Congressmen Rush Homeward As 75th Meet Ends
Japanese officials and press frame Yellow River floods as a Chinese government crime against its people. Death toll estimates vary from 50 000 to 300 000 with hundreds of thousands in danger. Akira Kazami says Premier Konoye ordered a full inquiry and Ugaki asserts Japan’s policy aims to topple Chiang Kai-Shek while seeking Chinese friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yellow River
China
Navy Ministry
Japan
Akira Kazami
Fumimaro Konoye
Kazushige Ugaki
Ugaki
Lawmakers Back From Home in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers returned to their constituents after a busy week of legislating. The Senate adjourned week end after noon, while the House worked late on more than eighty bills. The governor will consider a $110,000,000 general appropriations measure and bonds totaling $11,000,000 for road and education projects, plus a tax increase on liquor and sparkling wines to fund homestead exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
House
Richard W. Leche
Board of Education
Chinatown Fund Event Aims to Fill Rice Bowls in China
In San Francisco on June 17 the Chinatown community plans an all night Bowl of Rice fundraiser to aid starving Chinese in the homeland. Tongs and families unite for a mass benefit with open house, fashion show, and various performances to pour profits into rice bowls in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chinatown
China
Sze-Sze
Damage suits arise from fatal January crash in Monroe
Two lawsuits filed in Monroe allege the Watson and Aven Ice Cream Co. truck, left unlit on the Monroe Winnsboro highway January 9, caused a collision that fatally injured Mrs. E. C. Riggin and badly injured Coy McKaskle. Plaintiffs E. C. Riggin and McKaskle seek damages totaling $32,?. defendants named include the ice cream company and driver Ben Flushing. The crash left Mrs. Riggin dead from a broken neck and McKaskle with multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Riggin
West Monroe
Coy Mc Kaskle
Watson and Aven Ice Cream Company, Inc
Ben Flushing
Monroe-Winnsboro
Riggin
McKas
Mrs M E Taylor Sues Newellton Firm Over Supervisor Role
Mrs M E Taylor district supervisor of women's and professional sections sues a Newellton firm alleging disputes over her supervisor role and duties. The action highlights leadership friction and organizational authority within local professional services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sues Newellton Firm
M. E. Taylor
Refunding Act's Legality Challenged in Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 17 The legality of an act authorizing refunding of 8 612 200 in Louisiana serial gold bonds is challenged by Attorney General Gaston L Porterie in a suit filed with the state supreme court The move relates to a conditional bond refinance offer led by Edward Jones and company New Orleans accepted by the state board of liquidation The current bonds carry 4 12 percent interest while the proposal could raise the rate to 13 37 percent if approved by the court and legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Gaston L. Porterie
State Supreme Court
State Board of Liquidation
Edward Jones and Company
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Louisiana Works Progress projects approved for $1.5 million
Baton Rouge reports final approval of Works Progress Administration projects in Louisiana totaling about 1,505,904 with an additional 488,599 in projects started or ready to start. Major item funds the labor and welfare department to aid needy workers in distributing surplus goods at 226,319. Other grants include a 91,144 survey of federal archives, 177,966.90 for Donaldsonville concrete paving, 15,289.75 to improve a Boy Scouts camp in St. Landry parish, and grading and sodding a football field and track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Works Progress Administration
Louisiana
State Planning Commission
State Department of Labor and Public Welfare
City of
Donaldsonville
St. Landry Parish
Mayor Hague lashes out at Reds in free speech trial
Newark June 17. Mayor Frank Hague argues communists should be denied civil rights and speech permits in Jersey City. He labels Reds as undesirables and seeks to bar their speech as a defense in the federal trial. He cites a recent threat to justify keeping out dissidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Hague
Alaska
Cias
Morris L. Ernst
Harriet F. Pipel
Ernst
New Jersey
Wage Hour Bill Aims to Curb Child Labor
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts says the wage hour bill’s child labor provisions could stand up in a supreme court test, potentially removing need for a constitutional amendment. The measure bans interstate shipment of goods produced with oppressive child labor, defines under 16 in any job and under 18 in hazardous work, with one exception for 14 to 16 year olds under schooling and health safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Proposals Stir After 75th Congress Adjourns
Five hundred-odd members of the 75th congress returned home after weeks of wrangling over Roosevelt relief and public works plans. The Senate and House approved the president’s 3.753 billion program, but the farm loan bill stayed to assist low interest rates despite a veto override attempt. A Senate lobby committee funding bid was shelved amid cries over press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Burke
Nebraska
Minton
Indiana
Bankhead
Cholera Death Toll Rises Across Northwest India
Cholera has killed about 6,500 people in the United Provinces with spread into northwestern regions and central provinces. Vaccination efforts reach 600,000, as health measures purify wells and manage bodies amid Hindu burial traditions.
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Lucknow
India
United Provinces
Afghanistan
Northwest Frontier
Punjab
Sindh
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Dawn gunman son of policeman slain in Chicago
The dawn phantom gunman Harold Keen, 23, son of policeman Ernest L. Keen, is killed after detectives trap him near a friend's home. He had robbed 28 times in two months. Angeline Keen, his wife, 21, and expectant mother, was told at the detective bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernest L. Keen
Harold
Young Keen
Angeline
Detective Bureau
Keen
Flashes In The News BRy Associated Press Economy in Reverse
Elkhart Indiana officers stopped Sam and Max Silk for a 35 cent head light bulb omission and found 328 quarts of liquor in their car. Each was fined 110 dollars. Their car and the liquor were confiscated as violations of Indiana law. At Grundy Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney F H Smith presided as a visitor watched a pet mouse try to push paper through a mesh-wire waste basket hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
bRy Associated Press
Elkhart
Ind
Sam
Max Silk
Indiana
Roosevelt Family Arrives for John Roosevelt Wedding
Nahant Mass June 17 Roosevelt clan converges ahead of John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark wedding set for tomorrow as President Roosevelt travels by rail plane and yacht Potomac to greet kin. Family enjoys events with John signing autographs for local children amid preparations at Nahant club and nearby residences.
