Governor Signs Bills From Sam H. Jones Administration
Baton Rouge July 1 Three reforms of the Sam H. Jones administration became law as the governor signed nine bills that passed both houses. One bill restricted grand jury control by district judges and allowed appeals to the state supreme court. Another barred large payroll increases within six months of elections. A third cut the Louisiana casualty and surety rating commission chair salary from 7500 to 5000. An emergency measure extended unemployment compensation without employee contributions, funded by federal benefits. The legislature approached the week’s end with many administration bills passed and tax measures pending, including a natural gas franchise tax estimate ready for senate action.
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Sam H. Jones
State Supreme Court
Louisiana Casualty and Surety Rating Commission
Louisiana
Pelto
Senate
House
Man and boy drown at Sterlington on Ouachita River
Monroe firemen recovered the bodies of William Shadic 30 and O D Scarborough 14 both Haile La residents who drowned Sunday while mussel gathering near the Alabama landing on the Ouachita River near Sterlington. Shadic died trying to save the boy.
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Monroe
Haile
Alabama
Ouachita River
Sterlington
William Shadic
O. D. Scarborough
Shadic
J. W. Faler
J. A. McStravick
C. A
Ben Turpin Dead at 65 Oldest Crossed-Eye Comic
Hollywood reports the death of Ben Turpin at age 65. The New Orleans born silent film star was famed for his crossed eyes and slapstick style. He rose from burlesque with Sam T. Jack in Chicago to 11 years of vaudeville before the screen.
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Hollywood
Ben Turpin
New Orleans
Turpin
Sam T. Jack
Chicago
Inquest Opened Into Death Of Leslie Phillips
An inquest was scheduled this afternoon into the death of 25 year old Leslie L. Phillips found near the Jonesboro road in Ouachita parish around 3 am. Dr. French reported seven broken ribs a perforated lung and a ruptured liver from autopsy with no sign of a struggle. Sheriff Milton Coverdale investigated with Deputy Frank Cline and noted Phillips had visited Monroe nightclubs with two locals before his death.
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Leslie L. Phillips
Jonesboro
Sam Head
Milton Coverdale
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Phillips
French
Coverdale
Frank Cline
Arkansas tribunal upholds permit to natural gas firm
The Arkansas supreme court upheld the utilities commission’s permit allowing Louisiana Nevada Transit Co. of Ada Oklahoma to distribute natural gas in southwest Arkansas competing with Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. The ruling affirmed a December order authorizing a $440000 pipeline from Cotton Valley Louisiana to serve Ideal Cement at Oxay, the Hope municipal light plant and a brick works in Hope.
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Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Louisiana- Nevada Transit Company
Ada
Okla
Arkansas
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Shreveport
Arkansas-Louisiana
Oklahoma Company
Cotton Valley
Louisiana
Ideal Cement Company
Navajo Census Encounters 50 000 Population Rise
In Holbrook Arizona Byron F Hunter details census work among the Navajo Nation. About 50 000 Navajos are counted in Arizona New Mexico and Utah, a 25 percent rise from 1930. Enumerators and interpreters covered 25 million acres by varied travel and slept outdoors amid rugged terrain.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Navajo
Byron F. Hunter
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Hunter
San Juan County
Film Executive Tops 1938 Salary List At Treasury Reveal
The 1938 treasury report shows Louis B. Mayer earning 688,369 dollars, the highest pay among 650 listed individuals. Claudette Colbert heads four of six businesswomen in the top ranks, with Shirley Temple surpassing William S. Knudsen of General Motors who later served with the defense commission.
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Treasury
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures
Claudette Colbert
Shirley Temple
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
National Defense Commission
The
F. A. Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Bing Crosby
Irene Dunne
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Charles Boyer
Wal
Youth Injured in Crash Dies in West Monroe
John Briggs Becton 18 of 414 Pine Street West Monroe died at St Francis sanitarium from injuries after a motorcycle collision with a taxicab at Mill and Cypress streets. A student at Ouachita Parish High School he had recently left Fort Clayton Panama for eight months service in the 33rd Infantry. Funeral services set for Tuesday at First Methodist Church West Monroe with Rev. Prince and Rev. Smith officiating. Survivors include parents four brothers sisters and relatives. Pallbearers listed.
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John Briggs Becton
Pine Street
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Young Becton
Ouachita Parish
33Rd Infantry
Fort Clayton
Panama
Fla
First Methodist Church
A. E. Prince
C. K. Smith
A. D. Becton
Olla
S. M
Fred
Texarkana Faces Major Street Flood After Heavy Rain
Texarkana Arkansas on July 1 reports an all night rain totaling about five inches. Flooding blocked city streets and highways as creeks and drainage ditches overflowed, submerging underpasses with water two to three feet deep. Local traffic halted in several areas.
