Pan American Ministers Meet in Montevideo Over Trade Outlet
Delegates from five Pan American nations gather in Montevideo to discuss a sea outlet for landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay. The conference, hosted by Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay, aims to advance freer trade amid postwar economic strains and the lingering Chaco War aftermath.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Montevideo
Uruguay
Jan Ft
River Plata
Eaguay
Goa
Brazil
Panama
United Sates
Peru
Chile
Alberto Guani
Ostria Gutierrez
Luis A. Argana
Jaguay
Sunya
Guam
Sayig
Chaco
Bermuda Base to Be in Great Sound Bermuda
Washington reports the major U S navy base to be built in Bermuda will be at Great Sound rather than St Davids Island. Dredging may join Tucker and Morgans islands into a single seaplane complex while St Davids Island remains a possible auxiliary site. A $75 million Roosevelt fund funds landplane bases at Long Bird Island and related works including Castle Harbor improvements and explosive storage on small eastern islands.
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Washington
United States Navy
Bermuda
Great Sound
St David's Island
Tuckers
Morgans Islands
Navy
St. Vid's Island
Ruth's Bay
Iggs
F Roosevelt
Long Bird Island
Rose's Bay
Castle Harbor
Occansland
Coney
Senate Nutshell Passes War Navy Defense Modernization Bill
The Senate unanimously approved a $200,000,600 expenditure to modernize the fleet for defense after naval committee approval. Witnesses testified increased anti air attack protection is needed, citing lessons from the European war. The committee also backed a $1,209,008,000 plan to expand shipbuilding and ordnance facilities and build 400 small vessels.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Chamber
Senate Naval Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Naval Committee
Navy Shipbuilding and Ordnance Works
Naval
Late Mayor's Brother Dies in Winnfield Home
Julian Bernstein 73 brother of late Monroe Mayor Arnold Bernstein died at his Winnfield residence Sunday night after a two year illness. Funeral Monday 3 p.m. at Mulhearn Monroe with Rabbi Hirsch officiating. Interment in local Jewish cemetery. Survived by brother Rudolph and sister Nettie Bernstein. several nephews and nieces. Another brother Henry Bernstein of Monroe had died earlier.
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Julian Bernstein
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
Winnfield
Mulhearn Funeral Home
F. K. Hirsch
Temple B' Nai Israel
Bernstein
Montgomery
Philip
Rosalia Bernstein
New Orleans
Morris Bernstein
Rudolph Bernstein
Nettie Bernstein
Winnfeild
Henry Bernstein
191 SAFETY RECORD ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES SUMMARY
Accidents to date 41 versus 30 a year ago. Personal injuries to date not listed. No deaths to date or a year ago. The record shows higher accident totals than the prior year with no fatalities reported.
Skilled labor shortage seen in auto work
Detroit January 27 The auto industry faces a skilled labor shortage that could limit normal factory output as defense production expands. Executives from General Motors Ford and Chrysler warn the October start of the new model year will test capacity while defense work ramps up, with some bomber parts already due before then. The industry has canceled the New York auto show to launch new models and is building reserve stocks of cars.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Automobile Industry
New York
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
Britain
Hongkong
British Empire
Japan
China
Germany
Italy
New Order of
Six Die as Car Struck by Train at Dalton Crossing
Six aboard an automobile were killed when a Chicago Miami passenger train of the Southern Railroad struck their car at a grade crossing near Dalton Georgia. Victims were Ivan Ledford 27 his wife 24 and three Ledford children ages two to eight plus Annie Ledford a sister. The Sunbeam train hit broadside in light rain.
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Dalton
Southern Railroad
Ivan Ledford
Ledfords
Annie Ledford
Ellijay
J. W. Johnson
Southern
Johnson
Barney Boyd
Ledford
Willkie Seeks Irish Ports Talk During Eurpean Visit
Wendell Willkie met with Prime Minister Churchill in London and planned to discuss with Eamon de Valera in neutral Ireland. He emphasized he acts as an individual, not a government representative, and aimed to study wartime conditions during a two week stay.
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London
Wendell L Willkie
Roosevelt
Churchill
Eamon de Valera
Neutral
Eire
Dublin
de Valera
Willkie
Churchil
Foreign Ministry
Anthony Eden
England
United States
Government charges light bulb monopoly in gas and glass firms
The Justice Department moves to break up an alleged monopoly in the electric light bulb industry. It will file suits in federal court at Trenton New Jersey against about a dozen firms for restraining competition and curbing independent manufacturers. The division accuses General Electric and Corning Glass Works of monopolizing bulb production and licensing to fix prices and control the market.
