Laval Seeks Broad Powers In French Government Shakeup
French sources say Laval will press for wider control in Paris after meeting with Admiral Darian to discuss his return to power under Petain. Darian’s talks signal possible cabinet reshuffle including a trio with Darian, Laval, and Huntinger to press German collaboration.
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Vichy
France
Adual
Jean Darian
Paris
Pierre Laval
Laval
Darian
Philippe Petain
Petain
Ren Hi
Germany
Petain I Tt Wae
Monroe Housing Survey Planned for Local Project
Monroe Housing authority members report a letter citing 500000 earmarked for local housing under city sponsorship. A strictly housing authority survey, led by Percy Sandel and Northeast Junior College students, will determine needed units and precede construction with FHA attorney Huber Earl.
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Monroe Housing Authority
City of
Monroe
Percy Sandel
Northeast Junior College
Huber Earl
FHA
R. G Kel
Sam Rubin
Guerriero
B. A. Trousdale
Mrs Henrys Trial Delayed by Missing Witness
Lake Charles La Feb 4 The second trial of Annie Beatrice Henry for the killing of Joseph P Calloway in a rice field is delayed as authorities search for witness George McQuistion a former state police captain and uncle of the defendant The trial was recessed until 1 30 p m tomorrow as the state and defense await the key witness
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Lake Charles
George McQuistion
Annie Beatrice Henry
Joseph P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
McQuistion
C. V. Pattison
Mark C. Pickrell
Col Fleming Hails Wage Hour Rulings and Pay Increase
Col Philip B. Fleming, wage hour administrator, praised the Supreme Court for upholding the national wage hour law. He said the act has added about 100 million dollars to workers pay since October 24, 1948, and that future wage increases are protected. Fleming estimated the minimum wage and wage orders have boosted pay envelopes by tens of millions and established minimums of 32 1/2 to 46 cents an hour.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Supreme Court
Freming
Fleming
Darby Lumber
Opp Cotton Mills
Hospital to open around July 1 in Monroe
Institutions Director J E Snee said only normal delays affected the new state charity hospital at Monroe and it likely would open July 1 or thereabouts. Defense program demands on hospital equipment may slow supply delivery but full staff will wait for medical school graduations. Dr DeWitt Milam of Monroe is named superintendent and plans for res of the hospital are nearing completion.
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Baton Rouge
J. E Snee
Monroe
Spee
Snee
DeWitt T. Milam
Beard Opposes Aid to Britain War Aid Bill
Historian Charles A. Beard told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the British aid bill would entangle the United States in war. Writer George Fielding Eliot supported limited enactment, while eight southern governors urged passage as essential to national safety.
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Washington
Charles A. Beard
Congress
George Fielding Eliot
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eliot
Europe
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Beard
Congrens
Great Britain
Missing bomber found near Morton under military secrecy
Soldiers and county officials searched a thick region after two woodsmen reported sighting wreckage from a missing bomber on January 16. Major Overacker and Colonel Peck weighed reports and planned a cautious recovery as questions about the aircraft and crew remained.
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T3rd
Walter Peck
McChord Field
Peck
Harry Studhalter
Tom Harper
Major Overacker
C. L Kimple
Morton Weekly
Last Man Of No 10 Club To Eat Alone In Indy
In Indianapolis on February 4 a 19 year old retiree John K Thatcher will dine alone at his table with nine empty chairs for the Frankfort Ind No 10 club. The last survivor recalls a 1886 champagne pact with nine dead cronies and will drink the final bottle tonight as the No 10 club meets no more.
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Indianapolis
Frankfort
Ind
John K. Thatcher
John C. Paris
Paris
Fred Tice
Frank Lancaster
Thatcher
Chub
Samuel Steel
Rudolph Barringer
Lancaster
Rube Klopfer
John Doyal
Jess Young
John Steed
Indianapolis Athletic Club
No. 10 Club
CCC Wages Sent Home Total 12 Million in Louisiana
Baton Rouge is told that over eight years Louisiana enrollees sent home 12 million dollars in CCC wages. W Frank Persons notes Louisiana received a high allotment per population and that 7000 current quota exceeds 1.5 times its population-based share due to local youth benefiting from the program.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Civilian Conservation Corps
W. Frank Persons
CCC
Batista suspends guarantees after arresting rebel chiefs
President Fulgencio Batista told the Cuban army, navy and police at Camp Columbia that he had arrested their chiefs to crush a seditious conspiracy to topple his government. He said conspirators urged officers to choose sides and that the crisis led to a 15 day suspension of constitutional guarantees.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Camp Columbia
Army
Navy
Neimoeller in Converts to Catholicism Reported
Reports from Berlin say Rev. Martin Neimoeller the Lutheran pastor and World War II submarine commander has reportedly converted to Catholicism after months of reading Catholic works in Sachsenhausen prison. Close friends await confirmation as Frau Neimoeller is away.
