Confession Sparks Louisiana Political Storm
The dispatch outlines how Dr. James Monroe Smith's confession at Baton Rouge ignited a graft scandal tied to Huey Long's era. Indictments followed for embezzlement and aiding escape as Smith fled to Canada, with investigations widening to include Gov. Leche and Earl Long amid market losses tied to Smith’s brokerage dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
Tulane University
Long
Huey Long
L. S
Smith
Richard W. Leche
David M. Ellison
Leche
Earl K. Long
Kingfish
Louisiana
Dewey J. Sanchez
East Baton Rouge Parish
J. M. Brown
New Orleans
Brockville
Ont
Fenner & Beane
J. Monroe
Charles Fenner
L. Ss. U
Baton Rouge
Oscar K. Allen
Abe Shushan Charged With Bribery in Levee Bond Case
New Orleans August 22 Bribery charged in state court against Abe L Shushan Robert J Newman and Norvin Trent Harris after federal indictments for mail fraud tied to a 496000 bond refunding deal of the Orleans levee board Affidavits by assistant district attorney Albert Granzin Jr filed before a three judge panel to hear the contempt proceedings Also charged were Henry J Miller and Herbert W Haguespack former levee board members and Harris and Company investment house with ties to the refunding in 1936 37 Bonds set at 10000 each District Attorney Charles A Byrne said open hearings would be abandoned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Abe L. Shushan
Robert J. Newman
Noryin Trent Harris
Federal Grand Jury
Orleans
Miller and
Waugespack
Louisiana
Charles A. Byrne
Byrne
Frank T. Exhezabal
Fred W. Oser
William J. O'Hara
Germany Ready to Seize Polish Lands Before War
Reports from Berlin and other capitals describe Germany ready to reclaim lands in Poland that belonged to Germany before World War I. The text notes Polish defiance, mobilization, and Soviet-Russian negotiations as Europe girds for potential conflict amid Nazi and Allied maneuvers.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Poland
London
Neville Chamberlain
Warsaw
Russia
Danzig
Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Baltic
England
France
Romania
Bessarabia
Japan
Italy
Adolf Hitler
East Prussia
Galie Named New Khiva Official In Amarillo Shrine
Fred Galle is named the new assistant recorder for Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine, effective Sept. 1, filling the vacancy from J. S. Pitman who becomes assistant recorder for Hella Temple in Dallas and assistant secretary of the Scottish Rite. Pitman has led the Panhandle Shrinedom in net membership gains since Jan 15, 1937. Galle, longtime Shriner and Kiwanis past president, has organized Khiva Shrine quartet and guided temple entertainment with visits to El Paso Dallas and Tulsa.
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Fred Galle
Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Mr. Galle
J. S. Pitman
Hella Temple
Dallas
Pitman
Panhandle
Amarillo
United States
Shrine Patrol
Khiva Shrine
Hugo Loewenstern
M., O. Carder
Elmer Lewis
el Paso
Tulsa
Kiwanis
Frozen sleep cancer test ends with patient waking
A 53 year old man at St John’s Hospital in Springfield underwent five days of “frozen sleep” under three doctors as a cancer treatment. He awoke yesterday after being cooled to 86 degrees, with X rays to assess the cancer growth to follow. doctors cautioned results are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
St. John’s Hospital
Alex Jones
James Graham
Henry Ashauer
Jones
Sabotage Named On City of San Francisco Wreck Cover
The Southern Pacific Railroad closed its report on the City of San Francisco wreck dated August 12 and wrote sabotage on the cover, signaling an attribution of the incident to foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlin
U.P
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco
Man and Wife Allege Drunk Driving Duo Guilty
In Raleigh North Carolina on August 22 police testified in city court that a Black man and his wife drove the same car at once while drunk the man handled the clutch and his wife steered Judge Paul C West found both guilty and fined each party.
