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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
3
June 29 report notes taxi use plummeting as fuel cuts bite. Parmelee system operates 1300 cabs with mileage drops from 50,000 to 30,000 annually. Drivers protest high fares and strict war time rules restricting pickups, especially after 10 p.m., hurting earnings and demand.
Captain George F. Roberts veteran of Pearl Harbor and Midway will guest on Selman Field On the Beam on KMLB from 8 to 8 30 p m Tuesday an interview with Sergeant Bud Romm will discuss his December 7 1941 experiences Roberts now serves in the advanced navigation school at Selman Field Private Arthur Vaccaro of the 730th Navigation Training squadron will perform boogie woogie music Cor Corporal Thermas FE May wrote the script and Corporal Lorenzo Smith directs the program.
Federal agents arrest Erwin De Spretter to join Lehmitz in passing naval shipping data and defense plans to Germany. De Spretter, Uruguay born engineer and head of Aetna Heat Treating, admitted gathering harbor observations and providing a confidential aircraft company book, receiving $100. Lehmitz, a Staten Island resident, is accused of transmitting troop movements and shipbuilding data via invisible ink to Axis contacts.
Captain and Mrs Ragland Kentucky street welcomed a baby girl born Sunday June 27 at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic. Ivy Faulk and 1908 North Fourth street announce a daughter born Tuesday morning June 29 at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic. A son was born to Mr and Mrs R B Smith 312 Calypso street Tuesday June 2 at St Francis hospital. Master Sergeant and Mrs E J Kelley 1202 South Third street announce a son born Monday June 28. Private and Mrs R A Sale Rav yville welcomed a baby girl Sunday June 27 at St Francis hospital. Corporal and Mrs James C Bryan 615 North Third street West Monroe announce a daughter born Sunday June 27.
The funeral for Ernest Richard Kiper of Monroe and Wisner, 62, who died in a Monroe hospital, was held at First Methodist in Gilbert with interment at Oakley cemetery. E R Kiper Hardware and Lumber businesses are noted, with survivors including his wife, four sons, and three brothers. A second funeral for Judge Charles Schulze, who died Sunday, will be at his daughter's residence with interment in the family plot. Stonewall lodge members and multiple pastors participate in services.
Allied air forces struck targets across France and Belgium in successive daylight raids. American Flying Fortresses hit the St Nazaire submarine yards and Beaumont Le Roger airfields while British bombers attacked railway targets in Belgium and Moninex France. Two American generals received the Silver Star for leading daylight bombing efforts.
The Monroe News Star reports on riots attacking workers, with footage of crowds using cudgels and blocking streets. It condemns the lawless violence, links it to government complicity, and cites fear among citizens and workers while noting wartime ration concerns and gasoline coupon policies.
The fragment references crude price changes and industry problems such as well-spacing rules and material shortages. It notes tax deduction debates for exploration and mentions lawmakers including Bates, Whest, Mebert, Louisiane, and Meixtel. A South Carolina subcommittee heard testimony from Tilino, Arkersmas, and Misusippi before proceeding.
An 11 year old boy is sought by police in West Monroe after a reported theft of a red and green 182 Ford pickup. The youth is believed headed toward Alexandria or Shreveport. officers issued a warrant for his arrest.
A historical dispatch describes six June strikes against Japanese positions in Kiska and Little Kiska by B 25 Mitchells Ventura bombers and Liberators. Observations were limited by weather and smoke but several hits were reported on main camp and north head at Kiska.
The board keeps a balanced approach with industry and labor members recusing when conflicts involve their sectors. Decisions may be made by nine or six members to preserve balance, while Wagner Act provisions guide policy. A source notes closed shop orders are only as in prior agreements. The text mentions a poppy wood estimate of 80 tiny units per page.
Allied pilots shot down Japanese bombers and fighters in a raid, with several enemy planes possibly destroyed or damaged. Reports claim 28 bombers and 29 fighters escorted the attack, while Australian headquarters gave no second raid notice for Port Darwin last week.
The report details multiple Allied air strikes in Italy and Sardinia on May 2% including bombs on oil tanks, rail yards, a bridge, sheds, depots, an iron foundry, and a torpedo factory. Fortresses raided Leg Horn, B-25s hit Alghero Fertilia and Olbia Venafiorita, with P-38 escorts, while Italian claims noted casualties at Leghorn, Reggio Calabria, and Messina.
Marvin Jones argued the subsidy program would be unfair to those unwilling to fully back a plan to curb living costs. Davis, ready to return as president of the Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis, said the hoped discussion with the president did not occur and likely would not. The replacement of Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard as food administrator stemmed from his reluctance to operate under the setup Davis opposed.
Washington reports the federal government spent over 80 billion dollars in the fiscal year ending, far above the previous year but still below the budgeted total. War costs dominated at about 71.5 billion, while losses at government corporations and other nonwar items shaped the overall figure. This outlay more than doubled the prior year's spending.
In Bernice Louisiana on June 23 a large crowd attended the Vacation Bible School graduation at the Baptist church. One hundred twenty three students received diplomas, most with three efficiency stars. The manger scene by the primary department drew wide attention. Fifteen young people joined the church at the Sunday morning service. Mrs E B Green supervised the school with Rev R B Middleton and Mrs Middleton assisting.
G S Manning was elected post commander of Burnett Downs American Legion in West Monroe at city hall on Monday night. J M Carter G Brown W A Jarrell Henry Jarrell O E Pettit A T Harper Roy B Hester C B Walker Joe Hendrick and G B Folds were named officers and Siiney Freeman Jeff Caldwell D C Golson trustees. Delegates to the Shreveport department convention were Herbert Rinehart A E Rilss John Young D C Golson and A T Harper with alternates Joe Hudson Sidney Freeman O E Pettit Louis Rinehart and J M Carter. The sego lily is the state flower of Utah.
England spent and at least doubled Germany's outlay but still paled next to the 109000000000 standard President Roosevelt has set for the coming year.
In Connellsville and Pittsburgh districts union leaders expect about 9 percent and 4,000 more miners to work today as others vote against shifts. A Jones and Laughlin mine meeting at Vesta 5 voted 164 to 70 against working while Midland locals anticipate a late October contract. Alabama’s blast furnaces falter with only 3,000 of 24,000 miners on duty and Republic Steel curtails two Birmingham furnaces due to coal shortages.
Vice President Wallace asserts prolonged stalling by Jesse Jones and Will Clayton on a war materials drive. He cites South American rubber gathering, Africa plantations, and Crypto stevia as efforts to boost natural rubber. He notes MacArthur reported high grade cinchona seeds from the Philippines for urgent planting.
STRICTER TIRE advocates keeping essential services by limiting low mileage drivers to used or recapped tires. Regulations for drivers using more than 240 miles monthly unchanged. Jeffers urges boards to enforce conservation to avoid harsher rules, warning that further limits on grade 3 tires may come if current guidance fails to secure enough tires for critical vehicles.
The Ouachita parish planning board will meet for the first time at the Chamber of Commerce office Thursday at 7 30 pm. Chairman C D Oakley announced the panel appointed by Tom Hicks will focus on parish plans for the postwar period. Members include S J Rogers C W Wallace E E Prichett Neal McHenry Albert Marx W J Reilly J S Washburn and J J Joyce with ex officio mayors H H Benoit and Monk Golson, school board president Thatcher, and J M Breard.
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