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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
2
A wartime bulletin reports heavy enemy losses after dawn strikes by battleships carriers and cruisers. Commanders including Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur describe renewed Allied counterattacks and new submarine losses as Japanese forces push toward India and threaten further action in the Pacific.
Boston June 5. The state public safety committee orders a ban on traditional Fourth of July eve bonfires in about 100 Massachusetts cities and towns to avoid attracting enemy air raiders.
Veterans of the Spanish American War from Louisiana attended the annual department convention in New Orleans. Preston A. Loyd handed the assembly to Arthur Marullo as state department commander. New officers were to be elected at the concluding session. The commerce department noted Switzerland’s crop needs and livestock reduction.
Miss Tyler a 1939 graduate of Co P H 8 finished a Complete General Business Course at B M L on September 4 1940 and earned her diploma in September 1941 She then joined Ouachita Coca Cola Bottling Company of our city and is now doing a splendid job We thank the firm for its consideration.
The Lions club reports eight committees guiding civic activities over the past year. The convention opens at noon Tuesday on the Hotel Frances roof, with the district governor's banquet and ball Tuesday night, followed by numerous business and social events across two days and a closing luncheon Wednesday noon.
President Roosevelt deflects questions on Japanese gas usage while a Washington briefing notes that the army’s chemical warfare service has long prepared for gas in modern conflict. Major General Porter says gas could surge to full use suddenly and that retaliation may be the best defense. He cites Mussolini’s gas use in Ethiopia and notes US readiness, though specifics remain secret. Shoppers are urged to conserve paper by unwrapping boxed goods.
The Senate weighed a $50 monthly pay floor for armed forces with dependents, aiming to require enlisted men to contribute $20 to $22 monthly. House and Senate bills differ on wife and child allowances, with the Senate proposing $50 to the wife, $12 for the first child, and $10 for each additional child, plus government support and optional extra contributions for parents and siblings. Debate focused on timing and fairness for enlisted men as Taft outlined draft call order and La Follette pressed for a Monday vote.
The government cannot violate its own price ceilings and was ordered to refund money obtained from selling surplus items above the set limits. Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren announced the ruling, noting uncertain total amounts, but confirming instances of bids higher than ceilings, especially for scrap paper.
The week adds five more Allied ships lost, boosting Pearl Harbor era merchantman sinkings to 245 in Atlantic waters. One vessel, the Cythera, saw mixed crew treatment by German submarines with survivors aided in one case and bullets in another. 35 crewmen were rescued, while 29 aboard the second ship saw three officers and a seaman killed, 17 rescued, eight still missing. Other Atlantic losses included a British merchantman in the Gulf of Mexico and another Allied ship in Canadian waters. Pacific action occurred off Australia’s east coast with Japanese submarines destroying an Allied vessel amid broader war reporting and propaganda notes.
Documented material links the Communist Party to plans for armed revolt and the overthrow of the U S government. It cites the 1848 Manifesto, the 1920 Third International theses, and a strategy of mass demonstrations intended to culminate in a capitalistic state uprising. It notes emphasis on trade union penetration.
The plant briefly stopped from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and workers returned. A union committee and company agreed to appoint an umpire to decide on firing status, following a meeting with international officers. Negotiations since May 5 hinge on closed shop dues checkoff and wage demands amid a new contract talks.
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