G O P Proposes $500 Million Cut In Federal Expenses
The Republican drive in Congress seeks a $500 million reduction in discretionary federal spending while administration leaders press to finalize relief and farm funding before Friday’s fiscal year end. Representative Martin of Massachusetts pushes a 10 percent cut across all "properly susceptible" appropriations, excluding relief measures, Social Security, veterans benefits, and debt interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Senate Debates Budget as Relief Bill Faces Delay
The administration cites no action on a 13 billion dollar expenditure with Republicans and a small group of Democrats pressing for economy. Senate attempts to finish a 1.735 billion relief bill while western senators demand higher silver prices, amid a filibuster that enters its second week and delays approach to the June deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Congress
House
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
New Insults To Englands Subjects Stir Public Tension
The piece reports renewed anti British sentiment in Asia with Japan stripping Britons in Pirot Paget style rhetoric and Swatow harbor restrictions to limit British access. Domestic bombings blamed on the Irish Republican Army raise security concerns as Scotland Yard intensifies searches. Diplomatic maneuvers in Moscow and Paris focus on war fears and potential U S intervention as Bonnet predicts peace depends on America's stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swatow
Shanghai
Britain
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Scotland
Yared
Russia
United States
France
Great Britain
France seeks US aid as war support hinges on echo
Bonnet urged a U S response while Genevieve Tabouis noted L Oeuvre hope for U S backing. General Gamelin warned respect cannot be bought with concessions and urged decisive effort to defend empire and civilization against rising ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnet
United States
Genevieve Tabouis
L'Oeuvre
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Verdun
Dixie Clipper to Start Service Soon
New Yorkers report the Dixie Clipper will inaugurate regular transatlantic passenger service on Wednesday, flying the southern route via the Azores. Pan American officials say survey flights were successful and the Atlantic Clipper has completed a round trip mail flight as required before passenger service begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Azores
Pan-American Airways
Marseilles
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Louisiana Governor Delay Sparks Resignation Crisis
Baton Rouge sources report Dr. James Monroe Smith of Louisiana State University resigning amid financial irregularities valued at hundreds of thousands. Governor Leche postponed his own resignation as Earl Long moved toward the governorship amid a statewide police search for Smith and a pending grand jury investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Earl. Long
Richard W. Leche
Leche
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Long
Huey P. Long
Lewhe
Dr. Smith
Edgar N. Jackson
C. Gordon Johnson
L. S.U
Winnfield
Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Huey
WPA
Ellison
Dewey Sanchez
Board of Administrators
Looks Like He Is Going Places at School Commencement
A News-Star- World candid captures Mr. DuBas with chin up and a determined look during local high school commencement exercises. The image suggests this young man may go places, with a fine enlargement awaiting his call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBas
News-Star— World
Tientsin Marketplace Struggles As Japan-Tension Rise
Chinese accuse Japan of killing a local official as Britain protests to Japan's Foreign Minister over indignities to Britons in Tientsin. Milk shortages persist in the British concession while the French market sells surplus meat. Guerrilla activity grows on Tientsin outskirts and in eastern Hopeh, with warnings of possible railroad disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Britain
China
Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Hachiro Arita
Tientsin
Hopeh
States' Rights Plea Heard At Roosevelt Meeting
Connecticut leader urged decentralization and home rule of relief and public works as an alternative to centralized federal programs. Governors and state executives gathered at the capitol for four days of meetings and sightseeing with a Hyde Park luncheon and a Roosevelt visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Blind man held for driving auto near East Peoria
Harold Swords, 26, a blind man on the East Peoria outskirts, was spotted driving an old golf cart-like vehicle toward a brick yard. Police Vern Roberson and Leo Mauschbaugh escorted him to the station after discovering he had no license or registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Vern Roberson
Leo Mauschbaugh
Harold Swords
East Peoria
Roberson
Mauschbaugh
Swords
Chm
Townsendites End Meeting After Fourth Annual Convention
Dr. Francis E Townsend urged delegates to return home for a 1940 Townsend congress as insurgent leaders plotted an independent pension group. The four day session at the Indiana state fair grounds ended with Townsend approved to lead the movement and plans for a Denver meeting next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Townsend Clubs
United States
Dr. Townsend
Indiana State Fair Grounds
Harry V. Dill
Cincinnati
Townsend Trail Blazers
Denver
Richardson Surprised by Governor Call for Harmony Meeting
Tech president Richardsons say Governor Leche summoned him to Baton Rouge by 10 a m Monday to discuss school harmony. His tenure since 1936 included a $2 million building program funding and a maintenance boost from 259000 to 425000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardson
Tech
Leche
Ruston
Baton Rouge
Richardson
Webster Parish
Bienville School Heads Take Trip to San Francisco
