School dispute in St. Landry grows warmer
In Eunice a faction opposed to the Long political machine accuses Opelousas parish leaders of politicizing the St. Landry public schools by dismissing capable teachers and replacing them with less qualified staff. They condemn the state budget control and demand immediate rectification. Representative Guilroy cites payroll changes linked to Judge Pavy relatives as fuel for the controversy.
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Eunice
State Budget Committee
Isam J. Guillory
House of Representatives
B. H. Pavy
Ope- Sousas
Selassie Offers to Sell Part of Nation to Italy
The article reports Emperor Selassie’s consideration of ceding part of Ethiopia to Italy after the rainy season to block Mussolini’s planned Roman conquest. It notes the area of Russa, about 10 000 square miles, and mentions Aussa and Danakil people, along with American anxieties and American aid efforts including Dr. Arthur Torrance organizing the Ethiopian Red Cross and medical corps.
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Mussolini
Russa
Italy
Eritrea
Aussa
Ethiopia
Arthur Torrance
Los Angeles
Calif
Ethiopian Red Cross
Army Medical Corps
Emperor's Court
Richard Hockman
Wheaton
Emperor threatens death to any who assault Italian troops
A note describes the emperor’s decisive stance as he vows death for any subject who menaces or assaults Italian soldiers, while thousands of troops endure campaigns against typhoid, smallpox and cholera.
Italy Stirred By Sanctions Proposal
Rome reports Britain may seek sanctions at Geneva on September 4 to block Mussolini in Ethiopia while Italians hope league support can restrain punitive measures. Italy readies the 23rd of March division for Naples departure of 6,000 Blackshirts and strengthens Eritrean air power as global reactions mount.
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Rome
Great Britain
Geneva
Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Africa
Ethiopia
Edward Leonard Ellington
Royal Air Forces
Naples
Saturnia
Atlante
Nassau
Miraglia
Eritrea
Suez Canal
Giornale Ditalia
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Britain
Paris
France
Il Duce
London
George Lansbury
United States
Oslo
Norway
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Poona
India
Hamburg
Germany
Ewing Returns to Work After Illness
Toulmin H. Ewing, principal owner of the Monroe Morning World and the Shreveport Times, returned to his desk Friday morning fully recovered after several weeks of illness. He has managed the two Ewing newspapers in Monroe since last February.
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Toulmin H. Ewing
Monroe Morning World
Shreveport Times
Ewing
Monroe
Lumber executive Briant dies at New Orleans home
John P. Briant, vice-president and general manager of Stef Lumber Co., died at his New Orleans home yesterday. A native of St Martinsville Louisiana, he is survived by his widow a son three sisters and two daughters.
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New Orleans
John P. Briant
Stef Lumber Company
St. Martinsville
American Freighter Held in Japan After suspected spying
Japanese dispatches report an American freighter idling in the Bungo Straits near Kyushu and Shikoku. Authorities detained the ship for photographing shorelines. Two young Americans, Phillip Maas and William Felix, are sought as suspects after leaving the vessel for Kobe by train.
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Bungo Straits
Kyushu
Shikoku
Rengo
Saeki Naval Air Base
Tokuyama
Phillip Maas
Stanford University
William Felix
United States
Lingnan
University
Canton
China
Kobe
City Briefs From Monroe and Parish Schools Update
Peyton Parker, burned in a gas explosion six weeks ago, has recovered enough for daily car rides. The Monroe lodge of the Maccabees plans an important Saturday session. A truck from New Orleans delivered public school books valued over $5,000 to Qua chita parish and several schools. FERA worker George Maddox had an emergency leg amputation at St Francis sanitarium and rests comfortably.
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Peyton Parker
Monroe Hire
The
Maccabees
Supt
T. O. Brown
Quachita Parish
St. Matthew's
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
Louisiana Training Institute
New Orleans
George Maddox
FERA
St. Francis Sanitarium
Railway to discontinue tenders at Houston River bridge
The War Department granted Kansas City Southern permission to discontinue tenders at its bridge across the Houston River near Lake Charles Louisiana. The bridge will be operated under regulations requiring 24 hours advance notice of passage through the draw.
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Washington
War Department
Kansas City Southern Railway
Houston River
Lake Charles
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