Congress battles over government reorganization reform
Senator Byrnes signaled another drive to empower the president to reshuffle executive agencies amid talks of substantial modifications to the reform program. Dissenting Democrats and Republicans opposed the previous measure, and new concessions may be needed with a smaller forthcoming Democratic majority. Byrnes planned to introduce four separate reorganization bills.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
White House
House
Capitol Hill
General Accounting Office
Civil Service Board
Congress
Bayou Mosquito Control Project Approved for Ouachita Parish
A $65 780 allotment from the Works Progress Administration funds a non federal project in Ouachita parish to clear trees underbrush stumps and vegetation in the DeSiard area for mosquito control. Monroe city and Ouachita police jury sponsor the project with work to start when materials arrive.
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Quachita Parish
Works Progress Administration
United States
Allen J. Ellender
You DeSiard
Te Wpa
C. R. Tidwell
City
Former ambassador Dodd faces hit and run charge in Virginia
William F. E. Dodd Sr former ambassador to Germany will have a preliminary hearing December 17 in Ashland Virginia on a hit and run driving charge. He posted $2000 bond furnished by T Justin Moore. Dodd said he did not stop because he was unsure he had hit the child and did not want a sensation.
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Hanover
William FE. Dodd
Germany
Trial Justice Court
Ashland
Dodd
T. Justin Moore
Richmond
Gloria Grimes
Here
Robert T. Winston
Winston
Beccause
Petro
Round Hill
E. P. Wanders
Carlisle Johnstone
Salvation Army Kettles To Fund Christmas Baskets In Monroe
The Salvation Army kettles will appear on Monroe streets this Saturday with one outside each bank and another near the post office. Adjutant Glen Washburn emphasizes that the Community Chest funds do not cover Christmas baskets and that only kettle receipts can provide aid to needy families during the season. Public generosity is urged to ensure baskets are distributed as usual.
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Salvation Army
Monroe
Glen Washburn
Typhoon Dead Placed at 21 in Philippines
Manila reports at least 21 dead as Typhoon swept central Philippines causing heavy property damage and thousands left homeless. Communications cut and many areas, including Legazpi in Albay, remain unreachable with a damage estimate of at least several hundred thousand dollars.
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Manila
Philippine Island
Pacific
Philippines
Marinduque
Samar
Albay
Camarines Sur
Legaspi
Millions of U S Youths Seek Jobs Report
Washington December 9 7 New estimates by the American youth commission place job hunting youths aged 16 to 24 at nearly six million. D L Harley of the commission team estimates about 3 360 000 of them are totally unemployed.
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Washington
American Youth Commission
D. L. Harley
Commission
Movie leaders urge U S to halt Germany ties
Hollywood executives and actors gather to push a declaration asking President Roosevelt and Congress to sever all economic connections with Germany. They plan to obtain millions of signatures from theater-goers nationwide to forward to Washington. Melvyn Douglas presided at the Beverly Hills meeting and called the move spontaneous.
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Hollywood
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Washington
United States
Melvyn Douglas
Beverly Hills
Edward G. Robinson
Douglas
Trial hinges on daughter angle in Col Gimp case
In Los Angeles jurors are asked about the father daughter conflict as the Martin Snyder murder trial proceeds. Defense stresses the Edith Snyder angle while prosecutors aim to show a plot against Snyder’s daughter his former wife Ruth Etting and pianist Myrl Alderman. The defendant faces charges of attempted murder kidnapping and gun law violations.
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Los Angeles
Angle
Martin Snyder
Snyder
Edith
Ruth Etting
Myrl Alderman
Miss Etting
Alderman
Hollywood Hills
Jerry Giesser
Venire
California
Giesler
Agene A. Blalock
Miss Snyder
Leesville Youth Slain. Uncle Held in Connection
In Vernon Parish Louisiana the death of 18 year old J M Smith is being investigated after he was found with his throat cut at his home. His uncle Bud Smith is jailed amid accounts of a quarrel between the two during a neighborhood visit.
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Leesville
Vernon Parish
Young Smith
Bud Smith
J. M. Smith
Missing Mans Body Removed From River
The body of Willis Alexander Covington, 68, Monroe newspaper seller, was recovered from the Ouachita River by city firemen Friday morning a short distance below the Illinois Central railroad bridge. A coroner's jury ruled death accidental drowning, citing a possible fall on the bridge after a late Tuesday sighting.
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Willis Alexander Covington
Monroe
Ouachita River
Illinois Central
Mulhearn
Covington
James H. Moore
Linderman Avenue
West Monroe
Christmas drama and election notes from midwest towns
In Indianapolis five year old Eugene Ogden will get his cowboy suit after a fire destroyed the Ogden apartment though the suit was saved. In Mendota mayoral race result ends in a tie with 61 votes each and Parker concedes to Quinehan to avoid a runoff. In Independence Kansas Judge Holdren notes many couples consider divorce during the holidays but advises against it, suggesting reconciliation instead.
