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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1941
Page
1
Prime Minister Churchill secured a 447 to 3 vote in the Commons on his conduct of the war, pledging to defend Crete Tobruk and the Nile valley as Britain's battle against U boats and Axis forces continues. Allied ships and air battles unfold with heavy aviation exchanges over the Channel and German ports.
The article notes defense demands will narrow women’s wardrobe colors. Wool and silk producers cut shades from 48 to 42 for fall and winter suits and stockings, with imports scarce and domestic dyes diverted to war needs.
In London Churchill won a 447 to 3 confidence vote despite Lloyd George urging America to do more. Lloyd George warned against overestimating U S aid and praised Timson and Roosevelt while noting British reliance on American ships in the Atlantic.
Accidents to date this year 178 versus 166 last year. Personal injuries to date this year 26 versus 29 last year. Deaths to date this year 0 versus 4 last year. Traffic rule of the day requires a white light forward and a red light rear for parked vehicles from sunset to sunrise unless street illumination makes the vehicle clearly visible within 500 feet.
F F Curtze, chairman of the board of Columbian Carbon Company, died in Erie Pennsylvania. A Monroe visitor and pioneer in natural gas and carbon black, he helped form Columbian Carbon and guided its growth across the eastern and Mid-Continent fields.
Sunbury Pennsylvania May 7 a 52 year old farmer John H Hogendobler was found guilty of first degree murder for shooting his wife to end her suffering from asthma and illness. A jury of eight men and four women recommended life imprisonment despite defense claims he lacked adult mind and could not distinguish right from wrong.
United States and Canada will form closely collaborating economic defense boards to speed mobilization of North American resources for Britain and hemisphere defense. The boards will coordinate raw materials and manufactured products and synchronize arms and munitions production under the joint effort announced by Roosevelt and Mackenzie King on April 20.
Fred J. Heller 26 of Shreveport La became the first Mississippian convicted for failing to register for selective service. Federal Judge Sidney C. Mize sentenced him to four years and six months in a federal penitentiary after he pleaded innocent and declined counsel. Heller was jailed in Hinds county on a minor charge on registration day before release and return to Shreveport for failure to produce a registration card.
Nashville Tenn May 7 interior port of exit for transfer of war planes to Great Britain. Lockheed reconnaissance bomber cleared customs en route to the British Isles. About 100 Lockheed planes expected to clear here in coming days as special equipment is installed.
President Roosevelt's stomach ailment shows improvement and fever declines. Doctor Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire recommends remaining in White House quarters today and tomorrow with minimal engagements to recover.
Detroit May 7 Big Hank Greenberg baseball’s top paid star until now enters the army at $21 a month. Inducted at 8:50 a.m. by Captain C C Curtis Jr Greenberg receives army serial number 36-114-611 after a final physical confirms fitness despite flat feet.
Athens dispatch reports a single low diving Stuka attack on April 6 caused a massive munitions explosion at Piraeus. Seventeen ships were lost and port works valued at about 10 million dollars were demolished. The blast followed by weeks of German air superiority signaled Greek defeat and highlighted neglect in unloading an armed TNT ship.
British imperial forces with Howitzers flown by the R A F ejected the enemy from Habbaniyah airdrome Iraq and took more than 300 prisoners as the siege was broken on the fifth day. They also seized control of the Mosul Haifa pipeline and advanced near Rutba amid Libyan desert fighting and Basra quiet.
Al Donahue and his orchestra will perform in the college auditorium Thursday night from 9 to 10 p.m. and play a dance from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets sold before 7 p.m. benefit British war relief. advance outlets include Hotel Frances Primos Cafeteria and the college book store.
New York May 7 General Sessions Judge John J. Freschi sentenced William and Anthony Esposito to die in the electric chair the week of June 16 for the first degree murder of Alfred Klausman in a holdup slaying. The pair terrorized Fifth Avenue during a running gun battle as they fled after the January attempt. a police officer was killed and two bystanders wounded.
The World Today reports Churchill’s 447 to 3 confidence vote victory on war conduct. He pledges Britain will defend the Nile valley Suez and Malta against axis assaults as the Commons cheers the anti U boat campaign. Luftwaffe losses, raids on Glasgow and Hamburg noted. Iraqi forces retreat at the Mosul Haifa pipeline. Stalin steps forward toward premiership in Soviet Russia.
Philadelphia May 1 A treasury official said the public could bear a three and a half billion dollar tax increase next year without undue burden. Undersecretary Daniel W Bell cautioned that defense costs may be 15 percent of a 90 billion national income by June 1942 and that excessive taxation could strangle business and citizen activity. Myron F Converse urged careful tax policy given war demands.
New York detectives and immigration officers rounded up more than 100 German seamen suspected of overstaying their leave. The captives, former Standard Oil tanker workers, were moved to the customs barge office with Ellis Island as a next stop before westward internment.
London dispatch reports Pilot Officer James McGinnis of Hollywood California an American Eagle squadron member was killed when a Royal Air Force plane crashed in Britain Burial planned in England McGinnis was a former Lockheed employee in California.
Secretary Knox praised War Secretary Stimson for urging use of the U S Navy to ensure victory in the Atlantic. He said the navy is readier now than ever to undertake delivery duties if assigned and noted the coast guard seagoing activities are being transferred to the navy. Senator Vandenberg questioned sunk ship figures as support for convoys.
The federal appellate court affirms H. W. Ferguson's 18 month sentence for converting bank funds to his own use. Ferguson, former president of the Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, was retried after a prior reversal and convicted on five counts. The court notes guilt depended on land ownership by the bank in March 1937 and willfulness of the acts.
Covington Louisiana May 7 42 Two small boys were found by a ranger after an all night search in Tall Sheek community about 30 miles north of Covington. Rheasan Parker Jr 6 and Ray Parker 8 said they were lost while rounding up cows and slept under a tree. About 106 CCC youths and 300 residents joined the search.
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