Fear for 16 drifting on Lake Superior ice near Marquette
Mid March 17 coast guards and state police search for 16 fishermen and a woman stranded on storm torn ice off Michigan's upper peninsula. Two men were rescued uninjured but exposed. many others remain unaccounted for as blizzard conditions hinder salvage and air searches.
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Marquette
Hadi
DS Howre
Lake Superior
Huron Mountains
Coast Guards
Ambelances
Ls Anse
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Huron Islands
St LiAnnse
Borage County Sheriff's Office
Skanee
Orville Schroeder
Pre Son
William
Earl Schaite
Marlowe Stapleford
Donald Keoski
Comet
Jacobeville
Soliman
Joseph Blake
Baraga County
Morgan Fails To Obtain Supreme Court Review
Washington March 17 Arthur E. Morgan, ousted by President Roosevelt as Tennessee Valley Authority chairman for contumacy, failed to secure Supreme Court review of a ruling upholding the dismissal. Morgan had charged maladminstration and refused to participate in a personal hearing, arguing TVA is an independent corporation and dismissal only for political influence.
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Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
Roosevelt
Tennesse Valley Authority
Supreme Court
Morgan
Federal Circuit Court of Cincurrenats
Frankfurter
TVA
Congress
Circuit
Bids Opened on State Insurance in Baton Rouge
Bids on about 29 million dollars worth of insurance for state property were opened today by the state department of revenue. Director Martin Close said a month would be needed to tabulate bids and pick the best offer. Coverage excludes LSU and other independent institutions under centralized contracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State Department of Revenue
Martin Close
Louisiana State University
Blizzard Death Toll Mounts In Two States
A severe late winter cold swept across the Great Plains to New England, killing 18 in Minnesota, three in North Dakota, and two in Wisconsin. Tempers fell to 22 below zero at Bemidji with 85 mph winds observed in Duluth, as storms spread from Chicago forecasts to a deadly multi state exposure. The weekend toll rose to at least 23 with reports of additional fatalities and traffic incidents as clear skies returned to Grand Forks on St Patrick’s Day.
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Midwest
Lake Superior
New England
Souk
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Plains
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Obin
Grand Forks
N. D
St Patrick's
Move to cut aid bill faces sharp fight in Congress
President Roosevelt presses urgent lease lend plan with a $7 billion request to aid democracies. Supporters vow speedy approval while some senators question immediate funding as shipments begin and an Office of Production Management conference on defense labor mobilizes resources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Record Sum Seen In Income Taxes
Washington March 17 4 money poured in by mail today as the treasury predicted that by counting the March 15 returns this year would yield the biggest income tax haul on record. Saturday's deadline for filing brought an estimated 15 909 000 returns nearly double last year with higher incomes and lower exemptions cited as the reason. Many non taxable earners volunteered contributions for defense and the treasury said it would accept and earmark them accordingly.
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Washington
Treasury
Britain Reports Occupation of Berbera and Ethiopian Advances
The World Today notes Britain’s claim of reoccupation of Berbera in British Somaliland and attacks to Cheren in Eritrea as Italian setbacks follow last August. Axis editors view Roosevelt’s broadcast as a war signal while Lloyds lists 18 months of shipping losses for Britain and the Axis. German raids hit Bristol with casualties and damage, while Luftwaffe reportedly sinks two British ships off Ireland.
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Associated Preay
Berbera
Somaliland
Cheren
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Lloyds
Bristol
Luftwaffe
Ireland
Bremen
Southern governors push southward economic advance
In New Orleans on March 17 the Southern Governors Conference moved to boost the region's economy. Governor Frank Dixon of Alabama said a protest would be sent to President Roosevelt and the Office of Production Management over what they call a dangerous national defense policy. The group urged decentralization of industry to use the South's resources and labor for national preparedness and postwar economic stability.
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New Orleans
Southern Governors Conference
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
James Stewart Hurt In Airplane Mishap Near Los Angeles
Hollywood March 17 James Stewart top film star was injured in a private airplane forced landing near Van Nuys after takeoff late Sunday. He registered as James Smith and was hospitalized in good condition. Stewart holds a 1940 Best Actor award and faces army induction later this week.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
van Nuys
James Smith
Saul Fox
Stewart
Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Motron Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Philadelphia
Army
Roosevelt backs six year post emergency public works plan
The National Resources Board urged a six year program to stabilize employment as defense demand wanes. It asks Congress to authorize a revolving fund for rapid surveys and project planning with billions in potential spending, though exact costs were not specified.
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Washington
National Resources Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Planning Agency
Roosevelt to act on federal mediation board for labor disputes
Indications said President Roosevelt would issue an order creating a federal mediation board to handle defense labor disputes. The plan calls for two CIO representatives, two from the AFL, four from industry and three from the public with authority to seek voluntary settlements only.
