Perkins seeks prompt impeachment hearing on Bridges case
Secretary Perkins faces possible impeachment action as the House Judiciary Committee prepares an immediate inquiry into charges involving Immigration Commissioner James L. Houghteling labor solicitor Gerard D. Reilly and the Bridges case. Perkins urges a swift hearing to present facts while awaiting a Supreme Court ruling in the Strecker decision.
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Washington
Ing
House Judiciary Committee
Miss Perkins
Representative Thomas
New Jersey
James L. Houghteling
Gerard D. Reilly
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
West Coast
House
Judiciary Committee
Sumners
Democrat
Texas
Bridges
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
Thomas
United States
Supreme Court
Joseph Strecker
Communist Party
West Monroe backs Chamber of Commerce unity injunction
West Monroe pledges strong support for the Monroe and West Monroe Chamber of Commerce at a Tuesday night meeting in the NYA community building. A. O. Evans presided and urged 150 new members with 50 from West Monroe. Attendees including George D. Holland and Mayor H. M. Williams Jr. spoke of joint social, civic and industrial progress.
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West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
NYA
A. O. Evans
Chamber
Evans
Quachita
F. R. Hatchell
Tom Hicks
Walter Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
George D. Holland
H. M. Williams, Jr
C. C. Bell
T. C. Drew
Herman McGuire
Sam Humphries
W. R Hatchell
E. E. Pritchett
T. A. Colvin
J. T
Back Tax Suits Planned Across Parishes
Maurice B. Gatlin state revenue attorney said suits will be filed in other parishes like nine filed yesterday in New Orleans against firms for back taxes under the public welfare revenue act. Alice Lee Grosjean, state collector, filed in civil district and city courts. The action targets both state and city one per cent sales taxes with about 300 more suits expected in New Orleans and similar actions in other parishes.
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New Orleans
Maurice B. Gatlin
State Revenue Department
Alice Lee Grosjean
Orleans Parish
Gatlin
Americans Evacuated From Barcelona Area By Warships
Fifteen Americans fleeing the Barcelona area reached safety aboard the U S S Omaha and the destroyer Badger after bombers strafed Calderas. Refugees stood on a breakwater as bombs fell within 100 feet, while American ships prepared anti-aircraft defense off Calderas two miles north of Barcelona.
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U. S.S
Omaha
Barcelona
United States
Badger
Calderas
Villefranche
France
Francis G Cogswell
Paris
Spain
Henry B Cheadle
Cheadle
Franco's Troops Enter Barcelona Frontier Dispatch
An insurgent military dispatch from Hendaye at the Spanish frontier reports Generalissimo forces moving into Barcelona area. The brief item notes January 25 as the date of the dispatch and signals a significant Francoist advance.
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Barcelona
Hendaye
France
Central Bank Holds Election and Declares Dividend
The Central Savings Bank and Trust company held its annual election Tuesday with all officers from the past year re-elected. Officers include Travis Oliver as president and P M Atkins as vice president. directors are P M Atkins J M Breard W L Ethridge C E Faulk John S Hunt C H Mc Henry H Masur G M Snellings M C Thompson and J S Washburn. A semi annual dividend of three percent was paid, totaling six percent for the year, and President Oliver expressed optimism for the coming year.</S>
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Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Travis Oliver
P. M. Atkins
J. M. Breard
J. S. Washburn
W. A. Taliaferro
Sam Smith
Dean Selig
Oliver
New Oil Field Found Near Plaquemines Parish
New oil field 40 miles southeast of New Orleans with production begun at Humblers and Refining No 37 Orleans parish levee board well. The 8 070 foot depth well flowed 550 barrels of 28.2 gravity oil. Dome located in Plaquemines parish.
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New Orleans
New South Louisiana
Humblers and Refining Company
Orleans Parish
Plaquemines Parish
Anti-New Deal Senators Fight Relief Increase in Senate
Senate Republicans unite to keep the relief bill at 725 million dollars, denying calls to raise it toward 875 million as President Roosevelt seeks extended WPA funding. Democratic leaders and administration aides, including Joseph B. Keenan, press for larger aid totals amid cloakroom lobbying.
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Washington
Senate Republicans United
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Keenan
White House
Capitol Hill
Barkley
Kentucky
Milk Commission Law Held Valid in Louisiana
District Judge Robert S. Ellis Jr upheld the 1938 statute creating the Louisiana milk commission and said four representatives of New Orleans milk firms must stand trial for alleged bond violations. Cloverland Dairy Products Inc and St Charles Dairy Inc argued unconstitutionality despite a milk supply strike concern.
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Amite
Robert S. Ellis, Jr
Louisiana Milk Commission
New Orleans
Cloverland Dairy Products, Inc
St. Charles Dairy, Inc
Ellis
One Time King May Be Raised To Captaincy
Faustin E Wirkus the former king and U S Marine seeks promotion from top sergeant to captain in the marine reserve corps Congress has been asked to approve the rise Wirkus ruled La Gonave in Haiti for 15 months starting in 1925 while serving there on duty He said the promotion would bring more money but he would not return as king though he would like to visit La Gonave again He lives in New York city and sells securities while awaiting the decision enacted 14 years ago the king was sent to the island alone on duty
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Wirkus
Congress
Marine Reserve Corps
la Gonave
Haiti
Income for 1938 fixed at 64.2 billion dollars
Commerce Department experts reported 64.2 billion dollars in income for Americans in 1938, down seven percent from 1937 but up forty percent from 1933. Secretary Hopkins said he would disclose his business relief program within weeks.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Hopkins
Department
Final Drive Slated For Campaign For Humanity
A concerted effort by all committees backs the final push for the Campaign for Humanity to aid persecuted central European refugees. Monroe and West Monroe theaters pledge all proceeds with no expenses deducted, films donated, and capacity crowds expected.
