Prisoners Transferred To El Reno As Court Tries Case
Eight prisoners, seven white men and a Black man, were moved from Ouachita parish jail to the national reformatory at El Reno while federal court recessed. Judge Ben Dawkins resumed hearings on the Mary H. McCoy et al vs United Gas Public Service Co. case, with trial continuing Monday and jurors excused for part of the term.
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Federal District Court
Ouachita Parish
National Reformatory
el Reno
Ohlo
Ben C. Dawkins
Mary H. McCoy
Louisiana
United Gas Public Service Company
Texas Corporation
Richland Parish
United States
Dudley J. Briley
H. L. Driskell
Monroe
Dawkins
Pope Pius Resting After Canonizations at St Peter's
Vatican City April 1874 Pope Pius IX rests after the Easter canonizations of three saints in St Peter's Cathedral. Crowds exceed 150000 gathered to see the pontiff on a balcony blessing the vast plaza as the 80 year old leader appeared fatigued yet seems unharmed after the ceremonial exertion. The newly canonized saints Andrea Bobola of PodSpain Salvador da Horta and Giovanni Leonardi were all from the 16th century.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Peter's
Holy Father
Basilica
Andrea Bobola
Pod
Salvador da Horta
Spain
Jovanni Leonardi
Kaly
Rebels Press Tortosa From Three Sides in Spain
In France near Hendaye insurgents led by General Garcia Valino close in on Tortosa from three fronts. A ring of attacking units breaches defenses and pushes government troops back toward the Ebro, with Amposta falling under pressure as cavalry and mechanized forces exploit the valley terrain.
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Hendaye
France
Tortosa
Catalonia
Garcia Valino
Ebro
Amposta
Barcelona-Valencia
Cherta
Valino
Man Badly Hurt in Automobile Crash at Oak Grove
In Oak Grove Louisiana on April 18 Bob Cook aged 25 resident near Oak Grove was seriously injured in a late Saturday night crash. He rode in a car owned by Treshell that struck a farm wagon driven by Alec Dosher. Cook was moved to Clarity hospital Shreveport with possible skull fracture. No other injuries were reported.
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Oak Grove
Bob Cook
Clarity
Shreveport
Cook
Four Italian Fliers Crash Near Tripoli in Cape Town Record Attempt
In Rome, April 18 the air ministry reported four Italian fliers crash near Tripoli while attempting a London to Capetown record flight. Details were scarce but some crew members were believed injured and the plane was piloted by Gianni Albertini.
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Rome
Air Ministry
London
Capetown
Tripoli
Gianni Albertini
Republicans Attack Roosevelt Relief Plan In Radio Attacks
Washington April 18 Republicans denounced President Roosevelt's 4.5 billion relief-recovery program saying the administration aims to priming polls for the November elections. Chairman Hamilton and Senator Vandenberg condemned the pump priming as unwarranted and urged spending restraint while Democrats led the anti New Deal attacks during the judiciary and reorganization fights. The leaders predicted only a small vote opposition as hearings begin Wednesday and Roosevelt meets with congressional aides.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Hamilton
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Supreme Court
Vandenberg
Hamilton
Ship of State
Carnegie Scion Missing In Plane Sighting Near New York
April 18 reports say an embarkation officer of Red Star line saw a man resembling Andrew Carnegie Whitfield aboard the steamer Westernland before it sailed. Coast guard boats searched off Long Island for signs of an airplane linked to Whitfield who vanished Friday night during a Roosevelt Field flight.
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New York
Red Star Line
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Westernland
Coast Guard
Long Island
Andrew Carnegie
Whitfield
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Mass meeting on farm agent removal in Quachita parish
A mass meeting of business men and farmers in Quachita parish will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the parish courthouse. The meeting, organized by a farmers committee on the east side of the river, will discuss the effects on business and agriculture from the removal of E. R. Strahan as agricultural agent by the police jury. The organizers promise that astounding facts will be presented, claiming every business man and farmer is vitally interested.
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Quachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
France moves toward Franco Italian pact in Rome talks
Paris reports steps toward Franco Italian negotiations for a pact akin to Britain Italy. France plans to appoint a French ambassador to Rome in May and hopes for a deal before Hitler’s Rome visit in early May. Daladier Bonnet cabinet plan aims to secure accord with Mussolini.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Rome
Britain
Italy
Jules Blondel
Count Galeazzo Ciano
France
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Germany
Easter services fill Monroe churches despite showers
Easter Sunday drew large crowds to churches in Monroe and West Monroe. Special music and sermons celebrated the risen Christ. Three cantatas were staged under choir directors Clyde Sanders and Dallas Goss, including Life Eternal and Christ the Victor, and a Knights Templar service at First Christian with Rev. R. T. Watson delivering the sermon.
