Battles and diplomacy mark tense Spanish crisis
Reports describe Basque forces entrenched at Somorrostro Heights near Bilbao while insurgent units threaten coastal towns. In London Britain seeks German and Italian cooperation for non intervention as Mussolini’s Il Popolo d Italia forecasts Madrid fall and Franco victory.
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Santander
Baleares
Sanaries
Somorrostro Heights
Bilbao
Malmaseda
London
Germany
Italy
International
Valencia
Britain
France
Leipzig
Berlin
Foreign Office
Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Il Popolo d'Italia
Europe
Madrid
Spain
Il Duce
Francisco Franco
Taylor Will Not Study His Latin
Richard L. Taylor, a 15 year old student at University High School, announces he will drop Latin next fall despite advice from War Secretary Woodring and other officials. He cites difficulty and a bad grade as his reasons though he supports continued Latin study in general.
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Baton Rouge
Harry Woodring
Richard L. Taylor
University High School
Richard
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
Woodring
Death rate in New York City declines over decades
The article notes that death rates in New York City have fallen from about 30 per 1 000 to around 12 per 1 000 over many decades, reflecting significant public health improvements.
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New York City
Freddie Bartholomew Leads Kipling Tale On Screen
Freddie Bartholomew shines as Harve the spoiled rich boy drawn into renewal after a near drowning at sea. Spencer Tracy portrays Manuel the Portuguese rescuer, while Lionel Barrymore stars as the boat skipper in this Paramount screen adaptation.
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Freddie Bartholomew
Kipling
Harve
North Atlantic
Spencer Tracy
Manuel
Lionel Barrymore
Martin Protest Seeks Higher Over Parking Fine
J C Penney manager J J Martin objects to a one dollar over parking fine for his wife Mrs J J Martin. He cites Marine service and asks the judge W M Harper to set a five dollar penalty, nearly provoking a riot before the judge takes the case under advisement.
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J. J. Martin
J. C. Penney Company
Colonel Martin
W. M. Harper
United States Marines
United States
Dakota
Funeral Held for U S Revenue Agent James Sentell
Faithful services were conducted in Baton Rouge for James Henry Sentell of the internal revenue department who died at New Roads. Born April 14, 1891 in New Orleans, he was buried at Magnolia cemetery after a Presbyterian rites. Survived by his widow Ruth Whitaker, two children, his mother Mrs G W Sentell, five sisters and numerous relatives.
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Baton Rouge
James Henry Sentell
Federal Internal Revenue Department
New Roads
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Christian
Magnolia Cemetery
New Orleans
George W. Sentell
Bunkie
H. N. Sherburne
Lunster
Louisiana State University
Sentell
Ruth Whitaker
Ruth
G. W. Sentell
Alexandria
Motte Martin
Richmond
P. G. Wilson
Staunton
Marvin Cappel
C. S. Churchill
Belle Aliance Plantation
O. W. Fleshman
Dr. E McNeill Poteat Dies at 76 Leader in Baptist Church
Dr. E McNeill Poteat, 76, former president of Furman University from 1903 to 1918 and a Baptist church leader, died after a long illness at a Greenville hospital.
Brotherhood Meeting At Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
A Friday night gathering on the church lawn drew over 60 attendees. R L Hales directed the program with members delivering short tasks. Men prepared and served refreshments to the women guests as the closing event.
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Brotherhood
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
R. L. Hales
Georgia Governor Rivers Stricken With Pneumonia
Governor E D Rivers of Georgia is not critically ill but developing a pneumonic process with effusion in the right lower chest after a gall bladder attack on June 24. He lies in Cedars of Lebanon hospital Hollywood under care of doctors from Los Angeles St Louis Omaha and San Antonio.
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Los Angeles
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
E. J. Koerth
Woodmen Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
F Trafford Taylor New Kiwanis Head
F Trafford Taylor of St Boniface Manitoba was elected Kiwanis International president by acclamation succeeding A Copeland Callan. H G Hatfield was re elected treasurer and Harold Hippler and George E Snell were elected vice presidents. San Francisco chosen as the 1938 convention city.
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Indianapolis
Ind
F. Trafford Taylor
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Kiwanis International
A. Copeland Callan
Urbana
H. G. Hatfield
Oklahoma City
Harold Hippler
Eustis
Fla
George E. Snell
Billings
Mont
Mark A. Smith
Thomaston
Philip McCaughan
Long Beach
Calif
W. E. Walcott
Des Moines
London
Ontario
Alfred H. Syverson
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Unemployment Fund Tops Four Million Dollars in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 26 State Labor Commissioner B W Cason announced the Louisiana unemployment compensation fund has surpassed four million dollars reaching 4 016 742 64. He said notices were mailed to about 6 600 farmers advising revised quarterly payroll reports and to refrain from reporting for the second quarter April May and June until new forms and instructions are issued. Employers should continue monthly contributions on existing forms.
