Reorganization amendment ruled invalid by high court
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that act 384 of 1940 providing state government reorganization and a unified financial system is unconstitutional. Governor Sam Jones pledged to take the fight to the people, while the court cited the plural title and ballot wording showing multiple subjects.
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High Court
Charles A. O'Neill
Fred Odom
Wynne G. Rogers
John B. Fournet
Archie T. Higgins
Amos L. Ponder
Howard McCaleb
O'Nieil
Lincoln
James D. Womack
Baton Rouge
Womack
High Tribunal
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Baton Rouge, la
State Supreme Court
Jones
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
Grady Durham
Budget
Strike Ends at Shipyards and Plants Across Regions
The strike ended with minimum pay set at 41 cents an hour for women and 75 cents for men at shipyards. Chrysler Marysville parts plant workers returned to work as talks continue over disciplinary grievances. Dow Chemical Midland resumes employment for magnesium workers after a two week steward suspension. Transport Workers Union ratifies an agreement to avert a New York subway strike and seeks contract recognition and bargaining authority for 32,000 workers.
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United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Marysville
Mich
Army
United Mine Workers
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Midh
Transport Workers Union
New York
Malaria Chill Tonic Promises Quick Relief and Refund
Laziness and feverish symptoms are linked to malaria in the ad. Nash's C & L Malaria Chill Tonic and Laxative claims to relieve malaria symptoms in five to seven days and constipation in a few hours. If unsatisfied after one bottle, money-back guarantee from Sandman's Pharmacy.
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Nash
Hoover warns against entering war over global freedom
Former President Hoover condemns wartime entry, arguing Stalin leverages democracy’s freedoms to undermine nations. He cites Russia’s actions in Latvia Lithuania Estonia and Finland and warns that joining the war could empower communism. He warns against misusing American sons' sacrifices and stresses America as the last sanctuary of freedom.
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Russia
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Finland
Hoover
Stalin
France
America
Hitler
Court Extends Temporary Restraining Order Against Crime Commission
Judge Womack extended the TRO while motions for a preliminary injunction proceed. The case challenges the crime commission as unconstitutional and seeks to restrain its operations and fund spending from the homestead exemption. Perrault pressed to question testimony by Wall and Falkenstein and argued that halting the commission harms citizens and the state more than alleged injury to two taxpayers.
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Womack
Crime Commission
Mayor Benoit Tidwell Back From Capital
Mayor Benoit reports surveys of eight Louisiana air ports and the Monroe field. If approved the CAA will invest about a half million for field expansion but not land purchase. Local funds needed for several hundred acres adjacent to the current field. A July 15 tax election aims to finance land and the Ouachita Parish Police Jury would operate the field if funds exist.
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Ouachita Parish
Benoit
Washington
Monroe
Weevil Control Emphasized At Tallulah Farmers Meeting
In Tallulah on Tuesday farmers will hear leading state entomologists discuss boll weevil control. The all day program features C O Eddy R C Gaines I J Beenel and C B Haddon with Joseph E Ransdell as guest speaker at a luncheon for visiting planters.
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D. L. Bornman
Parish
Ouachita Parish
C. O. Eddy
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
R. C. Gaines
Cotton Insect Laboratory
Bureau of Entomology
I. J. Beenel
L. S. U. Experiment Station
C. B. Haddon
Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station
St. Joseph
Joseph E. Ransdell
Lake Providence
Board of Supervisors of
Business Clubs
Germany, Russia, and the risks of World War II policy
An opinion piece argues Germany remains the primary threat, needing Russia as a potential ally against Hitler and Japan. It downplays Russian conduct while warning the United States might face a brutal clash if Hitler wins, urging vigilance in safeguarding internal peace.
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Germany
German Empire
Europe
United States
Japan
Russia
Britain
Roosevelt
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Arrests of 19 spy suspects across four states
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced the interception of a spy ring involving 24 suspects, 18 of them German born, slated for arraignment in Brooklyn on charges of conspiring to engage in espionage. G men tracked the group two years, seizing cables, secret inks, and a short wave radio. Arrests included Paul Bante Max Blank Frederick Duquesne Rudolf Ebeling and others in New Jersey and New York with one suspect previously seized by the British in Bermuda.
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E B. I
J. Edgar Hoover
Germany
United States
Brooklyn
Hoover
Atlantic
Paul Bante
Max Blank
Frederick Joubert Duquesne
Cape Colony
South Africa
Rudolf Ebeling
Richard Eichenlaub
Little Casino
Ark
Heinrich Stade
Lilly Barbara Carola Stein
Leo Waalen
Elsie Weustenfeld
Heinrich Carl Eilers
Hartwig Richard Kleiss
Herman Lang
Everett Minster Roeder
Enares
New York City
New Jersey
Alfred E. Brokhoff
West New York
George Gootlob Schuh
Carl Reuper
Hudson Heights
Oscar R. Stabler
Prostitutes Ordered Out by City and Sheriff
Sheriff Coverdale and local police ordered known prostitutes to vacate immediately. City officers said they could enforce the order without state police, with Captain Rex Ensminger away and Sergeant Muckelroy assisting. Mayor Benoit warned that street solicitation won't be tolerated and defaulters would be arrested. An automobile is defined as a wagon and exempt from debt attachment.
