Talks Outside Parliament Stir Britain Debate
London June 29 The house of commons moved to discuss declarations by cabinet ministers made outside parliament as urgent public importance. Labor backs inquiry into whether ministers speak for themselves or the government. Sir John Simon said Duff Cooper’s Paris speech was not a government policy declaration and Eden had not read the final draft. Thurtle pressed for discipline in the cabinet amid perceived policy conflicts.
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London
House of Commons
Labor Party
Baldwin
John Simon
Paris
Alfred Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper
Home Secretary
Sir John
Commons
War Secretary
Eden
Foreign Office
Ernest Thurtle
Jathorite
Thurtle
Steel chiefs open fight on closed shop
The industry vows to oppose a closed shop and warns the drive could endanger the country. It claims agitation for industrial strife threatens stability and will push to protect employers and families from intimidation coercion and violence to keep collective bargaining free from interference.
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Steel Chiefs
Mrs Sallie Brown Dies in Texarkana
Mrs. Sallie Brown mother of J Blaine Brown of Calhoun died in Texarkana after a short illness. Her body will arrive in Monroe on an Illinois Central train Monday and burial follows at Riverview Burial Park with services at Mulhearn Funeral Home Tuesday at 11 a.m.
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Sallie Brown
J. Blaine Brown
Calhoun
Texarkana
Monroe
Illinois Central
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Riverview Burial Park
Food and autos Ate 46 Percent Of Consumer Spending In 1934
The record shows food and automobile purchases accounted for 46 percent of the total retail dollar among American consumers in 1934.
Drought Relief Talks Amid Regional Showers and Crop Loss
Farmers facing crop damage gather in St Paul to press relief plans as Hopkins convenes WPA officials to draft help for up to 75,000 distressed farm families. Water conservation amid drought discussed. governors’ meeting postponed. widespread shortages and price rises noted in Indiana Louisiana Kentucky Carolinas and Georgia.
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Evansville
Ind
Dodge City
Springfield
St. Louis
Crouth
St. Paul
Bismarck
N. D
Ozarks
Cleveland
Indiana
Louisiana
Kentucky
Carolinas
Georgia
Wild horse reestablishment in Bialowieza forest Poland
In Bialowieza forest Poland ten horses judged pure wild stock have been released to repopulate a herd once vanished by the early 1800s. The forest administration protects them as they aim to revive a regional population similar to the revived European bison.
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Poland
Bislowieza
Forest Administration
Bialowicza
Zoological Gardens
Cherokee Alphabet Report Claims 86 Letters
A note states the Cherokee Indian alphabet contains 86 letters. It identifies the script as notably large and distinct from other writing systems, highlighting its historical significance and linguistic complexity.
Private Number thrills at the Paramount with Taylor and Young
Robert Taylor and Loretta Young lead a romantic Fox romance at the Paramount in Private Number. Patsy Kelly provides comic relief while Basil Rathbone and Marjorie Gateson headline in supporting roles. Director Roy Del Ruth, associate producer Raymond Griffin, screen story by Gene Markey and William Conselman from a Cleves Kinkead play.
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Paramount
Robert Taylor
Loretta Young
Fox
Paramount Theater
Taylor
Miss Yourng
Patsy Kelly
Basil Rathbone
Marjorie Gateson
Phi Kappa Lad Returns Home
J R Easterling Jr of Hattiesburg Mississippi, a Phi Kappa member, left St Francis sanitarium for home with his mother on Sunday after a protracted recovery from a speed boat accident. His left arm was amputated near the shoulder following a mangling wound from the boat propeller during a fraternity outing in Monroe during the national convention. A blood transfusion aided his recovery and doctors reported he is in good condition after the operation.
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J. R. Easterling, Jr
Hattiesburg
Miss
St. Francis Sanitarium
Young Easterling
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Monroe
Lazarre Point
Howard Griffin
W. G. Haynes, Jr
West Monroe
Easterling
Feeding a 14 Pup Litter Strains a Chicago Home
At the Edward M. Arnos residence Patsy a two year old Irish setter birthed fourteen pups. Two pups were crushed in the rush while the Arnos divided the remaining twelve into two groups a Llewellyn setter borrowed to help six and Patsy cared for the other six. The pups then demanded more milk prompting goat milk supplementation.
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Chicago
Edward M. Arnos
Patsy
Arnos
Llewellyn
Philippine Copra Crop Mounts To Sizable Total
The 1935 Philippine copra crop reached 641 507 metric tons with coconut oil output at 201 722 tons. Exports included 256 638 tons of copra and 34 729 tons of desiccated coconut. Year end stocks valued at 28 953 000 dollars vs 19 528 000 the year before.
