Search for Amelia Earhart Enters Crucial Phase At Sea
Navy airmen push three Colorado planes to search the Phoenix islands as rain squalls threaten to interrupt efforts. Coast guard and commercial signals raise questions about message authenticity while swells and shoals hinder progress in the 136000 square mile area since the disappearance near Lae New Guinea.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Navy
Colorado
Phoenix Islands
Coast Guard
Itasca
Miss Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
Howeland Island
Equator
Voters Defeat City Utility Bond Proposals in Monroe
In Monroe a light turnout rejected two proposed bonds totaling 1.6 million dollars for public utilities. The first sought 1.5 million for sewerage power water and a warehouse with 1,451 for and 2,327 against. The second proposed 100 thousand to electrify city transportation with 1,446 for and 2,367 against. One precinct, No 23 at Pelican grocery, reported results.
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Monroe
Pelican Grocery Store
Louisiana Treasurers Record Historic State Cash Balance
Baton Rouge reports a record cash balance of 10,130,769.02 in the state's treasury for the six months ending July 1 1937. Treasurer A P Tugwell credited rising tax receipts and bond sales for construction of the new Mississippi River bridge. Receipts totaled 59,880,841 with disbursements of 94,624,145, and $555,000 of notes issued by the state board of liquidation were retired.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
Tugwell
Mississippi River
State Board of Liquidation
Black Pushes Housing Bill in Committee
Chairman Black of Alabama urged the Senate labor committee to immediately consider the Wagner housing bill. After weeks of work the panel approved a revised wage and hour bill, another major administration measure. Senator Wagner of New York was invited to explain an amendment to address treasury objections.
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Washington
Black
Alabama
Senate Labor Committee
Wagner
New York
Treasury
Public urged to buy caps and canes for convention
Legionnaire David A. Jones sells "buddy" caps and canes at the Virginia hotel to raise funds for the state convention in Monroe. The sale supports expenses as the gathering runs from Saturday through next Wednesday in the Twin Cities.
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David A. Jones
Monroe
Legionnaire
Jones
Legion
Virginia Hotel
Twin Cities
Weather overview for Louisiana and Arkansas
Louisiana offers generally fair conditions tonight with Saturday partly cloudy skies and isolated thundershowers in the south. Winds on the coast shift to moderate easterly to southerly. Arkansas trends partly cloudy and warm tonight and Saturday.
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Louisiana
South Portion
Gertie
Arkansas
Fish asserts secrets in Mrs Roosevelt tax inquiry
Rep Fish told a congressional committee that Mrs Roosevelt used a tax loophole in a 1935 contract for ten radio programs paying 3000 dollars per show to a charity. He urged probing returns of James Roosevelt Anna Boettiger Morgenthau Hopkins and Lewis. He claimed the arrangement aimed at charitable distribution and justified deductions under income tax law.
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Washington
Representative Fish
New York
Congressional Investigating Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Shelby Arch Preserver Shot Company
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
Fish
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Congress
Wheeler Will Open Fire on Court Reform
Senate opponents assign Sen Wheeler of Montana to spearhead the attack on the administration court bill. The Democrat, a 1924 La Follette era vice presidential candidate, leads a two day barrage before the measure returns to administration allies.
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Wheeler
Washington
Senate
Montana
la Follette
Union calls new walkout at Republic Steel plant
YOUNGSTOWN O July 9 A new strike call by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee failed to draw workers at Republic Steel as the 11 30 a m EST deadline passed with no one leaving the mills. George Simcox vice president announced the plan at a meeting while Tom White lodge president confirmed the action.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic
Youngstown, CO
Republic Steel Corporation
George Simcox
Tom White
Lodge
Simcox
Washington
William Green
American Federation of
Heat Toll Climbs Across Region With Drowning Deaths
The July heat wave killed at least 56 people across states from the Atlantic to the West. Michigan reported 15 heat deaths, followed by Massachusetts 11 and Connecticut eight. Beach drownings caused many fatalities amid hundreds of prostrations.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Washington
Michigan
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Maine
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Fumes Investigation Opens in Monroe
Commissioner Rankin of the state conservation department orders engineers and chemists to Monroe to trace atmospheric fumes blamed for home and property damage in the city’s southern section. Health officials who studied the issue last week returned to New Orleans without releasing findings.
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William G. Rankin
State Conservation Department
Monroe
Rankin
State Board of Health
CCC Enrollment to Start Monday in Louisiana
Louisiana CCC enrollment opens Monday for 309 slots. Eligible men must be unmarried, unemployed, ages 17 to 23, capable of work, and pass medical exams. July term lasts six months with possible re-enlistment up to two years. State welfare department designated selection agency.
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Baton Rouge
A. R. Johnson
Commissioner of
Public Welfare
Civilian Conservation Corps
Louisiana
State Public Welfare Department
Wes
Treasury weighs using gold hoard to cut federal debt
Washington officials consider tapping part of the frozen 1.143 billion dollar gold hoard to pare government debt. The gold sterilization program, started last December, aimed to keep credit stable by matching borrowing to gold inflows and removing funds from the money market.
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Washington
Treasury
FDIC to pay in full certain bank claims
Jack Bernhardt announced that under a federal court order the FDIC receiver of West Monroe State Bank will pay in full preferred claims totaling 13 651 45 including deposits up to 5 000 insured under the act. The court also directs payment of 186 705 25 on common claims, half of the total 373 411 30, with the remaining value yet to be estimated.
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Jack Bernhardt
Orleans Man Going to Church Killed
Salvadore Brocato a 74 year old Orleans resident was struck and killed by a dairy truck while walking to church. Louise Voiron 34 owner of Lilac Dairy Jefferson Parish was charged with involuntary homicide. The driver said Brocato stepped into the path of the vehicle at a corner.
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New Orleans
Salvadore Brocato
Louise Voiron
Lilac
Jefferson Parish
Volton
Brocato
Spain Forces Drive On Madrid Front Amid Offensives
The Spanish government army reports a brilliant attack at Quijorna eight miles west of Madrid and near Brunete as its front advances. The fifth army corps takes Quijorna with 206 prisoners and war material. A southern push from Madrid targets Getafe with related assaults and aerial successes.
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Madrid
Spain
Quietorna
Defense Ministry
Brunete
Fifth Army Corps
Qui Jerna
Getafe
Retail trade quickens with faster pace in week
New York July 9. Most divisions of retail trade hit a faster pace this week per Dun and Bradstreet. Hot weather and price inducements spurred sales as trade shows ushered in the fall wholesale season. Leading centers surpassed prior totals with gains from 3 to 8 percent, though last year's soldiers bonus money muted the year over year rise.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
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Alcoa
Tenn
B. M. Arp
Bill Kennedy
J. E. Sharp
Fasam
Royal Air Force
Duxford Station
England
Ing Bill
Secretary of Treasury
U. S
Richard W. Lewhe
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
Ouachita Parish
W. J. Everett
C. E. McKenzie
American
Robinson
Youngstown Union
BOY Scouts
CCC
Orleans
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