Georgia Congressman Acquitted In Job Sales Case
Representative B. Frank Whelchel of Georgia is acquitted in federal court of conspiring to sell postal appointments. Co defendant H Grady Jones is freed. The jury returned verdict after a weekend deliberation as prosecutors vow to continue investigations.
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Gainesville
B. Frank Whelchel
Democrat
Georgia
E. Marvin Underwood
Whelchel
H. Grady Jones
O. John Rogge
Louisiana
Lawrence Camp
Rogge
Legion Meet Nears With 3000 Expected In Shreveport
More than 3,000 Louisiana American Legionnaires and their wives are expected for the 22nd annual department convention in Shreveport June 7 to 9. National Commander Ray J. Kelly, Governor-Elect Sam Jones, James A. Noe, Mrs. C. W. Harris, and Edward A. Mulrooney are to speak. Reservations are urged due to limited hotel space.
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Shreveport
Louisiana American
Legionnaires
Department Auxiliary
Jones
Kelly
Shreveport Municipal
Man in Quote Warns Secretsaries To Remain Focused
Mrs. Ruth Hughes president of the Los Angeles chapter tells the California Federation of Legal Secretaries not to be distracted by trivialities. Psychologists say a man can keep his mind on his work and on a run in a stocking at the same time.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Hughes
California Federation of Legal Secretaries
Supreme Court Rules Price Fixing by Oil Firms Unlawful
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that price fixing among 12 major oil companies and 5 individuals violated the Sherman Act, overturning prior rule of reason interpretations. The decision, delivered by Justice Douglas, departs from 1911 precedent and holds price fixing unlawful per se, in a case tied to midwestern and east Texas gasoline markets in 1935 and 1936.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Federal District Court
Madison
Wis
Justice Department
Roberts
McReynolds
Hughes
Murphy
Mid-Continent
East Texas
Adonis Hunted in Kidnapping Case Tied to Brooklyn Gang
Brooklyn underworld figure known as Joe Adonis, real name Joseph Doto, sought on warrants for kidnapping extortion and assault. Indictment links him to the 1932 Isadore Wapinsky case. arrest of Sam Gasberg in Los Angeles noted as former Adonis aide. Gasberg traced to Stockton and LA. Adonis last seen in Miami before vanishing.
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New York
Brooklyn
Joe Adonis
Justice Today
John Harlan Amen
Adonis
Joseph Doto
Los Angeles
Sam Gasberg
Ajde
Isadore Wapinsky
Wapinsky
Amen
Adonis and
Gasberg
Stockton
Calif
Adonis Long
Johnny Torrio
Frankie Yale
Miami
Fla
Italian Minister Boscarelli Returns to Athens Post
May 6 Italian Minister Raffaele Boscarelli arrived from Rome and held a long conference with Premier John Metaxas. The topic of the talks was not disclosed.
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Athens
Raffaele Boscarelli
Rome
John Metaxas
Last Dandy of 19th Century E. Berry Wall Dies
E. Berry Wall renowned as New York and Paris society leader and last of the old school dandies died after a three day illness at age 84. Born in New York he spent decades abroad in Paris Deauville Biarritz and the Riviera. Wall refused repatriation during wartime and remained in France until his death.
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Monte Carlo
E. Berry Wall
Wall
New York
Paris
Deauville
Biarritz
The
Riviera
France
Tan Car Clue To Attack In Pennsylvania
Police and CCC youths search central Pennsylvania for a tan sedan linked to the sex slayings of Faye Gates and Rachel Taylor. Authorities say the Gates killing is identical to the Taylor case, with both victims assaulted in or near their cars, skulls fractured by a blunt instrument, and both attackers driving away in a vehicle.
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Bellefonte
CCC
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Lynn G. Adams
Faye Gates
Here
Rachel Taylor
Adams
Miss Gates
Spook Hollow
Mt. Eagle
Faye
Lois
Gates
Taylor
Wildwood
N. J
State College
Penn State College
Rockview
William
Heart Belongs to Halliday Now as Hollywood Marriage
Rich ard Halliday film story editor wed Mary Martin Broadway melodist in Las Vegas. A sleepy justice of the peace married them at 3 am Sunday. This is Miss Martins second marriage and Halliday’s first. They had been seen together in New York and Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Richard Halliday
Daddy
Las Vegas
Nev
Mary M
Justice of the
Miss Martin
Halliday
Weatherford
Tex
Ben Hageman
Dartmouth
New York
Paramount Studio
General engagements cause heavy loss of life on western
In the Associated Frets dated May 6, 1915 reports heavy fatalities from ongoing western front battles. The brief notes numerous casualties among opposing forces and emphasizes the high human cost of intensified confrontations.
