Illegal call of special session roils Washington
Olympia April 21 Lieutenant Governor Meyers defied Governor Martin by issuing a bread and butter special session call while the governor was out of state. Meyers sought a quorum for Monday, despite Martin's claim of no authority and Attorney General Hamilton noting the Supreme Court may decide the issue amid legal technicalities.
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Olympia
Wash
Victor Aloysius Eyers
Clark Martin
Martin
G. W. Hamilton
Meyers
Hamilton
State Supreme Court
Washington
Fournet Re elected Police Jury Head In Louisiana Meet
Lafayette attorney J. J. Fournet was rehired as president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana at Shreveport. Re-elected officers include Tom W. Serpas, L. F. Clawson, and P. O. Benjamin. Baton Rouge won next year’s meeting, and a group was named to confer with Governor Leche on gas tax funds distribution before the May legislative session.
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Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Lhe Jury Association of
Louisiana
JJ. J. Fournet
Lafayette
Tom W. Serpas
St. Bernard
L. F. Clawson
Shrevert
P. O. Benjamin
Allulah
Bakland
Monroe
Mexico City
Richard W. Leche
Associaton
Church to file claims against Japan over mission property
The Methodist Episcopal Church South board of missions voted to press claims against Japan for damage to and use of Chinese mission property. A committee will petition Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Dr. Cram reported 24 buildings burned and 9 percent of remaining properties damaged or looted.
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Nashville
Board of Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
China
W. G. Cram
Arthur J. Moore
the Orient
John M. Moore
Cram
Shreveport Firm Awarded Contract for Highway Work
A Shreveport firm won a contract to build 10.84 miles of concrete highway between Met Rouge and Bonita Morehouse parish for 295,538 dollars after beating the nearest bidder by 33 dollars. Delony and Tatum of Dubach earned a separate bid recommendation for 5.74 miles of grading and drainage in Grant parish at 113,498 dollars, with Forcum-James of Dyersburg bidding 149,695 dollars and six others higher.
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Baton Rouge
A. C. Campbell Construction Company
Shreveport
Met Rouge
Bonitain Morehouse Parish
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Delony and Tatum, Dubach
Lincecum
Rochelle
Grant Parish
Delony and Tatum
Forcum-James Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
Troops Move On Large Scale From Japan Amid Tense China War
Large numbers of Japanese troops depart for China in a major redeployment the first of its kind in months as political strains rise at home. Prime Minister Konoye returns to work after illness and faces questions about cabinet moves and possible shifts in policy amid the China campaign.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
$1,712,550 For Harbors Asked
Washington April 21 The house appropriations committee proposes 1939 harbor and waterways maintenance and operation spending totaling 1 712 550 dollars The list includes Pascagoula Biloxi Gulfport Southwest Pass and South Pass Mississippi River and New Orleans Baton Rouge Barataria Bay and water removal costs It outlines specific allocations for each harbor and channel including 26 000 16 000 115 000 700 000 30 000 and 25 000 dollars respectively
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Louisiana
Mississippi
War Department
House
Pascagoula
Miss
Biloxi
Gulfport
Southwest Pass
South Pass
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Barataria Bay
Princess Elizabeth Delivers Public Duties On Birthday
London April 21 Princess Elizabeth on her twelfth birthday abandoned childish things and became a royal figure. For the first time she received official congratulations from dominions and colonies and assumed a public role as president of the Children’s League of Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children. Her Buckingham Palace party was formal, and she arranged guest lists herself. She had breakfast with the King and Queen to begin her grown up day.
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London
Elizabeth
Dominions
Colonies
England
Children's League of
Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital For Children
Shadwell
David
Duke of Windsor
France
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Coogan Saves Parents From Legal Ouster
Los Angeles April 21 Jackie Coogan saved his mother and stepfather from ouster of the mansion built by his screen fortune. A temporary receiver empowered to seize the home three cars and effects was halted when Coogan obtained a stipulation allowing the couple to remain in possession pending trial of his four million dollar accounting suit. Receiver John Riley overseeing Jackie Coogan Productions and the Coogan Finance Co let four thousand dollars in taxes on real property become delinquent rather than borrow to cover them. A hearing on the Bernstein petition to dismiss the temporary receivership is set for tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Arthur L
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Coogan
John Riley
Jackie Coogan Productions, Inc
Coogan Finance Company
Jackie
Bernsteins
Bernstein
Legionnaires Beaten at German Bund Rally in New York
A riot at a Yorkville band rally celebrating Adolf Hitler's birthday saw seven American Legion veterans assaulted by uniformed storm troopers, with four arrests and 75 police keeping order. The event drew about 3,500 attendees amid tensions over Rep. Dickstein.
