Pan American Clipper Tests Weather En Route to Midway
Pan American Airways Pan American Clipper departs California for Hawaii en route to Midway Island with storm tests and cloud observations. Captain Edwin Musick reports clouds as the six man crew conducts tests on cold front effects at speeds of 105 to 116 mph. Arrival times to Hawaii and Midway remain undetermined amid anticipated fog rain and squalls.
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Alameda
Calif
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
California
Honolulu
Here
Edwin Musick
Pan-American Airways
Musick
Arctic
mid-Pacific
Midway
China Accepts Some Japanese Demands for North China
Chinese elder statesmen authorize War Minister Ho Ying-chin to inform Japan that Beijing will accept certain broad settlement terms but rejects detailed provisions. They propose withdrawing troops north of the Yellow River and abolishing Kuomintang bodies in Hopei and Peiping branches of both military and political councils, with detailed points to be handled via diplomatic channels.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
Ho Ying-Chin
Japan
North China
Kuomintang
Government Party
Central Political Council
North
Akira Ariyoshi
Yellow River
Hopei
Peiping
Military
Peace Delights Chaco Soldiers
War weary troops in the Chaco celebrate a news that hostilities may halt at noon tomorrow as neutral nations mediate a protocol to end the decades long conflict. The plan hinges on congresses of Bolivia and Paraguay ratifying the accord and a neutral commission ordering a ceasefire.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Dates Announced for CCC Enrollments
New Orleans and other Louisiana cities will host Civilian Conservation Corps enrollments in two periods. The first runs June 15 to 17 in New Orleans and June 19 to 20 in Baton Rouge, with other dates statewide. A second enrollment period July 1 to August 31 will include several cities with dates to be announced later.
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New Orleans
H. Peterman
Louisi Ta
Civilian Conservation
New Oleans
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Monroe
New Orans
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Alexadria
Shreveport
Winneld
Hammond
Governors Debate NRA Policy At Conference In Biloxi
Governors from over half the states gather in Biloxi for the NRA annual conference. Informal remarks hint at brisk discussion as the group's floor debate looms on plans for voluntary employer pledges and national handling. Governor Olin D Johnston of South Carolina voices direct action stance.
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Biloxi
Miss
NRA
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Washington
Man Posing As Gov Connor’s Nephew Held on Embezzlement Charge
D. W. Connor, arrested in Albuquerque, claimed to be nephew of Mississippi Governor Sennett Connor. He allegedly used the ruse to borrow funds from locals and was held on embezzlement charges upon request of Jackson and Canton police.
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Gov
Connor
Albuquerque
N. M
D. W. Connor
Jackson
Canton
Miss
Sennett Connor
Mississippi
President Roosevelt watches Shriners parade in rain
In Washington on June 13, President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt watched Shriners parade in steady rain. Nobles from six towns and World War veterans marched despite soaked drumskins, while thousands of spectators braved the weather. The final grand parade of the 61st annual conclave was awaited that night.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt
Shriners
White House
Legions of Honor
Montpelier
Salaam
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Louisiana Governor Denies Knowledge of New Orleans Gambling
Gov O K Allen of Louisiana, in Biloxi for a governors meeting, says he knows nothing about resumed gambling in New Orleans. He emphasizes he is not a gambling man and has nothing to add. Gambling dens opened near the city after Huey Long left for Washington, with Long expressing disgust at stopping gambling.
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Biloxi
Miss
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Washington
Cowboy to Ride Huey Again in Baltimore Visit
Oklahoma Democrat P L Gassaway plans a June 20 horseback assault to headline Why Huey Long Should Be Eliminated in a Calumet club event. He rides from Washington to a Baltimore park then to the Elks club, asking for a male quartet to accompany him. Debate centers on how he will tour the streets.
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Baltimore
Huey Long
P. L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Washington
Calumet Democratic Club
Elks Club
Calumet Club
Gassaway
Britain and France Consult With Italy on Ethiopia Interests
A London dispatch reports that Great Britain and France are consulting with Italy to draft a formula protecting Italy's special economic interests in Ethiopia. The talks aim to secure a coordinated approach amid colonial tensions.
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Britain
France
Italy
London
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Five Webster parish men face FERA payroll padding charges
Five Webster parish men are accused of conspiring to defraud the government by issuing padded FERA payroll checks. Dewey Eubanks Robert Galbraith Archie Haynes Dinner Price and Curtis Bonner of Springhill are named in the complaint filed with U S commissioner T O Brooks. Arrests expected today as charges cover April and May.
