Chinese Regain Much Of Shantung Province
Three inmates, two women Rosie Neville and Vivian Reid and a man E C Turner, each attempted escapes from Monroe city jail. Neville and Reid, both jailed on drunkenness and vagrancy charges, allegedly sawed flooring in the women’s cell and cut through a ceiling board. Turner, in the men’s quarters for drunken driving, also tried to flee. Evelyn Allen, alias Cherokee, who earlier set a mattress on fire, alerted officers but did not take part in the escape attempt.
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Monroe
Rosie Neville
Vivian Reid
el Dorado
Ark
E. C. Turner
Bastrop
Joe Anders
City Sanitary Inspector
Evelyn Allen
Cherokee
Allen
Three Travel Five Years On Bicycles Arrives in Philadelphia
Kaikee Kharas Rustam Ghandi and Ruttan Shroff three university graduates reached Philadelphia after a 36000 mile five year bicycle journey from Bombay India. They said the trip aimed at good will and education and expected another five years to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bombay
India
Kaikee Kharas
Rustam Ghandi
Ruttan Shroff
China claims recapture of half south Shantung amid war’s tenth month
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese forces recaptured about half of the territory won by Japan in south Shantung during a three week offensive from Linia. Peiping gates closed, Chinese guerrillas and communists said approaching, while Tangtu position on the Yangtze is cited as cutting rail links between Wuhu and Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Shantung Province
Lini
Tancheng
Taierhchwang
Peiping
Shantung
Yangtze River
Tangtu
Wuhu
Nanking
Strawberries eyed for charity shipments to aid Louisiana growers
A New Orleans representative of the Surplus Commodities corporation is ordered to Hammond Louisiana to study buying strawberries for distribution to charitable agencies to bolster the state market and aid financially distressed growers after a Louisiana congressional delegation urged federal help. If approved by the SC C program, Representative Griffith said he would secure cooperation from state agencies through Governor Leche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Hammond
F. R. Wilcox
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Louisiana
Wilcox
Griffith
Richard W. Leche
Supporters of Revised Wage Hour Bill Push Petition
Jubilant backers claim 218 signatures secured to force a house vote on the revised wage hour bill. Chairman Norton of the labor committee led circulation after noon session as members clashed over the petition, with Representative Dixon of Ohio among the first signers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norton
House Labor Committee
House
Bankhead
Representative Dixon
Ohio
Labor Committee
May
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Crippled Tots Clinic Held in Ouachita Parish
A clinic for crippled children from Ouachita and nearby parishes was held at the Ouachita parish health unit in the city hall under the 40 and 8 society of the American Legion. Dr. A Scott Hamilton of Monroe led examinations and suggested treatment plans. About 100 children attended, white and colored, with nurses and 40 and 8 members assisting in record work and patient follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
40 and 8 Society of the American Legion
A. Scott Hamilton
Monroe
Jesse DeArmand
S. E. Todd
C. L. Mengis
Executions May Await War's End in Shanghai
Twenty one Chinese condemned in the Shanghai international settlement may await the end of the undeclared Chinese war before executions. Normally they would be turned over to Chinese garrison authorities, but Japanese encirclement and treaty limits prevent foreign authorities from carrying out the sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Farm tragedy in Elverum. son kills four before police shoot him
In Elverum Norway on May 6 a 28 year old farmer's son Bjorn Braskerud killed four people including his father and the local sheriff and wounded three others before he was killed by police. Police said Braskerud was insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elverum
Norway
Bjorn Braskerud
Braskerud
Unique Plan Used To Hike Paper Sales
Local Ruston newsboy James Evans experiments with a five cent starter and a self designed sales gimmick for Monroe News-Star. He asks a buyer to draw a paper from his stack, promising a free copy if it is the marked one, but the customer misses it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. F. Hewins
News-Star
Ruston
James Evans
Monroe News-Star
James
Monroe
Mussolini’s May festival previews total war gear
Rome May 6 report describes Mussolini’s parade for Hitler featuring chemical regiments, gas masks, tanks, artillery, and air of total war. The display includes women and youths drafted into service, Alpine troops with rucksacks, and colonial fascist units. Guests included Hitler, Alfonso of Spain, Amanullah of Afghanistan, and other high Nazis.
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Rome
Mussolini
Il Duce
Hitler
Alfonso
Spain
Amanullah
Afghanistan
South Tyrol
Science meet opens at college with 100 attending
More than 200 members of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences registered for the two day convention opening at Northeast Center. The Friday 9 am sessions featured Section A on physical sciences led by Prof Paul Delaup with papers on expanding universe and dielectric constants. Section B covered biological sciences with Dr W H Gates presiding and speakers from LSU and other institutions. A barbecue and a late afternoon boat ride on the Ouachita river were part of the day’s events.
