Britain Plans Wide Mine Field To Shield Coasts
Britain outlined a 300 mile mine belt from the Orkney Islands to the Straits of Dover to guard coastal shipping and ships in port from German mines and submarine threats. Australians arrive for brief training before active service as pilots and aircrew. empire plan aims to train hundreds of air personnel annually at 67 stations in Canada.
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London
Great Britain
Orkney Islands
Straits of the Admiralty
North Sea
Admiralty
Thames
Straits of Dover
Flamborough Head
Hull
England
Denmark
Netherlands
Sylt
Helgoland Bight
Cuxhaven
Wilaven
Bremerhaven
Germany
Jutland
Britain
Dominions
Canada
Local People Hurt In Crash Near Houston
Joe N. Owen regional agent for Arkansas Louisiana Motor Freight and his family were injured Sunday afternoon 17 miles west of Houston. Mrs. Owen suffered fractures to arm leg and foot while Mr. Owen had knee facial and hand injuries. Their 13 year old son Enlon escaped with minor bruises as he returned to Monroe with R P Lee.
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Joe N. Owen
Arkansas-Lousions Motor Freight Lines
Monroe
R. P. Lee
West Monroe
Arkansas-Louisiana Motor Freight Lines
Houston
Owen
Lee
Galveston
South Grand Street
Owens
Special Grand Jury Called in Shreveport for Scandal Probe
United States Attorney Harvey G. Fields says a special federal grand jury may convene next month in Shreveport to probe hot oil violations frauds antitrust violations and WPA NYA PWA law breaches in a public scandal case. Routine matters would be reported January 15 at Opelousas. An Alexandria division hearing is set for January 2.
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Shreveport
United States
Harvey G. Fields
Federal Grand Jury
WPA
NYA
PWA
Fields
Opelousas
Malcolm LaFargue
Districtttorney
Ben C. Wkins
Alexandria
Joint Debut Planned In Washington Christmas Debutantes
The 18-year-old daughters of two high officials Jean Wallace and Mary Jackson plan a debut at the Carlton hotel in Washington. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace and Solicitor Robert Jackson host about 500 guests as Jean returns to Connecticut College and Mary to Smith College.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Robert Jackson
Carlton Hotel
Jean Wallace
Mary Jackson
Jean
Connecticut College For Women
Mary
Smith College
Death ends Henry L. Doherty career of Cities Service founder
Philadelphia reports the death of Henry L. Doherty at 69 from bronchial pneumonia in Temple University Hospital. The Cities Service founder built a vast empire from a Columbus newsboy origin, launching Cities Service in 1910 and expanding into utilities and oil holdings worth over a billion dollars by 1929. He directed some 95 corporations and led major projects including the Miami Biltmore hotel.
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Philadephia
Henry L. Doherty
Farflung Cities Service Company
Temple University Hospital
Grace Doherty
W. A. Jones
Cities Service
Doherty
Charles Leonard Brown
Columbus
Miami Biltmore
Coral Cables
Florida
Poll books in Ouachita close this Saturday
Ouachita parish poll books will close Saturday after three final open days at the courthouse from 8 am to 5 50 pm. About 3 000 voters have yet to sign the books, with 18 500 registered and 15 500 signed. Deputies urge checking receipts to avoid being turned away due to missing 1938 and 1939 receipts.
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Ouachita Parish
Massive quake devastates northern Anatolia
An earthquake centered on the Black Sea coast of Turkey causes widespread destruction in Ordu Samsun Tokat Amasia Sivas and Yozgat with hundreds killed and towns abandoned for fields as communications fail and relief workers rush in. A separate tremor off Nicaragua was reported twelve hours earlier.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Black Sea
Turkey
Asia
Ordu
Samsun
Tokat
Amasia
Sivas
Yozgad
Pacific
Nicaragua
Neuchatel
Pine Bluff Zebras Depart For National High School Title Clash
Pine Bluff High School Zebras leave for Baton Rouge to face Baton Rouge High in a national high school football championship. Coach Dunaway takes the eligible squad by bus with planned workouts on LSU fields. Also note Plainview Texas squad traveling to Biloxi for Friday game with Biloxi Indians.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Louisiana
Dunaway
Zebras
Louisiana State University
Frank
Robert Wenzel
Biloxi
Miss
Shreveport
Monroe
Vicksburg
Plainview
Tex
Snow Blankets Move Eastward Across Plains to Ohio
Snowstorms blanket Missouri Iowa and northern Arkansas with nine to 18 inches while temperatures rise in Michigan. Utah ski events are canceled for lack of snow as California frost warnings spread.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Ohio
Midwest
Southwest
Michigan
Detroit Weather Bureau
Wasatch Mountains
Utah
Salt Lake City
California
Citrus Belt
New Orleans
Clayton
N. M
Highway Department
Guymon
Oklo
Boise City
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Kansas
Garden City
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Boy loses leg after skate ride under moving truck
Twelve year old George Saling of New Orleans cannot use his Christmas gift roller skates again after a skating accident. He grabbed a truck for a ride, slipped under it, a wheel crushed his right leg, the driver stopped the machine and doctors amputated. George said he felt little pain.
