Manhattan Luxury Liner Runs Aground Off Florida Coast
Eight foot waves slam the 24689 ton liner Manhattan onto the Lake Worth inlet shore about 250 yards offshore. Coast guards say no imminent peril to 200 passengers and 556 crew aboard as rescue craft move in. The ship bound for California via the canal was unclear if hit uncharted rock or strayed off course.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Manhattan
Lake Worth Inlet
Werther
Florda
Gulf
United States Line
California
Aname Canal
G. W. Richardson
S. S&s Manhattan
Coast
Guardsmen Headed to Camp Hulen Texas for Year of Training
Thousands gather at Dunes Central station as a 12 car special departs at 365 p m carrying Monroe National Guard units to Camp Hulen Texas for a year of training. About 290 men including Battery G and Headquarters Battery of the 24th Coast Artillery plus medical detachment board the train with officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Louis F Rolleigh Wes.
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Dunes Central Station
Monroe
Camp Hulen
Texas
National Guard of the United States
Louis F. Rolleigh
24Th Coast Artillery
2Mth Coast Artillery
Rolleigh
F. X. Shaughnessy
Clyde C. Bell
George Weaks
Joseph G. Elliott
John F. Regan
Charles M. Womack
Manning
Rosbury
Derius J. Crews
Van Zandt predicts U S may enter war soon
United States Representative James F. Van Zandt, a Pennsylvania Republican and former VFW national commander, said in Boston that war is imminent and an American expeditionary force could be sent abroad within two years. He told Massachusetts VFW members there is no use kidding ourselves.
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Boston
United States
James F. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Food Stamp Plan 10 to Begin in Ouachita Parish
The Food Stamp Plan 10 will start in Ouachita Parish around February 15, announced by George D. Holland, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Nine other Northeast Louisiana parishes will also adopt the program as details are settled and contracts are formed by local officials and the administration.
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Feders Surplus Marketing Administration
Ouachita Parish
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana
Hol
Washington
W. S. Terry, Jr
Louisiana Department of Public Welfare Association
Holland
Merehouse
West Carroll
East Carroll
Richland
Madison
Lincoln
Franklin
Tensas
Concordia
RWPA
New Deal Faces Accounting In Georgia
Georgia swears in Eugene Talmadge as governor while a conservative legislature convenes. The prior Rivers administration expanded services under a little New Deal including social security, public health, and seven month teacher salaries. Talmadge promises economy and to make liberals programs work amid rising state debt concerns.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
E. D. Rivers
Assembly
Talmadge
Repatriation Efforts Hasten Americans From Europe
The State Department and Red Cross seek to repatriate destitute Americans in France via Lisbon with rail and sea transport. About 680 from German occupied France and 100 from unoccupied France are targeted, while 1200 in England hope to return but face hurdles. Transit visas through Portugal simplify passage.
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Washington
Sam
Europe
State Department
American Red Cross
France
Red Cross
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
United States
New York
Riviera
England
LSU Board Opens Meeting in Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University board of supervisors convened in executive session to consider a permanent president candidate. J E Smitherman heads a special fact finding committee after a university trip to several states. New members W H North and Dr Emmett Irwin joined, illness kept others away, and a decision on the presidency may wait. The panel’s recommendation likely goes to the board tomorrow amid talks on legal advice about $500,000 loans tied to former president James Monroe Smith.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
J. E. Smitherman
Shreveport
W. H. North
Emmett Irwin
New Orleans
L S. A. Medical School
Smitherman
Factfinding Committee
James Monroe Smith
Plane Crash Kills 16 SA Air Force Members
Sixteen South African air force personnel perished when their plane crashed near Mbeya Tanganyika in thick mist. Officials say the pilot may have lost his way, causing a mountainside impact.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Mbeya
Tanganyika
Britain raids target German coast and Italian refinery docks
London reports day and night air attacks on the Channel coast and Axis targets. Bombers hit Brest Le Havre Lorenz, Porto Marghera and Regensburg while low level raids aimed to disrupt occupation forces and morale. The Porto Marghera refinery suffered large building destruction and oil tanks were set ablaze.
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London
Venice
Air Ministry
Brest
le Havre
Lorenz
Porto Marghera
Italy
Regensburg
Osten
Channel
Britain
Three Escapees Fleed From Parish Prison Camp
Sheriff Milton Coverdale reported three white inmates escaped from the parish prison camp on DeSiard road by tearing planks from a building. E. J. Courson, 18 or 19, due to be released January 17, faced a six month term for breaking and entering and had escaped before. John Henry Wallace, 18, awaiting a two year term for larceny, is 5 feet 9 inches, 130 pounds with blue eyes. Nori Kilcrease, 24, serving 325 days, is 5 feet 7 inches, 175 pounds with grey eyes.
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Sheriff's Department
Milton Coverdale
DeSiard Road
A. W. Towns
E. J. Courson
John Henry Wallace
Nori Kilcrease
Greeks Close In On Port Valona In Southern Albania
Athens reports Greek forces advancing on the port of Valona with three spearheads. The spearhead toward Tepeleni nears the fortress town guarding the Italian highway to Valona, while other columns push along the coast and toward Berati and Central Albanian oilfields.
