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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
3
New alterations to May levels affect June paint values for processed foods. Most cherries stay unchanged except maraschino and red sour varieties. Vegetable juices gain one point per ear. Blue stamps G H J valid until June 7. canned corn on the cob stabilized. L M period runs May 24 to July.
The West Monroe Kiwanis club met at First Methodist church for a noon luncheon. Lt Hale of the Eight Service command in Dallas spoke on scrap collection for war needs and a June 14 drive by the American Legion. He noted the 13 million ton shortfall of the 100 million ton 1943 goal and that steel is 50 percent scrap. Four-H members Elaine Willis and Dorothy Calhoun, guests of the club, discussed care and repair of electric irons. Mrs. Dawson accompanied them. Other attendees included A. Marsela and Lt Carlisle of Seimanfield, with President Paul Reising presiding.
A daily vacation Bible school will be held at First Presbyterian Church starting Monday June 7 and ending Friday. Mrs R McCord will be in charge with sessions each day from 9 39 am to 1 90 am. Classes available for all age groups through the intermediate level.
Allied reports say Pantelleria, a small volcanic island in the Sicily Tunisia channel, is key to control of Mediterranean shipping. Bombardment and fortifications shape possible early moves before Sicily and Sardinia invasions, with Malta nearby as a naval reference.
Washington reports a government census to inventory all American assets abroad as of May 31, 1943. Form TFR 500 will collect details on property interests of U S persons in foreign countries to aid wartime economic controls and Axis avoidance efforts. Forms and instructions are circulating via Federal Reserve Banks.
Conservation Commissioner Joseph L. McHugh announced a set of treatises on widow spiders and snakes compiled by state biologist Dr. James Nelson Gowanloch. The materials are being distributed to schools and public libraries statewide, with officers of the airplane mechanics school also commended.
Bodies of Robert J. Dublan and William L. Rousseau were found along Lake Borgne after leaving Violet for Hope Dale. Charles H. Hamilton, 71, Mardi Gras king in 1917, died after a long illness. Louisiana farm prices in mid May rose notably with hogs cattle veal milk cows horses and mules leading gains. John R. Reager named acting state director for the Wet Manpower commission in Louisiana, with area food directors appointed in Baton Rouge Lake Charles New Orleans and Shreveport. Additionally a publication illustrates a guide to the states poisonous snakes plants and black.
Washington reports two thirds of German daily papers are published by Nazi party houses, with Das Reich as a key organ. The OWI notes intensified concentration since 1933, predicting more closures, and cites 1400 dailies remaining by 1940 alongside 1000 magazine titles affected by mergers and eliminations.
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