Roosevelt orders miners back to work in coal strike
President Roosevelt as commander in chief directed all anthracite miners to return to work immediately to avert fuel shortages during wartime. About 5,000 miners returned in Pennsylvania while roughly 12,300 remained idle as the War Labor Board order faced resistance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of American
National
Joval
Mional War Labor Board
War Labor Board
National War Labor Board
Armed Forces
Peggy Satterlee to testify in Flynn court drama
All Russia headlines aside, Peggy Satterlee, 16, is set to take the stand in Los Angeles as the prosecution nears its statutory rape case against Errol Flynn. Witnesses, including twojuvenile officers and jurors, shape the motive and path of the trial as mistrial talks conclude.
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Los Angeles
la Rue
Satterlee
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Sirocco
Peggy
Brronde
Slim
Betty Hansen
Flynn Siso
Leslie E Stull
Elaine Forbes
Alice F. Chalfant
Serene Boehm
Misa Lynne Boyer
Bel Air
Frederick McEvoy
Flynn
Miss Hansen
Westbrook Pegler on Wagner Act and coal miners strike
Westbrook Pegler argues the Wagner Act under the New Deal corrupts workers by enabling union bosses. He frames the act as a disguised restraint on labor, urging readers to see through demagogic rhetoric as miners threaten reduced coal production.
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Pennsyvania
Warner
Cance
Robert Wagner
New York
Blocking of measure on 48 hour week in Senate action
Senate leaders signaled immediate action would be blocked on a six hour mandated work week. Senator Reed intends to call it up on his return from fuel hearings and keep it on the Senate floor. Leadership members debate committee referral while Pepper expects fair consideration. Judiciary moves on two labor related measures from Senator O Daniel as debate continues.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Kansas
Midwest
Barkley
Kentucky
McNary
Oregon
Pepper
Florida
Conwaitter
Judiciary Committee
van Nuyt
Indiana
Suby
Ty Sennor O' Daniel
Texas
Reid Described as Favorable to Axis in Roosevelt Threat Trial
In Shreveport on January 19, two witnesses testified that William Thomas Reid, on trial for uttering threats against President Roosevelt, appeared sympathetic to Axis powers. Mrs. Ben Head Jr testified Reid boasted of friendship with Baron von Spiegel and said he would kill the president if money allowed. Ben Head Jr. stated Reid proclaimed Axis overran the United States and urged admiration for Hitler.
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Shreveport
William Thomas Reid
United States District Court
Roosevelt
Ben T. Head, Jr
Reid
Arkansas
Baron von Spiegel
New Orleans
von Spiegel
Gulf
Washington
Hitler
Head
Postoffice Posts Biggest Year Amid War Demand
Monroe's post office reports 1942 as its highest year of business, led by December with 33 597.96 in revenue. The year total reached 232 935.57, up from 213 261.07 the prior year, with most growth occurring in October through December. Postmaster J R Wooten notes wartime demand drove the spike.
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Monroe
J R. Wooten
Soldier's marital prospects change in Louisiana note
A Camp Livingston soldier sent a note to Court Clerk Julius F Arian canceling a marriage license after the bride wed another man. He plans to seek a license to marry her sister, noting legal hurdles and future hopes.
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Alexandria
Cold Wave Grips Twin Cities with Freezing Lows
A sharp cold wave hit northeast Louisiana Monday night with dawn readings at Selman airport 14 degrees Tuesday. Residents report frozen water pipes and plumbers in demand as temperatures drop across Monroe and West Monroe with readings from 2 to 18 degrees at various locations.
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Louisiana
Selman
Twin Cities
Monroe
H. H. Baur
Pargoud Drive
A. E. Fisher
North Eighth Street
West
George Gunby
Auburn Avenue
City Hall
Fire destroys home on Catalpa street
The residence of Sid Cascio at 405 Catalpa street burned for over an hour after 11 a.m. Tuesday. Four Monroe fire trucks arrived and fought the blaze. the house was nearly ruined though much furniture was saved by the owner with neighbor help.
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Sid Cascio
Catalpa Street
Monroe
Allied Troops Capture Sanananda Point Town
Milk price in New Orleans rises to 15 cents a quart as OPA raises retail ceilings. The change, effective Monday, aligns prices with production costs and supports farmers toward the 143 food for freedom goal. other areas see 12 to 14 cent limits.
