Riots at Fisher Body Plant injure 34 in Cleveland clash
Police reported 34 wounded with at least one serious after a clash at General Motors Fisher Body plant during a CIO United Automobile Workers strike. Tear gas shells and bricks flew from crowds of 5000 to 6000 as a non striker’s car window was smashed and a long range tear gas gun was used.
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Cleveland
Fisher
General Motors Corporation
C. I. O. United Automobile
Michael J. Black
Blackwood
Blackword
George J. Mat
Governor names successor to LSU board post
Governor Earl K Long announced resignation of state Representative No Smith Hoff pan from the Louisiana State University board of supervisors and said he would offer the post to D Moth of Meane.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K Long
No Smith Hoffpan
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Meane
Federal cotton loan program delayed amid price support
Washington officials said the government will withhold the 1959 cotton loan program while domestic prices stay near current levels. Loans will be kept in reserve to bolster prices if quotations fall toward last year's loan rate, with stocks totaling about 11 million bales valued at roughly 550 million dollars. The 1938 law requires loans when prices drop below parity or when production exceeds needs.
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Washington
Federal Farm
Agriculture Department
Finish Fight Planned to Push Lending Bill Ahead
President Roosevelt and aides vowed a finish fight to pass an amended lending bill as both Senate and House committees reported large gaps in the measure. Senate majority leader Barkley and Speaker Rayburn signaled support for a showdown, with adjournment aimed next Saturday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House Banking Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Bankhead
White House
House
Rayburn
Tras
Beauty Fails to Appear Spark Swift Hunt
Rosalind Johnson aka Miss Salt Lake City did not show up for a Swedish day at the Golden Gate exposition. Police launched a statewide search after detectives learned she was due on a 845 p m train from Salt Lake City and could not be found on the ferry connecting to the train.
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San Francisco
Rosalind Johnson
Salt Lake City
Golden Gate Exposition
Edgar Shea
Fairy Committee
Daniel Birgers
Shorts Case Stir in Nettleton Arkansas
In Nettleton Arkansas the mayor and town face public attention after a 50 dollar fine for a woman wearing shorts sparks nationwide sympathy messages. The mayor pays an attorney fee for the trial of Mrs. Leslie Alexander, while the Nettleton girls’ softball team performs in shorts at a local park. The mayor defends the fee as necessary and would issue warrants if complaints arise.
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Nettleton
Ark
Arkansas
Leslie Alexander
J. H. Cowell
Cowell
Eli McGowan
Alexander
McGowan
Governor Long declines to name special prosecutor
Governor Earl K Long told the Citizens Voluntary committee of Louisiana he will use Wood H Thompson of Monroe if extra help is needed while already employing J Fair Hardin of Shreveport as a courageous relentless prosecutor. The committee had proposed three attorneys Eldon Lazarus Paul G Barron as potential assistants.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Citizens Voluntary Committee of
Louisiana
Wood H. Thompson
Monroe
Long
Joseph A. Airey
New Orleans
Lang
J. Fair Hardin
Shreveport
Airey
Ctizens
Eldon Lazarus
Paul G. Barron
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Monte Lemann
Embassy asks Berlin on Dachau internment of American woman
The U S consulate in Paris asked Berlin to verify reports that an American woman, said to be Mrs Franz Lem born Lil Harrison in New Orleans on April 10 1914, is interned at Dachau on anti Nazi propaganda charges The pair arrived in Hamburg from New York May 3 were arrested and sent to Dachau Lem escaped July 19 and fled toward France after crossing border guards.
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Berlin
United States
Franz Lem
Dachau
Lem
Paris
Lili Hoerrison
New Orleans
Germany
Lil Harrison
State Department
Washington
New York
Hamburg
France
Zurich
Switzerland
Crash victim dies in Charity hospital
Mrs. Dr. Bledsoe aged 46 of Kenner died at Charity hospital in New Orleans from injuries suffered when her car collided head on with a truck on the Airline Highway Wednesday night.
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New Orleans
DR. Bledsoe
Kenner
Charity Hospital
Kentucky police chief slayer held for safekeeping
Charles Allen wealthy Cynthiana farmer, suspected in the slaying of George M. Dickey, surrendered to deputies after a siege at the Allen farm. He was held in Lexington city jail for murder charges to be filed, with a plan to transfer to Fayette county prison.
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Lexington
Charles Allen
Cynthiara
George M. Dickey
Cynthiana
Allen
Harrison County
Victor Ross
Alvin Allen
Jacksonville
Harold Mcllwain
Mcllwain
Ross
Allen Farm
Fayette County
Dickey
James Endorsed as Republican Nominee
James wins backing from Pennsylvania leaders for 1940 presidential bid amid rumors Governor Arthur H. James may seek the Republican nomination. State and party figures cite his potential to unite the state delegation and secure a national win.
