Roosevelt vows to fight autocracy on voyage to Panama
President Roosevelt declares new resolve to combat autocracy as he sails from Key West on the destroyer Bereington toward Panama for fleet maneuvers. He warns of possible new territorial demands backed by aggression and hints he may cut the trip short to return to Washington before March 4.
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Key West
Fla
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Americas
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Summerlin Key
Bereington
Naval Station
Peruiser
Houston
Ituo
Cardinals Arrive in Rome After Pius Death
Cardinals Dougherty and Mundelein reached Rome after learning of Pope Pius death. They traveled separately from Naples in a government attached coach with four detectives aboard. Mundelein stayed at St Mary of the Lake college while Dougherty checked into a hotel ahead of the papal election.
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Rome
Dougherty
Mundelein
United States
Pius
Naples
Rex
Vatican
Cardinal Mundelein
College of St. Mary of the Lake
Pope Pius
New Orleans
Cardinal Dougherty
Cardi
Two Louisiana Tech students hurt in West Monroe crash
Lucian Tisdale and Kyle Smith, both 18 from Bastrop, sustained minor cuts and bruises when their small truck collided with a second vehicle near the West Monroe city limits on the Ixie Overland highway. They were treated at St. Francis sanitarium.
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Lousiana Tech
St. Francis Sanitarium
West Monroe
Lucian Tisdale
Kyle Smith
Bastrop
Tisle
Sith
Tech
F. R. Melcher
Reveport
Elder
North Sevnth Street
Tisdale and
Smith
Monroe
Melcher
New Traibridge
McCall Loses Last-Minute Bid to Avoid Florida Death
Franklin Pierce McCall faced execution for the ransom kidnapping of James Bailey Cash Jr. after three petitions for new trials were denied by the Florida Supreme Court. His attorney voiced hopelessness as appeals to state and federal courts failed.
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McCall
State Supreme Court
France Acts on Ten Defense Holdings Sought by Italy
Italy presses for ten defense holdings as France takes action to satisfy the request. Spain signals readiness to end the war immediately under terms yet to be disclosed.
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France
Italy
Spain
London
Europe
Roosevelt
Burgos
Britain
Madrid
Rome
Tunisia
Djibouti
Red Sea
Libya
Paris
French Somaliland
Italian Eritrea
Relazioni International
Mediterranean
Minorca
Morocco
Italian Review
Mussolini
Franco
Berlin- Rome
Legion Chief Endorses Airplane Sales With Safeguards
American Legion national commander Stephen L. Chadwick of Seattle argued for sales of planes to friendly nations not involved in war, but opposed sharing military secrets. He urged defense balance to 1,500 aircraft yearly, with safeguards ensuring secrets stay within the U.S. and noting training and spare parts needs.
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Baton Rouge
Stephen L. Chadwick
Seattle
Wash
American Legion
War Department
Congress
Resolution Urges Adoption Of River Development Plan
A conference hearing sponsored by the Louisiana Flood Control and Water Conservation commission urged adoption of a unified water control and development plan. The 300 delegates from Louisiana Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Missouri endorsed the principle in a resolution drafted by Wade O. Martin. The measure calls for coordination across Red River Ouachita and other Louisiana basin areas. It notes multiple benefits from flood control navigation irrigation power drainage sanitation and soil conservation. The resolution was presented after a Friday hearing and continues on the tenth pages.
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Conference of Waterways
Wade O. Martin
Louisiana Flood Control and Water Conservation Commission
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Martin
Red River
Oklahoma
Ouachita River
Boeuf
Cocodrie
Teche, Vermilion, Mermentau and
Calcasieu Areas
Missouri
Louisiana Flood Control and Water Con
Vote Tuesday on Judges 10 face Sanatorium Tax
Property owners in Ouachita parish vote on a proposed one mill levy to equip maintain and operate the G B Cooley tuberculosis sanatorium replacing the expired one mill junior college tax. Supporters expect passage with little opposition noting state funds cannot cover TB care.
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Ouachita Parish
G. B. Cooley
Quachita Parish
Louisiana
A. R. Johnson
Ouachita Tuberculosis Association
State Hospital Board
Ouachita
Pin Removed From Woman's Bronchus In Nine Minute Operation
Thelma Smith, 19, of Alto, Louisiana, swallowed a large open safety pin last Tuesday. A Shreveport physician retrieved the pin from her right bronchus in a delicate nine minute bronchoscopy at Charity hospital tonight. She is mother to a seven month old baby.
