Burglary Hits Four Monroe Stores on South Grand Street
Burglars described as professionals struck Eureka Grocery No 2, Monroe Steam Laundry, Twin City Motor, and Rizzo's Pharmacy on South Grand. Safe explosions damaged the Eureka store safe while cash and liquor were taken. tools left behind near Plum and Grand. Police offer rewards and state police with local agencies pursue suspects.
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Monroe
Eureka
South Grand Street
Twin City Motor Company
Plum
South Grand Streets
Rizzo
Frank V. Reitzell
Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Debt
West Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Rebels Reach Tarragona as Franco Calls for Armistice
In Spain the insurgent army formed new positions east of Tarragona as they press toward Barcelona amid claims of advancing reach to the Mediterranean coast. General Franco urged government forces to sue for peace, warning victory by the insurgents appears likely.
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Lerida
Spain
Francisco Franco
Hendaye
France
Tarragona
Barcelona
Catalonia
Mediterranean
Dr Felix Frankfurter Faces Senate Questions on Civil Liberty
The article quotes Felix Frankfurter defending civil liberties for all, including disliked groups, and asserts his attitude and outlook have been fully expressed and are accessible.
Dodd Indicted in Hanover Hit and Run Case
Dr. William F. E. Dodd former United States ambassador to Germany was indicted by a Hanover county grand jury on a hit and run causing injury to Gloss Grimes a four year old. His arraignment followed with a not guilty plea and trial set for March 2. Bazile urged delay citing illness while the commonwealth’s attorney pressed for immediate trial. The indictment was one of five returned.
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Hanover
William FE. Dodd
United States
Germany
Hanover County
Glass Grimes
Dodd
Leon M. Bazile
Bazile
uilty _ Bazile
Gloss Grimes
Commonwealths
Edward Simpkins, Jr
Southern Railway Cuts Coach Fares Across System
The Southern railway system announces a 25 percent fare cut to 1 12 cents per mile. Assistant Traffic Manager F L Brown said the reduction, effective yesterday, aims to boost passenger traffic and pecapls.
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New Orleans
Southern Railway System
F. L. Brown
Brown
Birthday Ball Plans Discussed At Parish Chairman Meeting
A district meeting of parish committee chairmen for the presidents birthday event to fund infantile paralysis drive will be held in Monroe Wednesday at 11 am in Mayor Benoits office. State treasurer A P Tugwell announces plans with numerous parish superintendents and local officials attending in a bid to raise funds for the national foundation.
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Monroe
HH. Benoit
Ouachita Parish
A. P. Tugwell
National Foundation For
Tugwell
Benoit
T. O. Brown
T. G. Biggs
Ashley Wariick
Lake Providence
J. Vernon Sims
O. E. Huey
Oak Grove
Leo Terzia
E. D. Shaw
Bastrop
F. W. Murphy
E. J Upshaw
Farmervale
Charles Gayne
H. L Campbell
Ruston
Max Catlin
W. H. McLaurin
Jonesboro
Vincent Mauser
T. L. Johnston
Columbia
J. C. Buie
John L. McDuff
Winnsboro
W. T. Jones
J. B. Thompson
Rayville
Jeff B. Snyder
J. R. Linton
Tallulah
E. D. Coleman
W. C. Rives
St. Joseph
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Hammond
Lafayette
Caraway Says Clark Would Lose if Nominated
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas says Bennett Champ Clark would be defeated if he secures the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. She indicated uncertainty about Arkansas backing Clark and noted she is a staunch administration supporter.
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ST. Louis
Hattie M. Caraway
Arkansas
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt calls for broader social security act expansion
President Roosevelt urged Congress to widen the social security act with earlier old age insurance and broader protections for dependents and unemployment. He warned against untested panaceas and proposed larger federal grants to states with merit systems for agencies handling funds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Security Board
Dixon vows to remove artificial barriers against the South
Alabama Governor elect Frank M Dixon pledges to end discrimination and partisan barriers he says keep the state poor. Speaking at his inauguration near Jefferson Davis's sworn spot, the Birmingham lawyer vows an efficient economical government and to support both state and U S constitutions. He calls for lifting unfair attacks to enable Alabama's prosperity.
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Montgomery
Ala
South
Frank M Dixon
Alabama
Birmngham
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Dixon
United States
State of
Anglo French Brotherhood Begins Defying Dictators
The Rome conference results show Britain and France shifting from appeasement to a tougher stance toward fascist regimes. Prime Minister Chamberlain rejected concessions and asserted democratic unity, signaling a new policy direction for Europe.
Gail H Monroe Dies in Court at Oak Grove
Gail H Monroe a 516 Hall street salesman died in the courthouse at Oak Grove from sudden heart failure during a civil suit hearing. A Monroe resident for years he was formerly with Monroe Wholesale Grocer and once a candidate for city marshal. He is survived by his wife and several children. Funeral arrangements were pending Monday noon with Mulhearn Funeral Home to conduct services.
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Gail H. Monroe
Hall Street
Oak Grove
Monroe
West Carroll
Monroe Wholesale Grocer Company
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Fires Put Out By Sprinklers Before Firemen Reach Eighth Floor
In Philadelphia a store fire on the eighth floor was extinguished by the building’s sprinkling system before firefighters could use elevators. Flame control left puffing crews exhausted after carrying extinguishers. No injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Francis Hobson
Checkers Key To 60th Wedding Anniversary
Lake Mills. C. T. Fargo and his wife just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The 83 year old says a happy marriage rests on playing checkers and that couples should lose a game now and then to keep harmony.