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Louisiana Academy of Sciences
Virginia
Northeast Center
Paul Delaup
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Delaup
Madison L. Marshall
Texas State College For Women
Robert E. Wood
A. R. Choppin
E. Fuesse
Claiborne
Grover Murray
Aoe Ae & VU
Keith M. Hussey
S. M. McDonald
James L. Martin
H. D. Easton
Shreveport
W. H. Gates
L. S. U. Presiding
J. W. Birsner
R. M. Coco
Vita Rauch
A. J. Stanley
Dr. Gates
O. W. Rosewall
Faith Pennebaker
George H. Bick
E. S. Hathaway
New Orleans
Ira D. George
L. 5S
Quachita River
Fugitive seen in West Monroe contact with former Dallas attorney
David Hitchcock, who said he once practiced law in Dallas, phoned West Monroe police late Thursday citing a sighting of Floyd Hamilton in the 800 block of Natchitoches Street. Hamilton, who asked for Cypress Street, was in a 1937 Ford V-8 when last seen, prompting police to investigate the possible sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hitchcock
Dallas
Tex
K. T. Ward
Floyd Hamilton
Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
Hitchcock
Ward
Hamilton
Cypress Street
Police
European Situation Mirrors Pre War Era in British Papers
London May 6 A set of British foreign office documents draws a striking parallel between 1912 to 1914 diplomacy with Italy and today’s Anglo Italian accord. Sir Eyre Crowe notes Italy seeks to square the circle by staying in the triple alliance yet avoiding war with France.
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Rader Winget
London
British
Foreign Office
Britain
Italy
Eyre Crowe
British Foreign Office
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
England
Chamberlain
George V
Great Britain
Russia
Arthur Nicilson
Monroe Proclaims Louisiana Products Month in May
Mayor Harvey H. Benoit urges Monroe residents to buy Louisiana made products during May as part of Governor Leche’s Louisiana Products Month program aimed at sustaining employment and business. The proclamation cites state diversity in agriculture and industry and calls for support of the governor’s economic stability efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey H. BenOit
Monroe
Louisiana
Leche
Harvey H. Re
National Editorial Group to Address Louisiana Convention
Covington Louisiana May 6 Will W Loomis of Lagrange Indiana and John H Casey Oklahoma journalism professor are set to speak at the Louisiana Press association convention opening today. Host H K Goodwyn St Tammany Farmer publisher. Loomis speaks on Keeping Up With the Parade Casey on Newspapers March On. Governor Leche and Lt Governor Long expected at banquet tonight. Governor to entertain Saturday barbecue at his summer home near here.
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Covington
Will W. Loomis
Lagrange
National Editorial Association
John H. Casey
University of Oklahoma
Louisiana Press Association
H. K. Goodwyn
St. Tammany Farmer
Loomis
Casey
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Roosevelt to End Vacation Sunday
President Roosevelt plans to end his vacation aboard the cruiser Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. The party will sail to familiar waters off Caicos Island in the Bahamas for a final tropical cruise after a 21 hour run from San Juan Puerto Rico. Mail was taken aboard in San Juan and will be sent to Washington. The president and party dined with Captain James and Commander Davis and attended a movie aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Caicos Island
Bahamas
Caicos
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
James
Davis
Czech Concessions Sought as Hitler Looms In Europe
Paris reports France and Britain plan an urgent joint appeal to Praha urging Czech concessions to Nazi influence and warning Berlin against violence. They act as Hitler and Mussolini confer in Rome amid fears of a German coup in Czechoslovakia, with market jitters and staff studies under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Berlin
London
Germany
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Fuehrer
Italy
Foreign Office
Bennett Named as Coroner of Lincoln Parish
Dr. J. J. Bennett of Ruston is appointed coroner of Lincoln parish to fill the unexpired term of Dr. H. N. Harper, who died in an auto accident near Ruston. Governor Leche signed the commission, with T. A. Wright supporting the appointment. Bennett plans to move offices and appoints Dr. J. B. Harris as deputy coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
J. J. Bennett
Lincoln Parish
H. N. Harper
Here
Richard W. Leche
Bennett
T. A. Wright
James Building
Harper
Crosby
J. B. Harris
Roseton
Tulane University Medical School
W. S. Rutledge
Governor grants clemency to several inmates
Baton Rouge reports Governor Leche commuted time served for multiple inmates. Fred Middleton’s seven to nine year Natchitoches sentence and three to nine year Bossier sentence run concurrently after adjustments. J G Woods in Richland parish had six years commuted. Numa Guldry’s life term in Vermilion parish was cut to 15 years and Earl Kilgore in Claiborne parish saw a reduction to a 16 year range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Fred Middleton
Natchitoches
Bossier Parshes
Middleton
Natchitoches Parish
Bossier Parish
J. G. Woods
Richland Parish
Numa Guldry
Vermillion Parish
Earl G. Kilgore
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