Defense Plan Will Pour $300,000,000 Into Louisiana Soon
Louisiana readies for a major defense expansion with about 120,000 troops and new industries. Alexandria becomes defense hub with camps near Beau Regard Evangeline Tioga Leesville and training at Shreveport Baton Rouge New Orleans and Algiers. Governor Jones cites $300 million influx in two years and $56 million in new industries since April.
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Norman Walker
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Father of Waters
Evangeline and
LaFitte
Alexandria
Beauregard
Evangeline
Tioga
Leesville
Shreveport
New Orleans
Algiers
Mississippi
Cairo
Foote
Farragut
Sherman
Confederacy
Sam H. Jones
South America
Parade Planned in Monroe October 15 to Arouse Peace Time Conscription
Governor Jones urges a public parade in Monroe on October 15 to promote peacetime conscription. The event, led by Chief Frank Reitzell with Mayor Benoit abstaining from planning, will precede the October 16 registration for men aged 21 to 35. American Legion and veterans groups coordinate with Boy and Girl Scouts, and school bands from Neville and others will perform. More than 700 children expected. parade forms at Ouachita Parish High School at 7 p.m.
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Lem H. Jones
Monroe
Frank V. Reitzell
H. H. Benoit
Jones
American Legion
Benoit
C. B. Braun
L. B. Faulk
Neville
Ouachita Parish
St. Matthew's High Schools
Northeast Junior College
Ouachita Parish High School
Reitzell
J. W. Hammett
Leo Bartman
Advice to lovelorn given by farmer 84 in divorce suit
Bixby Oklahoma October 9 A W L Uncle Billy Childers 84 year old farmer offered a pit of advice to the lovelorn after being sued for divorce from his 74 year old wife whom he married six years ago. He warned Do not marry a woman younger than you and cited that she accused him of too many woman friends and not staying at home enough.
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Bixby
Okla
W. L
Uncle Billy) Childers
Wisconsin University Chief Contemplates Draft Director Role
Dr Clarence A Dykstra president of the University of Wisconsin says President Roosevelt discussed the draft administrator post with him and that he will consider the offer before replying He notes the past discussions and says he has been repeatedly mentioned as a possible choice for director of selective service who would oversee registration of men 21 through 35 and subsequent classifications.
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Washington
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Dykstra
Stimson
Selective Service
Bund
Churchill elected leader of Conservative party
London reports Churchill unanimously chosen as head of both party and government after Chamberlain’s departure. Air raid shock blamed for the death of T C Sander 74 credited with building England’s first automobile in 1887. buried near his Malvern home.
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London
Churchill
Conservative
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
T C. Sander
England
Malvern
Worcesterire
Two Norwegians Detained After Pan American Clipper Incident
Two Norwegian shipping men Anders Wilhelmsen and Holter Sorensen were taken into British custody in Bermuda as the first passengers removal from a Pan American clipper. Passengers at guardia Field reported the men left willingly with their baggage. The Hongkong Chinese press hailed Britain’s decision to open a railroad in a related item.
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New York
Bermuda
Uardia Field
Anders Wilhelmsen
Holter Sorensen
Veterans Hope Hitler's Fall as Confederate Reunion Opens
Delegates to the 50th annual United Confederate Veterans reunion gather at a Washington hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. Among the 57 veterans are Julius Howell 94, John M Claypool, H L Robertson 96, J K P Ketcham 94, and others with stories of war days and hopes for Britain’s victory and Hitler’s defeat.
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Washington
United Confederate Veterans
Julia Ward Howe
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac
Deep South
John M. ‘Claypool
St. Louis
Julius Franklin Howell
Bristol
Howell
Adolf Hitler
H. L. Robertson
New Orleans
Great Britain
R. P. Scott
Dallas
Tex
Bob
J. K. P. Ketcham
Marianna
Fla
J. D. Ketcham
Frank Eli Powell
J. W. Gwaltney
Roanoke
Second Tennessee Cavalry
ASK JONES AID ON STAMP PLAN
Police jurors vote to seek Governor Sam Jones aid to obtain state welfare department cooperation for a Ouachita parish food stamp plan. They plan to meet the governor during his Saturday visit to the Ouachita Valley Fair and urge funds or support to launch the plan.
