Lightning Hit Army Bomber Crashes at Youle Farm
Delavan Illinois June 10 Eight Army Air Corps men killed when a bomber crashed in a brief storm on the Youle farm north of town Laura Youle said the craft appeared struck by lightning There was an explosion debris flew and the ship Went down in muddy ground with seven bodies around and one still in the plane The missing bomber from Chanute Field was en route to Denver authorities could not confirm but had no contact for hours Henry Houghton the undertaker said uniforms badly mangled with eight or nine evident from the wreck
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Delavan
Ill
Army Air Corps
Youle
Here
Laura Youle
Chanute Field
Rantou
Denver
Colo
Air Corps
Rantoul
Henry Houghton
Rantoul At
Southern senators claim victory in wage bill battle
Southern senators announced victory in a year-long fight to allow lower minimum wages in the South. They push for broad exemptions to a 40-cent wage, seek inclusion of living costs and freight rates, and warned of a possible filibuster. The conference committee settled the bedrock minimum at 25 cents with a plan to raise to 30 cents in year two and establish industry boards to reach 40 cents later.
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Washington
Dixie
North
Senate House
Senate
Southern
Pepper
Florida
Ellender
Louisiana
Conference Committee
Japanese Cut Peiping and Hankow Line Deep in China
June 10 report says Japan severed the Peiping Hankow railroad south of the Yellow River and pressed an attack on Chengchow. The strategic junction links Hankow to the central front and the Sunghai line. Chinese defenses retreated to defend arsenals and seek harder terrain as Japan advances. Dr. San- is not confirmed.
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Shanghai
Peiping-Hankow
Yellow River
Chengchow
China
Hankow
Sunghai
Hankow -Chengchow
Japan
Dr. San
Lindbergh Settles on Ile aux Iles Island Home
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh have settled their family on Ileliec Island off northwest France after buying the island last April. They arrived from Long Barn in Kent England with their two sons Jon and Land, passing through here on Thursday. The island near St Gildas, near the home of Dr Alexis Carrel, is known for its castle once owned by operatic singer Adelina Patti.
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Penvenan
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Iiliec Island
Long Barn
Kent
England
Jon
Land
Illice Island
Brittany
Mme
Adelina Patti
St. Gildas Island
Alexis Carrel
Heart
France Builds Up Black Army Across Colonies
Paris reports France is heeding World War general Mangin's call to maintain a colonial “Black Reservoir” of troops ready for action across the empire. Mangin, who died in 1925, praised the concept but his plea was ignored until Edouard Daladier became premier.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Charles Marie Emanuel Mangin
Mangin
Edouard Daladier
Louisiana school payments reach record high
Baton Rouge June 10. State superintendent T. H. Harris announced nearly $3,000 in checks were mailed to public schools, lifting total year apportionment to $9,500,000, $1,564,000 more than last year. The funds amount to about $16 per pupil versus $14.17 previously, with many parishes planning to use the money to pay an extra month's teacher salary.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Louisiana
Cotton Co op ruling lauded by Williamson Lake Providence
Norris C. Williamson of Lake Providence, president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, commends the Senate Agricultural Committee and Senator Allen Ellender as the committee votes 8 to 2 that charges of over classing and under classing cotton against the association are unfounded after more than a year of investigation. The report aligns with the association’s evidence and is described as fair and just by Williamson.
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Lake Providence
Norris C. Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Senate Agricultural Committee
Allen J. Ellender
Senate
Ellender
Williamson
Harris calls for broader adult education effort in La
State Superintendent T H Harris urges parish authorities to expand adult education after WPA survey shows 44 Louisiana parishes with literacy averages of 10 percent or more and three parishes at 25 percent or higher. He proposes securing WPA assistance and using parish teaching staff to deploy summer programs to reduce illiteracy.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Works Progress Administration
Louisiana
WPA
Resolution Opposing Measure Unanimously Adopted At Meeting
City commission unanimously adopts a resolution opposing a constitutional amendment to allow municipalities to mortgage public utilities. Mayor Harvey Benoit and Commissioners William Rodriguez and C. R. Tidwell vote in favor, citing the recent city election defeating the proposal. The mayor notes initial advice on the amendment was received after the council session.
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State Senate
City Commission Council
City Hall
Harvey Benoit
William Rodriguez
C. R. Tidwell
Commission Council
Luise Rainer Seeks Divorce From Odets
Dark-eyed Luise Rainer of Vienna files for divorce from Bronx playwright Clifford Odets. She alleges cruelty and says he tried to end her acting career, accusing him of provoking quarrels and failing to communicate while she was ill.
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Los Angeles
Luize Rainer
Vienna
Movie Academy
Bronx
Clifford Odets
Hollywood
Miss Rainer
Odets
Justice Stone Receives Honorary Law Degree at Chicago
In Chicago on June 10 Justice Harlan Fiske Stone of the U S Supreme Court was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Chicago. The accolade honors his eminent ability as a lawyer and teacher and his statesmanlike service.
