National Guardsmen Patrolling Delta Levees After Dyning
Clarkdale Mississippi April 19 A unit of 50 National Guardsmen from Clarkdale arrived by train to patrol swollen Mississippi delta levees near Swan Lake to Glendora after dynamiting dykes by a 200 to 300 strong group Tallahatchie County officials sought military protection from Governor Conner Adjutant General Grayson ordered the relief troops to report to Tallahatchie county and the guard company pitched camp at 7 15 a m They moved to patrol river levees along five miles of waterways.
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Clarkedale
Miss
National Guard
Mississippi Delta
Glendora
Thomas Grayson
Tallahatchie County
Sennett Conner
Clarksdale Company
Virgil Adkins
Conwell Bykes
Comny F
155Th Infantry
An Lake
Swan Lake
Glenra
Mississippi National Guard Battery E Deployed To Glendora
In Cleveland Mississippi on April 19 members of battery E of the Mississippi national guard were ordered to Glendora to aid guards. They left by truck Wednesday under command of Capt. Ben Mitchell while already on levee patrol duty.
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Cleveland
Miss
Glendora
Battery E
Ississippi National Guard
Rand
Contad
Ben Mitchell
Delta levee crisis spurs National Guard deployment
Jackson Mississippi April 19 Gov Sennett Conner ordered six National Guard companies to Tallahatchie River delta to prevent bloodshed after two armed groups clashed near levee explosions Tuesday. Conner watched the crisis through the night and warned of further action if order is not restored.
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Jackson
Miss
Sennett Conner
Mississippi Delta
National Guardsen
Tallahatchie Fiver
Delta
Conner
Roosevelt Right as Press Conference Held at White House
President Roosevelt, slightly under the weather with a sore throat, conducted a press conference in the Oval Room at the White House. He joked his cold came from talking too much while answering reporters’ questions and encouraged them to crowd closer to hear his improving voice.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oval
White ‘House
Executive Mansion
Death Of Judge Thayer Linked To Bombing Shock
Boston dispatch reports Judge Webster Thayer died at his home, attributed to the shock of last September’s bombing. The Sacco Vanzetti trial judge had faced both praise and heavy criticism for his rulings, with threats escalating after the defendants were electrocuted in 1927.
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Boston
Mass
U.P
Webster Thayer
Thayer
Monroe Renames J Street to Downey Lane in Honor of C A Downey
The Monroe city commission votes to rename J street from North Second to North Eighth to Downey Lane in memory of long serving council member and mayor C A Downey who died about five years ago. The change follows a December 1934 renaming of M street to Speed avenue for late city commissioner H R Speed.
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C. A. Downey
Commission Council of
Monroe
J. Street
North Second
North Eighth Streets
M. Street
Speed
H. R. Speed
Limitation Written Into Muscle Shoals Power Bill
The House Military Committee added a 400 mile limit on TVA power line distribution from the generating point. It defeated efforts to remove TVA authority to build transmission lines and required the TVA to first seek leasing or purchase of existing lines before building new ones.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Muscle Shoals
McSwain
Tennessee Valley Authority
Solution Nears in Kidnap Case in Chicago Report
Hints that the 50 000 Factor kidnaping case nears a solution spread from unofficial sources as police and reputed gangsters worked on crews. Six men tied to John Factor were held six hours and later released on bond as investigations continued. The suspects included Archie Brown and Edward Strauss, brothers in law, with Mrs Marcus identifying Brown.
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Chicago
John
Jake
Jerome
Northwestern University
Capone
Ted Patterson
Archie Brown
Edward Strauss
Leonard Marcus
Factor
Brown
Marcus
Orleans Bank Waiting Charter for New Orleans National Bank
Canal Bank and Trust company, reorganized as National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans, awaits a comptroller of currency charter. Officials said stock subscriptions are complete and operations could begin next week. Hibernia Bank and Trust also completed stock subscriptions and applied for a national charter. Both banks have operated on a 5 percent restricted basis since the banking holiday.
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New Orleans
Canal Bank and Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
Comptroller of Currency
Canal Bank
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hibernia
Senate Adds Sugar Beets And Sugar Cane To Farm Bill
Washington April 19 4 Sugar beets and sugar cane were added to the basic commodities in the administration farm bill by the senate on Wednesday. The vote stood 43 to 37 with Democratic leaders opposing the move.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Roosevelt Anchors Broad Recovery Drive With Price Controls
President Roosevelt announced a return to a gold standard policy as part of a broader plan to stabilize prices and counter deflation. He favors controlled new price levels and conserved credit measures while awaiting the impact of the move on gold and considering next steps with the federal reserve group.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Federal Reserve
Cess
Former Postal Man Sentenced to Reformatory
Harry G. Peek former postmaster at Sondheimer was sentenced to two years in the federal reformatory at Chillicothe Ohio by Judge Ben C Dawkins in federal court. Peek pleaded guilty April 4 to misappropriating funds of the Sondheimer post office and received 15 days to arrange affairs before sentencing. The case followed I C Fife former Bastrop postmaster who drew two to three years for similar misappropriation after taking about $8000 from the Bastrop post office.
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Harry G. Peek
Sondheimer
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ben C. Dawkins
Peek
I. C. Fife
Bastrop
Fife
Jacksonville
Fla
Jury Completed For Monroe White Murder Trial
In Farmerville Louisiana on April 19 a jury was completed for the trial of Monroe White charged with murder in the death of his mother Rosa White. Court recessed after jurors were sworn as many witnesses are set to testify and the proceedings may stretch through Thursday. White is represented by a large defense team.
