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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1939

Page

7

Workers rally against dictatorship in Madison Square Garden

President William Keen of the American Federation of Labor urges action to stop totalitarian powers and defend democracy in Europe. Alfred M. Landon and Herbert Hoover address the crowd, urging vigilance without entering war. Rabbi Stephen Wise and other leaders condemn aggression in Poland and the Balkans.

New York Amerian Workers William Keen American Federation of Ibor Europe Madison Square Arden United Ates America Lor Poland Finland Rusia Balkan States Hitler Stalin Mussolini Church Race Union Alfred Madon Herbert Oover Samuel McCreavert Fedal Churches of Christ In America Stephen S. Wise

Durrett Denies Asking Deductions in Campaign Drive

Carl Durrett, head of the New Orleans office of the Louisiana state employment service, says he authorized a committee of four to five staffers to collect voluntary contributions for Governor Earl K Long, but he denies directing the drive. He notes all 103 office employees are funded by federal money and asserts he would risk federal jail for pressuring staff. Durrett plans to stay in New Orleans to investigate and drop weekend plans to return to Arcadia.

New Orleans Carl Durrett Louisiana State Employment Service Earl K. Long Durrett Arcadia Bienville Parish

Fairbanks Friends to Serve as Pallbearers

Six close friends of Douglas Fairbanks Sr will act as pallbearers at his funeral tomorrow in Hollywood. Actor Charles Chaplin, theater owner Sid Grauman, film executive Joseph M. Schenck, and scenarist Tom Longden are among the pallbearers for the celebrated actor.

Hollywood Douglas Fairbanks, Sr Charles Chaplin Sid Grauman Joseph M. Schenck Tom

Former film star dies of heart attack in regional rites

C E Geraghty Erickson Fairbanks business manager and Chuck Lewis trainer will assist at the Wee Kirk of the Heather rites. Burial will be in a temporary crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The former motion picture star died of a heart attack Tuesday.

Geraghty C. E. Erickson Fairbanks Chuck Lewis Wee Kirk Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Collision damages New Orleans ship in Mississippi River

The coast guard said a New Orleans vessel collided and sustained damage in the Mississippi River at Manchac bend, 14 miles south of Baton Rouge.

New Orleans Coast Guard Mississippi River Manchac Bend Baton Rouge

Surplus Commodity Director Chosen for Southern Region

The Agriculture Department names James S. Allen of Austin Texas as regional director of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation the stamp program in the southern states will be expanded from Dallas headquarters Allen has supervised the southern expansion and previously served as assistant to Milo Perkins the pool note states Chorley England locals win a town swimming pool after more than 70 years.

Washington Agriculture Department James S. Allen Austin Tex Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation Allen Dallas Birmingham Ala Shawnee Okla Wichita Falls Little Rock Ark Memphis Chorley Lancashire England

Gable and Lombard Depart Atlanta for Gone With the Wind Premiere

Clare Gable and his actress wife Carele Lombard left Atlanta last night to premiere the motion picture Gone With the Wind in which Gable stars. The birthday salute was quiet and the royal cannon was cancelled.

Gable Atlanta Hollywood Clare Gable Carele Lombard

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