House Debates Tax Revision As Senate Pushes Monetary Powers
The House today moved to tax reform aimed at corporate levies and excise taxes while administration allies in the Senate pressed for a two year extension of Roosevelt era monetary authority. Debates focus on devaluation powers and the stabilization fund as groups split over silver price support and greenback printing.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Harnson
Mississippi
Senate Finance
Barkley
Kentucky
Chamber
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Leper Medical Pioneer Dr George B Tuttle Retires
Honolulu reports Dr George B Tuttle retires after guiding Molokai leprosy settlement for years. He credits economic factors for leprosy control, notes 120 cars on site, and says mortality stems from TB, heart and kidney diseases rather than the disease itself.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
George B Tuttle
Molokai Island
Tuttle
Plans Await Louisiana Teachers Meet in Lafayette
Final arrangements were made for the Louisiana Parent-Teacher association meeting to be held in Lafayette June 2023. Mrs Noel C Little from Brunswick Maine will be the featured speaker at multiple sessions on topics vital to the Parent-Teacher association.
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Lafayette
Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association
Noel C. Little
National Congress of Parent- Teachers
Brunswick
Maine
Little
Congress
Parent-Teacher Association
Tot's Mother to Be Charged with Murder
Fremont Ohio June 19 Prosecutor A L Hyzer to file first degree murder charges against Velma Baker Fink 22 for the death of her 10 week old son Haldon Fink whose body was found in Green creek after she claimed kidnapping Sheriff H L Myers said she confessed late Saturday night and two women were sworn as special jail matrons to watch her As details emerged she admitted taking the child from Clyde and throwing him from a bridge into the creek
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Fremont
A. L. Hyzer
Velma Baker Fink
Haldon Fink
H. L. Myers
Clyde
Green Creek
Marysville
Velma West
Ohio Reformatory
Thomas Edward West
Cleveland
Homer Roosa
Virginia Brandy
Akron
Florence Sheline
Three Killed in Fire at Prestige Apartment House
Providence N H June 19 Three were dead and 25 injured after one of the citys worst fires in years gutted a fashionable apartment house. Victims included Feddie Healey 44 restaurateur former vaudeville star and friend of former Gov Alfred E Smith of New York and Mr and Mrs William A Booth. Healey died after leaping from the fourth floor. The Booths an elderly couple were found hours after the blaze was out with their hands clasped.
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Providence
Feddie Healey
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William A. Booth
Healey
Mrs. Booth
Eleven German farmers killed in cliff topple on Gross Glockner road
A sightseeing bus flipped over a 70 foot cliff on the Gross Glockner mountain road Sunday near Heiligenblut Germany killing eleven farmers and injuring twenty one. The crash occurred as the bus carried a group of German farmers on a excursion.
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Heiligenblut
Germany
Gross-Glockner Mountain
Destructive Minnesota Tornado Kills Ten Across Seven Towns
A tornado swept 25 miles of Minnesota countryside killing 10 people and injuring over 60 as it demolished hundreds of buildings in Corcoran Maple Grove Champlin Anoka Cedar St Francis and Bethel. Notable victims include Mrs Anna Freeman Ellen Freeman James Bradley Mrs James Bradley H G Groat Leo Kidd Ernest Syring Edward Morrissette Walter Israel and Fred Zimmerman. The storm hurled a car carrying a family into a field and wrecked a Lutheran Mission church armory store and homes in Anoka.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Corcoran Maple Grove
Champlin
Anoka
Cedar
St. Francis
Bethel
Here
Ellen Freeman
James Bradley
H. G. Groat
Leo Kidd
Ernest Syring
Edward Morrissette
Walter Isreal
Fred Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Lutheran Mission Church
Sex forecaster wrong on date in Newark tale
Beth Israel hospital delivered a baby boy to Mrs Sidney Fortel and her linen supplier husband. Fortel had predicted a son would arrive June 17 or 18 based on his 20 year study of a secret formula. The couple’s five year old, Marvin, was at home as the stork’s visit occurred yesterday.
