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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
6
OD D ITS Continued from Pirst Page They said they had hot stuff ready for Japs and Nazis. The two, whose English names are Frank Little Warrior and Archie Lit tle Walker, were accepted for aerial gunnery training.
Chief John H. Alderson said nearly half of Los Angeles fire department members hold off hours jobs with other employers with 658 in war work. He praised the practice saying leaner firemen improve performance and skills. In Albuquerque two young girls 12 blocks from home spent most of a $25 theft but left $1.50, while a soda clerk alerted police. In Tacoma thirty locomotives long in junkyards are back in service aiding branch lines and freeing newer engines for mainline use.
Denver fire fighters acknowledge Victory gardening is strenuous yet claims the weed problem has eased. They previously made numerous grass fire runs in the vacant lots during past summers, reflecting ongoing cleanup efforts against unruly growth.
Jesse Nightwonger took a pair of shoes to a shop for repairs. He later recalled a $65 note secreted in one shoe. The record notes the missing money is gone.
In Toronto a group of depot workers paddled an absent colleague for skipping work. The man chose to be paddled rather than provide an excuse. In Chicago five women aged 23 to 32 train to drive electric trains on the Waukegan to Great Lakes naval station route.
The piece outlines the clash between the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis and the federal government over signing a formal contract under the War Labor Board. Ickes doubts compulsion by law, while the WLB declares a final decision to adopt terms close to the 1941-42 agreement with concessions. Coal shortages threaten rationing. absenteeism runs high across states, and US Steel halts furnaces due to the strike.
The Chiefs refuse to predict quotas or delays for father drafting. Hershey is tied to army and navy policy and cannot speak for them. Military leaders fear optimism and blocs could oppose continued drafting of new 18 year olds. They caution plans may shift with casualties and ally setbacks. Jamestown, Va., May 14, 1602, marked the first permanent English settlement.
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown defended subsidies in a radio speech last night, saying they benefit consumers and support the President and the War Labor Board. He warned that price control could be eroded if the Senate sustains House budget cuts. A Clark measure faces opposition as another plan to fund subsidies via RFC and CCC remains under consideration. Senator George argues a broad rollback could fail to curb inflation while keeping war materials prices stable.
The president attacked the idea of using surplus buying power by letting prices rise. He ridiculed a radio suggestion that a czar would protect the rich while harming the poor. He denied Davis resignation reports and pondered who would control farm prices and food costs.
Allied air forces waged a massive six day campaign with 135 bombers lost, targeting Germany and occupied Europe. Night raids on the southeast English coast and daylight attacks across the Netherlands to Cherbourg were supported by P-47 Thunderbolts, Spitfires, and American Mitchells. Coastal oil and rail targets faced volleys from Fort Rouge to St Omer while Italian and German units reported mixed results with several ships sunk and planes shot down.
The article notes Axis Balkan fortifications and troop shifts, with Cyprus and Syria hosting Allied and British units. It cites Berlin and Ankara reports of up to 1,125,000 Axis troops in Yugoslavia Greece Crete and nearby islands, plus Italian garrisons moved from Castelrosis and rising Soviet influence feared in the Balkans. The Greek guerrilla forces reportedly nearly doubled, expanding nationally after North African victory.
First Lieutenant Gilbert E. Butler of Roanoke Virginia credited with destroying two Messerschmitt 109s during a rugged fight over Salonica while piloting a Lightning with one engine and one rudder. Butler landed in Tunisia and later returned home in another plane. Teammate Lieutenant Hubert M. Blair also claimed two enemy kills amid a sky full of Lightnings and Messerschmitts.
Spokane dispatch reports Japanese troops at Attu were incapacitated by too much sake before battle. Corporal George Depew of Los Angeles says many fell before American bayonet attacks. Private Robert Beas of Kennett, Missouri notes that some Japanese believed Americans held old rifles and were surprised by Garand fire.
Orlin Speedy Rhoades, a known politician, posted $2500 bond after a week in jail on charges of knowingly selling stolen tires. J T McClain remains jailed. others, J W Cheshire Harvey Ramsey and Sylvester Cooper, are out on bond following a sheriff raid on the racket.
Coeur d Orleans Idaho June 25 death ends a lifelong nursing partnership formed before 1900. Miss Ellen White recalls her friend Miss Minnie A Winslow who died at 74. Both graduates of Grace hospital Detroit class of 1897 helped pioneer the army nurse corps in 1898 and served in Manila during the Philippine insurrection. They were in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake and fire. In World War I they directed the mobilization Station in New York City for overseas nurses and later served themselves.
The Martin Temple church at 1908 Adams Street will hold a 6 am Sunday service announced Friday. The early service serves workers and those who prefer to attend early worship. Rev. F. L. Lewis is pastor. An opossum is noted as one half inch long at birth.
Senator Brewster of Maine called the tax unjust and unfair arguing it burdens motorists equally regardless of region while Senator Lodge of Massachusetts said he would back repeal after receiving driver complaints. Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania defended keeping the $5 per car tax noting the need for revenue and affordability for car owners.
Chairman May notes a similar bill by Colmer to cancel deferments was shelved as members opposed using Selective Service for wartime labor. Senator Byrd, a Democrat, backs the president’s shift to work or fight while urging Roosevelt not to veto the anti strike bill. The deadline for action is midnight tonight.
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