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Indianapolis
Floyd Ogden
Eugene Ogden
Mendota, Minn
Thomas D. Quinehan
William F. Parker
Parker
Quinehan
Independence
Kans
J. W. Holdren
Cagey Proposal Advances in Chicago Drunken Driver Policy
Police Magistrate L Morell Gross of Brookfield pushes a cautious plan to curb drunken driving in Chicago. The proposal seeks stricter enforcement and enhanced penalties for alcohol impaired motorists, signaling a tougher stance amid rising road offenses.
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Chicago
L. Morell Gross
Brookfield
Salvation Army Adjutant Warns Over Fund Shortfall
Salvation Army Adjutant Glen Washburn warns that misunderstandings about the Community Chest reduce Good Fellows Fund donations. He notes nine local agencies benefit from the chest, but Christmas funds from kettles and the Good Fellows Fund do not, risking fewer Christmas baskets for the needy and clothing for children to attend school.
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News-Star
Glen Washburn
Salvation Army
Community Chest
Good Fellows Fund
Pan American conference opens with call to resist aggression
Twenty one nations convene in Lima for the Pan American conference to address aggression by totalitarian powers and seek peace at home while maintaining world ties. Cordell Hull states the Americas will pursue interdependent global solutions and not isolate themselves.
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Lima
Peru
Europe
Asia
China
House of Representatives
United States
Cordell Hull
Americas
Extension of Old Age Insurance Plan to Reach More Workers
The Social Security advisory council will urge Congress and the president to extend federal old age insurance to at least 2.6 million more workers and to start payments earlier, possibly January 1, 1940, instead of 1942. The plan faces opposition from Republicans and pension advocates, with Roosevelt possibly proposing the changes after January.
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Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
Congress
Council
America
Roosevelt
Federal grand jury to probe McKesson and Robbins case
Attorney General says a federal grand jury in New York will investigate possible federal law violations by McKesson and Robbins Inc of Bridgeport. The firm is under federal trusteeship after directors called its affairs “fantastic.” A court-ordered reorganization proceeds under the Chandler Act with SEC and trustees guiding the process.
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McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Warkhington
New York
Wee
Alfred C. Come
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange Committee On Stock List
W. L Cummings
J. F. Thompson
Jewish refugee recalls Nazi branding in German camp
Bonis Schlerman, a Jewish refugee and former Berlin University professor, describes being branded with a swastika in a German concentration camp. He details forced exile, abuse, and the rescue by American friends ending with treatment in New York after reaching the United States.
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Los Angeles
Bonis Schlerhoe
Berlin University
New York
Schierrman
LSU Professor Frank Prumley Dies of Heart Ailment
Dr Frank Warner Prumiey a professor of agricultural economics at Louisiana State University died suddenly in Baton Rouge from a heart ailment. A Gainesville Florida native he joined LSU in 1954 from the University of Florida where he was senior extension economist. He is survived by his widow a daughter his mother and a brother. Services were held in Baton Rouge then the body was to be sent to Gainesville for interment.
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Baton Rouge
Frank Warner Prumiey
Louisiana State University
Gainesville
Pia
Brumley
University of Florida
Tunisian tensions rise as Italian and French clashes erupt
Turina Tunis sees mobile guards from Algeria patrol streets while French troops in Tunisia hold barracks. Demonstrations by Italians, French, and Arabs spread through Tunisian cities. arrests include Vestri Licinio and Ubalde Her. Police reinforce, 12 Italians accused of beating a French participant. Italian businesses and consulate guarded amid ongoing crisis.
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Tunis
Turina
Deep
Tunisia
Italien
Tanda
Italiene
France
Algeria
Vestri Licinio
Canculete
Ubalde Her
Copilavere Society
Longtime Momree resident injured in taxi collision
W K Shannon a living farmer and oldest native-born resident of Mom ree suffered compound fractures of both legs and other injuries when a taxi driven by J L Specs Peterson struck the rear of a wagon Shannon was driving loaded with vegetables in the 200 block of DeSiard street. The crash shattered the wagon and scattered the peach load as the cab, traveling about 20 miles per hour, failed to dim its lights. Shannon was taken to Vaughan-Wright Benevolent clinic in grave condition.
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W. K Shannon
Mom Ree
DeSiard Street
Shannon
Vaughan-Wrighte Beneel
J. L
Specs
Peterson
C. BR Tidwell
Sterlington Road
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