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Newark
N. J
Beth Israel Hospital
Sidney A. Forte
Stork
Fortel
Marvin
New Brunswick
Fortels
Two Youths Die In Truck Crash Near Noble
In Zwolle Louisiana on June 19 two youths Kenneth Allen Elliott age 13 and Newman Sistrunk age 16 both Converse residents were killed when a truck trailer they rode in crashed into an embankment. Driver FE Hubier Jr of Converse attempted to pass parked cars and lost control. The accident was ruled unavoidable and the youths were thrown from the trailer.
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Zwolle
Noble
Kenneth Allen Elliott
Newman Sistrunk
Converse
FE. A. Hubier, Jr
Young Elliott
C. A. Elliott
Sistrunk
Sam Sistrunk
Women And Children May Leave Tientsin British Concession
The United States expressed concern over developments at Tientsin as Japanese forces blockaded the British and French concessions. Japanese authorities wired high tension barriers to seal the area while British officials considered removing women and children due to worsening siege conditions and food shortages.
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Tientsin
Washington
Hull
United States
China
Associated Press
Squalus Sinking Probe Hinges On Faulty Air Valve
Naval board hearings into the Squalus sinking probe whether a faulty air induction valve caused water to flood the submarine. Commander A I McKee testified that the indicator could show closed while the valve remained open, contradicting prior beliefs. The inquiry, led by Captain William R Munroe, reviewed ventilation and engine air supply as part of the mystery surrounding May 23 tragedy and the rescue of 33 survivors.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval
Squalus
A. I. McKee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Board of Inquiry
McKee
William R. Munroe
Naval Intelligence
Oliver F. Naquin
Head of Brazilian Army to Visit U S
General Aurelio Goes Monteiro, chief of staff of the Brazilian army, will arrive at Annapolis aboard the Nashville for a 22 day reception. The visit mirrors honors for U S Chief of Staff George C Marshall and underscores hemisphere defense ties. Roosevelt invites Monteiro to lunch with events linked to San Francisco and New York fairs.
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Washington
Aurelio Goes Monteiro
Annapolis
Nashville
George C. Marshall
United States
Brazil
Marshall
Haiti
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Roosevelt
San Francisco
New York
Fulgencio Batista
Cubas
Gladney Heads Louisiana Legion as Shreveport Chosen for 1940
Edward L. Gladney of Bastrop was elected head of the Louisiana American Legion as the largest convention in its 20 year history closed in Alexandria. About 1,500 Legionnaires adopted resolutions including a ban on aliens in federal shipyards and urged a 1945 extended deadline for veterans' adjusted service certificates.
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Alexandria
Edward L. Gladney
Bastrop
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
Louis A. Johnson
United States
Shreveport
Congress
Veterans Hospital
Pineville
Johnson
Family of Nations
Kiwanis Clubs Plan All Kiwanis Night at Hotel Virginia
Kiwanis members assemble Monday at Hotel Virginia with 2020 clubs in the U S and Canada observing All Kiwanis night. Local guests include West Monroe Columbia Bastrop Rayville and Ruston clubs with H G Hatfield of Oklahoma City delivering a message. The program features a fellowship hour and synchronized meetings with Kiwanis International in Boston.
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Virginia
United States
Canada
West Monroe
Columbia
Bastrop
Rayville
Ruston
H. G. Hatfield
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kiwanis International
Boston
Mass
America
Internation
Louisiana Supreme Court Clerk Resigns to Return to Law Practice
John R. Land Jr the clerk of the Louisiana Supreme Court submitted his resignation to Chief Justice Charles A. O Neill stating he will devote full time to practicing law. Land is the son of Associate Justice Land and was expected to be replaced by Louis Nickland first assistant clerk and brother in law of Associate Justice Archie T Higgins.
