Atlantic City Seeks Known Criminals in Citywide Sweep
Mayor Tom Taggart ordered a broad crackdown as police, already crowded, hunted men with criminal records. Ninety to eighty officers swarmed nightclubs and streets and brought ten men to city hall for investigation as undesirables. Names included Hoffman Miller Brown Baroni and Baron among others.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tom Taggart
Taggart
City Hall
Samuel] (Cappy) Hoffman
Joseph Miller
Milton Brown
James Baroni
James Baron
Joseph (Zendel) Friedman
David Solitaire
Herndon Daniels
Mel
Mayor Taggart Sweeps Philadelphia Outlaw Gambling Ring
Atlantic City suspects Vin Strickland Nick Bloom and William Sanders were rounded up as Taggart, newly elected mayor, led a rogue raid spree on four gaming spots. He boasted of arrests and warned undesirables to stay away as 75 prisoners were seized including promoter Max Hoff who faced no charges yet.
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Vin Strickland
Nick Bloom
William Sanders
Atlantic City
Taggart
Philadelphia
Max (Boo-Boo) Hoff
Hoff
Citizens Urged to Build Now
Three local lumber firm officials urge building homes despite war fears. They argue home ownership offers security and stability, stressing the industry’s duty to promote construction as a hedge against inflation and wartime uncertainty.
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Lee Hodges
Superior Lumber Company
John Williams
Steele Lumber Company
Tom Sanders
Hayes Lumber Company
FHA
Sean
Deadhead statute legality attacked in Louisiana case
Former Governor Earl K. Long and three co-defendants faced arraignment on embezzlement and extortion charges as motions to quash cited constitutional challenges to the state deadhead statute. I. B. Rennyson L. J. Vaccaro John M. Fush were among those indicted. Schwartz absent.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Frank T. Echezabal
Long
I. B. Rennyson
Dock Board
L. J. Vaccaro
John M. Fush
Herbert J
Monroe Girl Wins Mention in Forum
Betty Jane Yeldell daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis A Yeldell of Monroe earned honorable mention in the Third American Youth Forum by American Magazine The September issue lists her two essay topics Today's Challenge to American Youth and How Much Security Is Enough aimed at American youth matters
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Betty Jane Yeldell
Louis A. Yeldell
Jackson Street
Monroe
American Magazine
Hoodoo murderer Sane court hears in New Orleans
Court-appointed alienists testified Angelo Fratello 31 is presently sane in the April Fools Day homicide of Salvador Laurie 26. Judge Charbonnet plans an open hearing soon to decide if Fratello should be sent to East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane.
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New Orleans
Angelo Fratello
Salvador Laurie
J. Arthur Charbonnet
Fratello
East Louisiana Hospital
Italian Move in Somaliland Faces Harsh Desert War Realities
The War Today assesses Mussolini's Somaliland push as a potential but costly step toward seizing Suez access. Britain’s "active defense" leaves Italians without local supplies and facing fierce Somali resistance. If Egypt is attacked, the campaign would hinge on desert warfare expertise, especially Marshal Graziani, famed as a tough commander.
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Associated Press
Signor Mussolini
Britain
Somaliland
Suez Canal
British Somaliland
French Somaliland
Italy
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Egypt
Sahara
English
Hitler
England
Near East
South America
Mussolini
Sinai Desert
Romani
Marshal Graziani
Cirenaica
Libya
Mark Barron
Graziani
Ethiopia
Mark
Bilbo and White to Open Senate Campaign Tour
Mississippi senator Theo Bilbo begins a three day tour covering 12 counties with four speeches daily, starting Monday in Corinth and ending Wednesday in Vicksburg. His rival Hugh White has not yet spoken publicly, while a Gulfport barbecue debate was dropped by veterans officials over costs.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theo G. Bilbo
Hugh White
White
Washington
Bilbo
Corinth
Vicksburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars Today
Gulfport
A. B. Schauber
Otis Ashworth
Mississip
State Board Accepts Bid for School Paper Pads
The state board of education approved Louisiana Paper Company of Shreveport for 297,588 paper pads at 120,474.08 dollars. The pads are provided free to school children.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
Louisiana Paper Company
Shreveport
Public Forum Letter Praises Front Page Miss Hood Photo
A reader in Delhi Louisiana Aug 7 1940 commends the Monroe Morning World for a Sunday front page feature showing Aletta Hood Miss Hood, newly appointed personal secretary to the Michigan governor, noting the public impact of the coverage. The writer signs as H P WARDEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Forum
Sunday Morning World
Aletta Hood
Michigan
Monroe
Morning World
H. P. Warden
Guardsman Loses New Shoes During Army Maneuvers
Nebraska National Guard Lieutenant Thurston J. Palmer of Omaha discarded both new shoes during Fourth Army maneuvers at Camp Ripley Minnesota. He initialed the loss by noting a single shoe was worth nothing and tossed the second out as the train departed. Tobruk is cited as Italy's main air and naval base in eastern Libya.
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Camp Ripley
Minn
Nebraska National Guard
Thurston J. Palmer
Omaha
Palmer
Italy
Libya
Tobruk
Kiwanis District Meet Planned for Gulfport Mississippi
W D Cotton district governor outlined plans for the Kiwanis district convention to be held in Gulfport on August 25. He noted district membership gains and discussed honesty in state government and public fund audit aims.
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Gulfport
Miss
Kiwanis Club
W. D. Cotton
Rayville
Cotton
Kiwanis International
America
Rayville Club
Monroe Club
Irwin Kilpatrick
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Promise Quick Constipation Relief
An ad touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy for constipation and biliousness, claiming the product doubles the flow of the body’s laxative fluid. It urges readers to ask druggists for the 10¢ or 25¢ tablet varieties and promises improved well being and cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Nebi Corp
Tie Your Covers This Guy's Advice
Harold Lang of Wellesley bought new seat covers for his car. He did not secure them, and while driving a gust blew them over his head. The car hit a telephone pole then crossed the road, knocking down two mail boxes. Lang was not seriously hurt, but the car was wrecked.
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Needham
Harold Lang
Wellesley
Lang
Weather records at Moran and Hampshire set in Wyoming
The weather bureau reports Moran in Teton county recording 26 degrees below freezing and Hampshire reaching a high of 105 degrees, indicating a wide temperature swing across the state.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Moran
Teton County
Hampshire
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