Heavy Labor Demand Ahead in 1942 Says Economists
John L. Beckley reports that experts forecast widespread bidding for labor in 1942 as defense programs reshape the economy. By mid summer unemployment bites, and by fall high wages draw workers from WPA rolls and agriculture, shifting millions into war industries as peacetime production tightens.
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John L. Beckley
New York
America
United States
WPA
CCC
NYA
Arma
Wickard fears parity loan predicament
Secretary Wickard told an appropriations subcommittee that a parity loan program could put the government in a bind. He outlined three options price fixing parity loans and a processing tax but refused to endorse any. A Senate hearing on parity loans for cotton wheat tobacco and rice continues.
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Washington
Wickard
Appropriations
House
Senate Agricultural Committee
Wickerd
Shushan and Four Denied Rehearing in Mail Fraud Case
Abraham L. Shushan and four others, convicted of mail fraud in a Louisiana levee board bond refunding scheme, were denied rehearing by the federal appeals court. Each was fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to three months in jail.
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New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Louisiana
Federal Appellate Court
Shushan
Orleans
Circuit
Dollar Day Set for Twin Cities by Monroe Merchants
Monroe merchants announce Dollar Day on March 5 in the Twin Cities North Louisiana. Stores plan large value sales with many items priced at one dollar, aided by extra clerks, as manufacturers cooperate to offer exceptional bargains and thank customers for past business.
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Deller
Retsi
Chamber of Commerce
Aici
A. R. Wiwenbaker
Monroe
Twin Cities
North
Louisiana
Ship President Hayes Freed After Grounding On Maiden Trip
The new 3 million dollar liner President Hayes ran aground near Cape Cod Canal during its 29 000 mile maiden voyage then was refloated without assistance and returned to Boston for inspection. Captain Dale Collins commanded a 12 man crew and 3 company passengers aboard. The vessel has 100 berths and was en route to New York as the first leg of a 16 port round the world trip expected to take about 100 days.
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Boston
President Hayes
Cape Cod Canal
Hayes
Hog Island
Buzzards Bay
Irving T. Sorge
American Prosident Lines
Sorge
New York
Dale E. Collins
Newport News
World War Front Shifts In Balkans As Axis Advances
The World Today reports a new Balkan war front as German forces overrun Bulgaria and push toward Greece and Turkey. Britain and Bulgaria plan wartime moves, Eden and Dill reach Athens, while Greece faces bombings and regional upheaval.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Dardanelles
Greece
Eden
Dill
Athens
Syria
Yugoslavia
Axis
Larisa
Cufra Oasis
Libya
Mogadiscio
Somaliland
Brest
London
Cooking School to Feature Miss Esther Branch at Neville High
The News-Star World announces arrangements for Miss Esther Branch renowned home economist and lecturer to speak at Neville High School auditorium on March 19 20 and 21. She comes from Spry research kitchens in Cambridge Mass and is a writer and recognized food authority.
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News-Star World
Esther Branch
Neville High School
North
Louisiana
Cambridge
Mass
Branch
News-Star~ World
Rickenbacker In Oxygen Tent After Crash
Airman Eddie Rickenbacker, injured in an Eastern Air Lines sleeper plane crash near Atlanta, was placed in an oxygen tent to aid breathing. Hospital attendants reported he was slightly improved, after a blood transfusion was given as a feeding measure. Doctors called the condition serious but not necessarily critical.
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Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Here
BE. A. I
Early Income Tax Payments Jump 58 Percent
The treasury reports early income tax payments 58 percent higher than a year ago under the defense tax system. With 10,000,000 taxpayers near the March 15 filing deadline, officials caution totals are not yet conclusive. The change lowers personal exemptions and raises rates as the government seeks to fund wartime burdens.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
War Department buys gas masks for non combatants
The War Department announced a limited purchase of low cost gas masks for non combatants in areas under military control. The non combatant masks protect against all known war gases, but are not designed for long life or repeated use like service gas masks issued to troops.
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Washington
War Department
Traffic Safety Update and Rule of the Day
The record shows 93 accidents this year and 83 last year with 11 personal injuries this year and 15 last year. No deaths this year versus 2 last year. Traffic Rule of the Day: Section 18 bans reversing direction except on streets with boulevards.
U S Engineers Seek 24 Million for Mid South River Work
The army engineers propose 24 378 600 dollars for new flood control and rivers and harbors in the mid South next year if congress funds it. Separate plans call for up to 50 million in the Mississippi valley, with specific projects across Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee and Texas.