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New Orleans
John R. Land, Jr
Louisiana Supreme Court
Charles A. O'Neill
Mr. Land
Land
Louis Nickland
Archie T. Higgins
Miner helps, but limits oil and gas service at station
In Vincennes a station attendant Bill Miner, a Boy Scout master, denies further service after a woman with a five gallon can asks him to fill gasoline beyond oil changes. In Phoenix jitterbugs react as a dance floor collapses but dancers continue.
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Vincennes
Ind
Bill Miner
Miner's Station
Miner
Phoenix
Aziz
Senate Fight Foretells Three Man WPA Board Plan
Washington news notes a push in the relief bill to replace a single WPA administrator with a bipartisan three man board to oversee relief. Republicans fear slower decisions, while Democrats push broader participation to share responsibility and blunt GOP criticism. Senate debate centers on policy versus administration and wage levels for relief workers.
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Washington
Senate
WPA
TVA
Bituminous Coal Commission
Labor Relations Board
Adams
Colorado
Explosions Kill 18 Arabs in Haifa Market
In Haifa, a bomb blast at dawn killed 18 Arabs and wounded 24 in the marketplace near the 20 million port. Nine men, six women, and three children died as multiple explosions damaged the telephone exchange and booths, prompting a curfew and troop stand to in the Haifa district.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Gladney to Install Legion Officers in Monroe
E L Boots Gladney of Bastrop, elected department commander of the American Legion, will assist in installing officers for the L B Faulk post in Monroe Monday night. The event follows the recent 1200-delegate convention and marks his first official action since election. Officers to be installed include Apperson as commander and Stamers, Sims, Braun, Holloway, Mitchell, Cowden, Tornatore, Tarver, Wood and others.
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Alexandria
American Legion
E. L
Boots” Gladney
Bastrop
Monroe
L. B. Faulk
Viiting
Gladney
H. Flood Madison, Jr
C. F E. McKenzie
Charles Mitchell
The
Chicago
Cecil Atkins
Memorial Legion
Forsythe Park
E. C. Apperson
H. L. Stamers
Russell Sims
C. B. Braun
Ernest D. Holloway
C. M. Mitchell
Robert Cowden
C. Tornatore
Ben Tarver
R. L. Wood
Missing Wyoming brothers hunted by 500 in woods
In Elk Mountain Wyoming five days after two boys Harod Hixon six and Charles four vanished from a fishing camp. A single fresh trail led trackers to six miles southeast. Bloodhounds followed the path as volunteers and army officers aided a search for the undernourished boys who wore only shirts and overalls.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Wyoming
Harold Hixon
Chales
Charles Hixon
McFadde
Wye
Woman who killed husband escapes Marysville reformatory
Velma West, jailed for hammer murder of her husband Thomas West twelve years ago, escapes from the Ohio reformatory for women in Marysville along with three other inmates. Reports say the group was seen near Marysville early morning and linked to the party visit in Cleveland after the escape.
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Velma West
Husband
Ohio
Double Slayer Still At Large In Wisconsin
A fugitive and suspected killer named Ray Olson, 35, eludes a large posse in Hayward Wisconsin after last seen near dusk near Cranberry Island. District Attorney Jay C. Davis confirms Olson as the suspect in the murders of two Hayward tavernkeepers who were deputies.
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Hayward
Wis
Chippewa
Jay C. Davis
Ray Olson
Davis
Cranberry Island
Bill Metcalfe
Olson
George Seehueter
Hunt
Depe Utes
Fred Scott
Carl Johneson
John Blue Sky
Scott
Johnson
Georgia Coleman Not Doing Well After Illness
New York on June 19 reports former Olympic diving champion Miss Georgia Coleman is seriously ill at Polye clinic hospital. Friends say she received a blood transfusion and is being fed intravenously. The condition stems from a liver obstruction linked to overactivity as a swimming instructor during a comeback after infantile paralysis.
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New York
Georgia Coleman
Polye Clinic
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