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Sam Jones
State Welfare Department
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Valley Fair
Twin Cities
Parish
W.S. Terry
Terry
State Department
George Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Surplus Marketing Administration
Louisiana
Jones
Holland
Uhes
Safety Department
WPA
George Pipes
H. H. Benoit
Draft Will Aid Citizens Jones Tells Officials
Governor Sam Jones urged Selective Service registrars to recruit landowners, preachers, and teachers to mobilize the Negro population for registration on October 16. He argued draftees gain citizenship and global awareness, praising a calmer registration day. More than 150 clerks, deputies, and officials attended in Baton Rouge.
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America
Sim
Jones
Ballyhoo
Raymond H. Fleming
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt orders immediate policy to use Negro service
President Roosevelt directed the war department to immediately implement a policy that Negro servicemen will be utilized in further roles and capacities within the armed forces. This action signals a shift in wartime manpower use and aims to expand employment opportunities for Black service members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Preview of Ouachita Valley Fair rodeo opens tonight
Citizens and visitors witnessed a daytime preview of the rodeo to be held during the Ouachita Valley Fair. Cowboys and cowgirls in bright gear paraded the streets while the fair grounds bustle with top exhibits and a thriving carnival.
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Twin Cities
Two Policemen in Boat Sought in Gulfport Search
Coast Guard teams scoured coastal waters and Lake Pontchartrain in an effort to locate two New Orleans patrolmen who vanished after going to Gulfport on Tuesday to buy a motorboat. Earl Jimerson, 45, and Joseph H. Audoin, 43, were last seen boarding the 60 foot Seabiscuit cruiser at Gulfport at 11:45 am Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Gulfport
Miss
Lake Pontchartrain
Earl Jimerson
Joseph H. Audoin
Seabiscuit
New Test Detects Rickets in Newborns
Detroit Oct 9 A new test to detect rickets in newborn babies was described at the American Public Health Association meeting. Dr Don J Barnes Harper Hospital Detroit explained measuring blood phosphatase reveals early disease. high levels signal improper maternal nutrition and early rickets before X rays show it.
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Associated Press
Detroit
American Public Health Association
Don J. Barnes
Harper Hospital
Barnes
Senate OKs home guards bill for states with national guard in federal service
The senate passed legislation authorizing the organization of home guards within states whose national guard units have been called into federal service. The measure goes back to the house for action on senate amendments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Twin City Chest Leaders Plan Third Annual Campaign
Twin City Community Chest and Council officials convene committees to finalize plans for the third annual campaign opening later this month. Budgets for recipient agencies await approval as donors are reviewed and lists revised to boost giving. Citizens are urged to contribute to aid barefooted children, the naked, the hungry, and the sick, with emphasis on helping students and the elderly.
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Twin City
Twin Cities
Chest and Council
Chest and Council of the
Monroe
West Monroe
British Aviators Praise American Made Airplanes
American expert Donald H. Dunning of Lockheed in Burbank highlights U S built aircraft as key to RAF resilience in the battle of Britain. He trained RAF mechanics on Lockheed Hudsons and notes King George VI showed interest in their aircraft while witnessing heavy anti aircraft fire. Pilot Officer Stanley E. Goddard joined the Coastal Command in England.
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Royal Air Force Coastal Command
England
United States
RAF
Britain
Donald H. Dunning
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Corporation
Dunning
North Sea
Stanley E. Goddard
New York
Coastal Command
George VI
Tension in East Mounts as U S Enlarges Fleet
The United States Navy announced a wartime fleet expansion in the Pacific adding about 4 200 men to raise the on duty force to full war strength amid fears of renewed hostilities with Japan. German raiders fire on southern England while Britain orders civilians from Gibraltar as nerves rise across the globe.
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Far East
Orient
Frank Krox
Washington
United States
Pacific
Japan
Knox
England
London
Great Britain
Harry E. Yarnell
Frank Knox
James O. Richardson
Yarnell
Britain
Burma
China
Germany
Italy
Raider-Proof Plan Not Yet In Sight Declares
London October 9 Captain H H Balfour undersecretary for air told the house of commons no fully raider-proof defense is in sight despite growing London barrage. He said large mass daylight attacks remain the major threat while the fighter defense has intercepted many raiders under cloud or night. He defended current fighter defenses against critics asking where fighters are today.
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London
H. H. Balfour
Air
House of Commons
Balfour
Leaders in House Abandon Recess Plans
Washington dispatch reports House Democratic leaders abandoned plans to recess and adjourn Congress citing reasons sufficient to hold sessions. The Senate said it would begin a series of recesses through November 14, while the House had not set a new session date.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rayby
Senate
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