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Lake Mills
Wrs
C. T. Fargo
Mrs. Fargo
Fargo
Robbery Looms As Bandits Slug Nielsen For Wallet
In Omaha Nebraska two men in a car intercepted Christian Nielsen as he hurried home with groceries. One robber demanded money then seized a wallet containing 22 dollars after forcing Nielsen to look ahead.
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Omaha
Ned
Christian Nielsen
Nielsen
Frankfurter Murphy U K D by Committee
The senate judiciary committee approved Felix Frankfurter for the Supreme Court and Frank Murphy as attorney general. The actions send Roosevelt’s picks to the senate floor for expected early confirmation. Murphy, former Michigan governor, succeeds Homer Cummings. Frankfurter fills Cardozo’s vacancy.
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Felix Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
Senate
Murphy
Michigan
Homer Cummings
Frankfurter
Harvard
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Bonnet urges full foreign evacuation after Spanish war ends
Geneva dispatch reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet insists on complete evacuation of foreign volunteers from government territory followed by removal of foreign fighters from insurgent Spain. Rome notes Italy claims resolve of its Mediterranean quarrel after Mussolini spoke with Chamberlain, tying Francoist outcome to broader European tension.
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Geneva
Georges Bonnet
League of Nations Council
Spain
Bonnet
League Committee
Rome
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
Informazione Diplomatica
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Barcelona
Louisiana art building opens at state fairgrounds
The $500 state exhibits building at the Louisiana state fair grounds was dedicated with a permanent art exhibit featuring over 100 Louisiana artists. Harry D. Wilson, standing in for ill Governor Richard W. Leche, called the site a show place of the south as it will permanently display the state's resources.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Harry D. Wilson
Richard W. Leche
South
Louisiana Water Control Funds Sought for Flood Projects
Major General Julian L. Schley urged Congress to appropriate nearly 60 million dollars for flood control and rivers and harbors work in Louisiana and adjacent areas for the coming fiscal year. He also called for 50 million for continued lower Mississippi flood control, 1.283 million for Red River valley flood work, and 7.7962 million for new and ongoing Rivers and Harbors projects in the state.
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Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Ark
Congress
Julian L. Schley
Chief of
Army Engineers
Con Ss
Schley
Mississippi River
Red River
Lower Mississippi
Schiey
Southern leaders urge legislation to aid South Atlantic progress
About 40 Southern leaders form the Council of Southern Regional Development to push federal aid for agriculture health education labor and freight rate relief. They seek state land policy measures and civil liberties guarantees under the wage hour law, coordinating regional efforts chaired by Mark Ethridge of the Courier Journal.
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Atlanta
Council of Southern Regional Development
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt
Chain postal card opposes Roosevelt chain
A chain postal card urging ten million people to oppose a third term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt circulated on Capitol Hill. Senator Holt, Democrat of West Virginia, said he would introduce a resolution opposing a third term. The card urged mass mailing to the White House and a check on campaign progress, with a Long Beach postmark.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Holt
West Virginia
White House
Washington, D. C
R. A. Nickell
Cherry
Long Beach
Calif
King Crowned King’s Ship Quarantined at Singapore
The liner Selandia carrying King Ananda of Siam was quarantined at Singapore after passenger Hazel Roger of Los Angeles contracted smallpox. Ananda continues toward Europe as the situation is assessed.
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KING
Singapore
Selandia
King Ananda of Siam
Hazel Roger
Los Angeles
Ananda
Europe
Milwaukee teen Ruth Scott slain in home invasion
Ruth Scott a 16 year old high school student was killed with an axe during a home invasion in Milwaukee. Sheriff Miles Hulett announced Ernest John Mahr of Milwaukee confessed to the slaying while being held by Racine County deputies after a highway stop.
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Racine
Wis
Miles Hulett
Ernest John Mahr
Milwaukee
Ruth Scott
Mehr
Racine County
Highway 41
Here
Hulett
Mahr
Jan
James Scott
Democracies Stand United Over China Open Door Issue
United States Great Britain and France appear firmly allied in opposing Japan's use of force in China. London issued a strong note to Tokyo after Chamberlain's Rome trip while Paris expected to follow, reiterating the open door principle and respect for China’s territorial integrity.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
China
Chamberlain
Rome
Mussolini
Tokyo
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Netherlands
Robert L. Craigie
Prince Konoye
Louisiana Woman Drowns After Bridge Plunge
Mrs. Julia Avdell of Manchac drowned Saturday night when her car rolled into the Pass as a bridge was raised to let a lumber tow pass. Her body was recovered while her brother J. W. Bates waited in his car for the bridge to lower. Funeral services were held in Kentwood today.
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Manchac
Julia Avdell
Tate
Pass
Avdell
J. W. Bates
Kentwood
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Eternal City
Missoula
Mont
Civilian Conservation Corps
Arkansas City
Kans
Lester Richardson
Leopold
Irene
Greece
Paris
U.K
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Louisiana Water Control
Lower
Mississippi
Chain Postal Card
Ruth
Britain
U. S
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