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Coverdale
Rex Ensminger
Monroe
State Police
Muckelroy
Benoit
Montana
Eastern Front Rages as German, Soviet Forces Clash
Russian and German armies clash along the 2000 mile front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Minsk falls within Soviet jurisdiction while Finland and Slovakia join in fighting as German momentum grows.
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Baltic
Black Sea
Minsk
Hitler
Russia
Poland
Finland
Slovakia
Deaths in Monroe Area Details Obituaries in Local Notices
Mrs. W H Tillman 58 of 316 North Fifth Street died in a local hospital after an extended illness. Funeral at Davis Lawhead Chapel Tuesday at 10:30 am officiated by Rev Roi Watson. Survived by husband and son Henry A Tillman and several siblings. Wallace Adams 15 of 711 North Fifth Street died at 6 pm Saturday. services at Fellowship Church near Sikes with burial in church cemetery. Olie A Olsen eight of New Natchitoches Road West Monroe died in a sanitarium. services at Dixie Funeral Home and Hesley Cemetery. E J Shirley 71 farmer at Bosco died en route home after ambulance transport following a heart attack. funeral plans to be announced by Davis Lawhead Funeral Home. survived by six children, one sister and three brothers.
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Roi Watson
First Christian Church
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San Francisco
Calif
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Breckenridge
Tex
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Los Angeles
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Wallace Adams
West Monroe
A. E. Prince
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Sikes
A. L. Claus
Dixie Funeral Home
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Oswald
Glenwood Adams
Edith Adams
R. D. Crain
Walter Lacy
Guy Smith
Charlie Twiner
W. L. Crumpton
Seymore Scowyer
James Alexander
Olie A. Olsen
New Natchitoches Road
Chapel of the Dixie Funeral Home
J. T. Hinke
Hesley Cemetery
Olsen
Andrew Olsen
Howard Olsen
New Orleans
Robert Olsen
Gulfport
Miss
Louis Olsen
Jacksonville
Fla
J. E. Shirley
Bosco
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Violet Shirley
W. S. Stapleton
Corry
R. V Shirley
Montgomery
Ala
D. H Shirley
Reeves
Herman Shirley
Willie Shirley
George Shirley
Fort Ord
United States Army
California
Clemmie Jackson
DeRidder
M. A. Dan
Oscar Shirley
Pope Predicts Era of Peace and Moral Triumph
The pope spoke of an era of peace soon after a grim trial, urging faithful to see suffering as a path to salvation. He described the cross as a gift from God and called for endurance amid wartime horrors and blockades. He blessed Rome and prayed for global peace.
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Father
Rome
Ways and Means Committee Back 7 Percent Auto Tax
The House ways and means committee tentatively agreed to recommend a 7 percent tax on new car sale prices, aiming for about 79.9 million dollars in new revenue, instead of the treasury proposal for a 15 percent levy.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Army to Induct Up to 21 Year Olds in New Draft Pool
The military plans to induct the statutory maximum of 21 year olds into the land forces for the new fiscal year starting tomorrow. William D. Hassett says the army will call on the selective service manpower pool as current service ends, and the registration will enlist men who reached 21 since the last draft. The process mirrors the prior registration with open hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will mix new names with existing lists to maintain fairness.
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William D. Hassett
Army
Hassett
Paderewski Death Shocks Polish Nation Leader and Virtuoso
The famed pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski died after a life marked by triumphs and tragedies. Born in Kurilowska now part of Poland under Russian rule he rose from childhood piano lessons to international fame. He led Polish efforts in exile forming a 100000 strong army in France and served briefly as Poland’s president in 1919 continuing to champion music and national service until his death.
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Kurilowska
Russian Poland
Paderewski
America
United States
France
Poland
Niness
Helene von Rosen
Spartanburg rider request to Washington noted
A Spartanburg Herald Journal caller sought riders to Washington D C asking if anyone would join a trip. No one responded initially and a later call echoed the same invitation.
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Spartanburg
Library Named for President Is Dedicated
President Roosevelt attends the dedication of a privately funded library built to house historical presidential records. Postmaster General Walker and Harvard historian Samuel Morison speak as the library is presented to the government to safeguard national records for future study and public access. The article notes a 57,667,000 bushels annual soybean production in the United States.
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Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Samuel Flint Morison
Harvard University
R. D. W. Connor
United States
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