Labor Board and AFL Fail to Agree on Wagner Act Revisions
Washington May 12 A Senate plan to add 538 million dollars for farm benefits stalled as Senator Glass failed to win reconsideration. A record 1 2718 000 000 farm appropriation bill passed the Senate. The collapse of AFL and Labor Board talks revived consideration of Wagner Act changes with no clear path to agreement.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Senate
A. F. of L. and
Labor Board
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Utah
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Labor Committee
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Union Parish students visit Monroe and West Monroe
Farmerville High School senior class members joined a bus trip to Monroe and West Monroe as guests of the chambers of commerce. The 70 pupils toured Northeast Junior College and its stadium, Selman Field Airport, KMLB, the News-Star-World, city parks, and the natatorium, with Miss Lillian Edwards guiding the delegation.
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Farmerville High School
Monroe and
West Monroe
KMLB
News-Star—World
D. Lyle Armstrong
Aline Albritton
Joyce Allen
Nevis Anderson
Lula Mae Brasher
Bessie Brooks
Osaie Brantley
Evelyn Brantley
Starline Brantley
Infant Saved By Sheriff's Courage
Sidney Nebraska May 12 Fourteen month old Jimmy Sulcer is rescued from a tear gas filled farmhouse after Sheriff W W Schulz braves gunfire from James W Sulcer who killed himself. The sheriff entered the upstairs room after two tear gas volleys and carried the child to safety. Sulcer had shot at officers and wounded the boy's aunt Mrs Richard Keefe before the siege ended.
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Sidney
Neb
Jimmy Sulcer
James W. Sulcer
Jimmy
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Sulcer
Richard Keefe
Roosevelt Signals Repeal Of Undistributed Profits Tax
President Roosevelt indicated support for repealing the undistributed profits tax if a workable substitute to maintain revenue is found. He urged revenue plans not just tax cuts and cautioned critics on avoidance of taxes and the need for alternative levies. In Congress, a Senate committee approved a wartime funding bill requiring citizens with net worth over 1,000 to purchase 50 year 1 percent bonds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congressional
Senate Military Committee
Lee
Okla
Coal Miners and Operators Reach New Union Shop Pact
W L Robison of Cleveland announced that a new contract between the United Mine Workers of America and Appalachian eight state operators includes a union shop clause. Dr John R Steelman of the labor department noted that Lewis's demands were agreed to, though eligibility and scope among operators remain unclear.
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New York
W. L Robison
Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
Robison
John R. Steelman
United States Labor Department
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steelman
Two Teens and Workers Hurt as Lugger Explodes Near Lafitte
In Lafitte area on the Texas company canal a 20 foot lugger exploded while transporting oil workers. Wagner Perrin Jr aged 14 and Eilis Coulon 23 suffered serious burns, Perrin recalling a spark from the motor igniting gas as a sheet of flame swept over the boat. Several others from Houma Sulphur joined minor injuries.
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New Orleans
Wagner Perrin, Jr
Eilis Coulon
Lafitte
Texas Company
Perrin
C. T. Williams
John Dishman
Cerrick Worker
Houma
C. C. Boulton
Hunt Renewed for Escaped Convicts in Arkansas Island Trap
About 25 state and county officers renewed a search at daybreak for two inmates, William Heard and William Landers, who escaped Wednesday after seizing prison guns and a car. They are believed trapped on Butler Island in the Mississippi River near Arkansas City, with bloodhounds deployed and a missing dog. A pencil found in a boat tied to the fugitives’ escape hints at Cummons prison farm involvement.
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Arkansas City
Ark
Howard Clayton
Butler Island
Clayton
William Heard
William Landers
Cummons
17th Annual Meet Welcomes 300 Delegates From VFW Auxiliary
Approximately 300 members of the United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliary gathered for the 11th annual encampment opening in a joint session at Hotel Virginia. R. W. Germany presided as general chairman with greetings from Monroe mayor H. H. Benoit and West Monroe mayor H. M. Williams Jr. Others included J. L. Warren of the parish police jury and G. D. Holland of the Chamber of Commerce.