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James
Coneaut Lake
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry
Lewis G. Hines
United States
James J. Davis
Previusly
Orleans Levee Board Favors Probe of Fee
The Orleans levee board voted for a thorough legal investigation into a $449 069 16 contingent fee paid to Newman Harris and company, for refinancing work in 1937. The board ordered the matter referred to its attorneys accountants Newman Harris and company and the bureau of governmental research for review.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Newman Harris and Company
Bureau of Governmental Research
U S Claims Victory In Bridges Hearing
Government lawyers claim victory on whether Harry Bridges will be called as a government witness in his deportation hearing. James Landis, special trial examiner, said Bridges can be placed on the stand Wednesday unless new objections arise. Bridges faces deportation for alleged advocacy of violent overthrow. The hearing began three weeks ago.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
James M. Landis
Harvard University Law School
Labor Department
Bridges
Dean Landis
Australia
East Baton Rouge Probers Call Board Members to Resign
The East Baton Rouge parish grand jury urged in a district court report that all Louisiana State University board of supervisors during Dr James Monroe Smiths regime resign immediately. The panel found negligence by the board that aided the universitys current scandals. L P Abernathy, a resigning board member and former highway commission chairman, is the only member charged. Alumni have pressed for mass resignations as scandals unfolded.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
Grand Jury
District Court Today
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
James Monroe Smith
Grand
L. P. Abernathy
State Highway Commission
Will Consider State Scandal Special PT A Meeting
A: Louisiana Parent-Teacher association board of managers will meet at Hotel Bentley in Alexandria on August 12. B: Mrs. Paul Blanchard of Baton Rouge calls the gathering to draft resolutions protesting Louisiana official corruption and its impact on youth morals and to discuss future controls.
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Louisiana Parent- Teacher Association
Bentley
Alexandria
Paul Blanchard
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Blanchard
Shirley Wimberly to Speak on Radio Tonight
Representative Shirley Wimberly will speak via radio hookup with WDSU New Orleans and WJBO Baton Rouge from 8 30 to 9 30 oclock tonight. The address was called of outstanding importance to the citizenship of the state.
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Shirley Wimberly
WDSU
New Orleans
WJBO
Baton Rouge
Wimberly
British-French Missions to Russia Accepted for Staff Talks
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the house of commons that Britain and France will send military missions to Moscow for staff talks as part of efforts to form a three power mutual assistance pact with Soviet Russia. A French general, a British admiral, and a British air marshal will lead the delegations likely leaving this week. Pravda in Moscow hailed help in organizing a real peace front as anti British protests erupt near the British embassy in Tokyo amid Japan’s blockade actions.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
Moscow
Associated Press
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
Man in Iron Lung Reaches Age of 29
Fred Snite Jr., famed as the “boiler kid,” turned 29 today while living in an iron lung for three years and four months. He was stricken with infantile paralysis in Peiping during a World tour and placed in the device on April 1, 1936.
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Chicago
Fred Snite Jr
River Forest
Snite
Peiping
China
Grand jury probes irregularities at Louisiana Training Institute
The Ouachita parish grand jury meets in special session to investigate alleged irregularities at Louisiana Training Institute and possible law violations in state parish or city government. Judge Garrett warns against political influence as witnesses including Senator Noe and Dr. Dillon are awaited.
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News-Star
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Louisiana Training Institute
C C. Boardman
Foreman
M. M. Underwood
Sam Gunn
W. A. Calloway
L. W. McDonald
M. Willett
C. C. Bell, Jr
P. W. Bordeaux
J. E. Bryan
Douglas Coon
J. E. Rutledge
T. T. Jones
David I. Garrett
James A. Noe
Board of Commissioners of Louisiana Training Institute
Harvey Dillon
Noe
Garrett
Frank W. Hawthorne
Senator Noe
J. Lloyd Warren
S. L. Digby
A. S. Tidwell, Jr
Institute
Board of Commissioners
Dr. Dillon
Veteran Tech staff member Harry Howard dies at 62
Harry Howard, 62, longtime treasurer and first graduate of the institution now Louisiana Tech, died at 8 45 am Monday at his sister in laws home in West Monroe after a lingering illness. Funeral at First Presbyterian church Ruston Tuesday 10 am with interment in Greenwood cemetery. He retired July 1 1939 after 42 years of service and is survived by his wife two daughters Sallie and Mary and two sisters.
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Harry Howard
Louisiana Industrial Institute
Louisiana Tech
H. L. Gregg
Second Street
West Monroe
First Presbyterian Church
Ruston
Greenwood
Sallie
Mary
Howard
Tech
J. W. Evans
A. McFarland
Richardson
American Clipper Sets Course for Baltimore Transatlantic Flight
The American Clipper, new among six Pan American Airways ships, departed Shushan Airport at 5:50 a.m. CST for Baltimore. Captain A E Laporte expects an eight hour crossing to begin this first transatlantic run, with the flight starting Wednesday.
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New Orleans
Pan-American Airways
Shushan
Baltimore
A. E. Laporte
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Brick
Dp . Smith
Beauty
Hunt
Thompson
Citizens Voluntary Committee
Noxzi Concentration Camp
Smith
U.S
East Baton Rouge Probers
P.T. A. Board
Tokyo
Japan
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