New Dealers Denounce Smith As Roosevelt Favored
Philadelphia June 22 New Deal leaders arrived in force to back Roosevelt while denouncing Alfred E Smith for urging repudiation of the president. Delegates signaled Roosevelt Garner renomination as the White House drafted the party platform. Governor Lehman dismissed Smith as a minority sentiment.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Garner
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
National Committee
Minnesota
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Monroe Teacher Killed in Auto Wreck Near Ruston
Four Barkdull Fault school faculty members were in a car that overturned on the Dixie Overland Highway near Ruston. Mrs. Marcus Kaliski, sister of Mayor Arnold Bernstein, died from a fractured skull. Miss Lila Moore suffered serious injuries, while Mrs. Will Durcan and Mrs. Jessie Granberry escaped with minor injuries. The group was en route to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute to observe a progressive education course when the driver tried to regain the pavement after a front wheel left the road.
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Barkdull
Dixie Overland Highay
Ruston
Marcus Kaliski
Quachita Avenue
Arnold Bernstein
Lila Moore
North Second Street
Will Durcan
Jackson Street
Jessie Granberry
Woodstreet
Moinor
About & Am
Monroe
Louisians Polytechnic Institute
Time Believed Ripe for Scrapping Two-Thirds Rule
Philadelphia June 22 P Democratic reformers say the time is ripe to scrap the century old two thirds nominating rule at conventions. They expect anti repealers to be weak while southern delegates resist as a check against unpopular presidential choices. The rule forces two thirds of delegates to approve a candidate for nomination.
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Philadelphia
Dixie
Bravest Man Qualifies At Convention
J Henry Smythe Jr, who resembles President Roosevelt, qualified for the bravest man title at the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. He wore a London sunflower badge and Knox insignia at Democratic headquarters and teased supporters with his Republican slogans claim amid a tense exchange with a Texas Centennial hat wearer.
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Philadelphia
J. Henry Smythe, Jr
Roosevelt
Col
Frank Knox
Smythe
Women Expect 10 Play Part At Convention
Philadelphia June 22 Selected Democratic women leaders met to pool ideas for the party platform. Mary W Dewson head of the women’s division outlined goals to craft a concise platform similar to male committee work. She noted the difference would be avoiding lengthy cigar carryings and aimed for clear sentences and campaign planning.
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Philadelphia
Mary W
Molly” Dewson
Miss Dewson
Sparkie
New England
New York Consumer's League and Social Work
Plane crashes on Normandie's deck in England
A Royal Air Force bombing plane crashed on the deck of the S. S. Normandie at Cowes Roads while disembarking passengers from New York. Lieut. G. K. Horsey piloted the bomber which struck a ship mast stay then slid onto the deck. No one injured and the Normandie sailed on to Le Havre with the plane aboard.
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Gosport
Eng
Royal Air Force
S. S. Normandie
Cowes Roads
New York
Lieut
G. K. Horsey
Horsey
le Havre
Hindenburg Lands at Lakehurst Again
The dirigible Hindenburg grounded at 5 12 am EST today at Lakehurst Naval Air Station completing its third east to west North Atlantic crossing. Commanded by Dr Hugo Eckner it departed Frankfurt am Main Germany at 3 30 pm EST Friday.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
North Atlantic
Hugo Eckner
Frankforten-Main
Germany
Four Billions in Jobs Ready for New WPA Year
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins announced the WPA will begin the new fiscal year on July 1 with nearly four billion dollars in approved projects for the job program. A WPA report shows 90,000 projects valued at about 1.15 billion dollars under way as of April 15, from a total 178,000 projects costing about 5.45 billion dollars. Most funds go to direct labor. communities fund the rest with materials and operating expenses. Hopkins said reapproval of projects would not be necessary under the new year plan.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Hopkins
Woman from St Louis Drowns in New Orleans Hotel Tub
A coroner jury ruled death by own action by drowning in New Orleans. Mary Newton of St Louis Mo, about 35, was found in a hotel room tub of water after registering Saturday. A note left by the woman said she was alone and could not be reached.
