Leche proposes plan to boost industries in Louisiana
Governor Richard W. Leche urged adopting a Mississippi style industrial act to let municipalities issue bonds for sites and buildings for new industries. He cited past tax exemptions bringing $ in industrial construction and called May Louisiana products month as part of a drive to lift summer business.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Mississippi
Leche
White
Bottled note may reveal fate of Nunoca ship
Coast guardsmen in St. Petersburg Florida hopeful a note found in a bottle may solve the disappearance of the motorship Nunoca with 22 aboard two years ago. The aged note claims mutiny and killing passengers and heading for Nigeria in Africa. The Nunoca, under Captain Moses I Kirkconnel, last reported July 4 1936 after leaving Grand Cayman for Tampa. Nine Americans aboard.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Nunoca
C. F. Edge
Coast Guard
Nigeria
Africa
Sieghad
Sigerhad
Moses I. Kirkconnel
Grand Cayman Island
Tampa
Act Of God Saves Doomed Man In Texas
Huntsville Texas April 29 4% John W Vaughn condemned killer twice escaped the electric chair by acts of God. Governor James V Alfred reprieved him for a day to give time for a possible insanity stay while Judge Fountain Kirby in Groesbeck blocked execution pending sanity hearing. Pardons board called reprieve void due to lack of jurisdiction.
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Huntsville
Tex
John W. Vaughn
James V. Alfred
Fountain Kirby
Groesbeck
Vaughn
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Kirby
Johnny Banks
Electric
Air Tourists Set for Three Day State Flight
In Shreveport on April 29 a state air tour began with 29 of 50 planes taking off from the municipal airport for a three day journey over Louisiana. Ninety one people aboard included pilots and passengers. Stops included Mansfield Many Lafayette New Orleans Monroe and ending back in Shreveport with a Cherokee Terrace ball at Hotel Frances. Colonel Weldon represented Governor Leche at the start and would join in New Orleans.
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Shreveport
Mansfield
Lafayette
New Orleans
Jack Fraim
Don Welden
Vernon Anderson
Barksdale Field
Weldon
Richard Leche
Monroe
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
T. A. Herndon
National Aeronautical Association
Weather sketch for Louisiana and AiskAnbas
Fair tonight, Saturday partly cloudy. Gentle variable winds on the coast. Aiskanbas: fair tonight and Saturday, warmer in northeast and north central portions tonight.
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Louisiana
Aiskanbas
1000 Pupils to Attend Louisiana State High School Rally
More than 1,000 high school students from 100 schools will gather at Louisiana State University for the 29th annual Louisiana state high school rally. Students will compete in literary and athletic events across A and B divisions, with housing arranged on campus in dorms and Evangeline hall. Winners receive medals and honors in subjects from algebra to French and science.
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Smith Hall
Evangeline Hall
Raly
Pope to leave Rome ahead of Hitler visit
Pope Pius will depart Rome for Castel Gandolfo tomorrow to avoid a state visit scenario with Adolf Hitler. The trip by car covers 17 miles and includes his physician and Cardinal Pacelli among anticipated attendees. Precautions due to unseasonable cold are in place for the pope’s health.
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Vatican City
Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
Rome
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Holy Father
La Follettes Launch Move For Lining Up Progressives
Washington reports a split potential as La Follette presses for a new Progressive banner. The plan stirs Democratic leadership fears of defection by labor allies and could affect Roosevelt era alliances. Senator Norris hints at third term talks amid shifting party loyalties and May Day debates.
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Washington
la Follette
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
LaFollette
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Robert M. LaFollette
Philip F. LaFollette
Salvation Army Divisional Youth Conference Opens
Delegates register at Hotel Virginia from 4 to 7 p m for the Salvation Army divisional youth conference bringing 400 to 500 youths from Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Leaders include Lieut-Commissioner Ernest I Pugmire and Brigadier Ernest L Holz. Conference runs through Sunday with meetings for Twin Cities church youths.
