Congressional campaigners go to work quickly
Washington report notes a partisan burst as Republican Leader Snell accuses the New Deal of causing the recession while Democratic Leader Barkley defends the program in Kentucky. Senate campaign finance probes promise tough questions on official connections and contributor totals.
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Washington
Representative Snell
New York
House
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Means Business
Sheppard
Texas
United States Senate
Fathers 10 Gt Neckties Today
The old man is honored as Father’s day is observed on the third Sunday in June. Families gather, sons and daughters visit homes, and flowers are worn to salute living and deceased fathers while churches plan special sermons.
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Monroe
PLAN PERMANENT WPA PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
The WPA declared in Washington that unemployment is a lasting issue requiring a permanent program of economic security. It endorsed an integrated plan combining insurance, public works, and public assistance to address both short and long terms, with unemployment relief no longer treated as temporary.
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Washington
WPA
Relief Agency
American Legion
Rockland County
Senator Copeland
Communist Party Organizer Missing in New Orleans
In New Orleans on June 18 Chief of Detectives John J. Grosch said police sought Richard Evans a 31 year old Parham man and Communist party organizer last heard from May 15 in New Orleans Marvin Kelly Parchman prosecuting attorney urged a search Evans reportedly went south to organize Communistic groups in Mississippi and Louisiana but a May 15 message asked for $50 and noted his car theft Evans car theft records show no match from New Orleans police detectives said.
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New Orleans
John J. Grosch
Richard Evans
Parchman
Communist Party
Marvin Kelly
Grosch
Evans
Kelly
Mississippi
Louisiana
Automobile Theft Bureau
Dave Parrish Arrested by Shreveport Police
Dave Parrish, 44, wanted by El Paso county Texas on swindling charges, was arrested by Shreveport police Saturday and held for Texas officers. Details of the charge were not known there.
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Dave Parrish
Shreveport
el Paso County
Texas
Bus Drivers 10 Get Extra Pay
Baton Rouge June 18. Representative Guy H Holloway notes a House concurrent resolution calling parish school boards to distribute excess 1937 38 funds to van drivers and school teachers alike. The state education department reported about 1 538 950 in excess revenues beyond budget. The resolution says teachers and bus drivers should be paid on the same basis with remaining funds after salaries.
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Baton Rouge
Guy H. Holloway
Union Parish
House
State Department of Education
Louisiana
Louisiana drought relief reported by weather official
New Orleans June 18 R A Dyke senior meteorologist of the New Orleans weather bureau said general rains in northern and southeastern Louisiana and light rainfall in the southwest have alleviated drought on crops. He said drought conditions had not continued long enough to cause appreciable permanent crop damage and the dry weather crop cotton probably benefited from the wet spell.
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New Orleans
R. A. Dyke
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Chinese flood stalls Japanese Lunghai advance
Shanghai dispatch notes the Yellow River flooding disrupts Japanese north central push toward Chengchow and Lunghai line. Chinese delays raise Japan's daily war cost to about five million dollars while Chinese forces reportedly regain Lunghai Railway access west of Chengchow.
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Shanghai
China
Yellow River
North Central
Chengchow
Henan Province
Lunghai
No Man’s Land
Japan
Farm Payments to Be Speeded
The agriculture department will hasten benefit payments to farmers in need as crop prices and demand fall. About 755 million dollars will be available under this year’s crop control program, with 130 million in cotton price adjustment payments starting early August. A new technique uses airplanes to photogrammetrically measure planted crops to reduce payment lag.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmer Acquitted of Perjury Charge in Arkansas
Mark Greer a 25 year old farmer was cleared of perjury in a marriage case in Jonesboro Arkansas. The judge ruled he violated no law by telling the county clerk the bride was 18 since he was not under oath nor told he was signing an affidavit. The mother of the 12 year old bride indicated plans to seek an annulment through court action.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Mark Greer
Olie May Mauldin
William Carroll
Greer
Charley Johnson
Mary Walker
U S warns violators as budget fuels expansion
Hull names Italy, Japan and Germany as anarchists while Congress passes a defense budget. A one billion dollar plan funds a growing army and navy next year, with navy expansion by twenty percent. Senate condemns civilian bombings as part of a broader foreign policy shift.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truck Reciprocity Debate Heads to Louisiana House
The Louisiana legislature reconvenes to consider a truck reciprocity bill with Mississippi. Introduced by Rep. Charles Anzalone, it would allow Mississippi licensed trucks to move perishable farm products into Louisiana. The measure targets fruits berries vegetables and similar goods, part of 48 bills in final action.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
House
Ways and Means
Charles Anzalone
Tangipahoa Parish
E. A. Conway
Carl Craig
Anzalone
Senate
Assembly
Leche
War and Money Problems Bring New Obstacles in Britain
London reports clash in Britain over foreign policy as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain faces demands from political factions for resistance while financial centers push for Germany to honor Austrian loans. The government weighs how to pressure Germany to repay millions invested by Britons and faces the Franco victory in Spain influencing policy.