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Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
Radio Waves Aid Weather Predictions
Washington reports a new weather forecasting method using radio waves. Professors R C Colwell of West Virginia University and Albert W Triend of Harvard shoot narrow beams upward and capture reflections about 200 yards away to improve accuracy.
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Washington
R. C. Colwell
West Virginia University
Albert W. Triend
Harvard
Roosevelt asks Congress for steeply graduated excess profits tax
President Roosevelt urged passage of a steeply graduated excess profits tax to apply to all individuals and corporations without discrimination. The plan aims to fund defenses and curb wartime profits, with revenue estimates not specified. Leaders discussed the proposal at a White House conference as Congress eyed a July 11 recess for the Democratic convention.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rayburn
White House
Garner
Bankhead
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Treasury
Congressional
One Arrest Made in Raids Aimed at Dice Games Here
Frank Manley, alleged operator of a dice game at the Little Club on De Siard street, was arrested Saturday night by the sheriff's department and held on a 500 dollar bond. Five locations were raided at 11 p m, but gambling was found in progress at only the Little Club. Equipment was confiscated at the other sites, with no action against the managers. A detailed report will be sent to the district attorney.
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Frank Manley
DeSiard Street
Sheriff's Department
Milton Coverdale
Manley
Little Club
C. S Simpson
Coverdale
Dan Sanderford
Winnsboro
Death of Balbo Unexplained Italo Balbo Crash Compared to Fritsch
The British foreign office linked the unexplained Libyan crash of Italy’s Italo Balbo to the Warsaw siege case of Germany’s Werner von Fritsch. It noted Balbo’s opposition to Hitler’s policy and said no British aircraft were involved. The truth may never be known.
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Italy
Italo Balbo
Libya
Germany
Baron Werner von Fritsch
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Marshal Balbo
Royal Air Force
von Fritach
Europe Faces Hunger Amid War Aid Dilemmas
The War Today discusses two U S dilemmas from the European conflict. First Europe’s famine threat grows as observers warn of the most disastrous famine in history. Second how the United States would handle cash and carry food and war supplies if Hitler breaches the British blockade. Hoover warns relief needs and signals contact with Germany Britain and refugees.
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Presa
United States Ly
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Old World
Belgium
Mr. Hoover
London
Hoover
Germany
Great Britain
Flood Strikes Southeast Texas As Cloudburst Ties Havoc
Floodwaters from a cloudburst flood southeast Texas toward the gulf killing at least four and leaving hundreds homeless. The Lavaca Colorado and Guadalupe rivers surged through business districts, with more than a dozen missing after a 15 foot wall of water. Bodies recovered include John Swab Joseph Stanzel Agnes Stanzel and others. Damage estimated at over 500000 in Hallettsville area.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Texas
Gulf
Lavaca
Colorado
Guadalupe
C. S. Morgan
Yoakum
John Swab
Joseph Stanzel
Agnes
Mra. Stanzel
John Sereck
Earl Marks
Little River
Temple
Harrlettsville
Annenberg Sentenced to Three Years in Tax Evasion Case
Chicago July 1 M L Annenberg the former immigrant newsboy turned wealthy financier was sentenced to three years in prison for evading 1 217 296 in federal taxes on his 19 percent income.
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Chicago
M. L Annenberg
Amiertas
Skyrocket injures infant in Seattle home
In Seattle on July 1 Yvonne Tapp, 11 months old, lay on a bed at Mrs. Daisy Early's apartment when a skyrocket shot into the room. Mrs. Early said she bent to pick up the baby and saw flames on the infant's right side and near the ear before she doused them.
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Seattle
Yvonne Tapp
Daisy Early
German Forces Seize Guernsey and Jersey Islands
German troops captured the English owned islands of Guernsey and Jersey in a bold coup de main the initial phase of an inland invasion plan. The islands were evacuated of most inhabitants as German airborne forces landed to secure footholds near Plymouth.
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Associated Press
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth
Channel
Hitler
Aeeae
Pews
Hungary
Rumania
Fleet Returns to Honolulu After Surprise Maneuvers
Majin units of the U S fleet returned to Lahaina roads near Honolulu after an unannounced departure a week earlier. Admiral James O Richardson said the routine training exercise simulated wartime sailing without fore warning. Sources noted the ships remained within two miles and were observed near the steamer lane toward the mainland.
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Honolulu
United States
Hawaii
Lahaina Roads
James O. Richardson
Suchems Wise
Tae Sean
Camel
War at a Glance: Axis Advances and Allied Bombardments
Berlin reports German forces seize English soil and occupy Channel Islands while Romanian troops push from clashes with Soviet forces. Soviet air support lands tanks in Romania as Danube supply lines remain at risk. London warns of nightly raids on Britain as invasion chatter grows. Italian command claims gains along the Libyan frontier as U.S. training begins and new defense taxes take effect.
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Channel Islands
Hitler
Russia
Germany
Danube
London
England
Scotland
Wales
Chamberlain
HKOME
Washington
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