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Nahant
Mass
Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant Club
Washington
Potomac
Salem
Elliott
Ruth
Fort Worth
Tex
Framingham
James
Concord
Lednie Laughlin
John
Anne
Feud Violence Kills 19 in Oaxaca Village Mexico
In Oaxaca state rapid clashes between Yodohino and Chilapa residents left 19 dead and 56 wounded with 35 abducted. The battle, mainly with machetes, spread fear as townsfolk looted homes and livestock. Troops were sent after attackers, and authorities feared further killings.
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Mexico City
Yodohino
War Department
Oaxaca State
Chilapa
Lightning Strikes Tourist Boat Killing Two Urania Men
A bolt of lightning struck a boat on Cross bayou near Urania during a storm killing Leon Brooks 30 and George Kenny 32 who were fishing and believed drowned. Milton Hensley and Ates witnessed the drifting craft. rescue efforts by Monroe Legion truck continued into Friday noon as authorities investigated the tragedy.
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Leon Brooks
George Kenny
Urania
Cross Bayou
Jonesville
Milton Hensley
Ates
Brooks
Kenny
Hensley
E P. Campbell
Concordia Parish
P. E. Magoun
American Legion
Monroe
Bayou
J. A. McStravick
Joe Pizarro
Two Convicted Officers Fight Long Sentences
Los Angeles reports two former police officers, Captain Earie E. Kynette and Lieutenant Roy Allen, sentenced for corruption and involving a “spy squad” paid to snoop, as District Attorney Baron Fitts vows to press for grand jury action. Hoover calls the James Caia Jr kidnapping the toughest case of his career, detailing the extensive Florida search with 50 agents, the swampy terrain, and challenges including suspects, wildlife, and possible mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harry Raymond
Baron Fitts
Earie E. Kynette
Roy Allen
Grand
Fitts
Eugene D. Williams
Kynette
Allen
Fred A. Browne
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
James B. Caia, Jr
Princeton
Fla
Hoover
Florida
Franklin P. McCall
Congress
City Plans Malaria Drive in Bernstein Park
Mayor H. H. Benoit announced a malaria control project in Bernstein Park to remove water hyacinths that breed mosquitoes. Parks and Streets Department workers, supervised by Commissioner C. R. Tidwell, will clear the pools by pulling plants from the roots with health unit director Dr. G. Douglas Williams coordinating. The effort aims to curb malaria by eliminating mosquito habitats.
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Uunder Way
Bernstein Park
H. H. Benoit
Parks and Streets Department
C. R. Tidwell
Ish
G. Douglas Williams
Tidwell
Monroe Negro Executed in Huntsville Texas
In Huntsville Texas two convicted African American men were executed in the electric chair early today. Tommie Wells 25 of Monroe Louisiana was put to death first after conviction for criminal assault on a Texarkana white woman. The second execution was Mark Henry Calhoun 18 from Dellas county for assaulting a 13 year old Dellas county white girl.
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Huntsville
Tex
Tommie Wells
Monroe
Texarkana
Mark Henry Calhoun
Dellas
Dellas County
State Attorney moves to oppose clemency for McCall
Miami, June 17. State Attorney George A. Worley said he will fight any clemency effort for Franklin Pierce McCall as of today, signaling readiness for further legal action in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
George A. Worley
Franklin Pierce McCall
Two Killed When Automobiles Hit Near New Orleans
State police investigated an automobile crash on the airline highway, 38 miles north of New Orleans, that killed G. R. Harris and his wife of LaPlace and injured five others, including Arnold Guitreau, a Livingston parish police juror. The French Settlement group rode in the Campbell car. witnesses said two cars sideswiped on rain slick pavement.
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New Orleans
G. R. Harris
LaPlace
Roy Campbell
Campbell
Richard Campbell
Arnold Guitreau
Livingston Parish
Guitreau
Henry Lambert
Lambert
Theophile Landry
State Police
Bowl of Rice party planned at Hotel Frances roof
Plans are complete for a Bowl of Rice charity event on Hotel Frances roof tonight at 10. Monroe joins 1500 to 2000 towns observing similar actions to aid war devastated China. Mayor Benoit proclaims Humanity day and urges broad support for the cause.
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China
Hotel Frances
Monroe
H. H. Benoit
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Japan
Canton
J. L. Conditt
Dr. Pankey
John Breard
Lizzie Morris
A. B. Clarkson
A. V. Miller
H. Flood Madison, Jr
W. M. Harper
E. D. Ory
D. Hibbard
Peru and Ecuador Free Prisoners After Border Clash
Lima report says Peru and Ecuador will free prisoners and withdraw troop reinforcements mobilized after June 1 border clash on the Napo river. Officials disclosed a durable settlement and the troops to return to base by 9 2m today. The two governments also noted progress toward territorial talks in Washington.
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Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Napo
Oriente
Foreign Office
Washington
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Israel Harding Noe
Memphis
Tenn
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Noe
James M. Maxon
Monroe City School
Roosevelts
Mexico
Haruch Falio
Nmuvvcek
Los
Angeles
Inder Way
M'Call
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