France Executes 50 Hostages After Nantes Killing
In unoccupied France Oct 22 Marshal Petain announced 50 French hostages shot by German authorities this morning in reprisal for the assassination of Nazi officers. Admiral Darlan and Petain urged calm as officials warned 50 more would die if gunmen are not captured by midnight. A second officer was slain in Bordeaux, prompting German threats of further executions.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Phillipe Petain
Bordeaux
Jean Darlan
Nantes
Coronel
Paul Friederich Hotz
Petain
Army of Occupation
Boulevard St. Georges
Asmusins
Les
Hotz
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Havas
Paris
Bern
Westbrook Pegler on Labor Leaders and their image
Westbrook Pegler argues that the term Labor Leader misleads about union figures and their relationship to workers. He criticizes John Lewis and William Green as not representing rank and file labor, noting pressure from administrations and unions’ coercive dynamics that distort worker allegiance.
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Mill
Relations Board
Rnment
John Lewis
Lewis
William Green
Utritionist Says Nazis to Starve Slowly
Stephen J. McDonough reports from Louis stating nutrition expert Seale Harris of Birmingham warns Germany plans slow starvation in Europe. Harris, former U S Army Medical Corps officer, says Germany risks future food supply by sacrificing current reserves to feed armies and civilians now.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Louis
Germany
Europe
Seale Harris
Birmingham
Vy Medical Corps
France
Unirsity
Alabama
Sia
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Austria
Denmark
Norwegian scientist alleges German troops doped for battle
Princeton professor Rosseland, a Norwegian physicist, claims German soldiers were doped with alkali tablets before combat. He says the drugs made them beastly and easy prey for snipers. Rosseland fled Norway after the Nazi invasion and reached the United States via Siberia and Japan. He cites Norwegian casualties and estimates Nazi losses at sea and on land.
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Princeton
N. J
Rosseland
As Young
Princeton University
Rsseland
Norway
Mily
Unitedates
Siberia
Japan
Slayer of 5 Weeps When Death Looms in Indiana
Virginius Dink Carter, a 33 year old Aurora worker, confessed to killing five members of his wife's family but wept upon learning he faces execution. A Dearborn county circuit court jury convicted him of murdering Mary Elizabeth Breeden, 12, and he was sentenced to death in the electric chair on February 10. Carter was also indicted for the killings of his wife's parents John and Nina Agrue and her brothers Leo and William Agrue on May 16 at the Agrue farm near Lawrenceburg. Carter showed visible distress as the verdict was read, his wife Leona fainted, and he disputed a sheriff’s confession blaming a feud with the Agrue brothers.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Virginius
Dink Carter
Dearborn
Aurora Workingman
Mary Elizabeth Breeden
Morris McManaman
Carter
Johnston
Nina Agrue
Leo Agrue
William Agrue
Agrue
Here
Leona
William Winegard
Five-Cent Bail Set for Forged Check Case
In New York on October 22, Magistrate Henry H. Curran set bail at five cents for Mary Degnan, 21, a bookkeeper accused of forging her employer's name on a $25 check. Lacking funds, the trembling defendant received the nickel from her mother.
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New York
Henry H. Curran
Mary Degnan
Russians Press on in Front of Moscow Amid Snowbound Battles
Associated Press reports Russians fighting near Mozhaisk 57 miles from Moscow with ground conditions frozen and Nazis pressed back at times while London notes massing German forces. Stalin stays in Kremlin as Berlin operations halt. Donets basin advances cited. Britain's night bombings, naval actions, and allied moves frame a tense war outlook.
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Mozhaisk
Moscow
London
Stalin
Kremlin
Hitler
Donets
France
Petaim
Washington
Senate
Atlantic
Foreign Office
Japan
Mexico
Great Britain
Steel Plant Strike Ends Amid Threats of Army Action
Striking members at Great Lakes Steel in Detroit vote to return to work only if 16 suspended leaders are reinstated and a new contract is negotiated. SWOC officials say the army has orders to move in and warn government action will not be tolerated. Other SWOC strikes continue in Birmingham and across California, New York, and New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
C. S O
Birmingham
California
New York
New Jersey
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Great Lakes
John Doherty
SWOC
Chicago
Rank and File
State Bar Group Will Meet Here In Monroe
The Louisiana State Bar association will meet in Monroe on May 1 and 2, 1942. Secretary treasurer Charles Payne Fenner Jr reports the board of governors accepted an invitation from the Fourth Judicial District Bar association to host the next state meeting in Monroe.
