Four Louisiana gubernatorial candidates predict victory in primary
All candidates except Vin cent Moseley forecast win in today's primary. Sam Jones says he is confident of election and will win a majority in several districts, with New Orleans boosting his bid. Jones campaign managers pledge victory and an honest election to end crooked politics.
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New Orleans
Vincent Moseley
Sam Jones
Earl K. Long
James H. Morrison
James A. Noe
Louisiana
Jones
New Orleans Parish
Jones City
Voting Lag in Ouachita Parish Democratic Primary
Voters moved slowly in Ouachita Parish during the morning phase of the Democratic primary for state and parish offices. By noon, seven precincts showed low turnout though expectations of heavy afternoon voting remained, with polling stations open 6 AM to 7 PM.
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Ouachita Parish
Lee Avenue
Jackson Street
Municipal Golf Club
Forsythe Park
Monroe Gro
Legless Peddler Sentenced in New Orleans Murder Case
Carlos E. Wilson, 38, legless peddler, received a 20 to 30 year prison term for manslaughter in the stabbing of Mrs. Ora Ida Berry, 42, in a saloon last February 26. Identified as his common law wife, Berry was stabbed with a pocket knife after a drinking bout. Wilson, a repeat offender, had previously served time in Alabama for assault with intent to murder.
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New Orleans
Carlos E. Wilson
Ora Ida Berry
Congress May Tie Strings On Aid To Finland
President Roosevelt told Congress that an extension of credit to Finland was under review as Senate considers nominations and committees hold hearings on court and legal positions, Wagner act amendments, trade program renewals, and various investigations.
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Congress
Finland
Washington
Roosevelt
Full Election Committee Named In Baton Rouge Primary
Governor Earl K Long completed a ten member election committee with six named earlier and four named yesterday Bentley Byrnes Louis Sahaque Charles E Dunbar Jr The panel includes ex officio Clem Sehrt and faces a postponed suit by Sam Jones supporters awaiting court decision before today’s primary in New Orleans parish.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Bentley G. Byrnes
Louis Sahaque
Charles E. Dunbar, Jr
Central Trades and Labor Council
Tulane
Loyola Universities
William J. Guste
Louis H. Yarrut
Sidney A. Mitchel
Jones T. Prowell
Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr
Richard A. Dowling
Clem H. Sehrt
Orleans Parish
Toad Airless Joe Wakes After 20 Year Sleep
In Crowell Texas on January 16 a toad named Airless Joe, buried 20 years in concrete, emerged as the sun rose. A newspaper man reports the creature appeared alive and blinked, while another man recalls sealing a frog in cement 200 years ago.
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Crowell
Tex
Joe
Old Rip
Eastland County
Henry Ashford
Old Joe
W. H. McGonagle
Hobbs
N. M
Russell Long unable to vote at first ballot
Russell Long age 21 son of Huey P. Long went to the polls to cast his first ballot but could not vote after discovering he had not registered. He rushed to the parish courthouse to register while in line at a polling site near Louisiana State University agricultural center.
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Baton Rouge
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Russell
Lee
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
L. S
Governor Earl Long Sleeps In Before Return to Set Election Returns
Baton Rouge January 16 Governor Earl Long slept late seeking rest after weeks of campaigning and then left for New Orleans by car. He planned to return in the late afternoon to receive election returns at the executive mansion, with campaign workers told to forward results there.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Joe P Dinson
Shreveport
Morrison
Noe
Prieur Leary
Joseph C Menendex
Marc M. Mouton
Lafayette
Harvey Peltier
Thibodaux
Long
E. A. Conway
James A. Gremillion
Crowley
Jones
H. E
Agriculture and
Immigration
Harry D. Wilson
Amite
Charles A. O'Brien
Ille
BR. M. Singletary
Gonzales
A. P. Tugwell
Winnfield
Earle J. Christenberry
New Orleana
Frederick Putfark
Covington
L. B. Reynard
Alexandria
Charles C. Gayne
Austen
George H. Penn
State Land Office
Lucille May Grace
Edith M. Frank
Medals for Bravery In Campaign Against Finland
Russians decorated 2 606 receive medals for bravery in the campaign against Finland. France keeps armed forces alert for possible German invasion via Belgium or the Netherlands with January 20 as a potential attack date. Britain reports loss of three submarines Seahorse Starfish and Undine as Germany gains first undersea victories.
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Finland
Paris
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Associated Press
London
Seahorse
Starfish
Admiralty
Germany
Britain
Budget Slashes Hit Roosevelt Independent Offices
Washington January 16 The House appropriations committee rejected funds for two Roosevelt created agencies and cut total budget requests by 94 492 166 lowering the recommended appropriation to 1 100 212 307 from 1 194 704 473 The panel trims 75 million from the maritime commission ship construction fund while noting that contractual authorizations may force restoration under a 10 year program The National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Government Reports were denied funds and the offices moved to the White House last summer The committee also refused 1 060 000 sought by the President for unspecified purposes
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Maritime Commission
National Resources Planning Board
Office of Government Reports
National Emergency Council
White House
200 Poll Receipts Reported Stolen in Louisiana
Sheriff Newman H. de Bretton said more than 200 poll receipts for 1938 were stolen from his office a year ago. He urged election officials to detain anyone with the missing certificates numbered 5590 to 5793 as election day arrives. Deputies noted the theft was discovered but the thief remains unknown.
