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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1942
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler claims Philip Murray overreached by challenging John L Lewis in a struggle for CIO leadership. He links Lewis family influence to self serving power moves and recalls union tensions tied to wartime labor methods while noting political activity in West Virginia and Minnesota.
The third day of the third annual regional orchestra and vocal clinic opened at Neville High school with large attendance. Sessions include David Killian presenting a stringed choir, Albert Seay on Bassoon Teaching, and Ralph Pottle lecturing on Intonation. Saturday features a public concert by the Red and Blue bands expected to draw 250 high school musicians and the public.
Washington January 23 A wartime price control amendment patched through a Senate House conference is ready for final action. The measure, seen as unpopular by some sponsors, could raise food costs 1 to 15 percent due to farm price ceiling restrictions, but supporters say it halts inflation with workable mechanics.
British desert troops suffered a sharp reverse as Axis forces recaptured Adedabia 90 miles northeast of El Agheila. Rommel began a full counter offensive while Soviet forces struck from Mozhaisik toward the Baltic front and recaptured towns near Orel. Moscow front advances and a blinding snowstorm aided Russian efforts to outflank Nazi forces to the north and south.
Colonel George E. Breece, longtime Albuquerque resident and business leader, died at his home in Albuquerque after an illness. A World War I veteran, he built lumber, mills, cattle ranches and banking interests. Surviving his three sons and two daughters are Mrs. Aseneth Evans, Mrs. Tom Stribling, and grandson George Breece of Monroe.
In New Rochelle New York four 18 year old youths died when their car sideswiped another vehicle hit a tree and wrapped around a second tree. The deceased were James Bugle Lucas Loewe Dennis Devlin and Edward G Mangels. The other driver William Morton McMahon age 20 was unhurt.
Leon Weiss, a 58 year old New Orleans architect and former Tulane professor, spent Thursday night in parish jail before a Friday morning transfer to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. He was convicted in 1940 of using the mails to defraud the state and board of education over new campus buildings. Weissleft Shreveport bail denied probation and will serve a five year term.
A mixed nationality crew mutinies aboard a Japanese chartered freighter en route to Yokohama with 4000 tons of coal after Pearl Harbor. They lock up officers, sail to an undisclosed Pacific port, and surrender the Japanese officers to U S authorities. The voyage faces rough seas and scarce provisions. The ship's name and port remain undisclosed.
Hollywood reports Clark Gable, 50, grieving over Carole Lombard's death, will seek solace in work. He remains secluded at a friend's home, having attended Lombard's and her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Peters' funeral and publicist Otto Winkler's service, while avoiding his Encino ranch.
Detroit workers aboard buses and streetcars returned to factories as the City Employes union deferred a 4 a.m. walkout after Undersecretary of War Robert F. Patterson warned it would endanger war production. A referendum on a 15 percent wage rise is planned next week amid ongoing talks with city officials. Police prepared to shield workers to ensure access to workplaces.
Army officials urged Congress to approve a 12.5 billion appropriation to build 33 000 planes and related armament for an offensive knockout blow. Lt Gen H H Arnold testified the funds would accelerate readiness and bolster allied air power as U S production expands across air and naval strength.
Dutch heavy bombers and dive bombers claim 12 direct hits on eight Japanese warships and transports in the Macassar Straits between Borneo and Celebes. A communique says 660 and 175 pound bombs struck a large warship, a heavy cruiser, a smaller cruiser, a large transport, a destroyer, and three transports with no Dutch losses reported.
Military affairs committee of congress launches investigation into waste and inefficiency complaints about the shell loading plant near Minden. Special investigator George Shillito arrived to conduct the inquiry as reported in Shreveport.
In Lake Charles Louisiana Annie Beatrice Henry known as Toni Jo faces a third murder trial after two prior death sentences were overturned. Finnan Burks testified they planned to rob a bank, abducted Houston salesman J P Calloway near Orange Texas, and disposed of him on a Lake Charles area road.
At the Pan American conference in Rio de Janeiro Argentina submitted a counter-proposal for severing ties with the axis. Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu met with Brazil and U S delegations and with Ramon Castillo who drafted the Argentine plan. Officials said the leaders would meet to consider the proposal.
Tokyo reports Premier Hideki Tojo addressing parliament promising peaceful reconciliation if Chungking shifts stance. He says China remains a sister nation despite five years of conflict and urges Chinese leaders to act while blaming Anglo American influence for past faults.
Japanese invade New Guinea and the Solomons while Melbourne radio reports the Malayan situation growing more serious. British troops counter in the west as Moulmein falls back to 26 miles from Rangoon. Argentina delays anti axis pact action at Pan American talks as four republics discuss a quit stalling ultimatum. Vyazma nears as German survivors from Mozhaisk retreat 25 miles west with Red Army flanking from the northeast.
President Roosevelt reportedly discussed a joint three member committee from the AFL and CIO to meet during the war and resolve disputes while coordinating with the president on production matters. The plan, supported by AFL leaders and quietly accepted by some CIO ranks, aims to blunt John L. Lewis influence and unify labor during the victory effort.
Washington January 23 1944 the farm security administration authorized 2475 trailer units for workers in defense centers. Locations include Shreveport Minden and Homer Louisiana with 300 units listed for the area.
Japanese forces press toward Australia as sea landings reach New Guinea Solomon Islands and likely New Britain. MacArthur's troops beat back renewed assaults on the Philippines while U S reinforcements flow in. Dutch air raids hit Japanese ships in the Strait of Macassar as Japan tightens a southern base chain.
The War Production Board announced a ban on crude rubber for girdles and many foundation garments along with golf balls erasers bathing suits and caps after February 1. The plan lists essential products and imposes quotas with reclaimed rubber required for items not on the list. Reclaimed rubber may not suit stretch fabrics and girdles were torpedoed by this rule.
Washington January 23 WPA Commissioner Howard O. Hunter said the Works Progress Administration will aid workers displaced by the switch to war production. In cooperation with the Social Security Agency, WPA will place temporary jobless workers in WPA projects when they cannot receive unemployment benefits. Federal offices will certify such workers February 1, and Hunter estimates about 100,000 could be helped, with a request for more funds if needed.
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