LaSalle farmer charged with murder in railroad death
O B Long, 55, of Little Creek community, jailed in Jena on murder charges in the death of Allen Ganey 21, a Chatham CCC camp worker. Ganey’s body lay on a railroad track near Little Creek. whisky bottles found nearby, investigators cite circumstantial evidence. Funeral planned at Hill cemetery with CCC camp officers in attendance.
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Allen Ganey
Chatham CCC
O. B. Long
Little Creek
Sheriff's Department
Jena
Caney
Long
Ganey
Garahan
Olla
LaSalle Parish
Georgetown
Trout
Ik Hill Cemetery
L. . Wood
Camp Beauregard
Chatham
Insull Brothers Meet at Hospital in Chicago
Samuel Insull, confined by illness, hosts his brother I. Martin and three year old grandson in Stokes hospital. The visit marks the first contact since flight from Turkey and Morocco. Both brothers face federal charges including mail fraud bankruptcy violations and embezzlement. they will be tried together.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Ody
Maiotis
Martin Insull
Morocco
Ind
Insull Brothers
Stoke’s Hospital
Treasuries
Morgan’s Ashes Are Consigned To River
On the thirtieth anniversary of his marriage the ashes of Franklin L. Morgan, a Whittier California lumber man, were consigned to the Mississippi River at Morganza Louisiana. He died in Fullerton California and is survived by his wife Eloise Jane Hufft of New Orleans.
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Morganza
Franklin L. Morgan
Whittier
Calif
Mississippi River
Morgan
Lake Providence
Los Angeles
Fullerton
Eloise Jane Hufft
New Orleans
President declares France and England in default
The President announces that France and England have not paid their debts and are officially defaulted. They will be barred from borrowing in the United States from any source. The move pleases American bankers and the public, signaling Europe may no longer access American dollars easily.
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France
England
Europe
United States
Predicted Rains In Drouth Areas Won't Help Much
Rain across the mid west drouth area offers limited relief as crops remain burned and water supplies low after five months of deficient rainfall. The Weather Bureau notes scattered showers in several states while no rainfall is forecast for north central areas. Federal and farm relief agencies coordinate surveys to plan direct aid for farm families and longer term support.
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Washington
Mid-Western
Drouth
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountains
Canadian
Texas
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Federal Relief Administration
Farm Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Farm Ad
New Orleans Social Uplift Leader Eleanor McMain Dies
Eleanor McMain, renowned for social uplift work and called New Orleans Jane Adams, died after a brief illness. She led Kingsley House for 33 years and helped found the city’s largest girls high school named for her. Funeral services planned in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. eight nieces and nephews survive.
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New Orleans
Eleanor McMain
Jane Adams
Kingsley House
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Woodin Will Probated Leaving $20,000 Estate
The will of former U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Woodin was filed in New York. It leaves $5,000 to each of his four children and the remaining estate to his widow Annie Jessup Woodin. The estate is estimated at over $20,000.
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New York
William H. Woodin
Secretary of the Treasury
Annie Jessup Woodin
East 67Th Street
World Armament Rise Spurs League of Nations Scrutiny
A League of Nations commission released findings on the Chaco war between Paraguay and Bolivia as air bombardments escalate. Britain faces air defense anxieties while France debates stronger arms, Daladier warns of war without disarmament, and Hungary files a protest against Yugoslavia.
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Associated Press
South America
League of Nations
Geneva
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Europe
Great Britain
British Isles
London
Germany
France
Hungary
League
Yugoslavia
Nation Honors Mothers Today Across the Nation
Thousands in Monroe and West Monroe join nationwide Mother’s Day tributes with church services reunions and gifts. Roses and carnations will pin on living and deceased mothers. Mrs James Roosevelt plans Hyde Park events and a Hotel Astor dinner as part of the day’s observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
James Roosevelt
Associated Press
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
New York
Hotel Astor
Whistler
Louvre
Nude Maniac Hunted in Cleveland Area
Police mobilized more than 100 officers and volunteers to search Metropolitan park and Rocky River woods after a nude man assaulted at least one woman and chased a 12 year old girl in suburban Lakewood. The assailant, with long black hair over his eyes, fled into the brush.