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Louisiana State Bar Association
Monroe
Charles Payne Fenner, Jr
Fourth Judicial District Bar Association
Americans Demand Neutrality Act Change In War Lifts
Washington news reports say President Roosevelt presses for early Congress action on neutrality act revisions to let American vessels enter belligerent ports. Stephen Early notes the president did not reject removing the ban on arming merchant ships, while opposing witnesses warn arming ships may entangle the nation. Senator Reed argues arming ships risks involvement, urging restraint for peace and postwar influence.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Senate
Early
Hull
Earlye
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Reed
Hitler
Gillespie, Hil
Gillespie
George Alexander Calvert
Kearny
United States
Calvert
America
Believes Russia Plans Long War
Report from Kuibyshev on October 21 notes Premier Stalin's government holds Moscow and Russia pursues a prolonged war against Germany. Observers cite westward reserves eastward civilian shifts high morale intact communications and food supplies as signs of readiness. The vast hinterland faces winter with frozen streams and snow covered plains.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Stalin
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Senate Receives Fifth Lend Lease Bill With Escort Ships
The $5.985 billion second lend-lease measure reaches the Senate with unpublished testimony showing $325 million set aside for 50 convoy escort ships. Testimony notes possible diversion to aid Russia and that food purchases for Great Britain may exhaust funds by month’s end. Debate begins with prospects of quick passage. Admiral Stark testified on need for escort ships, but much of his remarks were deleted.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Russia
Great Britain
Adams
Colorado
Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Rodeo Kicks Off Five Show Run at West Monroe Fairgrounds
The rodeo opens the first of five performances at West Monroe fair grounds Wednesday at 8 pm with a stock show touted as surpassing all Twin Cities exhibitions. About 100 rodeo performers are entered, with $1,000 in cash prizes and additional awards. Sam Stewart of Fort Worth, a noted rodeo clown, will perform including a Brahma bull fight. the Stewart family will display skilled riding. Activities run Thursday to Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, following a parade through downtown West Monroe and Monroe.
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West Monroe Fair Grounds
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Monroe
Illinois Central
Sam Stewart
Fort Worth
Tex
Stewart
Community Chest Campaign Nearing Its Conclusion
The Twin City Community Chest drive nears completion with $22,545 reported by Campaign Director Walter Kellogg toward a $27,500 goal to fund nine local civic agencies. He urged continued cooperation, pledges, and outstanding employer cards from large firms to reach the year’s financial target.
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Twin City
39 Americans Rescued From Torpedoed Lehigh Off Africa
Secretary Hull denounces the Lehigh torpedoing as piracy and assassination. The maritime commission confirms all 39 Americans from the Lehigh crew were rescued, 22 landed at Bathurst and 22 at Freetown, with officials noting the remaining crew likely stolen. The incident adds relief amid fears of more American vessels losses to Atlantic raiders.
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Washington
Hull
Africa
Bilbao
Spain
Gold Coast
Atlantic
Maritime Commission
Lehigh
Bathurst
Freetown
Roosevelt
Auto Victim's Funeral Held in Transylvania
The funeral for Herbert Hammontree 13, of Transylvania, who was killed after being struck by a car on U.S. Highway 65, was held at the family home in Lake Providence. Rev. T. B. Edmondson officiated. burial followed at Old Forest Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. B Hammontree and sisters Hazel Jemisue and Nashline. Sheriff MacLong said he was running to the center of the highway when struck. Coroner Bert Burgoyne attributed death to a broken neck and possible internal injuries after investigation of the Sondheimer plantation driver E. N. Parker.
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Lake Providence
Herbert Hammontree
Jemisue
Nashline
Hillman opposes contract over union warfare risk
Sidney Hillman, associate director of the CPM, says he advised against awarding a Detroit firm P. J. Currier the Wayne defense housing project contract. He warned the low bid could provoke labor strife between building trades and Teamsters unions and other labor organizations.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
CPM
P. J. Currier
Detroit
Wayne, Mich
Hillman
Office of Production Management
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Currier
C. O. Whor
Building Trades
Teamsters
Odie Tmat
Men In Stripes Track Down Officials On Highway
In Sylvester Georgia on October 22 Sheriff J N Summer and his force chased a car after a report of two men in convicts clothes. They stopped the vehicle and found two young men wearing striped jerseys bound for officiating a football game.
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Sylvester
J. N. Summer
British Navy Bombards Nazis Near Tobruk in Night Strike
British warships shelled German long range artillery east of Tobruk Libya in a surprise midnight bombardment. The ships fired hundreds of high explosive shells for about 15 minutes, aiming at batteries that had pounded Tobruk, with officers calling the action successful in reducing enemy firepower in the western desert.
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Tobruk
Libya
Western
Desert
Salum
Tripoli
Bengasi
Menendez Registers as 100,006th New Orleans Voter
Dr Joseph C Menendez a commission council candidate in January city primary became the 100,006th citizen to register to vote in New Orleans His wife followed as the 99,999th registering voter on the same day Menendez is on Herve Racquette’s mayoral ticket.
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New Orleans
Joseph C. Menendez
Commission Council
Menendez
Herve Rachkttel
Soviet Moscow Leningrad Drives Halted in Winter Stalemate
London based neutral military source says the German offensive on Moscow and Leningrad has peaked and bogged down in snow. He notes heavy Soviet losses near Mozhaisk and predicts Hitler will mount new attacks but cannot mobilize similar force again this year.
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Moscow
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Leningrad
Mozhaisk
Russia
Tanks Demonstration Plays Out On Pacific Coast
Fort Lewis Washington October 22 Two tank battalions TS2nd and 756th ramble through brush and streams in a major combat exercise against 4000 men of the 3rd division anti tank unit. Lt Colonel C H Anderson says the exercise proves the tank attack problem remains unsolved yet troops accomplish mission with blank ammunition.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
C. H. Anderson
Pacific Coast
Ts2nd
756Th
Fort Knox
Newa Star World Want Ads Reach Local Buyers and Sellers
The Newa Star World Want Ads serve as a daily marketplace where buyers and sellers meet to buy, sell, or swap items. Families read the paper each day, using the Want Ad section to place messages and connect with others.
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Newa- Star~World
Newa~ Star World
Dousente
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