Voters Turnout Heavier At Noon In Ouachita Primary
In Ouachita parish during the state wide second primary one fourth to two fifths of the total vote had been cast by noon based on 13 of 50 precincts. Voters favored both Long and Jones camps with turnout higher than the first primary though exact precinct totals varied.
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Long
Jones
Ouachita Parish
Quachita Parish
Jonesboro Road
Alden T. Shotwell
Democratic Executive Committee
Two Die After Wrestling Match At Municipal Auditorium
In Shreveport Louisiana two men died after attacks suffered at a wrestling match at the Municipal auditorium. Ira Blume a dentist died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after 10 p.m. F A Pino a sheet metal worker collapsed died of a heart attack in the lobby. Pino left a widow and seven children. Blume survived by his widow and two children.
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Shreveport
Municipal Auditorium
Ira Blume
Blume
F. A. Pino
Pino
I. W. Pino
Paul, Sewall
Wilton
Albert Pine
Baton Rouge
Louise Arnold
Ernest Blume
Jonesboro
W. H. Young
Minden
Mack Tooke
Wringgold
E. F. Osborne
Ouston
Marshall Talton
Pearl Twyn
Memphis
National Guardsmen Guard Louisiana Polls Amid Runoff Tension
National guardsmen under Governor Long remained in barracks during early voting in Louisiana's Democratic runoff. About 600 of 1,200 troops were in uniform, ready for emergencies, while many passed time with games. Heavy state voting continued as arrestees at some New Orleans polls were released after election rule infractions. Senator James A. Noe led an ex service men’s group to monitor voting and enforce an “honest election” with rapid briefings across polling sites.
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New Orleans
National
Ear K. Long
James A. Noe
Jackson
Noe
Pell
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Long
Jackson Barracks
Roosevelt speaks on defense during Pacific cruise
President Roosevelt, sunburned aboard the Tuscaloosa, discussed defense linkages to Central America and hemispheric security plans during a press conference. He praised canal zone defenses, noted their doubling since 1934, and said a third set of locks is needed.
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U. S
Lang
Roosevelt
Pacific Canal Zone
US S. S. Tuscaloosa
United States
Canal Zone
Ace Flier Said Shot Down Over Scapa Flow
London reports a leading German ace and a close Goering collaborator was shot down and captured during a reconnaissance flight over Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. British fighters downed the ace, the Daily Herald said.
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London
Germany
Rmann Wilhelm Goering
Daily Herald Today
Scapa Flow
Britain
Orkney Islands
Goering
Daily Herald
Trail suspect in murder of Joe Calloway
Sheriff Henry A. Reid issued arrest warrants across Louisiana Arkansas and Texas for William Lloyd Adams 24 of Texas after Mrs Claude D Henry identified him as a co conspirator in the fatal slaying of Joseph Calloway a Houston salesman. Arkadelphia officers said Calloways car a Texas plated green coupe was found near a downtown street and towed after an investigation revealing muddy interiors pistol cartridges stained cushions a hair ribbon and cigar fragments.
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Henry Reid
Claude Henry
Lake Charles
J. C. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Beaumont
Calloway
Henry A. Reid
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
William Lloyd Adams
Claude D. Henry
Adams
Arkadelphia
Ark
Joseph Calloway
Bride 13 Reports Husband and Brother Missing in Louisiana Woods
In Alexandria Louisiana a 13 year old bride Mrs Alice Lachney tells police her 19 year old husband Fallis Lachney and 16 year old brother Herman Mayeux disappeared after leaving to fetch wood. She fears foul play. Court records show Alice married December 30, two months earlier. Her mother says Alice is 16 and Fallis’s father signs a declaration claiming Fallis is 28.
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Alexandria
Alice Lachney
Fallis J. Lachney
Herman Mayeux
Lachney
J. T. Lohman
Julius F. Ariail
Alice Mayeux
I Ilis J. Lachney
H. B. Mercer
Alice
Flevie Gremillion
Bennie Lachney
Fallis
Chamberlain Lands Rescue of Prisoners
France calls for ending use of neutral waters for war purposes as Allied forces report a Finnish coast battle near Lake Savanto and repelled Russian advances. German air and sea assaults disrupt Britain’s east coast shipping with SOS signals and air raid alarms. French and British navies vow to prevent belligerent use of Norwegian waters amid ongoing German naval actions.
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France
Helsinki
Acros
Savanto
Viipuri
London
Britain
Northumberland
Lincoln
Suffolk
Paris
Tobey Objects to 1940 Census Income Questions
Senator Tobey challenges the 1940 census plan urging Senate hearings to remove personal income queries. He warns political bosses could exploit confidential financial data, while Hopkins defends longstanding questions on mortgages rents and income as lawful and confidential. Taking begins April 1 under Roosevelt’s assurance of secrecy and penalties for noncompliance.
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Washington
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
Hopkins
Roosevelt
No Rain Forecast for Primary Day in Louisiana
The New Orleans weather bureau forecast a rainless day for primary voting with fair and colder weather tonight. Temperatures today were nearly unchanged across the state.
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New Orleans
McNutt to Skip Ohio Primary Amid Roosevelt Ties
In Washington on February 2, Paul V. McNutt plans to avoid the Ohio Democratic primary as the free-for-all develops. Donahey declined a favorite son role, Garner contemplates entering the May 14 preferential election, and Wheeler considers filing. McNutt refuses primaries where Roosevelt or third term supporters run.
