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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1945
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler reports a New York hotel manager venting about room shortages caused by veterans and sailors returning from World War II. The manager berates labor staff, imagines communists, and urges patriotic restraint while describing crowded lobbies, misdirected hospitality, and delays awaiting guests as ships near New York Harbor.
The Louisiana state senate unanimously adopted a resolution urging the state university board of supervisors to end the discord at the Louisiana State Medical School. Introduced by Senator Lessley Gardiner, the measure calls for House concurrence and cites dissension that could impair the school’s value.
Senator Kilgore says President Truman favors a single administrator with an advisory board over four proposed science bodies. White House confirmation follows Kilgore’s check with the president. Hearings on atomic energy continue as lawmakers discuss a nine member committee to oversee the program.
In New Orleans two German prisoners of war identified as Ewald Miserker and Pete Becker, both escapees from Camp Shelby, were captured by railroad and state police while attempting to board a freight train. They had spent three days in the city reportedly eating steak and other meals. They are detained at Gretna jail for the bureau of investigation.
The Louisiana Senate unanimously approved administration appropriation bills totaling 16.5 million dollars for road and drainage work. Resolutions called for unity at LSU board of supervisors, completion of hard-surfacing on the Hemmond Lake Shore highway, and postponing gubernatorial candidate announcements to East Baton Rouge newspapers notices.
Senator Wheeler of Montana publicly challenged President Truman over the federal government reorganization plan. He urged Congress to affirmatively approve plans and warned against granting broad presidential power without Senate and House veto. Wheeler noted his divergence from Truman despite longtime friendship.
The All India Radio reports British reinforcements have landed on Java and will be increased from two brigades to a full division. Lt. Gen. Sir William Slim, SEAC commander, approved plans after a weekend trip to the island amid Indonesian resistance to Dutch rule in the Netherlands East Indies.
General Eisenhower reports that informal observations suggest a fair Berlin election would not sustain Communist party dominance. He outlines four parties in Berlin the Communist, Social Democratic, Christian Democratic Union, and Liberal Democratic, with the first two strongest and the latter weaker, noting a United front bloc formed to unify policies.
Governor Davis urged Louisianians to back the victory loan running Oct. 29 to Dec. 8. A Treasury letter from Fred M. Vinson said funds would finance mustering-out pay, veterans benefits, rehabilitation, war goods, and contract terminations, aiding returning service members and curbing inflation.
Hercules Powder Company announced a 30 million dollar three year construction program to keep employment at 10 000 people versus 1939 5 570. The plan doubles cellulose acetate output by purchasing Parlin New Jersey facilities from the Defense Plants Corporation and adds a Brunswick plant expansion to boost naval stores by 20 percent. Within a year more additions and improvements are planned at seven dynamite and blasting cap plants and other chemical plants including the naval stores facility at Hattiesburg Mississippi.
USO clubs near hospitals report rising attendance as military leaders and doctors praise efforts to ease veterans back to civilian life. Activities range from junior hostesses in wards to outdoor barbecues, with clubs in Birmingham and Thomasville aiding neuro psych patients and paralyzed veterans, while Rome reports peak activity aligned with Battey General Hospital.
New Orleans dispatch reports George S. Michinard district rationing executive states it will be many months before enough passenger car tires are available for motorists. Local War Price and Rationing Boards are striving to fairly distribute limited quotas amid a flood of tire applications after gasoline rationing ended.
Across the nation at least 135 labor conflicts idle about 385000 workers the lowest total this month but the overall picture remains bleak. Washington reports collapse of soft coal settlement talks while New York City faces violence amid longshoreman and CIO actions.
The Supreme Court refused to review Burton-Sutton Oil Company tax relief for 1934 deducting $27,564 spent on legal costs tied to resisting federal condemnation. The case follows a shift from tax court to the Fourth Circuit, with other appeals for 1936–1938 seeking deductions over $536,000 paid to Gulf Refining for oil removal under an old lease.
Tokyo reports reveal Japan’s demobilization and political struggles as occupation begins. Officials plan constitutional revision while former military leaders confess equipment and tactics failures. Koreans seek return home amid displacement. American troops supervise order and battle scarred markets seek postwar normalcy.
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi estimates Japanese backed currency in Chinese territories reached about 54 trillion US dollars in face value. It says 4 trillion yuan notes issued by China’s Central Reserve Bank under Japanese control halved assets, doubling the total wartime profits from invasion finance.
War Minister Gen. Edtuardo Avalos rejected the label of strong man and said he simply carries out army orders in the government revision after the Peron overthrow. Civilian leaders seek to join a military-led cabinet as General Prosecutor Juan Alvarez negotiates interior minister post and cabinet appointments.
The battleship Mississippi and the aircraft carrier Ranger arrive in New Orleans for Navy Day celebrations on October 27. A reception committee will greet the ships as 60 Ranger pilots land at the naval air station. Governor Bailey is to receive the state flag hoisted over the ship in Tokyo Bay.
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