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News-Star
Germany
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Hotel Virginia
R. W. Germany
H. H. Benoit
H. M. Williams
West Monroe
J. L. Warren
G. D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans’ Administration
Alexandria
T. E. Moore
Military Order of the Serpent
Arthur J. Marullo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. A. Hunt
American Legion Post
H. Flood Madison, Jr
Disabled American Veterans of the World
Legion Truck Lights Save Woman In Blackout
A city blackout delayed emergency surgery at St Francis sanitarium as power lines failed. The American Legion emergency truck arrived within five minutes, and Dr. F P Rizzo continued the appendectomy, averting death for Mrs C L Drury.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Fire Department
American Legion
F. P. Rizzo
C. L. Drury
Fire destroys grain elevators in Chicago South Side
An explosion of grain dust sparked a blaze that leveled five grain elevators on Chicago's south side. Eight men are missing and feared dead in the city's worst fire in five years. Twenty three injured include eighteen firefighters. Firemen battled the flames for over five hours with some 400 on scene. Estimated damage around four million dollars. Market traders reported a dramatic disruption in corn rye and wheat trading.
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Chicago
12Nd Street
Calumet River
Sudden Rise of Soviet Russia Stirs European Powers
DeWitt MacKenzie notes a rapid shift as Soviet Russia gains prestige in Europe after Munich. Capitals, from Warsaw to Ankara, reassess Moscow and reexamine alliances while Britain and France historically excluded Soviet participation.
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Associated Press
New York
Russia
Europe
Globe
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Balkans
Hitler
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Warsaw
Germany
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
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Moscow
Britain
France
Italy
England
Federal agency aids in breaking insurance murder ring
Philadelphia investigators said the federal crime-crushing unit offered full aid to dismantle a large insurance murder syndicate. They race to sort vast evidence for mass trials set to begin in ten days.
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Philadelphia
John J. Herring Dies at Home at 64
John J. Herring 64 longtime north Louisiana business figure died at his home 1604 North Fourth Street Friday at 10 30 am Funeral plans pending and to be handled by Mulhearn Funeral Home He was associated with Meyers Brothers Monroe Wholesale Dry Goods and more recently Weaks Supply He survived by his wife two sons John J Herring Jr and A G Herring and daughter Mrs Rosalie Womack plus a sister Mrs E M Jones His oldest brother A J Herring formerly mayor of Monroe
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John J. Herring
North
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North Fourth Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Herring
Meyers Brothers
Monroe Wholesale Dry Goods Company
Weaks Supply Company
A. G. Herring
Shreveport
John J. Herring, Jr
Monroe
Rosalie Womack
Franco Victory Parade Date Set in Madrid
The Spanish government designated May 19 for Generalissimo Francisco Franco's victory parade in Madrid. Italian troops who fought with the nationalists are delayed for participation. The four day celebrations run May 18 to 21, several times postponed.
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Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Two ships collide. 47 rescued and 1 dead off Yarmouth
In dense fog the New England fishing schooners Isa belle Parker and Edith C. Rose foundered. Thirty-three men were rescued by coastal vessels and brought to Yarmouth. 11 more arrived by bus, and three reached Jonesport. Frank Nickerson, 62, died aboard Isa belle Parker, likely of a heart attack. Captain Albert Hines and his son Red were among those reaching shore.
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Yarmouth
N. S
New England
Isabelle Parker
Edith C. Rose
Jonesport
Frank Nickerson
Albert Hines
Red
Ellender Says Beauty Often Lands Government Jobs
Sen. Ellender of Louisiana reports study findings that beauty and charm frequently win over merit in government hiring and promotion. He seeks policy or law to make merit the sole standard, after complaints some workers with talent are passed over.
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Washington
Ellender
Louisiana
Congress
Germans in Civilian Garb Move Into Danzig
Wieczor Warszawski reports large numbers of Germans in civilian clothes entering Danzig from Germany. The influx, said to include storm troopers, swells the city population by about 30 000 and intimidates locals. Poland directs artillery to Gdynia and rejects plebiscite as legit.
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Wieczor Warszawski
Germany
Danzig
Baltic Free City
Gdynia
Poland
Baltic
Po«morze
League of Nations
Adolf Hitler
Powell Declines Louisiana Episcopal Bishopric Post
Dean Noble C. Powell of Washington Cathedral has declined the Episcopal bishopric of Louisiana. The Louisiana diocese standing committee said Powell cited unfinished work as warden of the college of preachers and will be asked to reconsider. Powell was elected April 12 to succeed Bishop James Craik Morris.
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New Orleans
Noble C. Powell
Washington Cathedral
Louisiana
College of Preachers
James Craik Morris
Dean Powell
Washington
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