Japanese Officers Ald Seize Own Death Over Capture
A Shanghai war report quotes a Japanese army spokesman saying no Japanese officers have been captured after nine months of fighting. He cites the Samurai code demanding suicide upon capture and notes battles along the Shantung front near Yihsien. He mentions 700 officers believed captured in Taierhchwang area and that enlisted men at Hankow are not bound by the code.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Shanghai
Shantung Province
Tientsin-Pukow
Yihsien
Taierhchwang
Hankow
Townsend to Start Serving Jail Team
Dr Francis E Townsend, founder of the old age pension movement, announced he would go to Washington this week to begin a 30 day jail term for contempt of a congressional committee. The Supreme Court refused to review the sentence and fine of $100. Townsend said he would not pay the fine and claimed he did not commit a crime.
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San Francisco
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
Washington
Congressional
United States Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Townsend
Louisiana and Arkansas Weather Outlook
Louisiana fair tonight and Wednesday with light to moderate southerly winds along the coast. Arkansas forecast shows fair skies with warmth continuing. Louisiana is partly cloudy Wednesday while surroundings adjust to gentle winds and mild temperatures.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Doty Rumored in Spain War Involving Deserter
In Biloxi Mississippi on April 12 rumors spread that Bennett Doty once escaped a firing squad in a foreign legion is fighting with loyalist forces in Spain. His father L N Doty declined to confirm details about his son's whereabouts. Doty, a 40 year old Memphis native, was rescued from execution in 1926 and later joined the Spanish Foreign Legion before studying law at Tulane.
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Miss
Bennett Doty
Fortegn Legion
Spain
L. N. Doty
Memphis
Tenn
Legion
Doty
Fortign Legion
Legion of the Damned
French Legion
Tulane University
Baptists Open Sessions Here At West Monroe Church
Several hundred attendees from across the state join the opening of the B T U associational officers and workers conference at First Baptist Church West Monroe Tuesday. Topics cover training union needs in Louisiana and ways to reach every church with a program.
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B. T. U. Associational Officers’ and
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
L. Mark Roberts
Marks
Louisiana
Clay I. Hudson
W. A. Harrell
G. K. Keegan
T. L. Holcomb
J. E. Lambdin
B. B. McKinney
C. Aubrey Hearn
J. L. Pollard
Hattie Rogers
Margaret Harris
Aurora Shumate
Former Austrian Army Chief Zehner Dies by Suicide in Vienna
Vienna reports General Wilhelm Zehner former commander of the Austrian army shot himself at his home in the capital. Zehner who led the Buna tribunal condemned several Nazis after the July 1934 putsch, is said to have acted without a stated motive.
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Vienna
Wilhelm Zehner
Zehner
Buna
Whitney Entered Sing Sing as Number 34835
Richard Whitney the former New York Stock Exchange president began a five to ten year sentence for grand larceny and misuse of securities. He arrived at Ossining station with guards and fellow prisoners and will serve in a gray uniform, losing his former standing and facing a permanent ban on selling securities in New York.
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Ossining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
Sing Sing
New York Stock Exchange
Ossining Station
New York
Whitney
Sing Sing Prison
Broker and Stock Exchange
Owen W. Bohan
Supreme Court
Julius Miller
Old Tombs
Criminal Courts
Maria
Condition of Sevier Improves After Accidental Shooting
S M Buster Sevier age 21 recovering at St Francis sanitarium from a gunshot wound to the back. The injury occurred last Sunday when his father R M Sevier unintentionally discharged a pistol during target practice near Eighth street and Texas avenue. Doctors say unless complications arise he has a good chance to recover.
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S. M
Buster) Sevier
St. Francis Sanitarium
R. M. Sevier
Young Sevier
Eighth Street
Texas Avenue
Mr. Sevier
Stage set for 1939 war says Japanese admiral
Tokyo April 12. Rear Admiral Tota Ishimaru warns that a world war could begin in 1939 if the United States does not act. He sees two camps England France Russia versus Germany Italy Japan with nearly equal strength and suggests England France Russia might attack Japan over China policy if certain conditions hold.
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Tokyo
United States
Tota Ishimaru
Japan
Ishimaru
England
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
China
Richland Gas Suit On Trial In U S Court
The civil suit to fix natural gas market price in Richland parish began in federal district court before Judge Ben C. Dawkins. Mary H. McCoy and six children sue United Gas Public Service Co seeking 6 cents per 1,000 cu ft, while the company argues 3 cents. The case centers on gas taken from plaintiffs properties and aims to recover 71,240.16. The trial is expected to run the week, with possible extension to clear Monroe division docket.
