Oak Grove man confesses 10 intimidation case
Federal investigators report an Oak Grove man confessed to a plan to extort $1,000 from a planter about 18 months ago. Postoffice Inspector James E. Willey and rural carrier George G. Brandin went to the home, where the suspect and his sister armed with guns threatened them. They left without arresting him, citing fear of being fired upon. The man faces charges of assaulting federal officers and stealing government property over the missing briefcase with an extortion letter. A woman allegedly signed a confession admitting the writer’s role.
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Postoffice
James E. Willey
Monroe
George G. Brandin
Oak Grove
Foster
Willey
Mr. Brandin
Brandin
West Carroll
Broaden Hunt For McCormick Near Shield Peak
A search party including C M Froelicher and CCC enrollees begins probing the rugged below Shield Peak area along the Rio Grande for Johnny McCormick. Investigators doubt he reached the top, noting Dicky Whitmer wore sneakers, and believe he may lie somewhere below the cliff as teams split into lower canyons.
Calotabs Advertisement Promises Quick Relief
An old promotional piece cites Euripides and promotes Calotabs bilin laxative tablets. It describes calomel benefits and claims two tablets at bedtime purify the system, leaving a clear head and appetite for breakfast. Sold in black and white packages, family size twenty five cents, trial ten cents at dealers.
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Euripides
Leche Denies Shakedown Allegations in State Tax Case
Louisiana Senate sparks a clash as Senator James A. Noe accuses Governor Leche and Lt. Gov Long of pressuring a Rapides parish tax attorney in inheritance tax collection. Noe seeks a three member investigative panel, but the measure fails 19 to 16 to proceed.
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Baton Rouge
James A. Noe
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Ranides Parish
Senate
Senator Noe
Noe
Harvey Peltier
Isaac Wahlder
Rapides Parish
Leche
Bev F. Roberts, Jr
Joe T. Bentley
Alexandria
Wahlder
Wehlder
Long
Ben Roberts, Jr
A. T. Towns
New Orleans
Jean LaFitte
Harry Gilbert
House
New York
Dare-to-die Chinese flier links gunboat pledge
Unconfirmed reports say Chinese guerrillas threaten renewed fighting in Pootung across the Whangpoo from Shanghai while artillery shells are heard southwest of Shanghai. Flood threats extend to Hangchow with rising Chientang river endangering nearby cities as Yangtze floods disrupt Japanese advances toward Hankow.
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Pootung
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Chientang
Yellow River
Honan
Japan
Chengchow
Anhwei
Yangtze
Hankow
Royal couple welcomed in Pennsylvania
A royal visit to Philadelphia area events marked by a mortal museum near the navy yard a reception at Governor Earle's mother's home and services at old Swedes church and Convention Hall for the 300th Lutheran anniversary. The day included a lawn festival honorary degrees from Temple University a commonwealth banquet and the Schuylkill Navy regatta carnival.
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Navy Yard
Tinicum Island
Earle
Prince Bertil
America
E. Rudolph W. Holsti
Temple University
Commonwealth
Schuylkill Navy
European tensions and air raids move across fronts
News reports detail a Barcelona air raid by Spanish insurgents one day after Britain proposed a neutral commission to probe bombings. Insurgent gains near Teruel on the Valencia highway are slow to dislodge, while a counter-offensive near Valencia stalls. In Asia, Japan conducts aerial strikes over south China as a Chinese pilot sinks a Japanese gunboat on the Yangtze near Anking.
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Alberto Pariani
Barcelona
Great Britain
Valencia
Teruel
China
Nanchang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Yangtze River
Anking
Hankow
Louisiana highway bids on Ringgold to Lake Bistineau route
The Louisiana highway commission said bids would be received on July 27 for grading and surfacing 3.325 miles of route 1154 between Ringgold and Lake Bistineau in Bienville parish.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ringgold Nng Lake Bistineau
Bienville
Par
Lawmaker votes on bills vast and varied in Louisiana session
The record lists multiple bills and actions in the Louisiana legislature including appropriations for Freedman injuries, a statewide memorial, plans for a San Francisco exposition, and various regulatory measures. Notable items include H 119 reimbursing Freed Red mand for injuries, H 314 funding a Louisiana memorial, and H 367 allocating 25,000 for San Francisco exposition participation. Several measures were amended or withdrawn and many bills passed with party-line margins as adjournment neared. Senate actions include licensing engineers, game and fish preserves, and tax or licensing adjustments, with votes ranging from narrow to broad majorities.
