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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1943

Page

2

Post-War Job Meet Planned in Cincinnati

Cincinnati June 21 The first nation wide post war job meeting to aid returning fighters and boost civilian production will be held here tomorrow. Frederick C Crawford president of the National Association of Manufacturers heads the Southern Ohio conference to pool ideas for reconversion to peacetime industry. Speakers include Gustav Egloff Wilfred Sykes and Colonel Willard Chevalier. Crawford says a tapering down period will follow victory with rationing and price controls possibly continuing until industry regains momentum. He stresses more employers and incentives, warns against excessive government control and ill advised tax changes to spur hiring and investment.

Cincinnati Frederick C. Crawford National Association of Manufacturers Crawford Thompson Products Company Cleveland Detroit Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Gustav Egloff Universal Oil Products Company of Chicago American Institute of Chemists Wilfred Sykes Inland Steel Company Willard Chevalier Business Week Europe National Editorial Association

Davis Defends OWI Funding Cuts in Congress

Davis argued the $28,972,000 abroad budget should not finance propaganda at home and criticized OWI actions in domestic affairs. Bridges cited the house decision as a consequence of OWI stance. Ellender called the move a spite vote while noting some Democrats and Republicans aim to curb domestic OWI activities. Davis warned no full appropriations means no OWI operation.

OWI Bridges House E House Davis Roosevelt Ellender Louisiana Senate

Special election urged to fill Perez vacancy in Plaquemines Parish

A motion for a suspended appeal seeks to void Judge Herget’s Blaize ruling claiming collusion and fraud between Blaize and Hayes Fontenot in Plaquemines parish. Perez alleges Blaize acted with 800 citizens led by widow L Decomine Dauterive to block Acting Sheriff Slater. District Judge Estopinal barred state guard and police from installing Blaize.

L. D. Dauterive Plantiff Blaize Jones Jerome A. Hayes Rufus W. Fontenot State Supreme Court Smith Perez Wilson Dauterive Plaquemines Parish L. Decomine Dauterive J. Caldwell Herget Hayes and Fontenot Hayes Fontenot Sheriff's Office Dauterive Slater Herget Albert Estopinal, Jr B. R. Slater State Guard

U Boat Packs Held Off In Convoy Attack

The report describes U boat packs engaging convoys with depth charges and aircraft counterattacks. British destroyers and shore bombers drove U boats diving, ending with convoys reaching destinations. WA Crumley notes about 50 U boats destroyed in two months, 250 total since war began. Churchill hails May as best month for U boat warfare after Allied strikes.

Biter Daily Express WA. Crumley Churchill United States Germany Italy Japan

Fatally Injured Corporal Teague Named in Palm Beach Collision

Fatally injured Corporal Lenwood P. Teague of North Weymouth Mass was reported by Camp Murphy public relations officer after a Sunday collision between a motorcycle and an oil truck in West Palm Beach Fila. Private Clyde Gray of Taylorville Miss sustained serious injuries with a broken leg arm and abrasions.

West Palm Beach Fila Camp Murphy Lenwood P. Teague North Weymouth Mass Tague Clyde Gray Taylorville Miss

Tobin and the Teamsters Aged in Union Racketeering

A critical profile charges Dan Tobin and the Teamsters union leadership with a Hitlerian regime in pay and power. It alleges graft at high levels, coerced dues, and court-bypassing justice, noting Tobin’s vanity, Europe trip as New Deal emissary, and a rejected $100,000 Miami Beach gift while labeling Padway and Petrillo complicit in rackets.

Dan Tobin Miami Beach Jimmy Petrillo Internal Revenue Tobin Brother Tobin Europe Joe Padway Padway Browne Willie Bioff George Scalise Trume New Deal Brother Dan Roosevelt

Bombing actions in Ruhr and Rhineland reported by air ministry

An air ministry communique describes raids in the Ruhr and Rhineland with mines laid in enemy waters. Swiss air alerts were reported by Berlin and Vichy radio, while Mosquito bombers claimed destruction of a Blohm Voss 138 and damage to other targets near the Gironde estuary. British bombers hit Poix air field at daylight and shipping along the north coast, with London briefly under an all clear. A lamp socket diagnostic is offered for dim lighting.

