Roosevelt third term drive dominates Democratic convention
At Chicago Stadium July 17 delegates push to nominate Franklin D Roosevelt for a fourth term. Hopkins and other third term supporters plan floor strategy while the question of a formal nomination speech or simple roll call is debated. Predicts Roe velt would accept if nominated and some discuss a possible White House telephone address to the convention. Farley warns against bypassing a roll call to choose a vice president.
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Shreveport Times
Monroe News-Star—World
W. Prescott Foster
Annenberg Loses Plea for Probation and Stay
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson denies M L Annenberg probation and extends no stay of execution beyond July 22. Annenberg sentenced July 1 to three years for tax evasion totaling 1 217 296 dollars on 1936 income. Trial counsel Weymouth Kirkland pressed for extensions and medical examination was considered but denied. Continuous coverage continues on the tenth page.
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Hollywood names in Dies committee list of 42 screen figures
A Dies committee session disclosed a list naming 42 Hollywood figures tied to the Communist party. About 60 percent were party members. others funded the movement. Testimony highlighted contributions from actors, directors, writers and producers, plus a 1936 Soviet visit and fundraising at a director’s home.
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United States
Weather aids crop prospects after heavy rains in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports mixed effects from recent rains with crop prospects improving for cotton in parts but still poor in the northeast. Rice and sugar cane largely escape damage while corn remains in good condition in several parishes. late planted cotton and corn abandoned in East Baton Rouge.
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Bossier
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DeSoto
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
WANTED RANSOM TO BUY A PONY
Eleven year old Raymond DiClare devised a kidnaping thief note to raise money for a pony. He later admitted writing the ransom demand after police hunted for the culprit, finding him near an ice cream store at daybreak in Detroit on July 17.
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Raymond DiClare
UNARM MARINES JAPANESE URGE SHANGHAI PROTEST
Three thousand Japanese residents voted at a mass meeting in Shanghai urging Japanese military authorities to demand the disarming of United States Marines unless the Marines apologize for their treatment of Japanese gendarmes on July 7. Major General Saburo Miura alleged rough handling of 14 Japanese plainclothesmen. Colonel Dewitt Peck denied mistreatment.
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United States
Saburo Miura
Dewitt Peck
Peck
Miura
Manila
Cordell Hull
Bonfiglie Named Head of Louisiana Veterans Graves Project
James H. Crutcher announced J. H. Bonfiglie of New Orleans as statewide supervisor of the veterans graves registration project. Bonfiglie, an artillery lieutenant in World War I, will oversee locating graves and checking records for more than 42 000 veterans buried in Louisiana, both United States and Confederate.
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James H. Crutcher
WPA
J. H. Bonfiglie
Veterans Graves Registration Project
Bonfiglie
Louisiana
Tallulah Youth Dies in Accidental Firearm Incident
In Tallulah Louisiana 17 year old J J Kuhn Jr was accidentally killed when a .38 caliber public safety item exploded while he and two classmates examined it at the home of Nat Thomas. The trio including Clarence Julign and Thomas were high school seniors from Tallulah High School. A coroner's inquest found the incident accidental. funeral arrangements were pending.
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A. J. Sevier
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A. C. Sevier
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Thomas
Clarence Julign
Tallulah High School
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Jean Kuhn
T. Ed Williams
Hull Reminded Of Blockade
German sources say if Hull argues for keeping world trade lanes open he must condemn Britain’s blockade of Germany and Italy. Berlin notes the Burma road closure would aid Japan’s campaign by cutting a Chinese lifeline. Germany claims the British action violates freedom of the seas.
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United States
Stamp project for needy studied here in Monroe
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce Wholesale Committee will study expanding the Federal Surplus Corporation food stamp plan to Monroe with a fall start. Orange stamps grant green stamps redeemable for surplus foods and goods via retail merchants and a government clearing house. Committee members include E N Thompson chairman and others.
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E. N. Thompson
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H. A. McDonald
J. W. Rogers
W. C. Faulk
T. H. Allen
Sam Smith
Ben Downing
Troops under Hin denburg and Mackensen squeeze Russia
Allied dispatch notes from years ago today recount Teldec operations under Hin denburg and Mackensen as forces combine to push Russia from the war. The entry notes strategic pressure in a broad theater and reflects on a historic push by Central Powers.
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Warsaw
Britain to Close Burma Road Lifeline to Central China
Britain formally agrees to shut the Burma road lifeline for Central Chinese government and army traffic from Hongkong. The pact, after talks with Japan, bans arms moves from January 1 and gasoline and materials tomorrow, suspends munitions for three months, with Burma and Hongkong authorities coordinating with Tokyo.
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Foreign Office
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China
Hongkong
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Burma
Yukichiro Sumi
United States
State Hull
Japanese Premier Leads Expansion Drive as Crisis Deepens
Japan names a new premier to push expansion while the United States moves to the Far East. Ciano heads to Berlin for talks on terms with Hitler as Tokyo calls on Prince Konoye to form a one party state after Admiral Yonai resigns amid criticism of failure to press expansion.
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Terdey
Testimony Begins in Injunction Suit Against Monroe Newspaper Guild
In district court Judge J. T. Shell heard testimony from merchants seeking temporary and permanent injunctions to stop secondary picketing by the Monroe Newspaper Guild. Wood Thompson led direct questioning while A J Isserman cross examined. The court had overruled a Guild motion to strike three petition articles alleging threats to picket advertisers and publishing a list of what they called unfair merchants.
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J. T. Shell
Moral Chamber of Commerce
Neva-Star—World
Wood Thompson
A. J. Isserman
Newark
N. J
American Newspaper Guild
Shell
War Bulletins From London and Rome News Mired in Shifts
War bulletins report 7,000 male civilian internees sent overseas while 12,500 men and 3,800 women of enemy nationality or stateless but formerly German or Austrian are interned in Britain. Home Secretary Anderson amends measures on one man courts in war zones. Rome radio cites a plan for Count Galeazzo Ciano to visit Berlin for peace term talks with Britain. Berlin notes the Petain government may relocate to Paris as armistice talks surface.
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Italy
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Berlin
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Hitler
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London
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Rome
Great Britain
Wimberly Fights to Hold Louisiana Tax Commission Post
Baton Rouge July 11. Shirley G. Wimberly former lawyer to Earl K. Long challenges his removal from the Louisiana Tax Commission. He seeks a temporary restraining order to block Charles A. Zatarain from serving and asks for a preliminary injunction set for July 28. He also objects to salary warrants for Zatarain and to the status of two other commissioners pending the case. Zatarain was appointed by Governor Sam Jones and confirmed by the state senate after an Attorney General opinion.
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Shirley G. Wimberly
Earl K
Louisiana Tax Commission
James W. Momack
Long
Wimberly
Zatarain
Spencer Phillips
W. F. Calan
A. P. Tugwell
Jones
New Orleans
Come Mission
State Senate
Eugene Stanley
War at a Glance AP dispatches global tensions
AP notes 3 000 Japanese demand disarming U S Marines and an apology for mistreatment of gendarmes in July. Tokyo names a new expansionist premier. Britain to halt war materials traffic to China. Berlin rebukes U S over blockade and says axis invasion near. London cites axis peace feelers as war nerves. Santiago Chile-Germany breaks with Chile over Spanish Civil War dispute. Chungking Chiang says British peace talks linkage to Burma road harms China. Chicago reports a third term draft movement in Democratic convention after Roosevelt hints at non-candidacy. Washington defense orders totaling 1 661 891 404 dollars impact national resources.
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