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Associated Preas
Roosevelt
C. 1
Feeral Mediation Board
Philip Murray
Murray
Bridgeville
Vanadium Corporation
Office of Production Management
Defense
Sidney Hillman
C. QO
F. H. LaGuardia
Arthur S. Meyer
C. I. O. Transport Workers Union
It Can Happen Here Editorial on City Debt and Cost Figure Confusion
The Monroe council seeks 726725 of an 875000 bond issue to expand the power plant, while engineers estimate a 400000 cost. The piece cites Burns and McDonnell history of miscosts and warns voters to demand clarity before approving any expansion. It urges citizens to vote against the project unless costs are clearly determined.
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Monroe
Council
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Burns and
McDonnell
Burns
Fort Thomas
Knoxville
Paducah
Freezing Weather Returns to Louisiana and Mississippi
The weather bureau predicted a hard freeze in North Mississippi with 26 to 32 degrees and interior Louisiana near 32 degrees. Frost was forecast for interior Louisiana and Mississippi, while New Orleans saw a warm 62 to 78 degrees. Small craft warnings were issued on the Gulf coast from Brownsville to St. Marks due to a wintry disturbance.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
St. Marks
Fla
Cooking School Awards Will Total Over 1000 Prizes
Monroe residents will attend the four session 1941 cooking school at Neville High School auditorium guided by Esther Branch. Merchants pledge prizes including a refrigerator, radio, Ford credit, tires, tea, salt, flour, and more totaling over 1000 free gifts for attendees.
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Monroe
News-Star World
Neville High School
North Louisiana
Esther Branch
Monroe Furniture Company
art-Warner Electric
Montgomery Ward and Company
Mantel Radio
Home Furniture Company
Massey
Zenith
Cooperative Dairies
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
McCain-Richards
J.C. Penney Company
Central
American Service Company
Lipton Tea Company
Morton Salt Company
Raymond Heard Grocer Company
Pillsbury’s
Ouachita Baking Company
Fire menaces liner Bremen in Bremen port
March 17 54 A fire of undetermined origin aboard the German Lloyd liner Bremen was described as big and still continuing by a late afternoon press center. Authorities gave few details and reports indicated the ship was at Bremen with no confirmation of sinking.
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Berlin
Bremen
DNB
British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS
New York
Ramburg
Hal Roach’s Wife Dies of Pneumonia in Hollywood
Mrs Marguerite O. Roach wife of film producer Hal Roach died of pneumonia in Hollywood after falling ill last Tuesday soon after returning from a Honolulu vacation. He was at her bedside with their two children Hal Roach Jr a director and Margaret Roach an actress.
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Hollywood
Marguerite O. Roach
Hal Roach
Honolulu
Ha!, Jr
Margaret
Saboteurs blamed for Pennsylvania derailment disaster
Pennsylvania railroad officials blamed saboteurs for the derailment near Baden that sent a Cleveland-Pittsburgh passenger train into the Ohio River. Four killed and 114 injured as cars plunged into freezing waters. spikes were allegedly removed from a rail. The train, carrying 112 passengers and crew, toppled from a 50-foot embankment during a snowstorm.
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Baden
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
E. W. Smith
Pittsburgh
British view Roosevelt speech draws US toward war
British press cheered as Roosevelt urged total effort to aid democracies and arm allies while Axis broadcasts labeled the move as expansion. Berlin and Rome radios mocked the speech, claiming direct US participation and a looming blood bath. British outlets said America was effectively in the war though not technically.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
New York
CBS
Germany
Rome
Europe
Asia
Britain
London News Chronicle
America
London Daily Mail
Mental patients get better care in state hospitals
Governor Sam H. Jones said mental patients are better housed, clothed, and fed than ever before across state hospitals, Shreveport Charity, and Monroe's State Industrial School. He credited emergency repairs and a new admission system to check applicants' finances, promising abuses will be corrected and hospitals will have proper doctors and guidelines.
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones
Shreveport Charity Hospital
State Industrial School
Monroe
Department of Public Welfare
Berbera Reoccupied as British Push Advances in East Africa
British imperial forces recaptured Berbera in British Somaliland and seized Cheren Eritrean Heights as part of a rapid advance from Italian Somalia toward the Gulf of Aden. The Middle East Command announced Berbera's return to the British flag after last August's Italian occupation.
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Associated Press
Churchill
Italy
Berbera
British Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
Eritrean
Cheren
Middle East
Cairo
Royal Navy
Air Force
Italian Somaliland
Asmara
Army of the Nile
Mussolinii
Crash injures five in fog on Winnsboro road
In dense fog at 1 15 a m on the Winnsboro road a Suggs auto rear ended a car driven by Jack Farmer Swartz. Mrs R B Perkins Monroe suffered a broken arm and possible internal injuries but was improving at St Francis Sanitarium. Suggs and passengers were treated for minor bruises and improving. Neither driver sustained serious injuries.
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Winnsboro
R. B. Perkins
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Clark Suggs
el Dorado
Ark
Suggs
B. L. Barnhouse
St. Francis Sanitorium
Jack Farmer
Swartz
Farmer
M1 Safety Record Shows Yearly Accidents and Injuries
The report lists year to date accidents 111 last year 0. personal injuries this year 15 last year 22. deaths this year 0 last year 3. It also notes a traffic rule requiring motor vehicles to have a horn in good condition and audible for 300 feet, used only in emergencies or to warn of danger or collision.
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Neville High
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