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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1941
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler argues that using a military emergency to justify striking tactics would also excuse the same actions in peace. He contends the CIO miners act as a political, quasi governmental force beyond legal union rules and warns against coercing workers into private allegiance.
Gunfire flared in Fayette county amid the United Mine Workers strike for a union shop at the H. C. Frick Coke Edenborn mine. At least 10 men wounded as hundreds fired along the access road. pickets and non-strikers clashed for over an hour near Uniontown. Pickets from Washington county and Coal Center area reported ambushes. hospital treatments followed. one man seriously hurt. Mine workers continued operations despite the violence.
Berlin sources report 14,000,000 Russians killed wounded or captured over five months of war with the Soviet Union, listing 3,792,060 prisoners and large losses of planes tanks guns ships and merchant vessels. Dr Robert Ley derides Americans as cultureless barbarians and predicts Europe’s fate unless it unites against the West.
M A Bobbie Cowen of Ponchatoula High School drowned when a motorboat overturned a mile off shore on Lake Pontchartrain near Pass Manchac while three hunters were en route to deer country. Carson clung to the craft, Richardson swam to aid, and Barbier and the coast guard searched for Cowen.
The 25 000 ton battleship Indiana splashed into the James river from Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, six months ahead of schedule. Keel laid November 20 1939 the ship measures 680 feet length 108 feet beam and 3 feet draft with speed over 27 knots and armaments including nine 16 inch guns and anti aircraft weapons. Leaders and veterans attended the 10:53 am ceremony in Virginia.
An interurban bus overturned near St. Louis injuring 20 people, with two in serious condition. Driver William H. Robinson, 26, from Ashley Illinois, said he lost control while swerving to avoid a collision. Mrs. Laura Eddie, 61, fractured pelvis, and Leonard Stone had a possible skull fracture. The bus carried 31 passengers and was traveling from Peoria Illinois to St. Louis.
London dispatch reports Ivan Maisky, the Russian ambassador, stating that Hitler's blitzkrieg in the east has completely failed. He declared the campaign a strategic setback for Germany and emphasized Soviet resilience.
The Ouachita parish Red Cross roll call nears November 30 with many firms still nonreporting. Harry G. Frazer notes 8,000 parish quota due to wartime needs, while a list shows firms at 100 percent and daily notices will publish firms reaching 10 percent participation.
German radio announced that Captain Baron Franz von Werra, 27, who escaped from a Canadian prison camp and evaded deportation in the United States, was killed leading a pursuit squadron. He had escaped custody again after a late return to Germany and had been promoted to captain before the report. No details on location or exact fate were given.
Former Governor Richard W. Leche left Baptist hospital in New Orleans after a high fever and returned to his Covington home where he remained in bed. He awaits Supreme Court documents before surrendering to a ten year federal prison term for mail fraud.
The World Today reports Nazi tanks fled at sight of a British armored column as British forces announce an 80 mile advance in 36 hours. A vanguard is within 10 miles of Tobruk siege lines while Axis claims British drive halted. Berlin radios claim strong British reinforcements reach the African west coast near Dakar. In Moscow, Germans beaten off in new offensives as Nazis claim sacrifices in a triple strike on the capital. France protests Japanese Indo China bargain terms as Japan’s diet session adjourns.
Adolf Hitler attended the state funeral for Colonel-General Ernst Udet at Berlin's air ministry. Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering eulogized the celebrated airman who reportedly died while testing a new weapon. An honor company led the cortege through lined streets to the cemetery.
A 29 year old American born German named Odell Dowdy alias Dowd was arrested in Gulfport for violating the selective service act by lacking a registration card. He wore a swastika and Hitler tattoo and was bound over to await federal grand jury action on a $500 bond. Dowdy claimed German citizenship though born in the United States and said he registered in Alabama but lost his card.
The Good Fellows fund grew by 25 dollars when the family of J. T. Roye of West Monroe sent a memorial gift. The text urges clothing, food, and warmth for those in need as winter approaches, and notes donations will buy clothes, food, and toys for Christmas. A child writes asking Santa to visit and bring a shooter or wheel, reflecting hunger and hardship.
The U S government via the Civil Aeronautics Administration approves Selman field in Ouachita Parish for class four airport status. Vicksburg engineers seek bids for four runways over 5 000 feet, drainage work, and related improvements. The parish completes acquisition of 500 acres, ending local financial obligations. contract award will finalize the agreement.
Detroit reports delegates to the Congress of Industrial Organizations convention back Philip Murray for reelection amid turbulent issues. The big three unions United Mine Workers United Automobile Workers and Steel Workers Organizing Committee show strong backing while smaller unions join in support.
An Associated Press report says a cold air mass pushed into Georgia and the Carolinas today cooling temperatures. Another mass forming in western Canada was forecast to follow southeastward. Weather observers warned the Canadian wave would move quickly behind the current front, with clear cold across the eastern half of the nation and freezing temps from the northern Rockies to the Texas panhandle.
Evileta Juanita Spinelli known as The Duchess, 52, became California’s first female executed by gas chamber at San Quentin. She led a gang of killers and robbers, faced delays from petitions, and died around 10:25 a.m. after the gas was released. About 60 witnesses watched as she met death for ordering the slaying of a gang member who had lost nerve.
Major General George H. Brett, head of the Army Air Corps, said America would provide air reinforcements to the Middle East if Libyan fighting lasts. He noted Britain plans to standardize on American equipment and outlined efforts to shorten production lead times for planes sent to support British pilots in the region.
British armored columns push within 10 miles of Tobruk after an 80 mile dash in 36 hours as Cairo reports spearheads driving into axis lines around the fortress. Berlin calls the push a power drive while Rommel’s corps remains the main axis opposition in the Libyan desert.
Manila reports a sharp clash between France and Japan over the 350 member Japanese Indo China mission led by Kenkichi Yoshizawa. French officials, including Admiral Jean Darlan, protested that Tokyo exceeds agreed bounds for bases and concessions, while colony observers doubt Japan is ready for large scale operations against China or Thailand from Indo China.
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