State Pushes Road and Hospital Plan Amid Huey Heirs Fuss
In Baton Rouge the Huey Long heirs press a bold road and charity hospital drive as the state clears $50 million in highway contracts and seeks $45 million in new bonds for a New Orleans hospital. Governor Leche’s tax measure draws opposition while civil service reform faces challenges from critics.
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Printing Board awards school paper contracts in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana state printing board awarded contracts for 227.4 million sheets of pencil paper and 106 million sheets of writing paper for the 1937-38 school year. West Bros of Minden bid 60.89 cents per thousand for New Orleans delivery and 62.89 cents for outside New Orleans. F F Hansell and Bros of New Orleans bid 2.39 cents per thousand for all pencil paper. Bogalusa Stationery Co. bid 23.43 cents per thousand for New Orleans delivery and 25.49 cents outside. The board awarded New Orleans paper to Bogalusa Stationery and outside delivery paper to Lansell and Bros.
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State Printing Board
West Bros
Minden
New Orleans
Earhart Reaches Karachi on World Flight Stop
Amelia Earhart lands in Karachi India at 7 3 p.m completing a long leg from Massawa Eritrea. She flew about 1400 miles across the Arabian Sea and desert and mountains over a 29 hour segment. Earhart plans to rest a day before weather permitting a Thursday departure. Her around the world route includes Darwin Australia and a Pacific crossing to Oakland California via Pan American airways.
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Basque City Barricades and British Rescue at Bilbao
British sailors landed from a warship near Bilbao to rescue British consul R. C. Stevenson amid heavy firefight. Basque defenders, calm under bombardment, rushed last stand fortifications as government artillery bombarded insurgent positions outside the city.
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R. C. Stevenson
Bilbao
Stevenson
Hendaye
Weather forecast for Louisiana and Arkansas
Louisiana tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy with local thundershowers in the southeast coastal area and light southerly winds. Arkansas sees partly cloudy skies with possible local showers mainly in the eastern portion and cooler conditions on Wednesday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Seventy Girls Faint at Lille Sugar Refinery
In Lille France today seventy girl workers fainted in two mass episodes at a small sugar refinery. Thirty collapsed in the morning and forty nine more fainted in the afternoon disrupting plant operations. Most victims were 17 or younger and frail though none remained in serious condition.
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Lille
France
Nine Hurt In Strike Riots In Johnstown
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports nine injured in clashes at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works with a union picket shot and a worker rendered with a fractured skull. In Columbus Ohio talks resumed as Governor Davey urged peace to end a strike idling about forty five thousand workers. Pennsylvania governor Farle ordered state police support through city authorities amid escalating unrest.
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Bethlehem Steel
Great Cambria
Bethlehem
Columbus
Steel
C1. 0
Martin L Davey
Ohio
Daves
Pennsylvania
George Farle
Leno Adams
Names of tax dodgers disclosed policy approved
Washington June 15. A policy to disclose names of alleged tax dodgers won approval from two leaders of the congressional tax inquiry. Chairman Harrison and Chairman Doughton backed public disclosure. The six member panel will begin testimony and must vote on making individual income tax returns public. Secretary Morgenthau is expected to testify first. Senator Vandenberg commented on potential witness ties.
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Congressional Tax Inquiry
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Vandenberg
Republcs
Leach Named Minneapolis Mayor After Election Victory
General George Leach, World War II hero, elected mayor of Minneapolis in yesterday's race. Kenneth Havcraft reports Leach won about 160,000 votes to Haycraft's 56,822, with unofficial returns pending. Leach, a conservative, will begin his fifth term on July 5, after previously serving eight years ending in 1979. The campaign featured Farmer-Labor tensions and a notable contest for the office.
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Kenneth Havcraft
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Judge Guards Home As 15 Outsiders Seize Tools
Circuit Judge Allen C. Southern kept watch over a remodeling crew at his Independence Kansas residence after he said 15 unknown men invaded the site and took the tools, promising they would blow up the house unless the workers left within an hour.
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Allen C. Southern
Independence
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Public Service Commission to seek further telephone rate cuts
Wade Martin, chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, said the commission would issue a supplementary citation to Southern Bell Telegraph and Telephone to show cause for further rate reductions. The commission seeks about $5,000 per phone decrease outside New Orleans, while New Orleans rates may stay unchanged. Previous reductions of roughly $630,000, upheld by the state supreme court, may be reviewed by the U S Supreme Court.
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August
Chamber of Commerce Tour to Visit Louisiana Arkansas
Shreveport and Monroe chamber officials will lead a special train tour visiting 31 clues across Louisiana Texas and Arkansas. The trip begins Tuesday from Shreveport with an overnight stay in Hot Springs Arkansas and continues through Thursday morning. Howard Chouriey chairs the tour with Neal as president and Longwill as secretary manager guiding arrangements.
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Menisoe
West Monroe
Ness
Shreveport
Lonsiana
Texas
Arkansas
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Neal
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
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Epcup
Hot Springs
Ark
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Idem
Gepaot
Catholic Convicted of Insulting Nazis in Windhorst League Row
Panzig leader of the Windhorst League, Catholic Centrist youth group, was convicted in Danzig for slandering the Nazi regime and the police. He received six months in prison as the Nazi dominated city administration suppresses the organization continued since 1950.
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Public Invite Marks Dedication Of New Orleans Sanatorium
Final plans for the dedication of the new sanatorium in New Orleans were announced with Gov. Robert W. Leche set to deliver the keynote. Champ Clark's public invited widow noted as part of the event, with state officials and local leaders preparing to attend.
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Champ Clark
New Orleans
Cepee
Bernece Wright
Quachita
Three Missing After Boat Drowns Believed Lost
Rescue teams found the bodies of two anglers after a fishing trip tragedy as three others were saved. Local authorities investigated the accident scene near the riverbank.
Unclear source fragment on Parsonn investigation
Fragmentary OCR text mentions investigation into appearance and fashion items but lacks coherent details or identifiable names, locations, or events. No verifiable facts to summarize beyond a general search context.
Bernadoc Accused Of Check Forgery In Interventon
A garbled report alleges Bernadoc faces check forgery charges connected to interstate commerce involving the Rock Island and Locsena Railways. The case references court authority and potential business transactions, with unclear names and details remaining unreadable.
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Bernadoc
Garbage men barred day of disappearance of society woman
Two Nassau County garbage collectors told federal agents they were barred from entering the Parsons Long Island home the day Mia Al McDowell Parsons vanished. They described being shown a large corded package by the housekeeper and noted the car was in the garage. The officials called their statements potentially important and said the case has many significant aspects under review.
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Anna Kupryanova
Alice Parsons
Stony Brook
N.Y
Long Island
Mia al McDowell Parsons
Parsons Long Island
Arthur Chadwick
George Winfield
Earl Connaelley
Federal Bureau of Investigaton
Lindsay Henry
Suffolk County
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