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Richland Parish
Federal District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
Mary H. McCoy
H. L. Driskell
Monroe
United Gas Public Service Company
Louisiana
Dawkins
State college construction funds boosted in Leche plan
Governor Leche backed a six million dollar state building fund and six hundred thousand dollar maintenance increase for the next biennium with allocations approved by the state board of education and presidents. Institutions listed include LSU Normal college Southwestern Louisiana Institute and others with higher maintenance and construction figures.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Louisiana
State Board of Education
Louisiana State Normal College
Flood Abates After 100 Dead in Alabama
Central Alabama's deadly flood, part of a national toll near 100 lives, fades as relief efforts begin. The Alabama River crested at 54.2 feet in Montgomery and recedes, with officials warning waters stay above banks for at least two days in major downstream areas including Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Selma
New Pool Named for R. D. Swayze in Forsythe Park
Monroe’s Forsythe park pool will be officially named The R. D. Swayze Natatorium after a unanimous city council resolution. Mayor Benoit announced the decision honoring the late Parks and Streets Commissioner who died in a 1937 fire. Dedication plans are being set by Parks Commissioner C. R. Tidwell.
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Monroe
Forsythe Park
R. D. Swayze
City Commission Council
Harvey H. Benoit
Federal Works Progress Administration
Swayze
South
C. R. Tidwell
Jackson Street
Phoney Voice Helps Snow White Find Her Voice
Adriana Caselotti, who at eighteen overheard her father Guido Caselotti while eavesdropping on phone calls, became the voice of Snow White after Walt Disney Studios chose her playful chant as the character's voice. She now aspires to act in films.
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Adriana Caselotti
Guido Caselotti
Hollywood
Walt Disney Studio
Snow White
Jackie Coogan Sues Mother For Large Sum
Jackie Coogan filed a 4 million dollar suit against his mother and stepfather Arthur Bernstein in Los Angeles alleging they withheld his earnings from child film career. Bernstein’s lawyer dismissed the charges as absurd, saying Coogan has received all he is entitled to and that earnings were kept until he came of age. Coogan, 22 and recently married to Betty Grable, said he seeks an accounting to ensure his mother and Bernstein provide for his wife and himself.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Betty Grable
Arthur Bernstein
Arthur
Charles J. Katz
Bernstein
Jackie
Mr. Bernstein
Unwittingly Passes His Dead Relatives
Harris Kemp of Palatka Florida drove to McRae Georgia to visit relatives. On the road he saw a wreck north of Jacksonville and learned four people were killed in a car train collision. He later discovered the victims were H. H. Kemp and his two sons James and Frank and Miss Pearl Kemp.
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M’rae
Harris Kemp
Palatka
Fla
McRae
Jacksonville
Kemps
H. H. Kemp
James
Frank Kemp
Miss Pearl Kemp
Britain Italy move to end three year quarrel patch
Britain and Italy near a formal agreement to repair their rift sparked by Mussolini's Ethiopia invasion and the Spanish Civil War. Prime Minister Chamberlain hopes the pact will pull Il Duce away from Berlin and curb Hitler's ambitions in central Europe, though some fear it is a bargaining ploy.
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Associated Press
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Il Duce
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Austria
Brenner Pass
Tyrol
Chamberlain
Berlin
Mexico to reply to British note on oil expropriation
Mexico prepared today a reply to a British demand for return of expropriated oil properties. The note charges Mexico acted to expropriate under a veil of legality based on labor issues. Britain warned of possible economic reprisals if restitution is not granted.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Britain
Supreme Court
Glass Denied Amendment On Postmaster Appointment Rule
Senator Glass of Virginia offered an amendment to require the president to appoint the Civil Service Commission’s top candidate for postmaster posts. Majority Leader Barkley resisted, arguing the top-ranked candidate need not be chosen. The senate voted down Glass’s amendment after brief debate.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Virginian
Barkley
Kentucky
Conservatives Welcome Head of Senate to Their Ranks
Washington April 12 The Roosevelt administration faces a major struggle over the large business recovery program as Vice President Garner is reported to oppose further government spending. The president plans a fireside chat to explain the program, with observers noting Garner's influence could sway Senate and House support for or against renewed pump priming.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
House
Stephen T. Early
White House
Congress
Texas
Robinson
Arkansas
Illinois Primary Sets Stage for Democratic Power Clash
Illinois voters face a state wide primary as Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly and National Committeeman P. A. Nash oppose Governor Henry Horner in a high stakes party battle. Cook County turnout nears two million with 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. polling amid heavy security and a bid to control the party ahead of U.S. Senate and Congress races.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
Illinois
Chicago Democratic Organization
Edward J. Kelly
P. A. Nash
Henry Horner
Cook County
United States
Horner Organization
Kelly-Nash Machine
Chi
Great Russian singer Feodor Chac lapin dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Feodor Chac lapin a famed Russian basso aged 64 from kidney ailment and anemia. He died in his Paris apartment during the afternoon after a blood transfusion failed.
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Paris
Feodor Chac Lapin
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