Heard Called As Witness In LSU Grand Jury Probe
LSU athletic director P T P Heard was summoned before the East Baton Rouge parish grand jury probing university affairs. District Attorney Dever Sanchez said Heard would be questioned about everything he knows. Also called were university carpenters and truck drivers. Federal probes in New Orleans look into hot oil deals and income tax evasion, with officials declining to discuss specifics.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Parich
John Rogge
United States
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Roy H Cauley
Cewter
Hugh Wilkinson
Board of Governors of
The
State Bar of Louisiana
Wilkinson
Keith Kuhn Pleads Guilty in Dist Court
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund pleaded guilty in Webster Massachusetts district court to drunkenness and profanity charges. He was fined five dollars for profanity with the drunkenness charge placed on file.
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Webster Mass
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Little Fuehrer
Kuhn
Louis
Rieutard
Henry Plasse
Plasse
Mad Dog Attacks Lions Delegate During Pittsburgh Visit
A berserk dog roamed downtown Pittsburgh near midnight, attacking six people and forcing pedestrians including Lions convention delegates to seek cover. Eldon A. Wortman of Huntington, West Virginia, was the only delegate reported bitten by the mongrel bull before police captured the animal.
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Pittsburgh
Eldon A. Wortman
Huntington
W. Va
Abducted Clerics Safe After Arab Kidnap Near Dead Sea
Cleveland and Jeru salem reports confirm missionary Gerould R Goldner and his father the Rev. R Goldner were seized by Arab rebels near the Dead Sea for a ransom of 5000 dollars. British troops and RAF aided the search with US consul involvement. The elder Goldner was later released and both men were en route back with family awaiting word.
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Cleveland
Ludlow
Gerould R. Goldner
Christian Church
Dead Sea
Jacob Goldner
Gerould
Goldner
Cleveland Christian Church
Jerusalem
Goldners
New York
Holy Land
Mogadore, O
G. R Goldner
Akron
Mar Saba
Bethlehem
Royal Air Force
United States
George Wadsworth
Kehoe Held On Kidnap Charge In Massachusetts
James J. Kehoe twenty four, a former convict, pleaded innocent in district court to kidnapping his divorced wife and faced $1120 bail for a July twenty eight hearing. He also pled not guilty to armed robbery larceny and carrying a weapon and was jailed for lack of bail. The alleged victim and her present husband were not present at arraignment. An arrest was made in a tourist cabin about twenty miles away with Bernice Beckwith, twenty seven, detained as an accomplice who later divorced Kehoe after his reformatory sentence for burglary.
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Northampton
Mass
James J. Kehoe
Kehoe
Hampshire County
Bernice Beckwith
Cyril Beckwith
Rose Hartwick Thorpe dies at 88 in California
Rose Hartwick Thorpe famed for The Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight died of a heart attack in San Diego on the eve of her 89th birthday. The poetess published works including Fred's Dark Days Nina Bruce The Fen ton Family The Chester Girls The Year's Best Days Temperance Poems Ringing Ballads The Yule Log and Poetical Works. Sunset Land completed in 1927 was her last major work.
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San Diego
Calif
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Leche Denies Smith Claim About LSU Departure
Former Governor Richard W. Leche blasted Dr. James Monroe Smith’s claim that he was advised to leave Louisiana after resigning as LSU president on June 25. Leche called the assertion absurd and said anyone present at the mansion would confirm there was no basis for the crimin... institution.
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New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Richard W. Leche
Smith
Covington
Leche
Noe Denies Oil Profits In Louisiana Gubernatorial Bid
State Senator James A Noe rebutted accusations of oil profits in a public statement to Louisianas people He denies ever receiving money from oil sales or having ties to hot oil deals near Black Bayou Bayou Bartholomew Ouachita Parish or associated with Standard Oil He asserts no oil has been discovered or produced in Ouachita parish.
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James A. Noe
Peo
Louisiana
Monroe
Shreveport Times
Louisana
Lousiana
Black Bayou
Bayou Bartholomew
Standard Oil
Blackbavou
Qouach Ta Parish
U. S. Prober Warns Against Concealing Crimes In Louisiana
Assistant Attorney General John Rogge warns that aiding in concealing fraud connected with the deducts fund would invite federal prosecution. He cites rumors of ward leaders and minor figures enlisted to hide withdrawals and shape a false picture. Louisiana probes continue as police and fire officials deny any political levies on personnel.
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New Orleans
John Rogge
United States
Rogge
Department of Justice
Louisiana
George Reyer
John M. Evans
Slaying Near Danzig Deepens European Tension
A Polish soldier Witold Budziewicz was shot near Postelhau on the Polish Danzig frontier, sparking a clash of accounts between Poland and the Free City of Danzig. Danzig border guard Max Stein claimed self defense, while Polish officials cited a border ambush by Danzig troopers. The incident heightened regional strain as Danzig authorities offered varying narratives and the Polish commissioner sought confirmation as both sides prepared for wartime emergencies.
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Free City OF
Danzig
Postelhau
Free City
Witold Budziewicz
Max Stein
Stein
Poland
Budziewicz
Marian Chodacki
Guards Search For Lost Boy On Mount Katahdin
A company of Maine National Guards joins police forest wardens and lumbermen in a search for 12 year old Donn Fendler of Rye New York missing since Monday on Mount Katahdin Maine. Bloodhounds and 62 Guardsmen with four officers traverse the saddle slide area while the boy’s father clings to hope.