Ruhr Rhineland Air Ministry Berlin Vichy Alps Italy Bay of Biscay Gironde Poix France Britain Greater London

FASTEETH Powder Lets False Teeth Stay Firm and Odor Free

Many wearers suffer embarrassment as plates drop or wobble. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates to hold teeth more firmly, feel more comfortable, and prevent sourness. It reduces plate odor and is sold at drug stores.

States Rights Assertion Shapes Wartime Education Control

Governors met to coordinate interstate efforts for war programs and postwar reconstruction. They stressed state sovereignty, detailing laws that maximize state facilities for the emergency program and arguing for maintaining the federal-state balance in guiding the wartime to peacetime transition.

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Escapees Take Deputy Cline's Car in Midnight Theft

Deputy Sheriff Frank Cline found his car stolen by five L T 1. boys who left the vehicle near Farndale after breaking a shotgun, a blackjack, and handcuffs. The youths fled by freight train to Columbia, where Caldwell parish officers arrested them. Copra is noted as the principal export of South Sea Island natives.

Frank Cline Cline Farndale Columbia Caldwell Parish South Sea Island

Our Men in Service Private C E Jordan in San Francisco

Private C E Jordan son of the late Mr and Mrs J C Jordan of Ware 9 is a Ouachita Parish High School graduate. He enlisted in the marine corps last October and is on guard duty in San Francisco California with a gold medal for expert sharpshooting. Guy R Owens first class seas on son of Police Juryman and Mrs Dan S Owens resides Cypress ward nine local parish school graduate attended Northeast Junior College enlisted in the coast guard last September stationed at Fort Walton Florida on fur lough at his parents home. Captain Clarence L Strother Mr and Mrs A J Strother 2708 Gordon Avenue have word their son Clarence L Strother located near Hawaii in army service has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain. He starts his 16th year in the army which began at age 18. His wife and family who were with him in Honolulu at Pearl Harbor time are now in Tacoma Washington old Mrs Strother home. She and her children visited Monroe about two years ago. A Marshall machinists mate first class in submarine duty home for short stay after four years navy service visited grandfather R B Arant 105 South First Street then will go to Bastrop to visit his mother Mrs A C Volk. He graduated from engineering school at New London Conn about three years ago and tied for first place in his class in scholarship.

Secile Jordan C. E. Jordan J. C. Jordan Ware 9 Ouachita Parish High School Marine Corps San Francisco Calif Guy R. Owens Dan S. Owens Cypress Northeast Junior College Coast Guard Fort Walton Florida Clarence L. Strother A. J. Strother Gordon Avenue Hawaii Strother Honolulu Tacoma, Warh A. Marshall United States Navy R. B. Arant South First Street Bastrop A. C. Volk Oe Digse New London Conn

Senate Split Over Subsidy Funds In War Agency Bill

The Senate debates cutting a proposed 500000 to 250000 for subsidy payments, a move seen as blocking CCC subsidy entry. The House had cut OPA operations to 30 million, while some senators push to restore funds. Supporters and opponents cited broader implications for war agency finance and price controls. One Mariner patrol bomber was assembled with 1,300,000 man hours, an engineer would have needed a century of 60 hour weeks to match that pace.

Peration Taft Republican Ohio CCC Senate House Office of Price Administration War Agency Appropriations Committee Actin Airman McKellar Wikueyes Bridges New Hampshire Nye North Dakota Bankhead Alabama Truman Missouri Burton Navy

Big Parade Planned in July

A community parade is scheduled for July with plans for a large turnout. Organizers expect local groups, volunteers, and sponsors to participate, highlighting a festive event for residents and visitors alike.

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