Glass leads fight to curb Roosevelt on dollar value
Senate coalition led by Senator Glass opposes devaluation powers and seeks to extend presidential and treasury controls for two more years. Debate centers on maintaining the $2 billion stabilization fund and silver buy program while preventing further dollar devaluation and potential profits from gold reserves.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Senate
Roosevelt
Glaser
Treasury
Ihs
Glast
Adams
Colorado
Adams dies in car crash near Hodge
J E Adams 39 was killed Friday night when his car left the highway north of Hodge overturned several times. His neck was broken and one leg crushed. Adams owned a chain of motion picture theaters in Hodge Jonesboro and Cotton Valley. He leaves a wife and three children James Adams Jr Dorothy Lee and Sonny Adams.
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Jonesboro
J. E. Adams
Hodge
Adams
Hodge, Joneshore
Cotton Valley
James Adams, Jr
Dorothy Lee
Sonny Adams
Purvis, Miss
Orleans Culinary Expert Succumbs
New Orleans obituary notes the death of William M. Maylie 58 a longtime restaurateur linked to the Maylie Esparbe establishment founded in 1876 by Bernard Maylie and Hypolite Esparbe He held a Tulane electrical engineering degree earned in 1903 and claimed I never fried an egg in my life yet I know good food Roosevelt Skinner Rogers among those served at his restaurant
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New Orleans
William M. Maylie
Tulane University
Bernard Maylie
Hypolite Esparbe
Theodore Roosevelt
Otis Skinner
Will Rogers
Maylie
American Legion urges home based anti foreign propaganda drive
Alexandria reports the Louisiana Legion convention hears vice commander James T. Crawley call for a counter propaganda program taught in homes and churches to counter foreign influence. Ernest Hawkins outlines a push for national defense and mandatory training for CCC enrollees and land grant students while aiming to curb scrap iron exports. The Lake Charles unit wins first.
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Alexandria
American Legion
James T. Crawley
Kosciusko
Miss
National Organization
Lousiana Department of the Legion
Ernest L. Hawkins
Shreveport
Legion
Civilian Conservation Corps
Land Grant Colleges
Lake Charles
Fremont mother confesses to smothering 10 week old son
Velma Baker Fink sobbed at the graveside of her ten week old son then confessed to suffocating the child and tossing the body into a creek to get rid of him. Prosecutor A L Hyzer said the admission followed hours of lie detector questioning and a break after questioning Richard White, a factory worker.
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Emery Rimer
Velma Baker Fink
Haiden
Buster Fink
Clyde, O
Fremont
A. L. Hyzer
Oren Baker
New Orleans Permits Iron-Claw Machines Amid Legal Clash
Police Superintendent Reyer will allow iron claw machines despite Attorney General Ellison saying they are illegal. He cites a 1934 Porterie ruling and notes a welfare tax on the machines, with sheriffs seizing units statewide as the dispute unfolds.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
David M. Ellison
Reyer
Ellison
United States District
Gaston L. Porterie
W. A. Cooper
Kidnappers Near Monroe Indicted in Alabama Case
Five people were indicted in kidnaping cases and embezzlement charges filed against three former bank officials by a federal grand jury. Robert Eugene Dobbs admitted kidnappings in Louisiana and Mississippi, with Grady Milton Byrd named as co defendant. J D Davis John William Byers and R B Culver were indicted for forcing W T Joyce to drive into Mississippi and robbing him. An additional case involved Bazsinsky's car near Monroe Louisiana.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Eugene Dobbs
Louisiana
Mississippi
Earle M. Batsinsky
Rayville
Dobbs
Grady Milton Byrd
Alabama
Submarine Phenix Believed Sunken Near Cam Ranh Bay
French naval authorities say the Phenix lies about 126 meters below Cam Ranh Bay with 71 men aboard. A commission of inquiry is formed as search efforts involve Lamotte Picquet Primauguet and support vessels, after the sub did not reappear following exercises on June 15.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Phenix
Cam- Ranh Bay
Far
Espoir
Cam-Ranh
Lamotte-Picquet
Aviation
Primauguet
Navy Ministry
Paris
Persee
Cherbourg
France
Ouachita Parish High to Add Three-Story Annex
Plans drawn to add a three story addition to Ouachita Parish High School to handle rising enrollment. Bids open June 30 at 10 am in the school board offices. Separate bids required for Millsaps and Lenwis school additions in West Monroe. Architect H H Land. Board may reject all bids. Estimated cost not announced.
