Air Recruiting Drive Planned Across the Nation
The army launches a nationwide air recruiting tour next month to meet a 227000 enlistment quota. Four flying units with two planes each will travel coast to coast using glamor marketing in news, magazines, radio and film. Recruits may gain free bomber rides and contests for privileges as ads depict soldiers in labs planes and kitchen police duty.
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Washington
Army
Roosevelt
Air Corps
War Department
National Defense
Army recruiting tour promises 18 luxury offices on wheels
Recruiting officers solicit bids for 18 large truck and trailer units each with sleeping quarters for five soldiers. Top salesmen will staff the tour. A bronze haired Miss Liberty stands with Army posters across 75,009 buses and other transit ads, plus 44 recruiting stations and 408 substations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Liberty
Death ends H Doherty era of scientific gas ventures
Doherty built a vast gas industry network and perfected cooling systems and distillation methods for petroleum. A tenacious fighter, he countered critics by taking an interest in the Kansas City Journal Post. He supported Roosevelt birthday balls for crippled children and Warm Springs foundation, earning praise for science and human relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Kansas City
Star
Kansas City Journal- Post
Crippled Children of the
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Advancement of
Science and Human Relations
Feeling Strong Against Crime Across States
The piece notes juries indicting and convicting officials beyond New York, highlighting politicians like Dewey and the Pendergast era in Kansas City. It mentions Governor Lloyd C Stark, Maurice Milligan, and Wheeler of Montana courting Colorado Democrats, with talks of 1940 campaign dynamics and party alignments.
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New York
Kansas City
Louisiana
Dewey
Lmelight
Tom Pendergast
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Maurice Milligan
Wheeler
Montana
Colorado
Denver
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Farley
Far West
Johnson
Boy gets replacement bicycle after theft and kind donor
In Louisville on December 27 a 14 year old, Jesse Mulkins, had his Christmas bicycle stolen while at a theater. Police told him to buy a new one. S J Beierfield offered to buy Jesse a new bicycle after hearing of the loss. An unrelated estimate puts car making costs at 17850 dollars per vehicle if workers lose power tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Santa Claus
Jesse Mulkins
S. J. Beierfield
Jesse
Leche Hall
Louisiana Tech
Smith
Murphy
New Orleans
O. John Rogge
Department of Justice
Louisiana
Rogge
Jones rejects high hat charge in gubernatorial race
Sam Jones scoffs at the accusation of being a high hat governor as he counters the whispering campaign tied to Earl Long. Governor Long defends his ticket and laments graft investigations while urging voters to reject organized machines.
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Jones
High Hat
Sam Jones
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
Far K. Long
New Iberia
Earl Long
Moseley
Long
Zachary
Lake Charles
James A. Noe
Noe
Highway Commission
Monroe
Shreveport
Seymour Weiss
Louisiana
Byrd ships reach Wellington as Antarctic voyage nears
The North Star, flagship of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition, arrived in Wellington from Philadelphia on November 21. The Bear of Oakland is due in Dunedin in about two weeks. both ships will depart for the Antarctic after meeting in New Zealand. The piece notes railroads using about 63,800 motor trucks for inter-city haulage and deliveries.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
North Star
Richard E. Byrd
Wellington
Philadelphia
Bear of
Oakland
Antarctic
Louisiana Scandals Spirited Courtroom Dramas In 1939
Federal grand jury accuses Leche and Seymour Weiss of violating the Connolly hot oil act in a deal alleged to yield 67000 dollars each. State courts pursue Leche as part of the Louisiana scandal saga.
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Seymour Weiss
New Orleans
Huey Long
Leche
New meanings emerge from political scandals in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 27, readers learn how terms like double dipper triple dipper deducks double move gravy train and pork barrel have taken on new meanings tied to state payrolls and corruption schemes. The piece notes readers recognize references to officials holding multiple jobs and unusual compensation practices amid the upheaval.
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New Orleans
Sugar Bowl bound Tulane tops nation in strong season
Tulane crushes Fordham Alabama Clemson Columbia Mississippi State and LSU to secure a Sugar Bowl bid after a 14 14 tie with North Carolina. Louisiana Normal dominates rival teams earning SI A A and Louisiana Intercollegiate titles as about 70 000 expected for the big game.