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J. C. Stark
London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Germany
Cone
Three Georgia youths arrested in Decatur break-in
Three youths from Atlanta and Decatur were arrested near Ouachita Parish jail after a Decatur tourist camp burglary. They faced recovery of four Underwood adding machines reportedly stolen, and a possibly stolen 1931 Chevrolet. Police linked the car to Decatur chief’s vehicle. none admitted thefts.
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Georgia
Decatur
Sheriff's Department
Ouachita Parish
Jack Hobbs
Fred Kelly
Robert R. Hemby
Atlanta
Milton Coverdale
Underwood
J. P. Dailey
Coverdale
John Roosevelt and wife top ranking newlyweds
NAHANT Mass June 18 the Roosevelts the nation s top ranking newlyweds slipped away for an unannounced honeymoon after a society wedding that blended solemnity with pomp. The Episcopal single ring ceremony in six minutes drew thousands outside and a police line kept the crowd orderly as the couple emerged smiling yet misty eyed.
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Nahant
Mass
Clark
John Aspinwall Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Associated Press
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Roosevelt
Anne Clark Roosevelt
Old Town
Ohn
Anne
Union Church
Episcopal
John
Kidnaper Questions Money Motive In Florida Abduction
By John Lear AP staff writer in New York on June 18. The piece discusses two kidnappers Franklin McCall and John Henry Seadlund, their motives to obtain ransom, the sums involved, and the swift responses by police leading to their capture. It reflects on the peril to the child Jimmy Cash in Princeton Florida and Charles Ross in Chicago.
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Associated Press
New York
Franklin McCall
Jimmy Cash
Princeton
Fla
Franklin
Jimmy
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Seaditimd
Federal
Deepest Oil Well in World Reported at Terrebonne Area
WP-The Fohs Oil company said it drilled the deepest producing well yet in the DeLarge area of Terrebonne parish Louisiana. The well reached 13,383 feet before being plugged back to 15,266 feet and showed potential 350 million cubic feet of gas per day with a 1 million cubic feet wash water oil distillate flow. It surpasses Continental’s California well and opens a new Louisiana field.
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Lake Charles
Fohs Oil Company
DeLarge
Terrebonne Parish
Houma la
Continental
California
Fohs
Louisiana
Germans Extend Terror Campaign Across Germany
June 18 report says secret police orders spread a merciless anti Jew drive to all of Germany with mobs pressuring consulates and food scarce in Worms. Frankfurt witnesses cite dawn raids on old respectable families while Berlin raids prompt broad arrests balance unclear facts.
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Berlin
Germany
Fye
Frankfurt
Auto crash near Welsh kills two electric workers
In Louisiana at Lake Charles on June 18, Leo Kelly and James Bourg died when their car struck a tree along the Old Spanish Trail near Welsh. The men were Houston electrical workers returning from a Florida vacation. Kelly’s wife was seriously injured and hospitalized.
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Lake Charles
Leo Kelly
James Bourg
Welsh
Electrice
Houston
Tex
Florida
Kelly
Copeland's Body Lying in State in New York Farmhouse
The body of United States Senator Royal S. Copeland lies in state at the rambling white farmhouse in Suffern New York after his death in Washington. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday at 3 pm likely in the garden adjoining the house. Burial will be in Mahwah New Jersey in a family plot.
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N. Y
United States
Royal S. Copeland
Washington
Congressional
Charles P. Bispham
Christchurch
Protestant Episcopal
Royal S. Copeland, Jr
Mahwah Cemetery
Mahwah
N. J
Louisiana 4-H delegates enjoy Washington encampment
June 18 Washington Louisiana's delegates to the 4-H national encampment trade farm and home improvement knowledge with rural youths from 42 states. Mariena Bordelon and Geraldine Williams report much has been seen and done since opening. The other Louisiana delegates are Theron Price and Dewell Gandy. The four were chosen for outstanding livestock accomplishments at Beltsville Maryland and participate in instruction sessions to improve farming and housekeeping skills.
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Washington
Louisiana
Mariena Bordelon
Avoyelles Parish
Geraldine Williams
Rapides Parish
Theron Price
Dewell Gandy
Claiborne Parish
Beltsville
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