Redmon Named Chief of State VFW as Camp Elected Officers
The ninth department en campment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars closed with election of officers for the coming year. Harvey C. Redman of Gretna was chosen department commander and Lafayette named convention city. Other officers include W. W. Twigg, W. J. Starr, L. F. Fish, D. J. Hirsch, Wade Moore, and Peter Gentile. Auxiliary leaders were also elected. Resolutions urged pensions or jobs for veterans and creation of an emergency ward at veterans hospitals to speed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harvey C. Redman
Gretna
Lafayette
W. W. Twigg
New Orleans
W. J. Starr
L. F Fish
Lake Charles
D. J. Hirsch
Monroe
Wade Moore
Shreveport
Peter Gentile
Edith J. Redman
G. W. Wilbur
Helen Himes
Rayville
May Edwards
Alva Finley
B. B. Logan
de Veria Blackwell
West Monroe
Veterans’ Hospital
Pursuit craft need of U. S. Arnold states
Washington reports Army Air Corps chief Major General Henry H. Arnold told a House subcommittee the nation must build pursuit ships faster than enemy bombers to defend the United States. He contrasted U S defense with Europe where pursuit equals pursuit. Colonel Lindbergh said American military aviation lags while commercial aviation leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Congress
Air Corps
United States
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
House Appropriations
Europe
Arnold
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mrs. Rubens Still Strangely Missing
Ruth Marie Rubens, an American convicted of entering Russia without a passport, did not show at the U S embassy to arrange papers for return. She had been freed after serving 18 months and is believed to have been placed on a Soviet ship to New York, with potential arrival at Ellis Island if passportless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
New York
Ellis Island
Goofy 1939 hazards highlight odd news reel
Gladwin Hill surveys a string of peculiar incidents from 1939 including a nun setting a hat on fire in London a farmer blown from his house by a cyclone a New Yorker hatless to owls nudging hats and a California man allergic to cash. Other items note a Miami man cited after a minor accident a Connecticut scientist studying which side of the face people grin from and Trinidad weighing a law against radio static.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minnesota
New York
Jersey City
N. J
Louisiana
North Carolina
New Jersey
Iowa
Miami
Connecticut
Trinidad
Storm toll from weekend wind and rain reaches six
Six people died as a midwestern storm blanketed Indiana Ohio and Wisconsin. Names include Martel Briles eight killed by a tree in Swayzee Indiana Gerald Brown twenty super eight killed in Schneider Indiana Charles Weiss fifty nine fatally struck after a bicycle accident Mrs Harry Metz killed in Hicksville Ohio by a falling tree George Dougherty forty two drowned when a fishing boat capsized on Lake Erie A Beloit Wisconsin baby died from flying glass injuries. Rescues totaled about fifty from Lake Erie craft amid storm damage across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Martel Briles
Swayzee
Ind
George W. Dougherty
Elyria
Lorain
Beloit
Wis
Ex-Worker With Lepers Dies In Japan At 85
The Rev. Albert Oltmans longtime secretary of the American Mission to Lepers died in Yokohama at age 85. A Netherlands native, he spent 53 years in Japan and was a graduate of Hope College in Holland Michigan and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Albert Oltmans
Yokohama
Japan
Netherlands
Hope College
Holland
Mich
New Brunswick Theological Seminary of
New Jersey
Canada Visit by King and Queen Ends in Public Warmth
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth completed a Canada visit seen by millions as they enjoyed Hyde Park talks with President Roosevelt. The royal couple joined a church service, toured the Hudson Valley, and shared informal moments including hot dogs and a pool swim with the Roosevelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROYAL
Hyde Park
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion of Canada
England
Canada
United States
Mrs Roosevelt
Episcopal Church
Beauty Lobby Case Heads to Court Airing in Federal Trial
A federal case detailing a supposed beauty lobby plot to influence U S legislation and redeem Philippine railway bonds heads for trial. Defendants include financier William Buckner Jr British producer John Stuart Hyde and Filipino legislator Felipe Buencamino with two brokers named in the mail fraud scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Washington
William P. Buckner, Jr
Hollywood
Loretta Young
Felipe Buencamino
John Stuart Hyde
Rev Jardine May Start Film Work in Hollywood
English Episcopal minister Rev R Anderson Jardine facing church backlash over marrying the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson contemplates film work as funds run low. He has no pulpit engagements for six months, lives with his wife in a two room apartment, and considers pastorates in New York Chicago and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
R. Anderson Jardine
New York
Chicago
Daytep
Roosevelt Warns Admirers That Peace Requires Strength
President Roosevelt told the United States Military Academy graduating class that peace cannot be mistaken for weakness. He noted international concern over undefended nations and cited King George and Queen Elizabeth’s visit as a sign of cordiality between nations without fear, stressing that strengthening defense remains vital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
America
Roosevelt
George
United States Military Academy
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Sing Sing Warden Plans Honeymoon in Europe
Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing prison plans a July honeymoon in Europe with his secret bride of eight weeks Elise Chisholm of Ossining. Lawes, 55, announced the marriage rumors yesterday after arranging his daughter Kathleen's June 27 wedding to Charles Miller of St. Louis. Lawes and his first wife died after a fall in 193%
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis FE. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Europe
Elise Chisholm
Ossining
Lawes
Kathleen
Charles Miller
St. Louis
Arlington
Government Considers Fixing Cotton Prices Amid Subsidy Fallout