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Manila
P. L
Deaths Joseph M. Feltus Jr. Funeral Held in Natchez
Funeral services for Joseph Moreland Feltus Jr. nephew of Mrs. Bert Coverdale and cousin of Mrs. Harold Breard and Mrs. Dick Dean, were held in Natchez after he died during an operation in New Orleans. Burial followed at Natchez cemetery. He was a Georgia Tech junior on summer vacation and survived by parents Joseph M. Feltus Sr. and other relatives.
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Joseph Moreland Feltus, Jr
Bert Coverdale
Monroe
Harold Breard
Dick Dean
West Monroe
Marine Hospital
New Orleans
Natchez
Miss
Feltus
Joseph Moreland Feltus
Georgia
Boy Keeps Up With Class While In Bed Two Years
Marion Kentucky story about Randal Phillips who after a spine injury from a grape vine fall was confined to bed for over two years. Despite injuries including a dislocated vertebra and fractured skull he graduated with the 1936 Marion high school class. Faculty and fellow students aided his daily study periods enabling completion of his course.
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Larry Crabbe
Raymond Hatton
Marsha Hunt
Jane Rhodes
Johnny Downs
Grant Withers
Crabbe
Hatton
Arizona
Miss Hunt
Marion
Randal Phillips
Marion High School
Phillips
Students Serve as Janitors at Chicago Art Institute
In Chicago the Art Institute employs twenty five male students and one girl as janitors. They mop floors dust statues and wipe paintings daily. The students balance labor with study as the institute houses over thirty paintings and sculptures on display.
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Chicago Art School
Chicago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
the Institute
Biggest Boy Graduate Tops Scales At 485
Center Texas June 29 P Jim mie Huron Oates class of 36 is hailed by his high school as the nation s largest graduate Oates is 17 six feet two inches tall and weighs 48 pounds His waist measures 63 inches and he wears No 8 hat He has been a good student since entering school at seven weighing 116 pounds He attends consolidated high school in Paxton.
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Center
Texas
Jimmie Huron Oates
Oates
Consolidated High School
Paxton
Chinese Planes Hit South China As War Spreads
The western salvation expedition attacks begun with anti Japanese aims. Gunboats move toward Hainan to block a Nanking move. Southern officials arrest ten college professors as central government fascists. Reports clash with Nanking denials and Japan warnings rise over smuggling and naval action.
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West
Hainan
Nanking
Canton
Mongolia
China
Japan
Scientist Seeks Watermelon With Thin Tough Rind
Dr. Charles F. Poole, plant expert, and co workers study watermelon genetics in Charleston to identify inheritance factors for a melon with thin but tough rind, good sweetness and symmetry, wilt resistance, and efficient land use.
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Charleston
S. C
Charles F. Poole
Poole
Modern Ponce De Leon Dances To Keep Young
Richmond Virginia June 28 Spry Tom McEneany 87 says he keeps young by tap dancing He aims to reach 125 by a daily routine of eating drinking sleeping smoking and dancing He has danced at a regular hour for 36 years He says dancing is for fun and health and to chase worries away.
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Richmond
Tom McEneany
McEneany
Dust Bowl Surveyors Plan 60 000 Air Photos
Sixty thousand aerial photographs will be taken in the next months to give the soil conservation service a detailed view of the dust bowl areas across five states. The project is the largest yet undertaken by the contractor, with rival only the 1932 Mississippi River valley survey. Flights will be at 16 000 to 20 000 feet and planes will carry oxygen equipment.
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Amarillo
Texas
Soil Conservation Service
Dust Bowl
Mississippi River Valley
Beard’s Appeal Denied in Slaying Case
Augustus Dwight Beard, 26, condemned to death for the December holdup slaying of ex Detective John Roberts, had his new trial denied by Judge Grover Adams in Dallas. His lawyer, Frank Ivey, filed notice of appeal to the court of criminal appeals.
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Dallas
Tex
Augustus Dwicht Beard
John Roberts
Grover Adams
Frank Ivey
North Carolina
Court of Criminal Appeals
Charged with Theft in Parish Sheriff Arrest
Heckford, a Natchitoches road resident, was arrested Sunday by the sheriff on embezzlement charges for a storage battery valued at $5. He posted a $50 bond. The charge was filed by Irby Golson, another Natchitoches road resident.
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Heckford
Natchitoches Road
Sheriff's Department
Irby Golson
Motion to Quash Jury in Assault with Intent to Rob Case
Defense seeks to quash venire arguing a man charged with manslaughter sits on the jury commission. Judge and attorneys review statutes as prosecutors say no rule blocks juror eligibility. Case stems from Henry C Mickey robbery attempt at 401 Breard Street involving Solomon Sheftall, R B Alexander, and others. Reg Bell forging case follows.
