Indictments in Alexandria Sweep Mayors and Officials
The Rapides parish grand jury indicted 34 people including Alexandria mayor W V Lamkin and Sheriff A T Downs and 8 hospital board members on embezzlement and related charges. Ninety four true bills were issued with a total of 170 against 28 figures since December 1. Dr S J Phillips and other administrators face embezzlement charges.
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Alexandria
Rapides Parish
District Court
Louisiana
S. J. Phillips
Central Louisiana Hospital
Pineville
John Sowers
C. H. Richard
Ma Ie Hyams
Z. J. Franchez
Ben F. Eubanks
C. A. Riddle
John C. Blackman
Roy Jones
Dr. Phillips
W. V. Lamkin
A. T. Downs
Assembly Heads for Busy Period in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge officials set a four day window to pass economy measures. Governor Sam H. Jones aims to deliver his program by Thursday for floor consideration in both houses. Budget figures hinge on department consolidations and bureau of government research work.
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones
Legislative Assembly
Bureau of Government Research
Jones
Spectacular fighter duel over English town
A lone German raider battled British ground defenses in a night duel watched by thousands. Searchlights trapped the craft at 500 feet then anti air bursts and gunfire followed as the plane fled toward the coast. No casualties reported. A second plane dropped red parachute flares at sea.
Defense Tax Bill Advances to Boost Taxes and War Aid
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 1.006 billion defense tax bill increasing individual, corporate and excise taxes and extending benefits to over two million additional small income taxpayers. The panel also called for studies on an excess profits tax and special amortization for defense industries.
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Snyder
Pennsylvania
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Belgium
France
England
Brazil
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War Department
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Navy
Northrop
Army Air Corps
Jesse H. Jones
White House
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Communications Mission
John J. Pershing
United States
Red Cross
Monroe C of C Backs Sales Tax as Aid
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce board adopted a resolution urging Governor Sam H. Jones and lawmakers to retain the sales tax to offset revenue loss from repeal proposals. President Boardman urged citizens to contact representatives and senators and a state mobilization effort was planned.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Sam H. Jones
C. Boardman
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of
Monroe
West Monroe
Jones
North Carolina Dock Board to become self perpetuating
Governor Sam H. Jones announced a plan to remove politics from the New Orleans dock board by making it self perpetuating and by limiting members to a single term. He proposed vacancies be filled by vote of remaining board members and overlapping terms. Public hearings on port problems to follow. four current appointees have unconfirmed Senate seats and may be replaced.
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones
New Orleans
Senate
William H. Hickerson, Jr
L. B. Rennyson
B. C. Brown
L. J. Vaccaro
Earl K. Long
Warning Italy Threatens Five English Cities If Attacked
Rome's Il Giornale d Italia editor warns five English cities would be bombed for every Italian city hit if Italy enters the war. Reports say Italy may act next week. Rome cites potential London bombardment as a signal. Vatican City to close to the public as a precaution.
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Vatican City
France Teaches Defensive War Lessons From Stand
France shifts focus from mere survival to teaching the world defensive warfare. American experts hail Weygand line as pivotal, shaping hopes for a defense oriented war effort. The piece notes constitutional limits on presidential war powers and calls for massive air power expansion in response to Nazi blitzkrieg. Contines on Eights Page.
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France
America
Weygand Line
Poland
Denmark
Low Countries
War era manufacturing growth signals U.S. expansion
The article notes manufacturing booms as plants triple capacity and expand. Defense funding and war orders push automotive equipment guns and chemicals, with analysts forecasting large construction outlays and more plant investments under private or government finance.
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Waldo G. Bowman
Engineering News Record
Washington
Lake Charles Slayer Is Sentenced to Hang
In Lake Charles on June 11, Firmon Burks was sentenced to be hanged for the St. ged Dey hitchhike murder of Joseph Calloway in a rice field near here. Judge Mark C. Pickrel denied a new trial plea. Burks’s alleged companion, Mrs. Tori to Henry, also faced a separate trial and was sentenced to hang for complicity in the Houston salesman’s slaying.
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Firmon Burks
Joseph Calloway
Here
Mark C. Pickrel
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Tori
Henry
Houston
Tex
Burks
Calloway
Louisiana Legion backs plan for national defense
At Shreveport on June 4 delegates at the 7 and annual state convention endorsed President Roosevelt's defense program and urged universal draft for industry and manpower. They called for full cooperation with the FBI to combat sabotage and espionage. Governor Sam Jones was set to arrive for the closing day before leaving for Atlanta to attend a governors conference on defense.
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Shreveport
Louisiana Department American Ledelegates
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Legionnaires
Sam Jones
Kam
Atlanta
Roland Cocreham
Roosevelt
War bulletins report anti aircraft fire across Paris region
War bulletins describe repeated anti aircraft fire heard near Paris for a third night in a row. Reports say German forces repaid raids the French claimed they carried out, with Berlin appearing to be the target. The text then shifts to a local item about Wallace Berker, VP for…
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Paris
Berlin
Mussolini to speak on peace or war in Switzerland
Fascist Italian sources in Switzerland report Premier Mussolini may deliver a speech offering peace or declaring war, possibly on Monday, signaling potential shifts in regional conflict dynamics while Berlin and London dispatcheris note ongoing European tensions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Mussolini
War at a Glance: Front Shrinks as French Hold Line
Paris reports a one mile west to Neyon front with 3,000 tanks in action as French defenses grind forward and Berlin launches selective bombings. London notes a major merchant ship sunk by a U boat while Swiss fliers claim victories over Nazism. Romania calls 100,000 reservists as total mobilization grows, and Washington weighs another defense loan if Paris falls.
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Asault
Neyon
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High Command
Bieta
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Carinthia
Bucharest
Bern
Messerschmitt
Washington
Roosevelt
Massive Nazi Offensive Threatens Paris Front
A colossal German attack drives toward Paris, with 1,000,000 troops and 3,500 tanks. French forces conduct a withdrawal maneuver along a 44 mile front while mounting stiff counterattacks on the Alene and Bresio rivers and near Forges-Lee, as German infantry spearheads push through the Weygard line in the fourth night of battle.
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Weygard
See
Alene
Paria
Bresio
Forges-Lee
Neri
Berlin Bombed by Allied Ships in Suburban Factories Raid
Paris reports Berlin suffered a bombardment by a squadron of navy aircraft striking factories in the suburbs. The French ministry said all planes returned to base with no alarms or independent confirmation of German casualties. Berlin denied the attack.
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French Ministry of Marine
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Frankfort
Munich
Indictment for Slaying of Partner in Shreveport
Willie Dromgoole of Shreveport was indicted by the Caddo parish grand jury for murder over the April shotgun slaying of partner Frank Rudeseal, an oil drilling contractor, at Dromgoole's home on Dixie Road ten miles north of Shreveport.
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Willie Dromgoole
Caddo Parish
Grand Jury
Frank Rudeseal
Dromgoole
Rudeseal
Dremgnole
Dixie Road
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