Arnold Talks At Convention On Advertising Detroit
Thurman W. Arnold first assistant attorney general told the Advertising Federation of America that government does not seek to break up efficient mass production nor justify combinations beyond it. He described the anti trust drive, urging criminal prosecutions for large cases and civil actions through consent decrees, and warned that high prices and unemployment result from industry choking distribution despite anti trust laws.
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Detroit
Thurman W. Arnold
United States
Advertising Federation of America Today
Department of Justice
Organization
Supreme Court
Arnold
Convicted in Fraud Trial in Shreveport Federal Court
C E Wharton former president of the Union National Indemnity Association was found guilty by a jury of using the mails to defraud in an insurance scheme. Wharton's wife son and daughter in law were acquitted. Sentencing set for Friday. The case involved diverting client funds to personal use from 1932 to 1935 in Shreveport and Kosciusko Mississippi. Also charged seven others in related mail fraud tied to several benefit and protection associations and Imperial Life Insurance company.
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Shreveport
C. E. Wharton
Union National Indemnity Association
Wharton
M. B. Wharton
J. E. Wharton
Fay E. Williams
A. H. Williams
National Union Indemnity Company
Kosciusko
Miss
J. B. Freeman
Dallas
Tex
J. F. Beasley
H. R. O'Gwin
T. L
M. N
L. Hugh Morris
R. C. McCoy, Jr
American Benefit Association
Guardian Benefit Association
Southern Protective Association
Imperial Protective Association
Imperial Life Insurance Company
Senate Bill Lets Boards Dismiss Probationary Teachers
Baton Rouge June 15. A Senate bill to let school boards dismiss probationary teachers, exempting parish superintendents from the tenure law, passed 27 to 2. Rep. R. W. Rhodes, author, said Union Parish was overstaffed and action was needed. The bill would shorten probation and require due process hearings for dismissals.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
R. W. Rhodes
Union Parish
Daily Deeds of Congress Listed
Washington June 15. A day by day record of major events in the seventy fifth congress from January 5 1937 to June 14 1938 outlines actions on emergency powers farm legislation neutrality wage hour tax and relief measures. notable items include reform calls senate confirmations and the creation of civil aeronautics and maritime boards with major relief and public works funding.
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Washington
RFC
Farm Credit Administration
Export-Import Bank
Judiciary
Supreme Court
House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
PWA
Senate
Justice Black
House Rules Committee
White House
TVA
Civil Aeronautics Authority and Maritime Labor Board
Elks State Meet of Negroes Ends in Monroe
The Elks state convention for Negroes in Monroe ended after three days with a dance at the Roy Miller building. More than 400 delegates from across the state attended, and the group voted to hold the 1959 convention in Lake Providence where there is a large lodge membership.
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Elks
Monroe
Roy Miller
Lake Providence
Mayor Urges Aid for Chinese Refugees Bowl of Rice Party
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. announces a nationwide Bowl of Rice Party on June 17 to aid 40 million Chinese refugees amid Japan's undeclared war. J L Conditt named union labor chairman for the local drive, forming a committee including Dr J H Pankey and others to organize the event.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
National Chinese Relief
National
Japan
Canton
J. L. Conditt
J. H. Pankey
John Breard, Jr
Lizzie Morris
A. B. Clarkson
A. V. Miller
H. Flond Madison, Jr
W. M. Harper
E. D. Ory
D. Hibbard
Marriage in Jonesville Unites Miss Kirby and Howard Fairbanks
Miss Mary Emaline Kirby daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Kirby of Jonesville and Howard Fairbanks son of Rev and Mrs C C Fairbanks were married June 1 at the Baptist church in Friday The Rev Hamilton officiated The couple then left for a short honeymoon in Shreveport They will reside in Jonesville where Fairbanks is manager of the Gulf Oil company wholesale distributing plant
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Jonesville
Mary Emaline Kirby
Leon Kirby
Howard Fairbanks
C. C. Fairbanks
Baptist Church
Ferriday
Hamilton
Shreveport
Fairbanks
Gulf Oil Company
Bill to tax card players advances in Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 15 The house ways and means committee reported favorably a bill levying a dime tax on card players Every time a person played cards including solitaire he would pay 10 cents The revenues would be used to build public nurseries for child care when parents wished to leave for an evening of cards
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means Committee
Beheading of Couple in Proetrensee Prison
Berlin, June 15. Anna Schwitzer and her husband Georg were executed by guillotine at Proetrensee prison for espionage. A brief notice said they were convicted in a people's court last November of serving in the intelligence service of a foreign power for more than two years.
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Berlin
Anna Schwitzer
Georg
Proetrensee
Peoples’ Court
Births Reported in Bernice and Ruston Hospital
A son born June 11 in Ruston hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Grafton of Bernice is named George Horn Grafton with maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson of Ruston and paternal grandmother Mrs. W E Grafton of Bernice. Twin daughters born June 11 to Mr. and Mrs Noan Parker of Bernice.
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Bernice
Ruston Hospital
George D. Grafton
George Horn Grafton
Paul Robinson
Ruston
W E. Grafton
Noan Parker
Four Men Sentenced to Death Over Ferry Capsize
Moscow reports four men have been sentenced to death for the capsizing of a ferry that caused the death of 24 people. The ruling follows an investigation into the disaster and assigns blame to the defendants for the fatal maritime incident.
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Moscow
Drowned Sons Reported in Novosibirsk Boat Disaster
The Novosibirsk newspaper reported that on May 1 a military court condemned two men for deliberately overloading a boat, causing the drowning deaths of their sons.
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Novosibirsk
Siberia
Bread Diet advertised to fit modern active figures
The ad argues aging is out of style and promotes the Bread Diet as a safe energy preserving plan. It claims four years of research in American labs and universities, asserting bread provides energy without fattening and denounces extreme measures.
Menu Item List Sample? Breakfast to Dinner
A list of foods includes one cup of vegetable soup grilled cheese with two slices of American cheese one cup of coffee with one lump sugar and one tablespoon cream one cup of consommé broiled chicken two cups of small chicken string beans five cups corn on the cob eight ears two slices of bread one baked apple no sugar demi glace with half a lump sugar.
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Tors
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R. C. Cola
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Spain
Elks State
Fairbanks-Kirby
Araid
American Institute of Laundering
Drag, Cosmetic, and Department Stores
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Mrs. Chitwood
The
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W. J. Riley
South Grand St
Joan
Ida Chitwood
Ouachita Baking
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