Louisiana Gubernatorial Race Dawns with Competing Victory Claims
Absentee ballots begin as Louisiana candidates dispute results ahead of January 16 Democratic primary. Governor Earl K. Long predicts a New Orleans win by 75 000 votes with most out-state parishes. Sam H. Jones vows reform and says he will win the city’s 166 000 electors. James A. Noe and James H. Morrison stay confident. Vincent Moseley offers no victory claim as fraud concerns rise and federal surveillance becomes an issue.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Sam H. Jones
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Jones
Huey P. Long
James A. Noe
Monroe
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Jimmy Morrison
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
Noe
Long
Assis
Times-Picayune Endorses Sam Jones for Governor
The Times-Picayune editorial endorses Sam Jones of Lake Charles as the best qualified to defeat the plunderbund and restore democratic government in Louisiana. It highlights his military service, legal career, and civic record, praising his character and lack of political opportunism.
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New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Jones
Piney Woods
Romeo Juliet elope and return to New York couple
George Lowther and Eileen Herrick, married yesterday in New Hampshire after an aerial elopement, flew back to New York today. Parents’ reaction and reconciliation prospects remain uncertain as Herrick mother says she has not heard from her daughter.
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New York
George
Romeo) Lowther
Eileen
Juliet) Herrick
New Hampshire
North Conway
Walter Herrick
Senator Takes Oath In Bed In New Orleans
Arthur F. Foran of Flemington New Jersey lay in a bed at Hotel Dieu hospital in New Orleans to take the oath as a New Jersey state senator so he could be elected president of the senate. Senior Alfred E. Driscoll administered the oath after arriving by plane to perform the duty. Driscoll noted it was the first time a New Jersey senator took the oath on foreign soil. Witnesses included two colleagues.
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New Orleans
Arthur F. Foran
Flemington
N. J
Hotel Dieu
New Jersey
Senate
Alfred E. Driscoll
Foran
Driscoll
Louisiana paper endorses Sam Jones for governor
The Shreveport Times executive editorial endorses Sam Jones of Lake Charles for governor, arguing he can lift Louisiana from public betrayal and corruption. It contrasts Jones with four rivals, praising his honesty, courage, reform record, and WWII service as district attorney and constitutional convention delegate.
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Shreveport
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Shreveport Times
Jones
Times
the Times
Calcasieu
Jim Scanlon Hit By Automobile
Jim Scanlon 51 of 319 North Fourth Street was treated at St Francis sanitarium for injuries after a hit and run at the Washington and North Fifth streets intersection. He suffered bruises lacerations and back pains and was listed as seriously hurt. Police traced the unidentified car traveling north on North Fifth.
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Jim Scanlon
North Fourth Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Washington and
North Fifth Streets
Scanlon
J. D. Busby
R. F. Graves
North Fifth Street
Fifth Street
Hore-Belisha Duster Shares National Unity Crisis Hits War Cabinet
London dispatch reports the dismissal of war secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha shakes national unity behind Neville Chamberlain. The Star calls for a full explanation of his retirement and hints the move may have caved to generals or social clashes. Oliver Stanley becomes war secretary. Rae Duncan and Reith new cabinet members.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
the Star
Hore-Belisha
Oliver Stanley
Stanley
Board of Trade
Andrew Rae Duncan
Lord MacMillan
John Reith
House of Commons
Mansion House
Sam Jones denies Klan backing in Louisiana race
Jones denounces Governor Earl Long's charge that he runs for governor with Ku Klux Klan backing and would oust Carville hospital staff as a damning lie. He cites his support for Al Smith in 1928 and ties to DeRidder figures to refute the accusation, praising Sisters of Mercy St. Vincent De Paul and Carville care.
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Lutcher
Earl K. Long
Sam Jones
Ku Klux Klan
Jones
Sisters of Mercy St. Vincent DePaul
United States Marine Hospital
Carville
Earl Long
Lake Charles
al Smith
Louisiana
H. C. Pugh
DeRidder
John J. Robba
Sisters of Mercy St. Vincent de Paul
Fatal crash linked to father in law's death in Mississippi
In Columbus Mississippi on January 6 41 Hermen Atkins thirty six died after driving on the deathbed of his father in law Charles Gaston sixty six a prominent Lowndes county merchant and planter Gaston died at his home after a stroke within an hour of Atkins death in a hospital Mrs Atkins survived both husband and father
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Columbus
Miss
Hermen Atkins
Charles Gaston
Lowndes County
Gaston
Atkins
Fair Election Pledge Voices in Louisiana Reform
A public message from an unnamed independent leader of New Orleans urges North and Central Louisiana to trust in a fair January 16 election. He pledges honest counting, registered mail returns, and federal oversight to prevent fraud, claiming the plan ensures lawful conduct and a moral shift in city elections.