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Shreveport
Webster Parish
FERA
Philip H. Mecom
U. S
Mecom
Dewey Eubanks
Robert Galbraith
Archie Haynes
Dinner Price
Curtis Bonner
Springhill
T. O. Brooks
United States
Mr. Mecom
C. K. Langham
Filibuster Power Turns 129 Years Old in Senate History
Washington June 13. Senate records show a rule change in 1806 gave the weapon of filibuster to Senator Long of Louisiana in his fight on NRA extension. The first filibuster is noted in 1841 over printers’ removal. The 1908 clash with Aldrich and the currency bill featured LaFollette’s 18 hour 23 minute speech aided by quorum calls and clerks. Gore followed but yielded as the roll call started. Continued on second page.
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Washington
Senate
Long
Louisiana
Jim Preston
LaFollette
Aldrich-Vreeman
Gore
Oklahoma
Aldrich
Waleys Plead Not Guilty in Kidnapping Case
Harmon Waley and wife Margaret plead not guilty to a federal kidnapping charge over the abduction of 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser. Prosecutors say if they beat the federal case, they will pursue the state death penalty under Washington’s new law. Authorities still seek William Mahan in Montana and Canada.
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Edythe Morley
Marion Samuel
Salt Lake City
Utah
Weyerhaeuser
Harmon W. Waley
Margaret
Waley
William Mahan
Butte, Mont
Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Department
Montana
Canada
Waleys
George
Blanchard
Spirit Lake
Idaho
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Mahan
Weyerhausers
Pierce County
Harry H. Johnston
Walmsley Predicts Long's Downfall in 1936
Albany Ga June 13. Walmsley of New Orleans told reporters Long will lose in 1936 and Louisiana will have a real legislature. He called Long’s share our wealth plan crack brained and said public sentiment in Louisiana is ebbing as Long's term nears its end. Walmsley spoke before the Georgia Mayors association convention.
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Albany
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
United States
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Georgia Mayors’ Association
Walmsley
Mayors’ Convention
Jury Ponders Murder-for-Hire Charge in Mercer Case
Franklinton Louisiana June 13. A jury weighed charges that J D Mercer 49 a planter paid a tenant one dollar to kill Earl Dedone the father of a 15 year old girl involved with Mercer in an alleged intimate relationship.
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Franklinton
J. D. Mercer
Earl Dedone
Chicago Tribune Rome correspondent expelled
David Darrah and his wife were ordered to leave Rome by the Italian government press bureau for anti Italian reporting. Darrah allegedly attacked Italy's financial structure and loyalty to the fascist regime as the Times faced a prior ban.
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David Darrah
Rome
Press Bureau
Today
The
Chicago Tribune
Darrah
Italy
Foreign Press Association
the Times
Stanley Baldwin
Louisiana Projects Seek War Department Funds for River Improvements
Washington reports two Louisiana river improvement projects among 36 nationwide requests totaling 9,398,222 for new works. Colfax plans a pilot Red River channel of 2,370 feet, 100 foot bottom, 43.5 foot depth costing 200,000. Grant Parish proposes 31 miles of Red River levees with flood gates costing 196,000.
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Washington
Louisiana
Hawaii
War Department
Colfax
Red River
Grant Parish
Bayous Datto
Rigolette
Pineville
St. Maurice
Montgomery
NRA extension wins Senate approval and Roosevelt stance
President Roosevelt urged quick passage of the NRA extension and anti trust enforcement tightening. The Senate approved an abbreviated NRA extension to next April 1 after a long filibuster by Senator Long, with White House talks signaling House action by tomorrow night.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Wagner
House
Senate
White House
McCarran
Nevada
Reinsdorf Blast Kills Hundreds Near Wittenberg
A massive explosion at the Reinsdorf explosives factory near Wittenberg kills hundreds and destroys workshops. Homes in the area are demolished and windows shatter for miles. Ambulances transport dead and injured to makeshift sheds as doctors and Red Cross staff respond. Communications from Wittenberg deny details.
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Berlin
Reinsdorf
Wittenberg
Red Cross
New Orleans Officer Struck By Brick During Arrest
In New Orleans on June 13 a policeman, Ernest Patrolia, was struck on the head by a brick amid a crowd of about forty people while escorting a disturbance arrestee near the Druids home on Camp Street. The officer required hospital treatment and released the detainee after the blow. The disturbance happened during an event at a local club.
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New Orleans
Druids
Camp Street
Ernest Patrolia
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