U S and Britain Refuse Japanese Swatow Demands
U S and British naval authorities rejected Japanese demands to remove foreign vessels and citizens from Swatow as tensions in China rise. Admiral Yarnell asserted the duty to protect Americans and property, while evacuations were prepared if needed.
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Shanghai
United States
South China
Swatow
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Pillsbury
Thanet
Amoy
Amey International
Kulangen Island
Tientsin
Orient
John K. Caldwell
American Chamber of Commerce
Yarnell
Chinwangtae
China
Koshiro Oikawa
Japan
United States Navy
Asheville
Hongkong
Shangha
Oikawa
Roosevelt proposes 3.86 billion dollar self liquidating program
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a 3.86 billion dollar plan to boost business with self liquidating projects and low cost housing. He says about 870.09 million in federal loans would be issued this year starting July 1, with projects lasting two to seven years and no net cost to taxpayers for self liquidating elements. The plan includes raising housing authority borrowing by 800 million and targeted low income housing, plus possible RFC backed loans for small and medium businesses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate Unemployment Committee
Senate
House
Mr. Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
FHA
Capitol
Mead
New York
Morgenthau and
Hopkins
Federal Works
King and Queen Return to England from North America
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Southampton aboard the Empress of Britain at 2 39 pm after a long North American tour. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose joined them on deck amid cheers, flags, and congratulatory arches as sirens wailed.
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Southampton
England
George
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
WPA inquiry advances in Louisiana corruption probe
WPA investigators pressed ahead in Baton Rouge taking secret testimony into charges involving the WPA in Louisiana. J. H. Crutcher ordered the inquiry from Washington as Governor Leche announced he would resign, with agents from six southern states led by J. E. Harris questioning witnesses and studying LSU records.
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Baton Rouge
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Louisiana
Old Capitol
New Statehouse
Richard W. Leche
J. H. Crutcher
Washington
J. E. Harris
F.N. Jackson
Louisiana State University
Jackson
Crutcher
Revisions by Labor Board Prompt Further Debate Washington
June 22 report says labor board revisions fail to satisfy critics of the Wagner act. Senators Ellender and others forecast more changes to ease disputes, with unions and employers seeking longer non intervention periods and potential investigations into the act.
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Washington
Labor Board
Ellender
Louisiana
House
Joseph A. Padway
Federation
Senate Labor Committee
Parker Surrenders for Kidnap Conspiracy Prison Terms
Ellis H. Parker and his son Flils H. Parker Jr surrendered in Trenton to begin federal terms for conspiring to kidnap Paul H. Wendel. The elder, 67, receives six years. the son, 38, three years. They were escorted to Lewisburg penitentiary by U S Marshal William P. McDermott after appeals to the Supreme Court failed.
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Trenton
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Flils H. Parker, Jr
United States
Paul H. Wendel
William P. McDermott
Lewisburg
Parker
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ace
Federal
Harry Green
Newark
Green
Parkers
William Clark
Wendel
Bruno Richard Heuptmann
Tugwell Plan To Run For Governor Shatters Huey Network
In Baton Rouge on June 22 state Treasurer A P Tugwell announced his candidacy for governor a move described as a bold rebuke to Huey Long's political legacy. The declaration followed Lieutenant Governor Earl K Long's resignation signal and comes amid broader Long faction maneuvering with State Senator James A Noe now pursuing the governorship. Tugwell traced his bid to democracy and prudent public funds spending.
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Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Huey P. Long
James A. Noe
Long
Tugwell
Highway Commission
Huey
Commission
Kiwanis Clubs Back Farm Program At National Meet
Kiwanis International opens its 23rd annual convention in Boston drafting an agriculture program to be backed by over 2,000 clubs including 14 in Louisiana. The plan covers diversified farming soil erosion rural youth vocational agriculture in high schools and county fairs. A. Gervais Compton of Alexandria leads regional promotion with Morris M. Caver of Laurel directing vocational guidance.