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Shreveport
Thelma Smith
Alto
Brooklyn Bail Bond Racketeering Charges Expand
New York officials announce a widening probe into a long running bail bond racket in Brooklyn. Assistant Attorney General John Harlan Amen says more judges will face impeachment after charges against Magistrate Mark Rudich for bribery and misconduct.
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New York
John Harlan Amen
Brooklyn
Amen
Brooklyn Criminal Courts
Mark Rudich
Rudich
Louis Kassman
Max Lippe
Judi
Marooned Families Receive Supplies From Marks and Crowder
Groceries and medical supplies were shipped today from Marks and Crowder to marooned families in a south Quitman county area still flooded by the Coldwater and Tallahatchie rivers. Boaters reported some households lack fresh food as water sits two to five feet deep, and relief may ease when rain-abated.
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Marks
Miss
Marks and
Crowder
Quitman County
Coldwater
Tallahatchie
Tate-Quitman-Panola
Panola-Quitman
New Deal Peace Sought With Business Drive
Industrial leaders describe a joint administration plan to revive recovery through tax revisions rail and utility reforms and labor policy overhauls. Hopkins plans a Des Moines speech with Roosevelt backing while secret talks push broad capital market and transportation changes to spur expansion.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Des Moines
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
National Labor Board
States rights echo spreads beyond the South
Washington report notes northern Republicans and Democrats joining a states rights wave in 1940s policy debates. The uproar centers on federal plans to tax salaries of state employees and the federal-state tax split amid disputes over taxation flood control mineral rights and air routes.
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Washington
Maine
California
San Francisco Big Fair Opens on Treasure Island
President Roosevelt and Governor Olson inaugurated the Golden Gate exposition on Treasure Island with a 50 million dollar project drawing crowds. Attendance reached 55,003 six hours after opening as buildings from Illinois Missouri and ten western states welcomed visitors from 35 foreign nations including Japan and France.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Culbert L. Olson
Treasure Island
Key West
Fla
San Francisco Bay Island
Olson
Court of Nations
W. P. Day
Gayway
Illinois
Missouri
Japan
France
Teachers' Role In Guidance Is Termed All Important
Dr Doak S Campbell dean at George Peabody college spoke at a Northeast Center guidance conference. He argued guidance shifted from strict IQ focus to a holistic view and urged every teacher to influence student guidance while noting a role for a specialized guidance teacher in large communities.
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Doak S. Campbell
George Peabody College For Teachers
Northeast Center
Campbell
Louisiana Aide Grosjean Fired Sparks Shakeup Rumors
Baton Rouge February 18 The firing of Alice Lee Grosjean, trusted ally of Huey Long, and her husband William Allen Tharpe, secretary of the Louisiana tax commission, triggers talk of broader removals as Leche governs from a sick room. Rumors spread about further dismissals as political lines shift in the capital.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana
Alice Lee Grosjean
Long
Richard W. Leche
Miss Grosjean
New Orleans
William Allen Tharpe
Louisiana Tax Commission
Shreveport
Six killed when auto hits transfer van in Georgia
Near Taylors Alabama today an auto crashed into a transfer van killing six occupants of the car and injuring two others. Coroner McCoy identified the dead as Mrs Laura Reece and her children Rathel and Emma Jean Reece plus relatives and a niece. The truck driver Eugene Miller and helper Murerell Deal escaped injury.
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George W. McCoy
Laura Walker Reece
Oakman
Rathel Reece
Emma Jean Reece
Reece
Frankie Dockery
Robert L. Johnson
Charlie Moss Johnson
Leonard Reece
Leonard Reece, 11, A Son of Mrs. Reece, and James Davis, 30, of Oakman
McCoy
Eugene Miller
Claremont
N. C
Murerell Deal
Mahon
Miller
Justice Brandeis Praised by Supreme Court Justices
Chief Justice Hughes and other justices praised Louis D Brandeis in a public letter dated yesterday. They lauded his vigor devotion and long service noting his wide knowledge and thoroughness. Brandeis replied that friendship would keep them companions in the years ahead.
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Washington
Hughes
Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
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