Senate probes clash over army wartime control plan
The war policies commission reviewed a censorship and publicity plan proposing a public relations administrator to mobilize media, regulate censorship, and oppose home disaffection. Army officials denied press licensing. Socialist Norman Thomas backed inquiry while critiquing Roosevelt. Eight bills would authorize draft, resource control, insurance, and war trade administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Policies Commission
Clark
C. T. Harris
Army
E. E. Brannan
Norman Thomas
Roosevelt
War Finance Corporation
Boy Stolen With Auto Is Located
A missing boy in east Texas was found after a nightlong search by fliers and Justice Department agents. Lars son, a farmer, pleaded for the abductor to return the auto but release the boy quickly. The child, only in light overalls, faced exposure risk in heavy rain. Sheriff Earl Price labeled the theft likely by an amateur car thief. A $100 reward was offered. Brazil abolished slavery in 1888 as the last western hemisphere country to do so.
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Department of Justice
East
Texas
Larsson
Earl Price
Brazil
Benefit events support Good Fellows fund at Paramount theater
A midnight Sunday program at Paramount theater features seven groups in vaudeville and a feature film The Adventure Girl. Tickets cost 50 cents with all proceeds for the Good Fellows fund. sponsors include Barkdull Faulk post No 13 American Legion, its auxiliary, KMLB, Param ount theater staff, News Star Morning World, Local 668, and Trousdale Printing Co. The Legion auxiliary also plans a ticket sale and a bumper house.
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Ets
Good Fellows’ Fund
Booster Club
Paramount Theater
Barkdull Faulk Post No. 13
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
KMLB
the News-Star
Memphis Doctor Leaves To Treat Ruston Child
Dr. Eugene Rosamond left Memphis by car for Ruston Louisiana to aid the three year old daughter of Floyd B. James who is critically ill with pneumonia. The child is granddaughter of Dr. J C Ayres of Memphis now in Ruston. Flight was planned but bad weather blocked air travel.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eugene Rosamond
Ruston
Floyd B. James
J. C. Ayres
Rosamond
Alleged Slayer Taken in Bossier Rushed to Jail
Fingerprint expert J. V. McVeety showed Sheriff McLean a booking photo from 1925 to identify the man now jailed as the suspect. The image had been printed and later released, confirming the link to the current case.
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Bossier
J. V. McVeety
McLean
Suspect in Cleveland hammer slayings held in Shreveport
Sheriff officers say the suspect identified as R L Roy will not be brought to Bolivar county jail due to high local feeling. Sheriff McLean and Memphis officers question him in Shreveport while awaiting identity confirmation and potential charges.
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Cleveland
Miss
Grady Williamson
Shreveport
R. L. Roy
Aurelius B. Turner
Bolivar County
E. R. McLean
Bossier City
McLean
Greer P. Rice
Clarksdale
Memphis
Memphis Police Department
Steve C. Norris
Denver attorney charged in abduction case
Proceedings detail a Denver attorney implicated in an abduction plot with money traced to payments in Oklahoma City and a hotel carpet stash. The affidavit outlines four hundred fifty dollar bundles totaling thousands, and a plan involving a treasure map as part of the ransom scheme.
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Oklahoma City
Mathers
Feldman
Laska
Notable ransom case clues emerge in Oregon and Washington
The government recovered $46,000 in ransom money from new hiding places in Oregon and Washington. Laska, denying the charge, claimed innocence and said he would rather die than reveal his clients' secrets. He spoke from behind nose glasses.
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Feldman
Oregon
Washington
Laska
Bombs Explode As Autentico Party Opponents Rally
The article notes attacks in the city tied to an anti government campaign linked to the Autentico party. Leaders of the ABC and other opposition claims to have restrained violent elements since a raid. Critics accuse Batista of despotism akin to the Machado regime.
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Autentico Party
ABC
Batista
Machado
Improvements in Waterways in Dern's Report
Dern's assessment outlines $5 billion in river and harbor projects pending approval to improve navigation and flood control across the nation. In 1934 funds supported 16 623 direct jobs and over 200 000 indirect positions, with $8 billion planned for future work including the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway. A survey of 200 Mississippi tributaries nears completion and the War Department has ready plans for lower Mississippi Valley projects costing $800 million. In 1934 engineers focused on Mississippi Missouri navigability and dam work at Fort Peck Bonneville Grand Coulee.
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Dern
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
War Department
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Missouri
Fort Peck
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
West
Robinson Sought in Minneapolis Case Update
Thomas H. Robinson, sought by authorities, was reported seen in Minneapolis today as a manhunt for his arrest continued and police followed leads across the city. No further details were released pending ongoing inquiries.
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Monroe Hardware CO
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Marie
Corbeil
Ont
Emelie
Cecile
Jannette
Yvonne
Armandine Renaud
Good Fellows
Parish High School
Good Fellows Fund
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Bill
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Standard Office Supply Co., Inc
St. John
Virginia Hotel
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Sparco
Penzoil
Tire Service
Denver
Bond
Bond Pharmacy Co
Little Rock
Ark
Bulova
Bidg
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Malden, Mass
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Luther-Reed
Colorful
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