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New Orleans
New Orleanians
Office of Price Administration
Lake Charles
Submarine strikes sink enemy ships in Pacific
Navy communique reports American submarines sank one destroyer, one large cargo ship, one medium transport, one medium cargo ship, and one small patrol vessel. A large tanker and a small cargo ship were damaged. Allied forces seize Sanananda point and village, enveloping Horii remnants in northeastern New Guinea.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
I. United States
Navy Department
Australia
Sanananda Point
Sanananda Village
Associated Press
New Guinea
Tomitaro Horii
Captured Nazi Officer Speakers On War Outlook
A captured German officer in a Rostov front house discusses the war with Soviet interrogators. He downplays Allied production, says Rommel’s losses are temporary, and predicts German gains next summer despite Russian strength.
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Eddy Gilmore
RED Army
Rostov
United States
Rommel
Germany
Europe
Siege Ends In Leningrad Breakthrough Opened Land Corridor
Moscow reports decisive Red Army gains as a 17 month siege of Leningrad is broken by a land corridor. Lenin grad offensive began January 12 with a two hour twenty minute artillery barrage, unsealing direct land connection and boosting morale across the Soviet Union.
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Stalingrad
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Ladoga
Leningrad
High Caucasus
Sevestia
Velikie Luki
Salsk
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Neva
Pravda
Severe Cold Wave Predicted Across South Regions
New Orleans reports an extreme cold wave may bring near zero temperatures in north Louisiana and north Mississippi with lows near 15 degrees locally. Temperatures fell overnight after a warm spell and were already dropping with warnings to protect pipes cars and vegetation from icy winds as records shattered in several towns.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States Weather Bureau
Shreveport
Robert ©. Lee
Alexandria
Crowley
Monroe
Donaldsonville
Lake Charles
Greenville
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi River
Miss
Four men believed trapped after water torrent at Argo mine
In Idaho Springs Colorado four workers Claude Alberta Charles Bennetts Sem Mathiess and Louis Hamilton were in the Argo mine tunnel when blasts released a hidden lake flooding the shaft. Rescue efforts began six hours later as miners feared the men were drowned in the four mile long tunnel.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Argo
Claude Alberta
Charles Bennetts
Sem Mathiess
Louis Hamilton
D Y Smith Named Director of State Road Department
Governor Sam Jones announced the resignation of W Prescott Foster as director of the state highway department and said Foster will join the state highway board while remaining active in government. State Senator D Y Smith of Sterlington will succeed Foster as director, effective February 1, with Foster leaving to devote time to his sugar plantation in St Mary parish.
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D. Y. Smith
State Road Department
Baton Rouge, la
W. Prescott Foster
Highway Department
Sam Jones
Foster
St. Mary Par
Walker Praises Roosevelt Achievements at Chicago Convention
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, lauded a decade of social progress under President Roosevelt. He urged no interruption to reforms and praised Roosevelt’s social legislation amid committee support for the president and Flynn’s replacement as minister to Australia.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Australia
Tragic Camp Point car freezing deaths of two teens
Coroner's jury summoned in Camp Point to investigate the deaths of Eleanor Bradley 17 and Donald MacMeans 16 who froze to death in an automobile on Main Street. Three other youths were in the car with Davis 21 in critical condition.
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Camp Point
Eugene Johnston
Quincy
Eleanor Bradley
Donald MacMeans
Meredith Davis
MacMeans
Tom Louderback
Miss Bradley
Johnston
Davis
Louderback
Toh Ponte
British Eighth Army advances toward Tripoli amid heavy Axis defenses
From Cairo Jan 19 British General Montgomery drives two columns across Libya toward Tripoli. One column closes on 50 miles from the city as Rommel rushes to block or retreat toward the Tunisian border. Allied air power pounds Tripoli and Castel Benito, with B29 Liberators bombing near Karamanli Mole and other targets.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Libya
Beni Alid
Tripoli
Tarhuna
Ninth
United States Army Air Force
Karamanli Mole
Castel Benito
North Africa
Attlee Sees Bright War Prospects for 1943
London statement by deputy prime minister Clement Attlee credits Allied gains last year and Soviet successes, expressing confidence for 1943. He lauds Russian army, notes weather in Tunisia hindered motor movement and airfield supply, and backs Eisenhower and Anderson while cautioning over Allied France policy differences.
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London
Clement EK
Attlee
Great Britain
Churchill
Stalingrad
North Africa
Tunisia
Eisenhower
Anderson
Ghost of Stolen Pig Buried Foes Lambert Freed
Oakland California January 19 Lambert a shipyard worker is freed after Oklahoma warrant claimed six months remained on a 42 month sentence for theft of a pig decades ago. He left prison to attend his mother's funeral and was told his record was clear. Police relayed the Oklahoma note stating transport was scarce and he should not return.
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Oakland
Calif
John
Bud) Lambert
Oklahoma
Lambert
Dwight Malcome
Lawton
Fred
Ahoma
McAr
Transporta
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