Monroe Hosts To Many Army Units Today
Military units move through Monroe as the mechanized 7th cavalry brigade from Fort Knox arrives with 3500 soldiers and 1000 trucks for large peacetime maneuvers in the Sabine river valley. Tanks and artillery are unloaded and prepared for the drill alongside unfamiliar wartime activity.
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Monroe
America
Sabine River
Louisiana
Texas
7Th Cavalry
Fort Knox
Missouri Pacific
United States
Nazi Germany
Poland
Illinois Central
DeSiard
6Th Streets
7Th Cavalry Brigade
Highway Contractor Sues Louisiana Over Baton Rouge Bridge
The Steel Construction Co of Birmingham sues the Louisiana Highway Commission in federal court seeking 182,859.31 unpaid balance on the Baton Rouge river bridge contract and claims delays caused extra costs totaling 181,424.20. The contract began August 3, 1937 for 1.63 million with final 1.478 million. 1.476 million paid leaving 1,435.48. The suit alleges the commission and its engineers impeded work.
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New Orleans
Steel Construction Company of
Birmingham
Ala
Louisiana Highway Commission
Baton Rouge River
Forced to Steal Says Bride Forced to Steal
New Orleans reports five youths and an 18 year old bride rounded up by city detectives after a wave of robberies. The bride tearfully said her husband forced her to pay the band on its forays as lookout while the men robbed coin machines and music boxes. Police say all admitted involvement. another 18-year-old believed in Chicago and three juveniles were implicated.
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New Orleans
Chicago
MEMPHIS INTERVIEW REVEALS LONG-HIDDEN HACK DRIVING LINE
In Memphis on May 7 a 9 year old man quips to an enumerator that he has not worked for 30 years. When asked his line he answers with wit, saying he is a hack driver.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oldster
School killing may reach 7 as three sink
South Pasadena Calif May 7 Death hovered near today for three critically wounded survivors of a deposed school principal s bullet spewing attack that left four education officials dead. Slain were George C Bush 62 superintendent of schools here and in San Marino John E Alman 50 principal of the South Pasadena San Marino High School William Speer 43 business manager of the district and Victor V Vanderlip 45 instructor at South Pasadena Junior High. Police Chief Frank Higgins said Verlin Spencer 38 a man with a troubled history shot six staff members then killed himself Miss Ruth B Sturgeon 45 art teacher and Miss Dorothea Talbert 30 secretary to Superintendent Bush were also wounded with little hope for the others.
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George C. Bush
San Marino
John E. Alman
South Pasadena
William Speer
Victor V. Vanderlip
Verlin Spencer
Ruth B. Sturgeon
Dorothea Talbert
Bush
Frank Higgins
Spencer
Board of Education
Higgins
Alman
Speer
Talbert
Radcliffe Wins Maryland Republican Primary Amid Delaware Delegates
In Maryland, Dewey banner delegates led an uninstructed slate by over seven to one in the Republican primary. Idaho Republicans instructed eight delegates to back the New York district attorney, while Maryland Democrats renominated Senator Radcliffe by about two to one. California Democrats entered four delegate states with mixed pledges as votes spread across five states.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Idaho
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Dewey
New York
George Radcliffe
Roosevelt
Howard Bruce
Garner
Alabama
Speaker Bankhead
Bankhead
Florida
Charles Andrews
Fred P. Cone
Indiana
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded To Steinbeck And Saroyan
Two native Californians win 1939 Pulitzer prizes in letters, John Steinbeck for The Grapes of Wrath and William Saroyan for The Time of Your Life, each receiving 1000. Saroyan reportedly refused the prize in telegrams from San Francisco, saying the prize money was unnecessary.
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New York
John Steinbeck
William Saroyan
Steinbeck
California
Saroyan
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
New York Herald Tribune
San Francisco
Sinclair Lewis
College group offers 1500 to avenge coed killings
District Attorney Musser W. Gettig asked that a 5000 dollar reward be posted for the capture of the sex maniac who killed two young women Faye Gates 25 and Rachel Taylor 17 at Penn State. Centre county commissioners were urged to raise the reward from 2500 dollars while Penn State students contributed 1500. State Police hunted a tan automobile tied to the crimes as a small key found near the latest scene prompts manufacturers trace. Authorities say the killer likely lives in Centre county and local residents know him well.
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Bellefonte
Musser W. Gettig
Pennsylvania
Faye Gates
Rachel Taylor
Pennsylvania State College
Gettig
Centre County
Penn State
Miss Geter
Lynn G. Adams
Women Receive Gifts as Cooks at Monroe Cooking School
The News-Star-World reports Miss Esther Branch opening a three day cooking school at Neville High auditorium in Monroe. Special buses ferried housewives, sessions run 2 pm Wednesday and Thursday, final prize night at 5:30 pm Thursday with a Prosperity gas range from Sears Roebuck and an MW electric refrigerator from Montgomery Ward. Admission free.
