Dionne Quintuplets Guardianship Probe Sought by Father
Ottawa and Toronto reports show Oliva Dionne seeking a judicial inquiry into guardianship of the quintuplets. Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant will act after reviewing Percy Wilsons official guardian report, prepared at Dr Allan Roy Dafoes request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Oliva Dionne
Percy D. Wilson
Conant
Wilson
Allan Roy Dafoe
Ottawa
Henri St. Jacques
Russian official dies of overwork in Moscow
The Soviet vice-commissar of heavy industry M I Tselishcheff died aged 40, officially ascribed to overwork. He burned himself out while serving as chief aide to Lazar Kagano vich, with Izvestia noting a board meeting he attended only hours before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
M. I. Tselishcheff
Tselishcheff
Lazar Kaganovich
Soviet Russia
Gregory K. Ordzhonikidze
Izvestia
Panay indemnity settles Japan US gunboat case in 1941
Tokyo reports official closure as Japan pays 2 214 007 36 dollars in full indemnity for the Panay bombing and related assaults during the Yangtze action near Nanking. The December 12 attack followed by ship sinkings and oil tanker damage strained US Japanese relations. Four casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Panay
United States
Standard Oil
Nanking
Japan
Yangtze River
11 Killed In Cafe Collapse In Phenix City
The cafe building collapse in Phenix City Alabama raised a death toll to 21 all black with 84 others injured. Police Chief O O Gay said rescue crews cleared the wreckage by morning as up to 150 workers toiled through the night aided by police guards and firemen. Police reported four of the injured were white and the last body was recovered after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
O. O. Gay
National
Congress Recesses For Spring Vacation In April
Congress began a brief spring recess as many members planned a trip to Charleston South Carolina for the azalea festival. The Senate and House recessed late yesterday and will reconvene Monday.
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Congress
Washington
Charleston
S. C
Senate
House
Moran and Parker Head List of 9 in Custody
Chicago police seized gangster George Moran and eight others in a nationwide plot to flood the country with counterfeit travelers checks. The operation, suspected of printing up to 1 million dollars in counterfeit American Express checks, led to arrests in Pittsburgh and the detention of Moran at the detective bureau. Also named were Frank J Parker, known as the flying bootlegger, and Walter Nolan, a coin vending machine employee, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George “Bugs Moran
Pittsburgh
American Express Company
Moran
St. Valentine's Day
Detective Bureau
Robert Wright
Frank J. Parker
Walter Nolan
Loyalists Hold Back Foemen at Spanish Front
April 22 report from France places Loyalist forces near the Spanish frontier with a manpower edge that has halted the insurgent advance in eastern Spain. insurgent communiques speak generally of progress along the coast toward Castellon de la Plana while noting gains near Alcala de Ch ivert earlier. Fronts from Gandesa to Sort have seen militiamen hold bridgeheads at Tremp and Balaguer with persistence along the Segre and Ebro barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendayf
France
Spain
Castellon de la Plana
Alcala de Chivert
Pyrenees
Aran Valley
Gandesa
Tremp
Balaguer
Death claims two in Rhode Island race scene
In Providence on April 22, 83 year old Mrs. Celia McCall died after illness worsened at home. Her family doctor, 70 year old Dr Daniel Frank Gray, rushed to the bedside and, upon learning of her death, collapsed and died himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Celia McCall
Daniel Frank Gray
Police SASSers Pay Man s Fine in Oklahoma City
Citizens donated 17.15 dollars to pay the 6 dollar fine of J. Haskell Bethurum after he asked police why their patrol car had no lights. The Oklahoma City event drew officials and even the judge to fund the fine, following a newspaper invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. Haskell Bethurum
Oklahoman
Bethurum
Heart Attack Proves Fatal to G W Jones
George W. Jones aged 56 died from a heart attack while en route to Jones, Louisiana early Friday. Born February 12, 1882 in Mississippi, he moved to Forrest and later Monroe, serving in West Carroll parish and the Louisiana legislature. Funeral at Gordon Avenue Methodist Church Saturday at 3 pm with Rev. J M Alford officiating. Interment in Hasley Cemetery. He was married to Bertie Jackson with one son, Taylor. He was active in Floyd Methodist Church.
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George W. Jones
Monroe
West Carroll Parish
Jones
Bonita
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
J. M. Alford
H. L. Johns
Gordon Avenue Church
Hasley Cemetery
Hines County
Miss
Forrest
Bertie Jackson
Taylor Jackson Jones
Methodist
Floyd
New Orleans Man Drowned in Lagoon Identification of Otto Gottsche
The body of Otto Gottsche vice president of Gus Mayer Company Ltd a leading New Orleans department store was found in a lagoon at Audubon Park. He had been missing several days and an inquest was not yet determined. Four women in a boat spotted the body and alerted attendants.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park
Fred Fisher
Otto Gottsche
Gus Mayer Company, Ltd
Editors Not At All Like Movies Show
Washington April 22 Delegates to the American Society of Newspaper Editors defy film stereotypes visiting the White House and meeting with President Roosevelt They speak quietly nurture pride in hometown papers and praise a lively women’s page Notable names include Edson K. Bixby Burrows Mathews James M North Jr W S Gilmore E Robert Stevenson Casper Yost and more Current convention chatter contrasts with Hollywood depictions of editors
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Washington
Hollywood
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
Roosevelt
Hull
National Press Club
Edson K. Bixby
Springfield
Burrows Matthews
Buffalo Courier-Express
James M. North, Jr
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
W. S. Gilmore
Detroit News
E. Robert Stevenson
Waterbury
Conn
Casper
Yost
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Woman Helps Forge Anglo Italian Peace Pact
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Lady Chamberlain, widow of Sir Austen Chamberlain and sister in law to Neville Chamberlain, played a key role in shaping the Anglo Italian peace accord with Mussolini. The piece recounts Sir Austen’s praise for his wife’s Italian connections and the influence she wielded on foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Rome
Lady Chamberlain
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Mier
Neville Chamberlain
Joe Chamberlain
Ethiopia
Sir Austen
Britain
Europe
Daughters of the American Revolution elect new president general
Mrs. Henry M. Robert Jr. of Annapolis becomes president general of the D A R for a three year term ending in the 50th anniversary year. Delegates named vice presidents general from several states as Mount Vernon visits and Roosevelt's remarks frame the convention atmosphere.
