Dr James Monroe Smith Surrenders in Canada to Face Embezzlement Charge
Dr James Monroe Smith former president of Louisiana State University surrendered with his wife at Brockville Ontario to Chief Constable W F Young for alleged embezzlement of 100 000 in college funds. He said he would return to Louisiana to face charges and Louisiana authorities were asked to arrange his transfer.
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Brockville
Ont
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
W. F. Young
Smith
Louisiana
Young
Charleston Lake
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Toronto
Lake Resort
Smiths
Ronald Young
W. S. Young
Officials Plan Return of Dr James Monroe Smith to Baton Rouge
Louisiana Attorney General David M Ellis and District Attorney Dewey J Sanchez with state and East Baton Rouge law officers discussed bringing Dr James Monroe Smith and his wife back to Baton Rouge from Canada. It was understood a Louisiana peace officer would fly Sunday morning from LSU plane to Brockville Ontario.
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Baton Rouge, la
Llp
David M. Ellison
Dewey J. Sanchez
East Baton Rouge Parish
James Monroe Smith
Baton Rouge
Canada
Louisiana State University
Brockville
Ont
Fugitive LSU President James Monroe Smith Reported En Route
Sheriff Newman H. de Bretton said a message from Dr. James Monroe Smith indicated he was traveling toward Baton Rouge with a relative in Canada. The sheriff cited an indictment and mentioned earlier Saturday that new financial misdeals were blamed on Smith.
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Baton Rouge, la
Llp
Newman H. de Bretton
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Zog and Queen Geraldine Sail for France
Exiled Albanian King Zog and Queen Geraldine depart Istanbul by ship heading to France amid exile conditions. The couple seeks a new sovereign home after political upheaval in Albania, moving to a European republic.
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Bucharest
Zog of
Albania
Geraldine
Istanbul
France
Holiday Driving To See Color Scheme Of Patriotic Hues
Holiday driving to see patriotic hues with references to red faces white summonses and blue air. The piece jokes about driving etiquette and road hazards during the holiday weekend noting passing maneuvers and the risk of busted windshields.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Notorious Lanzetti gang member found murdered in burlap bag
William Lanzetti a 38 year old member of Philadelphia’s famed Lanzetti crime family was identified by fingerprints after his body was found in a burlap bag in Wynnewood. Police tie the killing to gang vengeance linked to the spot slaying of Danny Day.
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Ardmore
Wynnewood
William Lanzetti
Band of Brothers
Philadelphia
Danny Day
Lanzettis
William
Lanzetti
Danzig Invites Visitors For Summer Holidays
Danzig radio invites listeners to visit the city this summer describing its beaches and resorts. A morning program highlighted Danzig as Europe’s worry focus offering attractions and hospitality for holidaymakers.
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Danzig
Europe
Japan seeks Roosevelt mediation over Sino Japanese war
Washington reports indicate Japan unofficially asked President Roosevelt to mediate its undeclared two year war with China. A Japanese emissary sought U.S. sentiment on a large loan in oil and cotton in exchange for Roosevelt mediation. Secretary Hull neither committed nor denied and requested more information.
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Washington
INS
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
China
State Department
Hull
Tientsin
Great Britain
Extortion Admitted by Dixie Police Chief's Son
Clyde Cornett 31 son of Columbus police chief Homer Cornett pled guilty to extortion charges for sending notes to W. C. Bradley Columbus capitalist. He waived hearing before U S Commissioner Nathan Brown and was sent to Harris county jail at Hamilton.
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Columbus, Ga
INS
Clyde Cornett
Homer Cornett
Columbus
W. C. Bradley
U. S
Nathan Brown
Cornett
Harris County
Hamilton
G. W. Walker
Bradley
Delay in Nazi Move Obscures Danzig Crisis Ahead of Hitler Visit
London and Paris warn Hitler against moving Danzig as Britain and France seek a unified front. Secret intelligence says the delay may last a month until Hitler visits a German warship in Danzig. British conscription begins with 34 000 of 200 000 eligible called for training.
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London
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Reich
Hitler
Free City
Paris
Russia
Nazifuehrer
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Foreign Office
Bonnet
Germany
Britain
Ickes Orders Bronze Plaque For PWA Project In Cedar Rapids
Harold L. Ickes announces a strict plaque order for a Cedar Rapids incinerator under the PWA. The bronze plate must bear Federal Administration of Public Works, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President, and Harold L. Ickes, Administrator, with strict size rules and a separate smaller plaque for local names.
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PWA
Harold L. Ickes
New Deal Ace
Cedar Rapids
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Administration of Public Works
Washington
Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Roosevelt
Camp Good Health ends soon as health gains noted
Camp Good Health neared its scheduled end Thursday with many children showing health and weight gains. A few will stay longer, but most return home to allow others access. Children learn health habits and create posters promoting vegetables fruits and milk for strong teeth bones and bright eyes.
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Camp Good Health
Wheeler Boom Head Says Roosevelt To Refuse Third Term
Democratic leaders in the west push a Wheeler third-term challenge. Sen. Edwin C. Johnson predicts Roosevelt will firmly refuse a third term, while Neely and Kramer urge a clear public pledge to decline the nomination to prevent a split.
