Thirteen Die in Outbreaks in Holy Land and Elsewhere
Thirteen people including Jews Arabs and four British soldiers die in Holy Land unrest near Jerusalem and Jaffa gate. A British rail patrol is wiped out by an Arab band and time bombs explode in Jerusale m market. Hitler showcases strength to Yugoslav Regent Prince Paul and pledges borders “for all time” at a state dinner. Pope Pius XII reports assurances of will and resolve to keep peace from Europe's leaders.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jerusalere
Jaffa
Berlin
Fuehrer
Manton Tells of Big Jump in Finances
Former Federal Judge T. Manton returns to the stand amid cross examination in a conspiracy case. He acknowledges a large 11 month gain in net worth, cites debt settlement and a hotel sale, while denying any wrongdoing.
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Manton
New York
T. Manton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fort Greene National Bank of
Brooklyn
United States
John T. Cahill
Second Victim Dies From Lake Providence Car Crash
Jerry G. Enright 33 of Birmingham died in a Tallulah hospital as a second victim of a wreck that killed Miss Lou Carter of Lake Providence. Enright and LeRoy Haggerty were returning from a night club with two women when their car crashed and burned. Haggerty remains hospitalized improving and Eula Belle Lindsey escaped serious injury. Miss Carter died instantly in the accident. The body of Enright will be sent to St. Louis for funeral services Saturday. Enright was employed on a federal entitlement project near Lake Providence.
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Tallulah
Jerry G. Enright
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Louis
Carter
Lake Providence
St. Louis
Mr. Enright
LeRoy Haggerty
Tacoma Park
Miss Carr
Haggerty
Eula Belle Lindsey
Monticello
Ark
Confederate currency and a costly window loss in Norfolk robbery
A Norfolk shopkeeper worried over a broken window after a robbery that stole 5900 Confederate bills. The window was costly glass and the loss included the currency. In Pittsburgh a car crashed into a home, narrowly missing a 12 year old boy in a chair. A bystander noted the curtains as spectators watched. In Kansas City a seven year old gave a long account when questioned about a fight.
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Norfolk
Pittsburgh
Paul Stumpfs
Kansas’ City
Danny Brosnahan
Kidnap Suspect Claims Child Was Her Replacement
A 21 year old blonde Beatrice Wood confessed after arrest that she abducted five month old Gerald McCrohan from his carriage to replace her own dead baby. She was found with Frederick Bauers, 23, as detectives traced the abduction from a Philadelphia street corner. The mother Mrs Margaret McCrohan 30 and the father John McCrohan 32 identified the infant when police returned him.
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Philadelphia
Gerald McCrohan
George Myers
Beatrice Wood
Myers
Gerald
Frederick Bauers
Bauers
Margaret McCrohan
Marjorie
Neville High School 1939 commencement exercises
196 seniors received diplomas in the Neville High School auditorium. Rev FE Means of Helena AR delivered the address, urging lasting ideals amid life’s stages. Sue McBride gave the salutatory on vocational guidance and Emale Gattis the valedictory on triumphant living. Mrs. Minnie Ruffin presented the annual DAR medal to Ben Downing Jr.
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Neville High School
FE. K. Means
Helena
Monroe
Emale Gattis
Means
Minnie Ruffin
Fort Miro
Ben Downing, Jr
Charles Gossett
Refugee Crisis Aboard the St Louis Heads Back to Germany
The German liner St Louis sails from Havana with 917 German Jewish refugees denied landing in Cuba. The ship carries fuel and provisions for a return to Hamburg as Cuban authorities threaten to tow the vessel with gunboats if needed. Passengers despair at possible enforced repatriation while port police and Cuban marines stand by.
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Havana
St. Louis
Hamburg
Cuba
Luis Clausing
Hamburg-America Line
Germany
United States
President Fed
Rainmaker Lillie Stoate Seeks New Citrus Rain Showings
Oxford Mississippi June 2 Miss Lillie Stoate a 67 year old rainmaker says she can summon rain by sitting by water. She claims Florida drought relief rain fell after she arrived and has received offers from North Dakota and Nebraska for drought relief events. Stoate says she turned down offers for personal appearances and radio, seeking only coverage of travel and expenses. She lives alone near Oxford where she tends a garden and makes ornaments and salves.
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Oxford
Miss
Lillie Stoate
Florida
North Dakota
Nebraska
Miss Stoate
Ouachita Parish High School Class of 1939 Diploma Night
Ouachita Parish High students of 1939 will receive diplomas at Neville High School auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. George M. Snellings Jr., Monroe attorney, will be principal speaker. The class exceeds 300, marking a record.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High School
George M. Snellings
Monroe
W. C. Scott
Sybil Gates
Norman Nelson
Strauss-Bliss
Stella Courtney
Eunice Coon Williamson
Fred G. Thatcher
Retired Lumber Executive Samuel Lee Dies in Alexandria
Samuel Malcolm Lee 62 retired vice president and general manager of Industrial Lumber of Elizabeth La died yesterday. He is survived by his widow two sons Samuel Dwight Lee of Houston and Charles P. Lee of Alexandria five brothers C W Lee J S Lee Jr J H Lee John Lee and Allen Lee and one sister Mrs W A Steagall.