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Cleveland
Metropolitan Park
George J. Matowitz
Rocky River
Thomas J. Hansen
Lakewood
Sug
Rev Louis M Cole Dies in New Orleans at 64
The Rev Louis M Cole 64 superintendent of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home Monroe died in Southern Baptist hospital New Orleans after six weeks illness He was born Leesville La a 35 year Southern Baptist minister He is survived by wife five children three sisters and a brother Funeral services set for Sunday in Monroe with interment at Leesville
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New Orleans
Louis M. Cole
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe
Southern Baptist Hospital
Cole
Leesville
Keatchie College
Keatchie
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
F. C. “Daddy” Flowers
Rev. Cole
M. E. Weaver
Rev. Flowers
Weaver
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
J. N. Weaver
Rayville
Parker Woman Relatives Held In Clyde Barrow Case
Three relatives of Bonnie Parker were jailed in Tyler Texas as officers seek clues to Clyde Barrow’s whereabouts. Billy Parker Bonnie’s sister and two female relatives were arrested about ten days ago under aliases. Clyde Barrow’s mother Mrs Henry Barrow was questioned in Dallas before being returned home.
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Tyler
Texas
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Smith County
Desperado
Billy Parker
Bonnie
State Highway Patrol
Henry Barrow
Clyde
Dallas
Doctor Admits Illegal Operation in Woman Found Dead
New York police say Dr. Julius Phillips admitted performing an illegal operation on Mrs. Virginia Allen Ball, found dead in his office after an overdose of sleeping powders. Phillips also attempted suicide following her death. Ball previously resided in Exie, Pennsylvania.
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New York
John J. McGowan
Police Homicide Squad
Julius Phillips
Virginia Allen Ball
Gettle kidnapping prompts 5000-officer search plan
District Attorney plans a large police sweep after a contact with Gettle abductors claimed Gettle alive and demanded 75000 dollars. Negotiations to begin next week, with a house to house search and mobilization of 5000 officers, including 1000 policemen, looming.
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Los Angeles
California
William F. Gettle
Ernest E. Noon
Noon
Gettle
Baron Fitts
Army of Peace
Eugene Biscailuz
James E. Davis
Arcadia
Here
Sheriff bans neg ro societies in Shreveport and Caddo parish
Sheriff T R Hughes in Shreveport warns that white organizers and black members of so called share the wealth societies will not be allowed in Caddo parish. He says no law permits confiscation or redistribution and cautions black residents that organizers are fleecing them of earnings.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
T. R. Hughes
Hughes
United States
Wheat Warnings From Secretary Wallace in Athens Speech
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace warned in Athens that if the London wheat conference collapses the United States may drop domestic wheat controls and compete fiercely for world markets. He said the collapse would hurt other exporters more than American growers and noted US export stability via the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
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Athens
Wallace
London
United States
University of Georgia Institute of Public Affairs
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Senate approves stock market bill by big majority
The Senate backed the stock market regulation bill 62 to 13 in a swift session. Leaders moved on to the Glass bill for federal reserve loans to industry as drought distress looms across the West. Roosevelt’s signature would finalize the securities act changes after House recess.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve
House
Thomas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Congress
Violence flares again in strike at Gulf ports
In Galveston Texas May 12 1940 longshoremen on strike since May 1 returned to work but violence erupted at docks when 100 non union guards attempted cargo handling. Picket Charles Sharlo was killed and C Horn wounded. charges of murder and assault filed against Mallory line guards Frank S Griffin R L T Johnson and B Porter.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf Ports
Charles Sharlo
C. Horn
Clyde-Mallory Line
International Longshoremen’s Association
Frank S. Griffin
R. L. T. Johnson
B. Porter
Mallory Line
Houston
Nelson Blair
Union Longshoreman
Bandit Nabbed by Orleans Police in French Quarter Robbery
In New Orleans on May 12 Leon Watts 21 robbed Clifton Salvant Tobacco Co of about 10 dollars. He fired no shots before Patrolman Joseph P Tansey disarmed him as a crowd pursued him through a narrow street. Watts carried a pistol in each hand but did not fire.