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Hotel Virginia
Salvation Army
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ernest I. Pugmire
Atlanta
Ernest L. Holz
Territorial
Territorial Young People's
Twin Cities
Roosevelt Sets Out On Extended Atlantic Fishing Trip
President Roosevelt orders his fishing tugs packed for a week long Atlantic voyage aboard the cruiser Philadelphia with the destroyer Fanning. He will travel from Charleston toward the Virgin Islands likely returning by May 7. Only a small White House party accompanies him as he seeks rest and reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
Virgin Islands
Fanning
Norfolk
Annapolis
White House
Marvin H. McIntyre
Ross T. McIntire
Edwin M. Watson
Rudolph Forster
Pat McKenna
Forster
McKenna
Dollar Day sale to be held in Monroe Monday
Merchants in Monroe prepare for a city wide Dollar Day sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce retail division. Stores stock a finest merchandise assortment and expect a memorable shopping spree drawing crowds from surrounding trade areas with extra help provided.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Retail Merchants Division
Monstrous Plot Charge Alleges Czech Officers Planned Peace Attack
Berlin April 29. Der Angriff, Goebbels’s paper, charges Czechoslovak army officers with a “monstrous attempt” on European peace. Liberec dispatch claims a war party within the Czechoslovak army plotted a May Day German putsch, thwarted at the last moment by watchfulness.
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Berlin
der Angriff
Joseph Goebbels
Europe
Liberec
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Wage Hour Bill Fails to Clear House Floor
The House Rules Committee, defying President Roosevelt, refused to grant access to the revised wage hour bill, signaling the measure’s likely death this session after two days of hearings. Representative Wood estimated the bill’s 25 cent minimum could create 2,000,000 jobs, while Representative Lambertson warned of centralized power in the bill.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
House
Wood
Missouri
Lambertson
Kansas
Representa
Five Die in Head-On Collision on Dixie Highway
Five people were killed and three seriously injured in a head-on crash on the Dixie highway eight miles south of Saginaw. The deceased include Theodore Napieralski of Bay City, George Ravelach of Flint, J. B. Hammond of Flint, and an unidentified man and woman.
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Saginaw
Mich
Dixie Highway
Theodore Napieralski
Bay City
George Ravelach
Flint
J. B. Hammond
Richland Gas Case Verdict Upholds Plaintiffs Claim
A federal court jury ruled Friday for Mrs. Mary H. McCoy and others against United Gas Public Service Co. The panel found for the plaintiffs on the first and fourth questions, set market gas prices at four and four and a quarter cents under leases, and indicated plaintiffs are not estopped from seeking further recompense. The suit sought over $70,000 for underpaid gas in Richland parish, Louisiana.
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Mary H. McCoy
United Gas Public Service Company
Richland Parish
Louisiana
Texas Corporation
Richland
Insurance Plot Slayer Condemned in Memphis Slaying
James Martin a 42 year old gas station operator and two African American men were found guilty of first degree murder in the February 13 보험 plot death of Oliver James George. The jury sentenced all three to death in the electric chair with a May 21 hearing set for motions for a new trial.
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Memphis
Tenn
James
Martin
Oliver James George
James Willis Smith
Joe McKay
George
Britain and France Form Unified Front to Counter Hitler
Britain and France announced a two day entente to pool armed strength and coordinate armies navies and air forces. They outlined plans for economic diplomatic action to stop Germany from starving Czechoslovakia and to ease Nazi pressure on Danubian neighbors.
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London
Britain
France
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Danubian
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Ford’s Riddling Reply Leaves Press Quiet About Admin
New York April 29 Henry Ford met with President Roosevelt for two hours and spoke in riddle form to publishers about the national administration. He offered a six second on the spot remark and avoided naming the president while noting leaders are needed. He said the president is trying to do the best he can.
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New York
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
White House
Bureau of Advertising
The
American News
Admiral Bloch Praises Fleet War Games
Admiral Claude C. Bloch praised 3 600 officers and 55 000 sailors for the Pacific fleet war games this spring. He noted a section acting as the enemy delivered a successful air raid on San Francisco April 26 and said other invasion plans were thwarted with heavy losses in theory.
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San Pedro
Calif
Claude C. Bloch
United States
Pacific
Bloch
San Francisco
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Charles Son
Navy
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Exisel Ford
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Japan
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Ckungchang
Anpei
Sianfu
Taiyuan
Kealgan
Tatung
Chengchow
Miles
Manchoukuo
Peiping
Hentsin
Tsinan
Chenchow
Nanking
Russia
Lanchow
Shansi
Hitler
Lafollettes
William L. Beale, Jr
John L. Lewis
LaFollette Group
National Progressives of America
ARMY
Salvationists
Will
Goebbels
Fleet War Games
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