Court blocks Louisiana crime commission in Jones reform push
A court order halts operation of Governor Sam Jones's half million dollar crime commission as litigation over the reform program intensifies. The state government and the commission face further legal action while the Louisiana Supreme Court weighs the program’s validity and scope.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
New Crime Commission
Louisiana
Huey Long
Louisiana Supreme Court
Jones
The
Crime Commission
Taraff
Long
First two dives fail to reach O-9 wreck in Atlantic tragedy
Navy divers fail in initial attempts to reach the pressure crushed submarine O-9 440 feet below the Atlantic surface. The second dive reaches 270 feet the deepest in the north Atlantic but pressure hampers breathing. Secretary Knox signals low salvage prospects and a service may be held in place if raising the craft is deemed impossible.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Selman Field among Louisiana airports eyed for WWII survey
The World reports Selman field in Monroe is designated among eight Louisiana sites for surveys under a 94 977 750 CAA appropriation for airport construction or improvement starting July 1. A national board will pick 149 of 191 eligible sites for upgrades to Class 3 status if approved, based on defense importance.
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Selman Field
Louisiana
Wator Allen Ellender
Donald Connolly
Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce
Monroe
Elman Field
Ellender
Alexandria
Crowley-Jennngs
Hammond
Jouma
Lafayette
Monce
Natchitoches
New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Senator Harrison Weakens as Family Fears End Near
Washington reports Senator Harrison Democrat of Mississippi grew steadily weaker today. His physician Dr Sterling Ruffin said the 59 year old, president pro tempore and finance chair, was not as well as yesterday and in grave condition after an intestinal obstruction operation on Monday.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Sterling Ruffin
Harson
Senate
Finance Committee
Choudrant Man Held on DWI and Injury Charges
Lincoln parish authorities say Arthur Barmore, about 55, a Choudrant area farmer, is jailed on charges of driving an automobile while intoxicated causing property damage and injuring persons. Formal filing awaits the Bickhams’ condition after a head on collision Friday on U S Highway.
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Ruston
Truett L. Scarborough
Arthur B. Barmore
Choudrant
Lincoln Parish
Barmore
T. E. Bickham
Homer
Bickhams
Blood typing made unnecessary in transfusions says Buffalo group
Buffalo Research Associates, Inc reports a method to neutralize anti A and anti B factors by injecting A and B components into C blood. Researchers Dr. Ernest Witebsky and Dr. Niels C. Klendshoj announce the discovery reduces transfusion delays previously caused by typing and crossmatching.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Research Associates, Inc
Ernest Witebsky
University of Buffalo Medical School
Buffalo General Hospital
Niels C. Klendshoj
Axis Anticipates Prolonged War Amid Shifting Fronts
War correspondent Kirke L. Simpson reports signs of a drawn out conflict as British aerial pressure rises over the channel and invasion ports while Nazi air power appears concentrated elsewhere. British leadership notes improved approaches and reduced threat to shipping, hinting at Axis plans for a long war.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Hitler
Britain
England
Norway
France
Germany
Channel
West
Berlin-Rome
Mussolini
United States
Russia
A. V. Alexander
London
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Canada
Sir Frederick Bowhill
Hitler Launches Blitz Against Soviet Massed Red Army
The Associated Press reports Hitler has sent fast mobile panzer divisions toward what may be the world’s largest field army the Red Army of Communist Russia. Experts question the army’s true size training mobilization and combat readiness with estimates ranging from 2 to 14 million men and compulsory service shaping the potential force.
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Adolf Hitler
Red
Russia
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Rumania
Riason
England
Germany
Italy
Molotov
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Berlin
Finland
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Bosporus
National Guard may extend active service beyond one year
Congress would quickly authorize an extra year of training for draftees if the administration requests it. Representative Wadsworth urged 21 to 35 as the draft age, but noted men 28 to 35 are harder to train. The same day the Office of Production Management announced a plan to curb civilian rubber use and Leon Henderson spoke of price ceilings.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Congress
Wadsworth
Republican
New York
Office of Production Management
Leon Henderson
Lee Kuhn Dies Suddenly at 58 in Memphis Visit
Monroe resident Lee Kuhn 58 dies of a heart attack Saturday in the Gayose hotel Memphis while visiting brother ill. He lived in Monroe most of his life with brief stays in Baton Rouge and Fort Wayne. Survived by wife Corinne Marx Kuhn two brothers Gus and Laz Kuhn Memphis and several in laws. Funeral Monday at his Monroe home with Dr Albert Baum officiating. Burial in Jewish cemetery.
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Lee Kuhn
Monroe
Memphis
Tenn
Gus Kuhn
Mr. Kuhn
Baton Rouge
Sam Kuhn
Lena Block
Hudson Lane
Memphis Paper Company
Bowser Tank Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kuhn
Henry Haas, Sr
Bomber Crashes at Baltimore Killing Two
A June 21 B 26 Martin medium bomber crashed and burned near Glenn L Martin airport in Baltimore killing two men. The dead were Lieutenant Colonel Elmer B Perrin and A J Bowman civilian army inspector. The two motor plane crashed on Carrolls Island about a mile from the plant after takeoff.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Martin
Elmer B. Perrin
A. J. Bowman
Carroll's Island
United States Army
Drive to secure maneuver land agreements starts Monday
Major Niels I. Poulsen says Ouachita parish will begin an all-out drive to obtain land clearance from the remaining seven per cent of owners needed for maneuver maps. Ward council members and the parish maneuver council will cooperate with war department representatives to prepare schedules for 500,000-man war games. The list of ward leaders is provided, with chairmen, vice chairs and secretaries for ten wards.
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Ouachita Parish
Niels I. Poulsen
Parish Maneuver Council
War Department
Army
Ouachita
Poulsen
Fletcher Studdard
M. T. Perry
Guy Barr
W. J. Vinson
F. H. Waicher
J. J. Malsen
J. L. Heath
J. E. Bryan
R. R. Fuller
M. Johns
J. B. Brown
G. S. Manning
W. O. Roberts
R. R. Grant
J. E. Phillips
Charles A. McKain
Sander Berry
and Gown Bomburg
Dan Owens
C. A. Jordan
J. J. Jones
J. M. Breard
J. H. Trousdale
Floyd Martin
Hitler orders Nazi armies to attack Soviet Russia
Germany declared war at dawn and Hitler announced the Nazi armies would march into the Soviet Union. Goebbels read the proclamation and Ribbentrop delivered the formal declaration of war. The move cited repeated Russian frontier violations and a pledge from Berlin to act with Finns from Narvik to the Carpathians.
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Associated Press
Germany
Soviet Russia
London Radio
Moscow
Great Britain
Joy Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Germanfuehrer
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Baltic States
Narvik
Carpathians
Stabhubinen Narvik
Norway
Carpathian Mountain
Black Sea
Europe
Ukraine
Finland
Traffic rule of 1941 warns against unattended running engines
The notice states it is unlawful to leave a motor vehicle on a street or alley with the engine running and no capable operator present. It emphasizes safety and legal compliance under Section 27.
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Oklo
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