Underworld and Yacht Tales From The Era Of Feeney
A fragmented column profiles Feeney the late international elevator constructors’ president and his yacht-building era begun in 1930 during worker hardship. It pivots to a Chicago underworld figure, Mike Carrozzo, a famed union financier, with notes on Dioguardi and a looming court fate, concluding with a continued story tease.
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Feeney
Mself
Newport
Chicago
Mike Carrozzo
New York
Moreschi
Dioguardi
Freight Rain Crewm en Die as Heroes in Tunnel Disaster
In Hassan tunnel near Van Nuys California a Southern Pacific freight train stalled after a broken coupling and oil burner ignition. Five crewmen died of smoke and gas. two stowaways perished and five others were burned or nauseated. Engine crew tried to move the train and shut off the tender valve to slow the flames. The oil goods involved were valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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van Nuys
Calif
Hassan Tunnel
Ventura-Los Angeles County
Southern Pacific
Coluctor
Harry H. Hartley
Rippey
O. B. Castle
E. J. the
Los Angels
Boyd Bonner
Bakersfield
John Dunne
EB. Snodgrass
Los Angeles
G. C. Baker
Los Angles
Hostage terror casualties across Axis-occupied Europe
London reports the inter ned information committee stating more than 110,000 people killed under hostage terror. The report traces the system to Albania in 1939, details killings in Poland Yugoslavia Greece and France, with mass executions and reprisals cited, including thousands of hostages shot and villages burned.
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London
Information Committee
Europe
Albania
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav
Vilages
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Britain’s Libyan offensive declares final stage begun
Prime Minister Churchill announced in London that Britain’s long prepared Libyan push has begun. He said the battle is likely decisive within hours, emphasizing Allied armor air power and rapid desert maneuver as the German and Italian armies face a mechanized clash in North Africa.
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London
Churchill
Britain
North Africa
House of Commons
Libya
Plan Show for Good Fellows at Paramount
A gala midnight show to benefit the Good Fellows fund will be held at the Paramount theater on Friday December 19. The Illinois Central Employer Service club announces proceeds go to the fund with all committee members and performers donating services. Irving Ward-Steinman donates the theater building for the event and W R Breazeale details an hour and a half of outstanding entertainment. The service club appoints general and news star committees led by Wilson Ewing and Walter W Cunningham and the article notes continued details on the seventh page.
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Good Fellows Fund
Illinois Central Employer Service Club
Paramount Theater
W. R. Breazeale
Breazeale
Irving Ward-Steinman
The
Paramount
Beazeale
Service Club
Wilson Ewing
News-Star—World
Walter W. Cunningham
Baptist Training Union Convention Opens in Alexandria
Hundreds of delegates gather at First Baptist Church for a one day Baptist Training Union convention. State President W H Souther opens the event with a keynote by Dr H H Hobbs and a morning session on methods. Notable leaders include Chester Quarles Elaine Coleman and Virginia Quarles among others. Continued on Seventh Page.
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First Baptist Church
Baptist Training Union
Alexandria
Louisiana
W. H. Souther
Clifford Holcomb
Betty Mae Burns
Lake Charles
L. T. Hastings
S. G. Rogers
Oakdale
H. H. Hobbs
Emanuel Church
Chester Quarles
Elaine Coleman
Henry L. Lyon
Virginia Quarles
Sunshine” Bains
Fern Bardin
George Schluntz
Donald Anthony
Mae Detherage
L. Mark Roberts
J. L. Pollard
U S And Mexico Adopt Good Neighbor Program
The United States and Mexico formalized a six point good neighbor program aimed at easing long standing tensions. It includes a 40 million dollar payment to settle American oil claims, a reciprocal trade pact, peso stabilization aid, US purchase of Mexican silver, and a 60 million dollar highway finance loan. Oil expropriation talks remain the most challenging part, with oil firms not agreeing to the settlement terms though kept informed.
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Washington
Mexico
Hull
Francisco Castillo Najera
United States
State Department
British desert army drives into Libya in vast offensive
The World Today reports a 750000 strong British desert army advancing about 50 miles in Libya in a major push aimed at ousting the axis from North Africa. Italians and Germans claim British losses, while the US builds tanks for a decisive clash. Russians report Kerch fall but claim heavy German losses and warn of new assaults near Tula. Washington warns Vichy over closer German ties as an Inter-allied group cites over 100000 killed in hostage terror across nine axis countries.
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Associated Press
Libya
London
North Africa
Rome
Berlin
Britain
Kerch
Crimean
Caucasus
Moscow
Tula
Volokolamsk
United States
Vichy
Washington
France
Germany
Inter-allied Information Committee
Europe
Adams cites excess war supply demand in defense spending
Senator Adams of Colorado asserted that Congress is being asked to appropriate far more for war supplies than needed for American defense. He said the military production program wastes money, citing President Roosevelt’s request for 7.08 billion dollars in extra defense funds and a total defense outlay near 58.5 billion. He warned that no non-defense cuts will ease the financial strain and argued for reducing export item production instead.
