Hoover to take personal command in McDowell Parsons case
In Stony Brook a tense search unfolds as J Edgar Hoover heads from Washington to assume control of the kidnapping probe into Mrs Alice McDowell Parsons. Roy McDonnell pleads for solitude while husband William H Parsons keeps mum on a possible second ransom note amid reports of a new demand for 25000 dollars.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island
Roy McDonell
North Shore
Stony Brook Village
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
William H. Parsons
Yale
Mia Parsons
Parker on Stand in Lindbergh Kidnap Trial
Ellis H. Parker chief Burlington County detectives testifies in federal trial that he advanced $200 to Paul H. Wendel for a Chicago trip to find an underworld contact in the Lindbergh case. He says Wendel claimed the May 12 1932 body wasn’t Lindbergh’s and describes the alleged conspiracy with his son Ellis Jr. and others.
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Newark
N. J
Burlington County
Ellis H. Parker
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Parker
Wendel
Ellis, Jr
Lindbergh
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Parkers
Accused Man Denies Roosevelt Threat
James C. Smith of Albany 40 was held on $5,000 bail after pleading in nocent to sending a threatening letter to President Roosevelt. Commissioner Lester T. Hubbard said the 10 page burst of religious enthusiasm was the letter's nature and a hearing is set for next week.
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Albany
N. Y
James C. Smith
United States
Lester T. Hubbard
Roosevelt
Hubbard
Smith
Treasury Department
James F. Johnson
Leche Returns to Louisiana After East Visit
Governor Richard W. Leche returns to Louisiana with Mrs Leche after a several day visit on the East Coast. He rests at his Metairie home and plans to resume duties in Baton Rouge soon.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
East
Waterways of Louisiana May Get $1 188 250
Budget estimates from Brigadier General George B. Pillsbury outline river and harbor work in Louisiana for the year starting July 1. Projects include Grand Caillou and Lacarpe bayous 56250 to complete, Southwest and south passes of the Mississippi 150000 to complete 720000, Bayou Grosse Tete 50600 to complete 100600, and Bayou Teche 141400 to complete, with no budget allotment yet for other items.
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Washington
War Department
Louisiana
House Appropriations Committee
George B. Pillsbury
Army Engineers
Grand Caillou
Lacarpe Bayous
Mississippi River
Bayou Grosse Tete
Bayou Teche
Pillsbury
Monroe Struck by Heavy Rain Floods City Streets
A severe rainstorm drenched Monroe and surrounding areas Friday morning, bringing thunder and high winds. Lower parts of town flooded and highways entering the city faced water depths near hubcaps. The storm, general across northeast Louisiana, followed an unusually dark morning.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Weather Roundup for Louisiana and Arkansas
Louisiana fair tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies and gentle to moderate easterly winds along the coast. Arkansas mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures in the far north portion Saturday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Soviet Treason Trials Seal Fate of Eight War Warlords
Moscow reports a secret military tribunal convicted eight top warlords of treason and conspiring with a hostile power. Marshal Michail Tukhachevsky is among those charged, with immediate execution promised. previous executions totaled 16 in 1936 and 13 in January 1937. General Jan Gamarnik reportedly killed himself June 1 after treason exposure.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Michail Nokolaevitch Tukhachevsky
Red Army
Volga
Karl Radek
Jan Gamarnik
Germany
France drafts mediation plan for Spanish war effort
France officially outlined a three point program aimed at mediating the Spanish war. The move signals potential return of Germany and Italy to European non intervention activity as talks proceed.
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Paris
France
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt Signs Tax Probe Authorization
President Roosevelt signed a resolution creating a joint six senator six representative committee to investigate tax dodging. The panel may publicly disclose secrets of wealthy taxpayers and will set its membership later. Representative Fish urged scrutiny of the president's income tax return.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fish
New York
House
Brain surgery study links reduced prefrontal area to happier life
A group of nerve specialists told the American Medical Association that removing large portions of the pre frontal lobes improved behavior and well being in some patients and apes. They cited a Chicago stock broker who thrived after surgery to remove a brain tumor though the change was temporary.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
Ward C Halstead
Chicago
Ouachita Parish Recomends Cotton Acreage Reduction
The Ouachita parish committee recommends cutting cotton acres next year by 2,472 from the current plantings as part of the federal agricultural conservation program. They cite oversupply and set a six cent per pound base payment for diverted cotton, up from five cents last year.
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Ouachita Parish
John L. Sanders
Senator Silent on Removal Request
New Orleans June 11 State Senator F E Delahoussaye withheld comment on a police jury recommendation his removal from the legislature until officially notified of the action The Iberia parish jury for the 15th district charged he did not live in the district and ignored constituent needs The jury urged Governor Leche to appoint a replacement or call a special election for the seat
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New Orleans
F. E. Delahoussaye
Iberia Parish
Delahoussaye
Senate
Iberia
Lafayette
St. Martin
Richard Leche
Senate Post Office Committee Opens Steel Strike Inquiry
The Senate Post Office Committee votes to launch a broad preliminary inquiry into interference with the mails during steel strikes and the actions of steel companies. W. W. Howes testifies the department will not use military force to protect deliveries to strikebound plants and says no agreements were made with labor groups about mail deliveries.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
W. W. Howes
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Senate
Howes
C. B. Galloway
Walter J. Payne
Youngstown
Mattson case suspect held after hitchhiker pickup
A man arrested by state police in Baton Rouge in connection with the Mattson kidnapping was turned over to officers by a motorist. W G Scott, an insurance adjuster, picked up the hitchhiker and, noting likeness to the kidnapper, alerted police. The man was taken into custody near the state capitol despite his partner's initial alarm.
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Baton Rouge
Mattson
W. G. Scott
Lake Charles
Scott
State Capitol
Aper
Amelia Earhart completes 1000 mile leg in world flight
Amelia Earhart landed at Fort Lamy in French West Africa to finish a 1000 mile segment from Gao. Her twin engined monoplane touched down at 7 55 am EST marking another milestone in her round the world journey.
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Fort Lamy
French West Africa
Amelia Earhart
Gao
Equatorial Africa
Two Negroes Executed for Four Murders
Robert Lucas and William Gill were hanged in separate Louisiana parish jails for the murder of Lucas's common law wife and Gill’s victims including his stepdaughter and two children. The executions occurred Friday afternoon after they were moved from Ouachita parish jail to Winn and Caldwell parishes.
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Robert Lucas
William Gill
Nes Groes
Winn Parish
Caldwell Parish
Ouachita Parish
Gill
Columbia
Lucas
Winnefield
Bryant Scholars
Winnpateish
G. E. Erskine
Casdlewell
Monroe
Courte
Mother Confesses Leaving Two Babies in Field
State Police report a 34-year-old Akron mother named Mrs Mary Regina Pfohl detained after two newborn girls were found in a Clarence area field during a thunderstorm. She admitted abandoning the infants born June 2, saying her husband was hospitalized. no charges yet.
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Clarence
N. Y
Eugene F. Hoyt
Hoyt
Mary Regina Pfohl
Akron
Pfohl
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