Rubber Shortages Loom in War Defense Plan Says Experts
In Washington and Wall Street rubber demands rise as a vital defense commodity. U S stocks are scarce and eight months at current usage would exhaust domestic supply, with synthetic output far below needs. Negotiations call for salvaging used rubber and expanding synthetic capacity to avert shortages.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
New York
News-Star Special News Service
America
Washington
Wall Street
East Indies
United States
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Pacific
Wilkinson named mayor of Monroe Isiana State Employment Office
A. C. Wilkinson, age 31, named mayor of the Monroe office of the Isiana State Employment Service announced by Phil J. Charlet. Wilkinson replaces A. G. Klamke who resigned to join the American Red Cross in Washington. Davis becomes manager of Leesville office, replacing Wilkinson. Wilkinson previously ran the Farm Security Administration office in Lake Charles and served as parish supervisor for the NYA in Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Wilkinson
Monroe
Isiana State Employment Service
Phil J. Charlet
Wailkin
Sville
Eceed
A. G. Klamke
E American Red Cross
Washinga Ioe
C. Davis
Ilkinson
Leesle
Charlet
Wilkinson
Lake Charles
Tional
Charles
S. and W
Leesville
General Motors Reopens Packard Plant Amid Strike Pickets
General Motors reopened its Packard Electric division in Warren Ohio as 500 pickets ringed the gates and 1,600 workers remained idle. The dispute centers on wage rates and the dismissal of certain employees, with the union seeking raises up to 1.15 dollars per hour for skilled workers. A court injunction hearing is set for tomorrow to curb picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn B. Griffith
Arthur Garfield
C. I. O. United Electric Radio Nd Machine Workers Union
Coast Guards Board Yugoslav Ships in New York Harbor
U S coast guardsmen boarded the Yugoslav freighters Sreca Nell and Predsednik Kopajpic in New York area ports as a precaution after rumors. Officials denied seizures, saying ships were watched or placed in protective custody. The action followed earlier wartime practice of supervising foreign vessels.
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New York
United States Coast
Brooklyn
Sreca
St. Thomas
Predsednik Kopajpic
Staten Island
Stapleton
Washington
Coast Guard
New York Coast Guard
Woman Juror Selected Here In Lacara Case
The Fourth Judicial district's first woman juror joined four men in the Lacara assault case trial. Mrs Mae MelIntosh Modes, secretary treasurer of Frizzell Brick Co, West Monroe, was the fourth juror accepted. The trial opened with opening statements as jurors were seated.
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Fourth Judicial District
John Lacara
Lacara
Mae MelIntosh Modes
Frizzell Brick Company, Inc
West Monroe
J. Y. Pipes
B. S. Braswell
R. H. Redding
C. F. Moore
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Louisiana
Haile Selassie Near Addis Ababa Amid Welcome Home
Haile Selassie neared Addis Ababa to reclaim the throne driven by Italians in 1936 as subjects celebrate. Thousands gathered at St. George's Cathedral for a double celebration marking his return and St. George's day, the Ethiopian national saint.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
St. George's Cathedral
King of Kings
Willkie Sees Britain Bar Invasion If Air Superiority Achieved
Wendell Willkie told Nashville that Britain can forestall German invasion if sea lanes stay open and air supremacy is achieved. He spoke at Vultee Aircraft plant dedication about U S armor output and countering Lindbergh’s America First stance.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wendell L. Willkie
England
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Vultee Aircraft, Inc
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Willkie
Britain
Lindbergh
America First Committee
British
Hitler
Test postponed on state bonds in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge on May 5 the first test of a 6.145 million bond issue was delayed to next Monday. Judge James Womack continued the tax payer suit opposing the bonds as James Morrison, former gubernatorial candidate, could not attend. Proceeds fund floating state debt, a highway loan to education, and 30600 Confederate pensions.
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Baton Rouge
James Womack
James H. Morrison
Morrison
Highway Department
Department of Education
Tittmann Receives Papal Audience in Rome
Harold H. Tittmann Jr., secretary to Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's envoy to the Vatican, was received by Pope Pius XII in a half hour audience in Vatican City. The pope asked about Taylor's health as he convalesces in the United States and hopes for an early return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Harold H. Tittmann, Jr
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius XII
Tittmann
Rome
Taylor
United States
Storm Hits Louisiana Damaging Warehouse and Residence
A severe electrical storm raked Logansport Louisiana and across the river into Texas. Lightning struck a cotton warehouse owned by Mayor J R Nash igniting a fire that burned one end and 150 government stored bales worth over 10000 dollars. The storm also wrecked the six room residence of Mrs M E Hayes injuring her family. Telephone and telegraph wires were down for hours. In Shreveport residents paddled to work as four inches of rain flooded streets up to four feet deep with some homes affected. No major damage reported elsewhere.
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Logansport
J. R. Nash
Texas
M. E. Hayes
J. L. Ford
Shreveport
Highland-Creswell-Dudley Drive
McCormick Street
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
World War II Update From Europe and Near East
The report notes British forces smashing Axis counterattacks at Tobruk and a siege near Habbaniyah. RAF action silences Iraqi artillery and further weakens Iraq's air force as London seeks to end hostilities with a pro German premier. Roosevelt vows readiness to fight for democracy while Luftwaffe raids Liverpool and Belfast.
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Associated Press
Tobruk
Libya
Habbaniyah
Iraq
London Radio
Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Luftwaffe
Liverpool
Belfast
Brest
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Japan
United States
Hull
Twin City men escape drowning in Lake St. John tragedy
Albert Williams aged 25 a Ferriday area resident drowned when a fishing trip on Lake St. John ended as their boat capsized in a high wind. Two Twin City white men Raymond Jones and Ed Lolly were rescued and treated after emergency response teams aided the search for Williams with divers sought to aid the recovery.
