Flow of Money in War Against Low Mood Put to Work
The administration has begun a major spending push to relieve unemployment by funding WPA work relief. With Congress near action on a 3.723 billion bill, officials say the WPA will use on-hand funds to add about 34,000 jobs weekly. If the lending spending bill passes, WPA could employ about 2.89 million over seven months, mainly in large industrial areas. Secretary Wallace moves to activate relief without full congressional approval.
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U. S
Washington
Congress
WPA
Ecretary of
Wallace
Ford sponsors farm movement on Dearborn site
Detroit, June 4. On a 300 acre Dearborn site Henry Ford advances a back-to-the-land project aiming for national scope. He says the effort, rooted in tax programs, grows crops like wax beans potatoes radishes and melons with youths cultivating the soil under veterans’ cooperation to demonstrate an individual can live from a modest means.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Ford
Bonds to Save Louisiana State Over One Million Dollars
Baton Rouge reports the state conditionally sold 8.6 million dollars in refunding bonds to reduce costs. Edward Jones and Co led the syndicate, offering 3.37 percent interest, contingent on legislative approval and a favorable supreme court opinion by July 1. The issue calls bonds dated January 1, 1191, at 4.42 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Edward Jones and Company, Inc
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Jones Syndicate
Three Injured in Monroe Automobile Crash
A crash on Louisville Avenue near Fourteenth Street injured three people. Mrs. L. W. McDonald, driver of the westbound car, was severely shaken and taken to St. Francis Sanitarium with others including Jim Forbito and Ray Bostick who were also treated and released. E B Johnson and H W Conner were aboard the parked vehicle.
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L. W. McDonald
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Louisville Avenue
Fourteenth Street
E. B. Johnson
Louisiana State Board of Health
H. W. Conner
John G. Keller
Ray Bostick
Jim Forbito
Ouachita Parish
McDonald
Forbito
Bostick
St. Francis Sanitarium
Eight Year Old Boy Calls Governors in Grand Telephone Spree
Eight-year-old Earl Luten called Governor White of Mississippi and Governor Browning of Tennessee during a parents absence, paying 95 and 9 cents respectively. He tried to reach the president but was unsuccessful. The incident puzzled his family and prompted questions about the calls.
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Memphis
Tenn
R. E. Luten
White
Jackson
Miss
Browning
Nashville
White House
Washington, D. C
Earl Luten
Earl
Father’s hope fades as FBI presses teen kidnapping case
Princeton Florida June 4. A week after James Bailey Cash Jr was taken from his bed his father and authorities acknowledge hope is fading. FBI agents led by director J Edgar Hoover persist in chasing clues while M F Braxton and son-in-law Ray Rayburn remain missing with armed abductors holding them. Willard Campbell later told the Miami Daily News he was questioned and released.
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Princeton
Fla
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
M. F. Braxton
Ray Rayburn
Willard Campbell
Miami Daily News
Police Jurors Fight Bill For Utilities Franchises
L A Babin says police jurors protest a bill granting the Louisiana public service commission power to grant public utility franchises when juries refuse. Senators Peltier and Lindsey support, Fisher opposes, citing Gulf Natural Gas and bond issues. Babin warns enactment would strip juries of power over local franchises.
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Baton Rouge
L. A. Babin
Police Jury Association of
Louisiana
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Senate
Harvey Peltier
LaFourche
Coleman Lindsey
Webster
Jules G. Fisher
Jefferson
Fisher
Gulf Natural Gas Corporation
Jefferson Parish
Peltier
Rabin
Babin
Wage and Hour Bill Deadlock Tests Compromise Proposals
The joint congressional wage hour committee recessed for the weekend amid a stalemate over uniform nationwide minimums versus regional standards. Two compromise plans based on the house approach drew limited support, while southern members blocked them seeking lower southern minima. Chairwoman Norton proposed a 25 cent minimum with gradual 30 cent target and nationwide exemptions for industries after a five year period.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee
House
Senate
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Norton
Eggs hurled at Norman Thomas in Newark trampling protest
Socialist leader Norman Thomas faced a violent disruption in Military Park Newark as about 100 veterans and supporters hurled eggs and shouted. Police used nightsticks after a splintered stand and resisted a melee while Clara Handelman introduced him amid flag waving and a 25 piece band.