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Louisiana
Monroe Morning World
Shreveport Times
New Orleans
E. A. Conway
Uncle Sam
Long Says Race Between Me And Sam Jones In Runoff
Governor Earl K. Long declared the race between himself and Sam Jones, with Jimmy Noe and his out of state ticket sidelined, as he campaigned through north Louisiana after a severe cold spell. He spoke in Athens Homer Minden Quitman and Jonesboro with Paul Maloney Jr. from New Orleans District.
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Governor Long
Sam Jones
Jimmy Noe
Jonesboro
Earl K. Long
Long
North Louisiana
Louisiana
Athens
Homer
Claiborne Parish
Minden
Webster Parish
Quitman
Jackson Parish
Paul Maloney, Jr
New Orleans
Richardson Takes Over U. S. Fleet
Admiral James Otis Richardson assumed command of the U S fleet in San Pedro California as Admiral Claude Charles Bloch retired. Bloch praised the fleet and crew saying they are ready to fight and that greater effort will be needed to maintain that readiness in chaotic world affairs.
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San Pedro
Calif
United States
James Otis Richardson
Claude Charles Bloch
Bloch
Rankin wins Bernarr MacFadden cross country air race
Homer Rankin of Wichita Kansas set a 234.087 mph average on a 1 084 mile Beechcraft flight from St Louis to Miami to win 3000 dollars in the All American Air races. Russell Holderman Rochester earned 2000 dollars for second, William Cason San Antonio third for 1500, Ming Red Bank New Jersey fourth for 1000.
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Miami
Fla
St. Louis
Homer Rankin
Wichita
Kans
Bernarr MacFadden
Rankin
New York City
Houston
Russell Holderman
Rochester
New York
William Cason
San Antonio
Holderman
Cason
Anthony J. Ming
People Of Crescent City Ready To Preserve Independent Government
New Orleans observes January 16 1940 marking the third Battle of New Orleans. Citizens vow to defend free and honest elections against fraud while preparing safeguards at polling places to protect the franchise and the will of the governed.
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Crescent City
New Orleans
Chalmette
Jackson
Peckenham
Canal Street
Nash Ogden
Carpethesg
Metropolitan Police
Noe Sues to Block Long Arbitration Panel in Louisiana Primary
State Senator James A. Noe filed suit in Baton Rouge seeking an injunction to stop Governor Earl K. Long from appointing six members to an arbitration committee for Orleans parish election disputes in the January 16 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Judge Holcomb scheduled a hearing six days before the vote, ruling on the temporary restraining order request.
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Baton Rouge
James A. Noe
Earl K. Long
Arbitration Committee
Orleans Parish
Noe
Long
Charles A. Holcomb
Barney files signed platform for Caddo sheriff race
L K Barney, candidate for sheriff of Caddo parish, filed a signed copy of his platform with the parish clerk of court in Shreveport. Barney, formerly Caddo parish juvenile court officer, said he wanted the platform on record so all can see it and none could question it.
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Shreveport
North Day
L. K. Barney
Caddo Parish
Barney
Morrison Raps At Long In Louisiana Campaign Speech
In Denham Springs Louisiana James H Morrison former candidate for governor rapped Earl Long and Karl Long accusing them of lacking platform and past misdeeds. Hecharged Karl with the Bentley inheritance swindle and Huey Long's destruction. He also attacked Sam Jones Noe and other politicians saying Morrison would win by a landslide.
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Denham Springs
James H. Morrison
Earl Long
Morrison
Bob Maestri
Karl
Bentley
Earl
Louisiana
Huey
Albany
Pine Grove
Sam Jones
Karl Long
Dee Ee
Jones
Noe
Jimmy Morrison
Democrats Discuss Budget Proposal In Early Washington Talk
Sen Harrison of Mississippi and President Roosevelt discussed a plan for Congress to draft its own budget with mixed signals. Sen Byrnes of South Carolina questioned timing and suggested House and Senate consider existing supply measures before forming a joint committee to study the budget for days and offer recommendations.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Congress
Byrnes
South Carolina
House
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Great Disaster Likely If Food Supply Stopped
Five weeks of Russian Army pressure along Finland's walate line near Lake Kianta shows rail damage and air raids threaten the Murmansk railway, risking a major military disaster for Moscow. Observers note growing unrest within Russia and question how autonomous regions might influence troop deployment and policy.
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Kirke L. Assoca
Finland
Walate
Lake Kienta
Europe
Laningred-Murmanak
Lake Kianta
Pere Hape
Moelk
Rel
Arctic Circle
Murmansk
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Nooner
Armina
Red Army
Trotsky
U. 88
Republicans Plan Louisiana Primary On January 16
New Orleans, Jan 6. Republicans will hold a state primary on January 16 in 57 New Orleans precincts and five out-of-state precincts, due to low Republican registration. Total registered Republicans across 62 precincts stands at 109.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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U. S. Fleet
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Charles William Schall
Charles Bayless
Lydia Hudnall
Hudnall
Robert H. Jackson
Frank Murphy
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