24 Nov 1942
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1942
Page
1
Westbroor Pegler analyzes a 1928 Communist platform republished amid New Deal debates. He notes proposed salary caps of 25 000 and critiques on immigration limits and constitutional reforms, linking them to current policy debates and labor unrest.
Governor Sam Jones announces a statewide inquiry into every retail liquor establishment before 1943 licenses are issued. He stops in Monroe en route to Bastrop and pledges strict checks on character, business location, and surroundings to curb gambling and illegal activity.
New Orleans reports Senator Ellender says Louisiana will secure a seat on the expanded fifth circuit court of appeals by adding one member. Associate Justice Archie Higgins is recommended for membership, with Curtis E. Waller proposed for Florida. The bill, passed by the Senate, awaits House action. The two openings cover the late Judge Plus E. Foster and the new position.
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army advances west of Stalingrad with 50 000 German dead and captured as they threaten the Don bend corridor. Russians push 6 to 12 miles daily northwest of Stalingrad and 9 to 12 miles daily southwest toward the city while German defenses shrink under heavy losses. The drive extends toward Chernyshevskaya on the Chir river and Kalach, with German lines reportedly penetrated and reinforced amid multiple fortified positions.
In Charlestown an 85 year old charitable widow, Catherine McGinley, was beaten and burned in her kitchen. Officers seek a man with blood on his clothing after two suspects were questioned and released. The victim kept a sizable sum on her person and her son found the body.
Secretary Knox said it was very unlikely Japanese reinforcements were reaching troops on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He cited rigid U S patrols and noted no reported landings since a major two week old push to overrun the airfield.
Washington officials view a sales tax as the best path to raise direct federal revenue. Senate Finance Chairman George and House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton say any new levy should come through a sales tax with pay as you earn changes and possible tax deferral ideas tied to wartime measures.
Lewis A Newsom aged 36 a Shreveport born law graduate of LSU and former Caddo parish assistant district attorney along with coast guard reserve duty was appointed lieutenant commander to head the newly formed Beach Patrol in New Orleans his family resides in Baton Rouge.
Washington announces a drive to retain war workers by barring enlistment of essential personnel in aircraft and shipbuilding. A master list of about 3,000 vital occupations will guide draft boards, expanding the types deemed critical to war production. War Manpower chief McNutt favors civilian decisions on manpower distribution.
The Netherlands government in exile accused Germany of a wide system to extort exit permits from occupied areas for large sums in neutral currency. It said Nazi authorities threaten deportation and that payments as high as 20000 dollars per person have been demanded. The British and American governments will cooperate to combat the traffic and blacklist those involved.
The Good Fellows fund receives two letters from needy local families. A ten year old boy asks for a suit warm sweater and pants for Holy Communion while his two younger sisters seek toys and nuts. their mother is ill and funds are scarce. Edwin P. Solomon II, who also contributes two dollars, recalls his mother’s prior generosity. The letters underscore the hardship and the fund’s role in aiding clothing needs over toys.
Three men convicted of treason were sentenced to death and their wives to 25 years in prison plus fines of 10 000 dollars. The defendants aided and sheltered Herbert Hans Haupt, a Nazi saboteur landed by submarine last summer, and were sentenced to die by electrocution January 22 in northern Illinois. The six defendants faced sentence after a November 14 conviction. the case marked one of the first treason verdicts in U.S. history.
Allied pilots report Major General James H. Doolittle as the restless commander guiding the air drive in Tunisia with the 12th Air Force. In a crowded North Africa operations room he dashes between boards and planes, prompting a joking remark from staff about always chasing him.
In Kansas City on November 24 a four year old Spitz named Texas became despondent after Ed Weidman Jr. joined the army. The dog grew ill, then letters from the master began arriving. The dog greeted the mailman with excited yelps, appetite returned, and health improved as he dashed out to meet the postman daily.
The Polish government in exile charged Heinrich Himmler ordered extermination of half Poland’s Jews by year end. It said by September 250000 killed under the plan with only 40000 Jewish workers left in Warsaw. Victims were selected for killing or confined in freight cars with lime and sealed doors, many dying en route to camps Treblinka Belzec and Sobibor.
Report from the United States Task Force in the South Pacific on the Santa Cruz islands battle analyzes why the action occurred under heavy Japanese advantage. It notes Allied losses, plane destruction totals, and questions about Japanese strength and wear on equipment, referencing earlier 1942 Pacific battles with veterans’ recollections.
Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the United States Army Air Forces attacked the German submarine base at St Nazaire France. The raid sparked a fierce air battle yielding 15 German fighters destroyed and four bombers lost. Royal Air Force fighters aided with supporting raids.
Allied and axis air forces clash along the Mediterranean corridor as British and American ground forces prepare to strike Tunis and Bizerte. Reports cite heavy raids on Tripoli and Algiers, destruction of axis planes, and shipping losses amid mounting aerial pressure.
Law officers awaited Claude E. Cowboy Henry as he and companion allegedly headed toward Louisiana to free his condemned wife Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry from Calcasieu Parish jail. Toni Jo Henry, 26, faces electrocution for shooting J. P. Calloway in 1940 after borrowing his car. a clemency plea is under review.
Poll tax opponents said they would seek to revive in the new Congress a bill abolishing the practice. The Senate vote 41 to 37 yesterday effectively shelved the measure for this session and it was pigeonholed by unanimous consent. Southern opponents showed strength by defeating a cloture attempt after filibustering over a week.
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