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Boston
Kiwanis International
Louisiana
A. Gervais Compton
Alexandria
Louisiana-Mississippi
Morris M. Caver
Laurel
Miss
Louisiana- Mississippi
Governor Leche says work is done and resigns move
New Orleans governor Richard W. Leche told friends in Baton Rouge he would resign and cede to Lieutenant Governor Earl K Long by next Monday if legal steps allow. He plans to leave for Covington with Mrs. Leche for rest and recovery after announcing his last act will be the Charity Hospital contract bids at Monroe.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Friends
Charity
Monroe
Leche
Maestri Gains New Power as Earl Long Poised for Governor
The New Orleans financier Robert S. Maestri gains influence as Governor Leche resigns, elevating Lieutenant Governor Earl K. Long to lead Huey Long’s statewide machine. Maestri’s long backing of Earl shifts balance in Louisiana politics as Earl prepares to assume the governorship.
Walt Mason, Poet and Humorist, Dies at 177
Walt Mason, noted poet and humorist, died in La Jolla California after several weeks illness. Born in Columbus Ontario he moved to the United States in 1880 and began a newspaper career in St. Louis. His verse appeared in about 200 papers and he is survived by a daughter Mary with his wife having died in 1936.
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San Diego
Calif
Walt Mason
la Jolla
Mason
Columbus
Ont
United States
St. Louis
Atchison
Globe, Lincoln
Neb
State Journal
Emporia
Kans
Gazette
Canada
Mary
Noe Declares Long Would Not Help Louisiana
Senator James A. Noe contends Earl Long’s rise to governor offers no relief for Louisianans. He accuses Long of backing overtaxing policies and graft and says a Long governorship would continue those mistakes as Governor Leche recovers from illness.
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James A. Noe
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Earl Long
State of
Texas Pension Plan in Mess
Austin, Texas June 22. Governor W Lee O Danie l faced a wrecked pension plan as the legislature balked at new taxes to fund expanded pensions for seniors. His calls for a 2 percent sales tax, higher oil and gas levies, and a budget director were rejected. Abolition of the death penalty was discussed but not advanced.
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Senate
House of Representatives
O'Daniel
Treasury
Leche to Quit Earl Long to Govern Louisiana
Baton Rouge announces Governor Leche will resign next week with 11 months left in his term. Lieutenant Governor Earl K. Long will succeed automatically, placing him in control amid a political whirl. Long is Huey P. Long’s brother and a longtime political figure in the state.
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Baton Rouge
Long
Louisiana
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Earl
Huey
Statehouse
Maestri
Richard W. Lewhe
History of Louisiana Governors Failing to Complete Four-Year Terms
The article notes a 15 year pattern where Louisiana governors did not finish full terms, listing Fuqua dying in 1926, Simpson serving remainder of 1926 28 term, Huey Long resigning in 1932, King succeeding, Allen dying, Noe advancing, Leche resigning with 11 months left, and Parker last completing a full term in 1924.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Henry L. Fuqua
O. H. Simpson
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Alvin O. King
Oscar K. Allen
John Fournet
Supreme Court
James A. Noe
Senate
Allan
Richard W. Leche
John M. Parker
Louisiana political crisis fuels gubernatorial fight after Leche moves
In Louisiana a political firestorm grows as Lt Governor Huey Long ally Leche returns from New Orleans with a statement of continued support. The episode follows a federal probe into WPA activities and a window sash scandal tied to a state university truck, triggering an open hearing in Baton Rouge that was later postponed.
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WPA
Senator Long
Oreleans
O. K. Allen
Richard W. Leche
Huey Long
Long
A. P. Tugwell
Leche
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Drive Begun for Cotton Insurance Program
Southern senators led by Senator Bankhead push for congressional approval of a government crop insurance plan for cotton. The effort relies on data from Secretary Wallace and parallels wheat all risk insurance, aiming to reduce lent cotton stocks and set up a yield based on 1 356 848 bales needed to fund the program with premiums and losses paid in cotton or cash.
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Washington
Bankhead
Democrat
Alabama
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
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Britain
GOV
Farl K. Long
Robert S. Viafstri
Ruth Etting
Los Angeles
Alma Alderman
Myri Alderman
Alderman
John T. Houser
S. S. Hahn
Miss Etting
Martin
Gimp
Snyder
June Lake
Hahn
Kiwanis Clubs
Norman Walker
Noe
Texas Pension Plan
Orleans
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