Judges Order Probe Of Bond Refunding Deal In Louisiana
Three district court judges ordered a public inquiry into a 496000 bond refunding deal from 1996 between the Orleans levee board and Newman Harris and company. The hearing, sought by District Attorney Charles A Rytne, is set for August 23 at 1230 a.m. The probe follows earlier requests for board records and concerns about a possible payout to Shushan and related parties.
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New Orleans
Orleans Levee Board
Newman, Harris and Company
Louisana
Charles A Rytne
Frank
Echerabel
Criminal Detriet Court
Willian J O'Hara
Fred W Oper Rerne
Dara
Newman Harris and Company
A L. Shushan
Huey Long
Pad Ary Connectio
Mayor Hayes and 19 others found guilty in loot scheme
A Waterbury jury convicted Mayor Frank Hayes and 18 others of conspiring to defraud the city of over a million dollars through fraudulent payments. The verdicts, read by Judge Ernest A Inglis after a nine month trial, could bring prison terms of up to five to 15 years.
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Waterbury
Conn
Frank Hayes
Hugh M Alcorn
Connecticut
Ernest A. Inglis
Maestri Organization Frays in New Orleans Political Strife
In New Orleans Aug 17 political factions threaten the Maestri machine as rivals from Old Regulars and Long adherents mobilize for 1942. Federal testimony in the Leche hot oil case links Maestri to Huey Long’s era finances while graft charges color the city hall scene.
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New Orleans
EMI Estat
Maestri
Robert S. Maestri
City Hall
Murray Urges Special Congress Session
Senator Murray of Montana proposed to President Roosevelt that a special congressional session be called to discuss spending and lending measures. He argued against curtailing government spending to avoid great damage to the national economy.
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Washington
Murray
Montana
Roosevelt
Seizure of Leche and Shushan Land Urged as State Parks
A radio speaker in New Orleans urged Louisiana to seize the estates of former Governor Richard W. Leche and Abe Shushan and convert them into state parks. James H. Morrison, Hammond attorney and former political candidate, argued the properties, on the so called gold coast near Covington, should be taken for the people who funded them. Leche faces a hot oil indictment seeking a 67000 dollar payoff. Shushan’s name was removed from the local airport, now called New Orleans airport.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Abe Shushan
Huey Long
Leche
Shushan
Gold Coast
Covington
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Congress
Morrison
Orleans
Highways to Be Improved in Northeast Louisiana
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce highway committee led by Tom Hicks and Mayor German Baker met in Baton Rouge with F. W. Baggio of the Louisiana State Highway Commission. They won promise to blacktop the Delhi to Winnsboro route immediately, a 35 mile stretch central to Monroe trade. A plan exists to blacktop the St. Joseph to Winnsboro road by fall 1940, bridge at Natchez pending opening, with work not possible on the line this year.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Hicks
German Baker
St. Joseph
Baton Rouge
F. W. Baggio
Louisiana State Highway Commission
Louisiana
Delhi
Winnsboro
Monroe
Natchez
Fish's Truce Proposal Met With France Skepticism
Paris reports that Hamilton Fish's call for a 30 day European truce was met with sharp mockery by French editors. L'Ordre quips that the Fish has bitten while other papers accuse him of being duped by German and Italian propaganda, aided by a free airplane ride.
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Paris
Hamilton Fish
Fish
L'Ordre
Germany
Flashes In The News: Penny Pincher Hitches To Fair And Back
Calvin Richards, 19, rode 2000 miles to the San Francisco exposition with only eight dollars. He balked at entering the fair, saying it would pinch his pennies, then hitchhiked home. In Indianapolis a two year old bit a thermometer to beat the heat. doctors removed glass and noted a weak colored alcohol swallow was not harmful. In Seattle acting police captain Peter Olson protested a detective captain exam, citing odd questions about stomach pouch, highball, beer, and reading.
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Pittsburgh
Calvin Richards
Indianapolis
Ruth Ann Eastes
Seattle
Peter Olson
Civil Service Commission
Poland Faces Nazi Demands Over Danzig in Tense Crisis
Reports say Germany hints at direct talks while pressing to widen demands beyond Danzig. Berlin sources claim a bloodless solution could be found in Warsaw, amid arrests of Germans and Polish tensions. Britain rearms as London papers urge Poland’s consent for any action.
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Associated Press
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Berlin
Germany
Munich
Free City
Warsaw
Rudolf Wiesner
Alage
D2nority Party
Wiesner
Czecho-Slovakia
Sudeten
Konrad Henlein
Britain
London
Times
Senator Van Nuys predicts 15 Democrats would oppose Roosevelt third term
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana said at least 15 Democratic senators would refuse to support a Roosevelt third term. He plans to oppose renomination within the party and would stay inactive in the campaign if Roosevelt is again the nominee. He warned breaking the tradition could end the republic.
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Washington
Roosevelt
van Nuys
Indiana
Thrifty Town Swaps for Used Fire Engine
In INDEX Washington villagers rejected debt for a new fire engine and bought a second hand manual pumper from Sultan. Soon a brush fire damaged the Presbyterian church parsonage and five other buildings, as reported on the third page.