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Wheeler Boom Head
Roosevelt
Washington
INS
Far West
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Sen
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Rep
Charles Kramer
California
Franklin Roosevelt
Neely
Legless Beauty Champ and School Lover Wed
Jessie Simpson of Hackensack New Jersey, a beauty contest winner who lost both legs in an accident, will marry her high school sweetheart James Stewart who stood by her side through illness and recovery. He and her parents supported her as she rebuilt her life and now runs a flourishing beauty shop.
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New York
Jessie Simpson
Jessie
Car Hits Curb. Deputy Mar shal Petrus Involved In DUI Stop
Augustine Perez 35 of 1212 Fifteenth Street SE was booked for driving while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle without a license after his car forced Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe Petrus off the street on Twelfth Avenue SE. Perez was held at the city jail. Petrus and two patrolmen assisted in the stop, with Perez’s wife and three children present.
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Cedar Rapids
Augustine Perez
Fifteenth Street
United States
Joe Petrus
Perez
Petrus
Twelfth Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Seventeenth Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Avenues
Stearns and
Walsh
Margaret
New 20 Mile Speed Limit In Kenwood Enforced Today
Captain Gordon Hughes of the traffic division said Sun day enforcement begins on the new 20 mph limit on First avenue between Thirty first and Thirty third streets. Signs lowered the limit from 25 mph after Kenwood residents complained of speeding endangering pedestrians. He pledged vigorous enforcement.
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Kenwood
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
First Avenue
Thirty-first
State Highway Commission
Hughes
Roosevelt foes resist on monetary and neutrality laws
President Roosevelt maintains a no surrender stance in his battles with a revolt in Congress over monetary and neutrality legislation. Secretary Hull repeats the administration's demand for renewal of powers to devalue the dollar and sustain the stabilization fund, while Senate and House actions shape a potential veto-proof path or defeat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hull
House
Senate
Minton
Inc
Taft
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Five Iowans Hurt In Minnesota Crash
Five Des Moines residents were injured in a Sunday auto crash near Crosby Minnesota. The most seriously hurt was Mrs Mac Leaming. others include her husband and three Heidts and Mrs H B Green of Des Moines. The other car occupants were taken to Brainerd hospital.
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Crosby, Minn
Des Moines, In
Here
Saturay
Mac Leaming
H. B. Green
Helen Heidt
Robert Heidt
Des Moines
Brainerd
Temperature Peaks at 90 in Cedar Rapids With Evening Drop
Cedar Rapids saw a day start at 56 degrees and rise to 86 by 3 p.m. A later climb pushed the reading to 90 at 6 p.m. before a rapid decline to 64 by 11:30 p.m. Skies were lightly clouded as the day ended.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley July 3 to 8
Weekly forecast for Chicago and the upper Mississippi valley. showers expected Monday and Tuesday and in the eastern and southern portions Wednesday. Generally fair conditions prevail in the latter half of the week with temperatures near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Fourteen charged in mail fraud case verdict reaches all counts
In Houston, 79 year old lord F Main and four co defendants were found guilty on all counts in a mail fraud indictment tied to coin vending machines. Several others were acquitted or given shorter sentences as the trial concluded.
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Houston
Tex
Lord F. Main
Wealthy Rapids
Iown
Additi
Main
Jane E. Slavata
E. Weidner
J. H. Arnold
E. Machen
Weidner
M H. Pasteur
H. H. Trader
Baltimore
H. A. Wisel
Cedar Rapids
Tri
Alfred
Leavenworth
Attorne
Clarence Kendall
Trader Wisel
Holmes and
Shaw
Eleven
Inc
Miss Slavata
Ma Weidner
Arnold and
Visel
Tra
W. F. Main Com Appleton Novelty Company
Sard Mercantile Company
Specialty Company
Staard Manufacturing Compan
Two Sluggers Bound Farmer Near McGregor Ransack Home
Al len Barnhouse of Clayton county was slugged bound and gagged by two men who came to his four mile south of McGregor farm Friday night seeking cash. They ransacked the house for about an hour leaving empty handed before Barnhouse freed himself at 3 a.m. Saturday and notified authorities. He suffered a head wound and a bruised eye.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Clayton County
Allen Barnhouse
Barnhouse
Thomas Farm
GM Plea to NLRB First by Employer
General Motors filed the first NLRB petition to resolve which of the two rival unions, CIO and AFL CIO, should be addressed to avert a potential strike by tool and die workers. The move leverages changes in the labor relations act, with regional director Frank H. Bowen noting immediate investigation.
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Detroit
INS
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
CIO Tool and Die
Auto Workers
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
AFL
National Labor Relations Act
Frank H. Bowen
NLRB
Washington
Matrimony Bureau Secret Out It’s Prison Project
In Columbus Ohio the post office exposed a fraud where a supposedly guaranteed mate system operated from within the state penitentiary. Acting Warden F Amrine suspended Bertillon Officer S Current for colluding with a 300 member Idealist club that offered arranged matches with inmate help and even photographs.
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Matrimony Bureau
Columbus
Spi
Ohio Penitentiary
F. Amrine
Bertillon
S. Current
Idealist
Amrine
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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