Hull Links World Lawlessness to Global Crisis
Secretary Hull in a letter accepting Peru's invite to the Pan American conference says nations face choosing between international anarchy and fair play under law. He notes wavering neighbors and cites world events as evidence, without naming the Germany Czechoslovakia dispute, and ties it to the Lima gathering.
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Washington
Hull
Secretary of State
Peru
Lima
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Germany
Kennedy
Lord Halifax
London
Logan urges freer credits to curb easy money schemes
Senator Logan of Kentucky warned that relaxing credit restrictions could fuel a nationwide push for free money schemes. He attributed recent price declines to the federal reserve board and urged creating a federal reserve board to calm risk. He cited California’s $30 weekly pension plan and Townsend plans as threats if monetary reform lags.
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Washington
Logan
Kentucky
Kentuckian
Federal Reserve Board
California
Kent
Tennessee State Police Chief Held for Mail Obscenity
N Lowry former chief under Gov Browning was held by a federal grand jury in Memphis on a charge of sending obscene material through the mails to estranged U S Commissioner L A therstone. Bond set at 2500 dollars after the hearing amid ongoing divorce proceedings filed by Mrs Lowry.
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Memphis
Tenn
R. N. Lowry
Gordon Browning
Tennessee Police
Federal Grand Jury
United States
L. A.therstone
New York Mayor LaGuardia Visited Monroe Briefly
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia paused at Monroe on his Illinois Central train to Shreveport, drawing a restless crowd of citizens and civic leaders. He spoke warmly about visiting Monroe and invited locals to the upcoming New York fair in 1939, emphasizing shared ideals and friendly ties.
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Monroe
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
Shreveport
Illinois Central
H. H. Benoit
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Progressive Men's Club
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Anders
George D. Holland
New York
LaGuardia
New Orleans
Prominent New Orleans Woman Dies at 61
Mrs Perrine Kilpatrick Dixon 61 a New Orleans social figure and 1889 Mardi Gras queen died after an illness. Her body was taken to St Louis, home of her husband William A Dixon vice president of the Orleans club. She leaves daughter Perrine Dixon three sisters and four brothers. She was daughter of Alice Filleul and Douglas Kilpatrick a leading New Orleans merchant.
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New Orleans
Perrine Kilpatrick Dixon
St. Louis
William A. Dixon
Orleans Club
Alice Filleul
Douglas Mitchell Kilpatrick
Dixon
Perrine Dixon
Joseph Simmons
C. Benjamin Maginnis, Jr
Joseph Hull
Tulsa
Okla
Houma
James J. John
Frank Kilpatrick
Oklahoma City
Morrison shot during Louisiana congressional campaign
James H. Morrison was shot in the left arm while campaigning near Hammond Louisiana an unidentified man fired three shots Morrison said it was an ambush Doctor Griffith and Governor Leche traded accusations calling it a cheap publicity stunt Morrison survived the flesh wound and continued his bid for the sixth district nomination next Tuesday Morrison a Hammond attorney led a strong challenge to the incumbent in a fiercely contested race amid a volatile election atmosphere
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New Orleans
James H. Morrison
Richard W. Leche
Morrison
J. K. Griffith
Hammond
Shreveport
Leche
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish Teachers Named for 1938 39 Session
Ouachita parish announces the 1938 39 school session faculty list. Quachita Parish High School names Jack Hayes as principal with a large staff of teachers and aides. Quachita Parish Grammar School lists J F Craig as principal and several instructors.
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Ouachita Parish
T. C. Brown
Quachita Parish High School
Jack Hayes
Ola Mae Pennington
Roy Nichols
Fensky Terzia
Henry Littlepage
Sally Humble
Neal McHenry
Betty W. Stover
Josephine B. Moore
Anne Smith
Gladys Latham
Mabel Lann
Dorothy Wyman
D. W. Griffith
Zelda Moss
Ann Platt
Grace Carter
Frances Wilson
Vivian Drew Kearby
T. V. Simmons
Mary E. Carruth
Elizabeth Manhein
R. B. Rush
Vernon Haynes
Sara B. Welsh
F. L. Stricklin
Leo Hartman
Carrie Dee Drew
F. M. Durham
F. T. Doane
Mack Avant
John Coon
Burglars Steal Safe From Shreveport Brewery
Burglars in Shreveport La entered a brewery through a window and carried a 0 pound safe containing 203 dollars in cash a diamond ring and 116 dollars in checks out through the front door. Police report notes the heavy burden on their consciences.
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Shreveport
Trial of Hines Again in Doubt
The James J. Hines policy racket trial hung in doubt as Supreme Court Justice Pecora weighed a defense mistrial motion after a cross examination moment. District Attorney Dewey aimed to show Dodge assigned Lyon Boston to probe Hines links, while Boston said the assignment lacked experience. The judge reserved decision and recessed until Monday.