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New York
Samuel Dickstein
Adolf Hitler
American Legion
Ford Invited by Roosevelt for Wednesday Conference
President Roosevelt invited Henry Ford to an informal luncheon conference next Wednesday at the White House. Ford may bring Edsel Ford and W. J. Cameron to discuss business conditions. Ford plans to attend as a friend with no favors to ask, differing with some New Deal measures.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Stephen Early
Boston
Ford
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
W. J. Cameron
Sudbury
Mass
NRA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Utilities
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
William O. Douglas
John W. Hanes
Securities Commission
Jones
The
House
Selassie Still Mad At Mussolini, Says MacKenzie
The article notes Mussolini gains favor with European powers after Ethiopia's annexation, leveraging balance of power amid Franco British and Nazi ties. It recalls Italy's rising stock since the 1930 naval parity clash, with Haile Selassie as the enduring memory of conquest and leverage in diplomacy.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Signor
Mussolini
Europe
Ethiopia
Italy
Haile Selassie
Il Duce
Hitler
France
London
Rome
Paris
Impersonator of Government Officer Jailed
George D. Baker a 38 year old book peddler pleaded guilty to impersonating a government officer and was remanded to federal custody after failing to meet a 1500 bond. In federal court Judge Dawkins heard the McCoy et al case against United Gas Public Service as a Todhunter seed loan default was resolved for 88.69 and interest. Baker was arrested April 8 by Tensas parish authorities and held in St Joseph parish jail.
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United States
Allen B. Guthrie
George D. Baker
Mary H. McCoy
United Gas Public Service Company
Ben C. Dawkins
Texas
United States District
Malcolm Lafargue
N. Todhunter
Lake Providence
Secretary of Agriculture
McCoy
Todhunter
Baker
Quachita Parish
Tensas Parish
St. Joseph
Rome marks 2691st birthday with public works
Italy celebrated Rome's 2691st birthday with national inauguration services for public works and labor prizes. Premier Mussolini handed pensions to 1250 aged workers and awarded cash prizes up to 50 dollars in the fourth faithful to the soil competition. Across Italy projects costing over 2.5 million dollars were dedicated including workers' homes dams and bridges.
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Rome
Italy
B. C
Piazza di Venezia
Mussolini
Il Duce
Life Time Teacher Certificates Proposed by State Leader
Baton Rouge April 21 The state superintendent T H Harris urged giving life time teaching certificates, arguing most teachers need no artificial stimulus and criticizing five year renewal. He plans to propose the change to the state board, noting renewal requires three hours of extra college credit.
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Baton Rouge, la
T. H. Harris
Louisiana
State Board of Education
Harris
Louisiana Bar Association to Open 41st Convention in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana State Bar Association will open its 41st annual convention in Baton Rouge with about 250 lawyers in attendance. American Bar Association President Arthur T. Vanderbilt will be guest of honor and speak at the closing session. Friday features a panel on Louisiana's new mineral code with Sidney L. Herold leading the discussion. oil, landowner, lessee and royalty perspectives will be presented by Dan DaBaillon, Alden T. Shotwell, and Allen Barksdale. The meeting begins Friday at 10 a.m. with welcoming remarks from Governor Richard W. Leche.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Bar Association
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Newark
N. J
American Bar Association
Charles A. Holcombe
Louisiana
Sidney L. Herold
Shreveport
Code Commission
Dan DaBaillon
Lafayette
Alden T. Shotwell
Monroe
Allen Barksdale
Ruston
Monote Lemann
New Orleans
Association
Richard W
Philadelphia woman goes blind on first day at job
Harriet Young a 20 year old from Philadelphia obtained work after months of unemployment in Collingswood New Jersey on April 21. On her first day she lost vision. Hospital doctors attributed the loss to probable nervousness and stress.
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Collingswood
N. J
Harriet Young
Philadelphia
Earthquake toll soars in Turkey as 50,000 displaced
In western Asia near the Aegean, a powerful quake devastates farming districts around Kirshehr Yazgad and Tchorum. At least 800 dead or missing, 18 villages destroyed and 22 badly damaged. Refugees flee amid boiling water, women and children among the casualties. Salvage and relief squads operate, and emergency funds are approved while foreign missions offer condolences.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Asia
Aegean Sea
Kirshehr
Yazgad
Tchorum
Counetry
National Assembly
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Father of fast time defends daylight saving in Pittsburgh
Councilman Robert Garland, famed as the father of daylight saving, denies again that daylight saving time is illegal. He notes its 21st year in 1938 across New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Pittsburgh, citing a Pennsylvania court ruling that shifting activities by one hour is not unlawful.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Garland
America
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Congress
Garland
Bob Garland
Pennsylvania
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Woman killed as auto strikes mule near Tallulah
Mrs J C Cheek 24 of Jacksonville Texas died from a broken neck after an auto collided with a mule on the Dixie Overland highway three miles west of Tallulah Louisiana in dense fog. Her father in law H C Cheek was injured. two other occupants Mr and Mrs Mack Davis were unharmed. The party were en route from Jacksonville to Lexington Mississippi. She leaves a husband J C Cheek and a two year old daughter, and relatives Buck Cox and Jim Cox.
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Tallulah
J. C. Cheek
Jacksonville
Tex
H. C. Cheek
Here
Mack Davis
Uin
Jackesonville
Lexington
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