New Zealand Shrinks Armed Forces to Boost War Food Output
New Zealand plans to wind down large parts of its military two years after mobilization to free manpower for food and war supplies. Thousands of veterans from New Zealand divisions are being released for essential industry as butter and cheese output falls. One infantry division remains in Italy and another near New Zealand, with air squadrons still active globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
New Zealand
Third
Vella Lavella
Treasuries
Green Island
Solomons
Australia
United Nations
Italy
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Britain
India
Pacific
Rehabilitation of Convicts Planned in Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 27. A bill to rehabilitate Angola prison inmates with civilian work training and education passed the Louisiana House with only two dissenting votes. It ends flogging, directs receipts from crops to maintenance, and creates a superintendent and assistant superintendent with governor approval if needed. The measure, supported by Rep Rainach, was endorsed by officials and a civic committee including Rev Rummel and Dr Dodd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Angola State Prison
House of Representatives
Louisiana Senate
W. M. Rainach
Claiborne Parish
Vail M. Delaney
East Carroll Parish
Claude Harrison
Department of Institutions
Department of
Rainach
Jones
Francis Joseph Rummel
New Orleans
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
Louisiana House Debates Salaries and State Committees
Debate continues over salaries for elected officials and the formation of a governor appointed tax law commission. Gov. Davis backs a merger of the state economic development committee into the commerce and industry department. House members clash on floor, passing several measures while stalling others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Tax Law Commission
House
James H. Davis
State Economic Development Committee
State Department of Commerce and Industry
A. R. Deaux
Avoyelles
Capitol
Henry Sevier
Madison
Denux
Sam jJones
Rep
A. M. Smith
Davis
Sevier
C. R. Brownell
Senate
Judiciary
Commission Council
Leander Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Parish
Burns Levee Board
New Orleans
Marsh Island
Orleans Parish
Public Service Vysion
Huey P. Long
Senate finance panel to reconvene on general appropriations bill
Baton Rouge June 27 Members of the senate finance committee said another open hearing would be held today on the general appropriations bill and that the amended bill would be reported back to the senate tomorrow morning. The drumbeat of drastic cuts looms as the bill nears Gov Davis with a complex path to enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lionel G. Ott
New Orleans
James H. Davis
Finance Committee
Legislative Bureau
House of Representatives
Allied air battles tighten Balkan Danube zone
German broadcasts report Italian based Allied planes struck into the Balkans and clashed with German forces over the Danube area in central Hungary while U S bombers guard convoys to reduce night bombing on forward troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Danube
Hungary
Deaths Mrs Emma Ledbetter Talbot of Bernice
Mrs Emma Ledbetter Talbot 85 widow of M A Talbot prominent in Bernice dies after lingering illness at home. Survived by four daughters and four sons, plus sisters and brothers. Interment in local cemetery directed by Davis Lawhead Funeral Home Monroe. Vienna obituary notes funeral of Jiles V. Hibetol ost Minereh Spatnges Repeted Chaipoh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Emma Ledbetter Talbot
M. A. Tablot
The
Baptist Church
Eivic
Annie Carroll
Fo EL Monzinga
Sam Davis
Morrice
Sheppard T. Moore
Arkadelphia
Ark
F. Talbot
Shreveport
Milton Talbot
Leesville
Diddes Talbot
Stamps
JOM
Blake Ledbetter
Wisconsin
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Monroe
Vienna
Jiles
Neo
Tate
Jules
Jene Jiles
J.B. Jiles
Viernes
Aboules
Rustin
Alfred Hobe Jiles
Shieveport
Hughes Colvin
Collie Simishare
Dewey Bricker clash fuels Chicago convention talk
At the 23rd Republican convention in Chicago delegates hear Hoover and Luce as the fight over a peace plank heats up. Willkie critics pressure a world security stance while Dewey eyes rally timing and a possible California surge for the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce