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New York
James J. Hines
Tammany
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Thomas E. Dewey
Lyon Boston
William C. Dodge
Dodge
Hines
Dewey
Boston
William Fellows Morgan, Jr
Grand Jury
Stryker
Justice Pecora
Pecora
Schools Open for Fall Terms Across City and Parish
The city and parish schools start the fall term Monday with expected larger enrollments. Northeast Center of Louisiana State University begins the first semester as students enrolled last week. St Matthew s parochial school opens regular sessions Monday. Louisiana Training Institute grades and high school begin fall term with optimism for a strong year. two graduates have entered LSU this month.
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Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
St. Matthew's
Louisiana Training Institute
Site Of New Monroe Hospital Dedicated
The million dollar Monroe charity hospital site was officially dedicated with a program featuring state parish and city officials. About 4,000 people from the Fifth district attended at the Louisiana Training Institute grounds south of the future hospital. Speakers described plans to hospitalize the poor of the Fifth district, with no political overtones in the dedicatory addresses.
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Monroe Charity Hospital
Fifth Congressional District
Louisiana Training Institute
Fifth District
Laundry mark linked to Major Brooke in Fort Benning murder trial
In Columbus Georgia a laundry mark tied to Major John R Brooke Jr is presented as circumstantial evidence in the trial over the death of his wife. Testimony shows cloth fragments bearing marks found near the site of a bloodied shirt and tree.
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Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Thomas D. Drake
Sidney G. Redding
Fort Benning
Brooke
E. L. Donaldson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mra. Brooke
Brookes
Cow saves man by bull taming on Ossian farm
In Bluffton Indiana on September 0 a farmer Victor Dettmer near Ossian was knocked to the ground by a young bull. The bull's mother charged and butted the animal away allowing Dettmer to scramble to safety.
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Bluffton
Ind
Victor Dettmer
Ossian
Dettmer
Arample
Interference in Primaries Sparks Debate in North Carolina
North Carolina young Democrats at a convention reject presidential intervention in primaries while backing national progress. Senator Bailey criticizes federal efforts to topple southern leaders, and discusses race issues, claiming a persistent white party in the South amid lingering violence.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina
Roosevelt
J. W. Bailey
South
Bailey
Pennsylvania
Escaped Convict Harris Reported Held in Jonesboro
Baton Rouge dispatch reports Eastern Harris, an escaped inmate from Tennessee, was captured in Jonesboro Louisiana. Fingerprint identification tied him to the Nashville penitentiary escape. He is jailed in Jackson Parish on assault charges.
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Baton Rouge
Siate Bureau of Identification
Harris
Nashville
Jonerboro
Keng Harris
Marana
C. L. Moore
Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Tennessee
Temmemee Penitentiary
Shelby County
Tens
Bumingham
Ala
Freedom of the press under threat in labor act talk
Elisha Hanson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association told the Federation of Bar Associations in Elmira that the national labor relations act has been used to regulate and intimidate the press. He cited the Weirton cave case where Hartley W Barclay was subpoenaed and refused, and the board dropped the matter. Hanson said press freedom is a right of the people to receive information without regulation.
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Elmira
N.Y
Federation of Bar Associations
Sixth Judicial District
National Labor Relations Act
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Federations
Barclay
Hanvon
Defianes
Hanson
Three Violent Deaths Reported in Mississippi
Three deaths in Mississippi from separate accidents were reported. Lucille Boils of Jackson died in a highway crash near Pickens along with Joseph Richard Morgan, a Memphis traveling man, in the same incident. A separate drowning and a heart attack aftermath followed a fishing boat capsize near FortBayou, involving Judge White and party members.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Lucille Boils
Joseph Richard Morgan
Memphis
Highway
Pickens
Sttorney Canter
Mus
Fort Bayou
Mimwasippi
Judge White
C. Z. Helland
Canton
White
Spider Bite Fatal in Washington Indiana Incident
Effie O Rourke of Petersburg Good hospital status after a black widow spider bite on the thigh while walking through a grape arbor Wednesday. She deteriorated rapidly and died shortly after.
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Washington
Ind
Effie O Rourke
Petersburg
Germany declares unity as Hitler signals Sudeten bid
At Nuremberg Reichs leader Adolf Hitler and Field Marshal Goering proclaimed a united Germany ready to defend Germanic brethren in Czechoslovakia. They asserted Germans in the Sudeten area seek union with Germany, while pledging peace but warning against perceived injuries to their people. The crowd cheered as Hitler hinted at annexation plans and a broader Sudeten German consolidation.
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Nurnberg
Germany
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Goerings
Czechoslovakia
Mitler
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Tax conference may be called on tax sources
Washington reports that President Roosevelt may summon state officials to discuss sharing tax sources and reducing overlapping levies. Treasury experts warn that competition among federal and state tax collectors burdens taxpayers and risks eroding revenue from income and sales taxes across states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Nine balloons to enter race today in Liège
In Liège Belgium the men and balloons prepare for the international James Gordon Bennett race. Ernest de Muyter of Belgium is the favored entrant after consecutive victories. Belgium Poland France Germany and Switzerland field multiple balloons while the US and Czechoslovakia are absent.
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Chicago
Patrick Carding
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Alfred E. Smith
Orleans
James Morrison
Mills
Long
Parish School
New Monroe Hospital
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Goering
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