Shipboard plea lands job at Philadelphia agency
John A. West Jr of Chicago earned a position with a Philadelphia advertising agency after sending 81 nautical themed notes by mail. A Mass Institute of Technology graduate, he chose the offer from the agency despite initial unemployment.
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Cambridge
Mass
Philadelphia
John A. West, Jr
Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
West
United States
Governor Leche outlines August 20 start and tax plan
Governor Leche toured north Louisiana and said a 1 percent sales tax would begin by August 20. He warned repeal would force six million dollars in deficit cures, defended benefits like charity hospitals and pensions, and praised expansion for Northeast Louisiana as he eyeing four new buses for the junior college and broader student transport. He and Mr. Johnson traveled from Hot Springs after a social visit with Postmaster General Farley.
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State Department
State Bureau
Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana Training Institute
Tallulah
Leche
Shreveport
Monroe Post Office Sees May 1939 Receipts Rise
May 1939 at the Monroe post office showed a 15 percent volume gain over May 1938. Total receipts reached 14 709 93 dollars, up from 12 797 71 dollars the previous year, a gain of 1 912 22 dollars and one of the year's largest monthly increases.
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Monroe
J. R. Wooten
Landon Endorses Part of the New Deal in Maine Visit
Alf Landon, 1936 Republican nominee, says acceptance of part of the New Deal is a fact, opposing only reactionary Republicans. He spoke at a press conference with Vermont Governor George D. Aiken and declined to detail the Farmington Me visit. He then traveled to Farmington, Me.
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Montpelier
Alf M. Landon
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Kansas
Farmington
Plane Bound for Mars Rescued at Sea by Trawler
The Luscomb plane NCA220-70 piloted by Cheston L. Eshelman forced down 175 miles east southeast of Boston at 7:30 am EDT. The Villanova trawler rescued the pilot as the aircraft sank, with the pilot uninjured and treated for shock. The crew reported directions found pointing toward land.
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Mans
Triton
St. John
N. B
Boston
Cape Cod
Radio Marine
Cheston L. Eshelman
Luscomb
Pitcairn
Philadelphia
Mars
Villanova
Bjiartmars
Sheriff Reports May Arrests Highlights Mil total
Fifty three arrests by sheriff officers during May were listed in a monthly report issued by Sheriff Milton Coverdale. Two robbery with firearms cases, five assaults with intent to kill, three assaults with dangerous weapon, and one attempted assault were recorded. Larceny under fifty dollars accounted for three arrests while six arrests were for larceny over that amount, and three persons were arrested for cattle stealing.
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Milton Coverdale
Pair to Stand Trial for Attempted Jury Corruption
Sander Berry a Ward planter and police juror and John Whitlock a Brownville saloon keeper face district court Wednesday on charges of attempting to corrupt juror Ben H Crawford in a traffic homicide case. They were arrested May 4 and released on 750 bonds after warrants by District Attorney Frank W Hawthorne. The case stems from an alleged effort to influence Crawford, one of five jurors in the fatality involving Jimmy Rhodes of West Monroe. A mistrial was granted after Hawthorne said he learned of the attempted corruption and Crawford reported it voluntarily.
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Sander Berry
Ward
John Whitlock
Brownville
Ben H. Crawford
David Garrett
District Criminal Court
Berry
Whitlock
Frank W. Hawthorne
Crawford
Jimmy Rhodes
West Monroe
Sam Clark
Garrett
Hawthorne
King Queen Enter U S in 36 Hours
The king and queen travel from Canada toward Windsor Ontario and Niagara Falls after an arrest shock. Russell, linked to Irish Republican Army activity, was seized as he stepped from a Chicago train while on a U S lecture tour. A Philadelphia man named Joseph McGarrity accompanied him. federal officers took custody with no charge disclosed.
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England
United States
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
Michigan Central Railroad
Russell
MacGarrity
Educators Leave for Summer School at LSU
Ouachita Grammar School principal Joseph F. Craig and Ouachita High School instructor Marcus Person depart by car for Baton Rouge to attend summer school at Louisiana State University pursuing Master of Arts degrees. John M. McKee of West Monroe is critically ill at Hines Hospital Chicago, a family report says. he helped found the Rodney J. Hobbs post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and served in key roles including senior vice commander.