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Western
Clamor for tougher war policy as Nazi actions unfold
In London the press calls for a harsher prosecution of the war while Berlin reports Alpine troop movements to Narvik and claims a British battleship hit by a bomb. Budapest notes Balkan troop advances as German Russian Italian and Turkish forces move. Paris describes continued artillery on the Saar fronts.
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Associated Preas
London
Admiralty
Afridi
Berlin
Hitler
Narvik
High Command
Budapest
Balkans
Mediterranean
Stockholm
Norway
Paris
Saar
Militants Move Through Monroe in Large Peace Time Maneuvers
More than 40 000 officers and men of a defending Blue army pass Monroe in three serials totaling 375 olive drab trucks moving to Camp Beauregard for Sabine river Valley maneuvers. First convoy with 125 trucks enters via Highway 99 then to Grand Street toward Alexandria.
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Blue” Army
Monroe
America
Sabine River Valley
South Grand Street
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Mth
2Th Infantries
18Th Engineers
6Th Cavalry
Ruston
6Th Division
Blue
Louisiana
Sabine River
Texas
Third Army
Red
Sudetenland
Soldier Feared Dead After Jump In Pear River Swamp
Corporal Walter France of St. Louis is missing after 11 troops parachuted from a damaged C-33 transport into Pear River swamp near Georgetown Mississippi. The plane damaged on landing in McComb and the crew escaped safely.
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Georgetown
Miss
Walter France
Pear River
France
St. Louis
Selfridge Field
Michigan
McComb
Will Till
Services Held for Slain Pair in California
Stockton mourns 23 year old Nathan Chinchiolo and 19 year old Dorothy Wooster as murder suspects Dewey Clark and Henry Jones, ex convicts, face possible grand jury indictments. Clowdsley reports evidence placed before a preliminary hearing and notes alibi claims.
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Stockton
Calif
F. C. Clowdaley
Grand
Nathan Chinchiolo
Dorothy Wooster
Dewey Clark
Henry Jones
Fresno
Miss Wooster
Tracy
San Joaquin
Chinchiolo
Clowdsley
Kern County
Miss Woortter
Guyon
Im Tracy
Germans May Try to Raid England
Rome May 6. In a weekly broadcast Giovanni Ansaldo editor Foregn Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano's newspaper Teleregrafo reports that an attempted German invasion of England is highly probable. Ansaldo says the war currently favors attackers and the enemy is technically capable of a cross channel blow.
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Rome
England
Giovanni Ansaldo
Foregn
Galeazzo Ciano
Telregrafo
Italy
Ansaldo
Napoleon
National cooking school opens at Neville High auditorium
Miss Eather a nationally known cooking expert arrives for the News State World cooking school at Neville High School auditorium in Monroe. Miss Branch will conduct the three day session starting 2 pm Tuesday with special Monroe buses to shuttle housewives to and from the venue. Prizes include groceries and a electric refrigerator from Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward at the final Thursday session.
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Branch
Monroe
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Semiona
Troops mass along borders as war tensions rise
Troops were moved to border fronts amid reports of heavy German and Italian troop concentrations in southeastern Europe. A British battleship was reportedly damaged, while naval activity and German advances around Narvik and Norway intensified. Talks of Bulgaria and Greece alignments surfaced as Europe braces for further conflict.
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Europe
Norway
Narvik
Balkan
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Hungary
Mary
Yux Geelov
Uni
State Teachers Convention Here To Draw 5000 Visitors
Monroe to host the Louisiana State Teachers Association annual convention November 17–20. Henry Biedenharn notes 4900 to 5000 expected attendees. Chamber of Commerce plans include extensive high school visits, a postcard distribution, and senior week activities to promote Monroe's educational and recreational appeal.
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Henry Biedenharn
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana State Teachers Association
Monroe
Biedenharn
The
Teachers Association
Baton Rouge
Chamber
C. P. Brogan
Bobby
George D. Holland
Holland
North
Lousana
Arkansas Wednes
Junice College
Louwiana
Saa
Municipal
Monroe White Sox
Louisiana
Mr. Holland
Enone
Monroe Commercial School
Northeast Junior College
Bish Mathis Institute
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