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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1945
Page
1
A New York report notes Okinawa storms killing three and injuring about one hundred U.S. service members. The piece reflects on editorial life and memories rather than the disaster, listing personal anecdotes from a war correspondent about bridges, maple syrup, and early career wages.
Lueneburg Oct 12 The alleged killer dog in a guard trial is described as small and playful by Juana Borman who faces accusations of beating prisoners. She says the dog tied to her and seen by prisoners was not a wolfhound but a little animal that amused inmates.
Gen. Anton Dostler, the first German general tried in Western Europe for war crimes, is convicted by an American tribunal in Rome for ordering the execution of 14 U. S. soldiers behind German lines in Italy. The sentence awaits Allied command approval before execution.
Mrs. Gilbert Stovall chairs the speakers bureau coordinating campaign efforts across churches and civic groups. Clergy from Assembly of God to Church of God will present sermons and talks, with Kiwanis Lions Civic League and others delivering programs. Radio talks and school presentations are scheduled, and donor lists will be published in the World on Sunday.
Four persons are fatally injured in a Kansas City blaze sparked by a coal stove explosion. Stanley W. Bennett, 27, died after attempting to rescue his children, including Stanley Jr., 7 months, and Constance Ann Bennett, 2. Also killed were Phil Lip Caldarello, 2, staying at the Bennetts’ home. The stove exploded as kerosene touched burning paper in the Bennett family kitchen. Bennett reportedly carried a child from the fire before collapsing.
Baton Rouge report says Governor James Davis aims to push a 16 million postwar works package through both houses, with highway bills totaling 11.5 million unopposed. Some drainage funds draw questions amid talk of federal aid swelling the total beyond 100 million.
The Allied central council pronounces the death sentence of the Nazi party and all affiliated groups in Germany. Property and records of abolished organizations are confiscated. An appendix lists 61 Nazi bodies led by the NSDAP, Gestapo, SS, SA, Hitler Youth, and related bureaus.
Red Star reports a commentator says many war criminals shelter abroad. Giuseppe Bastianini, ex fascist diplomat, is alleged to live in Switzerland. Italy Argentina and Spain are named as havens for top Hitlerites.
A 16-year-old Chicago youth in Gretna jail confessed to fatally stabbing his pal Morton Stein, 16, at the Stevens Hotel last May 11. He said the other youth, Harold Gordon, had planned robberies and threatened to pin them on him. The accused, Don ald J. Cook also known as Donald Jay Edwards, claimed it was a struggle that led to the stabbing after a plan to rob a jewelry store collapsed.
Argentina’s cabinet resigned as Col Juan Peron reportedly fled to the countryside amid army and navy demands for his arrest. President Farrell set April 7 for a presidential election while papers react to press bans. The military group seeks transfer of powers to the supreme court, others deny, and Peron’s household notes he left to rest.
Mrs Claire Earlywine Burnett a 32 year old former navy yard nurse lies in a San Francisco hospital after a suicide attempt by sleeping tablets. She faced a three way meeting with her first husband Virgil Earlywine believed dead and her second husband Robert Burnett. Police say she harmed herself while hoping to avoid choosing between the two men. Doctors say she will recover.
In San Francisco on October 12, officials and industry leaders weighed a Western steel push. The Western Steel Council warned of coal, ore, cost, and market constraints while leaders like Kenneth Norris, Henry Kaiser, and Eugene Grace outlined uncertainties. A Geneva Utah plant sale and U S Steel unit expansions loom as pivotal developments.
Washington October 12 The author of the wartime yard stick for wages George W. Taylor clears his desk as chairman of the War Labor Board. He led and shaped the hold the line policy with a 15 percent wage cap from 1941 and advised President Truman he would be at the administration’s service.
The 132 mile typhoon killed at least 69 Japanese and three American sailors, left 10 missing and over 100 U.S. soldiers injured. It sank or beached 127 naval vessels and damaged dock facilities and installations across Okinawa and Honshu, with widespread housing losses and food shortages.
United Mine Workers orders to allow maintenance access were ignored as four Jones and Laughlin mines in Washington county Pennsylvania remained closed. The walkout, now 21 days old, idled about half of the nation’s bituminous coal diggers and cost over 8.5 million tons in lost production. Swollen industry disruption followed by labor leaders and mine operators seeking a truce while negotiations over supervising union recognition stall.
Associated Press reports a wave of postwar labor disputes spurring congressional leaders from both parties to back new anti strike laws as new and continuing work stoppages unfold.
London October 12 union leaders condemned Britain's spreading stevedore strike paralyzing ports and risking the ration system. The National Docks Group Committee alleged political groups aided the stoppage with ready made machinery. Arthur Deakin blamed revolutionary communist party while J Donovan cited other elements among employers. Troops moved into Liverpool docks to unload 12 000 tons of food from five freighters and nine coasters.
The OPA announced that dollar and cent ceilings on used lumber will be set by October 15 in Alabama Georgia Florida Mississippi South Carolina and Tennessee. The ceilings will generally reflect March 1942 levels due to demolition of buildings and dwellings.
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