Senate mobilizes inquiry into tax dodging and evasion
The Senate authorizes a six member each house joint committee to probe tax dodging and evasion. Secretary Morgenthau will name individuals mentioned by President Roosevelt in his message. Hearings may begin next week in the marble committee room on Capitol Hill with full access to tax return secrets.
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Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Congress
Capitol Hill
Wheeler Committee
van Sweringen
Confed veterans vote to hold 1938 reunion in Jackson
At the United Confederate Veterans session in Jackson a unanimous vote called for a 1938 reunion. Attorney Robert Lee Avary challenged references to the “last reunion” prompting lively exchanges during the first general session.
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Jackson
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Robert Lee Avary
Atlanta
Hugh White
Avary
Georgia Approves Security Program Amid Liquor Ban
Georgians backed Governor Rivers social security program while keeping Georgia dry on hard liquor. Unofficial returns show 102,929 for repeal of liquor ban and 94,652 against. 197,000 voters participated. Constitutional amendments approving the New Deal program also won large majorities.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Kansas
Local Man Fatally or Seriously Injured by Locomotive in Lake Charles
James Henry Price age 23 an industrial worker in Lake Charles was struck by a locomotive at West Lake and seriously injured. He was receiving treatment at St. Patrick's hospital and is a native of Saltville Virginia.
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James Henry Price
West Lake
St. Patrick's Hospital
Price
Saltville
Five Die in German Freight Depot Blaze
A fierce fire at a Halle freight depot killed at least five people and injured four, with several missing. The blaze destroyed 120 freight cars loaded with 360 tons of goods and 45 empty cars, as explosions showered loading platforms with benzine and acids. Railway workers saved nearby tanks from detonation as flames engulfed the depot area covering about 20,000 square yards. Damages ran into millions of marks.
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Halle
Germany
Reich Labor Service
Weather Outlook for Louisiana and Arkansas
Partly cloudy skies with scattered showers possible in extreme north Louisiana tonight and Friday. Winds along the coast will be moderate from the south. Arkansas likely to see showers tonight and Friday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Murder theories swirl as missing socialite case deepens
Investigators weigh kidnapping versus murder in the disappearance of Mrs. Alice Parsons of Long Island. A ransom note demanding 25000 dollars was found addressed to her husband William Parsons. A blood stained axe on the Parsons chicken farm is also under analysis.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice Parsons
New York Social
Parsons
New York City
Amelia Earhart Defies Storm Threat Over Africa Flight
Amelia Earhart staged a bold eastward crossing of Africa despite forecasts of tornadoes along the Niger river route. She left Quakam airport at 6 55 am local time with navigator Captain Fred Noonan and headed toward Gao, adjusting her course for bad weather.
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Dakar
Senegal
Amelia Earhart
Africa
Quakam
Gao
Here
Niger River
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Borden, World War I era Canadian leader, dies at 82
Sir Robert L. Borden, former Canadian prime minister and elder statesman, died at his Windsor Street home at 82 after acute cardiac failure. He had led Canada from 1911 to 1920, overseeing wartime policy and the U S entry era. He had lived in his colonial residence since before his premiership.
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Borden
Ont
Robert L. Borden
Canada
Robert
Wurtemburg Street
Halifax
Wilfred Laurier
United States
Flowers at Harlow Crypt Spark Souvenir Hunt
Jean Harlow’s crypt at Forest Lawn was robbed of flowers by souvenir seekers after a funeral service. Her mother Mrs. Jean Bello awaits final disposition of the remains, possibly cremation, or placement in a mausoleum. Outside, hundreds watched as thieves scavenged for petals and bits of bloom, including a single gardenia kept by the star.