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Raleigh
N. C
Paul C. West
Organ pipes stolen from First Christian Church remodeling
Burglars entered the First Christian Church at Eighth Avenue and Taylor Street last night and removed about 40 organ pipes and several tools. Deputies investigate as the church undergoes remodeling and seek information on the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Eighth Avenue
Taylor Street
Mr Collman Foresees More Showers and Warmer Temps
Mr Collman predicts more showers today and tonight with partly cloudy skies and a slightly warmer tomorrow. Yesterday's high reached 88 with a 61 degree low last night. highs around 90 expected today. Rain amounts reported: Tucumcari 0.3, Springer 0.9, Clovis 0.4, Roswell 0.2, Muleshoe 1.0, Lubbock 1.9, Childress 0.4. Tension at the Rock Gibraltar sights British and Spanish forces at the frontier as police and soldiers guard the no man’s land after a temporary closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock
Gibraltar
U.P
No Man's Land
Spain
Pickets Shunted From Veterans Hospital Over Pay Classification
Picketing by four to five union men at the Veterans' Hospital ended when federal officials ordered them off government property after a wage dispute. Carriers, masons, and plasterer tenders were replaced by unskilled workers as construction continued at full capacity. Government engineer Thomas G. Dodd explained the pay scale and classification issues, noting the two plaster tender workers sought 87 cents an hour and were removed after a pending classification decision. Captain Jim Line of the state highway patrol ordered the pickets off the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Mason and Plasterer
Jim Line
State Highway Patrol
Thomas G. Dodd
Bellows Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Department of Labor
Woman Fires On Street Wounding Two In Wytheville
A middle aged house wife concealed a pistol in a paper bag and shot two women on Wythe Street, injuring Janie Pauley and Mrs. Elbert Shelton. She then calmly walked to the county jail and notified officers of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wytheville
Virginia
W. C. Kincer
Kincer
Janie Pauley
Elbert Shelton
Early M. Wright
Wythe County
Nine Sticks of Dynamite Found Under Social Center
Workmen uncover nine sticks of dynamite buried near the site of the old Social Center for Girls. Investigators say the dynamite appears not very old and may have been placed by a former rooming house resident rather than a plot against the center. Authorities caution for further discoveries as the site is excavated.
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Paul Timmons
Bill Adams
News Tip Contest Winners Highlight Local Accidents and Pockets
The News Globe announces weekly winners for phone in tips. Muriel Pitcox wins $5 for reporting a mobile accident on Twenty fourth and Jackson where a car overturned. Second prize goes to Mrs. J M Settles for a Texaco picnic incident. Third prize awarded to Marjorie Hathaway for purse theft tip. Additional contributors listed.
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Muriel Pitcox
Jackson
J. M. Settles
East Third
Texaco
Marjorie Hathaway
Taylor Street
Weekly News Globe
Pioneer Leader Mrs H A Nobles Dies In Amarillo
Mrs H A Nobles a prominent Amarillo resident dies at 1220 Taylor age 68 active in civic church and social life She was a charter member and former officer of the National Mother in Law Club Survivors include husband three daughters one son two sisters and eight grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending arrival of the children and body in state at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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H. A. Nobles
Amarillo
Taylor
Nobles
Central Presbyterian Church
National
Mother in-Law Club
Gerald Blackburn
Julian Lyle
Dan Gardner
Austin
L. B. Nobles
Wayland Bailey
San Francisco
A. G. Stanley
Gerald
Henry
Caroline Blackburn
Betty Nobles
Julian
Lyn Lyle
Virginia Lee
Barbara Sue Nobles
Blackburn‘Shaw
Dad Accused of Chaining Sons to Bed
In Chattanooga Tennessee an unemployed father of eight is charged with inhumane treatment after allegedly chaining two sons 5 and 6 to beds and imprisoning two daughters 8 and 9 in a closet. He was arrested by J W Hanry of the Human Educational Society and booked as Jess Cline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Hanry
The
Human Educational Society
Jess Cline
Hubert Bennett
Nathan Cline
Henry
Minnie Frances
Jeannete
Chancellor Upholds State Oil and Gas Shutdown
Chancellor W A Speer ruled the August 16 order for a statewide oil production shutdown valid. Lion Oil Refining Co of El Dorado had sought an injunction, arguing the mandate was unconstitutional and merely a price-control ploy, but the suit was dismissed for want of equity.