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Campaign For Humanity
Europe
Monroe
West Monroe
C. Alston Prophit
Twin Cities
Briscoe Trousdale
Advance Ticket Sales Committee
U S Rejects German Plan to Handle Austrian Debt
Washington reports the state department rejected Germany’s plan tying Austrian debt payments to the German American trade balance and its claim of no legal responsibility. The note cites a $26 million relief debt to the U S and $38.6 million in Austrian government and local bonds.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
United States
Department
Austria
Japanese Plan to Clean Up Guerrillas Along Yangtze
A Nanking war council drafted a program to mop up guerrilla forces along the Yangtze river. The navy would garrison cities from Shanghai to Yochow while the army cleans adjacent areas in Kiangsu Anhwei and Hupeh. Leaders included Otozo Yamada Koshiro Oikawa and Kumakichi Harada as observers report bases under construction and large supply piles.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Yochow
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Hupeh
Man Wins Right To Stay In Jail In San Francisco
Patrick J. Hurley 64 won the right to remain in jail after a court order. He had been ejected from San Francisco county jail when his 90 day drunk charge term expired and climbed back over the fence to eat dinner before being readmitted. Judge Clarence Morris extended the stay by sixty days saying spring is near.
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San Francisco
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Clarence Morris
Judge Morris
Scarborough Narrowly Wins Second District Attorney Primary
Ruston Louisiana January 25 Truett L Scarborough defeated Armand F Rabin 3777 to 3698 in the second primary for district attorney of the third district with all but one precinct counted. The missing box was not expected to change the result. Scarborough will succeed the late Theodore C Bergeron.
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Ruston
Truett L. Scarborough
Armand F. Rabin
Farmerville
Theodore C. Bergeron
Ice on Concourse Lake Too Thin for Skating
Park guard Albert Banger reported ice on Concourse lake was no longer thick enough for skating, prompting skepticism at headquarters amid a flood of skater queries. He admitted, I fell in.
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Philadelphia — Park
Albert Banger
Concourse Lake
Banger
Britain’s Expert Debunks Aircraft Strength Figures
C G Gray, authority on aircraft, says Germany has just over 3,000 fighters, dismisses Lindbergh’s 9,700 claim as bunk. He cites high production for British bombers and suggests Italy around 3,500 machines and France above 600. He notes U S re- (text truncated).
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London
C. G. Gray
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Charles A. Lindbergh
Gray
Charles Lindbergh
The
Aeroplane
Italy
France
United States
Conservation election set for D Arbonne district
An election for three D Arbonne soil conservation district supervisors will be held Saturday. All qualified voters may vote at their designated poll. Three candidates run. turnout is seen as a gauge of interest in the district’s soil conservation program.
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D’arbonne
State Soil Conservation Committee
D' Arbonne
Five Million Stolen From WPA Checks Nationwide
Captain Thomas J. Callaghan of the secret service reports about five million dollars in WPA checks were stolen from needy workers last year. Most thefts occurred after mail delivery, with thieves shadowing mail carriers or impersonating recipients. some thefts happened among workers on WPA projects.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Callaghan
Secret Service
WPA
Callaghan
Chilean quake death toll in thousands feared as trains head south
Chilean authorities report a 400 mile coastal quake zone with Concepcion severely hit. President Pedro Aguirre Cerda and cabinet travel by special train with medical staff toward the disaster area as estimates range from 14 to 2000 dead.
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Santiago
Chile
Concepcion
Saniago
Pedro Aguirre Gerda
Renaica
Talea
Chile Telephone Company
San Rosendo
Radio
Rival unionism or ouster for Martin looms in Detroit
Detroit January 25. Rival unionism or a voluntary oblivion for Homer Martin as leader of the CIO United Auto Workers looms large after a CIO verdict ruling him guilty of flagrant misdeeds and denying recognition. Vice presidents Hillman and Murray backed the anti Martin faction, while Martin vowed to fight CIO leaders and await AFL stance, threatening resignation if CIO opposes him.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
C. IL. O
United Automobile Workers
C. I O
Martin
John L. Lewis
Coleaders
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Sidney Hillman
Philip Murray
American Federation of Labor
Hillman
Clergymen urge embargo lift on arms to Spain
In New York on January 25, 250 American Protestant and Jewish clergy from 35 states urged President Roosevelt to remove the arms embargo against Spain. The letter, publicized by Bishop Robert L. Paddock, claimed the embargo failed to localize the conflict amid German and Italian intervention. The North American committee reported 250000 telegrams pushing for embargo removal last week, alongside a separate letter from 148 musicians led by Sigmund Spaeth and Walter Damrosch.
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New York
Roosevelt
Spain
Robert L. Paddock
American Friends of Spanish Democracy
Geremany
Italy
North American Committee To
Washington
Sigmund Spaeth
Samuel Chotzinoff
Walter Damrosch
Jessica
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