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Glendale
Calif
Jean Harlow
Jean Bello
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Louisiana Farmers to Get 6 1/2 Million Dollars
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 10 J W Bateman LSU extension director said Louisiana farmers will receive about 6 1/2 million dollars for participation in the federal soil conservation program About 60 940 applications of 121 850 farmers have been approved for payment totaling 6 192 094 27 with more approvals expected to raise the total
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Baton Rouge
J. W. Bateman
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Division
Louisiana
Coed daughter to defend father in Mississippi murder case
Claude Vance, a 40 year old pharmacist in Shaw Mississippi, pleads not guilty to murder as his 19 year old daughter Grace Vance, a Louisiana State University co ed, reportedly prepares to defend him. The indictment follows Vance killing Night Marshal E C Harrington after a pistol duel. Grace was wounded in the hip Tuesday night during the incident. Vance remains jailed ahead of a preliminary hearing likely later this week or early next.
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Cleveland Miss
Claude Vance
Louisiana State University
Grace Vance
Shaw
Miss
Vance
E C. Harrington
Strikers clash with police injuring 27 at Republic Steel plant
In Youngstown Ohio police and sheriff deputies fought with Great Lakes steel strike pickets. At least 14 strikers were gassed and two officers injured as tear gas and night sticks were used. A food truck entered the mill amid the unrest as talks to reopen the Republic Steel plant continued.
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Great Lakes
Republic Steel Corporation
Monroe
Mich
John L. Lewis
Republic
Ohio
Nurse confesses hoax about Rockefeller Prentice plot
Miss Margaret Montgomery admitted the abduction tale was fabricated to revive her friendship with John Rockefeller Prentice. Moynihan said the nurse told police the alleged plot and ransom idea were a hoax to gain attention, with Prentice noting no real motive against him.
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Chicago
Emmet Moynihan
Margaret Montgomery
John Rockefeller Prentice
John D. Rockefeller
Prentice
Moynihan
John Coughlin
Public Service Commission Clears Eleven Dockets in Friday Session
Louisiana Public Service Commission disposed of five petitions by granted action, one by agreement, four continued and one dismissed. Cases included Bordelon Lines ex parte on motor passenger service Marksville to Pineville and Texas firm Motor Freight Lines ex parte on routes Shreveport to New Orleans and Shreveport to Lake Charles.
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Louisiana Public Service Commission
Virginia
Wade C. Martin
John S. Patton
James P. O Connor
P. B. Gremillion
Ellis J. Bordeson
Bordelon Lines, Inc
Marksville
Pineville
T. S. C. Motor Freight Lines, Inc
Texas
Shreveport
New Orleans
U. S. Highway 71
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
U. S. High
Acceptance of Bid on Hospital Project Approved
The Charity Hospital Board of Administrators recommended accepting a low bid of 5,894,000 for the main building of the new hospital. George A. Fuller Construction Company, Inc. of Washington, D. C. submitted the bid, and the structure would be finished by December 15, 1938.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital Board of Administrators
George A. Fuller Construction Company, Inc
Washington, D. C
State Capitol
United States
Huey Long
Tenants' Bill Could Pass Soon in Senate
Washington June 10 Senate farm leaders hope colleagues will pass this week a tenant loan bill. An agriculture sub committee approved it, with debate possible in the full committee and then the Senate. The bill would authorize 10 million dollars in loans next year to help tenants buy homes rising to 25 million and then 50 million in subsequent years.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
Democrat
Ala
New Yorker Found Insane in Germany
John Joseph Hughes Jr. of New York, held in a German prison since February 27 for the slaying of Oscar Hoffman, was declared dangerously insane by a state alienist after eight weeks of observation. He will not be tried and must be placed in a German asylum or returned to the United States under guard. American authorities stated satisfaction with Germany’s handling of the case. Hughes said he shot Hoffman after believing the 82 year old was about to attack him.
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Berlin
John Joseph Hughes, Jr
New York
Oskar Hoffman
Hughes
Hoffman
Germany
United States
Gernan
Memphis Suffered 38 Mile Windstorm Early Today
A 38 mile per hour wind struck Memphis injuring a man, ripping chimneys, unroofing houses and uprooting trees. A heavy downpour followed, bringing about two inches of rain in a short time.
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Memphis
Tenn
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