Missing College President Still Eludes State Officers
A wave of investigations centered on Louisiana State University spans state turmoil as police hunt former LSU president Dr. James Monroe Smith, accused of issuing invalid notes totaling about $500,000. The attorney general and grand juries pursue LSU irregularities while banks may bear losses from unauthorized notes.
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Louiana State University
Earl K. Long
LSU
James Monroe Smith
Memphis
Tenn
U.S
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New Orleans
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WPA
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Smith
State Bond and Tax Board
Solons Face Battle Over Senate renomination
Washington June 28. Dozen Democratic senators who challenged administration projects face revisits by President Roosevelt as they seek renomination next summer. White House officials expect the fight to continue against conservatives within the party who Roosevelt believes hinder his policy goals. Continued discussion follows campaigns against George of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina, and Tydings of Maryland.
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Washington
Roose
White House
Senate
George
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
Theatre invitation to Miss Syble Montgomery for Tonight’s Triple Bill
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Syble Montgomery of 319 West Washington Street to tonight’s Strand theatre program featuring Broadway Serenade with Jeanette MacDonald and Secret Service Adventures with Ronald Reagan, plus Back Door to Heaven with Wallace Ford Stuart Erwin and Patricia Ellis at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Syble Montgomery
West
Washington Street
Jeanette MacDonald
Strand Theatre
Ronald Reagan
Wallace Ford
Stuart Erwin
Patricia Ellis
Dixie Theatre
PWA Proposal Debate Stalls Over Funding Amounts
Senate supporters of a public works appropriation face splits as amendments halve requests from 600 million to 300 million and 250 million while a relief bill proceeds. The appropriations committee rejected a 300 million proposal 14 to 7 and then 13 to 6 against 250 million, with late night uncertainty about floor votes and possible shifts on PWA funding within the stalled relief measure totaling 1.735 billion.
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Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hovat
Russell 'D.ga
PWA
Byrnes
D.S.C
Fliers Set Brief Flight Record Attempt Ends Early
Springfield reporters note pilots Moody and Parrish of Decatur tried to establish a world sustained flight record for light planes. Their mono plane landed at 5 23 a m CST, 58 hours 17 minutes short of the 218 hour mark after 159 hours 43 minutes aloft. Engine trouble forced the return to Municipal airport, with a weeklong flight possible were it not for the fault.
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Springfield
Fiunter Moody
Wilbur Parrish
Decatur
Allen Resigns State Job for Princeton Post
State Education Department official James E. Allen Jr. resigns after six years to join Princeton University's local government survey at Princeton. From Elkins, he is a Davis and Elkins College graduate. his father is president of All College at Huntington.
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Charleston
James E. Allen, Jr
State Education Department
Princeton Local Government Survey
Princeton University
Elkins
Allen
Davis and Elkinsoe
All College
Huntington
Reserve Officers Attend Fort Knox Training Camp
Lieutenants James F. Mason and James P. Robinson of Graf ton are among 412 United States Army reserve officers attending a two week annual training camp at Fort Knox Kentucky. Newly commissioned second lieutenants from university ROTC units in the fifth corps area take part as the camp ends Friday.
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James F. Mason
James P. Robinson
Grafton
United States Army
Fort Knox
University Reserve
Fifth Corps
Family Split By U S Action
Poverty and immigration laws split a family of nine in Los Angeles as deportation sent the indigent parents John McNeil 29 Canadian WWII veteran and Ann 38 and their son Jack 6 toward Halifax Nova Scotia raising a final, anguished parting as the train pulled away.
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Los Angeles
United States
John McNeil
Ann
Jack
Halifax
Nova Scotia
McNeil
Marine Corps Enlistment Examinations Planned Here
The United States Marine Corps seeks young men aged 18 to 25 who are single and in good health for enlistment exams at the post office on July 10 and 11. Two recruiting sergeants will interview interested applicants and arrange transport for those who pass the preliminary test to Baltimore district headquarters.
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United States Marine Corps
Baltimore
Letter Goes to Coast and Returns in Two Days
A letter sent by airmail on the first flight Sunday morning from here to Los Angeles, California, reached the Pacific coast in 22 hours. The Los Angeles postmaster returned it to Grafton in 20 hours and 47 minutes, with the letter arriving yesterday morning. In total, a little over 42 hours were needed for the round trip.
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P. F. Gillispie
Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific Coast
Grafton
Leaders Gather for Grafton Fourth of July Picnic
A large group of Republican figures are expected at the ox roast and Independence Day picnic at Grafton Park. Attending are former Congressman Carl G. Bachmann of Wheeling, Senator Thomas Sweeney, former Senator Harry B. Martin, and Attorney Hale J. Posten of Morgantown. Prosecuting Attorney Melvin Snyder of Kingwood and Walter S. Hallanan join as speakers, with regional leaders also slated to head the Eastern Panhandle delegation.
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United Republican Club
Taylor
West Virginia
Robert Kay
Charles
Lumber Arrives for Forms at Grafton City Hospital Project
A truckload of lumber reached the Finnegan's Rock area enabling the hospital construction forms for the concrete foundation to proceed. Mayor P F Gillispie said WPA officials advised him of the arrival, ending weeks of delay due to lack of suitable lumber and advancing the project.
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Grafton City Hospital
Finnegan's Rock
P. F. Gillispie
WPA
Axe Slayer Is Adjudged Insane By Lunacy Board
CLARKSBURG June 28 A lunacy board ruled that Paul Borris 50 year old Russian accused of killing a miner at Laura Lee was insane Prosecutor J Phillip Clifford said he would seek commitment to the state hospital at Weston and would liaise with immigration officials on possible deportation John Ginkas 68 was killed by a two bit axe in Borris cabin March 9.
