Louisiana Moves Democratic Harmony With Roosevelt
Governor Richard W. Leche met with James A. Farley at Democratic headquarters and pledged Louisiana’s 1936 support for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Leche praised Huey Long and asserted the state would back the New Deal, signaling a unified party front despite past tensions.
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New York
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
James A. Farley
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Farley
Leche
Long
Dallas
Lewhe
Huey
London
Topeka Prepares For Landon Speech In 1936 Campaign
Topeka awaits Governor Alf Landon as Republican leaders predict a landslide and Governor Paul V. McNutt of Indiana labels certain groups as back of London. Landon planned to speak about 8 30 p.m. CST outlining views on farm relief unemployment federal spending taxation and the constitution.
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Washington
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
London
Kansas
Landon
Frederick Parker Church Writer Dies at 73 in Nashville
Dr. Frederick Sale Parker, 73, longtime publication figure for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died after a stroke. Born in Louisiana, he studied at multiple institutions and served as editor and secretary for Epworth Era and Epworth League. survived by wife, two Nashville sons, and brother Dr. F N Parker of Emory.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frederick Sale Parker
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Caddo Parish
University of Louisiana
New England Conservatory of Music
Tulane University
New Orleans
New Iberia
Lake Providence
Jackson
Louisiana
Santa Ana
Calif
Parker
Epworth
Epworth League
Epworth and
Christian Education Boards
Mills in Louisiana set for fall reopening and expansion
The Evan Hall sugar mill in Donaldsonville will reopen after ten years idle with a daily capacity near 1600 tons financed by the farm credit administration. Three other Louisiana mills Helvetia Waterford Magnolia will be enlarged for the fall grinding season, each around 1000 tons daily. Robert Maestri, to be New Orleans mayor in August, plans a city planning commission to create a more beautiful city.
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Donaldsonville
Evan Hall
Farm Credit Administration
Louisiana
Helvetia
Central
Waterford
Killona
Magnolia
Houma
City Beautiful
New Orleans
Robert
Maestri
Traffic fine drive nets 59 of 130 violators in Baton Rouge
About 130 traffic violators were ticketed on the first day of a drive to enforce parking regulations in Baton Rouge. Chief of Police King H. Strenzke said 59 paid their fines, while the remainder will be followed up.
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Baton Rouge
King H. Strenzke
Convention of Young Men's Business Clubs Planned in New Orleans
The state convention of the Young Men's Business clubs will be held in New Orleans with October 3 set as a tentative date.
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Houma
Young Men's Business Clubs
New Orleans
Man Slashes Self in Morgan City and New Orleans
Police report Pete Convington aged 60 attempted death by own action in New Orleans after being brought from Morgan City where he stabbed himself five times in the neck. Physicians called his condition satisfactory.
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New Orleans
Pete Convington
Morgan City
Narcotic charge in Baton Rouge linked to yard weed growth
Sheriff reports new arrest of De Britton and three Black residents Mathew Simmons Florence Simmons and Carle Herson on narcotic violation charges after deputies found quantities of marijuana growing in the yard of their residence.
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Baton Rouge
Newman de Britton
Mathew Simmons
Florence Simmons
Carle Herson
Boating Fines Imposed for Reckless Cross Lake Run
James Liddell and W E Hanbey paid fines of 2.50 each for operating motorboats recklessly on Cross lake. Witnesses testified speedboats were driven to endanger life and property. Liddell’s boat upset but he was rescued by Lake Patrolman D L Farrar.
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Shreveport
James Liddell
W. E. Hanbey
Cross Lake
Suit seeks 3520 damages from theater firm over stink bomb attack
SHREVEPORT La. Four suit filed in Caddo district court by W T Talen seeks 3520 against Saenger Ehrlich Enterprises Inc alleging he was struck on the head by a stink bomb tossed by an unknown person while a Majestic theater patron on June 6. The device lacerated his scalp and the odor lingered three days.