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Solomon Sheftall
R. B. Alexander
George Wesley Smith
J. T. Shell
Smith
Frank Hawthorne
Alexander
Sheftall
Henry C. Mickey
Breard Street
W. L. Applin
Missippi
Mickey
Han Sheftail
Applin
Agr
Sheftali
Reg Bell
Monroe Little Theater season ticket sale nears deadline
R D Swayze announces the Monroe Little Theater campaign to sell season tickets for 1936 1937 at a specially low price through July 15. Despite heat and many workers away, organizers aim to dispose of all 50 remaining tickets by the deadline.
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R. D. Swayze
Swayze
Local Thefts Reported As Police Log Details Burglary
Fourteen traffic tickets issued Sunday by police. J D Robinson reports theft of a sev er ton jack from his truck at 1913 Cypress Street West Monroe. Kenneth McIntyre reports two radiator caps stolen from 212 Walnut Street. T M Hough of Minden reports burglary Saturday night with an acetylene torch gauge and seven five foot hose taken.
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J. D. Robinson
Earl
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Kenneth McIntyre
Autory
Walnut Street
T. M. Hough
Minden
Vanderbilt Heiress Wins Reno Divorce in Mental Cruelty Case
Mrs. Michiel Vanderbilt Phelps, one of America's richest heiresses, obtained a Reno divorce from Henry Delafield Phelps on grounds of mental cruelty. She married him in 1931 and had earlier divorced Frederic Church Jr, former Harvard football star, in 1929.
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America
Michiel Vanderbilt Phelps
Reno
Henry Delafield Phelps
Newport
Vanderbilt
Frederic Church, Jr
Harvard
Funeral follows death during brawl at wedding
Percy clashed with Carpenter in a free for all at a wedding with women trying to intervene. Percy said Carpenter insulted him and he felt justified in striking. A large crowd attended Carpenter’s funeral services yesterday afternoon.
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Percy
Carpenter
Liquor Conspiracy Charges Dismissed in N O federal court
On motion to nol-press by the U S attorney all remaining charges in a 1932 gulf coast rum smuggling conspiracy were dismissed in federal court New Orleans. The case charged 104 persons or firms with buying liquor in Canada shipping it to Belize and overland into the United States via Louisiana and Mississippi coastal waters. Five convictions had been secured. several defendants were released from all charges. Names include Isidore Blumenfeldt Morris Reisner Julia LeBoeuf Talbout Green Emilio Cue Jake Brownstein Abe Kaplan.
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New Orleans
Nol-Press
United States
Gulf
Federal District
Canada
Belize
British Honduras
Louisiana
Mississippi
Isidore Blumenfeldt
Minn
Morris Reisner
New York
Julia LeBoeuf
Talbout Green
Emilio Cue
Bay St. Louis
Mist
Jake Brownstein
Abe Kaplan
Chicago
Local physician passes state medical board examination
Anouncement from New Orleans by the Louisiana state board of gwertical examiners reports 96 of 7 physicians and surgeons passed the examination given in the first week of June. Hipp P. Marks Jr of Monroe gains admission to practice after Tulane University medical school honors.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State Board of Gwertical
Hipp P. Marks, Jr
Monroe
Tulane University Medical School
George S. Bel
R. W. O'Donnell
E. L. Leckert
J. J. Aye
Jackson
Roy B Harrison
Detroit figure eyed as possible Michigan governor candidate
Democratic officials weigh Horner as potential unifier for Michigan race while Murphy deflects questions in Philadelphia. Talks unfold amid White House interest in Lehman as a partner to boost Roosevelt in New York with a Manila assignment in mind.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Michigan
Horner
Illinois
Kelly-Nash
Herman N. Bundeseh
United Democratic
Murphy
White House
Manila
Lehman
Roosevelt
Lemke Seeks Farm Backing in Corn Belt
Lemke urged a united front of agricultural groups across 25 states under the National Union for Social Justice and Townsend clubs. He promised to kick out the brainless trust and secure production costs and aged security if elected, criticizing the Agriculture Department as run by curly-haired Boston youths.
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National Union For Social Justice
Townsend Clubs
Lemke
Agriculture Department
Boston
Grand Jury Finds School Head Unfit in Tennessee
The Nashville county grand jury, after a first hand look at the State Training and Agricultural School, says Superintendent G Newt Cheate is incompetent or indifferent to his duties. It urges a full investigation to ensure justice for the school inmates and all parties involved.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Training and Agricultural School
G. Newt Cheate
Chester K. Hart
Hart
Mastodon Bones Found in Saltillo Swamp Scheduled Draining
A swamp near Saltillo Pennsylvania where mastodon bones were found will be drained this summer to allow removal of the fossil remains.
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Saltillo
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