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Monroe
West Monroe
First Methodist Church
Clyde Sanders
Christ the Victor
First Baptist Church of
Life
Dallas Goss
First Methodist
Knights Templar
Monroe Commandery No. 7
First Christian Church
R. T. Watson
Knights
Masonic Temple
Rumani a opens probe of plot against regime
In Bucharest on April 18 a military court began a broad probe into a suspected coup against the government. Nazi-leaning Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 80 aides were detained, with 300 followers seized in nationwide raids. Codreanu held at the Green House in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Romania
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Codreanu
Iron Guard
Green House
Miron Cristea
Romanian Orthodox Church
Sharecroppers To Become Owners Of Land In Colony
Richland, Mo April 18 The Laforge farms project run by Farm Security Administration will relocate 100 sharecropper families to 55 to 70 acre units on 6700 acres in southeastern Missouri. Each unit receives five room cottages, barns, a mule team, cattle, hogs and poultry bought through a cooperative store funded by the government. Mrs Baasch and officials seek answers under the Bankhead Jones act on tenancy as to why delta lands produce high output but low rural living standards and if they can sustain rural families in comfort.
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Paul D. Shoemaker
Associated Press
New Madrid
Richland
Hans B. Baasch
Farm Security Administration
Laforge Farms
Missouri
Baasch
100000 Eggs On Lawn Of White House Egg Roll
Thousands of children gathered on the White House lawn for Easter Monday egg rolling. By noon 29,233 admitted, with Red Cross aiding eleven for bruises and fainting. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt toured the grounds amid crowding as scouts assisted in locating parents.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
White House
Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gettysburg reunion invites 1600 veterans from war sides
More than 1,600 Confederate and Union veterans accepted invitations to the June 29 to July 4 Gettysburg reunion marking the Battle of Gettysburg's 75th anniversary. Attendants will join them as guests of the United States and Pennsylvania, with President Roosevelt set to speak at the July 3 memorial dedication. Transportation and maintenance are provided, but some veterans lack funds for travel.
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Washington
Gettysburg
United States
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Haines
Formosan Farmers Set to Immigrate to Shanghai Farmland
Shanghai dispatch reports 1000 Formosan farmers en route to Shanghai to farm on Chinese lands near the city. Chinese press warns of potential racial clashes similar to episodes in north China and Manchuria as Japanese colonials move to occupy lands.
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Shanghai
China
Manchuria
Russia Holds Jap Planes Down After Forced Landing
A Soviet foreign office spokesman said a Japanese army plane forced down near Suifenko was detained with one crewman alive. Nine planes were patrolling the border. eight returned. Tokyo seeks the ship's release, and Moscow protests over overflight of Soviet territory. The incident heightens fears of looming Japan Russia war amid Manchukuo border tensions.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Russia
Suifenko
Vladivostok
Japan
Siberia
China
Manchoukuo
Fumimaro Konoye
Imperial
Coogan Parents Ordered to Court in Earned Film Wealth Case
Los Angeles April 18 Jackie Coogan's mother Lillian Bernstein and step father Arthur Bernstein were subpoenaed to depose in a suit over 4 million dollars Jackie earned as The Kid but claims he never received. The Bernsteins say earnings of minor children belong to parents. Jackie, 23 and married to Betty Grable, says his father intended him to have the money at adulthood. Robert Coogan, 13, titled about 30 thousand from a 1931 film, is living with his mother and stepfather.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Arthur L. Bernstein
Bernsteins
Betty Grable
Robert Coogan
Robert
Japanese assault intensifies in Shantung drive for revenge
In Shanghai a major battle erupts as Japanese forces press an attack in the Lini sector seeking to avenge recent defeats in central China. Machida urges unity to back military and political moves, while Kido notes unrest over the premier's illness but expects no political shift. Fierce fighting concentrates in southeast Shantung as both sides reinforce for a decisive clash.
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Shanghai
Japaenese
Lini
China
Chuji Machida
Mineseito
Japan
Machida
Kido
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Pershing heads to New York for wedding of son Warren
General John J. Pershing traveled by special railroad car toward New York for the wedding of his son Warren Pershing to Miss Muriel Bache Richards at St Thomas church. Pershing, recently recovering from a heart attack, remained aboard the car during a stop near El Paso while sister May Pershing occupied a suite at the Waldorf Astoria.
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EL Paso
Tex
John J. Pershing
New York
Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Roland Davison
Warren Pershing
Muriel Bache Richards
St. Thomas Church
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Miss May Pershing
Mrs. Davison
Rachelle Merlaire
George Adamson
Sere
Dog Fre Again to Meet Trains in Hammond
Spot the watchdog dog returns to meet trains in Hammond Louisiana as officials run a rabies drive. Attorney Joe Arthur Sims helped draft an appeal to fund inoculation collar and tag while Jack Mashburn collected contributions. Spot, inoculated and tagged, continues patrolling baggage areas and dining spots between trains for free meals.
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Hammond
Spot
Joe Arthur Sims
Jack Mashburn
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