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Millinocket
Maine National Guardsmen
Donn Fendler
Rye
N. Y
Mt. Katahdin
Lewis C. Barrows
San Francisco
Calif
Maine
Golden Gate Exposition
103Rd Infantry
Maine National Guard
New York State
Oil Syndicate Wins $90,000 in Federal Case
The Big Indian syndicate received $90,000 damages in federal court in Shreveport Louisiana for alleged excess oil from its Big Indian lease in Smith County Texas during 1933 and 1934. Defendants include Oil Refineries Apex Pipe Line The Oil Refining Centera De Soto Crude Oil Purchasing Grogan Oil and B P Crittenden. Judge Dawkins scheduled to decide July 26 on a prescription defense that could nullify the verdict.
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Shreveport
Big Indian Syndicate
Big Indian
Smith County
Tex
Oil Refineries, Inc
Apex Pipe Line Company
the Oil Refining Company
Centera, Inc
de Soto Crude Oil Purchasing Corporation
Grogan Oil Company
M. G. Grogan
B. P. Crittenden
Ben Dawkins
Flashes In The News Roundup From Several Cities
Riv erside Amusement Park official gives Albert Sanders a $20 bill to buy $20 in nickels. Sanders returns with buckets of dill pickles apologizing only $16 worth could be obtained. In Philipsburg, dogs have no catcher as residents refuse the job. officials seek outside help. Santa Fe engineer Albee on a Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge train coughs and pops his false teeth before stopping the locomotive for passengers.
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Indianapolis
Riverside Amusement Park
Albert Sanders
Sanders
Philipsburg
Jack Wallin
Santa FE
N. M
Albee
Thetis disaster guinea pig tests shed new light on deaths
Professor J B S Haldane endured a 14 12 hour airless chamber experiment to model Thetis submarine victims. He said deaths likely occurred with minimal pain though some headaches and panting were possible. Survivors and relatives watched as he described a foretaste of the doomed crew's final hours.
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London
J B.S. Haldane
Haldane
H. P. K. Oram
Thetis
Burdick Attacks Smith Fate in Futures Trading Rant
In remarks, Representative Burdick of North Dakota denounces former LSU president James Monroe Smith for being fleeced by grain futures. He calls the commodity market a gambling racket and attacks agricultural economists for teaching futures trading as lawful.
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Washington
Burdick
North Dakota
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Congressional Record
Daggett Urged Again for Eastern Louisiana Judge Post
A Baton Rouge women's committee renews efforts to appoint Dr Harriett S Daggett law professor at LSU as federal district judge for eastern Louisiana. Telegrams to President Roosevelt and others urge appointment to restore public confidence and support the university staff. Names like William J O Hara and A J Caillouet have been discussed as possible nominees.
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Baton Rouge
Harriett S. Daggett
Louisiana State University
Eastern Louisiana
Congress
Richard W. Leche
Frances L. Landry
Roosevelt
Murphy
Ellender
University
Federal Judiciary
William J. O'Hara
New Orleans
Joseph A. O'Hara
State Board of Health
A. J. Caillouet
Houma
Board of Governors
State Bar of Louisiana
Leche
Postal Receipts at Record High in 12 Months
Postal revenue for the year ending June 30 rose to 745,098,350 dollars, surpassing last year by 17 million. Postmaster General Farley reported a net operating surplus of 10 million, excluding free mail and air mail subsidies. The department will publish expenditures and nonpostal deductions with the annual report to Congress next winter.
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Washington
Farley
Congress
Attorneys for Bridges Grill Aaron Sapiro at Deportation Hearing
At a Los Angeles hearing defense lawyers pressed their cross examination of Aaron Sapiro, government witness. Sapiro testified Bridges boasted of running the Communist party and quoted Earl Browder saying Bridges supplied jobs and money to communists on the Pacific coast to back a united front with shipowners. He contrasted Bridges with Harry Lundeberg in the longshoremen and sailors union dispute.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Aaron Sapiro
Bridges
Communist Party
Sapiro
Department of Labor
Earl Browder
United States
Browder
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
A. F. L. Union
Half Million WPA Workers Poised to Leave Jobs Today
The Workers Alliance says 500000 WPA workers and unemployed will quit in about 1200 cities as a one day protest against relief law restrictions. It is described as not a strike but the culmination of protests over conditions. Col F C Harrington says Minneapolis WPA strikers may return by affidavits claiming no illegal acts.
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Washington
Workers Alliance
WPA
Alliance
F. C. Harrington
Minneapolis
Former LSU President Smith Charged After Resigning
Dr. James Monroe Smith former LSU president is accused in federal court petition of being advised to leave Louisiana after he resigned on June 25. He alleges harassment by government agents to extract confessions and seeks bond modification to return to Baton Rouge for arraignment. Eleven more counts including forgery and a con game were filed in Orleans Parish.
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James Monroe Smith
New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Wayne G. Borah
Baton Rouge
Orleans Parish
Smith
Ben J. Daly
Walter B. Hamelin
Owen W. Ware
J. Emory Adams
Memphis
Southern
The
State University
Executive Mansion
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Attoreney
David M. Ellison
State Supreme Court
John B. Fournet
Frank Shatetuck
W. A. Cooper
McNutt Keeps Campaign Plans Quiet in Indianapolis Trip
Paul V. McNutt former Indiana governor and new federal security administrator leaves Indianapolis for Washington to organize the federal security program He hints Clarence A Jackson will join him in D C to assist preparations McNutt marks his 48th birthday with a family gathering in Martinsville eating Hoosier fried chicken with relatives and his wife and daughter present
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Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
Washington
Federal Security Agency
Clarence A. Jackson
Indiana
McNutt
Martinsville
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