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Baton Rouge
B. W. Cason
Louisiana Unemployment Compensation Fund
Cason
Louisiana
Deaths Mrs Holloway Rites
The funeral for Mrs. Ethel Mae Holloway 29 who died Friday night at 408 Sixth Street was held at Mulhearn Funeral Home on Saturday at 4 p.m. Rev W C Scott officiated with interment in Riverview Burial Park She is survived by son Ray Holloway Jr her mother Mrs Pearl Sedberry sister Mrs Pearl McClanahan and brothers Wiley and Redford Sedberry Monroe residents. Funeral services were also held in Vardaman Miss for Mrs Betty Wells Hicks 65 who died June 19 at her daughter Mrs Hugh Johnson’s home Surviving are daughters Mrs Johnson and Mrs Marl McCord Canton Miss and brother George Hicks Calhoun City Miss.
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Holloway
Ethel Mae Holoway
Sixth Street
Wiley and
Redford Sedberry
Monroe
Harrisonburg
Vardaman
Miss
Betty Wells Hicks
Hugh Johnson
J H Williamson obituary and large Permian dragonfly noted
J H Williamson aged 48 of Jonesboro died June 23 after illness. Funeral held at Goldonna with Rev Joyner officiating. interment in Goldonna. Survived by widow, two sons Buddie and J D Williamson, eight daughters Avis Ruth Vada Harper Gullo Holland and others. A Kansas dragonfly fossil is identified as a probable largest insect species from the Permian Age 150 million years ago.
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J. H. Williamson
Jonesboro
Goldonna
Rev. Joyner
Saline
Buddie
J. D. Williamson
Avis Williamson
Ruth Williamson
Vada Harper
Shreveport
Joe Gullo
J. B. Holland
Charleston
Kansas
Jamboree Opens Feeding 20000 Scouts in Camp
Scouts arrived and set groups under leaders as eight mess tents served the first jamboree meal of pot roast potatoes peas celery milk bread butter and watermelon. Exequiel Villacorta led Philippine delegation arriving by plane from Manila via Chicago. Delegations from New Zealand Lithuania and Venezuela joined the camp festivities.
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Exequiel Villacorta
Philipppine Islands
Chicago
Manilla
New Zealand
Lithuania
Venezuela
President Pierce Reaches Sandgate Castle Crew Lifs
The American liner President Pierce reported by wireless at 8:30 p.m. that she reached the burning British steamer Sandgate Castle and would begin picking up crew members from lifeboats. The lifeboats were gathered around the liner.
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Norfolk, Va
President Pierce
Sandgate Castle
Pierce
Fishing Best Way To Keep Lad At Home
The Rev. Robert J. Bell of Bogalusa Louisiana, a railroading sky pilot, advocates taking restless boys fishing to deter wanderlust. He has spent six years aiding hoboes, meeting transients in rail yards, carrying a checkerboard and medical kit to engage youths and calm needs. He notes parental trips with sons curb vagrant yearnings and credits railroad cooperation for access to meet riders. bell is a Baptist minister who grew curious about hoboes en route to a Florida pastorate.
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Dallas
Tex
Robert J. Bell
Sky Pilot
The
Rails
Bogalusa
Mr. Bell
Bell
Florida
Money for Trace Parkway Approved
The Senate appropriations committee approved 7.2 million dollars for Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace parkways, raising the Natchez Trace to 2.7 million and Blue Ridge to 4.5 million. Blue Ridge links Shenandoah to Great Smoky Mountains parks. Natchez Trace spans Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Blue Ridge
Natchez Trace
House
Interior Department
Blue Ridge Parkway
Shenandoah and
Great Smoky Mountains
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Senate
Repre
Senate bill outlines Natchez Trace parkway allotment share
Representative Robert L. Coughton of North Carolina notes a senate proposal to expand allotment among three states for the Natchez Trace parkway. The distribution would rely on parkway mileage in each state and account for funds Mississippi has already spent.
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Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
Senate
Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi
Emma Winter and Billy Plauche Wed in Lake Charles
Miss Emma Lillian Winter daughter of Mrs. Frank Winter and Billy Plauche son of Mr. and Mrs. S W Plauche of Lake Charles were married at Lake Charles on June 22.
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Tallulah, la
Emma Lillian Winter
Frank Winter
Billy Plauche
S. W. Plauche
Lake Charles
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Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Il Popolo
Great Britain
Bert Heinberg
Optometrist
Bernhardt
Menres
Taylor
Cornell and Company
COX & Frazer
Ouachita Bank Building
Monroe, la
F. J. Cox
Paramount Theater
Martin
U. S. Revenue
Dixie
Governor Rivers
F. Trafford
Tetterine
U. S
Money For Trace Parkway
F. Strauss & Son
Optometry
Ouachita Bank
DeLlard Street
Joe Harper
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