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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler criticizes John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers for autocratic rule within the union. He argues leaders appoint subgroups, suppress miners voices, and control dues and expenditures. Pegler cites large political contributions and federal-style grants shaping union power and policy.
Russia reports major counterattacks along the Nara River near Moscow pushing Germans back across the river and seizing high ground on the Rostov route. Tass says German crossings were repelled while Soviet forces held the Donets and Kapitali defenses. The A P notes 99 German planes shot down in a massive Moscow raid as Hitler’s command asserts gains on a broad Donets front.
New York October fourth scene in a federal trial where Bioff testified he paid $200000 to investigators as part of the congressional probe of the motion picture industry. He said the payment was intended to influence lawmakers and protect the industry while denying the extent of his own role. The testimony occurred during his fourth cross examination in a case accusing Bioff and A F of L leader George Browne of extorting 550000 from film producers.
Joseph Davies, former American ambassador to Moscow, asserts in a magazine article that Stalin used the purges to expose and remove German and Japanese agents within the Soviet Union. He argues the trials proved foresight against a German fifth column and highlight Soviet resistance to Nazi expansion.
James K. Warner former Monroe district director of the state public welfare commodity office pleaded not guilty to an embezzlement indictment returned October 2. He posted bond after arraignment before Judge J. T. Shell. trial set for November 11. The case cites missing funds of 3261.28 and related alleged misappropriation of egg crates and shipping containers.
In unoccupied France a new law bans French citizens from listening to British and American radio broadcasts and to Free French stations. Violators face fines up to 200 dollars and up to two years in jail. London reports Colonel Britton to issue instructions for French workers, protesting German hostage executions.
Secretary Morgenthau announced an upcoming social security tax increase for congressional consideration within two months. He did not disclose exact rates but said the rise would be designed to remove money from pockets with insufficient goods to buy.
Washington October 30 Democratic senator Walsh of Massachusetts said the senate would likely pass the neutrality revision arming merchantmen bill in its current form. He noted rumors about dropping the sail to belligerent ports section but added the administration usually gets what it wants. Majority Leader Barkley voiced optimism for a final vote by next Wednesday while Senator Wheeler warned the result could be very close on ending combat zone restrictions.
London report states Noel Coward was fined 200 pounds plus 20 pounds costs for violating defense finance regulations. The defense argued moral innocence and ignorance, noting Coward had only six weeks in England from the war's start and left business to others. The other two summonses carried no separate penalties.
Widespread floods drive thousands from homes as heavy rains push rivers higher and bring the season's first freezing weather. Relief agencies based in Oklahoma City evacuated more than 1,000 people by boat and truck, with a school sheltering refugees now inaccessible except by boat. Eastern farmers, meanwhile, welcomed rain that moistens hard fields for fall planting as a cloud belt sweeps eastward.
John L. Lewis announced the United Mine Workers had accepted President Roosevelt’s bid to reopen the captive coal mines. Workers would return to work as local arrangements allow, with some night shifts starting tonight and others tomorrow. The decision came after two hours of talks with district leaders, and was made on Lewis’s recommendation to the mediation board. Roosevelt proposed reopening pending further review of the dispute involving 53,000 miners.
State police investigated a morning crash when an Illinois Central train struck a Chevrolet truck driven by Mrs. J G Butler five miles west of West Monroe. Mrs Butler was taken to Riverside sanitarium with facial lacerations burns and shock. train crew found no occupant at the scene.
A small tornado struck southeast of Lake Charles around 9 40 am injuring several people and causing property damage. The twister lifted into clouds before hitting a populated suburb, with weather officials unable to yet estimate wind speeds though tor nado winds may reach high velocities. Homes were destroyed or damaged and debris blocked roads as state police reported.
Hitler's high command reports German forces breach the Donets basin on a broad front and claim Soviet rear guard resistance fractured in Crimea. Rostov-on-Don holds, Kharkov captured with heavy German casualties, Moscow defense armies press a counteroffensive. RAF bombings hit southern Italy as German and Soviet actions unfold across Europe. Japan orders industrial mobilization.
Edward Kennedy reports from Egypt that Tobruk has shown Britain can halt German armored attacks in a key test. The coming desert operations may determine if British forces can rout Axis troops in Libya and hold the Middle East, shaping the war’s strategic balance.
The 3rd Armored Bayou Blitz division moves to halt Red forces sweeping into Louisiana from the north. Under Major-General Alvan C. Gillem the Blue army spearheads, with three combat task forces advancing from Leesville toward the Anacoco area to cut off the enemy. Reds launch three night attacks on Blues bivouacs but are repulsed each time.
Major B A Hartley former state conservation director told Shreveport Lions Club that the petroleum industry can meet civilian and defense needs through orderly development and local regulation. He urged ending federal control at the end of the emergency and returning regulatory powers to states as Washington seeks central control fears. The speaker cited large demands on oil due to a mechanized army lend-lease and heavy industry.
In Jacksonville on Oct 30 a man, Edward S Dunn 37 caretaker at Palm Valley lodge, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head inside a coupe. A 31 year old woman Della Crawford, an employee at a Jacksonville cigar factory, was badly wounded and attempting to summon help. The woman alleged Dunn drove her toward work, then asked if she planned to quit him, whereupon Dunn shot her and killed himself. Detective S Newsome identified Dunn and reported the events to Justice of the Peace.
Northwest Airlines Flight crash near Fargo Moorehead in fog kills fourteen, only survivor Captain Clarence Bates of Minneapolis. Dispatcher missed contact at 2 am CST, plane descended through thick mist toward Fargo airport. Bates dazed, wandered miles from wreckage, aided by motorists and others. Cross Hunter, NWA general manager, led rescue efforts. Bates reportedly urged rescuers to avoid wings as their fuel cells threatened danger.
Reporter Henry Cassidy travels along the Volga as Russia relocates major plants from fronts to interior regions. A Kiev factory uprooted June 29, sent by rail to Kuibyshev within three days, seven days after the German invasion, now reportedly meeting production targets.
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