Washington June 12 Agriculture department and congressional leaders weigh government fixes to cotton prices if Congress rejects Roosevelt subsidy plan. A $50 million supply bill may fund such action and a 16 cent domestic price with grower allotments is proposed along with a certificate tax plan to limit gains to growers, while export markets would face different rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Congressional
Senate-House
German Women to Face Farm Work Mandate
Magdeburg Germany June 12 Every German woman under 25 will be required to serve as a farmerette to address a labor shortage. Dr Friedrich Syrup president of the institute for job finding said a decree would likely be issued this year making one year on farms compulsory for all under 25. The proposal targets those staying home until marriage and mirrors the existing compulsory year of labor for students entering professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdeburg
Germany
Friedrich Syrup
Institute For Job-Finding
Pickets Clash Injures Dozen in Saginaw Auto Workers Fight
In Flint on June 12, a clash between police and UAW pickets injured about a dozen workers, three seriously, as General Motors employees faced a union recognition battle. Six men were arrested during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
United Auto Workers
A. F. of L
Saginaw
General Motors
Flashes In The News Highlights Odd Local Moments
In Durham a boy drops a nickel in a storm sewer and a traffic sergeant returns it with a second nickel allowing the boy to buy gum and retrieve his coin. In Kansas City Dr Henderson greets his grandson Jimmy with a playful exchange. In Coldwater a six year old asks for a penny loan at a bank and repays later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
W. W. Scott
Kansas City
James P. Henderson
Jimmy
Coldwater
Mich
James Frederick Keller
Branch County Savings Bank
O. W. Holmes
Senate faces split over fiscal policy and silver plan
In Washington the senate sees a double strike on administration fiscal policy with the economy bloc opposing dollar devaluation and a silver price program. Republican Leader McNary plans a GOP conference to oppose a house bill extending the presidents authority to alter gold content and sustain the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund. Democratic moderates Glass and Adams join the opposition while Senator Pittman urges Morgenthau to clarify administration aims on silver before the June 30 domestic purchase proclamation expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McNary
Glass
Virginia
Adams
Colorado
Pittman
Nevada
Morgenthau
New Orleans Man Drowns in Mississippi River
An unidentified man about 30 drowned yesterday at the Robin street wharf in New Orleans after a private dock patrolman Theodore Collein, 29, tried to save him. Collein dived after the man, grabbed by the hair, but vanished in the swift current and was later rescued by a ladder held out by another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Robin Street
Theodore Collein
Collein
Nelson Wins National Open Playoff Over Wood 70 to 73
Byron Nelson defeated Craig Wood in a second 18 hole playoff at Philadelphia Country Club to claim the 43rd National Open title. Nelson led early with an eagle on the fourth, held a four shot edge at the turn, and finished with a 70 to Wood's 73. Wood mounted a late charge but fell short as Nelson described the pivotal 14th hole and par save that sealed the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Craig Wood
Philadelphia Country Club
Reading
Toledo
Wood
Nelson
Denny Shute
Shute
Craig
Mamaroneck
Germans Charge Polish Official and Czech Nurse in Kladno Incident
Prague June 12 German officials announce charges of misleading authorities against Anna Kopecka a Czech nurse who claimed to have killed German sergeant Wilhelm Kniest in Kladno last Thursday She said she acted from patriotic motives and took responsibility to ease Czech suffering Meanwhile a Polish customs inspector Janki Lipinski faces charges of attempted kidnapping and espionage in Danzig for soliciting military information from German troopers and urging border crossing Britain and Soviet Russia pursue a mutual aid pact as Halifax outlines a new formula to Moscow for breaking the deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Anna Kopecka
Wilhelm Kniest
Kladno
Associated Press
Free City of
Danzig
Free City
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Janki Lipinski
Poland
Warsaw
Mariag Chodacki
London
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Britons Say Royal Couple Are Well Received in U S
London reports four days of careful study show King George VI and Queen Elizabeth received a proper reception in the United States. Brits note mixed reactions to public cheers while defense of royal warmth persists amid guarded sentiment toward the royal visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Grover Whalen
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
Mrs. LaGuardia
London
George VI
United States
Jessie James
Stagecoach
Union Pacific
Hecht Case to Be Presented to Grand Jury
Gulfport Mississippi June 12 The county prosecuting attorney said Rudolf S Hecht New Orleans banker charged with manslaughter in the death of three year old Louis Joachim would be presented to the grand jury today instead of the arraignment. Hewes said Hecht who is chairman of Hibernia National Bank and former head of the American Bankers Association was detained after the May 13 accident at Biloxi while driving from his Gulf Coast summer home to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Rudolf S. Hecht
New Orleans
Gaston Hewes
Hecht
Hibernia National Bank of
American Bankers Association
Louis Joachim
Biloxi
Bay St. Louis
Gulf Coast
Vacation Time Bunch Brings Laughs and News
A lighthearted note invites readers to keep in touch with the Out Oug Way group including Worry Wart. It promises real laughter and mentions a punchy kid. Readers are advised to call the circulation department at 4800 to send the paper to their vacation address.
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MOVE
Employment Service
Thira
U. S
Mrs. Rubens
Riviera
Cannes
France
Maxine Elliott
Gladwin Hill
Storm
Mid- Western States
Dominion
Roosevelts
Buena Vista
Colo
State Reformatory
Walter H. Johnson
Charles Archer
Irving Grimes
Denver
Contin
Rev. Jardine
GUM
GRAND
Lookie
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