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Athens
Vaiona
Albania
Tepeleni
Klisura
Valona
Belgrade
Berati
Lake
Ochrida
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Submarine Squalus Renamed Sailfish Heads Pacific Fleet
Portsmouth report notes the submarine Squalus now Sailfish will sail Thursday to join the Pacific fleet. After the 1939 sinking off the New Hampshire coast 26 men died and four original crew members remain aboard. The vessel bears a new name and log book to erase traces of the disaster.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Atlantic
Sailfish
New Hampshire
Chief of Staff Replaces Cavallero in Albania Front
In Rome on January 13 General Ugo Cavallero was sent to command Italian forces facing Greek attacks in Albania, replacing General Ubaldo Soddu who cited ill health. Badoglio also resigned, while Soddu seeks extended treatment. Italian officials reported the line is secure and denied British reports of Albanian riots. Three regiments from Albania were proposed for high decorations.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Ugo Cavallero
Albania
Ubaldo Soddu
Greece
Cavallero
Italy
Alpine
Julia
Cham ber of Commerce Names New Directors for Three-Year Terms
On Monday the Cham ber of Commerce announced its new board. Harry Frazier B W Biedenharn J W Keene I A Faulk John Hardin W R Hatchell and Gardiner Young will take office January 1. Retiring directors include C C Boardman Bob Harmon Albert Marx S A Mass H A McDonald FE R Whitaker and H M Williams Jr. Two-year directors remaining are J T Conger L P Milner M C McDonald E E Pritchett and Jack Warren. One-year terms remain for J G Durrett H M James Sig Masur and Sam Rubin with a board appointment to fill the vacancy.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harry Frazier
B. W. Biedenharn
J. W. Keene
I. A. Faulk
John Hardin
W. R. Hatchell
Gardiner Young
C. C. Boardman
Bob Harmon
Albert Marx
S. A. Mass
H. A
Reorganization Hearing Delayed By Baton Rouge Court
In Baton Rouge on January 13 District Judge James D Womack continued trial of a suit challenging the state government reorganization amendment to January 20. Arguments on a state motion challenging East Baton Rouge district court jurisdiction will be heard then. Six taxpayers represented by K K Kennedy filed the suit seeking an injunction to block officers from serving in offices created by the amendment.
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Baton Rouge
James D. Womack
East Baton Rouge
K. K. Kennedy
The
Tax Commission
Richard Leche
Earl Long
Rioters Shot as Quito Demonstration Ends at Palace
In Quito on January 13 rioters were fatally shot, 17 others injured, and 13 police hurt during a street demonstration that concluded with the stoning of the presidential palace.
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Quito
Ecuador
Child from Home Becomes Movie Actress at Six
Six year old Arlene Jackson, living in a children's home, lands a role in Penny Serenade after director George Stevens and writer Martha Cheavens seek an orphan for the part. She receives a private dressing room, stand in, wardrobe mistress, hairdresser, and earns twenty five dollars a day.
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Hollywood
Arlene Jackson
Arlene
George Stevens
Stevens
Martha Cheavens
Miss Cheavens
Cary Grant
Irene Dunne
Officials Say Capital Visit Is Successful
A Ouachita Parish delegation led by Mayor H. H. Benoit met in Washington with officials to discuss Selman field improvements and potential national defense projects. They learned no immediate funds were available for Selman field, but pledged efforts to secure airport expansion funds and defend its defense significance.
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Selman Field
Ouachita Parish
Washington, D. C
H. H. Benoit
George D. Pipes
S. L. Digby
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
War Department
Pipes
Quachita Parish
Benoit
One-Time Creole Beauty Frenchy Dies in Texas
A Creole woman known as Frenchy, famed for deserting her Baton Rouge family to deal monte with Texas figures like Billy the Kid and Bat Masterson, died in Channing, Texas. She had vowed to stay in Tascosa till the end, and will be buried beside Mickey McCormick at Tascosa.
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Amarillo
Tex
Baton Rouge
Monte
Billy the Kid
Bat Masterson
Pat Garrett
Frenchy
Tascosa
St. Louis
Cow Trail
Dodge City
Kans
Mickey McCormick
McCormick
Channing
Mickey
Opposition to Fight Hard 10 Curtail Scope
Washington dispatches report the House upholding leadership guiding the lease lead bill for Britain aid. The foreign affairs committee was approved for hearings with Hull as first witness, while the military panel failed to seize control. Willkie urged modification amid calls for emergency powers with a fixed term.
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Washington
Britain
House
Rayburn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Bloom
Democrat
New York
Hull
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kans
T B MEET TO BE HELD HERE
Arrangements for the Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association annual meeting and officers election include a noon luncheon at Hotel Frances and a districtwide session. Dr Julius Lane Wilson of Tulane University and Mrs John McBryde of New Orleans head the talks. The 1941 goal is 2000 beds for tubercular patients. Monroe's area reportedly faces a 50 bed shortage.
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Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Hotel Frances
The
Tuberculosis Association
Julius Lane Wilson
Tulane University
John McBryde
New Orleans
Wilson
Monte Lemann
McBryde
Louisiana Tuberculosis Association
Louisiana
Monroe
G. B. Cooley
Ouachita Tuberculosis and Health Association
Salt Lake Airport Hangar Burns
United Air Lines main hangar at Salt Lake Municipal airport burned last night. Two planes worth $155000 were destroyed and two employees were injured with slight burns while fleeing through flames. investigators suspect gasoline vapor ignition from a peculiar odor prior to the fire.
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Salt Lake City
United Air Lines
Salt Lake Municipal
Merlin R. Sparks
Gardner C. Young
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Knudsen
Harry J. Carmichael
General Motors of Canada, Ltd
America
Office of Production Management
General Motors
William Knudsen
Ouachita
Land Said
NEW Deal
U. 5
U. Board
Orleans Army Hospital
Coleonel
William H. Smith, Jr
Bienville Parish
United States Army
General Hospital
Mississippi
Port Valona
Pacific
Saddu
Tobruk
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