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Farmerville
Specia
Monroe White
Rosa White
Japanese Drive Near Tientsin Escalates Air and Artillery Assaults
Japanese bombing planes and heavy artillery hit Lwan chow as Chinese defenses rush to the southwest. Chinese troops retreat toward Tangshan with Japanese and Manchukuoan forces crossing the Swan river under air cover. American missionaries are advised to evacuate while the fate of a wider evacuation remains undecided.
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Tientsin
China
Lwanchow
Chinwangtao
North China Coast
Swanchow
Swan River
Tangshan
Peiping
Great Wall
United
German Colleges Put Ban on Jews in Reich Universities
Berlin April 19 final action delaying to Saturday as Hitler cabinet moves to enforce Aryan law across German universities. Minister Wilhelm Frick drafts a rule restricting Jewish student admissions by population ratio while planned law to ensure Nazi leadership of student organizations follows. Volkischer Beobachter says action protects universities from foreign control.
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Berlin
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Hermann Goering
Mussolini
Rome
Wilhelm Frick
Reich
Voelkischer Boebachter
Democratic Leaders Quit Tight Rule Plan in House
Washington April 19 The House Democratic leadership abandoned the plan for a tighter rule narrowing floor action. Speaker Rainey and Rep Burns said the move failed after 59 insurgents and others opposed it. They cited fear of radical Democrats and Republicans seizing control of the legislative program.
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Washington
House
Rainey
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Howard
Carpenter
Nebraska
Patman
Dies
Texas
Roosevelt
Burns
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Approval of Wagner-Lewis relief bill by House banking panel
The House Banking Committee approved the $500 million Wagner-Lewis bill with direct relief grants to states. Vote 15 to 6. Rep Luce of Massachusetts to file a minority report. Senate already passed, House vote due soon as recess ends. A senate committee debated sped loans from Reconstruction to states for construction. Amendments shifted funding from $200 million to $250 million for state needs.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Luce
Massachusetts
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Administration
Cooperation Urged At Bakers Association Meeting
Baker delegates at the Louisiana Bakers' association annual convention stress co operation among bakers as essential. They call for forming small community groups to promote welfare and craft understanding, with visitors from Natchez Jackson and Vicksburg pledging support.
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Louisiana Bakers’ Association
Hotel
Virginia
Natchez
Jackson
Vicksburg
Miss
Louisiana Association
Probe of Plane Crash Under Way
A federal and state probe into the Valmeyer Illinois crash that killed four aboard a high speed monoplane was under way. The pilot W N Gregory 19 of Augusta Arkansas owner and operator died with his father G W Gregory a wealthy planter Mayor G W Martin of Augusta and Glen Herndon manager of a local store were passengers. Witness William Schaefer said poor visibility appeared to force a landing attempt before the craft plunged and burned. County officials questioned witnesses and an inspector from the department of commerce visited the scene. The Arkansas party was en route from Augusta to East St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Valmeyer
Ill
W. N. Gregory
Augusta
Ark
G. W. Martin
Glen Herndon
William Schaefer
C. Ray Wassall
Guy Saulkner
Department of Commerce
Arkansas Party
Lindberghs Leave Newark for Cross Country Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh departed Newark airport at 12 04 p m on Wednesday likely initiating their cross country flight ahead of schedule.
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Newark
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Newark Airport
Britain imposes 80 percent embargo on Soviet imports
London declares an 80 percent embargo on Russian goods in retaliation for Soviet actions against British subjects. The ban, effective April 26, covers timber petroleum grain raw cotton and butter. The move follows a Soviet court verdict in which five Britons were found guilty of sabotage and espionage.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Privy Council
George
Felix Pole
Metropolitan Vickers
William MacDonald
W. H. Thornton
Sir Felix
MacDonald
Thornton
Russia
Stay is Refused Truck Operators
Baton Rouge Louisiana April 19 Judge George K Farrot refused the application of Robert A Matthews of New Orleans and more than twenty truck operators for a preliminary injunction to stop the state from collecting truck licenses under the 1932 license act The court recalled a prior rule and denied the claim that the 1932 act was unconstitutional The suit named Secretary of State E A Conway ex officio state motor vehicle commissioner and Chairman A P Tugwell of the Louisiana highway commission.
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Baton Rouge
George K. Farrot
Robert A. Matthews
New Orleans
East Baton Rouge District Court
Farrot
E. A. Conway
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Rogers Has His Say at International Crippled Children Convention
In Wichita Kansas on April 19 the International Society for Crippled Children meets amid praise for advances in helping cripples. The piece argues civilization has progressed beyond killing the disabled and notes Kansas and Ohio hinder the field. It asserts crippled children are often brighter and more cheerful than their peers.
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Wichita
Kans
West Coast
American Airways
International Society For Crippled Children
Kansas
Ohio
Trading Very Active New Orifans Cotton Rally
Cotton futures rose sharply on Wednesday with July at 6.97 and October 7.59 as active buying and short covering pushed prices higher. Gains reached about $2.50 a bale with new highs for the current upward movement amid inflation hopes and strong weekly outlooks.
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Washington
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Insurance Trial Under Way Over War Risk Policy Claim
John Ernest Johnson, ex postmaster and former real estate man, sues in federal court seeking back payments of 1859 on a World War I war risk policy after claiming total disability since 1927. He testified in a wheelchair with an air-filled cushion as the trial before Judge Ben C. Dawkins proceeded.
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John Ernest Johnson
Ben C. Dawkins
Johnson
Train Discontinuance Approved by Commission
The Louisiana public service commission approved the discontinuance of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger train The Baton Rouge between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The railroad must provide flag stop service for fast trains Nos 12 and 15 between Baton Rouge and New Orleans as a condition.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Commission
U. and M. V
Memphis
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