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Washington
Jackson
Trenton
N. J
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Anti-Trust
General Electric Company
Corning Glass Works
Coaraetors
General Electric
Army total awards reach 5 810 million in defense contracts
Defense program expansion pushes the Army's awarded total to 5.81 billion with unobligated funds around 782.7 million. Through January 18 contracts added about 103.2 million for defense plants, with Navy and Reconstruction Finance Corporation sharing costs.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Navy
Air Corps
Ordnance
Quartermaster Corps
Childersburg
Ala
Woman shoots self in Louisiana incident
Miss Inez Dorman, 33, of Glenmora, shot herself early Saturday night in Alexandria. Police say she was in fair condition and perfectly conscious at Charity hospital in Pineville.
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Alexandria
Inez Dorman
Glenmora
George C. Gray
Charity Hospital
Pineville
Hongkong Prepares Coastal Defense Amid War Threats
Britain’s colony in Hongkong readies a defense as a million refugees crowd the island. A $40 million fortification program speeds tunnels and air raid shelters while powerfully placed 16 and 18 inch guns vigilantly guard the approaches.
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South China
Hongkong
Japan
Kowloon
Colony Peninsula
Overton Denies Soldiers Charged High Prices Near Camp Beauregard
In a Senate exchange Senator Overton of Louisiana defended Alexandria merchants against Wisconsin claims of double pricing for soldiers. He cited a General Staff inquiry finding no evidence of price discrimination, while Senator Wiley said investigations are underway with Adjutant General Emory Adams awaiting a full report.
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Washington
Overton
Louisiana
Wiley
Wisconsin
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Senate
Marshall
Emory S. Adams
The
United States
W. V. Lamkin
Joe E. Pitts
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
John F. Williams
National Guard Bureau
Six Die in French Troop Riot at Maison Carree
A riot by French troops in Vichy follows at Maison Carree Algeria with six killed and many wounded. Three of the fatalities were women. Authorities report ringleaders arrested while several fugitives are surrounded in their countryside hideout.
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Vichy
France
Maison Carree
Algeria
Volunteers Sought as Army Seeks 16500 Recruits
The army announced nine corps areas will recruit 16 500 volunteers for three years in the air corps and related branches. Commanders were ordered to recruit by March 1, with eligibility for those registered for selective service.
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Washington
Army
Air Corps
Hull Will Be Heard Behind Closed Doors
Secretary Hull told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that mutual understanding with Japan has been virtually fruitless. He asked for private consideration of sensitive information related to the lease lend bill and urged cooperation to keep such details confidential. Open hearings were planned to resume later, with executive sessions ongoing in the House.
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Washington
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Japan
State Department
George
Georgia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Committee
House Committee
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
George C. Marshall
Army
Vandenberg
Michigan
New Warning on WPA Labor Standoff in New Orleans
Howard Hunter warned that if the labor deadlock on a 360000 WPA defense project near New Orleans is not resolved soon, funds will be reallocated elsewhere. The delay on the national guard observation base follows union labor refusing to work with WPA crews. Governor Sam Jones said a conference will be held to settle the dispute over a lakeshore base near New Orleans for a war department air squadron.
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New Orleans
Howard Hunter
Work Projects Administration
National Guard
WPA
Hunter
Louisiana
James H. Crutcher
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
War Department
British Raid Forces Hit African Front in Libyan War
British raiders clash with Italian defenders of Derna Libya as Mussolini's forces suffer armored losses east and south of the port. Cairo reports British advances toward Agordat while Italian air power pounds enemy concentrations. Derna is noted for Eaton’s 1805 assault.
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Associated Press
Britain
Derna
Libya
Mediterranean
Bengasi
Cairo
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
United States
Yussuf
Italian Eritrea
Red Sea
Agordat
London
Channel
Nurses to Aid Nation's Work in Monroe District Meeting
A nursing information program aims to inventory nurses nationwide. Monroe district leaders in the defense program met at Hotel Bentley Alexandria to plan outreach across parishes including Union Morehouse East and West Carroll Richland Tensas Jackson Ouachita Lincoln Winn Caldwell Madison and Franklin.
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State Board of Directors
Defense
Hotel Bentley
Alexandria
Monsroe
Union
Morehouse
East
West Carroll
Richland
Tensas
Jackson
Quachita
Lincoln
Winn
Caldwell
Madison
Franklin
Frances Page
Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
Pearl Peterson
Maidee Coulter
Jimmy Cobb Williams
Monroe
Dorthy Feaster
St. Francis Sanitarium
Narses
St. Sanitarium Auditorium
Eight Month Old Baby Burned To Death Near Cheniere
An eight month old girl named Beverly Ann Windham died after crawling into a fireplace while left alone on a blanket in her home near Cheniere. The death occurred about 4:30 p.m. Saturday per the parish coroner Dr. J T French. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Cheniere
Beverly Ann Windham
Breland Windham
J. T. French
Parish
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion Antonescu
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