Barter Pact Signed for U S Cotton and British Rubber
United States and Britain approve a wartime barter deal trading U S cotton for British rubber. Ambassador Kennedy signs for the U S with Oliver Stanley representing Britain. The agreement covers about 600000 bales of cotton and is to be published at midnight.
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London
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Stanley
House of Commons
Liverpool Cotton Association
Cotton Association
Great Britain
Liverpool
House
U-boat divers praised for bravery in Squalus rescue
Portsmouth naval court of inquiry lauded Divers William Badders and John Mikalowski for their heroism in the Squalus rescue. Admiral W. Cole cited their descent into the flooded sub, knowing they risked being trapped if incapacitated. Also praised was Martin Sebitsky for guiding the lowering line to bring the 33 survivors to safety.
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Portsmouth
N. H
W. Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
William Badders
Washington
John Mikalowski
Worcester
Badders
Mikalowski
Admiral Cole
Martin C. Sebitaky
Falcon
Sebitsky
Birth rate in U S rises to 17.6 per thousand in 1998
Washington reports final 1998 birth rate of 17.6 live births per 1,000 population, the highest in years. New Mexico posts the highest rate at 33.7 while New Jersey records the lowest at 12.9, continuing a long trend since 1915.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New Mexico
New Jersey
France Sees Turkish Pact as Leverage in Moscow Talks
Paris reports a near eastern mutual aid pact with Turkey could pull Soviet Russia into the British French front. Bonnet and the Turkish envoy to sign at the foreign office while Ankara officials prepare a Hatay cession pact. Molotov’s note to Moscow adds pressure as critics warn of Cyrillic price tags amid diplomacy.
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Paris
France
Turkey
Russia
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
Ankara
Republic of
Hatay
Alexandretta
Balkans
Mediterranean
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Louis Rollin
Indignities at Tientsin Prompt British Protest
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house that Japanese treatment of British nationals at Tientsin was intolerable and that the Japanese ambassador had been asked to confer. He cited consular reports of eight Britons subjected to humiliations at barricades and noted U S and British reactions as tensions rise over Sino Japanese actions.
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Be Associated Press
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
Swatow
South China
Bluejackets
Tokyo
North China
Great Britain
Outer Mongolia
Mongolia
Lake Bor
France
Turkey
Ankara
Republic of Hatay
Alexandretta Sanjak
United States
Mass Meeting In West Monroe On Liquor Regulation
A mass meeting will be held Friday at 7 45 p m at the First Methodist church in West Monroe to discuss proposed regulation of intoxicating liquor sales. A resolution is expected to be approved and sent to the police jury and city administrations in Monroe and West Monroe.
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First Methodist
West Monroe
Monroe
Granite slab may be Virginia Dare tombstone at Brenau
Dr H J Pearce of Brenau college announced a granite slab bearing the name Virginia Dare and Ananias Dare plus 15 others, suggesting a possible Roanoke settlement burial. A companion stone found near Edenton, North Carolina, is linked. Excavations may follow to test authenticity and reveal history.
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Virginia Dare
Gainesville
America
H. J. Pearce
Brenau College
Ananias Dare
Eleanor Dare
Virginia
Pearce
Sir Walter Raleigh
Chowan
Edenton
N. C
John White
White
England
Roanoke Island
Raleigh
Brenau
H. J. Pearce, Jr
Emory University
Breneau
Non-suit granted in Ruth Etting alienation case
Ruth Etting's counsel moved for dismissal after Alma Alderman's suit for alienation of affections was halted by a non-suit. Alderman's attorney accused Etting of luring Alderman away from his wife with fame and wealth, prompting questions of moral turpitude.
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Ruth Etting
Los Angeles
Alma Alderman
Miss Etting
Alderman
Frank Cross
Louisiana files suit over oil wells on public land
Louisiana seeks over a million dollars and nine producing oil wells from a Texas firm. Attorney General Ellison says the state seeks $1,013,947.02 and the wells on public hunting grounds near the Mississippi River in navigable bottoms, alleging an invalid lease interpretation from 1928.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Texas Company
David M. Filison
Mississippi River
Ellison
Carroll S. Mayer
Huey P. Long
Mayer
Garden Island Bay
Murphy Says He Isn’t Candidate For 1940 Ticket
Attorney General Murphy disclaims any desire to be on a national Democratic ticket for 1940. He told reporters he would be misled by party to place him on a ticket and cited other men as better qualified to strengthen the ticket. He declined to say whether Roosevelt would run again and said the president alone can speak for himself.
