Louisiana Runoff See National Guard Ready but Idle
In yesterdays runoff, about 3500 National Guard members stood by for duty with little violence or disruption reported. Violence was minor, 61 arrests in New Orleans, and notable arrests of five precinct commissioners in East Baton Rouge parish over voting access at a state TB sanatorium. Officials say inmates were involved, while judges and prosecutors contest inmate status. Bond set at 500 dollars for each commissioner as state police execute warrants. Vote returns show Governor Earl Long leading with 217 to 186 for Jones, with the tally unsigned and a note of arrests on a court order. Leaders of the Jackson brigade, backed by State Senator James A. Noe, were defeated in the runoff.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
New Orleans
East Baton Rouge Parish
Grant Parish
Greenwell Springs
Joe Loret
James D. Womack
Robert Ezell
T. O. Morgan
Isaac Per
Vin Sides
Earl Long
Jones
J. D. Womeck
Jackson Brigade
James A. Noe
Jones backed candidates in by good leads
Sam Jones backed candidates in state races as unofficial results show large leads. Eugene Stanley led anti-corruption efforts with 39,000 margin, while Burns trailed. In lieutenant governor race Marc Mouton led Jones tickets, with Harvey Peltier behind. Education post saw John E. Coxe ahead of T. H. Harris.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
Eugene Stanley
State Department
Stanley
Francis P. Burns
Earl K. Long
Marc M. Mouton
Jones
Harvey Peltier
Long
John E. Coxe
T. H. Harris
Lowe Heads New Legion Committee
Col onel Frank E. Lowe of Portland was named chair by Raymond J. Kelly to head a new national American Legion committee. The panel will coordinate a broad alliance against fascism nazism communism and intolerance with six aides to be named. Lowe is executive director of the Associated Industries of Maine and a World War I veteran.
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Bangor
Frank E. Lowe
Portland
National American Legion Committee
Oficer
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
National Legion
Lowe
Associated Industries of Maine
Reserve Officers’ Association of America
Maine
Legion Department
Jury Reconvenes After Election Holiday in Shreveport
A federal grand jury in Shreveport reconvened after an election day holiday. It will not require poll officials to return as they were excused from further testimony under seal rules.
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Shreveport
Air Raid on Pajala Sets Swedish Town Ablaze
Seven Russian bombing planes dropped 30 to 40 bombs on Pajala near the Finnish border. Four buildings were destroyed and others burned in the 3000 inhabitant village, half the town reported burning. Residents fled to fields or hid in homes as bombs fell near the Pajala church.
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Stockholm
Pajala
Aftonbladet
Kengis
Jala
Lake Charles Slaying Suspect Held in Arkansas
Federal agents hold 23 year old Harold Finnan Burkes alias William Lloyd Adams in Arkansas after he confessed to participation in the hitchhike killing of Texas traveling salesman Joseph P. Calloway near Lake Charles Louisiana. Mrs Claude Henry of Beaumont Texas had earlier admitted firing the fatal shot as Calloway knelt in a rice field. The case ties a convicted killer's wife to a crime partnership and a dramatic sequence in Beaumont and Lake Charles.
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Lake Charles
Richmond
Louisiana
Claude D. Henry
Beaumont
Tex
Burkes
William Lloyd Adams
C. W. Hickman
Frank Belin
British And German Planes May Wage Sky Battle Soon
A wartime forecast from Washington notes rising European tension as Britain and Germany position for aerial combat. It highlights Air Ministers Kingsley Wood and Hermann Goering and cites tentative German bombing along the British coast as Britain strengthens the Royal Air Force.
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Associated Press
Europe
Pickwickian
Bismarck
Kingsley Wood
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Wood
Goering
Oxford
Count Zeppelin
Monroe to get seaplane base title
Monroe will acquire a seaplane base with city materials for a landing float and NYA labor to supervise construction. The plan arose from a Wednesday meeting at Hotel Frances with CAA officials Mayor Apperson and local business leaders.
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Civil Aeronautica Authority
National Youth Administration
Monroe
Hotel Frances
NYA
Robert S. Fogg
CAA
E. Travia, Jr
Ed C. Apperson
Twin Cities Aero Club
Mra
BE. V. Chandler
MYA
George Helland
Chamber of Commerce of
West Monroe
Seward Griffin
Aero Cub
Lavcade Falls From Nomination In St Landry Balloting
Complete returns from St Landry Parish show State Representative Henry D Lavcade denied renomination by Dr J C. Lavcade was one of the legislators who helped save the round robin that won Governor Harry P Lang an impeachment in 1909. In Acadiana Lorrs M Wimberly narrowly lost his bid for reelection. Parker Wimberly, secretary of the state civil service commission, faces new federal charges over machinery deals in his past. In Lafayette Parish Frank Macque defeated WA Montgomery for state representative by 2107 votes. complete tabulation shows 1529 for Booque anti administration and 418 for Montgomery. Nai J Amy defeats Eloi O Guillory for state senator from the Liberal district in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
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Opelousas
Landry
Henry D . Lavcade
J Cee
Larcade
Arcadia
Bo —Lorrs M Wimberly
State Home of Representatives
Wimberly
Ras
Parker Wimberly
Civil Aeevice Commission
New
Federe Indictmen
Hie
Parch
Lafayette
Frank Macque
WA Montagomery
Lafayette Portah
Booque
Montgomery
Smith French and Farr Win In Elections
Smith Ouachita parish police juror Ward 4 race winner. Dean Farr re elected as Ouachita parish clerk of court. Dr JT French defeats incumbent Dr Irving J Wolff for coroner in the Ouachita Jackson district run off. Other ward results noted with precinct totals and party nominees.
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D. ¥. Smith
Ouachita Pariah
Sternington
Wate
Dean Farr War
Ouachita Parish
de JT. French
Irving J. Wolff
Pariah
Ouschita
Jackson Pariahes
S. O. Henry
Sander Berry
Legith
Paul Park
Quechia Pariah
Ouachita
Gordon Surgaine
Surgaine
French
Irving Wolff
Long Regime Falls as Louisiana Elects Jones Governor
In New Orleans the Huey P Long era ends as Sam Jones wins the Democratic gubernatorial nomination after a lengthy campaign. Jones vows to pursue prosecutions for graft and restore Democratic governance, pledging nonpolitical prosecutions and a party convention system.
Election brings two new Sam Joneses in Louisiana
Runoff primary day in Louisiana produced two winners named Sam Jones. One, Sam Jones Estay, topped voters in the western Grosse Tete area, while Sam Jones Daigre carried Winnfield, the hometown of defeated Governor Earl K. Long, whose political machine was toppled.
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New Orleans
Louisen
Sam Jones
Jones
Winnfield
Earl K. Long
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