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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1941
Page
1
Water is precious to Italian and British troops in Africa as wells are destroyed by retreating forces. Engineers search for new water sources and sometimes purify polluted streams. The photos show modern methods used by Australian engineers to supply the Nile military effort.
Secretary Knox announced a three-fleet reorganization of the U S Navy with Atlantic Pacific and Asiatic fleets and an added 42000 in manpower. Rear Admiral Bush will command overall fleets with E Kimmel as commander in chief amid shifts affecting Admiral Richardson and new Pacific leadership.
President Roosevelt signs an executive order establishing the Office of Production Management with William S. Knudsen as director general and Sidney Hillman as associate director general. Navy Secretary Knox and War Secretary Stimson join as members to marshal industry for national defense and urge full cooperation of capital and labor.
Eight escapees from the Devil's Island penal colony were carried by the US cutter Unalga to Martinique, seeking to join General de Gaulle's Free French. They reached Miami after a perilous boat arrival last August, vowing to escape again if denied passage to London.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 1 013 905 493 for Agriculture Department activities in the 1941 fiscal year including crop control subsidies. He proposed an emergency authority to obligate up to 162 million more to bolster parity payments amid potential war demand effects on cotton, wheat and tobacco.
An army bomber carrying the body of Second Lieutenant Henry G. Strachan Jr. left Barksdale Field to fly to Savannah Georgia. He was killed in a two plane crash on the landing field at Barksdale. The other pilot, Second Lieutenant E A Sanders of Nashville Tennessee, was reported improved at Barks hospital.
Washington reports financing experts foresee a total defense budget funded by taxes and public borrowing. A nationwide drive could raise nearly 59 000 900 000 in new bonds, with $1 000 bonds for bankers and $5 bonds for ordinary citizens and 25 cent defense savings stamps for children.
Admiral William D. Leahy submitted his credentials as United States ambassador to Marshal Petain in Paris marking the first official U S contact with France since July when William C Bullitt left Paris.
The American Red Cross announced plans to send a U S cargo ship late this month loaded with condensed milk and other relief items for unoccupied France. A separate load of flour and milk was planned for Spain with a possible bread aid offer to the Spanish government.
President Roosevelt called for broader taxes to finance a total defense budget, with officials predicting steep increases in income, excess profits, gift and estate levies. He pegged current tax take at a record 8.275 billion dollars for the new fiscal year and suggested extra measures could raise up to about 2 billion more.
Congressional leaders in Washington consider a supplemental ten billion dollar armament program to aid Britain. The plan envisions leasing or lending weapons, tanks and planes over several years, separate from domestic defense funding. Treasury attorneys draft the legislation as administration aides confer on details.
Lord Baden-Powell, 83, founder of the Boy Scout movement, died today at Nyeri in Kenya Colony after years in Africa. The retired lieutenant-general had left London in 1937 due to ill health and spent his final days at his Nyeri bungalow.
Tobruk in Eastern Libya is reported cut off with 30,000 Fascist troops encircled by the British army of the Nile. Sea blockade and tank containment block reinforcements as German air and naval raids strike targets off Ireland and the Thames estuary. A munitions train crash disrupts Nazi movement toward Romania.
Judge James D. Womack is to rule by next Monday on the challenge by Judge Guillory of St. Landry Parish to his removal. The case was submitted on briefs and a ruling within three days was anticipated, while Kenneth Boagan is declared elected to Guillory's seat pending final court action.
Cairo reports British circles say Tobruk must be abandoned at once to prevent a major Italian defeat. Wavell’s mechanized cavalry threaten Bengasi and Tripoli, with Italian losses rising as Tobruk air raids and ground pressure tighten.
Former ambassador William C Bullitt told the International Relations club at the University of North Carolina that the United States must provide what Britain Greece and China need to buy time and deter Axis conquest. He warned arms production should not delay preparedness and that staying out risks totalitarian victory.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 17 485 528 049 in a peacetime budget covering the next fiscal year and current year with defense totaling 10 811 314 600 for next year and 6 463 923 for expansion. The plan includes aid to Britain and other democracies in extra funds yet to be determined and a public debt rising toward 58 billion by 1942.
O Connor, 70, former Louisiana congressman and longtime Huey Long ally, died in New Orleans from complications of a severe cold contracted while visiting Covington. Funeral set for 4 pm at his New Orleans home. His career spanned decades in state politics including service as assistant attorney general and judge before retirement in 1940.
Philip Howard Leckrone 28 of Salem TL a member of the American Eagle squadron of the Royal Air Force was killed in a flying accident Sunday. He was buried with military honors in a churchyard near his station in England. The United States embassy sent an American flag to drape the coffin.
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