Arcadia Louisiana June 26 special Arcadia school heads J A Shelby superintendent and FE R Hester principal left Sunday for San Francisco to attend the National Educational Association convention July 1 7 traveling the southern route and planning to return by the northern route They will be gone three weeks and both are delegates to the convention Amy Henricks of New Orleans is a candidate for the presidency of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
J. A. Shelby
Bienville Parish
FE. R. Hester
San Francisco
National Educational Association
Shelby
Hester
Amy Henricks
New Orleans
Bandits Rob Gas Station Operator In Banner Elk
Police Chief Roy Chappell hunts two bandits after they held up a Banner Elk gas station operator and fled with 259 dollars in cash. The report details the robbery and the chief’s efforts to catch the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Elk
N. C
Roy Chappell
Chief Chappell
Senate eyes harsher penalties for spies nationwide
The senate investigations aim to broaden penalties for espionage amid rising cases. The bill would probe possible sabotage links to the Squalus Thetis and Phenix sinkings and seeks to compare mechanical failures to suspected espionage. J Edgar Hoover testified cases may reach 772 this year, up from 634 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Squalus
Thetis
Phenix
Senate Naval Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Gulf States
Dr J M Smith Born Near Here
Senator Huey P Long once governor of Louisiana noted Dr J M Smith born nearby on November 17 1930. He received honors such as Knight of the Legion of Honor and belonged to several educator fraternities. Smith helped Northeast Junior College and spoke at civic clubs in Monroe where his father John Smith died years ago. One brother John Smith works at the Louisiana Training Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Leche
FE. S. Richardson
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Smith
Leches
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Dr. Smith
France
Monroe
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
John Smith
The
Louisiana Training Institute
Optometrists Meet at Capital Sunday in Baton Rouge
Louisiana Optometrists gathered at the Hotel Heidelberg in Baton Rouge for the fourth in a series of meetings to develop and enforce public good laws. The Louisiana Optometric Association, organized in 1915, pledges to support optometric laws that ensure fair and ethical treatment. The group noted recent violations of optometry laws and will investigate them. the public is urged to report unethical practices to any Louisiana State Optometric Association member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Optometrists
Heidelberg
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Optometric Association
Louisiana State Optometric Association
Judges Need Specialized Training for Sentencing Experts
A report urges that criminal court judges rely less on hunches and pursue study of sciences informing human behavior. It criticizes penal systems as custodial failures for rehabilitation and condemns parole and probation practices as overly political. The study of 20,000 parole cases notes married people and rural natives fare better than city dwellers and native-born individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
Department of Justice
Hope to Make Loan Program Pay Own Cost
The government would not spend anything. It endorses securities of agencies it creates, selling them to the public. Money from idle bank funds is invested in projects expected to yield income to repay the original investment. Opponents say the federal government remains responsible for bonds if they default.
Record of new RFC leadership roles in wartime program
The article notes appointments after a major program push aimed at silencing business and administration critics in congress. Jesse H. Jones will direct lending under the new setup and John M. Carmody becomes chief of public works with project selection and viability duties. Jones has long been a lender through RFC and in Houston, earning the label of a practical, hard headed businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jesse H. Jones
John M. Carmody
Carmody
Jones
RFC
Houston, Tex
Washington
Bomb-hurling rise in IRA disorder shocks London
Police face more than 100 acts of disorder including bombings since February. Plainclothes detectives probe blasted Piccadilly shop fronts while uniformed officers guard a Trafalgar Square protest for imprisoned IRA members. Park Lane Midland Bank front blown off in Saturday blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccadilly
Trafalgar Square
IRA
Midland Bank
Fashionable Park Lane
Relieve Discomfort Of Rheumatic Pains
A vintage advertisement promotes Prescription C-2223 as a sedative and analgesic for rheumatic pains muscular aches and rheumatic fever. It claims quick relief, money back guarantee, and nationwide druggist availability priced 60e and 1. The ad urges readers to ask for the medicine by its full name.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treasury
Penn
Cam
America
Bing Crosby
Sandy
Heaven
Joan Blondell
Mischa Auer
Paramount Theater
Pirot Paget
U. S
Dixie Clipper
David M. Fllison
Clarence J. Dubas Standard Office
Louisiana Tech
Townsendites
Townsend Congress
Bienville
Mississippi St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchezmy i
Angola
Baton Rouge Saan
Ouachita Camden
Monroe Weer
Ohio Reeweee
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Sateen
Cairo
Tennessee Chattanooga
Cumberland
Nashville
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Associated Press
Home Sweet Home
Salt Lake City
Molly
F. Voyle Farmer
Albuquerque
N. M
Jimmy Moran
Jimmy
Thrift Note
Omaha
Ned
George Gartin
Stillwater
Minn
Prison Mirror
Minnesota
J. M. Smith
Optometrists
Capital
Rice O'Neill
Skuffie
Carlisle
Johansen
Cameo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!