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New Orleans
Mary Newton
St. Louis
C. Grenes Cole
Lions Clubs’ Eight District Meet Opens in Louisiana
The thirteenth annual Lions International convention for Louisiana began at Hotel Frances with a noon luncheon for delegates from 30 clubs. About 400 delegates are expected through Tuesday night. Guest of honor is former international president Roderick Beddow of Birmingham Alabama. District Governor Warren Watson of Baton Rouge presides as sessions include his annual report and Beddow’s address. Mayor’s representative William Rodriguez delivered city welcome. Mayor Arnold Bernstein unable to attend due to a tragic event.
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Lions International Association
Louisiana
Hotel Frances
Cherokee Terrace
Roderick Beddow
Birmingham
Ala
Lions Clubs
Warren ©. Watson
Baton Rouge
Mangham Named Head of Municipal Street Railways
Walter B. Mangham was appointed superintendent of the municipal street railway division in the department of public utilities by Commissioner William D H Rodriguez. He succeeds John Brothers who resigned after five years in the post. Mangham, a former WY S and P railway employee and Monroe resident, served as a First Louisiana Volunteers officer in the Spanish American War.
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Walter B. Mangham
Municipal Street Railway
Department of Public Utilities
William D. H. Rodriguez
Mangham
John Brothers
Municipal Railways
Brothers
WY. S. and P. Railway
Monroe
First
Louisiana Volunteers
Frank P. Stubbs
Municipal Railway
Mr. Brothers
Rodriguez
Husband, Peeved, Shoots Other Man in New Orleans
Alfred Keen, 36, was treated for a neck wound after being shot while seated in his car with Mrs Etienne Brouillette. Brouillette, 35, and her husband were involved in a long running dispute. the husband was arrested. Keen expected to recover.
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New Orleans
Alfred Keen
Charity Hospital
Etienne Brouillette
Keen
Leche Backs Teacher Bills in Louisiana Legislature
Governor Leche backs two education bills moving from delay in the House education committee. One restores hiring and firing authority to parish school boards, the other guarantees teachers life tenure after three years.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
House Education Committee
S. A. Bordelon
Avoyelles
Huey Long
State Budget Committee
C. A. Riddle
Youth fatally stabbed in church youth clash at Ellery Matthews
In Many Louisiana Ellery Matthews aged 17 died after a fight at Rockchurch near Pendleton ferry. Charles Miller, son of Dan and Mrs Miller of Ricknor, was jailed in Sabine parish. A coroner's jury urged a manslaughter charge against Miller. Police say the stabbing followed a daytime argument. the two had long been friends.
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Rockchurch
Pendleton’s Ferry
Ellery Matthews
Charles Miller
Dan Miller
Ricknor
Sabine Parish
Miller
Italy Britain Move Toward Peace Treaty
Rome June 22 Italy and Britain edge toward a four point military pact in the Mediterranean and a commercial treaty with Germany. The agreement would secure British naval supremacy in the Mediterranean and Italian air superiority with divisions of naval squadrons and air assets and limits on land forces in Egypt and Libya.
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Britain
Rome
Great Britain
Germany
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Libya
Sicily
Aegean
Egypt
All Kiwanis Night Observed by Monroe Club
Monroe Kiwanis members gather at Hotel Virginia for All Kiwanis Night aligned with the international convention in Washington. The program includes a Fellowship Hour across North America, a reading from President Harper Gatton, speeches on fellowship, and a musical program led by Hugh Wallace.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
Madisonville
Hugh Wallace
Roosevelt Tackles Final Congress Bills At White House
President Roosevelt returned to the White House desk to study a large batch of bills passed just before adjournment. He met with party leaders amid Philadelphia convention preparations and considered the revenue measure and the 2.37 billion deficiency-relief bill. The 95-bill bundle includes the Robinson-Patman anti price discrimination measure as investigators prepare to resume hearings.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
74Th Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Temperature Decline After June Heat in Monroe
Miss Katie Key records show Sunday high 102 and low 77 in Monroe with a five degree drop from Saturday which hit 107 degrees the hottest June day. By noon today readings varied as city hall thermometer showed 1414 degrees while 6 am was 79 and rising. sixth day of torrid heat with five prior official maxes: Wednesday 102 Thursday 101 Friday ?.
