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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
5
A statewide arts unveiling draws mixed reactions from community members and officials. Organizers cite cultural enrichment and tourism potential while critics question funding and impact on local schools and services.
Fragmentary text mentions a Tuesday incident and a possible Navy connection. Details are unreadable, with names, places, and exact actions missing.
The column by WESTBROOK PEGLER critiques union critics and supports potential compulsory labor measures for war industries, arguing for a government supported pay schedule and a prepared stance if conscription is needed. It references Paul McNutt and upcoming policy announcements amid wartime considerations.
Washington June 23 A record 42 82 billion army supply bill was sent to the House by the appropriations committee to finance an army of 4 5 million by July 1 1943 and to send war materiel to the United nations The measure exceeds World War I outlays and would raise defense spending over the past three years Lieut General J T McNarney calls the current crisis the most critical our nation has faced The package includes 12 deeds for financing war material and adds to lend lease totals already approved by Congress
Moscow reports total Nazi casualties at 10,000,000 with Soviet losses also high as offensives intensify after a widened Anglo Soviet US pact. The review notes German forces suffer heavy destruction of units while Soviet forces press on in renewed Kharkov and Sevastopol sectors amid ongoing front-line drives.
Treasury officials disclosed a ten million dollar cache of securities and watches linked to Henry M. Blackmer, a fugitive witness from the teapot dome scandal. The accounts, traced to Blackmer and held in New York banks under numbered names, are frozen as investigators probe tax or fine liabilities and possible overseas residence in Switzerland.
New Delhi reports United States flying freighters and bombers continue to move air supplies to General Chiang Kai-Shek’s Chinese armies despite monsoon weather and increased Japanese air activity over Burma. Douglas planes haul engines and fuel from India toward central Yunnan, a perilous 500 mile route through fog and mountains.
Two naval fliers were killed when their plane crashed at Wedell Williams Airport near New Orleans during a familiarization flight. Ensign Dewey L. Gilbert of Bastrop Louisiana and Aviation Machinist Mate First Class Cecil Huey of Seattle were the victims. eyewitnesses said the craft failed to recover from a spiral. Surviving are their wives who reside in New Orleans.
In Louisiana Governor Sam Jones seeks presidential review after Army orders cancel leaves of Major Delessess Morrison and Lieutenant W D Cotton, preventing their attendance at the state legislature amid a feud with New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri. A telegram to President Roosevelt’s secretary asks for consideration of circumstances.
British defenders at Tobruk fight on amid German parachute raids above Hal Faya Pass. Reporters estimate smoke from Capuzzo and fortress area while Indian and South African troops stay for last ditch guerrilla action.
Major General E B Gregory told a House appropriations sub committee that the army could rely on abundant wheat and cotton in 1943 without civilian rationing. He testified that U S wheat stores were enormous and cotton supplies sufficient for troops and clothing with no sugar shortage foreseen.
The senate finance committee held a public hearing on a proposed two per cent sales tax as Governor Sam Jones urged enactment. Opponents included former Governor Earl K Long and Senator A A Fredericks. Archbishop Rummel urged adoption. Jones warned defeats would cut welfare funding and food assistance for mental patients, while supporters argue increased old age payments with federal matching funds.
The Associated Press reports a medium sized American freighter was sunk on June 15 with 83 missing, most believed dead, marking the 24th western Atlantic sinking since Pearl Harbor. The navy warns of intensified submarine activity as convoy routes from Maine to Florida face increased danger.
Lieutenant Jules Allain age 23 of Plaquemine Louisiana is believed killed when his plane crashed into San Francisco Bay Fourth Air Force headquarters said a search was under way for the body Allain a Louisiana State University graduate is survived by his wife Marie who resides in Plaquemine
U S Army big four motored Consolidated bombers join Royal Air Force in Sunday night raid on Benghazi base in Libya. Allied forces press bombardment as German Italian columns near Sidi Azeiz face air attacks and raids to hinder a possible push into Egypt.
Lieutenant General B B Somervell told the House appropriations committee that state taxes on purchases by the army amount to a raid on the federal treasury. He urged subsidies be determined nationwide by Congress, not by individual states, and noted proposed legislation to exempt such purchases could save about 2 million dollars. He pushed for federal rather than locational subsidies.
Army plans to use giant transports for mass air evacuation of critically wounded soldiers. The flying hospitals would move patients to definitive care within 24 to 48 hours, boosting morale. Colonel Grant cited German use of air evacuation in Crete, with wounded reaching Berlin within 48 hours.
Roosevelt and Churchill, joined by naval military and air experts, map the offensive war strategy at a White House conference. They also held talks with China’s Foreign Minister T V Soong as part of ongoing five day sessions shaping allied plans.
Brigadier General L D Clay told a House appropriations subcommittee that the war agencies face a 25 000 ton rubber deficit through 1943 with total needs near 1 092 000 tons including essential civilian uses and buses and trucks He said synthetic rubber planners estimate 841 000 tons available in the U S for the period and that economies could trim the demand by up to 150 000 tons
Washington June 23 Randolph Paul tax adviser to Secretary Morgenthau said domestics farm labor and other groups exempt from social security tax would be excluded from a Pay-as-you-go plan for individual income tax collections approved by the house ways and means committee. The proposed withholding tax starts 10 percent of the difference between income and exemptions and credits beginning January. Paul opposed estate size limits of 25000 and a tax on individual bank accounts as the committee wrapped up its $6 640 000 000 tax bill and rejected a cent tax on bank checks.
Major Alfred F. Kalberer formerly of Lafayette Indiana commanded United States Army B 24 Liberator bombers that scored 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the Mediterranean on June 15. He later flew for United Airlines accumulating over 1,300,000 miles as a commercial aviator in the United States.
Chicago travel authorities warn heavy travel over the July 4 weekend as rail troop and war material movement, shortages, and gasoline rationing may affect plans. The National Safety Council cites thousands of motorists and a large war plant worker garrison on the roads and rails. Government officials suggest a likely near normal peacetime holiday traffic, with rail movement showing a booming pace.
Secretary Henderson issued a list covering 60 defense rental areas with about 28 million people where voluntary controls failed. Rents will likely be reduced to 1941 1942 levels starting July 1, with 60 areas slated for action and 242 to follow as investigations finish. Notable areas include Alexandria Le esville Biloxi Pascagoula Hattiesburg Minden.
Britain reinforced desert forces after Tobruk collapse while fears grew of a parachute assault into Egypt. Cairo urges 50,000 air raid volunteers as Rommel eyes a Suez strike. Attlee notes stronger Eighth Army despite Tobruk loss.
Washington reports Senator Ellender of Louisiana urges diverting produced military equipment to American shores amid Aleutian incursions and Axis submarine depredations. He warns much could defend the coast rather than be captured by Nazis. Senator Pepper argues focus remains on aiding Russia China and Britain.
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