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Sultan
Presbyterian
Jackie Coogan Accepts 126000 From Coogan Bernstein Settlement
Los Angeles August 17 Jackie Coogan former child star known as the kid in Chaplin comedies receives 126000 as his share of the Coogan Bernstein estate after a court approved settlement. The liquidation totals 252000 with half to Coogan and half to the Bernstein. The case ends part of a long dispute while his wife Betty Grable sues for divorce.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Crogan
Charlie Chaplin
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Arthur Bernstein
Coogan-Bernstein Holdings
Bernstein
Coogan
Betty Grable
United States to Negotiate New Trade Agreements
Washington officials said the United States will negotiate new trade agreements with six countries to replace expiring treaties from the reciprocal trade program. Hearings begin October 2 on a proposed agreement with Belgium. talks will also cover France Switzerland the Netherlands Denmark and Finland.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Netherlands
Denmark
Finland
U S To Take Title To 5 270 000 Bales Cotton
Secretary Wallace announced the government will take title to 5 270 000 bales of 1937 crop cotton to fulfill the cotton rubber exchange with Britain and extend loans on the 1938 crop to July 31, 1940. additional planned sales to Spain France and Switzerland as war reserves.
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Washington
Wallace
Great Britain
Commodity Credit Corporation
Government Loan Corporation
Spain
France
Switzerland
Britain
Arkansas Lion Oil Defies State Shutdown Order at Jones Sand Wells
Lion Oil Refining of El Dorado continues pumping from 59 Jones sand wells in Shuler field despite a state oil and gas commission shutdown order that went into effect at 7 am. Lion executive vice president T. M. Martin said operations were normal, while Lion president Colonel T. H. Barton vowed to seek an injunction to block enforcement.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Oil and Gas Commission
Lion Oil Refining Company
el Dorado
Shuler
T. M. Martin
Commission
Arkansas
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
T. H. Barton
Lion
Jones Sand
Barton
Baldwin Warns Democracy Faces Peril Worldwide
Former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin declared that democracy is not safe, urging the world to defend democratic values. He spoke at a Congress on Education for Democracy, warning against totalitarian encroachment and stressing spiritual foundations over political fixes.
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New York
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Congress On Education For Democracy
Kuhn Tells Dies Panel Murphy Spoke at Bund Meeting
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund testified before the Dies committee that Attorney General Frank Murphy spoke at a Bund meeting in Detroit in 1936. The exchange occurred during a session on un American activities as Kuhn protested questioning and briefly threatened to walk out.
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Washington
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dies Committee
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Kuhn
Committee
Murphy
Representative Thomas
New Jersey
Thomas
Dies
Democrat
Texas
Murder suspect arrested after six months hunt
Ellis Lee Maddox, sought for six months in the murder of Fort Crockett soldier Charles E. Jones, was captured in Marshfield Oregon after eluding authorities in Virginia Nebraska and Oregon under the alias Steven Hendenberg. He faces burglary charges with his brother and another man. Jones was killed February 9 while en route home on furlough. his body found near DeQuincy with two bullet wounds.
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Lake Charles
Henry A. Reid
Charles E. Jones
Fort Crockett
Tex
Marshfield
Ore
Ellis Lee Maddox
Reid
Blackstone
Nebraska
Grande Ronde
Steven Hendenberg
Oregon
M. D. Coy
Calcasieu Parish
Maddox
Tootie
Bud Smith
Veteran railroad engineer fired after collision accident
Denver August 17 engineer W M Medae age 56 with 28 years of accident free service was dismissed by Denver and Rio Grande officials after a collision between his Scenic Limited and the Santa Fe Navajo at a south Denver crossover. Officials found no substantiation for his claim that faulty air brakes caused the crash which killed two men.
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Denver
W. M. Medae
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Medae
Scenic Limited
Santa Fe
Revenue Agents Probe Startling Tax Evasions in Territory
Rufus W. Fontenot of New Orleans arrived in Monroe with Joseph E. Loftin to investigate alleged internal revenue violations. Fontenot said many may have failed to file correct returns and that intensive investigations will pursue improper or fraudulent filings as agents stay here indefinitely.
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Rufus W. Fontenot
New Orleans
Internal Revenue
Fontenot
Joseph E. Loftin
Special Intelligence Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Monroe
Special Intelligence
Navy prepares to lift Squalus as weather clears
In Portsmouth New Hampshire salvage teams resume lifting the sunken submarine Squalus after repairs to salvage gear. Air is pumped into nine lifting pontoons as Admiral Cole notes early morning conditions were uncertain but calmer seas permit the operation. Divers replace hose lines and untangle lines before the lift resumes.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States Navy
Isles of Shoals
Falcon
C. W. Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Admiral Cole
Driving Courtesy Tip Raises Safety Message
A city traffic check on DeSiard Street and South Grand shows only two of 115 left-turners used signals. The piece urges courteous driving to prevent accidents, noting the impact on life and business and ending with a “SANE DRIVING SAFE DRIVING” refrain.
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DeSiard Street
South Grand
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Freeman W. Burford
Seymour Weiss
Huey P Leng Leche
Long
T Semmes Walmsley
Huey
Walmsley
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Hitler
Jackie Coogan
U. S
Baldwin
Tells Committee Attorney General
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