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Washington
Henry M. Robert, Jr
Annapolis
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert
William A. Becker
New Jersey
Clarence Henry Adams
Denver
Colo
Val Taylor
Uniontown
Ala
Arthur Rowbotham
Altavista
Chester Samuel McMartin
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert K. Arnold
Versailles
H. D. Shepperd
Hanover
Charles C. Craig
Victor Abbott Binford
Roxbury
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
Land Redemption Validation Asked
Baton Rouge April 22 Governor Leche faced a recommendation from Register of State Lands Lucille Grace for legislative validation of 2300 land redemptions made under a state supreme court ruling. The 1936 act allowed redemption by paying taxes for the year of adjudication, but was ruled unconstitutional. Grace urged re enactment in constitutional form, proposing removal of the installment provision due to concerns over bad faith redemptions and speculative value gains after year start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Register of State Lands
Lucille
Supreme Court
Register
Miss Grace
Providence Saves Two Doomed Men
In Huntsville Texas two condemned murderers received a one week reprieve when the electric chair failed to operate during a death chamber incident. Governor Allred was notified and Vaughn and Annie Banks were spared execution for seven days. Vaughn prepared a speech as witnesses watched.
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Huntsville
Tex
State Prison
John Vaughn
W. W. Waid
C. E. Garrett
Waid
James V. Allred
Vaughn
Johnnie Banks
Easter egg hunt moved to Forsythe Park in Monroe
The annual Easter egg hunt postponed by bad weather will be held Sunday at Forsythe Park. Monroe Fire Department sponsors the event with Captain H E Roberts in charge. Thousands are expected, sound trucks will invite nearby towns, and Teflis Grotto band will perform in the afternoon. Children should arrive ready to participate.
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Forsythe Park
Monroe Fire Department
H. E. Roberts
Monroe
Teflis Grotto Band
Cotton Shippers Open Meet in Memphis
Tennessee Louisiana and Mississippi delegates prepare to attend the Southern Cotton Shippers association convention opening in Memphis Tennessee. President Dudley D. Dumas says the program includes praise for Cordell Hulls reciprocal trade treaty policy the drive toward one variety cotton communities and efforts to raise long staple cotton production in the delta to challenge imported Egyptian cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Southern Cotton Shippers Association
Dudley D. Dumas
Cordell Hull
Delta
China Forces Intensify Push in Central Front as Guerillas Strike
Shanghai dispatch notes Japan shifts troops from Hopeh to central China, concentrating forces along rail corridors Peiping Hankow and Peiping Suiyuan. Chinese Reds establish a Soviet state in Hopeh with hundreds of thousands, threatening central control while Japanese hold Peiping and Tientsin after nine months of conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Japan
Central China Front
Shantung
Peiping-Hankow
Peiping-Suiyuan
Taierhechwang
Hopeh
Peiping
Con
Bar to seek elected board for Louisiana State Bar
Monte M. Lemann, president of the Louisiana State Bar Association, announced at the annual meeting that a bill will be introduced in the next legislative session to make the State Bar of Louisiana board of governors elective by attorneys rather than by popular vote. He said lawyers should select the governors, removing nonlawyer influence, and predicted broad support across factions for the change. The bar was created as the state’s corporate bar during Huey P. Long’s era.
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Baton Rouge
Monte M. Lemann
New Orleans
Louisiana State Bar Association
State Bar of Louisiana
Lemann
State Bar of
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Leche Grants Full Pardons To Two Men In Baton Rouge
Governor Richard W Leche pardoned Tony Ramiro and Vincent Chicola in Baton Rouge after their September sentence of one year for attempted robbery in Rapides parish. Clarence Wall of Lincoln parish had his 14 to 28 year term commuted to five to 15 years, with parole eligibility, for accessory before the fact in 1932. Harold Teegarden of Winn parish saw his two to six year sentence cut to one to three years for larceny, parole eligibility. Joe Gehringer of Orleans parish had his one to three year sentence commuted to time served after a 1936 robbery conviction.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Tony Ramiro
Vincent Chicola
Rapides Parish
Clarence Wall
Lincoln Parish
Harold Teegarden
Winnparesh
Joe Gehringer
Orleany Parish
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Big Gang
Mona Leslie
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Mona
Sylva Davis
Kansas City
Sylva
Dionne
U. S
Bugs’ Moran
Frank Parker
G. W. Jones
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Freedom of Opportunity
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