Flood and War Strain China As Japan Edges Toward Yangtze
The report describes massive flooding in central China driving millions from homes and disrupting military operations. Chinese and Japanese forces contend near Kiukiang as the Yangtze becomes the focal point of battle while relief efforts race to deploy 11 million anti cholera vaccines in British India.
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Associated Press
Spain
China
India
Yellow River
Yangtze
John Earl Baker
International Red Cross
Shanghai
Chengchow
Yangtze Valley
World's Largest Land Plane Conquers The Air
A seven week cholera epidemic in 44 of 48 districts has killed 16,500 in the United Provinces affecting nearly 50,000,000 people. The piece notes superstition and ritual bathing in the Ganges fuel the spread and mentions war news from Spain with Spanish Republicans and insurgents near Villarreal and a possible aerial blockade scenario for Britain.
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Ganges
United Provinces
Spain
Mijares
Valencia
Roosevelts Ready to See Son John Wed
President Roosevelt travels toward Salem aboard the White House train for John Roosevelt and Miss Anne Lindsay Clark wedding events. Mrs. Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt with Ruth head to Boston. a Potomac yacht party will precede the Nahant ceremony and reception.
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Roosevelt
Salem
Mass
Congress
John
Anne Lindsay Clark
Washington
Massachusetts Bay
Potomac
Nahant
Boston
Elliott
Ruth
Harry Hopkins
Marguerite LeHand
Ross T. McIntire
W. B. Woodson
E. M. Watson
Damage suits grow out of fatal mishap
WPA projects based in Monroe filed a suit in the clerk's office against Newellton Elevator Inc. of Newellton seeking 25341.40 in damages for injuries from a July 7, 1937 automobile crash on Highway 1 west of town. Plaintiff Mrs. Taylor alleged a truck and trailer loaded with lumber struck her car, causing skull fracture, right clavicle fracture, concussion, shock and lacerations of the right elbow. Separately, 1935 port trade noted in England.
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WPA
Monroe
Newellton Elevator Company, Inc
Newellton
Taylor
Here
Two convicted officers face long sentences in city case
The trial exposed a police bomb plot targeting city leaders and underworld figures. Allen and Kynette were convicted on explosives and attempted murder charges with terms up to life and 20 years, while Browne was acquitted. Kynette compared the case to Dreyfus and Mooney, and all three plan appeals. Raymond, seriously wounded in the blast, remained hospitalized as prosecutors linked the case to campaign funds from gamblers.
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Browne
Allen
Kynette
Alfred Dreyfus
Tom Mooney
Frank L. Shaw
Raymond
Harry Munson
Shaw
Los Angeles
Death Strikes Bayou Boat In Storm
Two fishing boats drifted apart during an electrical storm on the bayou. Brooks perished, his body returned to Urania. his wife and 13-year-old son survive. Kenney also survived by his parents and siblings. Brooks was master of the Urania Masonic lodge. Kenney was a World War II veteran who spent time at the veterans hospital in Alexandria.
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Hensley
Ates
Brooks
Kenny
Urania
Leon Brooks, Jr
Kenney
al Kenny
Veterans’ Hospital
Alexandia
City Drives Malaria Fight Aims Park Free of Mosquitoes
City plans expanded malaria control affecting other water bodies in a broad program. Parish cooperation will be sought to boost effectiveness. Water hyacinth from south Louisiana has spread across streams and bayous, prompting fishermen to organize a petition urging police jury aid to eradicate the weed statewide.
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Louisiana
Cholera toll rises as inoculation effort expands
In the united provinces of British India cholera killed 6,500 people with authorities fearing unrest as prohibition attempts faced resistance. A government order supplied 11,000,000 doses for vaccination across 44 of 49 districts in the province, home to about 50 million inhabitants.
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United Provinces
India
Notes Laud Two Houses Sent by Roosevelt
Garner and Speaker Bankhead praised the session for much constructive legislation and said progress is being made in meeting the many new problems. They noted the effort and suggested the measures will benefit the people.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Speaker Bankhead
Major 1938 Congress Laws Enacted Listing Key Sectors
Washington June 11 major bills enacted at the 1938 session cover Agriculture crop control and insurance Wage hour floor and hours ceiling for interstate industry Relief relief funds totaling 3.753 billion dollars Taxes revised revenue laws anti trust broad investigations Flood control 375 million dollar program Aviation unified civil aviation regulation TVA disputes over directors and private utilities Held over reorganization aid to railroads regional planning reciprocal taxation and more
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Congress
Nahant
Mass
John
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Senate
Burke
Minton
Clark
Democrat
Missouri
Germany
Barkley
House
Capitol Hill
Washington
Defense
TVA
Relief Bill Expands Jobs as Congress Recesses
The nation awaits the next session and a new tax reform after a five month run. Roosevelt aides push an anti monopoly probe while relief and public works programs push toward 18 billion in government aid since 1933. WPA PWA plan large expenditures and job creation estimates.
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White House
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
King
Utah
Borah
Idaho
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
WPA
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Nash's C. and L. Tonic A South remedy ad
An advertising note touts Nash's C. and L. Tonic as a weekly staple across the South. It promises rapid relief from malaria traces and a lazy liver, plus a strong tonic for vigor. The maker guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer and cites Sandman's Pharmacy Monroe as a local seller at 50 cents a bottle.
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Nash
South
C. & L. Tonic
Monroe
Sandman's Pharmacy
Hoover Seeks Clemency in Cash Kidnapping Case
During the five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. kidnapping, Hoover called the case the hardest he had. McCall pleaded guilty and was sentenced to die. Avriett said he would appeal to the pardon board for clemency and Governor Cone has not fixed a date for electrocution.
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James Bailey Cash, Jr
Pardon Board
McCall
C. A. Avriett
State Pardon Board
Avriett
D. C. Coleman
Miami
Raiford
Fred P. Cone
Cone
The Smallest Dino Compsognathus Described
The tiny compsognathus measured about two and a half feet in length and stood upright when running, marking it as the smallest known dinosaur.
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Compsognathus
Mayor Hague Seeks to Crush Reds in Public Debates
The clash centers on Hague labeling the CIO and ACLU as Reds to justify his ban on speaking permits. Plaintiffs claim he suppresses union activity and civil rights, seeking an injunction to stop interference by Hague and associates in their activities.
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Hague
American Civil Liberties Union
A.C. Lee
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