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Baton Rouge
Newman H. de Bretton
de Bretton
Americas Seek Way to Block Belligerents
A Pan American neutrality committee proposes concrete measures to enforce a 300 mile safety zone after Britain rejects it. United States envoy Professor Charles Fenwick says belligerents could be denied privileges until they stop extending war globally. Proposals include preventing warships from obtaining supplies or ship repairs in Pan American ports after acts of war.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Great Britain
Britain
Charles Fenwick
United States
Pan-American Union Governing Board
Eain
Hore-Belisha Case Talked in Parliament
London January 16 Prime Minister Chamberlain defended his January 5 cabinet reshuffle naming Leslie Hore-Belisha as war secretary. Hore-Belisha said he could not believe army officers pressured the move and declined to discuss detailed reasons, saying the matter was prerogative.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Hore-Belisha
War Office
Aris
Murphy Confirmed by Senate Vote for Supreme Court
The Senate confirmed Attorney General Frank Murphy by voice vote to be an associate justice of the supreme court. He will be Roosevelt is fifth appointee. Murphy succeeds the late Justice Pierce Butler. Jackson was approved as attorney general and Biddle as solicitor general.
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Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Francis Biddle
Sheppard
Texas
Washington
Senate
Murphy
High Court
Roosevelt
Philippines
Michigan
Pierce Butler
Jackson
Fire sweeps Shi zooka area destroying thousands of homes
A massive blaze near Tokyo’s tea shipping center in Shi zooka destroyed eight thousand homes and business buildings, left two dead and about ten thousand homeless, with crews placing the fire under control today.
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Tokyo
Shizooka
Odd Items In The News
In Rupert Idaho the county recorder sees odd cash for a marriage license a couple pays 2 pennies and quarters. In Knoxville Mary Jane Donaghy and Elsie Lively recover about 3100 from a rabbit foot test reward, D F Hopkins says the money slipped from his pocket and pays 5 to each girl. In Wabash Indiana Charles E Gill seeks a divorce before Judge Byron Kennedy.
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Rupert
Idaho
Dorothy Hollenbeck
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Jane Donaghy
Elsie Lively
D. F Hopkins
Wabash
Ind
Charles E. Gill
North Manchester
Byron C. Kennedy
Trade Treaty Freedom Urged In Senate Hearings
Henry F. Grady, assistant secretary of state, warned that senate ratification of reciprocal trade treaties would blackout executive tariff making. He addressed the house ways and means committee, arguing ratification would repeal current authority and rejected claims that farmers were harmed by the trade program.
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Washington
Henry F. Grady
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hull
Grady
Farley Questions Roosevelt Run for Third Term
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the New York Herald Tribune that Roosevelt would not seek a third term unless drafted in a national emergency. The Democratic national chairman made the remark to a Columbia University politics class and declined to comment on drafting likelihood.
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New York
James A. Farley
New York Heraldribune
Roosevelt
Columbia University
Farley
Statewide candidate slate shaped by party lines and confusion
A New Orleans dispatch reports candidates for state offices across major tickets with party endorsements. Details include withdrawals, independents, and multiple figures from Shreveport to Lafayette, plus reports of early voting irregularities and a camera dispute at a precinct in New Orleans.
Four Boys Drown Hoping From Ice in Boston Harbor
Four boys drowned while hopping across floating ice in Boston harbor yesterday. Joseph Curry 15 and brothers Wallace 2 Ralph Whitehouse 4 and Charles Kendall were among the victims as an ebbing tide swept the group out to sea. Eight others were saved and Curry died while warning others that the ice was unsafe. Officers searched for hours and found Curry’s body in a different harbor section.
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Boston
Anthor
Joseph Curry
Wallace
Ralph Whitehouse
Brothers
Charles Kendall
Whitehouse
Kendall
Curry
Vote Stealing Warning and Arrest in New Orleans
New Orleans report states a principal gubernatorial candidate and two aides were detained by police for taking photographs. Jimmie Noe is arrested amid a vote stealing warning attributed to Sam Jones as corruption allegations surface in Louisiana politics.
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Jaemen A. Moe
Arm
Noe
Nan Aid
Strateneys
Scott Wilson
Noes
William “Jeck” Vann
Moe
Newious
Sam H. Jones
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Arbitration Committee
Wilson
Vanni
Jones
Sam Jones
Election returns to air tonight for Monroe area
Residents of Monroe West Monroe and northeast Louisiana will hear live returns tonight via The World and radio station KMLA. News Star World Newsroom will provide correspondents across the Fifth district and associated state police reports.
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Monroe
Weet
Orth East Lewistians
World
KML
Star World News Room
Star World
Jewelry stolen from Peacock's Jewelers after window break
Jewelry valued at about $1,000 disappeared when a rock smashed the show window at Peacock's Jewelers on DeSiard Street in the early morning. Four watches identified by manager Max Moses were later found with a man named Frank Wilson nabbed by police on a drunkenness charge.
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Peacock's Jewelers
DeSiard Street
Max Moses
Frank V. Kreitzell
Frank Wilson
Reitzel
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Labor
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National Labor Board
Naval
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Army High Command
Federal Monopoly Committee
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Atlantic
Turkey
Helsinki
Salla
Americas
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Trade Treaty Freedom Urged
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Law
Hill
Macy P. Long
Boston Harbor
Jimmie Noe
Peacock’s
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