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Washington
Ohio
Paul V. McNutt
Donahey
Garner
Wheeler
Montana
McNutt
Roosevelt
Charles Sawyer
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Oregon
California
Georgia
Democratic Committee
Train Hits Auto Near DeQuincy Wounding Passenger
In Shreveport La on February 2 a freight train struck a car from Co. C F st DeQuincy. Driver was unhurt but Joe Anderson 1 suffered a dislocated shoulder a fractured arm and other injuries after leaping from the vehicle. Pluitt guided the car 75 yards along the track following the collision.
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Shreveport
Co. C
DeQuincy
Joe Anderson
Pluitt
Anderson
Central High Hi Y poll names Rooney Kinnick and Roosevelt
Evansville Indiana report shows thirty three sophomores in Central High school's Hi Y club asked to name who they would most like to be. Mickey Rooney and Nile Kinnick tied for first with several votes each. President Roosevelt placed second. Two boys chose Shirley Temple.
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Evansville
Ind
Central High School
Mest
Mickey Rooney
Nile Kinnick
Sever
President Roosevelt
Shirley Temple
Car thief swiped carburetor. garageman calls police
In Richmond Indiana Madonna Lamb found her car wouldn’t start and a garageman diagnosed the problem as a stolen carburetor. He advised calling the police to handle the theft.
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Richmond
Ind
Madonna Lamb
Behrens Tames Wild Cat Hidden Under Water Tank
In Fairmont Minnesota Julius Behrens heard a mewing from under a water tank he had insulated with earth 26 days earlier. Digging it out, he found the cat tame and now the animal stays close at home.
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Fairmont
Minn
Julius Behrens
Behrens
Central Dairy basketball game entices late rally
In Columbia Missouri the Cen tral Dairy team faced a 17-17 deadlock late in the second half as forward Louis Snyder pressed for a decisive move and more scoring.
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Columbia
Louis Snyder
Central Dairy
Betsy Roosevelt Seeks Divorce From James Roosevelt
Betsy Cushing Roosevelt wife of James Roosevelt seeks a divorce on desertion and cruelty grounds through attorney Neil S. McCarthy joining her husband’s action filed yesterday. They have two children Sara Delano and Kate. The couple married June 4 199 and separated November 1 1938 with custody not stated.
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Los Angeles
Betsy Cushing Roosevelt
James
Neil S. McCarthy
Roosevelt
Sara Delano
Kate
Roosevelts
Brookline
Mass
Sir
Washington
Philadelphia
East
Rogge pushes vote inquiry as Leche arraignment nears
John Rogge, assistant attorney general, says the government will continue probing irregularities in the Democratic primary and runoff balloting. Postal inspectors report fraud in Plaquemines Parish ward nine, precinct two and New Orleans ward five, precinct one as Rogge heads to Alexandria for tomorrow's arraignment of former Governor Richard W. Leche and two others on mail fraud charges. Indictments also accuse 10? company of profiting 211,370.56 from selling trucks at inflated prices.
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New Orleans
John Rogge
United States Attorney General
Ued
Governent
Titley
Plaquemines Parish
Rogge
Alexandria
Richard W. Leche
Leche
L. P. Abernathy
Louisianea
Sighway Commission
George Younger
Explosion Sinks Two Barges Near New Orleans
An explosion on two barges near the Mississippi mouth set the vessels ablaze but caused no loss of life. Tug Marty K towed them seaward, coast guard Camellia helped rescue four men from each barge, with estimated losses not yet available.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Marty
Morgan City
Pg Oil
Nw Oroil
Koch-Ellis
Poll Row in New Orleans Stirs Voting Turmoil
Chaos at several precincts in New Orleans during a run off election. Reports say booths were dragged away and new ones set up after clashes near polling sites. Several Sam Jones workers and supporters were arrested or restrained as brigades accused election officials of barring poll books and disrupting the vote.
Mrs Taft Begins Western Swing for Senate Bid
Mrs. Robert A. Taft leaves Washington to campaign for her husband the Ohio senator. She meets Republican women in Evanston and plans a Minnesota and Midwest tour, sharing a Chicago rally with Representative Martin and targeting key states.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Evanston
Winona
Mins
Minnewotta
Midwest
Chapel Hill
N. C
Springfield
Til
Taft
Spy trial ends in death sentence for German boy
An allied military court in Line France announced the death sentence for Karl Szebereny a 2 year old native of Germany who was tried secretly for espionage noted as executed.
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Norwegian Fjord
Chessingfjord
Norway
Trail
Joe Calloway
Chamberlain
REDS
M'Nutt
Ohio State
Associated Press
Fellas
James Roosevelt
Orleans
Fed
Jacheon Brigade
Mth
Feb
I. J
Gibbons
7Th Ward
Ith
Sam Temurray
Tulane University
Wee
Charlee Rucker
Zemurrey
Jones Force
Heen
James A. Moe
Jackson Brigade
Maine
North Torti Street
Seventh Precinct
Alex Monier
Lotuis Beller
Bart Long
Walter Bonla
Jonesman
Leon Adama
Seventh
George Hammett
Aldridge
Jones Ward Mader
Ninth Ward
Eimet
Tith Ward
Willian Brehm
Charles
Mrs. Taft
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