Blue Forces Battle Reds In Mock War Games
In Camp Beauregard Louisiana on May 9, 1943, 30,000 Red forces crossed the Sabine river into Blue territory as 40,000 Blue reinforcements rushed westward for ground maneuvers. Bridges at New Orleans and Vicksburg were disabled, giving the Reds advantage in air raids, while Blues attacked Red bases at Barksdale field but with limited effects.
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Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
Sabine Valley
Sabine River
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Reds
Blues
Ouachita River
Columbia
Black River
Jonesville
Red
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Blue
McComb
Miss
Dead 2840 Years Yet Mummy Flies to New York
Mourning relatives of Harwa who lived about 2840 years ago in Egypt might doubt his remains would travel by air across a continent. The Field Museum in Chicago sent the mummy to San Francisco by mistake and after telegraphic discussion exposition officials decided to send Harwa by air to New York for the fair opening.
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San Francisco
Harwa
Egypt
Field Museum
Chicago
New York
First Army Man Killed in War Maneuvers
Private Marvin E. Parker aged 20 from Tennessee was killed as a scout car overturned during the third army’s war maneuvers near Natchitoches Louisiana. Private Robert M. Russell, also Tennessee, sustained a leg fracture. Parker had served five months. officials were verifying his address.
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Camp Beauregard
Marvin E. Parker
Tennessee
Third Army
Sixth Cavalry
Natchitoches
Robert M. Russell
Parker
British attack Festubert begins in Artois
Twenty five years ago today May 9 1915 Associated Press reports the British attack Festubert commencing in the Artois region as part of World War I combat operations.
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Associated Press
Festubert
Artois
Old Age Relief Question Seen in Campaign Issue
Washington May 9. A drastic revision of the old age benefit program appears likely in the presidential campaign as McNutt and the social security board differ. Proposals include a flat $30 monthly pension or a flat $15 per person grant with state matching, plus eliminating relative investigations to curb pauperism.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Social Security Board
McNutt
Indiana
Arkansas
Colorado
Cox Praises F D R As New Atlanta Journal Owner
James M. Cox former Democratic candidate spoke in Atlanta praising the present administration for keeping the United States out of war. He told 400 business and public officials that charges of war aims are unwarranted and urged unity in foreign policy while noting Hitler's risks and possible allied victory. The remarks continued on the next page.
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Atlanta
James M. Cox
United States
Atlanta Journal
Ohio
Cox
War Events and Political Upheaval Across Europe
London reports Chamberlain delaying resignation amid a political crisis over the Norway defeat as mass conscription rises to 2,500,000. Berlin notes an allied 7,000 ton transport sunk near Narvik with Nazi air support. Italy’s Mussolini hints policy shift as non belligerent stance remains. Yugoslavia sees parallel moves to shield against Rome-Berlin axis threats. German parachute troops reportedly land behind Narvik siege lines.
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Associated Press
London
Chamberlain
Norway
Berlin
Germany
Narvik
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Belgrade
Russia
Yugoslavia
Stockholm
Londdon
Wiston Churchill
Admiralty
Admiralty and Long - Bitterly Cutspoken Foe of Hitleriam
House of Commons
David Lioyd George
Bremberton
House of Commone
Lord Halifax
Winston Churchill
The
George
Nervik
Mediterranean
Europe
Pasciate
Leche fraud case hearings spark pretrial arraignments
Five defendants tied to the Leche administration project at Louisiana Tech faced arraignments in Ruston as part of an $87,000 discrepancy probe. Former Governor Richard W. Leche, Monte E. Hart, Caldwell Brothers and Hart, Weiss Dreyfous Sei fert, and Julius Dreyfous were named in the Lincoln Parish grand jury indictment from 1939 and May 9 proceedings aimed at setting trial dates before the summer vacation. Hart appeared for arraignment. Leche seeks motions to quash and severance with next hearings set to determine trial timing.
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Ruston
Supreme Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Truett L. Scarborough
E. Walker
Third District
Leche
Louisiana Tech
Richard W. Leche
Monte E. Hart
Caldwell Brothers and Hart
New Orleans
Weiss, Dreyfous and Seifert
Julius Dreyfous
Hart
Mystery slaying of Professor Allyn in Westfield
Westfield Massachusetts May 9 officials pressed for a motive in the killing of Professor Lewis B Allyn 66 a pure foods expert The autopsy showed close range shots and the killer used a .22 caliber automatic pistol Ballistics chemists pathologists and detectives hunted for clues including a possible link to a past murder at Mount Hermon school while Mrs Allyn heard the shots and urged police to come The FBI denied involvement and Allyn had taught at Westfield State Teachers College and written on pure foods
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Westfield
Mass
Lewis B. Allyn
Pure Foods
Allyn
Thomas F. Moriarty
Elliott Speer
Mount Hermon
Northfield
Speer
C. A. Forrester
Westfield State Teachers College
Indictment Drawn Against Howard Hopson in 1922 Schemes
Federal grand jury accuses Howard C. Hopson founder of Associated Gas and Electric of illicit profits over 20 million dollars in securities. Co-defendants include Charles M. Travis Garrett A. Brownsback and Frederick S. Burroughs. Charge covers mail fraud and a decades long conspiracy to defraud investors and security holders starting in 1922.