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Associated Pross
Berlin
Martin Neimoeller
Frau Neimoeller
Neimoeller
Engine blast injures dozens near Denver yard
A Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive exploded while being moved into the Burnham yards injuring at least 22 people. Motorists and track workers were among those hurt as debris shattered windows and threw the boiler and cab 60 feet. Fire crews treated dazed victims and rushed them to hospitals.
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Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Thirteenth Street
Osage Avenue
Ray Shaffer
First Fire Department
Western Elaterite Roofing Company
Denver Union Station
R. G. W. Burnham
Salt Lake City
Boston Councillor Held in Abduction Case
Boston city councillor Alfred Farese 26 of Everett travels toward Boston with 17 year old Edith Anderson after arrest in Mississippi. Farese and Anderson disappeared from home Thursday prompting police to issue a warrant for abduction. Farese says he hoped to work with his brother in Ashland.
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Boston
Alfred Farese
Everett
Mississippi
Edith Anderson
Farese
Ashland
Miss
John Farese
Benton County
C. F. Crawford
Josephine Farese
Holly Springs
L. B. Slayden
Slayden
Crawford
Pilot in Atlanta traffic case given suspended sentence
A. C. McDonough told Judge Luke Arnold he was creeping along at 40 mph on Peachtree street, where the limit is 25 mph. The judge accepted the defense and gave a suspended sentence. McDonough is also noted as the Eastern Airlines pilot who dove 620 mph testing an army plane at Buffalo last month.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
C. McDonough
Luke Arnold
P. S.mcdonough
Eastern Airlines
Buffalo
Wheeler claims U.S. plane fleet inadequate for modern warfare
Senator Wheeler says he has reliable information the army has no combat suitable aircraft. He cites 639 planes on January 1 across categories with none fitting modern warfare needs due to lack of self-sealing tanks or armor. He notes Stimson quote of 650 first line planes and stresses most army aircraft are nonfighting tactical types.
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Washington
Senator Wheeler
Montana
Army
Wheeler
Great Britain
United States Army
Navy
Stimson
Last Minute Rush as 1941 Auto Licenses Near Deadline
A Tuesday morning crowd gathers at the Motor Vehicle bureau to beat the midnight Wednesday deadline for 1941 automobile licenses. Plates cost $3 this year and brisk sales are expected to ease the last minute rush compared to last year.
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Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Second Street
Farm relief stamp plan to reach Pontotoc County and parts of Louisiana
The agriculture department said the surplus food distribution stamp plan will be extended to Pontotoc county Mississippi and an area in Louisiana covering parishes Concordia East Carroll Franklin Lincoln Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Ouachita Richland Tensas and West Carroll within about a month.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Pontotoc County
Mississippi
Louisiana
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Natchitoches
Ouachita
Richland
Tensas
West Carroll
Hazardous materials released on Libyan coastal road and Tripoli area
The report cites tons of hazardous materials released along the Deras to Berasi route and near Tripoli as British and Australian forces push against Italian positions. In East Africa, the British advance into Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somaliland continues while Italian garrisons withdraw to tougher terrain, delaying organized movement.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Tripoli
Bengasi
East Africa
Deras
Berasi
Middle East High Command
Rodolfo Grazieani
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Sudan
Kenya
Italy
Barento
Fields Attacks Overton Over Facts In Louisiana Row
Shreveport declares United States attorney Harvey G. Fields charged Senator John H. Overton with amnesia and a deliberate misstatement of facts. Fields cited Overton’s claim about nonrenewal of his appointment and asserted the senator withheld truth in a heated dispute over graft and political corruption cases.
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Shreveport
John H. Overton
Harvey G. Fields
United States
Overton
Fields
Britain to receive U S patrol planes for merchant fleet
British Prime Minister Ronald H. Cross announced to the Empire Society that Britain will obtain U S patrol planes to protect its merchant fleet. He called the 53 United States destroyers a valuable acquisition and said long-distance aircraft will also help safeguard shipping.
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London
Ronald H. Cross
Britain
United States
Cross
Empire Society
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