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Joseph F. Craig
Ouachita Grammar School
Marcus Person
Ouachita High School
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
John M. McKee
Riverfront
West Monroe
Hines Hospital
Chicago
Mr. McKee
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cotton buyer found dead at Cleveland office
Samuel Burton Wilson a 38 year old cotton buyer was found dead yesterday in a cotton company office. Wilson born in Greenville came here in 1930 from Memphis. Surviving are his widow and four children.
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Cleveland
Miss
Samuel Burton Wilson
Wilson
Greenville
Memphis
Horticultural Field Day Set at Calhoun Station
Ouachita parish farmers are urged to attend the annual horticultural field day at the North Louisiana Experiment Station in Calhoun on Saturday June 10. The program begins at 9 a.m. with demonstrations of watermelons tomatoes sweet potatoes and other crops and talks by N D Morgan J G Richard and Sidney Stewart.
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Ouachita Parish
D. L. Bornman
Parish
North Louisiana Experiment Station
Calhoun
Bornman
N. D. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
J. G. Richard
Agricultural Extension Division
Sidney Stewart
House Leaders Seek Ten Changes to Security Act
The plan would save taxpayers about 275 million annually over three years with benefits starting in 1940 instead of 1942. It would cap unemployment tax at the first 3000 of earnings, boost old age assistance state matches, and shift dependent child aid to pure dollar matching. Additional measures include delaying wage hour amendments, a Hyde Park library project, and moving up government reorganizations and strategic stockpiles funding. A House subcommittee backed the Hatch bill on government employee political activity as well.
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House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hatch
Senate
H. Ralph Burton
A. F. of S. Mechanics
New York
Burton
Joseph N. Parrott
WPA
A. F. of L
Refugees on Return Trip Stir Food Shortage Talk
Dedrick said the refugees would be ashore at Hamburg and not his problem. Attorney Bernard H. Sandler said a $50 000 bond could bring the ship back with $6 000 pledged. He warned of appealing to Roosevelt to suspend immigration law for temporary asylum amid fears of return to death in Germany. Sandler previously urged the ship to head toward the American shore.
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Hamburg
Dedrick
Bernard H. Sandler
Redrick
Congress
Germany
Sandler
St. Louis
Boyd Indicted on Murder Charge in Saloon Death
Baton Rouge, June 6. Johnny Boyd 22 of Houston was indicted for murder in the saloon death of May 12. Bystander Joseph C. Martin 40 a drug salesman was fatally wounded in a gunfight between striking National Maritime union seamen and non strikers. T. W. Keller was indicted for shooting with intent to murder. He testified he fired at the ground outside the saloon.
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Baton Rouge, la
Johnny Boyd
Houston
Tex
Joseph C. Martin
National Maritime Union
T. W. Keller
Flashes In The News Summary Of Small Local Incidents
A defendant offers a nine dollar sixty three cent cash payment via no funds check to cover court costs. In Kansas City Carl W Nast, after work, slept in a garage and awoke to his cash register and four dollars missing. In Kingsley Iowa a tail-less calf born at Robert Grier farm will need new fly brushing methods.
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Kansas City
Carl W. Nast
Kingsley
Robert Grier
Arrested man claims right to carry gun in London shooting probe
Lawlor faced Westminster magistrate on gun ownership charges after a sawed off shotgun and empty shell were found. A window at 3 Belgrave Square was shot at the Princess Royal’s car as Scotland Yard investigates possible IRA links amid a royal party nearby.