Hoover
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Dewey
World Organization
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Nobves
Dewey Fles
Roosevelt
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Harold E. Stassen
Willis
Kentucky
Douglas MacArthur O
Ceee
Ie Vis
Stassen
Ats
Warren
Washington
Governors fret over world state plank in draft platform
A group informally reviewed a platform section on world organization and peace forces. Governors labeled language vague and evasive while Baldwin and Dewey officials weighed incorporating Dewey’s call for a world organization with military force, amid Willkie protests and doubts about securing majority support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Baldwin
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Willian TH. Walls
Vermont
Dewey
World Organization
Far East Air Strikes and New Command Shuffles
Widespread air strikes continued as airfields west of the Schouten Islands come within bomber range of the southern Philippines. Maj. Gen. Burns Whitehead will command the Fifth Air Force, with Maj. Gen. St. Clair Street heading the Thirteenth. Japanese losses in the Maffin Bay area climb, with 2,080 confirmed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Thirteenth
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Burns Whitehead
St. Louis
Fifth Air Force
St. Clair Street
Washington
Second Army Air Force
United States
Borsher
Noemfoor
Trokpid
Palau
Maffin Bay
Sapma-Maffin Bay
Biak Isha
Aralines
Liberation of France Ends as Allied Forces Triumph
After five days of intense combat in Cherbourg and surrounding areas Allied forces claim final control of western France. Crude oil spills affect battle zones while rain hampers movement as forces push toward Cap de la Hague and the Cherbourg peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ornard
France
Saipan operations threaten Japanese retreat and air base gains
Garapan and surrounding areas on Saipan see continued U.S. advances securing the southern island including Mt Tapotchau and Kagman peninsula. MacArthur forms a Far East air force led by Gen George Kenney to bolster air power across the southwest Pacific as Japanese defenses shift to safer havens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimitz
Mt. Tapotchau
Kagman
Garapan
Kayeman
Magicienne Bay
Saipan
United States
China
India
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
MacArthur
Havers
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Kenney
New Guinea
Trukidan
Noemfoor
Ta Buriga Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mogauni
Chienese
Yuthar
Tenburg
Emony
Salween
Myithyon
Matopir
Emery Thoope
Trphal
Kelana
Hengyang
Allied forces inch toward Tokyo in pivotal Pacific battle
Fragmented OCR text describes Allied strategy against Japan, aiming to seize Saigon like targets and open areas for sustained operations. It references US Fifth Fleet activity, naval landings, and potential homefront defense risks as the war moves toward decisive actions.
Labor leaders and finances amid New Deal era tensions
A fragmentary critique of labor unions, salaries, and political influence during the New Deal period. Suspected ties among executives and family affiliates are noted alongside references to labor protections and international leaders.
Births in West Monroe Families
St. Francis Sanitarium and Vaughan Wright Bendel Clinic welcomed several newborns. Victor L. Rosenberg arrived June 26. Beverly Inez Gates June 18. Susan Louise Bennett June 19. Ralph Willis Cole June 19. Reggie Derwin Owens June 20. Nancy Charlene Becton June 28. and an additional boy for G W Frost born June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard H. Rosenberg
Myrtle Street
Victor L. Rosenberg
St. Francis Sanitarium
Robert Gates
Haines
West Monroe
Beverly Inez
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
G. R. Bennett
Clayton
Susan Louise
Vaughan- Wright-Bendel Clinic
R. D. Cole
Stuart
Ralph Willis
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
G. W. Owens
Reggie Derwin
A. D. Becton
Crosley
Nancy Charlene
G. W. Frost
Route 4
Soviet Forces Rampage Through Belarus and White Russia Fronts
