Roosevelt frees Browder. commutes 4 year prison term
President Roosevelt commuted Earl Browder’s four year sentence to the time served, 14 months, and Browder was discharged from Atlanta penitentiary. The White House said the move promotes national unity and reduces perceived political penalty, noting Browder had paid $2,000 in fines. Browder had been jailed for fraudulently obtaining and using passports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Communist Party of the United States
Browder
Federal Prisons Bureau
Atlanta
New York
White House
Federal District Court
Southern District of New York
Frowder
Missouri Names New Dean of Journalism School
The University of Missouri board of curators named Dr. Frank Tutner Mott of the University of Iowa as dean of the Missouri journalism program succeeding the late Frank L. Mott. The new dean has led Iowa’s journalism school since 1927, won a Pulitzer Prize in history in 1939, and authored several books.
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Missouri Journalism School
ST. Louis
University of Missouri Board of Curators
Frank Tutner Mott
University of Iowa
Missouri Journalism Ace
Frank L. Mott
Hae
Iowa Journalism School
Galveston Requires Licenses for Fishing and Pleasure Boats
Lieut. Cmdr. C. E. Whitfield announced that fishing and pleasure boats must obtain coast guard endorsed licenses before leaving the port. Each passenger must carry a coast guard identification card. Boat owners need Galveston Wharf company passes to access the dock area.
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Galveston
C. E. Whitfield
Coast Guard
Galveston Wharf Company
Girl Drowns In Boat Mishap At Athens Outing
Shirley Walker a 17 year old high school honor student drowned when a motorboat overturned during an Athens high school senior day outing.
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Athens
U.P
Shirley Walker
Lubbock Fire Leaders Attend Annual Short Course
Chief W. E. Twitty of the Lubbock Fire Department and E. L. Price, captain of the Nineteenth Street station, left for College Station to attend a week long firemen short course. Wartime emergency has altered the curriculum including incendiary extinguishing and shock tracing to concussion. Twitty will also serve as one of the instructors.
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W. E. Twitty
Lubbock
Funeral Held for Albert Hahn in Galveston
Albert Hahn a 46 year old newspaper carrier died from burns after his parked car caught fire while he slept in the vehicle. Two younger carrier boys Andy Anderson and Kenneth Terrell escaped with minor burns after attempting rescues. Justice of the Peace James A. Pipers ruled the death accidental and said the fire likely started from a cigarette.
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Galveston
Albert Hahn
Andy Anderson
Kenneth Terrell
Hahn
Justice of the Peace
James A. Pipers
Soldier Describes Life In Australia
An American soldier in Melbourne recounts life in Port Darwin with a humorous progression from talking to yourself to talking to lizards and finally listening as the lizards respond. The U P cable notes the report was recorded by United Press in San Francisco.
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U.P
United Press
San Francisco
Port Darwin
Buddy
O'Donnell Plans I Am An American Day Program
O'Donnell will host a Monday night program in the high school auditorium as part of the national I Am an American day. Lub bock attorney George Dupree will speak, with the Tohoka High School band, a quartet, solo singing, and readings. local clergy and officials participate, and ex war veterans will be recognized.
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Avalanche-Journal
O'Donnell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Dupree
Lubbock
William G. Forgy
O'Donnell Rotary Club
O’donnell Defense Guard
Boy Scouts
Sudan Road Bond Issue Heads Back To Vote
Voters in Sudan road district No. 4 will vote on June 13 on issuing bonds to hard surface about 30 miles of lateral roads. Bonds would be sold after the war and no taxes raised until then. Previous ballots failed or voided due to disqualified votes and earlier defeats.
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Sudan
Commissioners Court
Hearing Ordered On Houston Foreign Trade Zone
The Foreign Trade Zones Board ordered a hearing for June 4 in Houston on Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation Districts application to establish a foreign trade zone in the Port of Houston.
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Washington
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Houston
Texas
Harris County
National Oil Production Drops Across States in May
Oil Weekly reports a national crude output drop of 49 390 barrels per day to 3 491 275 for the week ending today. State changes include California up 2 700 and Texas down 7 800, with several states showing declines or small gains.
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W.P
Oil Weekly
U. S
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Daily News Uses 70 Horses to Deliver Papers
In New York on May 16 the Daily News began a horse and wagon distribution, deploying 70 horses and wagons to deliver newspapers to readers.
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New York
The
Daily News
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