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EL Dorado
Ark
W. A. Speer
Oil and Gas Commissions
Want of Equity
Lion Oil Refining Company
FI Dorado
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Amarillo and vicinity expect scattered thundershowers and a cooler night with Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas region to see partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions, north portion tonight and east-central portion Wednesday, with warmer Panhandle. New Mexico features partly cloudy to tonight and Wednesday, cooler east portion. temperature extremes include a minimum around 61 and a midday high near 88.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Baby Dan Linley Dies After Truck Tragedy at Amarillo Station
Two year old Dan Linley was crushed under a heavy truck at a 910 North Fillmore Street filling station in Amarillo. He died en route to hospital. His elder brother, age seven, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Linley, mourn. The driver, Henry L. Henderson, and his wife, were unaware of the incident until later. The body rests at Griggs chapel.
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Amarillo
Dan Linley
Pleasant Valley
Dan
North Fillmore Street
Henry L. Henderson
West
Seventeenth Avenue
Tax Evasion Charged Against Consensus Publishing Leaders
A federal grand jury charged M M L Annenberg and six associates with conspiring to defraud the government of 137 720.36 in taxes penalties and interest for the Consensus Publishing Company racing news service covering 1939. Co defendants include William Molasky Jules Taylor Arnold W Kruse James M Ragen Sr James M Ragen Jr and Herbert Shamin with the government stating 77833 53 in tax owed plus penalties and interest.
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Chicago
M—M. L Annenberg
Milionaire
Consensus Publishing Company
Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
William Molasky
St. Louis
Jules Taylor
New York
Interstate Brokerage Company
New York City
Arnold W. Kruse
Cecilia Company
Annenberge
Hoding Corporation
James M. Ragen
Nationwide News Service
James M. Ragen, Jr
Nationwide News
Herbert Shamin
Man Shot to Death in Road Gun Fight
D. Stevens, about 40, a former U. S. mail carrier from Mineral Wells, was found shot to death in his bullet riddled car near Fort Worth. Investigators say he was murdered in a running gun fight with a pursuer who forced him off the Weatherford highway into a field. Officer Lon Weatherly quoted the scene.
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Fort Worth
W.P
D. Stevens
U. S
Stevens
Lon Weatherly
Weatherford
Rayburn Praises Roosevelt At Denison Event
Rep. Sam Rayburn of Bonham praised President Roosevelt in Denison during a ceremony honoring his role in securing the $50 million Red River dam. He said history will place Roosevelt alongside Washington Jefferson and Jackson.
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Rayburn
Denison
Roosevelt
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
House of Representatives
Oil trial postponed in Madison for 15 defendants
In Madison Wisconsin the trial of 15 remaining defendants in a Midwest oil company case set for October 2 has been postponed. The disclosure came today from U S District Court officials.
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Madison
Wis
U. S. District Court
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Dr. Smith
State University
Ted H. Maloy
Governor's Mansion
Abe Shushan
Paris
Moscow
Europe
Tokyo
Brussels
Shanghai
China
Bucharest
Britain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Soviet Union
Reich
Galie
Amarillo's
W. 6Th
Mr. Collman
Canyon Highway
Claude McBride
Mr. McBride
News Globe
Frances Ellison
Maryland
Fred Corbritz
West Fourth
M. Hancock
Central
E. V. Smith
N. J. Ballard
Vancilla Parish
North Arthur
Alvin Carder
Monroe
Tommy Gilbert
Ed Putman
United Press
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Texas
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Shell
Houston
Dad
William J. Campbell
Bae Tet
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