Westbrook Peale on Huey Long Era Oil Deal in Louisiana
The writing criticizes Huey Long era corruption in Louisiana centering on the Win or Lose oil company formed in fall 1934 with state land concessions. James A. Vou (sic) led as president owning 98 percent, Seymour Weiss as vice president, and Earl Christenberry as secretary, amid accusations of graft and inaction by Ellender and Long loyalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey Long
Louisiana
Allen Ellender
Huey
Baton Rouge
Win Or Lose Corporation
James A. Jvoe
Ellender
Seymour Weiss
Pn’ O
Arvo
Earl Christenberry
Long
School of Journalism
Huey's State University
Jones Sees South Demanding Greater National Voice
Alexandria Louisiana September 1 Governor Sam Jones predicted the South will be more independent and demanding in the future and seek greater consideration from the federal government and the national Democratic party. He praised Southern congressional delegations for keeping the army together and urged a louder regional influence after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Sam Jones
South
National Democratic Forty
Governas &° d Kiwanis Club
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Congress
National Councils of America
Democratic Party
Tragic Auto Plunge Leaves Five Missing in River Flood
State police hunt for five believed drowned after a car swerved into a washed out bridge on a flood swollen Black River tributary near Lowville New York. Bruce Robbins 34 and children Jane 8 Janet 3 Richard 1 are missing. Bruce, William 4 and Maurice Fletcher survived aided by nearby residents.
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Lowville
N. Y
i-Pi
Black River
Bruce Robbins
Jane
Janet
Richard
Stanley Robbins
William
Maurice Fletcher
West Martinsburg
Fletcher
Friends S
Clarence Carter
Hoys
US labor holiday toll tops 400 as crashes flood report
Across the United States 406 deaths are tallied from Labor Day weekend mishaps 287 in highway crashes 47 drownings 72 other causes. Alabama to California report varying totals with California leading highway deaths at 29.
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Lowville
N. Y
Stanley Robbins
Robbins
Wisconsin
Charles Westemeyer
Dubuque
Iowa
California
New York
Illinois
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Funeral Held For Whitthorne Victim In Wire Fatality
The Oak Ridge community mourns William Whitthorne son of Mr. and Mrs. J L Whitthorne after he and soldier George H Carlson were electrocuted when their car struck a high tension wire near Collinston. Carlson's funeral was held in Bastrop with Robinson Funeral Home in charge. John Corrigan was injured and several others were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whithorne
J. L. Whithorne
Oak Ridge
George H. Carlson
St. Paul
Minn
Collinston
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
J. F. Dring
Mulhearn
Rayville
John
Samuel
Donald Hope Whithorne
Jimmie Lou Whithorne
Carlson
Robinson
Bastrop
Fourth Cavalry
Hamburg
Ark
John Corrigan
Fort Meads
S. D
Whithorne
Opal Warwick
Collinston Road
Corrigan
20000000th Guest Minus His Tonsils
Walter Guth a Camp Callan soldier from Chicago became the 20,000,000th visitor to the army and navy M C A building in San Diego. Paul Brown the executive secretary awarded him a traveling bag and the best on the menu, but Guth said he could not eat after tonsil surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Call
Walter Guth
Camp Callan
Chicago
Army and Navy
Paul Brown
Brown
Guth
Admiral Nomura Leaves White House With No News
Japanese ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura smiled for reporters after a conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, but he had no news to share and deflected inquiries by saying “Ask the secretary.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Delegates Gather as Beauticians Association Pushes Standards
More than 500 delegates meet at Hotel Frances for the Master Barbers and Beauticians conference. Louis McIlvain notes reforms, sanitation standards, education advances, and legislation strengthening the profession, with Otis L. Johnson presiding and J. J. Weigand backing statewide beauty science education.
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Master Barbers and Beauticians Association
Louis McIlvain
National Association
Hotel Frances
Master Barbers and Beauticians
Mellvain
McKvain
Association
J. J. Weigand
New Orleans
State Board of Barbers Examiner
Paris Broker Admits Anti Jewish Terror Slaying
Adolphe Rosenthal a famed Paris stock broker was found slain in an underground passage at Porte Maillot. Police say three impostor policemen abducted him and that the crime reflects a new anti Jewish terror wave. His brother Leonard Rosenthal, a noted diamond merchant, in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Adolphe Rosenthal
Tocay
Porte Maillot
Rosenthal
Leonard Rosenthal
United States
France's Veterans Legion to Back Petain Regime
The Vichy government announces the French Legion will become the sole functioning political party. Veterans and volunteers will join to form a nationwide body of 1.3 to 1.5 million, swearing loyalty to Petain, Darlan, and the regime as France moves toward totalitarian rule.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
French Legion
Petain
Admiral Darlan
Legion
Pewin
Paris
Pierre Laval
Stahlelm
Hitler
Troops Spend Money Freely During Maneuver in Arkansas and Louisiana
More than 16 million dollars in pay went to nearly 400 000 troops of the Second and Third armies massed in Arkansas and Louisiana. The holiday spree emptied store shelves as merchants kept shops open and soldiers flocked to restaurants theaters and amusements during a large mid maneuver payday.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Arkansas
Louisiana
Russians Arrive in Nome En Route to Washington
Forty seven Russians with diplomatic passports landed in Nome Alaska after arriving on two large flying boats. They said they left Moscow Thursday and were bound for Washington D C via Anchorage Sitka and San Francisco. Customs officials validated their passports and offered limited details.