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Alexandria
Samuel Malcolm Lee
Industrial Lumber Company
Elizabeth
Samuel Dwight Lee
Houston
Tex
Charles P. Lee
C. W. Lee
Oakdale
J. S. Lee, Jr
J. H. Lee
Weirgate
John Lee
Ohio
Allen Lee
Arkansas
Electrical workers resume Lake Charles projects after strike
Electrical construction on major Lake Charles and southwest Louisiana buildings resumed after an amicable agreement between contractors and the IBEW. The 32 hour strike ended Thursday night with a wage increase from 1.10 to 1.25 dollars an hour, applying only to new jobs while existing work stays at prior pay.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America
A. F. of L
Senate poised to vote on Townsend old age pension plan
Senate expected to take up Townsend old age pension proposal after House defeat 302 to 97. Downey plans to offer an amendment to social security, Pepper hints at boosting aid if Townsend fails, Borah backs $60 monthly for elderly. Townsend backers anticipate about 50 dollars a month for eight million seniors.
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Washington
Senate
House
Townsend
Downey
California
Pepper
Florida
Borah
Idaho
Francis E. Town
May Robson Wins Screen Citation at Banquet
Actress May Robson receives a Screen Citation from the American Institute of Cinematography for fifty six years on stage and screen. The institute honors 1938 achievements including producers John W Considine Jr Jack Warner Gabriel Pascal actor Nelson Eddy actress Norma Shearer and director Sam Wood.
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Los Angeles
May Robson
American Institute of Cinematography
Institute
John W. Considine, Jr
Jack L. Warner
Gabriel Pascal
Nelson Eddy
Norma Shearer
Sam Wood
WPA employes show drop in relief rolls nationwide
Washington reports a 15,438 decline in Works Progress Administration employment since May 17 bringing total enrollment to 2,606,885. Major decreases by state include Illinois 1,020 Missouri 1,247 New York City 2,337 North Dakota 1,764 and Pennsylvania 2,718.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Illinois
Missouri
New York City
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Leche Plans Farley Confab In Hot Springs
Governor Richard W. Leche plans a conference at Hot Springs Arkansas with Postmaster General James A. Farley. Accompanying him are Welfare Commissioner A. R. Johnson and Dr Olyma McFarland named superintendent of the new state hospital at Pineville. The trip includes inspections of state institutions and buildings at Ruston Arcadia and Pineville.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Hot Springs
Ark
James A. Farley
Louisiana
Alexandria
Jim Farley
A. R. Johnson
Mid-State Charity Hospital
Pineville
Olyma McFarland
State Hospital Board
New State Hospital
Rose Lolita Long
Huey P. Long
Lewhe
Johnson
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Arcadia
Court Term Ordered for Shreveport Federal Session
An order for a term of the federal district court in Shreveport beginning June 19 has been signed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins.
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Shreveport
Federal District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
Unamerican Hearings End After Moseley Statement
The Dies committee rejected Major General George Van Horn Moseley’s anti semitic prepared statement after two days of denunciations of communism and "international Jewry." Moseley sought to read his own warning on a plot to overthrow the government, but the panel limited the reading and moved to strike the controversial text.
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Washington
Dies Committee
George van Horn Moseley
Dempsey
New Mexico
Moseley
Mc Reynolds Passes King and Queen Garden Party
Justice James C. Mc Reynolds declines a garden party invitation from the British ambassador for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II opting to return to Elkton Kentucky for his yearly home visit. He cites a wish to rest and see old friends during the stay.
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Elkton
Supreme Court
James C. Mc Reynolds
George
Elizabeth
Kentucky-Tennessee
Rescue Efforts Continue As Thetis Submarine Sinks
The British admiralty reports Thetis sank, trapping 90 men. Rescue crews rush to cut holes in the tail to reach air and survivors, amid dwindling oxygen and fading hope as time runs short.
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London
U.P
British Admiralty
Thetis
Birkenhead
Eng
Pia
Irish Sea
Admiralty
Pope Pius XI aims to keep peace through papal diplomacy
Pope Pius XI told cardinals that he had received assurances of goodwill and resolve to pursue overtures via papal nuncios to ease international dissensions into a stable peace. He said governments generally welcomed his step begun last month and reported a relaxation of tension in men's souls.
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Pius XII
Europe
Gath
Vatican City
Phi
Pius XI
Holy Father
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Ellsworth C. Alvord
Business Organization
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