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Washington
Mid- South
United States Engineers
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Pearl River
Bogalusa
Pools Bluff
Southwest Pass
South Pass
Mississippi River
Bayou Lafourche
Sabine-Neches
Texas
Blue Mountain
Nimrod
Norfolk
Bayou Bodeau
Norfork
North Fork River
Perry County
Ark
Pource la Fave
Yell County
Firing Range Strike At Camp Davis Expands North Carolina
A. F. L. workers walk out at Camp Davis an anti-aircraft site in Eastern North Carolina with 3,000 to 4,000 picketing entrances. The walkout, after a union meeting, involves about 5,000 workers seeking a preferential shop on the $15 million project that employs 15,000 workers. Company officials cite outside agitation as cause while conciliators mediate.
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Associated Press
A. F
Army
Camp Davis
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
L. H. Rouse
Wilmington
N. C
Building Trades Council
Rouse
Higgins, Grannix, Thormpeon and McDevett
Women to guide anti aircraft guns in Britain
London report quotes Lady Carlisle saying the government favors women operating anti aircraft predictors used by the auxiliary territorial service. About 35000 voluntary women workers may operate the delicate instruments to help locate bombers over Britain.
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London
Britain
Lady Carlisle
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Jones promises fair treatment for charity hospital patients
Governor Sam Jones, speaking by radio while in the east to recruit defense industries for Louisiana, pledges fair and equal care for all charity hospital patients across the state. He condemns political plunder and criticizes conditions at mental health facilities as a lasting mark of misrule.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
East
Louisiana
Charity Hospital
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Jones
House Appropriations Panel Slashes 1942 Farm Bill Total
Washington March 3. The appropriation bill for the 1942 farm program and related agriculture department activities was sent to the House. It totals 890,824,037 dollars, down 4,927,934 from budget estimates and 195,023.02 less than the current year. The bill would leave 1,420,977,559 dollars available for next year and cites parity payments financing changes as driving the large reduction. The committee also notes overlapping work and criticizes June buying practices as sources of waste.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department
Senator Walsh Warns Lease Bill Freezes War Declaration
Wilmington March 3 Senator Walsh Democrat Massachusetts denounces the lease lead program calling it a declaration of war. He warns there will be no turning back if enacted. Senators Smathers and Tunnell dispute the war claim arguing the bill will not cause war and could aid Britain against Germany.
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Wilmington
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Congress
America
Smathers
New Jersey
Tunnell
Delaware
Germany
Reich
Unmasked bandits rob Baton Rouge theater for four thousand
In Baton Rouge Louisiana March 3 police report two masked men tied up cashier Miss Addie White and two male employees at the Paramount theater and escaped with about 4000. They bound manager Robert Hines and Roy Beatty then released Hines after Miss White cut his bonds.
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Baton Rouge
Paramount Theater
Robert Hines
Hines
Addie White
Roy Beatty
Beatty
Miss White
Turkey bars Dardanelles to all ships
Associated Press reports Turkey blocked the Dardanelles to all ships with permits as German troops overran Bulgaria and pushed toward the Balkans. Nazi forces crossed the Danube while Field Marshal List set up headquarters in Sofia, signaling a widening European front. June 1941.
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Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Britain
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Danube
Sigmund List
Germany
Balkan
Sofia
Dark Melton Move to Quash Venire Argued in Ouachita
Defense attorney W W Thompson challenged the venire and the special session for the Dark and Metton case citing an allegedly illegally constituted Ouachita parish jury commission. He argued that Larry Henry’s later state revenue role tainted the jury panel. The judge gave until 1 pm to file continuances and issued subpoenas. request for supervisory writs was denied.
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Beefore
David I. Garrett
W. W. Thompson
District Court
W. D. Dark
L. J. Metton
Ouachita Parish
Thompson
Larry Henry
Jury Commission
State Department of Revenue
Henry
R. Dean Farr
Subspoenas
Supreme Court
Garrett
Strike-Prevention Setup Proposed in Washington
Under secretary of war Robert P Patterson proposed reviving a strikes prevention system from World War I to avert work stoppages in arms production. He cited the 1918 12-man war labor board and urged conciliation and voluntary compliance to save man-days, noting 120000 days were lost in defense industries the week of February 24 to March 2.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Wilson
Patterson
Defense
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