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New York
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Charles M. Travis
Garrett A. Brownsback
System
Frederick S. Burroughs
Associated Company
Associated System
Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric Company of New York
Burroughs
Associated Gas
Slot Machine Deal Studied In New Orleans Trial
Details surrounding the purchase of nearly 1000 Chief slot machines for installation in New Orleans in 1935 were reviewed in the federal income tax evasion trial of Frank Costello, Philip Kastel and four others. Testimony covered ownership plans, offshore partnerships and a $50,000 personal guarantee, with the government alleging the others formed a fictitious partnership to dodge surcharges.
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New Orleans
Frank Costello
Philip Kastel
Chicago
Costello
Kastel
New York
Huey P. Long
Henry Alexander
Internal Revenue
New York City
O. D. Jennings
O. D. Jennings Company
Bayou Novelty Company
Jennings
Harold Miller
Harold Geigerman
Kartel
Beer saves man who would die
New York on May 9 a taste for beer saved 32 year old writer Harlan C McIntosh from a 16 story plunge at West 16th Street. Police sergeant Michael Kels urged him to have a last drink which changed his mind and led to the writer's rescue.
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New York
Harlan C. McIntosh
West 16Th Street
Michael Kel
McIntosh
435 Business Men at Dinner on Virginia Hotel Roof
Approximately 435 northeast Louisiana business leaders attended the Missouri Pacific Booster club banquet atop Monroe's Virginia hotel. J. E. Stanford, editor of the Southern Agriculturalist, delivered the main address after a rose-pinning reception. The event featured music, toastmaster W. E. Lamb, and remarks by C. C. Boardman with a gala late-night dance lasting past 2 am.
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Northeast Louisiana
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Virginia
J. E. Stanford
The
Southern Agriculturalist
Monroe
Nashville
W. E. Lamb
Little Rock
Ark
W. F. Kirk
C. C. Boardman
Chamber of Commerce
America
A. E. Prince
Frank Campbell
R. C. Frisbie
Harry M. Lemert
C. W. Oseland
J. L Webb
Stanford
Nashville, Tenn
Adonis Surrenders on Kidnap Charges
New York May 9. Joe Adonis a long sought hoodlum surrendered today in the office of special Assistant Attorney General John Harlan Amen in Brooklyn He is accused of kidnapping extortion and assault The charges stem from DA William O Dwyer investigation of a homicide syndicate said to have carried out at least 50 killings for prices as low as 1 a head Adonis also known as Joe A Doto turned up after a world wide search with 26 000 wanted circulars issued locally and in Europe
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New York
Joe Adonis
John Harlan Amen
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
Murder, Incorporated
Adonis
Joe A. Doto
Amen
A Vientine
Europe
Year Ends Without Single Lynchings in the South
Atlanta reports the modern south closed a 12 month period with no lynchings, credited to education and swift police action via radio patrols. Mrs. Jeasie Daniel Ames of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching says better reporting and law enforcement thwarted mobs, contrasting with 1892’s peak 221 lynchings.
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Atlanta
South
Jeasie Daniel Ames
The
Association of Southern Women For the Prevention
Mother's Day Armistice Proposal Calls For Sunday Pause
Philadelphia May 9 Miss Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day urged leaders of Europe to observe an armistice this Sunday in tribute to living and dead mothers. She cabled to King George Haakon Reynaud and Hitler suggesting the German leader honor the sentiment as his mother is dead.
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Philadelphia
Anna Jarvis
Mother’s Day
Europe
George
England
Haakon
Norway
Paul Reynaud
France
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Miss Jarvis
Hitler
Grand Prizes Tonight At News Star World Cooking School
The final session of the News-Star World cooking school at Neville High School auditorium features grand prizes awarded at tonight's meeting. Prizes include an electric refrigerator from Montgomery Ward, a Sears gas range, Wear Ever roaster, floral basket, ice cream, milk, cake, sugar, and Clorox products. The event is led by Miss Eather Branch, a renowned cooking expert, with the program continuing to the third page.
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News-Star— World Cooking School
Neville High School
Montgomery Ward Company
Prosperity Gas
Sears, Roebuck Company
J. C. Guinn
Wear- Ever Specialty
Flower Shoppe, Inc
Seale-Lily
Swayze's Dairy
Ouachita Baking Company
American Sugar Refinery
Clo
Man Who Covered 18 Wars Is Dead
New York May 9. Frank H. De Weir, who typed the Maine destruction flash in 1898 and logged 18 other wars in 43 years as an Associated Press foreign department typist and librarian, died last night at his home in Queens County. He was 68 and had been ill several months. His widow, four sons and a daughter survive.
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New York
Frank H. de Weir
Maine
Associated Press Foreign Department
Queens County
Germans Pray Chamberlain Keeps Job Amid War Pressure
Prime Minister Chamberlain refuses to quit as Britain expands military service to 4.5 million and faces fierce criticism. Berlin circles mock the politics while London debates succession possibilities including Churchill. Germany claims a 1000 ton allied transport sunk near Narvik as Italy and Russia loom in strategic naval shifts.
Associated Press Ends 90 Years Service Book on AP history
Ed Wallace reports the Associated Press commissions a history tracing its growth from 1848 to 1938 by Oliver Gramling and William A. Kinney. The book titled Ad Paoe Ninety Years of News will be published by Farrar and Rinehart with a world wide title competition offering a 250 dollar prize.
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Associated Press
Ed Wallace
New York
United States
Frank B. Noyes
A. P. For
Oliver Gramling
William A. Kinney
A. P. Matt
A. P
Farrar and Rinehart
Presa
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