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News-Star—World Cooking School
Esther Branch
Monroe
Neville High School
Branch
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
All elections end in five vote ties in Sapulpa
In Sapulpa Oklahoma on May 1 the city commission elections ended in a 5 5 tie for mayor with Otis Humes resigning after a failed outcome. Hudie Haston and Warren K Brown faced tied votes for city judge and for city attorney and manager seats. The vote totals were all five to five and the game continues tonight.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Otis Humes
Hudie Hasten
Humes
Haston
Warren K. Brown
Joe Rockwood
Brown
Rockwood
Fred Boone
Clarence Dietz
Dan Odell
T. L. Blakemore
Three Firemen Fall At Blaze In Monroe
Three Monroe firemen were overcome by heat while fighting a noon blaze that destroyed three small frame houses and a Negro church at 11th and Stone Avenue. C W Flacey George Marsala and Frank Poole were taken to St Francis sanitarium in non serious condition. Cause and final damage estimates not yet released.
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Monroe
11Th and
Stone Avenue
C. W. Flacey
George Marsala
Frank Poole
St Francis Sanitarium
Ku Klux Klan Men Keep Faces Hooded at Colorado Meet
In Colorado the Ku Klux Klan keeps its white robes and hoods while Imperial Wizard Colescott urges a maskless costume. Reporters were shown the scene of a state wide gathering as a 12 foot cross of burning oil cans blazed on Ruby Hill near Denver.
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Denver
Ku Klux Klan
Colorado
James A. Colescott
Atlanta, Ga
Dr. Colescott
Ruby Hill
Train kills teen resting on track in Missouri
Arthur Les Bailey Jr., 11, sleeping on a railroad track with companion Eugene Stinnett, 17, was awakened by a passing freight but Bailey was run over and killed. Stinnett, who urged him to move, slept through the incident in Independence, Missouri.
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Independence
Arthur Les Bailey, Jr
Kansas
Eugene Stinnett
Bailey
Stinnett
War News Roundup From Europe and North Africa
London reports Chamberlain sought a NorwegIan campaign assessment as French and British forces land in England from Norway. Berlin cites a leaked talk claiming near east action may begin by May 15. Narvik area sees another British cruiser damaged as German forces push 210 miles south. In Egypt and Italy tensions rise with potential status changes in seven days. Balkans alert and Romania tightens controls against fifth column activity. Moscow blames Finns for sabotage of power plants and ore facilities.
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Berlin
Prea
Chamberlain
Reynaud
Near East Command
High Command
Narvik
Alexandria
Egypt
Italy
Bucharest
Balkana
Rumania
Moscow
Dixie Davis Out as Witness in Tax Evasion Trial
Richard Dixie Davis, former attorney for the Dutch Schultz gang, was released as a witness in the case of ax men charged with evading a half million dollars in federal income tax. He reportedly left New Orleans for retreat near Las Vegas New Mexico, leaving the trial before testimony. Defendants include Frank Costello of New York and Philip Kestel of Stamford with four local men.
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New Orleans
Richard “Dixie” Davis
Dutch Schultz
New York
Davis
Las Vegas
N. M
Subpotna
Hope Dare
Armadillo killed by bulldog in Shreveport yard
A bulldog killed an armadillo in a Shreveport yard last night. Armadillos, once restricted to Texas and Mexico, have become common in the area in recent years.
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Shreveport
Texas
Mexico
Crippled Children Group Plans Clinic Expansion In Louisiana
The Ouachita Unit of the Louisiana Society for Crippled Children held a board meeting and lunch at the Frances hotel. Chairman A N Robinson announced Easter Seal support statewide and the group approved equipment purchases for the children clinic. The society plans an extension to educate rehabilitated children and announced its annual meeting set for May 25 at the St Charles hotel in Orleans.
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Ouachita
Louisiana Society For Crippled Children
Frances Hotel
A. N Robinson
Scott Hamilton
Cki
St. Charles Hotel
Orleans
A. N. Robinson
John Breard
Lizzie Morrin
Leon Hammonds
Herbert C. Hughes
Louie Mathis
Jewel McQuiller
Charles Mitchell
Paul Neal
BE. L. Neville
Sam Orchard
Sam Rubin
Jonas Selig
Warren Teylor
Chamberlain faces war losses as Britain debates Norway retreat
In a heated Commons session Prime Minister Chamberlain defended Britain's Norwegian campaign while opposition leader Attlee condemned the government as failures. Churchill to oversee military direction. ministers weigh changes as threats of new fronts loom.
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Erik A. Colban
Great Britain
London
Halvdag Koht
Miniats
Birger Ljungberg
Cable
Landon
Te Howse
Commons
Hele
Chamberisin
Britain
Clement BR. Attlee
Hle
Lsher
Clement R. Attlee
Chamberlain
Churchill
Norway
Chamberlain Reae
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Nemace
Suitor wears “I want work” sign in Nashville search for job
A year old suitor, Harry Futrell, tramped Nashville streets with a sign reading I want work. He came from Maury City to marry a girl he had been engaged to ten years, and after weeks of begging for work he found no offers, saying there were only suggestions. He now earns room and board as a restaurant janitor.
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Nashville
Tenn
Harry Futrell
Maury City
Triplets Born to Pulsipher Family in Los Angeles
Notice from Los Angeles reports the birth of triplets to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Pulsipher, with congratulations extended to the family. Further continuation on page seven.
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Los Angeles
Charles C. Pulsipher
George
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Otto D. Tolischus
New York Times
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News-Star—World
Flance
London—Commons
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Dixie’ Davis
New Mexico
Armadillo
mid-Norway
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Ark
Roy Fenton
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