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Chicago
Harlan Fiske Stone
United States Supreme Court
University of Chicago
Coenan urged exemption on municipal tax in Louisiana
Representative T. J. Coenan of Richland Parish said he would push a constitutional amendment to extend homestead tax exemptions to all municipalities. He noted New Orleans currently gains exemptions on several taxes and aims to place all towns in the same category, expanding beyond the six and one-half mill general alimony tax to include bond, sewer, and public safety levies for homestead relief.
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Baton Rouge
T. J. Coenan
Richland Parish
New Orleans
Coonan
Louisiana
PWA inspectors to seek speed up programs
Washington June 10 The Public Works Administration will assign federal inspectors to accelerate all projects under the 1 265 billion PWA program. Acting Administrator Howard Gray said PWA is on trial and will use experienced engineers to oversee 16 to 30 projects each. Inspectors will ensure applicants such as municipalities do not delay financing 55 percent of construction costs meet specifications and let contracts, reducing previous delays from regional office handling. Officials say smaller areas of operation will speed spending with a deadline in the fall of 15.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
PWA
Howard Gray
Gray
English Ship Hit by Shell Starts Down Stern First
June 10 dispatches report an Italian made Savoia seaplane bombing Alicante Denia and the port of Gandia. The British freighter Thorpehall sank stern first after a bombing, while the Brisbane burned and settled at the shore. Casualties tallied seven in the first attack on the Brisbane with further reports pending. A seaplane targeted a sailing vessel off Javea with two bombs missing. Penelope to inspect Gandia, while US destroyer No 149 crew aided Vice-Consul Lee Worley during a survey.
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Madrid
Savoia
Alicante
Denia
Gancia
Thorpehall
Gandia
Brisbane
Jevea
Penelope
United States
No. 149
Lee Worley
Bowl of Rice Party aids Chinese war victims
A nationwide drive to aid Chinese civilians during the war with Japan includes a June 17 event at Cherokee Terrace Hotel Frances in Monroe. Organizer J L Conditt says funds from a rooftop dance will support civilian relief, with 50 cent admissions and tickets available at local banks, hotels, and city hall. Sick cholera reports accompany the notice.
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United States
Japan
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
J. L. Conditt
United Council For Civilian Relief
China
H. Flood Madison, Jr
John M. Breard
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Monroe
Frances
West Monroe
Spider Bite Fatal in New Orleans
Doris M. Sanford aged 13 of Hammond La died last night at Charity hospital in New Orleans from a black widow spider bite. Assistant coroner Dr. Robert Potts ruled the death caused by the insect bite. she was the daughter of Virgil A. Sanford a WPA worker at Hammond.
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New Orleans
Doris M. Sanford
Hammond
Charity Hospital
Virgil A. Sanford
WPA
Robert Potts
Orleans Parish
Monroeg men join in hunt for robbers
A band of outlaws led by Charles Chapman and Floyd Hamilton escaped into the Louisiana Arkansas border country as a three state manhunt pressed through woods two miles south of Monroeg. Sheriff Dee Griffin of Lafayette county said the pursuit continued though searches through blocked roads found no trace. He suggested the gang may have camped in flat lands or slipped away during a rainstorm. Three Arkansas national guard airplanes joined the search.
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Lewisville
Ark
Charles Chapman
Floyd Hamilton
Louisiana-Arkansas
Dee Griffin
Lafayette County
Bradley
Minden
Griffin
Arkansas National Guard
McCall Confesses Kidnap and Killing of Cash Boy
J Edgar Hoover announced Franklin Pierce McCall confessed to kidnapping five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. and killing him after stealing him from his bed. He carried the body to a woods spot near his home and later sent ransom notes before attempting to involve a neighbor. State's attorney Worlow said McCall may face two capital charges.
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Franklin Pierce McCall
Miami
Fla
G-men
J. Edgar Hoover
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Fila
Cash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McCall
Skeegie
Hoover
John Emanuel
James Bailey Cash
Emanuel
Jerry Connollys Condition Critical
Jerry Connolly a promising 11 year old football and sandlot player in Baton Rouge fought for life at St Josephs Hospital after a bruise on his arm became a spreading blood infection. He was rushed from his grandparents home in Pikeville three days ago as doctors warned the infection was dangerously advancing. His father Gerald Connolly and mother were at his side in the hospital as officials reported his condition critical.
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Baltimore
Jerry Connolly
Sandsot
Baton Rouge
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Robert Corbett
Pikesville
Fire damages Center Stand at Northeast Center of LSU
A Thursday night blaze at the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University on DeSiard road caused about 2900 dollars in damage to the gym and stadium structures. About half the one story frame building burned, with the fire starting in locker rooms beneath the grandstand and spreading to the south of the press box. Four Monroe fire companies battled the flames over more than two hours, and the stadium’s locker rooms used by athletes were damaged while a large section of the stand collapsed.
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Center
DeSiard Road
Monroe Fire Department
Republicans Lose Seat In House Unseating Jenks
In Washington on June 10 the Republican minority fell to 89, its smallest since 1890s, after the House unseated Representative Jenks of New Hampshire, ending a post election controversy from the 1936 vote.
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Washington
House
Jenks
New Hampshire
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Luise Rainer
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Miami, Fla
George A. Worlow
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