Fish Fearful War To Begin On August 20
Fragmentary text hints at looming conflict with calls for a 30 day truce to avert fighting. Officials urge rapid action within a week to prevent escalation amid unclear details and broken lines.
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16 Aug 1939
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1939
Page
1
States Tie Up Oil Supply Major Portion
States report major oil supply disruption as three refiners halt operations and price tensions rise. Officials warn of limited barrels from Texas firms and potential impacts on transport and heating fuel amid ongoing industry turmoil.
Indiana Slayer on Death Row Found Dead in Indiana City
Adnan H Jer a 31 year old on death row for a brutal sex slaying near Fort Wayne was found dead in a prison cell. He reportedly killed a woman after raping her then hanged himself with his clothing. He had confessed within 24 hours after the murder and his trial had included claims of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emichigan City
Ind
Adnan H Jer
Te Priger Ere
Placid
Girton Brunette Business College
Heate Lod
Fort Wayne
Showdown Expected Soon In European Situation
A tense European standoff appears near conclusion as key leaders gather amid rising tensions. The drama centers on a developing crisis linked to strategic moves by major powers and potential diplomatic breakthroughs.
Tomkins Denies Mismanagement at Pineville Colony
Dr. R C Tomkins former superintendent of the State Colony and Training School at Pineville defends his tenure amid reports from a Rapides Parish grand jury. He claims political motives fueled the ouster and says he will address each charge with provable facts. Continued on Fifth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
R. C. Tomkins
State Colony and Training School
Pineville
Richard W. Lewhe
Rapides Parish
Tomkins
Leche
Fish story from Gulf of Mexico baffles experts
Oklahoma City reports Frank Creasey claims a four and a half inch fish hooked 30 feet deep in the Gulf cried like a baby and showed six glowing legs with cat like claws and wings. He cites bladders on its sides and compares it to a red gurnard though no known species matches all features. Experts remain unable to identify the creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Frank Creasey
Gulf of Mexico
Creasey
Ceersey
Whatsit
Danzig Tensions Rise After Polish Soldier Shot
A Polish soldier and two border incidents escalate the Danzig dispute as Burckhardt meets with Danzig Nazis and Polish officials. Berlin hardens on Poland while observers sense an approaching showdown amid limited clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniig
Burckhardt
Aleksander Boranovske
Nazi Germany
Poland
Polsh
Danzig
Retail Trade Rises Despite Lower Prices in First Half 1939
Washington reports the commerce department says retail business gained about 6 percent in the first six months of 1939 over 1938, reaching roughly 17.9 billion dollars. Prices fell about 2.5 percent for general merchandise and 3.5 percent for food, while department stores and various outlets posted a 5 percent rise in sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Lake Charles Man Opposes Alimony Proceedings
Richard Van Conover of Lake Charles La an oil man and aviator testified in supreme court that his wife was habitually intoxicated during their five year marriage and that she assaulted him with bottles and other objects. He said she split his scalp with an iron object and noted a three month Los Angeles treatment in 1936. Mrs Conover had requested 250 dollars a week plus 5500 dollars in counsel fees citing frequent intoxication and beatings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard van Conover
Lake Charles
Supreme Court
Conover
Los Angeles
Fournet Sixth To Quit Board Of University
Allentown story recounts Margaret L Cowan a 77 year old former nurse suspected in the mercy slaying of her sister Louella Saeger at Allentown State Mental Hospital. Cowan questioned after confessing of putting her sister out of misery while flowers were placed in the victim s hands. She was jailed pending further questioning by the district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Allentown State Mental Hospital
James L. Christine
Margaret L. Cowan
Louella Saeger
Miss Cowan
Lehigh County
John L. Catshall
Christine
Quakertown
John S. Saeger
Mrs. Saeger
Louisiana Governor weighs oil production shutdown
Governor Earl Long said a 10 day oil production shutdown in Louisiana was being considered to halt crude price reductions by refineries. If no shutdown is ordered next month’s oil allowable could be cut by up to 50 000 barrels daily. Clements expected few workers to lose jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Long
Ernest Clements
FE. S. Clements
Louisiana Conservation Commissioner
Clements
First Thanksgiving for Constitution Proclaimed by Washington