Red Army air and ground forces led by Vershinin direct attacks across Belarus and northern White Russia. Generals Bagramian Cherniakhovsky Rokossovsky push toward Zhlobin Minsk and Mogilev as Germans retreat. Vitebsk reports crowds of returning residents and heavy damage including the Cathedral of St. Nicholas. Izvestia notes breaching multiple defense lines and Soviet shipping resuming on the Svir river with Finnish equipment seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vershinin
Sevastopol
Timofey Kruikin
Sergei I. Rudenko
N. P. Papivin
Orsha
Mogilev
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Vitebsk
White Russia
Cherniakhovsky
Soviet Union
G. F. Zakyarov
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Drut
Berezina
Bobruisk
Zhlobin
Minsk
Red Star
Pavel Pavelenko
St. Nicholas
Izvestia
Abraham Raeben
Murmansk-Leningrad
Nikolai Konovalov
Svir
Krupa Cleared by California Court
The California Supreme Court overturned a prior felony narcotics possession conviction of Gene Krupa after appellate review. He had served a jail term last year and argued he was placed twice in jeopardy. The decision cited the lower court error and ordered relief from the conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Canifornia Supreme Court Technicf
Gene Krupa
Peyew
Krupa
Ming
Wag
Allied forces seize planning and streets in Italy thrust
Allied units cut into the Fifth Army advance toward Siena under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark. The first armored division, veterans of Tunisia, reports 17 Mark IV tanks and 25 other vehicles destroyed or captured June 22 24. Montieri is rubble after enemy demolitions. Vienna area hit by heavy air raids on oil refineries including Korenburg Mousbierbaum and Floridsdorfer yard. Luftwaffe losses reach at least 65 planes as Spitfires defend Zagreb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Siena
Montieri
Vienna
Shell
Korenburg
Austria
Mousbierbaum
Sennacht
Winterhafen
London
Ploridsdorfer
Floridsdorfer
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Powder Box Players start Christmas card project at Community Center
The Powder Box Players drama club at 1700 South Grand in the Community Center plans to make Christmas cards for service members overseas. President Betty Ann Crathirds and others lead the effort with a call for volunteers to join next Friday morning, bringing supplies if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder Box Players
South
Grand Street
Lucyle Godwin Hupman
Betty Ann Crathirds
Sally Meeks
Billy Hareper
Powder Box
Comemunity Center
Merchants Rally Against State Sales Tax Increase
Ponder Way 10 booth bond sale effort underway with flags to be displayed and daily employer meetings urged to boost bond purchases. Retail merchants oppose a proposed extra one percent sales tax, noting a 10 million dollar state surplus and rising federal taxes. They call for tax reduction to offset wartime expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Assistant District Attorney Conzelmann Dies in New Orleans
Ernest Martin Conzelmann aged 54, Jefferson parish assistant district attorney, died at Mercy Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Marrero resident for 40 years, he resigned from the Louisiana House in 1929 to join Gov Huey P Long’s administration. Funeral rites will be in Marrero. He is survived by his widow Inez Gilly, one son, and five daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ernest Martin Conzelmann
Jefferson Parish
Mercy Hospital
Conzelmann
Marrero
House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Columbus
Conzelmannis
Inez Gilly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henderson
DeSiard
U.S
Mrs
Emma Talbot
W. PL
Janie
Goyer
Robert Patt
Obie
Dee Kiran
Matty Bawked Bey
Wendell Lo Wallkie
By Williams
FAR East Air
Crane Pe
Bonins
Kuriles
Tokyo
Sede Vatel
Atriabentral Cilemma
Pokaan
Pavb
Finden
Boos
Posverfar
Wpsted
Chester
Fred Tobin
Transters
Peat
Joey Tobin
Frank
Tietless
Father
Joe
Matt Woll
Edl Tobin
Matt Wolf
Union Insurance Businese
Dan Tobi
Younstery
Outhampton
wWorthe Ayternational
Aontestinal
Caine
Royal Swater Palace
Moan Beach
Mertinigt
Aelttieried
Home Beverage CO
South Fifth St
Missouri Pacific
Rembrandt
Bernhardt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!