Louisiana American Legion Auxiliary opens annual conference
The Louisiana department meeting opened with heavy attendance from locals and out of state guests. Governor James Houst on Jones and national officers attended as the two day program covered boys' services child welfare and rehabilitation. A public initiation and banquet rounded out the agenda with remarks by leaders including Chester Derveley and Matt Monaghan.
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Sem Houston Jones
Louisiana
Frank F. Samuel
National Ediutant
Indianapolis
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Aloce S Legendre
Chester P Derveley
Arden B. Smith
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Matt Monaghan
Amelia Will F. Candler
Cherokee Terrace
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Derveley
Fair officials reelect Wilson Lake Charles Louisiana
Agriculture Commissioner Harry D Wilson was reelected president of the Louisiana Association of Fair Officials as Crowley was chosen for the 1942 convention. Governor Sam Jones cautioned farmers and business leaders about false prosperity from wartime spending and urged crop diversification and cooperative state agriculture efforts. W R Hearst and P C Benjamin were reelected vice president and secretary treasurer respectively, with Monroe and Tallulah representatives withdrawing in favor of Crowley.
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Harry D .Wilson
Maisiana Association of Fair Officials
Crowley
Sam Jones
Louisiana
W. R, Hearst
Caddo ‘Parish
P. C. Benjamin
Tallulah
Monroe Representatives
Ex-King Alfonso in Serious Condition After Heart Attack
In Rome on February 15 doctors said ex King Alfonso of Spain is slightly improved but remaines serious after a second heart attack this morning. His abdication in favor of his son Prince Juan was published earlier this week in Portuguese papers.
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Alfonso
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Greece War Relief appeal seeks ten million dollars
The Greek War Relief drive reports receipts of 2102.90 at the News Star and Morning World offices as it urges nationwide support. It notes Greece’s dire need and calls on all Americans to back the fund to aid the devastated country and its people.
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Greek War Relief Association
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Washington Administration
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England
Willkie
Alexandria Officials Convicted in Mail Fraud Case
City Commissioner Ben F Bradford and former Representative W T Bradford were found guilty on one count of defrauding the city via mail fraud in federal court. The jury acquitted them on four counts and sentenced them to bail of 5000 dollars each pending motions for a new trial.
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New Orleans
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Marge Radio Actress Dies in Childbirth in New Jersey
In Englewood New Jersey Marge radio actress died in childbirth after a dramatic on air line about a crushing climax. She was 33 wife of Olympic swimmer Peter Fick and mother to a newborn son. Her mother Myrtle Vali said the program would continue. Columbia Broadcasting officials prepared scripts for the next two years in anticipation of motherhood.
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Columbia Broadcasting Company
Louisiana slaying suspect arrested in New York
Frank Mastriccone aged 27 was arrested last night in New York on a charge of being wanted in Baton Rouge for a five year old murder. He was ordered held without bail pending a Tuesday hearing. Police said the record check involved 60 men hired during a poultry market strike.
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Baton Rouge
Mastriocone
Treasury Ready to Tap Savings for Defense Borrowing
Washington reports the Treasury is prepared to launch a campaign to tap savings from children, housewives, and low earners to cover part of the 9 billion dollars it must borrow in the next year for defense. The plan awaits final congressional debt limit approval.
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British Parachutists Said to Have Damaged Italian Targets
British and Italian reports confirm parachute troops landed in southern Italy to demolish port and waterworks objectives. Some units reportedly completed tasks and escaped. Rome says 19 parachutists were captured, while British accounts hint at broader aims. The operation is linked to eastern command with possible Malta-based launch. Third-page continuation noted.
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Brindisi
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Bombers Hit Channel Coast In Longest Raid Yet
British air and naval forces launched a long night of heavy raids along the German held coast from Ostend to Boulogne. Dunkerque Calais Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez batteries sustained hard hits as fires and searchlights lit the Dover strait.