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Shreveport
W. T. Talen
Caddo
Saenger-Ehrlich Enterprises, Inc
Talen
Majestic Theater
Pelsion
Oaus
Higher Prices Will Cut Down Dro ugh Losses
Drouth left a $200 million bill on southern farmers before recent rains eased the drought. Officials cannot yet estimate total 1936 farm income due to data gaps on destroyed crops and maturing growth. Higher prices and replanting may offset losses, with some areas poised for prosperity while others depend on relief.
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Drouth
Atlanta
Dixie
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Near parting of ways in AFL Lewis clash over organizing mass workers
John L. Lewis and the American Federation of Labor faced a crisis as Lewis declared his committee for industrial organization would not obey a council summons. Labor leaders predicted the council would suspend Lewis' United Mine Workers and 11 affiliated unions, risking a third of the federation's membership and dues.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
A. F
Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt Aims for Better Tuna Fishing Aboard Liberty
President Roosevelt sails the Sevanna from Cape Sable Nova Scotia in a bid for tuna near Yarmouth on the southwest shore. He hopes to fish in Bay of Fundy waters after a rest at lower Wood harbor and plans Campobello Island crossing via Grand Canan Island, with a rough return voyage to Cape Nese island aboard the 56‑foot Sewanna.
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Liberty
Cape Sable
N. S
Lower Wood Harbor
Roosevelt
Sevanna
Yarmouth
Shelburne
Jess
Bay of Fundy
Campobello Isle
N. B
Grand Canan Island
Cape Nese Island
Three men found after Bayou voyage scare near New Orleans
A 20 foot cabin boat with Daniel Louque Leonidas McClung and Frank Caggagno from Gramercy was reported missing Monday on Bayou Chamberlane. They were located today near Bear Island after relatives feared a mishap.
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New Orleans
Bayou Chamberlane
Daniel Louque
Leonidas McClung
Frank Calcagno
Gramercy
Bear Island
Blind River Bridge
New Orleans- Baton Rouge
Convicted Spy to Begin On Sentence
Harry Thomas Thompson, former navy yeoman, was en route to McNeil Island prison to serve a 15 year federal sentence for conspiring to sell naval secrets to a Japanese officer. He said he was glad the affair was over as the first espionage convict in the United States since World War II.
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Los Angeles
Harry Thomas Thompson
Navy
McNeil Island
United States
Thompson
Peltier Comet Seen As Dim Pinhead In Sky
Ohio amateur L C Peltier reported the newly discovered comet visible last night as a faint pinhead of light. Residents recall Halley's 1910 display and wonder whether the tail could strike Earth, with forecasts drawn from Halley’s May 1910 performance.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ohio
Peltier
L. C. Peltier
Delphos
Citizens Seek To Ban Slot Machines In Louisiana
In Harrisonburg Louisiana on July 22 court attaches reported 45 Catahoula Parish citizens filed mandamus actions against Sheriff Roy L Huff to compel enforcement of slot machine prohibitions. It marks the first instance of mandamus against an elected state official to enforce state law.
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Harrisonburg
Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
Roy L. Huff
Watchman Key In Clevenger Murder Case
The Asheville sheriff names Daniel Gaddy, 28, night watchman at the hotel, as the potential key to the Helen Clevenger slaying. He hints Gaddy may reveal crucial details about events at the hotel the night of the murder.
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Joseph Clevenger
Staten Island
N. Y
Asheville
N. C
Fletcher
Helen
Associated Press
Helen Clevenger
Asheville N. C
Mark Wollner
Mildred Ward
Wollner
Clevenger
Daniel Gaddy
Laurence E. Brown
New York University
Gaddy
Brown
New Orleans Lad Accidentally Shoots Boy at Home
In New Orleans July 22 police report Morgan Bradham 15 accidentally shot Walter Dielen schneider 11 in the abdomen while Walter watched Bradham clean a revolver Walter's father Victor Dielen schneider says the shooting was an accident Walter is in critical condition.
