities for the new appointment include Byrnes or Attorney General Jackson, with Roosevelt delaying filling the seat.
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Washington
Uew
Supreme Court
James ©. McReynolds
McReynolds
Roosevelt
Weill
Byrnes
South Carolina
Jackson
McReynold
Justice Stone
Hughes
Justice Roberts
Stone
Roberts
4800 Workers Recalled on Defense Contract Strikes
About 4 800 employees returned to work today after walkouts at defense contract sites in Elizabeth New Jersey and Mobile Alabama. The recall follows union agreements ending plant walkouts at Phelps Dodge Elizabeth plant and Alabama Dry Dock yards, while disputes persisted at other facilities amid labor clause debates raised by the war department.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
House Military Committee
Patterson
Ford Motor Company
Associated Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Mobile
Ala
Pheiis R Products Corporation
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Chicago Tractor Works
International Harvester Company
Busy men prep the new battleship North Carolina
These two gentlemen handle all details for the April 1 commissioning of the U S S North Carolina. Captain Hustvedt commands, Commander Shepard is the executive officer. About 35,000 tasks involve getting the 33,000 ton battleship into commission.
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U.S. S. North Carolina
Uncle Sem
Hustvedt
Shepard
Lafayette Officials Respond to Crime Commission Report
Statements from Mayor J Maxime Roy Trustee Wilson J Peck and Edgar G Mouton address Lafayette crime commission findings. Roy denies taking any money Peck pleads not guilty to irregularity charges and Mouton says he is not ready to comment after reviewing the lengthy report.
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Lafayette
Louisiana Crime Commission
J. Maxime Roy
Wilson J Peck
Public Property
Edgar G. Mouton
Finance
Roy
Crime Commission
Peck
Citzens of
Wilson J. Peck
City of
Mr. Mouton
State may close capital embassy in Washington
Louisiana public relations chief James B. Aswell announced the state may close its Washington embassy used as a contact with national officials. Governor Sam Jones introduced Aswell who will base operations in Baton Rouge while aiming to limit use of a $30,000 two year appropriation. He may stay only as long as needed and plans to return to his Natchitoches farm.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
James B. Aswell
Washington
Aswell
Sam Jones
Axwell
Selective Service
New Orleans
Natchitoches
German executions spark espionage trial headlines
In Berlin on February 3 Ruth Schubert of Hildesheim became Germanys first woman executed this year after conviction for espionage. At the same time Karl Schapper aged 62 was executed for high treason as authorities carried out two espionage related penalties.
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Berlin
Ruth Schubert
Hildesheim
Germany
Karl Schapper
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Steve Heppney
Miami
Fla
Happney
Snite
China
District Judges Order Special Criminal Term
A special session of district criminal court for the trial of W D Dark and L J Melton on five bribery counts related to gas well operations is set for March 2. The case stems from indictments in 1939 and follows congestion of the docket. arraignment is scheduled for Friday at 11 am.
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Dark and Melton
District Criminal Court
W. D. Dark
L. J. Melton
J. T. Shei
David Garrett
Dark
Monroe
Louisiana Conservation Department
Melton
Conservation Department
Grand Jury
J. and H. Oil Company
Principel
James A. Noe
Harold Woods
Inabnet and Pipes
W. B. Inabnet
Ouachita Parish
Parish Jury Commission
Overton Aims to End Boeuf Eudora Floodways
Senator Overton proposes legislation to end the Boeuf and Eudora floodways and divert flood-control funding to strengthen main line Mississippi levees from the Arkansas mouth to near the Red river. The plan seeks impartial protection for Yazoo and Red river backwater areas and to abandon the Boeuf and Eudora channels.
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Washington
Boeuf
Eudora
Arkansas
Red Rivers
Overton
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Red River
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association
Miller
Chief of Army Engineers
Yazoo
Mississippi
Red
Arkansas River
Pay and Hour Law Upheld by Highest Court
The U S Supreme Court sustains the administrations wage and hour law fixing minimum pay and work week for interstate commerce industries. Justice Stone says the act is definite and violators face penalties. The decision involved Fred W Darby of Statesboro Ga and overruled the 1918 ruling on a similar statute.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred W. Darby
Statesboro
Five Killed As Bus Hits Auto Near Purvis Mississippi
Five people are killed when a southbound auto collides with a bus four miles south of Purvis Mississippi. Victims include J C Grissom 65 Moselle Miss and his son Sylvester and his wife and their six year old twin daughters Gloria Dell and Patsy Nell.
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Purvis
Miss
Here
Hulett
Louisiana
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
J. C. Grissom
Moselle
Sylvester J. Grissom
Sycamore Drive
Sylvester Grissom
Gloria Dell
Patsy Nell
Mr. Grissom
Mississippi
Jane Grissom
North Highlands
Boyd Brown
Johannesburg Riot Flares Then Returns to Order
In Johannesburg the capital of the Transvaal, order returns after a weekend of rioting between soldiers and civilians suspected of anti-British sympathies. About 140 people were hospitalized, most were soldiers. Police and armored cars patrolled as authorities canceled military leaves to prevent a recurrence.
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Associated Press
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Transvaal
Ossewabrandwag
Ossewa Brandway
Transvaaler
Vaderland
J. B. M Hertzog
Britain
Germany
Italy
Bloemfontein
Rand
Botha
Jan Christian Smuts
Changes by Labor Board Aims to Speed Wagner Act Cases
Washington Feb 3 The national labor relations board announced procedural refinements to accelerate Wagner Act violation handling. Revisions aim to tighten supervision of field staffs and empower regional directors, with officials stressing a smoother flow of work between the board and its field offices and denying any wholesale reorganization.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Harry A. Millis
J. Warren Madden
Safety record shows 47 accidents this year
The report lists accidents to date at 47 compared with 44 last year and 8 personal injuries this year versus none last year, with four deaths so far this year and no deaths last year.
British seize Barentu after fascists flee in Eritrea
British forces report capture of Barentu Eritrea as Mussolini's troops retreat toward Cheren. Large numbers of Italian prisoners killed during evacuation by axis bombers believed to be German. German dive bombers active from Sicily bases. Paris awaits French political shifts amid Darlan Laval talks.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Paris
Pierre Laval
Associated Press
Britain
East Africa
Barentu
Eritrea
Mussolini
Red Sea
Libya
North Africa
Sicily
Cheren
Asmara
Barenta
Agor
Dat
London
Judaism Conference Seeks Solutions to American Problems
Delegates from 28 congregations in Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi met in Monroe for an all day session hosted by B Nai Israel. Dr Emanuel Gamoran and Dr Julius Mark spoke on Creative Jewish Living and the need to strengthen religious influence amid ethical attacks.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Union of American Groups
Monroe
B’nai Israel
Hotel Frances
Hotel
Virginia
Emanuel Gamoran
Cincinnati
Julitus Mark
Washville
Tenn
Mark
Gamoran
Union
Canada to Send England More Aid in 1942
Ottawa pledges a third Canadian armored division and added air squadrons to Britain. Prime Minister King forecast unprecedented enemy blows this year and outlined plans to boost the air force, double ground troops, deploy a tank brigade, and expand the navy from 175 ships to 413 by March 31, 1942.
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Ottawa
Canada
England
W. L. MacKenzie King
Bromde
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Fred Snite
Labor Board
Wilhelmstrasse
Dr. Gamoran
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