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London
Ostend
Boulogne
Channel
France
Dover Strait
Belgium
English Channel
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
City Detective Kills Self After Illness Strife
D. J. Bedsole a 61 year old city detective was found dead from a self inficted wound in his Hart street room at 7 20 am yesterday coroner Dr J T French labeled the death as personal safety related No inquest was held Bedsole had been off duty four days due to illness and had been despondent over his condition Funeral services set for Peters Funeral Home chapel at 1 pm with Rev D D Cantrell officiating The body to be taken to Grayston for interment at Welcome Home cemetery Pallbearers include fellow officers Captain FS Pettit Cummings E N LeVasseur FE L Walker Bill Soureal and George Horton noted by Chief Reitzell who called him one of the best officers on the force.
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Hart Street
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
FS. Pettit
Mr. Cummings
E. N. LeVasseur
FE. L. Walker
Bill Soureal
George Horton
French
Reitzell
Crisis Cries: Germany Pressed to Move by Allied Actions
War interpretation notes that British Greek and American pressure, not German choice, push Berlin toward drastic Balkan moves. Weather and Allied successes threaten Germany, with potential offensives in the Balkans, Suez, and Gibraltar, possibly within days. The piece cites Willkie and Roosevelt on aid to Britain and the risk Germany must act quickly to avert a strategic setback.
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Senate
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Japan
Yugoslav Regent Learns Hitler Plan Details For Balkans
Regent Prince Paul learned from ministers the details of Adolf Hitler s immediate plans for Yugoslavia and the Nazis army in Romania, as premier Dragisa Cvetkovic and foreign minister Aleksandar Cinca r Markovic returned from Berchtesgaden. Officials hinted at full economic and political collaboration with the Axis and Yugoslavia potentially joining Hitler s Balkan strategy. Greece also stepped up its offensive against Italians in Albania, signaling heightened regional tension.
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Southern Italy At Focus As Axis and Britain Readied For Spring Offensive
Axis and Britain prepare for combat in the Mediterranean with reports of a spring offensive. The RAF conducts two violent cross channel raids while sources note Italian control and saboteur activity in southern Italy around Naples and Palermo.
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Mediterranean
Britain
Channel
Rome
United States
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Palermo
Sicily
Axis
Harvard Head on London Mission Advances War Collaboration
Dr James B Conant president of Harvard sails from Jersey City to London on a mission to share scientific information with Britain and study British war devices The White House confirms similar missions will be sent periodically to coordinate defense data and wartime equipment efforts Also expected is Harry S Hopkins and John G Winant to report on talks with British officials and preparations for posting in London.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
James B. Conant
Harvard University
London
Britain
Jersey City
Excalibur
Lisbon
Frederick L. Hovde
Minnesota
Carroll L. Wilson
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Harry S. Hopkins
Hopkins
Puertto Rico
John G. Winant
Roosevelt Happy With Aid to Britain Bill Advances
President Roosevelt is reported well satisfied with the aid-to-Britain bill approved by the Senate foreign relations committee and eager for final enactment in its current form. The committee altered the House version by requiring explicit congressional authorization before manufacturing war equipment for foreign powers and by directing that funds paid by foreign countries for American-made equipment and on hand by June 30 be handled accordingly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Committee
Congress
Governor accepts Duhe resignation amid funds irregularities
Governor Sam Jones accepted the resignation of Sheriff Willie Duke of St. John the Baptist parish after an audit found irregularities totaling 49502 in the sheriff funds. Coroner Dr William Guillote became acting sheriff while Supervisor Hayes continues sheriff functions and the crime commission studies the report alleging forged sheriff salary fund checks.
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Willie Duke
St. John the Baptist Parish
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Duhe
St. John Parish
Jerome A. Hayes
Lake Charles
William F. Guillote
Hayes
Eugene Stanley
Duke
State Crime Commission
J. R. Fernandez
St. John Perish
Pupils Ordered To Salute Flag In Baton Rouge Schools
In Baton Rouge Louisiana two public schools were told to exclude pupils who refuse to salute or pledge allegiance to the flag or sing patriotic songs. Superintendent Turner said letters were sent under a resolution requiring patriotic acts within reason. Some students claimed religious objections to saluting the flag. Continued refusal could lead to removal from classes.
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