State Bar Group Meeting Opens Amid Admission Debate
The state meeting of the bar association opened with discussions on bar admissions and possible changes to exam requirements. Speakers included Dale E. Bennett and Dean Patrosman of Tulane law, addressing the scope of the bar and the armed forces’ role in admission. A luncheon featured remarks by Judge David Simmons as the association’s new officers were announced.
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United States
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Lou State University Law
Louisiana State Law Institute
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Harvey H. Benoit
Thompson
Monroe
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Tulane University
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Hourtos Bar
Board of Governors
Tappan Gregory
Chicago
D. A. Simmons
Houston
Louisiana State Bar Association
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Semmons
British Troops Escape Jap Entrapment in Burma
British forces withdraw to defensive lines in Burma as Japanese entrapment eases. Overland routes to India reopen while reinforcements move via India to China. Lashio and other towns report impact from Japanese advances. Allies continue countermeasures across the Pacific theater.
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Two U S Fliers Escape After Being Shot Down
In Australia April 30 delayed report says two American pursuit pilots were shot down during a Japanese raid. One crewman parachuted into a harbor and was later found alive. another landed on a beach and wandered the night along the foreshore before rescue. Both crews were aided by local fishermen and natives amid lingering hazards.
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Bed ridden couple send fifth son to Uncle Sam
Somerset Pa May 1 4 A 84 year old mother and a bed ridden father send their fifth and last unmarried son to serve in the army amid hardship. They say their son Joseph joins the colors despite family budget strain. Benjamin, visiting at home when Pearl Harbor struck, rushes back to training.
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Pearl Harbor
Black magic changes New York in wartime blackout
A dramatic Times Square blackout halted Broadway glow for 29 minutes. Ghosts of Pio Ziegfeld and Deamond Jim Brady are invoked in a surreal blackout across Manhattan. Greenwich Village Harlem and Times Square residents witness an unprecedented light loss at 9 90 o clock wartime Eastern time.
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Sugar Card Personal Need And Registration Schedule
The nation wide sugar inventory will be registered Monday at 7 am in all city and parish schoolhouses for white and colored residents. People may choose any registration site and must claim their on hand sugar as of Monday morning even if they register later in the week. Those who say they do not use sugar should still register.
American Legion Drops Parade at Indianapolis Convention
The American Legion will drop its parade at the upcoming convention in Indianapolis. The 三 day event will be sober and businesslike with no music contests. The executive committee shifted the convention from New Orleans to the Midwest and set September 19 to 21 with bids due May 9. Detroit has issued an invitation. The committee also planned to consider admitting veterans of this war to legion membership.
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Rattlesnake murder case ends with execution of Robert S. James
The rattlesnake murder case ends as Robert S. James is hanged at San Quentin after being convicted of poisoning and drowning his sixth wife Mary Busch James in 1935 approach. The Los Angeles barber, 48, was accused of renting two deadly reptiles named Lightning and Lethal to kill his wife for life insurance. James had a troubled history with three marriages and a varied life before moving to California.
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Los Angeles
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Raymond Lisenha
Janes
Birmingham
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California
Winona Wallace
Glendale
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Many Nipponese War Craft Sunk Around Pearl Harbor Echoes
Reports from Pearl Harbor recount significant Japanese naval losses as U S forces demonstrate offensive prowess across the Pacific. The four months of operations show destroying ships and transports, shrinking Japanese nests west of Hawaii, and turning the eastern Pacific into the safest waterway in the world.
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Louisiana Bar Association delegates convene second annual meeting
About 200 delegates gathered at the Frances Hotel for the Louisiana State Bar Association’s second annual convention with welcoming addresses and lectures. Retiring President DeBaillon of Lafayette declared an integrated bar and stressed lawyers’ wartime leadership and duty to uphold civil rights, while opposing abolishing bar exams.
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United States
DeBaillon
Committee On Bar Admissions
Ouachita Parish Bonds Goal Nears May Quota
Ouachita Parish set a May war bond and stamp sales quota of 148,600 with S Jack Rogers predicting the parish will meet and likely exceed the target. The state goal is 4,943,500. Rogers notes payroll allotments are rising among wage earners and urge 100 percent enrollment by about 500 firms to sustain monthly increases.
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Ouachita Parish
SINGLE TORPEDO SINKS SMALL SHIP OFF DELAWARE COAST
A small freighter was sunk by a single submarine torpedo about 9:30 a.m. off the Atlantic coast. Fourteen casualties were reported among the 43 aboard, with 37 rescued after two hours in a lifeboat. The chief officer described the rapid sinking and the crew’s scramble as they jumped into the sea.
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Cotton official urges sales tax at Atlanta convention
W N Banks president of the American Cotton Manufacturers association urged a national sales tax and wartime economic reforms to sustain the war effort. He called for suspending the peacetime hour week to a 48 hour week, ending labor strife, faster congressional action, and guaranteed manufacturer profits to support taxes. He warned America must wake up to peril facing the nation.
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Stalin Urges Smash Nazi Force in 1942
Stalin on May Day called for crushing Hitler's troops on a surrender or death basis to make 1942 the year of final defeat for German fascism. He said the war is a just liberation and warned against any aim of enslaving other peoples while noting Soviet gains and rising German losses.
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House Panel Sets Flat Corporate Tax Rate Retains 24% Levy
The House ways and means committee agreed to a flat 94 percent excess profits tax for corporations and kept the 24 percent normal levied on incomes above 25 000. They also revised the investment credit: 8 percent on the first 5 million, 7 percent on the next 5 million, 6 percent on the next 190 million, and 5 percent above 200 million. Debate over taxing nest eggs for postwar needs lingered.
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111 Year Old Woman Is Not Ready To Die
SAPULPA Okla May 11 Aunt Lizzie Deevers a 111 year old woman refuses to die after surviving injuries from a car crash and nine husbands she vows to education and a new garden while warning that war may bring bloodshed she jokes about marriage and loves to read and write despite aging into her eleventh decade
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Baton Rouge Troops to Get Home News
East Baton Rouge parish armed forces members will receive a free two page monthly newspaper named home news. The publication, edited by LSU Theta Sigma Phi alumnae, will be released on a nonprofit basis to keep servicemen connected with friends and local news.
Nazi Leaders Meet in Salzburg Amid War Weariness Rumors
News reports say Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg for two days in a meeting shrouded in secrecy. British and German dispatches debate whether Germany will halt bombing if the RAF changes tactics, with London dismissing calls to pause. The talks likely touched on Russia plans, Italian unrest, and a potential German Italian offensive.
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Associated Press
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Roosevelt drops plan to enroll women for war work
President Roosevelt announced that voluntary registration of women for wartime tasks has been dropped after consulting the Federal Advisory Council. He noted about 1.5 million women are registered with local employment offices and that there are more applicants than openings for war jobs. The advisory group urged preserving and strengthening state labor laws on hours, days off, rest, lunch periods, and safety.
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Louisiana Colonel Back on Corregidor After Siege
Reports from New Orleans say the Louisiana colonel returned to Corregidor with American forces. The status suggested ongoing operations as rains hindered advance and the convoy pressed toward reclaiming positions in the embattled area.
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