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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1942

Page

6

New York Bond Goal Set High for July War Bonds

New York state will buy 171 596 000 dollars of war bonds in July, more than one sixth of the national 1 billion dollar quota. The list shows state quotas including Illinois second with 84 925 000 and Nevada smallest at 1 938 000. The July target marks the first billion month, with quotas allocated across many states and territories.

Washington New Alabama California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Calurmina Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Iown Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alaska Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Rationing Predicted amid Wartime Crisis and Government Plans

Fragmented OCR text outlines expectations of large scale rationing. Mentions officials discussing policy, potential car seizures, and proposed government actions with phrases about freezes and agreements. Details are unclear and partially garbled.

Fair Enough Continues Attacks Trigger Calls for Boycott

The text notes calls for a state wide boycott of the Rocky Mountain News for continued exposes. It cites letters and statements from William B. Cahn in Waterbury and Paul M. Fessen den in Akron and a Bridgeport Post committee of Communists now patriotic. New York CIO office workers protest mentions of Communist employees spilling secrets. No editor cancellations reported yet.

Tom Dewey Denver Rocky Mountain News Waterbury American New Haven William B. Cahn Akron Paul M. Fessenden Industrial Union Council Bridgeport Post Hitler Russia New York

Rubber Drive Presses On Under Roosevelt Campaign

Details of the ongoing rubber drive era launched June 15 show Interior officials scarce in public buildings overhoarding. Ickes contends hoarding may hinder supply as Senate committee warns rubber could fall 20.8 tons short of military needs by end of 1943. Estimates place U S and Great Britain demand at 1 276 tons with 220 tons for buses and trucks and tires for private autos.

Ickes Public Buildings Administration Decine Senate L D. Clay Army Services of Supply ST. Ugs United States OY Tata Army Navy Asher War Department Mat Meluiel Anul Lao Comiat Services Lays Lenn Henderson

Paul Karlowitz Receives Wings

Lieutenant Paul Moritz Karlowitz son of Mr and Mrs Po oM Karlowitz 1709 Jackson Street graduated from the air force advanced flying school at Taskefield Arizona June 2 He volunteered for service as a private February 13 1941 and was sent to the 204 Coast artillery company Camp Hulton Texas He later transferred to the army air corps for aviation cadet training at Cal Aero School Ontario California Karlowitz will join a squadron in Florida for training in four engine bombers.

Paul Moritz Karlowitz Po Om Karlowitz Jackson Street Air Force Advanced Flying School Taskefield Arizona 204 Coastrtillery Company Camp Hulton Tex Army Air Corps Cal-Aero School Ontario Calif Florida

Deadly spy saboteurs exposed by Hoover plans

The group planned to blow up key railroad centers bridges and aluminum plants to halt U S airplane production. Four landed near Jacksonville and admitted destruction targets while forged papers aided their mission by night.

Hoover Ponte Vedra Beach Jacksonville Fla Edward John Kerling Herbert Haupt Werner Thiel Hermann Neubauer Aluminum Company of America America Fone Coast Department of Justice Lansing Mich Adjutant General Burger Michigan National Guard Detroit Sol 125Th Infantry Aluminum Corporation — of America Alena Tenn Massena N.Y East St. Louis Crvante Philadelphia Chesapeake and Big Hell Gate Bridges New York City Pennsylvania Railroad Newark

Births Report From Louisiana Clinics

In Farmerville, a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Spratt on June 27 at Vaughan-Wright-Bengel clinic. West Monroe couple Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kelly welcomed a girl born Sunday, June 28 at Riverside sanitarium. In EPPS, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Grice welcomed a son born Sunday, June 28 at Riverside sanitarium.

Farmerville W. A. Kelly Neeth Third Street West Monroe Riverside Sanitarium Epps W. A. Grice

Riot Against Nazis Disrupts Swedish Nazi Meeting

In Raettvik Sweden police say more than 160 people disrupted a Nazi meeting during a second anti Nazi riot in a week. The event occurred 150 miles northeast of Stockholm with authorities reporting no serious injuries.

Stockholm Sweden Raettvik

Greek Relief Contribution Letter from Monroe

A short missive from Monroe acknowledges a donation to the Greek Relief effort. The note includes a salutation Dear Sir and signs off with a contributor’s name, accompanied by an enclosed sum representing a charitable contribution.

Senate debates state outlay and welfare funding moves

Louisiana senators weigh welfare department appropriations and a $50 annual slot tax proposal. The finance committee hosts a two day hearing amid bills for tuberculosis facilities, boundary litigation with Texas, and seed money for farm markets and university research.

