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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
4
Hollywood chatter notes Major Clark Gable, freed from army duty, will headline a new MGM aviation spectacular. Veterans, critics and industry watchers say war films must improve in realism, with Gable bringing battlefront knowledge. The piece also recalls Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis canoe mishap and other Hollywood quirks.
Southern shipyards are surveyed to locate transfer targets for Delta Shipbuilding Company contracts. About 650 machinists and foremen have stayed away for 13 days in protest to a superintendent's resignation. Labor conciliator Kennedy and Admiral Vickery push negotiations for quick settlement to avert yard closure.
The narrative blends expense auditing anecdotes with World War II air operations. It contrasts frugal reporters with lavish ones, then reports Allied and Luftwaffe actions including 30 Nazi airfields blasted, Luftwaffe downed, and heavy bomber raids from Italy and Britain targeting Munich and Cherbourg sectors.
In wartime, American industries and workers sustained a vast supply chain for invasion, with 700000 different items and ten tons per man across the channel. War Production Board data show arms production efficiency up six percent, reflecting strong factory effort and national resolve to keep supplies flowing for Allied victory.
The Office of Defense Transportation urges no travel this summer as troop movements reach 1.5 million monthly and two way traffic grows with returning casualties. Furloughs and wartime travel stay high, trains are crowded, and comfort is limited with crowded cars and potential delays.
A marine medical unit in the South Pacific reports gelatin dessert serves as an effective paste with fracture bandages for field surgery. A movement to provide this remedy to armed forces nationwide is proposed while civilians endure wartime rationing.
A Florida travel piece recalls a newlywed couple on a sports assignment in Daytona Beach. The wife humorously recounts measuring her husband for clothes at Lord and Taylor in New York and the salesmen questioning the unusual sleeve and neck measurements.
An excerpt reflecting on the founding of the United States and the flag as a symbol of freedom. It honors those who built the nation and calls for devotion to defend the flag, ending with a request to order Angelo Patri’s Good Books for Children leaflet by mailing 5 cents to Monroe News-Star in New York.
A shopper recounts being measured at a New York store for a hat size 22 1/2 and being told such a size has never been stocked. A cheering group of salesmen escorts her to the elevator as she leaves, joking about her being a sideshow attraction.
A June radio schedule lists ET corrections and a dense lineup from 6:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. with programs including Just Plain Bill, Captain Midnight, Lynch news time, serials, music shows, comedy and variety broadcasts. Notable names include Jack Smith, Captain Midnight, World News and Commentary, Lum and Abner, Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, and Frank Sinatra segments.
A long fragmented radio program schedule lists CBS and Local programs from 5:00 to 12:05 with shows like The Sunshine Boys, AP News, Variety, and musical interludes. The page also includes a block of Navy trivia Q A covering exams, weapon range, Death Valley, cole slaw origin, and Yugoslavia meaning.
Washington observers weigh the future of the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities as Martin Dies withdraws from the Texas second district race. Debates center on abolition chances, succession plans, and the committee’s postwar relevance with Rep. Wirt Courtney as chairman and Joe Starnes’ loss echoed.
ITT reports the French trans Atlantic plane Yellow Bird is 20 miles off the Portuguese coast and plans to land for refueling in Portugal before continuing to Paris. two ocean steamers confirm the journey. A lightning fire destroys W. W. McDonald’s barn on Columbia road. neighbors form bucket brigade to save nearby structures. Mr and Mrs Morris DeLarot return from honeymoon to Masur apartments. others return from Galveston trip after witnessing bathing beauty revue. More than 138,00 adults served as volunteer Girl Scout troop leaders in 1943.
Allied patrols met concentrated German fire in places while others advanced. The Mediterranean air force supported the Rome advance and struck Munich. RAF bombers hit Munich after 500 to 750 American heavies did so earlier. Beaufighters harassed southern France as four E-boats were sunk off the Dalmatian coast. Lussinpiccolo harbor was shelled with ineffective enemy return fire.
Lt. Philip Kulcke son of Mr and Mrs Max Kulcke arrived home for a furlough after serving in Sicily and Italy. He was wounded in the head and hospitalized for weeks. He will visit his wife and two children in Monroe before reporting to Fort Sam Houston Texas for his next assignment. His brother Max Kubcke Jr plans to visit here this weekend.
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