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New Orleans
Leon Watts
Clifton Salvant Tobacco Company
Clifton Salvant
Salvant
Joseph P. Tansey
Watts
Tansey
Elements Makes Sucker Out Of Experts
A San Francisco report profiles a mysterious figure nicknamed Elements who claims to outsmart experts in predicting crop profits. The piece contrasts his practical approach with traditional analysts, noting his punchy, surprising methods.
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San Francisco
Calif
Machine Gun Ambush Ends Kidnaping Case in St Louis
John C. Johnson, 47, indicted for the 1931 kidnapping of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, was killed by two machine gunners at the home of Deputy Sheriff Harry D. Newbold. A search was ordered for Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench, accused finger woman, though detectives found no sign of her at her residence. Johnson’s killers fled after a 12 shot volley. three bystanders were unharmed.
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ST. Louis
John C. Johnson
Isaac D. Kelley
Nellie Tipton Muench
Johnson
Muench
Harry D. Newbold
Newbold
Peay's Grandson Reported Missing In Tennessee Case
Percy Lamar Armstrong, 10, vanished after leaving school with a man. Federal agents from Nashville joined local police in Clarksville with J. Edgar Hoover promising added manpower. Family says no new leads. police suspect he left with his father, P. L. Armstrong, amid custody disputes after a Memphis divorce.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Percy Lamar Armstrong
Department of Justice
Austin Peay
Nashville
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Joseph W. Burns
Washington
J. E. Robinson
P. L. Armstrong
Jackson
Miss
Armstrong
Amarayllis Armstrong
Memphis
Vicksburg Man Killed by Brother-In-Law at DeLux Cafe
William Hern was shot to death about 3 PM in front of the DeLux cafe on North Washington street in Vicksburg. The killer, his brother in law A. T. Brent, surrendered at the Sheriff’s office and was jailed. Both men were farmers from the Oak Ridge area, eighteen miles northeast of Vicksburg.
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Vicksburg
Miss
William Hern
DeLux
North Washington Street
Inlaw
A. T. Brent
Brent
W. J. Hossley
Hern
Oak Ridge
Vicssbure
Long Boldens Baton Rouge Power Struggle Over House Speakership
In Baton Rouge Huey P. Long brokers a show of force as pre session talks unfold to replace Speaker Ellender with Perrault. Anti administration leaders gather at a hotel suite while deputies and state officials monitor developments for the looming House vote.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Senate
Washington
O. K. Allen
Allen J. Ellender
Terrebonne
George Perrault
St. Landry
Long
East Baton Rouge Parish
Conference
State Highway Enforcement Division
State Bureau of Identification and Investigation
NRA Enforcement Policy Stated
NRA enforcement policy limits prosecutions for code violations to cases showing impact on interstate commerce. A. G. McNight, director of litigation, told NRA lawyers the courts should find facts establishing interstate commerce involvement in each case, enabling broad reach beyond local business activity.
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Washington
NRA
A. G. McNight
Louisiana Restaurant Code Authority Names Members
Louisiana's restaurant code authority announced its members including Conrad Kolb of New Orleans as chair, Herbert Green of Shreveport, E. C. Krug and Andrew Panos of New Orleans and Shreveport respectively, W. C. McCormick of Lake Charles, C. L. Ganns and William August Warner of New Orleans, W. S. Powell of Alexandria, Gus K. Primos of Monroe, Robert Spence of New Orleans, and Henry Patrick Sullivan of New Orleans. The code will be administered in the state through supervisory districts. Chairman Kalb.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Restaurant Code Authority
Conrad Kolb
Herbert Green
Shreveport
E. C. Krug
W. C. McCormick
Lake Charles
C. L. Ganns
Andrew Panos
William August Warner
New Oreleans
W. S. Powell
Alexandria
Gus K. Primos
Monroe
Robert Spence
Henry Patrick Sullivan
Kalb
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Woodin
Nation Honors Mothers Today
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Beverly Hills
Wolf
Baptist Children’s Home
W. F. Gettle
Orleans
Rogers
Yours
McNaught Syndicate
Ine
Peay
Huey
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