British French reach Syria truce terms amid fighting
British and Free French forces began armistice talks with Vichy troops under High Commissioner after a ceasefire in Syria. German raids threatened Britain’s Middle East position as a French delegation crossed lines at Acre to discuss military terms and Free French occupation of Syria.
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Syria
Betish
Henmissioner
Henri
Iichy
Britain
Middle-East
Suez Canal
Cairo
Acre
Biblical Galilee
Palestine
Levant
$25,000,000 Pipeline From Monroe Planned
Hope Natural Gas announces a $25.06 million pipeline from Monroe Louisiana to the Cornwell compressor station near Charleston West Virginia. The 20 inch diameter steel line spans 26 miles and passes through Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia with stations about every 150 miles.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Louisiana
West Virginia
Hope Natural Gas Company
Big
Monroe
Cornwell
Charleston
Hope Natural Gas
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Greenville
Miss
Tennessee
Nashville
Kentucky
Lexington
Huntington
Hope
Smoking autos nabbed in D C testing drive
Fifty two DC motorists were cited after a gasoline waste crackdown led by Interior Secretary Ickes. Police tested 50 cars as smoking exhausts shocked officials, with 10 day mechanical fixes ordered for those exceeding fuel limits.
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Washington
District of Columbia
East
Interior
Ickes
Ecuador Accepts Tripartite Offer on Border Dispute
Quito reports acceptance of a tripartite neutral offer by the United States Argentina and Brazil to help resolve the Peru Ecuador boundary clashes. The plan includes a 30 kilometer safety zone along the disputed frontier and aims for peaceful settlement of the century old controversy.
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Quito
Ecuador
Pecuador
Peru
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Lima
New Reform Act Ruling Sought By State in Supreme Court
The Louisiana state government asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear or clarify its June 30 rulingvoiding the reorganization amendment a key part of Governor Sam Jones reform plan. Attorney General Eugene Stanley notes potential government disruption and urges action on Acts 384 and 47 from 1940.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
Sai Jones
Eugene Stanley
High Court
James D. Womack
Baton Rouge
Womack
Hit Run Driver Arrested Here After Camp Claiborne Injury
The hit and run driver identified as Miss Thelma Ryals about 20 of Crossett Ark was arrested after a visiting Corporal Rip Smith of the 51st engineers regiment sustained compound fractures and head injuries. Ryals faces charges of reckless driving causing injury failing to stop and report the accident after police traced clues to Crossett and El Dorado. Smith, 22, native of Hartsell Ala, was treated at St Francis Sanitarium and moved to Camp Claiborne base hospital.
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Claiborne
Thelma Ryals
Crossett
Ark
B. L. Brantley
Rip Smith
51St Engineers Regiment
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Smith
Camp Claiborne
Miss Ryals
Wood Street
el Dorado
Brantley
Poice
DeSiard
Ninth Streets
Corporal Smith
Hartsell
Ala
The
Engineers Regiment
Holland Plans to Leave Centenary
Shreveport La July 12 C Holland executive vice president of Centenary college for three years announced he will leave Centenary next month He plans to depart sometime in August to return to Minden La to open a general insurance business He has not tendered his resignation to the board of directors Prior to 1938 he was president of the People's Bank of Minden
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Shreveport
C. ©. Holland
Centenary College
Centenary
Holland
Minden
Pierce Cline
Merchants Launch Biggest July Sale in Twin Cities
Merchants in Monroe and West Monroe sponsor a six day July clearance starting tomorrow. led by Chamber of Commerce chairman David C. Silverstein with a committee including H J Barham A M Jones H E Winger and others. Stores promise unprecedented low prices to clear stock ahead of new merchandise arrivals and attract shoppers from nearby cities.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Retail Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
David C. Silverstein
Mr. Silverstein
H. J. Barham
Montgomery Ward
Com- A. M. Jones
W. T. Pany
Grant Company
H. E. Winger
Frank
Smart Shoes
H. R. Hunt
Whitaker
F Smith
Arlig
M. Glazer
Sty
Joe F. Smith
Twin Cities
A. M. Jones
H. R. Arlig
Senators Propose Changes to War Department Trainee Service
Senate leaders consider overhauling selective service laws to keep trainees in the army beyond one year and to allow deployment outside the western hemisphere. Senator Reynolds doubts the current form, urging hearings and suggesting reenlistment incentives. Senator George proposes flexible one to three year enlistments to achieve similar goals.