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Clarksburg
Paul Borris
Laura Lee
J. Phillip Clifford
Borris
Weston
John Ginkas
Court voids labor board run off at Consumers Power Co
In a major AFL CIO dispute, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously set aside a National Labor Relations Board order for a run off election for 3,000 Consumers Power Co employees in Jackson Michigan. The case stems from a NLRB cease and desist order over Wagner Act violations. The UWOC and CIO union votes followed, with many workers preferring no union, and the court criticizes the run off ballot structure.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Consumers’ Power Co
Jackson
Mich
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
NLRB
Consumers Power
Utility ‘Workers’ Organizing Committee
CIO
Brotherhood
UWOC
Lit
Driver of Bus Dies From Crash Injuries
FLAGSTAFF Ariz June 28 William Mize driver of a Greyhound bus that rammed into a second coach died last night Twenty four passengers of the two crowded buses were injured three critically The injured include Grace Mathews 42 Lumberport Va and Josephine Lyons 32 Independence Va both suffered head and leg injuries
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Flagstaff
Ariz
William Mize
Greyhound
Grace Mathews
Lumberport
W. Va
Josephine Lyons
Independence
Galento Edges Louis in Weigh In Before Fight at Yankee Stadium
Tony Galento holds a 33 pound advantage over Joe Louis as he weighs in at 233 34 pounds to Louis 2003-4. Galento arrives early at the New York State Athletic Commission, answers questions, and vows to KO the Brown Bomber. He jokes about buying a farm if he wins and claims calm pre fight nerves after shaving.
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Tony Galento
Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis
Galento
Louis
New York State Athletic Commission
Tony
Orange Mountains
Neutrality Act Modified To Meet House Opposition
Democratic concessions to revise the Neutrality Act and repeal the arms embargo move toward House passage this week. Acting Chairman Bloom says opposition may not exceed 75 votes, with key changes removing a combat area designation and limiting the president’s power to grant short term credits to belligerents.
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Washington
House
Bloom
D.N. Y
Foreign Affairs Committee
Fish
Bill Bloom
President Roosevelts Fight over Monetary Powers Clash in Congress
President Roosevelt condemned Senate moves to limit his ability to devalue the dollar as Congress rushes relief and appropriation bills. House leaders seek quick passage of a two year extension while Senate Republicans and silver-state members strike out major monetary provisions. The clash centers on control of money, with the issue poised to affect defense and the nation’s economic stance.
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Rules Committee
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Senate-House Committee
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Wall Street
United States
Woman Driver Pleads Guilty in Reckless Driving Case
Mrs. Martha Mayle, 35, of Astor, pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Justice John Marks in Flemington. She was fined $25 and costs after the drunken driving charge was reduced. Police Chief Victor Menear had filed the original accusation.
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John Marks
Flemington
Martha Mayle
Astor
Victor Menear
Start of War Said to Plot Start of War
In Sarajevo on June 28, Dr. Leo Pfeffer the examining magistrate voiced the conviction that Princess Sophie assassination with her Austrian archduke husband 25 years ago was poisoned to ensure her death. The disclosure comes a quarter century after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot in this former Bosnian capital by a Serbian student.
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Robert B. Parker, JR
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Sophie
Leo Pfeffer
Franz Ferdinand
Austria- Hungary
Pfeffer
Shriners Elect Officers Today At Baltimore Meet
Baltimore June 28 Shriners held a dawn to dawn program with the annual election of officers Eleven of twelve elective posts filled automatically in the Imperial Divan. Only contest is outer guard with Harold Lloyd William Heim and John H Zink in a three way race amid 25000 Shriners and visitors tired after a night of revelry and snarled traffic.
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Baltimore
Shriners
Philadelphia
Harold Lloyd
William Heim
John H. Zink
Europe braces for new conflict as war anniversaries loom
London reports grim reminders as 25 years since the Sarajevo assassination and five years since Versailles spark fears of renewed arms race. Daladier warns France faces its greatest international crisis since World War I as parliament adjourns.
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Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Germany
France
Daladier
Japan Agrees To Discuss Far East Tientsin Dispute
Tokyo announced in formal terms that, at Britain's request, Japan would negotiate in Tokyo with Britain on arbitration of the two week old Tientsin dispute. Britons hope talks stay on Tientsin, while Japanese insist on including British support and currency questions. Arrival of Tientsin delegates anticipated within days.
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Tokyo
Britain
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Clarksburg NLRB Case Postponed Indefinitely
The NLRB announced an indefinite postponement of a hearing on charges of unfair labor practices against a Clarksburg West Virginia publishing company. The session set for June 26 was delayed due to other board business and illness of the case attorney.
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Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Clarksburg
W. Va
Churchill Warns of European Tension and No Retreat
June 28 London Churchill, Britain's first lord of the admiralty, warned at a City Carlton luncheon that war may not be inevitable but German preparations and a hostile press signal a likely crisis. He urged considering July through September as peak tension months and cited Poland as a potential flashpoint with Nazi forces ready to press demands.
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Winston Churchill
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Daladier
France
Europe
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Carlton Club
Munich
West Virginia to fund full school terms next year
Charleston June 28 A foundation program estimated at 24 715 383 would enable most counties to finance full school terms for 1938 1 with some embarrassment says State Superintendent W W Trent He estimates 25 993 1 would be available for the 1938 1 school year based on property valuations Counties would contribute 11 919 315 of the total while the state furnishes 14 073 785 Trent notes the plan aims to cover education costs across counties through a mix of local and state funds.
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West Virginia
W. W. Trent
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