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Tulane
Little Louisiana Normal
North Carolina
Fordham
Alabama
Clemson
Columbia
Mississippi State
Louisiana State
Louisiana Normal
Centenary
Louisiana College
Mississippi College
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Normal
Louisiana Intercollegiate Association
Noe
Orleans Parish
People's League
Conservation Department
Louis Knop
Debuts in Washington Reveal Notable Lineage
A tea marks joint debut plans in Washington for Marilynn Himes and Deborah Kirk. Himes, daughter of Joseph H. Himes, former Ohio congressman, wears a silver pink net gown. Kirk, daughter of Captain Alan G. Kirk, naval attaché, arrives from London in white satin and tulle. Patricia Prochnik, amid the debs, plans business school and acts as secretary to her father.
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Hollywood
Marilynn Himes
Joseph H. Himes
Ohio
Himes
Deborah Kirk
Alan G. Kirk
London
Vassar
St. James
Patricia Prochnik
Austria
Odd Items In The News From No Paint Since Capitol 1886
Wall not repainted since 1886. cabinets unmoved during prior decorating. Mahon ey, 68, jailed for vagrancy at Omaha Central Station after asking judge to extend stay for his old age pension check. Judge grants five days to collect funds.
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Capitol
Omaha
Neb
William T. Mahoney
Central Police Station
Mahoney
Birth in Winnsboro Grows Underwood Family
A daughter named Glenda Faye Underwood was born December 21 at a Winnsboro hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Underwood. Mrs. Underwood is the former Cyrina Jenkins of Winnsboro.
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Winnsboro
Harry Underwood
Glenda Faye Underwood
Underwood
Cyrina Jenkins
Stolen 1939 Oldsmobile Sedan Believed Taken in Alabama
Robert S. Mathan reports his maroon 1939 four door Oldsmobile sedan with Louisiana plate 306-378 stolen while he visited Tuscaloosa Alabama. Police nationwide are on the lookout for the automobile.
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Robert S. Mathan
Auburn Avenue
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Louisiana
Ski Troopers Dash At Russian Line On Karelian Front
Finnish units on the Karelian isthmus front report a population evacuation of about 40 000 after long range Russian shelling. East of Leiksa Finns advance to sever Russian Murmansk railway supply lines. 20 enemy trucks destroyed. Sweden aids Finland with volunteers medical supplies and credits totaling about 8 million crowns with large private donations.
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Karelian Isthmus
Leiksa
Murmansk
Sweden
Ernst Linder
Confederation of Labor
Stockholm
Fresh troops move into Finnish Soviet warfronts and new British mine field planned
The AP reports fresh troops for the Finnish Soviet front and a vast British mine belt to guard the west. A Christmas calm holds on western fronts. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Abe faces a parliamentary push to resign amid Japan's Yangtze reopening debate.
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Associated Press
British Isles
Europe
Orkney Islands
Dover Straits
Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
United States
Yangtze
Japan
China
Election Officials Being Drawn for January Primary
New Orleans 1305 commissioners were chosen to staff 261 precincts for the January 16 Democratic primary. Names came from 5000 submissions to Jules A Grasser, Orleans Parish Democratic chairman. Three legislative candidates withdrew from the race.
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New Orleans
Jules A. Grasser
Orleans Parish
Democratic Committee
House
Senate
Winter Storm Routs and Cold Snap Grips Central Regions
A broad storm dumped heavy snow in Missouri Illinois and Kentucky with four inches in parts of Missouri while western states saw near zero to sub zero temperatures. Planes grounded in St Louis and Kansas City with east bound flights affected. Southeast regions faced heavy rain and chill while California grapples with frost after warm days. Lockheed opens a European parts and service beta in Amsterdam costing 100000 dollars.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
East St. Louis
Louisville
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Rocky Mountains
California
South East
Apalachicola
Fla
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Amsterdam
Holland
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Efe
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Piret Love
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Twinkle Toed Angel of
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Will Osborne
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James Ellison
Walter Connolly
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Paramount
William Powell
Paramount Theater
H. Doherty
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Colalpa
Clarence Lorio
Beed
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Louis LeSage
Standard Oil Company
J. Emory Adams
Bienville Hotel
Weiss
Hart
LeSage
Adams
Shushan
Norvin Trent Harris
Robert Newman
Herbert Wayuespack
Levee Board
Henry J. Miller
James Morrison
Hammond
People’s League
Charles A. Byrne
Grand Jury
George P. Platt
Byrne
John E. Jackson
Harold A. Moise
Jackson
Supreme Court
Niels F. Hertz
J. A. Shaw
Minerals Division
Department of Conservation
Shaw
Blanche Buquoi
Byrd
Frederic A. Delano
Russian Line
John D. Schilleci
Beaker F. Amann
Frank Dreading
Uth
Lincoln
Iowa
Ceei
Penetro
Bella Scherck
Davidson's
Children’s Department
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Indiana
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Central Auto Sales, Inc
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