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Newark
N. J
Norman Thomas
Military Park
Thomas
Clara Handelman
Essex
Socialist Party
New Deal Tests Iowa Strength In Senate Race
Des Moines June 4 The New Deal tests its pulling power in the Iowa Democratic primary where Guy M Gillette and Otha D Wearin vie for the senatorial nomination Also at stake is party loyalty to the president with Wearin backed by WPA chief Hopkins and James Roosevelt while Gillette pledges to support the winner The contest exposes splits in the Iowa Democratic party and ongoing debates over presidential influence
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Gillette
Wearin
Washington
Democratic Party
Statehouse
Hopkins
Harpers Ferry
Roosevelt
Windstorm Strikes Shreveport College
A sudden near cyclonic windstorm hit St. Vincent's college in Shreveport Louisiana causing minor damage. Large trees toppled and windows shattered but fifty five people inside escaped injury as communications in the area were briefly disrupted.
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Shreveport
St. Vincent's College
Mary Constance
City 10 Launch Mosquito Drive
Monroe appropriated 1500 dollars to fund a mosquito control campaign set to begin Monday June 6. Mayor H H Benoit announced the effort led by Dr G Douglas Williams and the Ouachita parish health unit staff with a plea for public cooperation to curb malaria during the breeding season.
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Monroe
H. H. Benoit
Benoit
G. Douglas Williams
Ouachita Parish
Williams
Britain Sees New Hope For European Peace
London reports rising optimism among British leaders as war fears ease and tempers cool in Europe. Britain backs mediation in the Sudeten German dispute and the Spanish Civil War while seeking to curb foreign intervention and push for truces.
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Britain
London
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
United States
Cordell Hull
Germany
Ouachita Parish High Holds Largest Commencement Class
Two hundred eighty three graduates of the 1938 class at Ouachita Parish High School received diplomas at Neville High School auditorium. Dr. C. M. Wise of LSU opened with a principal address. Charlotte Roberts gave the salutatory on life and bridges, Edna Mae Vallery was valedictorian but absent.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High School
C. M. Wise
Louisiana State University
C. K. Smith
First Methodist Church of
West Monroe
Bridges
Charlotte Roberts
Edna Mae Vallery
Wise
White Urges Early Aid for Louisiana
J Lester White, chairman of the state planning commission, urged quick submission of Louisiana applications for a new 3.7 billion dollar federal aid fund. After a conference with G C Street Jr, PWA regional director, he said the program may cover up to 100 percent of project costs with a 55 percent balance possible via loan or grant terms. White stressed urgency to secure benefits and have applications ready.
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Baton Rouge
J. Lester White
State Planning Commission
Louisiana
Congress
White
G. C. Street, Jr
Public Works Administration
Devastating shellings hint high war toll
Reports from Hankow and Canton describe Chinese resistance collapsing along the Lung Hai railway with a general Chinese retreat under way. Japanese forces reportedly occupy Kaifeng and threaten Chengchow within hours while Canton endures sixth straight day of heavy air raids with hundreds killed and thousands wounded.
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Hankow
Lunghai Railway
China
Kaifeng
Central China
Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Canton
Tokyo
Domei
Foreign Office
Troops Guard Alexandretta as Plebiscite Tensions Rise
Paris reports veteran French Moroccan troops and foreign legionnaires patrolling Alexandretta under martial law with 30,000 Turkish troops across the border watching. Foreign Minister Bonnet and Turkish ambassador Davaz met to press a settlement over the plebiscite in the border region, which France administers under the Syrian mandate. The disputed area includes Alexandretta and surrounding district housing about 220,000 people, a crossroads of Turkish and Syrian influences.
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Paris
Sanjak
Alexandretta
Georges Bonnet
Suad Davaz
Turkey
France
Near East
Mediterranean
Masonic Ceremonial At Ferriday Today
Masonic lodges of the fourth district gather at 2:30 this afternoon in Ferriday for a conclave where the Natchez degree team will confer the fellowcraft degree with full ceremonial form. District Deputy John James of Columbia announced all district lodges including Quachita Caldwell Franklin Catahoula Tensas and Concordia will participate. Dr Joseph Whitaker, master of the fourth district, will preside and an address on Masonic principles will be delivered.
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Ferriday
Natchez
Quachita
Caldwell
Franklin
Catahoula
Tensas
Concordia
John James
Columbia
Joseph Whitaker
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