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Washington
Senate
Hemisphere
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lake Charles Ship Channel Opens New Era for Southwest Louisiana
Governor Sam H. Jones declared the Lake Charles ship channel event marks a new era for southwest Louisiana. Six boats with about 200 people celebrated the 41 mile waterway linking to the Gulf of Mexico, followed by a barbecue after the round trip.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Morning
Charles
British Bombings Exceed German Attacks in June
London reports the British air offensive has surpassed Germany’s heaviest England raids in tonnage. In June, British bombs dropped on Germany exceeded April’s German total, with July expected to be heavier. RAF raids hit Wilhelmshaven and northern France targets, including St Omer rail and canal routes, as heavy bomber and fighter force skies buzzed southern England and the east.
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London
England
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
France
St. Omer
South Nasions
Citizens To Vote On Airport Tax Tuesday
Ouachita parish residents go to the polls Tuesday for a five-year one mill tax to expand and develop the local airport. If approved, the tax will fund land acquisitions and field improvements to meet government specs, with state and federal support guiding airport development and operation.
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Ouachita Parish
CAA
National de
T Aeronautics B. Herndon
Department of Public Works
Baton Rouge
National Defense
No New Victims Of Crash Found In Monroe
A search by the American Legion crew failed to locate additional crash victims after a southbound Missouri Pacific train struck an automobile at a grade crossing on Renwick Street in Monroe. The deceased were Jimmie D. Wilhite 18 Herbert Wilhite 21 and Mildred Morris 17. The car was dragged and wreckage spanned the ditch near the crossing while escape alarms and guarded barriers were involved in the incident.
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American Legion
Renwick Street
Sud Ht
Pera
Missouri Pacific
J. W. Legion
D. Wilhite
Wilhite
Jimmie
Hall Park
Monroe
Monros
Hitler's Gasoline Engine Missing Fire Invasion News
War correspondent Kirke L Sim reports on Hitler shifting focus from Western Europe to the East. He notes the blitzkrieg effort toward Moscow is slower than Napoleon, with fuel and mobility issues hampering advance as Nazi forces prepare for a broader conflict in Russia.
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Hitler
Kirke L. Sim
Associated Press
Moscow
Napoleon
Central
Poland
Plon
Russia
England
France
Luftwaffe
Germany
Red Army
Reports From Two Nations Clash Over War Front
German high command claims a major breakthrough east of Minsk and advances toward Moscow with Vitebsk captured and Kiev under pressure. Soviet dispatch counters with stubborn fighting in Pskov and Vitebsk sectors producing no decisive changes.
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Associated Press
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Minsk
Moscow
Vitebsk
Dvina
Plane ferrying to Britain a major wartime task
Washington reports forecast of a sharp rise in U S plane production with defense officials predicting thousands of pilots will ferry combat aircraft across the Atlantic to Britain. A ferry command trains 100 pilots monthly to move bombers to coastal bases for delivery to Britain.
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Washington
Atlantic
Britain
Atfero Corporation
Army
Ferry Command
Safety Record Update Shows Declines and Claims
The report lists accidents to date this year at 2 percent and last year at 240. Personal injuries this year at 3T versus 39 last year. Deaths to date this year and last year both 4. It also notes a traffic rule stating it is unlawful to enter a street intersection without ensuring there is sufficient room to proceed through.
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