Senate vote anticipated on relief fund after subcommittee hearing
A Senate appropriations subcommittee held brief hearings on Roosevelt relief requests. The panel indicated support for the House cut to 100 million dollars for WPA funds, with sharp questioning of WPA administrator Colonel Harrington and a vote expected Monday.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
House
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Harrington
WPA
Adame
Bus Lines Sought to Boost Northeast Center Enrollment
In a civic drive backed by state legislators parish superintendents and high school principals, Sig Masur leads an effort to run five or six bus lines to Northeast Center to lift fall enrollment by 30 students. With new buildings online enrollment could rise by 300, at a cost of about 15 dollars per bus versus 300000 for dormitories. There are 1791 high school students in the Fifth district awaiting higher education access at North-
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Fifth Congressional District
Parish
Northeast Center
Sig Masur
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana State University
North
Chief Justice O'Neill Marks 25 Years on Louisiana High Bench
New Orleans April 1 Chief Justice Charles Austin O'Neill will celebrate 25 years as a Louisiana Supreme Court member. He has served as chief justice since 1922, the longest current tenure. Born in Franklin, La he has two sons six daughters and eleven grandchildren.
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New Orleans
Charles Austin O'Neill
Louisiana Supreme Court
Francois Xavier Martin
Martin
Justice O'Neill
Franklin
Wdower
Hitler Rejects Anglo-French Anti-Aggression Pact
Hitler scorned Britain's anti-aggression offer in a two minute Wilhelmshaven address to 530,000, signaling no new naval treaty concessions. He criticized Britain for 300 years of virtueless acts and warned Poland and others against relying on others for protection.
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Louis P. Lochner
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Britain
Hitler
England
Prac Ucal
Fuher
Poland
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Fuehrer. N
Throng in Rome for Holy Week
Crowds flock to Rome for Holy Week ceremonies ahead of Palm Sunday. Pope Pius XII will lead Palm Sunday in his chapel and attend later passion rites, with an Easter blessing to the city and world from St. Peter's balcony amid large hotel bookings and high turnout expectations.
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Vatican City
Rome
St Peter's
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini
Pius XI
St. Peter's
Jerusalem
Pius
Mrs Abigail Blakey Smith Dies At West Monroe Home
Mrs Abigail Blakey Smith 60 wife of E O Smith died last night at 9 45 at home 705 Trenton street West Monroe She was born Atlanta Texas March 14 1879 and married to former West Monroe city councilman in 189? Survived by husband two daughters Mrs H A McDonald and Mrs W S Kendall and three grandchildren Funeral 3 30 pm at residence Rev Ernest Holloway First Presbyterian Monroe interment Riverview Burial Park Pallbearers listed Peters Funeral Home in charge
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Abigail Blakey Smith
E. ©. Smith
Trenton Street
West Monroe
Louise Gail McDonald
Martha McDonald
William Kendall
Ernest Holloway
First Presbyterian Church of
Monroe
Riverview
John Walters
Ce Grandberry
J. F. Jones, Jr
Travis Ellis
C. C. Bell, Jr
John Williams
Francis Hamilton
Garnetterson
Peters Funeral Home
Spain Reconstruction Fund Orders Costs From Civil War Foes
In Burgos on April 1, Joaquin Benjumea heads Spain’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation plan to charge those held responsible by the civil war with much of the rebuilding bill. Authorities estimate at least 10 billion pesetas, roughly $1.0 billion, with labor supplied by republican prisoners. The program, funded by expropriated properties and penalties decreed February 9, aims to repair war damages and may double costs after broader surveys.
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Burgos
Spain
The
Institute of Credit
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joaquin Benjumea
Bureau of Devastated Regions
New York
Madrid
Mediterranean
Three Revenue Office Discharges in Shreveport
State Revenue Collector W. A. Cooper confirms three more clerks from the Shreveport office have been discharged to cut staffing. The trio J. White A. E. Edmonds and J. D. Blake were auditors and the move brings total Shreveport dismissals to 13 since Cooper became collector.
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Baton Rouge
State Collector of Revenue
W. A. Cooper
Shreveport
Department of Revenue
Cooper
J. ¥. White
A. E. Edmonds
J. D. Blake
Alice Lee Grosjean
Five Convicted of Mail Fraud in Shreveport Trial
A federal court jury found five defendants guilty in the mail fraud case tied to T. L. Morris and associates in Shreveport Louisiana. L. Hugh Morris M. N. Morris Z B Freeman J L Beasley were convicted while R C McCoy Jr and H R O Gwin were acquitted. The verdict followed nearly seven hours of deliberation.