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Ferriday
Lake St. John
Albert Williams
Twin City
Raymond Jones
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Monroe
West Monroe
Ed Lolly
Monroe Ford Company
Jones
Lolly
Ferriday Hospital
Williams
New President of Venezuela Sworn in at Caracas
General Isaias Medina was sworn in as Venezuelan president at a joint session of congress. He succeeds General Eleazar Lopez Contreras, the first Venezuelan president to relinquish the position voluntarily. Medina pledged support for Pan American cooperation and will hold office until 1946.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Isaias Medina
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
Medina
Yugoslav Guerrilla Fight Continues Amid Armistice News
Cairo dispatch reports thousands of Yugoslav guerrillas in Serbia and Bosnia still fighting German Italian forces. The correspondent, wounded in Greece, notes grim patriots fleeing to mountains vow to harass invaders until liberty is restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert St. John
Associated Press
Balkan
Cairo
St. John
Greece
Egypt
Serbia
Bosnia
Germany
Italy
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Belgrade
Berlin
Rome
Roosevelt says Americans ready to fight for democracy
President Roosevelt declared Americans are ready to fight for democracy. Officials say fight means broad support for democratic nations rather than immediate war. Debate grows in Washington over delivering war supplies to Britain as Senate weighs action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Nye
North Dakota
America
Britain
Senate
Swayze Trial Postponed In Fatal Club Shooting
H Bruce Swayze Jr Ferriday night club operator charged with manslaughter in the March 29 fatal shooting of Mrs Fred Lancaster wife of the parish game warden. Trial postponed due to witness absence with case possible late Monday or Tuesday. Bankston involved in a pretrial argument over a bill. defense to argue a pistol discharge was accidental. Swayze surrendered to Sheriff immediately after the shooting and posted 3000 bond for 9 am court appearance before Judge Roger R Reeves in Harrisonburg.
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Vidalia
H. Bruce Swayze, Jr
Fred Lancaster
Swayze
F. L. Bankston
Vicksburg
Miss
Bankston
Lancaster
Noah Croft
Seventh Judicial District
Roger R. Reeves
Harrisonburg
Hepburn Pledges Broad Navy Public Relations Policy
New Orleans May 5 Rear Admiral Arthur J Hepburn former fleet commander and head of the navy public relations office said he would be liberal with information within legal limits. He noted Secretary Knox sets policy and he and his niece Miss Louise Hepburn planned to leave for Washington to assume duties.
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New Orleans
Arthur J. Hepburn
United States Fleet
The
Navy
San Francisco
Washington
Hepburn
Knox
Louise Hepburn
Philadelphia
Jones Urges Signing Land Papers for Army Maneuvers
Governor Sam Jones urged landowners in 26 parishes to sign papers authorizing army use of lands for fall maneuvers involving 500000 troops. He framed it as protection for property and safety, praising officers as friends and citing the need to safeguard free ownership for future generations. Parishes listed include Calcasieu Webster Beau regard Bienville Jefferson Davis Lincoln Allen Jackson Vernon Ouachita Rapides Richland Grant Caldwell Sabine Franklin Winn Catahoula De Soto La Salle Red River Concordia Natchitoches Claiborne Bossier Tensas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
United States
Beauregard
Bienville
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Allen
Jackson
Vernon
Ouachita
Rapides
Richland
Grant
Caldwell
Sabine
Franklin
Winn
Catahoula
de Soto
la Salle
Red River
Concordia
Natchitoches
Claiborne
Bossier
Tensas
Jones
Japan predicts American feud over Lindbergh aid stance
The Japan Times Advertiser front page editorial warns Americans backing Lindbergh against aid to Britain will spark a bitter nationwide feud. It calls Lindbergh's attacks treasonous to Roosevelt and notes his resignation as a reserve officer.
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Tokyo
Japan Times-Advertiser
Lindbergh
Britain
England
Roosevelt
St. Louis
United States
Times- Advertiser
Roosevelt OKs 11625 Defense Housing Units
President Roosevelt approved federal funding for 11 625 dwelling units in 13 localities to house defense workers and enlisted service members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain May Accept Turkish Mediation in Iraq Crisis
London reports said Britain would consider Turkish mediation if Iraq withdraws forces from Habbaniyah and halts fighting. Tobruk and Habbaniyah garrisons have repelled axis pressure, with Iraq artillery on Habbaniyah degraded by air power.
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London
Turkey
Iraq
Britain
Habbaniyyah
Associated Press
Tobruk
Middle East
Habbaniyah
Baghdad
Mediterranean
Crashes injure three local women over weekend
Three local women suffered injuries in separate weekend crashes none life threatening. Mrs. H. G. Prophit of 109 Pine Street improved at St. Francis Sanitarium after a Sunday collision that left her with a broken collar bone two broken ribs and bruises. Isaac Caldwell, described as Black, was held on reckless driving charges in connection with the Sev enth and Oak streets crash at 2 35 p.m. Mrs. C. C. Shatzer of 112 Dooley Lane and Mrs. A. T. White of 110 Dooley Lane were bruised when their car overturned after a Saturday night collision on the 300 block of South Second Street. They were treated at St. Francis Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Brantley
H. G. Prophit
Pine Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Issac Caldwell
Seventh
Oak Streets
C. C. Shatzer
Dooley Lane
A. T. White
South Second Street
IML Safety Record and Traffic Rule Update
The report shows 173 accidents this year and 166 last year with 26 personal injuries this year and 29 last year. No deaths so far this year, four deaths last year. The traffic rule of the day prohibits driving a mechanically unsafe vehicle in Monroe, defined as defective parts that create a hazard.
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City of
Monroe
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