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Washington
Murphy
Tax measure nearly ready for signature
The House concurred in minor Senate amendments to the business tax revision bill and sent it to President Roosevelt for signature. The measure aims to raise $1.6 billion for 1940, revamps corporate taxation, preserves $544 million in excise taxes, and plans a post adjournment study on broad revenue reform during the next session.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate House Committee
Barkley
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Lee
Oklahoma
House Ways and Means
Stabbed by a 20 year old needle mystery in Newport
Mrs Sophia Dietrich sought medical help for an arm sting and a two inch needle she recalled entering 20 years ago was removed. Herbert Hoefling and Miss Freda Voll, injured in a motorcycle automobile crash, are in adjoining rooms at General hospital. Ronnie Burgess, four, watched his father fuel trucks and tried to help as a truck approached.
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Newport
Sophia Dietrich
Kansas City
Herbert Hoefling
Freda Voll
General Hospital
Hoefling
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ronnie Burgess
Ronnie
Chronic Ills Said Major Cause of Unworkables at Relief Aid
Buffalo June 23 A medical authority warned chronic diseases rival the great plagues in history and drive most relief unemployables. Dr Ernst P Boas of New York said chronic illness overburdens alms houses hospitals and homes for the aged and fuels unemployment and family breakdown. He urged comprehensive study and planning to curb the problem noting 70 percent of cases are under 55. William E Cole of Tennessee predicted future alms houses become hospitals for the chronically ill as the system proves inadequate. A New Jersey official urged closer juvenile court and children services cooperation. Continued on Second Page.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ernst P. Boas
New York City
National Conference of Social Work
Boas
New York
Welfare Council
William E. Cole
University of Tennessee Department of Sociology
New Jersey
Colvert Reviews Status of Totalitarian Powers
Monroe Rotary members heard Dean Colvert of North East Junior College discuss Europe’s political scene with focus on Germany. He argued Germans despise the regime for destroying parties unions housing coops sport clubs against priests and cultural life and warned totalitarian powers would falter in a prolonged war.
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Monroe
Britain
Purge Fears Rise as Earl Long Faces Inauguration
Baton Rouge reports fear within Earl K. Long's circle that the lieutenant governor will purge foes after becoming governor. Rumors spread as observers note holes in Huey Long's old political fortress while Lewers Governor Lewers health prompts resignation talk. Federal WPA probes in Louisiana continue after a syndicated corruption story.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Long
Huey
Earl
Richard W. Lewhe
Works Progress Administration
J. H. Crutcher
WPA
Buried Man Rescued After 10 Hours Under Sewer Shaft
Howard Jackson a 38 year old sewer contractor was rescued after nearly ten hours trapped by collapsed timber supports in Indianapolis. WPA and volunteers tunneled an auxiliary shaft and used air pumps and oxygen as Jackson moved his arms free and thanked rescuers. His condition was reported as fair.
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Indianapolis
Howard Jackson
Jackson
Sam
WPA
Red Lays
Fire Department
City Hospital
Low Bid Announced on Monroe Hospital Contract
The Louisiana state hospital board awarded a $427 113 13 bid from Caldwell Brothers and Hart of New Orleans for Monroe Charity hospital construction. The project covers the building with foundation work done. total cost upon completion nears $1,000,000. Governor Lewey plans to resign next week handing over to Lt Governor K E Long.
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Baton Rouge
State Hospital Board
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
New Orleans
Monroe
Monroe Hospital
Richard W. Lewhe
Kari K. Long
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August Frederick Buelo
Jay Davis
Ray Olson
Hayward
Wis
Olson
Halifax
Manton
Martin T. Manton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sode
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
New World
Buckingham Palace
George
Canada
Dominions
Corporation of the City of
Empire
Greater London
Westminster
Life Guards
Regi
William B. Ardery
Associated Press
Colvert
Germany
Italy
Constantinople
Crutcher Lands
Leche
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