Louisiana Begins Fiscal Year With No General Appropriation
Baton Rouge July 2 The state entered its second day of the new fiscal year without general appropriations while the finance committee reviews the measure. Treasurer Tugwell warned no new warrants except for cash-on-hand departments. Governor Jones said the program was advancing and that a legislative majority backs his plans.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
A. P. Tugwell
Govnor
Senate
House
State Tax Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Tugwell
Coroner's jury undecided in Phillips death near Eros
Three people remain jailed without charges as a Ouachita parish coroner's jury presses on with deliberations into the death Sunday of Leslie L. Phillips on a highway near Eros. Davis and the Hudgins sisters testified Phillips left their car to seek help for a ditch vehicle, while Sam Head alerted them to the body. The jury recessed after seven witnesses.
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Leslie L. Phillips
Eros
Robert Davis
Misses Lillie
Yvonne Hudgins
Phillips
Milton Coverdale
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Davis
Hudgins
Sam Head
Head
Banks' Condition as of June 29 Called by Comptroller
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of close of business June 29. Federal agencies expanded this mid year request to 13,497 banks including 5,170 national banks, 1,228 state banks in the Federal Reserve system, and 7,099 other FDIC insured state banks.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stimson Confirmed as Secretary of War by Senate Committee
The senate military committee approved President Roosevelt's nomination of Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war. Stimson testified invulnerability to invasion unless the US acts, while Frank Knox faced questions on aiding the Allies as potential secretary of the navy.
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Henry L. Stimson
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Mhip
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Frank Knox
Navy
United States
Knox
Walsh
Massachusetts
Naval Committee
Chicago
New York Law
War Department
Johnson
Colorado
Ellender
Louisiana
France
Chief Reed Urges Police to Behave in Courtrooms
Kansas City July 2 Chief Lear B Reed orders police to quit childish conduct at municipal courtrooms. He chides officers for prankish horseplay and shooting paperwads, urging officers to act with restraint and professionalism.
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Kansas City
Lear B. Reed
Lincoln parish names registrar in Ruston area
Lincoln parish police jury unanimously nominated Mrs. John E. Jones of Ruston to succeed Mrs. Roy D. Glover as registrar of voters. Glover was informed by the governor that the office had been declared vacant. If appointed, Jones will serve after a 1929 start by Glover. The jury also voted $500 toward a venereal disease clinic and formed a committee to pursue a Ruston airport meeting government standards.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
John E. Jones
Roy D. Glover
Add Thompson
F. E. Wise
J. C. Dowing
R. L. Terry
Chamber of Commerce
Boy 13 Earns Dog License For Beloved Pet
In Quincy Massachusetts Albert Marks, aged 13, saved his mongrel dog Rags from capture by raising the license money himself. After pleading with Mayor Thomas Burgin, the mayor offered to pay, but Albert earned the funds by performing tasks at the pound and city hall, earning Rags a license and a citywide cheer.
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Mass
Albert Marks
Rags
Albert
Thomas & Burgin
City Hall
Burgin
Ted
Waters Recede After Devastating Flood In Tri-State Area
A cloudburst and days of heavy rain flood Plain Dealing and surrounding areas, killing Oriander Rock 28 and injuring residents. One drowning occurred while Rock tried to escape rising water as Harold Purcell sought safety. Bridges and culverts fail, stores inundated, and rail and road traffic heavily disrupted. The situation eased as waters receded.
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Shreveport
Tri-State
Plain Dealing
Oriander Rock
Cotton Belt
Rock
Harold Purcell
Purcell
J. H. Ellis
Mainten
Woman jumps from moving car near Luling ends life
Dr. Paul T. Landry coroner said Marie Bergeron Daspit 27 of Houma killed herself early today by leaping from a moving auto near Luling. She was separated from her husband and had spoken of domestic troubles. Occupants included her sister Hazel Bergeron 24 Jackson Hart 23 and Fred Reynolds 2 all of Houma.
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Luling
Paul T. Landry
St. Charles Parish
Marie Bergeron Daspit
Houma
Fred Reynolds
Hobbs Post VFW Reschedules Meeting to Wednesday
The Rodney J. Hobbs post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars moves its regular meeting to 7 25 Wednesday night, urging all members to attend. Air conditioned assembly rooms noted. A 21 gun salute at sunrise Thursday will commemorate July 4.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. M. James
Navy Holds Lead in Ships and Tonnage as Orders Surge
Washington July 2 Today's official figures show the United States Navy with 395 completed combat ships totaling 1,327,320 tons, leading Britain which counts 313 ships at 1,277,189 tons. The $500 million wartime order for 11 cruisers 20 destroyers 13 submarines and a seaplane tender was signed after speed-up legislation.