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Katie Key
Monroe
Four Fatally Hurt When Autos Crash Near Eunice
Funeral arrangements were set for four killed yesterday in a collision near Eunice Louisiana. The victims were Wesley V Randell and his wife and mother Mrs Charles Randell of Houston Texas, and Paul Lipps an oil field driller. Lipps to be buried in Bridgeport Texas. No witnesses to the crash. The cars were demolished and the bodies badly crushed.
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Eunice
Wesley V. Randell
Charles Randell
Houston
Tex
Paul Lipps
Lipps
Bridgeport
Drowning of Freighter Chief Steward in Calcasieu River
Velmer D. Roberson 26, chief steward on the freighter Point Enthero, drowned last night after falling from the wharf at the Calcasieu river docks in Lake Charles Louisiana. Separately, Britain opens inquiry into Helgoland fortification reports amid Versailles Treaty concerns. In St Louis two unemployed men who witnessed a $400 bonus robbery on a former soldier were found beaten to death in squalid riverfront quarters.
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Lake Charles
Velmer D. Roberson
Point Enthero
Port Here
Calcasieu River
ST. Louis
Funeral arrangements for Redwin Toups Jr.
Beaumont Texas reports funeral plans for Redwin Toups Jr. of Lake Charles Louisiana, who drowned in a municipal pool. His father travels from Arkansas to join arrangements awaiting him.
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Beaumont
Tex
Redwin Toups, Jr
Lake Charles
Arkansas
Farm Bureau President Heads to Democratic Convention
Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation travels to Philadelphia to present the bureau's farm plank proposals at the Democratic National Convention.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Philadelphia
Army awards posthumous flying cross to Major Her Mc Clellan
The Army conferred the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously on Major Her Mc Clellan who died in a Dayton Ohio pursuit plane crash while testing.
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Washington
Army
Her McClellan
Dayton
Ohio
WPA to Lift Dole Precedency for New Jobs
An upcoming order from the Works Progress administration will remove the rule that a applicant must have been on relief before November 1 to qualify for a WPA job. The change aims to widen eligibility and bring more unemployed workers into public works programs.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Lemke and Langer Seek Nest in North Dakota Primary
In Bismarck on June 22 the presidential ambitions of Congressman William Lemke drew attention as former Governor William Langer mounted a political comeback in Wednesday's state primary election.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Lemke
William Langer
Weather Bulletin Signals Storm Diminution In Gulf
The New Orleans weather bureau reports storm warnings from Corpus Christi to Matagorda Bay Texas were canceled after a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico moved inland about 150 miles south of Brownsville. The system is described as of moderate intensity and traveling in a small area.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Matagorda Bay
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Y men elect M Neil district head at Ouachita meeting
O N McNeil of Monroe was reelected governor of the Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana district of Y's Men. F P Bennett of Monroe became district secretary treasurer. Lieutenants governors named Tom Claiborne Crawford McGiveren and Louis Edge. Next year’s meeting set for Shreveport. Delegates, boating, fishing and horseback activities noted.
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O. N. McNeil
Monroe
McGowan
Ouachita River
F. P. Bennett
Tom Claiborne
Little Lock
Arkansas
Crawford McGiveren
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Louis Edge
Shreveport
Louisiana
Relief From Heat Wave Seen In Weather Forecast
Memphis Tennessee June 22 Relief from the intense heat that set all time June records is expected with showers late tonight or Tuesday followed by cooler temperatures. The thermometer hit 193 degrees Saturday and several degrees lower readings were expected. County agent Leonard J Kerr says a soaking 24 hour rain would help revive pastures and corn while cotton remains unhurt. Streams are drying up and the Mississippi River fell to a one foot stage.
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Memphis. Tenn
Weather Bureau
Leonard J. Kerr
Shelby County
Mississippi
Court Reporter Henry J. Gassie Dies in New Orleans
Henry J. Gassie civil district court reporter died in New Orleans yesterday and will be buried in Baton Rouge. He was a West Baton Rouge native survived by his widow, a brother Auguste Gassie of Lafayette, and four sisters Mrs. W Hollins Mrs H Pardue Mrs C M Poirier and Mrs C A McDonald of Baton Rouge.
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Henry J. Gassie
Civil District Court
Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge Parish
Auguste Gassie
Lafayette
W. Hollins
H. ©. Pardue
C. M. Poirier
C. A. McDonald
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