Welfare Joe T. Cawthorn Senate Finance Committee House Pat Juneau Lafayette INL Juneau Senate Shreveport New Orleans Pineville New Orleans Charity Hospital Louisiana Texas Roviossa Caddo Parish State Market Commission State University Armed Services Secretary of State Lionel G. Ott Mansfield Cawthorn A. K. Goff Ruston

Leopold Rejects German Proposal to Close Contact

A Stockholm dispatch says King Leopold of Belgium refused to consider a German invitation for closer collaboration. The offer allegedly proposed Leon Degrelle head a government with an anti-Soviet aim in exchange for economic and territorial concessions. No confirmation was available locally.

Bern Switzerland Leopold Stockholm Basel National Zeitung National Zeitung London Svenska Dagbladet Joachim von Ribbentrop Leon Degrelle Germany

Screwy News Highlights From Gladwin Hill Wide World

A roundup of odd occurrences from Warwick New Jersey to Tampa Florida includes a cow struck by lightning trapping a man, a Milwaukee youth chasing girls with marriage questions, and a Long Beach shipyard clash over a champagne mishap. Also notes a Missouri driver swapping tires for rims, a Java rhinoceros skull mix up, a Montgomery candidate gaining weight with bananas, a hen laying hollow eggs, and Omaha’s rubber drive signage.

Gladwin Hill Hollywood Warwick N. J Tampa Fla Milwaukee Long Beach Calif Nick George Bowman Poplar Bluff New York History Museum Java Montgomery Ala Omaha Douglas Courty

Attempt to End Farm Split Fails in Washington Parley

A fresh bid to break the House Senate deadlock over the annual farm appropriation bill failed. Conferees from both chambers plan to reconvene after a House session, with disputes over wheat sales, parity pricing, soil conservation payments, rural relocation funding, and FHA tenancy and rehabilitation programs unresolved.

Washington House Senate Sen. An Ana No Chambers Federal Security Administration

British Army Fights Axis Push Near Matruh and Sevastopol

Allied forces clash with German Italian units in Egypt and Russia as Rommel threats Matruh and a wider Mediterranean axis drive. Cairo reports indicate large-scale combat with Matruh potentially isolated, while Sevastopol sees German Romanian gains and Red Army attempts to hold key positions near Leningrad and the Ilmen lake area.

Kharkov Kursk Middle East Suez Canal Alexandria Russia Egypt Suez Asia Minor Caucasus Matruh the Nile Cairo Nile Valley Libya Mediterranean Crete Eighth Army Rome Malta London Tobruk Rommel Sahne France England R.A. F Moscow Red Army Sevastopol Leningrad Lake Ilmen Tchernaya Sapun Red Fleet Black Sea

War Bill Reveals Large Federal War Spending Totals

A congressional report details vast allocations for war effort programs including the War Production Board Civilian Defense Office and Office of Scientific Research and Development. It notes a projected monthly war outlay of about six billion dollars and staff impacts, with emphasis on voluntary labor and defense allocations.

National War Labor Board Office of Scientific Research and Development War Manpower Commission War Production Board War Relocation Authority Civil Service Commission Federal Communications Commission Public Roads Administration Office For Agricultural War Relations Office of Petroleum Coordinator Office of Solid Fuels Coordination Federal Bureau of Investigation War Plants Corporation Capital Stock Office of Censorship OPA Henderson Siti Rena Management Office of Civilian Defense

FBI finds no foreign sabotage in United States cases

The FBI has not found foreign sabotage in the United States involving computer and crank work. Seizures from aliens include thousands of rounds of ammunition and firearms, and explosives. The Public Roads Administration plans 28 airplane landing strips along the coast for craft operations and emergency landings. Publishers and broadcasters report strong cooperation with the voluntary censorship program.

Mileee FBI United Stat Digi Com Eyre Price

Nelson outlines 1942 wartime production challenges and goals

Nelson warns of shrinking civilian economy and the need to curtail imports and essential materials while boosting war output. He cites labor cooperation, small business strain, and pooling limits, with WPA aiming to produce 46 billion in munitions in 1942. He notes auto scrap yields and metal movements as part of mobilization efforts.

Nelson Phillip Reed War Industries Branch Army WPA

Boy Dies After Apparent Self Inflicted Incident

A boy, 18, from Louisiana died en route to St Francis sanitarium after an apparent self inflicted incident near his home. He called his mother for help and died in the ambulance. He attended Lewis grammar school and is survived by his mother, a brother in Detroit, and grandfather Ben M. Williams.

Jear] Jones Sander Berry Bawcomvily Mulhearn’s St Francis Sanitarium Billy Lenwis Grammar Schoo Everard Detroit Mich Ben M. Williams

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