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Washington
Adams
Colorado
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Hoover Warns Against War Mind Conditioning
Former President Hoover denounces efforts to shape American minds toward war and warns that propaganda agencies and foreign dispatches press for an expeditionary force. He argues such action risks American lives and endangers domestic freedom, calling the European war a military stalemate.
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Chicago
Ill
Hoover
Union League Club
Columbia
Persia
Egypt
United States
Hitler
Hunter Found After Night Lost In Lafourche Swamp
L M LeJeune of 507 Clayton street West Monroe was found Thursday morning by American Legion truck crew after getting lost in Lafourche swamp during a hunting trip. He entered the swamp Wednesday morning in a boat near the Winnsboro road eight miles southeast of Monroe. His car was found beside the road and rescuers noted he may have blown on his gun barrel to signal.
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L. M. LeJeune
Clayton Street
West Monroe
American Legion
Lafourche
LeJeune
Winnsboro Road
Monroe
Thanksgiving Union Service Held At Ouachita Parish High
A Thanksgiving union service gathered diverse denominations in the Ouachita Parish High School auditorium at 10 am under the Ouachita Parish Ministerial union. Dr. C Karles Smith of First Methodist West Monroe preached on ancient landmarks and the enduring value of forefathers contributions to art science and medicine.
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Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish
C. Karles Smith
First Methodist
West Monroe
Walter Minniear
Glee Club
Michael Angelo
Leonardo di Vinci
Raphael
Greece
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Demosthenes
Thanksgiving Observed Across Twin Cities Monroe West Monroe
Thanksgiving was observed as usual with public offices, post office, courts, banks and downtown stores closed. A sunrise service was at First Presbyterian church followed by breakfast for attendees. The Ouachita Parish Ministerial union held a 10 am service at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium attended by multiple denominations. St. Matthew's Grace Episcopal and First Church of Christ Scientist held services, with St. Paschal's Catholic church offering masses at 6:30 and another later service.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
First Presbyterian Church
Union
Ouachita Parish
First Church of Christ, Scientist
St. Paschal’s Catholic Church
Three Are Shot In Fresh Burst Of Violence In Coal Fields
DETROIT November 20 Three men were shot and wounded in Fayette county Pennsylvania amid the captive mine strike as CI O delegates approved a resolution urging mediation and peaceful settlement. The strike darkens the holiday week in Pennsylvania while other captive mine states observe a holiday.
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Detroit
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Washington
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
United
Thanksgiving Celebrate by President at Washington
President Roosevelt joined citizens observing an early Thanksgiving while coal strike developments and international issues kept him and most of his cabinet at desks. Sixteen states held back turkey until the regular date, as the nation prepared to revert to the last Thursday in November. Roosevelt planned a formal 7 p.m. dinner with Mrs. Roosevelt and guests, as he urged prayers for a speedy end to strife and for freedom, brotherhood, and justice. cabinet members stayed on call for talks with Japanese envoys.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
James Roosevelt
Hull
Stimson
Interior
Scries
Thanksgiving Fund Speech Urges Help for Good Fellows
A call to support the Good Fellows Christmas fund urges readers to donate to aid underprivileged children. The piece reflects on poverty, gratitude, and the need for persistent fundraising as Christmas approaches, quoting a nine year old appeal and stressing democratic blessings and charitable duty.
Churchill Signals Big Push to Destroy Axis in Libya
Cairo reports RAF planes bombed axis tanks and motor transport moving toward the Egyptian border as Britain’s desert armies, 750000 strong, push 50 miles deeper on a 140 mile front. Churchill told Parliament the long awaited attack has begun, a mechanized clash akin to fleets at sea.
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Cairo
Salam
Libya
Britain
North Africa
London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Waiting Subs Sink 2 Ships Off Canadian Atlantic Coast
Submarines 30 miles off the Canadian Atlantic coast credited with sinking two British freighters while trailing a convoy beyond Belle Isle. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald had warned of German submarines near Newfoundland coast, and five crewmen survived a freighter’s abrupt sinking after a three day trail.
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Belle Isle
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Newfoundland
MacDonald
Atlantic
Belle Isle Strait
United States Navy
Maine
Weygand Resigns as Vichy Chief Amid North Africa Tensions
General Maxime Weygand reportedly resigned as Marechal Petain's proconsul and North Africa commander after three days of talks at Vichy. The move follows a Paris newspaper urging immediate defense of Africa against an alleged British American attack and calling for removal of American influence, while Britain expands into Libya. The exact reason for Weygand's resignation remains unclear, though he reportedly favored German collaboration only within armistice limits.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Mareshal Petain
North Africa
Paris New
Noveaux Temps
Africa
North
Wiliam D. Leahy
United States
Petain
Paris
Libya
French Africa
Weygand
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Pegler
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Illinois Central Club
America
Baptist Unions
U.S
Hunter
Dr. Smith
Cabinet
Canada
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