10 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
1
A column discusses defense rearmament creating housing and schooling needs for workers and families near new military plants. It notes shortages of private quarters for officers families and children, compares past railroad booms, and mentions civilian labor drafts used by Hitler and Stalin to relocate workers.
Senator Taft told the Senate that he heard the United States was building a naval air base for Great Britain in Northern Ireland and that Willkie urged bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland. He argued such occupation could relieve British troops and place American soldiers in the British Isles, while questioning Iceland grounds for defense. The Senate naval committee prepared to summon Knox and Stark to testify on reports of naval combat with German vessels.
Baton Rouge officials report the state collected 4,879,891.04 more taxes in the 1940-41 fiscal year than the prior year, totaling 68,014,022.54 despite repeals and license fee cuts. Major gains came from severance and income taxes, while eleven taxes topped 1,000,000 each.
Red Cross officials hold hope for seven nurses and one worker feared lost at sea after the Maasdam sinking near an Atlantic port. Six of ten nurses who sailed for England June 5 are missing, four rescued after drifting days. Listed missing: Phyllis Vans, Dorothy Morse, Nancie Pett, Helen Jurewicz, Margaret Somerville, Dorothea Koehn. Rescued: Rachel St Jerre, Marion Lissett, Victoria Pele, Lilan Pesnicak.
The civil service commission reports May executive branch employment at 1,306,333, up one third from a year earlier as defense efforts surge. War and Navy departments lead growth with civilian totals of 292,112 and 211,445 respectively, while DC employment rises to 177,328.
A safety briefing lists this year’s 285 accidents versus 238 last year and 37 personal injuries versus 59, with one death so far this year and four last year. It also notes a traffic rule banning left turns at intersections where police erect NO LEFT TURN signs.
A police jury and Chamber of Commerce joint committee outlined parish wide five year one mill tax to expand Selmanfield Airport. If approved government funds could reach 600000 for development and equipment boosting pilot training and defense use as an intermediary port for Army pilots. Polls open Tuesday from 7 am to 5 pm.
District Judge James D. Womack granted an appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court returnable August 7 in a case challenging a 6.145 million dollar bond issue to fund floating debt repay 2.065 million to the highway department and pay part of Confederate veteran pensions. James H. Morrison sought the appeal. Cicero Sessions opposed it. The ruling upheld that the sale of bonds was valid through the former state debt liquidation board despite the constitutional reorganization.
Russians claim annihilation of a German motorized division and victories along a 300 mile front near Moscow and Leningrad. Germans assert a decisive battle between two great armies. British forces renew fighting in Syria as Beirut evacuation demand lingers. Vichy states no reply to peace terms. RAF bombs Italian cities and Sicily raid. Naples and Aachen assaults. Luftwaffe conducts night raids on Britain.
General Ben Lear defends punishing about 350 soldiers for shouting at golfers in Memphis. He asserts he enforces soldierly conduct and discipline to maintain standards for defense, stressing responsibility for training and for civilian relations within the Second Army.
A conference of Senate Democrats unanimously selected 83 year old Senator Carter Glass of Virginia to be president pro tempore of the Senate. He will succeed the late Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi after ratification of the conference choice.
Baton Rouge July 10 Governor Sam Jones delivered a dedication address at Cotton Valley praising doubled oil output and state savings from conservation and new gas recycling plants. He decried corruptionists as a threat to national security and warned against political attacks as he cited increased severance taxes and revenues. He noted state gains from oil and gas production and stressed reform to restrain taxes.
President Roosevelt named Edmund Burke Jr to the Securities Commission for the remainder of the term through June 5, 1944. Burke, a New Yorker and former director of the restructuring division, succeeds Leon Henderson who resigned to lead the Office of Price Administration.
Vichy France faces confusion over a proposed armistice in Syria and Lebanon as Admiral Darlan returns from talks with German officials. Dentz seeks terms while Beirut faced British leaflets and a declared open-city ultimatum.
About 18,500 Chrysler workers are idle after a walkout at National Automotive Fibers in Detroit, tied to a wage demand set for August 1. The strike also touched Wickes Bowler in Saginaw, with undisclosed wage aims, while federal mediators warn broader auto factory effects if not settled soon.
The News Chronicle reported Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States would not return to Washington and would resume duties in the war cabinet. an authoritative source called the claim a stab in the dark and said there was no indication he would quit Washington.
President Roosevelt approved budget estimates for 4.706 billion dollars in new war department funds and prepared to ask Congress for the amount as the first installment of a 15 billion dollar defense and lend-lease program. The request targets stocking ordnance and ammunition and buying various equipment, with the remainder of the program to follow after a short delay.
Greenville beat Monroe 8 6 as umpires Pfirman and Newman were attacked by fans after the game. Monroe fined $50 for inadequate police protection. Local radio announcer suspended pending riot-incitement probe. Players ordered to answer for failure to protect officials.
Two umpires in the Cotton States League were struck by fans in the bleachers during a game. The incident delayed play as security and officials responded. No immediate details on injuries or suspensions were provided in the report.
London July 10 Britain's minister of aircraft production Lieutenant-Colonel J T C Moore Brabazon said the growing flow of American made bombers will allow retaliation on Berlin for London raids. He predicted Berlin would hear sirens and noted plans to receive more and heavier bombers, including the D 24 Liberator, by air.
One year old Lillian Dial died after choking on cracker fragments while alone in an apartment in New Orleans. Her mother left for a hospital operation and her father Ulric Dial attempted to help, then called an ambulance but she died before doctors arrived.
Soviet reports claim a German armored division of about 15,000 men was annihilated while fighting to block drives toward Moscow and Leningrad. Berlin radio claimed gains along the Stalin line and heavy air losses for the Soviet side amid a 2,000 mile front.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a detachment of at least 150 state troopers patrolled the lower anthracite area after power shovel operators began tentative moves to resume surface coal stripping. Rioting miners injured 13 with buckshot and 20 more battered.
State Fire Marshal Charles P. Pournet obtained a temporary restraining order signed by District Judges Holcombe and Womack barring State Police Superintendent Steve Alford from interfering with Pournet’s duties. Fournet said he was appointed marshal by Governor Sam Jones and could not be removed by the police chief. The case hinges on reorganizational law now partly struck down by the state supreme court.
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