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Nome
Alaska
United States
Moscow
Washington, D. C
Anchorage
Sitka
San Francisco
Labor Parade and Union Talks Highlight City Celebration
The Twin Cities marked Labor Day with a parade and program under the Central Trades and Labor Council. The day featured races, a beauty contest, a barbecue at Bernstein Park, and speeches after a long parade route across main streets ending at Bernstein Park.
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Twin Cities
Central Trades and Labor Council
Bernstein Park
Louisville Avenue
Cypress Street
Wood Street
Trenton Street
Walnut
DeSiard
Sixth
Layton
South Second
Plum = street
Mississippi
Thomas
Monroe
Squally Labor Day On Gulf Coast Seen
Blustery conditions and squalls forecast along the gulf coast as a weak disturbance moves north from south of East Texas. The Weather Bureau issued small craft warnings from Port Eads to Port O’Connor with expected winds 20 to 30 mph and advisories to seek safe harbor.
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New Orleans
Labor Day
Gulf Coast
East Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Port Eads
Port O'Connor
Tex
Louwisiana
French Navy Shake Up Removes Admiral Lelug
Vice-Premier and navy minister Jean Darian dismissed Admiral Lelug, longtime collaborator, as commander in chief. Rear Admiral Auphan was named his successor and also serves as director of the naval ministry secretariat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Jean Darian
Admiral Lelug
Auphan
Naval Ministry
Crash of French Plane Kills 13 in Italy
Thirteen people died when an Air France transport crashed into a lake near Turin Italy. Among the dead was a French member of the French Italian armistice commission. One engine failed shortly after takeoff.
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Marseille
France
Armistice Commission
Turin
Italy
Air France
Man Kills Three In Ill Health Home Tragedy
Fort Worth Texas September first. G D Driskill shot and killed his wife and two visiting women then was slain after wounding a police officer who tried to intervene. A barricade and tear gas preceded the fatal shootout.
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Fort Worth
Tex
G. D. Driskill
Driskill
Fannie Moore
Dallas
O. L. Nash
E. S. Dickerson
Bessie McComas
Roosevelt vows to crush Hitler in Labor Day address
President Roosevelt issued a stern pledge to do our full part in defeating Hitler and the Nazi regime while stopping short of declaring a new war. He framed workers and employers as the nation’s frontline fighters in the battles of production and sacrifice, urging greater efforts to bolster weapons output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hitler
United States
America
Defense Pledge by Mexican President in Congress
President Avila Camacho, in his first annual message, vows Mexico will defend the Western Hemisphere and align with the United States against the axis powers. He warns foreign investors that Mexico’s social revolution will continue and that the army is being reorganized to cooperate for territorial integrity and continental security. He predicts a general settlement with the United States is about to be concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Congress
Western Hemisphere
United States
Mexico
Russians Drive Off Recross Attempts On Dnieper Front
German high command reports Russian forces attacked to recross the Dnieper north of Kiev with gunboat support repulsed. They claim 27 Russian monitors and guns sunk and a counteroffensive halted with heavy tank losses. Haapalu harbor fell as raids hit Estonia and Allied bombers struck at Hull and Boulogne.
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Associated Preas
Dnieper
Tallinn
London
Finland
United States
Nome
Alaska
Washington
England
Ruhr
Rhineland
Luftwaffe
Associated Press
Kiev
High Command
Red Army
DNB
Russia
0. K. Oesch
Viipuri
Moscow
Hitler
Azelantic
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Daego
Oesel
Haapsalu
Estonia
Essen
Cologne
Hull
Thames
Boulogne
France
Mediterranean
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Berlin
Alexandria
Egypt
Germany
Britain
Twelve missing after Lake Superior storm hits Munising area
Coast guardsmen from Munising and Grand Marais searched for twelve fishermen after a gale scattered nine boats on Lake Superior. The Otter and Miners Castle were separated. ten aboard Miners Castle and possibly one aboard Otter. Reports list multiple Munising residents among those aboard.
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Munising
Mid
Grand Marais
Lake Superior
Miners Castle
Grand Portal
Pictured Rocks
Joseph Vanland
Carl Strand, Jr
Charles Hoffman
Rogers City
Gabralison
Skinggenga
Edward Coreyell
Roger Carlson
Coreyell
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Sylveder Carra
Brooklyn
Emanuel Grossman
Carra
Harold M. Kennedy
Slayer
Crush Hitler
Andred Peice
Iran
Coast Guard
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