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New Orleans
George Saling
George
Jones scoffs at charge he is high hat governor candidate
Sam Jones a gubernatorial candidate ridiculed charges he is a high hat lawyer after distributing a newspaper photo of him as a university waiter. He re opened campaigns after the Christmas lull, challenging Ernest Clements and asserting 15 years in public office without attack. The piece notes other candidates and campaign resumes.
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Sam Jones
High Hat Corporation
Vinton
Louisiana State University
Jones
Ernest Clements
Earl Long
1939 Louisiana Scandals Make Big News
Louisiana faced a turbulent year with embezzlement indictments and political upheaval. Dr James Monroe Smith fled then was captured and convicted on mail fraud, aiding a larger wave of indictments and officials’ prosecutions led by Q John Rogge. The year also saw Leche’s resignation, Earl Long’s rise, and notable football and stadium developments.
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Edward Pagnac
New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Baton Rouge
James
Monroe Smith
Abraham L. Shushan
Byrne
Citizens
Robert S. Maestri
J. A. Shaw
Minerals Division
State Department of Conservation
Tulane
Louisiana Normal
James A. Noe
Orleans Parish
Conservation Department
Dr. Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Canada
Resignation and Indictment of Governor Leche
The article reports Governor Leche facing imminent resignation and indictments while serving an 8 to 24 year sentence. Other charges were dropped. After a postponement tied to Smith defalcations, Leche resigned the term on June 26 as Lt. Gov Earl K Long took the oath, with Leche retreating to his Covington estate as federal and state indictments emerged.
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Ments
Angola
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Q. John Rogge
Seymour Weiss
Smith
Leche
Covington
Dick Leche
Huey
Odd Items In The News From Across The Nation
A cabinet fire in Lafayette started by shotgun shells saved a house. In Wilmington a man jailed 15 months after driving an engine. In Kansas City a boy jokes about a tiny man. A painter burns himself using varnish remover. Des Moines workers shift cabinets exposing a patch.
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Lafayette
Ind
Edward Kelly
Kansas City
Sam Wiley
Wiley
Oil men optimistic on new year despite control fears
Tulsa analysts foresee a brighter year for the oil industry with higher use of oil products amid concerns over federal control. Alf Landon warns last year’s shut‑in harmed the industry and urges cooperation to avoid Congress intervention. Kansas Governor Ratner calls for unity while Texas official Thompson hopes federal control ends in 1940.
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Alf M. Landon
Landon
Congress
Peyne Ratner
Kansas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Long Expects to Regain Graft Cash in Louisiana
Governor Earl Long said he expects to recover about 80 percent of grafted state funds from the Lewer administration. He noted roughly 1.5 million dollars diverted to contractors and politicians, with about a third already recovered. He cited $97,000 back from a $194,000 overcharge at LSU and LPI, $58,000 refunds before the Lake Charles grand jury, and ongoing suits and investigations to recoup money.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Richard W. Lewhe
Louisiana State Normal
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Lake Charles
Leche
Louisiana State University
Finnish Ski Troops Drive Into Russia Near Leiska
Finnish ski battalion reportedly penetrates about 115 miles north of Lake Ladoga near Leiska in an operation aimed at severing Russia's Murmansk railroad supply line. Soviet air raids on Tampere Turku and Helsinki cities reported with damage and casualties.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Lake Ladoga
Leiksa
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Helsinki
Tammerfors
Turku
Abo
Viipuri
Hameenlinna
Stalin
Copenen
Joseph Stalin
Arctic
Red Army
Finland
Hoyhenjarvi
Salmijarvi
Red
Salla
Kemijarvi
Gulf of Bothnia
Kurt M. Valenius
Lake
Suvanto
Karelian
Haitermaa
Sakkola
Kreija
Volossula
Final donors to Good Fellows fund aid Monroe families
Final contributors to the Good Fellows fund providing Christmas cheer to hundreds of underprivileged families in Monroe West Monroe and vicinity were G L Mahoney $2 Frances Leigh and Sara Ritter $2 each and The Rendezvous $15.
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Good Fellows Fund
Monroe
West Monroe
G. L. Ma
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