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Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
Millsaps School
West Monroe
Lenwis School
H. H
Governor Leche Ill in Bed at Baton Rouge Mansion
Governor Richard W. Leche remained in bed at the executive mansion in Baton Rouge with arthritis. Mrs. Leche said his condition was unchanged and he is under orders not to receive visitors or take calls. A verdict on removing his tonsils could come Monday or Tuesday after a complete test ordered by his physician.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Naquin's Mother Honored After Submarine Squalus Heroism
Ida H Naquin receives praise from Assistant Secretary of War Louis A Johnson for her son Lieutenant Oliver F Naquin commander of the ill fated submarine Squalus. 26 men died and 33 were saved off the New Hampshire coast. Johnson's visit contrasted with the quiet home scene as Mrs Naquin expressed pride and gratitude.
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Alexandria
Louis A. Johnson
Ida H. Naquin
Oliver F. Naquin
Naquin
New Hampshire
Johnson
Two Shreveport Men Face Auto Theft Warrants
Warrants charging theft of an automobile were issued for T. E. Jones 21 and Bruce Bowie 25 after a wreck 18 miles northeast of Shreveport on US highway 80. A third unidentified man fled the scene. Bowie and Jones were hospitalized at Charity. Bowie with head injuries, Jones with a broken shoulder and lacerations. The car was stolen from J. J. Long of Shreveport and investigators said excessive speed caused the crash.
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Shreveport
James A. Galloway
Here
T. E. Jones
Bruce Bowie
Charity Hospital
Bowie
Jones
Claude Cranor
H. H. Hollingshead
J. J. Long
New Iberia Chief of Police Fired Over Noe Support
New Iberia Louisiana June 17 Harry Cestia chief of police for eight years says Mayor Daigre discharged him for backing state Senator James A Noe for governor. Daigre counters he was dismissed for neglect of duty and absence while denying any link to his political support.
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New Iberia
Harry Cestia
Joseph A. Daigre
James A. Noe
Daigre
House Approves Tax Revision Bill To Ease Business Burdens
Washington reports a tax revision bill from the house ways and means committee aims to remove irritants and determents to business. The measure would set an 18 percent corporate rate for earnings over 25 000 and extend some levies, with the senate urged to act quickly to prevent revenue loss.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
U. of C. Party 10 Make Trip
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a good will bus tour on June 30 led by Max Moses and others. The 60 piece Ouachita Parish High School band will join, visiting Monroe Mangham Winnsboro Sicily Island Harrisonburg Jonesville Ferriday Waterproof St Joseph Newellton Tallulah and returning by 6 20 p m. The trip aims to boost Monroe’s prominence and business prestige and provide relaxation for participants.
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Chamber of Commerce
Good Will Committee
Good Will Tours
Max Moses
J. T. Conger
Clyde Hatchell
J. L. Ewing
F. S. Hightower
H. R. Hodges
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Mangham
Winnsboro
Gia Cco Seaes
I AE
Sicily Island
Harrisonburg
Jonesville
Ferriday
Waterproof
St. Joseph
Newellton
Tallulah
Hecht Freed In Death Of Child Case
Rudolf S. Hecht, banker and former president of the American Bankers Association, is freed as manslaughter charges in the Biloxi child death were dismissed after a grand jury found insufficient evidence of guilty knowledge. The 4 year old was fatally struck May 3 near Biloxi. Hecht, en route from his gulf coast home to New Orleans, was arrested at Bay St. Louis but denied involvement. Cowan noted a new indictment could occur if new evidence arises. Hecht chairs Hibernia National Bank of New Orleans.
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Gulfport
Miss
Rudolf S. Hecht
New Orleans
Louis Joachim
Biloxi
Gulf Coast
Bay St. Louis
R. C. Cowan
American Bankers Association
Joachim
Cowan
Hecht
The
Hibernia National Bank of
Tientsin Crisis Escalates As Japanese Demand Unconditional British Action
Japanese commander fixes terms to end blockade of British and French concessions in Tientsin demanding British withdrawal of support for China. American residents face shortages as the siege enters its fifth day while Admiral Yarnell plans to visit. British explorer G A Smith is arrested after an argument with a Chinese policeman outside the concession. Goebbels signals push for Danzig union with Germany.
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Associated Press
China
Tientsin
North China Army
Europe
Britain
France
Russia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Louisiana Men Back WPA PWA NYA in Congress Debate
Louisiana representatives defend federal relief programs as WPA funding faces limits. Fernandez blasts a $25 000 project cap and slams committee investigators for rapid inspections. Brooks fights NYA cuts while Mills urges PWA continuation.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
National Youth Administration
Louisiana
House
WPA
Fernandez
NYA
Brooks
Mills
PWA
House Committee
New Orleans
Clarence Brown Freed From Prison
Clarence Brown, freed from the Louisiana state penitentiary on a commutation of sentence to time served, was released today. He had been sentenced December 5, 1938, to two years for burning a mattress factory in Ouachita Parish. Governor Richard Leche approved the commutation while ill at the Executive Mansion yesterday.
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Baton Rouge
Clarence Brown
State
Ouachita Parish
Brown
Richard We Leche
Executive Mension
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Clinton
Cam-Ranh Bay
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Leche
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