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New Orleans
Morgan Bradham
Walter Dielenschneider
Bradham
Walter
Victor Dielenschneider
Public works shakeup and health incidents reported
Washington Ickes reassigns A R Clas to share duties from Louis R Glavis in a housing division shakeup. In Mississippi a child ages left eye threatened after five weeks with a dynamite cap incident. Infantile paralysis cases rise to 13 in the state with 235 affected and 15 deaths overall. Alabama governor Bibb Graves photographed with a nasal spray to combat the outbreak.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Ickes
A. R. Clas
Louis R. Glavis
Glavis
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Memphis
Tenn
Little Chester Irvin Harrison
Golven
Miss
Jackson
State Board of Health
Houlka
Chickasaw County
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Dublin Republican Leader Dies in Ireland Free State
Sir Osmond Grattan Es monde, 40, a prominent republican member of the dail, died today in Dublin Ireland Free State.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Sir Osmond Grattan Esmonde
Dail
Fires Hamper 160 Men in Montana Forest Blazes
Helena Montana July 22 Fire crews faced extreme heat and dry conditions as 160 men battled forest fires across north central Montana for a week. The blazes continued to threaten timberland and prompted active containment efforts by local and state responders.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Legislature Approves 825000 Borrowing for 1934 38 Debt Moratorium
Baton Rouge July 2 The legislature approved borrowing 825000 to fund the debt moratorium commissioner's operation expenses for 1934 through 1938.
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Baton Rouge
Labor Plans Court Challenge Over Candy Shop Picketing
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 22 organized labor prepared to pursue legal action to challenge the restriction or prohibition of picketing at the Bennett Hubbard Candy company. Striking workers demand recognition of their union.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Bennett-Hubbard Candy Company
Tropical disturbance warned north of Mona Passage
The United States Weather Bureau warned of a tropical disturbance north of the Mona Passage in the West Indies on July 22.4, signaling potential weather activity in that region.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Mona Passage
West Indies
Justice Department Investigates Assailants in Home Attack on U S Commissioner
In Los Angeles on July 22 United States Commissioner David B Head was beaten at his home with a blackjack and brass knuckles. DOJ agents search for one or more suspects in the incident.
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Los Angeles
United States
David B. Head
Department of Justice
Headstrong youth to face federal officers again
Memphis article reports 11 year old George Broadwick of Philadelphia who broke his promise to a man who saved him from reform school. He is held in Chillicothe Ohio after running away from a couple who gave him housing friendship and education.
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Memphis
Tenn
George Broadwick
Philadelphia
Chillicothe
Defense counsel offers ex police chief chance to deny gang links
In St Paul on July 22 defense counsel for John P. Peifer presented former Police Chief Tom Brown with an opportunity to deny from the witness stand testimony tying him to the gang that kidnapped Brewer William Hamm Jr. The testimony is part of the ongoing kidnapping trial.
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ST. Paul, Minn
John P
Jack) Peifer
Tom Brown
William Hamm, Jr
Murray and Monaghan Lead in Democratic Senate Race
Helena Montana July 22 4 percent returns from 100 of 1237 precincts show Rep Joseph P Monaghan leading with 6060 votes and Senator James E Murray close behind with 61? thousand. result pending final counts.
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Helena
Mont
United States
James FE. Murray
Joseph P. Monaghan
Monaghan
Murray
Believed explosion fate of missing ship Nunoca near Florida
Coast guards search for the Nunoca off Tampa after a burned timber fragment and an oil drum found about 100 miles from the vessel’s Grand Cayman to Tampa route suggest a catastrophic end. The 110 foot craft with 22 aboard departed Grand Cayman July 4 carrying limited provisions and water. Captain Gabbett directed the hunt, seeking whether the drum matches 11 or 12 other drums sighted near the Dry Tortugas July 13.
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Tampa. Fla
Moses L. Kirkconnell
Grand Cayman Island
Tampa
Cecil M. Gabbett
Coast Guard
Angregra
Grand Cayman
Texas Company
Gabbett
Georgetown
Nunoca
Texas 1 Company
Robt James Way With Women Told
Los Angeles July 22. Robert S James defense portrays him as well meaning with a way with women while his seventh wife Mary is found dead in a fly pond last August. Prosecutors say he shed crocodile tears to cover murder by rattlesnake attack. Defense says it is luck for men that hanging is not the punishment for liking the ladies.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
Mary
Russel Parsons
James
Bob
Parsons
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