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Washington
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
RFC
Vital
Mussolini Declares Four Day Battle of Western Alpine Front
In a letter to Crown Prince Umberto Mussolini claims hard bloody fighting occurred before the June 24 armistice. He says Italian troops fought along a 120 mile front from eight to 32 kilometers through snow, with thousands dead and a later published list of the fallen to follow.
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Mussolini
Italy
France
Umberto
Duce
Tr Duce
Western Alpine Front
Il Duce
Durwood Phillips Arrested On Bank Misconduct Charges
Durwood T. Phillips, employee of Central Saving Bank and Trust Co, was arrested by federal officers on charges of misapplying funds and making false reports. Bond set at 2500 dollars, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for July 19 before United States Commissioner Guthrie. The bank president said the shortage amount is undetermined but insured and the bank will suffer no loan losses.
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Durwood T. Phillips
Central Saving Bank and Trust Co
Allen B. Guthrie
United States
Phillips
Guthrie
Travis Oliver
FBI
Rail union calls for removals of appeasement policy backers
In London the powerful national union of railwaymen adopted a resolution demanding the removal from office of high officials linked to the prior appeasement policy. It targets former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and others who stayed in government. The vote happened at a Morecambe conference in Lancashire. In Cairo four Italian submarines and a destroyer were reportedly sunk by British air forces operating from Sicily to the Kenya frontier.
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National Union of Railwaymen
Neville Chamberlain
Urechill
Chamberlain
Union
Morecambe
Lancashire
Cairo
Near East
Sicily
Kenya
De Gaulle Appeals to French in America for War Effort
General Charles de Gaulle head of the French national committee in London urged Frenchmen in America to aid the war against Germany. The appeal was recorded for newsreel cameras.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
America
Germany
de Gaulle
Soviet envoy meets British foreign office in London
Ivan Maisky the Soviet ambassador to Great Britain visits the foreign office in London this morning. A British source denies a German claim that a British cruiser was sunk off Brest, stating the report is unverified.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Brest
Extremist Push for Romanian King Abdication Reported
Diplomats in Bucharest relay that Romanian Iron Guard extremists press for King Carol II to abdicate over losses of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina to Russia. Dispatches note leaders returned from Belgrade with plans to force resignation amid crisis.
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Belgrade
Rumania
Iron Guard
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Bucharest
Leftist Leader Subhas Bose Arrested in Calcutta
July 2 Bose Subhas Chandra, a leftist leader of the Indian National Congress, is arrested at his Calcutta home under Defense of India regulations. A former president of the Congress, Bose heads the Forward Bloc and has clashed with Mahatma Gandhi over policy. He has a history of political arrests and health-driven asylum abroad.
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Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian Nationalist
Congress
Defense of India
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Indian National Congress Party
Munsolini
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Mandalay
Switzerland
Europe
Bone
Congress Party
Rajendra Prasad
Congress Working Committee
Indian Civil Service
Mahardas K. Gandhi
Ratali
War At A Glance Reports Moves Across Eastern Fronts
Bucharest rushes troops to borders with Hungary and Bulgaria as attacks on outposts provoke fears of invasion. Russian occupation of Bessarabia and Bucovina proceeds with withdrawals, Romania renounces British French guarantees. Budapest on war footing. Hungary seeks Tran sylvania but hints at compromise with possible German intervention. Romania warns of consequences for further border incidents. Berlin views Romania’s renunciation as British decline while threats of invasion of England persist. London reports 12 dead and 22 wounded from nightly raids, two Nazi raiders shot down. First German prisoners arrive in Canada from Britain.
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Transylvania
Romania
Berlin
England
London
Quebec
Britain
Canada
Germans Sink 186 837 Tons Of Shipping In Three Week Period
Dispatches from Budapest report Germans sank 186 837 tons of shipping over three weeks amid U boat activity as Britain faced heavy losses. Italy may aid German subs in supplying Britain with vitally needed food, while demilitarized zones on the Hungary Romania border are disputed. British totals through early June show rising tonnage sunk, with estimates up to 910 971 tons in the current war period.
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Germany
Lowes
Robber Career Ends Speedily in Boston
Two brothers embarked on a life of crime and were jailed after attempting to rob Duncan A. Murray a varity store proprietor who faced four prior robberies and then a second target Albert Babian in a Center street spa. The would be thief fled when Murray used two reel weapons and a toy gun.
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Boston
Duncan A. Murray
Murray
Albert Babian
Center Street
Baer Galento Weigh In Sparks Tense Staredown in Jersey City
Maxie Baer and Tony Galento clashed during the weigh in in Jersey City as handlers separated them after exchange of threats. Galento weighed 244 1 2 pounds and Baer 221 1 2 for their 15 round bout tonight at Bell Park.
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Maxie Baer
Tony Galento
Tony
Baer
Bell Park
Galenta
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