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Shreveport
T. L. Morris
Morris
L. Hugh Morris
M. N. Morris
Z. B. Freeman
J. L. Beasley
R. C. “Cotton” McCoy, Jr
H. R. O Gwin
Dallas
J. Frank Looney
Looney
Beasley
Amer
New Monroe Furniture Building to Rise After Fire
Construction on the new Monroe Furniture company building will start this week after the firm reassembled leadership in New Orleans. The four story structure at North Second and Jefferson replaces the August fire loss. Caldwell Brothers and Hart won the general contract with J. W. Smith and Associates as architects and King Stubbs directing plans. Robert W. Heller of New York assisted in designing the store layout.
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Monroe Furniture Company
Joe Isaacman
North Second and
Jefferson
Isaacman
Ida Kaplan
New Orleans
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
J. W. Smith and Associates
King Stubbs
Robert W. Heller
New York
Experts Say Germany Would Lose In War
Washington dispatch reports high American military authorities privately assessing Europe would plunge into global conflict if Poland drew Britain and France in. They foresee Allied flank pressure through Italy, possible Russian aid to Poland, and heavy German risks despite axis allies.
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Washington
Poland
Great Britain
France
Britain
Germany
French
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Mussolini
Hungary
Romania
Balkan
Baltic
London
Paris
Hitler
Planes to Bolster U S Latin American Airways Program
Five U S government agencies discussed a six point plan to outpace totalitarian competition in Latin American air travel. The program aims to export aircraft, improve night flying with airway beacons, speed services, adjust schedules, lower fares, extend inter American routes and introduce larger modern planes.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
State, War, Navy and Commerce Departments
C. Grant Mason
Foreign Problems Committee
CAA
Latin America
United States
South America
South Atlantic
Europe
Italy
Rome
Argentina
Plane searches for Halliburton junk near San Francisco
Pan American pilots were asked to watch for the Chinese junk of Richard Halliburton, missing eight days after leaving Hongkong. The junk was 1800 land miles west of the clipper’s usual Midway to Wake route, bound for the Golden Gate International Exposition.
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San Francisco
Pan American Airways
Richard Halliburton
Hongkong
Halliburton
Pan American
Midway
Wake Islands
27th Annual Louisiana Labor Federation Meets in Monroe
More than 60 delegates and as many visitors are expected as the 27th annual Louisiana State Federation of Labor opens a three day session on the Cherokee terrace of Hotel Frances. E. H. Williams of Shreveport will preside with Lt Governor Earl K. Leng among speakers. Monroes J. J. Dieterich hosts the opening and welcomes by city officials and business leaders follow.
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Louisiana State Federation of Labor
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
American Federation of Labor
State Federation
E. H. Williams
Shreveport
Earl K. Leng
J. J. Dieterich
Monroe
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
C. Karles Smith
West Monroe Methodist Church
Minister's Son Lynched After Murder Trial Lynching
Miles W. Brown 28, son of a retired minister, was abducted from jail by masked men and shot to death in Panama City Florida. Brown had been convicted of killing Roy Van Kleeck, but the jury recommended mercy, resulting in a life sentence. Governor Cone ordered the case to be investigated and brought to justice.
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Panama City
Fla
Miles W. Brown
Brown
Roy van Kleeck
Mercy
Johnny Goodwin
Goodwin
Florida
Tallahassee
Fred P. Cone
George Cooper Gibbs
van Kleeck
Bayou Mear
Jacksonville
John Scott
Britain Raps Hitler and Defends Polish Pact
British naval authorities dismissed Hitler’s threat to denounce the British French naval pact and reaffirmed Britain and France will defend Polish independence. naval experts note British Franco power exceeds Germany and Italy, while a wider anti Nazi bloc in eastern Europe is explored. Polish Foreign Minister Beck may visit London to discuss Danzig and defense arrangements.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Germany
Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Poland
Romania
Europe
Joseph Beck
Rites Held For Oak Grove Five Victims
Last rites for five victims of the Clear Creek tragedy were held in Oak Grove Louisiana with services at the high school auditorium. The five were Mr and Mrs R M Schilling Mrs Tom Bradley and Mrs Sam H Campbell and her 2 year old daughter Annette. American Legion post 55 and its auxiliary watched through the night as services were conducted by local ministers.
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Oak Grove
Clear Creek
Oak Grove High School
Catron Kelly Post No
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
R. M. Schilling
Tom Bradley
Sam H. Campbell
Annette
E. B. Emmerich
Methodist Episcopal
J. R. Campbell
Trimble
Jesse Birch
Drummond
Bastrop
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E. 0. Smith
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