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Princess Royal
Countess of
Harewood
King George VI
Scotland Yard
Belgrave Square
Gerald Road
George VI
Lady Portamington
Wuthering Heights
Marina
Greece
Lawlor
Clyde Wilson
Westminster
Henry Hayward
Hayward
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward
Princess Alexandra
Buckinghamshire
Earl of Harewood
Green Street
Irish Republican Army
Kent
Harewood House
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Harewoods
Australia
Ulster
Portumna
Ireland
Leahy Named for Puerto Rico Post
President Roosevelt nominates Admiral William D. Leahy as governor of Puerto Rico to head a new defense department in the Caribbean. Edward J. Noble of Connecticut is named undersecretary of commerce, and Blanton Winship’s resignation is accepted. Region 3 head Harry A. Wortham is named for the Public Works Administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Puerto Rico
Department of Defense
Caribbean
Edward J. Noble
Connecticut
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce
Commerce Department
Noble
Hopkins
Admiral Leahy
Naval Operations
Blanton Winship
White House
Governor Winship
Leahy
Senate
Defense Department
Public Works Administration
Harry A. Wortham
Kentucky
Annual Boston meet calls for spiritual healing and world peace
Thousands of Christian Scientists gathered in Boston for the Mother church annual meeting led by the First Church of Christ Scientist. Reports cited 21 new branch churches abroad and 25 in North America, with nine new university organizations joining the movement. George Shaw Cook becomes incoming president of the Boston church.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Board of Directors
Europe
England
North America
Africa
Australia
Christian Science Movement
George Shaw Cook
First Church of Christ, Scientist
France tightens armed forces control and defense decrees
The cabinet approved laws shifting ports Le Havre and Bordeaux under immediate military control in emergencies and funding for reserve war supplies. General Gamelin met with allied officers in London as talks on a French British Soviet Baltic guarantee continued.
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le Havre
Bordeaux
Gamelin
London
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Georges Bonnet
McReynolds Leads Dissenting Justices Across Milk and Child Labor Cases
The article notes Justice McReynolds as the head dissenter in two key cases on milk pricing and child labor constitutional questions. It lists dissent counts for Black, Roberts, Reed, Hughes, Stone, Frankfurter, and Douglas, and notes Stone authored 23 opinions that term.
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Black
Roberts
Reed
Hughes
Stone
Frankfurter
Douglas
Justice Stone
McReynolds
Butler
Beasley Given 60 Days For Auto Package Theft
Frank L. Beasley of Rus ton was tried in West Monroe city court on a charge of taking packages from parked cars. He was arrested Saturday night and sentenced to 60 days on the parish road.
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Frank L. Beasley
Ruston
West Monroe
Beasley
Baseball Centennial First Day Postmarks Set for Cooperstown
Stamp collectors will flood the Cooperstown post office on June 12 to obtain mail with the First Day Postmarks for the Baseball Centennial stamp. Postmaster James R. Wooten asks locals to send addressed envelopes with three cents to Monroe by Friday so letters reach Cooperstown by the anniversary. Baseball fans nationwide plan to mail in for the cancellation.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
James R. Wooten
Spanish War Foreign Vets Honored Amid Wartime Tensions
Veterans of the Spanish War receive honors as reports describe ongoing violence and tribunals in the war era. Messages note assassination, robbery, treason, arson, and attacks on churches. Soviet Japan relations worsen with Manchoukuo protesting frontier clashes near Chang kufeng.
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Soviet Russia
Japan
Manchoukuo
Russia
Tokyo
Asahi
Changkufeng
Scout Troop 38 Planned in Monticello School
Scout Executive Olan H. Black announced an application has been made for a charter of Scout Troop No. 38 under the Ouachita Valley Council. Providence Rotary Club sponsors the unit with L. J. Sellers as scoutmaster and W. H. Bonner as assistant. Troop committee chair M. M. Walsworth heads members W. B. Watkins J. L. Martin W. R. Stephens and M. H. King.
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Olan H. Black
Calotabs Replaces Old Time Calomel Night Remedy
Advertorial note extols Calotabs as a pleasant calomel substitute for biliousness and torpid liver. One or two pills at bedtime with water purges sour bile and leaves the next morning feeling clean, clear headed, and ready for breakfast. Genuine Calotabs come in checker-board packages. family size twenty five cents, trial ten cents.
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Ady
Traffic endangers home at Bayou Lafourche bank
La Rive town reports boats creating hazards at the Orgeron residence on Bayou Lafourche near the met coastal canal. A barge slid up the bank, demolishing the house. a move had already displaced the family with one injury. In a prior incident last year, another barge damaged the adjacent restaurant.
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Larose
Orgeron
Bayou Lafourche
Roomer
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