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Flowers
Louisiana Highway Commission
W. C. Russel
Maloney
New Orleans
Wilds
Huey P Long
Louisiana
Morvant
Thibodaux
Frazar
Stich
U. S
Gilbert
Cranor
Kramer
Robert E. Lee
Wingate
Vernon Parish
Fisher
Margaret Thorne
Jefferson Parish
Wood
Brittingham
House
Senate
Duke
Peters
Winn-Natchitoches Game and Fish Preserve
Saline’ Bayou
Coenen
Conservation Commission
Geological Survey
Stumpf
Hoffpaul
State Livestock Board
Simpson and Chandler
Anzalone
Plauche
Bogaluse
Buie
Turkey Creek Fish and Game Preserve
Franklin Parish
Plants of the Sea Farm Produce Earth’s First Meals
Howard W. Blakeslee reports from La Jolla on a Scripps study of Pacific Ocean oxygen use. One square meter of surface water 19 meters deep yields about five pounds of microscopic plants annually, led by diatoms and dinoflagellates, the ocean’s primary food source. Oxygen consumption below 100 meters tracks food consumption, revealing fertile surface zones and oxygen deserts in parts of the Pacific.
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Associated Press
LA Jolla
Calif
Pacific Ocean
California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Arkansas Orchard Father Killed in Crash Near Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Arkansas June 28 Bert Johnson 75 known as the father of the peach orchards in Arkansas was killed in a automobile accident eighteen miles north of here late last night He died three minutes after a car carrying W S Cazort secretary of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and driven by Charles Ashley 49 of Kirby collided head on Ashley a companion Marion Babbett 51 and Cazort were injured Johnson formerly led the Bert Johnson Peach Orchard company operating an orchard in southwest Arkansas highland area of 36 000 bearing trees.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Bert Johnson
Arkansas
Here
Johnson
W S. Cazort
Nashvile Chamber of Commerce
Charles Ashley
Kirby
Ashley
Marion Babbett
Cavort
Bert Johnson Peach Orchard Company
Southwest
Arkansas Highland
State highway panel moves gravel road work without bids
Senate adjourned at 11 p.m. until 4 a.m. Tuesday. The State Highway Commission approved pairing or building gravel roads without advertising for bids, passing the measure quietly as the session paused.
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State Highway Commission
Senate
City Officials Faced by Federal Injunction in New Orleans
Union leaders claim police brutality, urging federal action. C I O organizers alleged beatings and expulsion, with Nelson and Siren among those pushed out. Robertson reportedly returned. others warned against return amid mayor Leche crackdown. Washington protests cited. Lee Pressman linked to tactics.
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Grosch
Felix Siren
Bert Nelson
Dowling
Homer Cummings
Washington
Nelson
Leche
Braniff
American Federation of Labor
Washington Dispatches
Lee Pressman
New Orleans
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Richard Leche
Louisiana
National Labor Relations Board
Preseman
John Grosch
Cc. I. Q.communist Party
Frisco
Adventurers Sail 2000 Miles Before Arrest
Three navigators endured a 2000 mile voyage before arrest after leaving Santa Cruz. They stopped Magdalena Bay to refuel, lost a skiff, failed to sight land until the Thes Maras Islands, then reached Banderas Bay while dodging a tropical cyclone. The 32 foot ketch sailed on a broken diesel starter, with plans to reach Panama, and the boat’s owner offered to hire them back as crew. They praised the vessel as the best that ever sailed the seven seas.
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Santa Cruz
Magdalena Bay
Coast Guard
Cape San Lucas
Thes Maras Islands
Gulf of California
Banderas Bay
Panama
Seven Seas
Delinquent Tax Property To Be Sold Saturday
Tax authorities announce a judicial sale of delinquent property on Saturday. The 1937 total assessed amount reached $828,173.20 with $302,749.13 already collected. Mortgage creditors are urged to protect their property by paying state and parish taxes before next Saturday to avoid sale penalties and costs.
Indignation in Britain rises over bombings
The British government weighed responses to air raids on Spanish cities as Mussolini eyed support for Franco, while a neutral commission to investigate raids was set up. Britain moved to evacuate foreign volunteers from Spain amid funding questions, with Soviet Russia resisting paying for volunteers’ return.
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Alberto Pariani
Mussolini
Franco
Barcelona
Chamberlain
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Robert M Hodgson
Hodgson
North Dakota Voting Today In Heated Gubernatorial Race
North Dakota voters head to polls from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. as campaigns clash over charges and denials in a tight gubernatorial contest. Pro gressive Republican ticket led by Lt Governor T H Thoresen faces John N Hagan. Dems nominate John Moses and Oliver Rosenberg. unions are unopposed.
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Nye
Langer
T. H. Thoresen
John N. Hagan
Agriculture and Labor
Aged Veterans Ready 10 Meet at Reunion Keynote
Army of the Republic launched a cordial reunion as veterans gathered. James Robert Paul, 105, of Charlotte, met the keynote speaker Mennett who praised cross‑war friendship. A gray suit eluded him but the veteran wore the spirit of reunion. The wartime generation is dwindling with only about one in five million surviving. Between 2,000 and 2,500 Confederate guests expected to attend under federal observance.
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Army of the Republic
James Robert Paul
Charlotte
N. C. de
Mennett
Grant
Washington
Gray
Covington Editor Edwin H Brown Dies at 72
Covington Tenn June 28 Edwin H Brown editorial writer and columnist for the Covington Leader died at his home late last night from a heart ailment He was 72 years old and a longtime resident and figure in local journalism
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Covington
Tenn
Edwin H. Brown
The
Covington Leader
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