Washington marked November 26 as a day of thanks for the Constitution in 1789. Elias Boudinot urged the nation to give thanks for the document, while Samuel Burke and Thomas Tucker questioned its certainty before passage. The measure eventually passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elias Boudinot
New Jersey
Congress
Aedamus Burke
South Carolina
Burke
Thomas T. Tucker
Virginia
Tucker
George Washington
Cooper Seeks Records Held By Grosjean
W A Cooper state revenue collector said Alice Lee Grosjean former secretary and ex governor Huey Long held payroll records. Grosjean testified 45 minutes before East Baton Rouge parish grand jury on political conditions. Long ordered by Governor Leche to discharge Grosjean and denied pledge card rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
W. A. Cooper
Alice Lee Grosjean
Long
Huey Long
Senator Long
Richard W. Leche
Grand Jury Probes Irregularities in Ouachita Public Offices
Ouachita parish grand jury examined several witnesses this morning. District Attorney Frank W. Hawthorne gave no announcement on proceedings and refused to release named witnesses. Officials summoned late yesterday waited nearby, signaling a broad inquiry into alleged irregularities in public offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Frank W. Hawthorne
Hawthorne
David I. Garrett
Harris selects building chief for state colleges
Baton Rouge Aug 16 Horace R Brown named supervisor of the 9 million construction program at state colleges and institutions by T H Harris state superintendent of education Brown has served as resident engineer of the Public Works Administration in the area for several years and will be paid 300 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Horace R. Brown
Brown
Public Works Administration
New Heaven Planned Near Roosevelt Hyde Park Estate
Angels of Father Divine’s Harlem cult seek to establish a second rural heaven on the 700 acre Frederick Vanderbilt estate near Hyde Park. John Lamb says negotiations are under way to buy the mansion and lands once home to rail director and financier Vanderbilt until his death in 1938. President Roosevelt reportedly told Lamb he had no objection to a new cult heaven near his property. The plan follows an earlier extension heaven across the Hudson on the 500 acre Krum Elbow estate once owned by Holland Spencer. The Vanderbilt estate owner’s niece, Mrs. Margaret Louise Van Alen of Newport, will meet the group Sunday to inspect The Castle mansion offered to Father Divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Father Divine
Harlem
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Frederick William Vanderbilt
John Lamb
Vanderbilt
Lamb
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Howland Spencer
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Margaret Louise van Alen
Newport
R. I
Angela C. Kaufman
Train Saboteur Searched For After City of San Francisco Wreck
The Southern Pacific offered a 5000 reward for the saboteur believed responsible for derailing the City of San Francisco, killing 23 and injuring 109. Suspects were questioned in multiple railroad yards and canyons, with no clues yet. Robert La Duceur of Lewistown, Mont. was cleared but may face further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert la Duceur
Lewistown
Mont
Andy M. Welliver
Southern Pacific
Carlin
J. C. Goodfellow
Parish group summons focus in Baton Rouge grand jury
Louisiana figures including Tugwell testifying before the East Baton Rouge grand jury probing LSU state affairs. District Attorney Sanchez released witness lists and records, naming Jimmy Rucker and Alice Lee Grosjean among those called as the panel meets to hear testimony on August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Sanchez
A. O. Gallino
Charles A. Litetlejohn
Samma Caldwell
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
Kraft Paper Firms Indicted in Sherman Act Case
A New York grand jury indicted the Kraft Paper Association with 35 member companies and 14 men, plus the National Container Association with 12 regional groups and 28 men. They are charged with conspiring to curb production and fix prices in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Major defendants include Brown Paper Co, Champion Paper and Fibre Co, and Crown Zellerbach Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kraft Paper
Kraft
Kraft Paper Association
National Container Asociation
Brown Paper Company
Champion Paper and Fibre Company
Crown-Zellerbach Corporation
St. Re
Three Children Missing in Minnesota Swamp Search
In Spring Park area near Minneapolis, about 200 volunteers firefighters and sheriff deputies hunted for Buddy Forde 4 Mae Forde 6 and Bobby Fable 11 who vanished after leaving home to buy bread. Last seen with Dorothea Fable sister of Bobby near 4 pm yesterday. Darkness hindered progress as investigators sought any clue to their whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Firermen
Sheriff's
Spring Park
Here
Buddy Forde
Mae
Bobby Fable
Dorothea Fable
Bobby
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