Reynaud Talks War as German Advances Hit Amiens and Arras
Premier Reynaud told the Senate that Germany seized Amiens and Arras and confessed to a new form of war with motorized raids and parachutists. He blamed French shortages of machine guns and Meuse line disorganization on redeployed troops and weak bridge demolitions, promising punishment for failures.
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Paris
Reynaud
Senate
Amiens
Arras
France
Meuse
Belgium
Ouachita Men Chairmen of Committees
North Louisiana areas gain full slate of senate and house committee chairs. Ouachita and Caddo parishes secure multiple chairs with senators and representatives named to key posts including capital and labor mergers, corporations, aeronautics, conservation, and finance. Other posts list regional figures across Bossier, Lincoln, Rapides, Bienville, and more.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
House Committee
Ouachita
Caddo
Jones Parishes
Red River
D. Y. Smith
Ouachita- Jackson
Capital and Labor
D. Ross Banister
Hillyer S. Parker
Lloyd L. Hendrick
Caddo-De Soto
Conservation
Joe T. Cawthorn
Finance
Dayton E. Boucher
Bossier
Senate Aeronautics
A. K. Goff, Jr
Lincoln
Grove Stafford
Rapides
Senate Judiciary
Marshall E. Woodward
Bienville
Pensions
W. D. Brown
Concordia
J. W. James
Caldwell
Banks
E. C. Parker
Bienvite Agriculture
H. Huckabay
Ways and Means
Arthur C
Boiler Kid and Wife Expecting Baby in September
Fred Snite Jr. known as the Boiler Kid due to infantile paralysis use of an iron lung, says he and wife Teressa Larkin expect a baby in September. The couple married August 10, 1939 in River Forest and now reside in Miami. He has traveled over 25,000 miles while managing his condition.
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Hicago
Fred Snite, Jr
Snite
Teressa Larkin
Dayton
River Forest
Miami
Fla
Peiping
China
Saite
Russia Sees Allies Winning In Prolonged War
Moscow reports Trad a Russian union organ says in a long war the time factor favors the Allies due to their vast resources and US economic backing. It notes American steel capacity is double Germanys and sees a war of exhaustion benefiting the Allies.
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Moscow
United States
Trad
Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Jury to Hear 25 in Murder Case
In Columbia South Carolina May 21 twenty five witnesses will testify in the murder trial of May Walker Burleson a 51 year old artist from Galveston Texas charged with killing the wife of United States Army Colonel Richard C Burleson her former husband The trial set to begin tomorrow includes 13 state witnesses and 12 defense witnesses.
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Columbia
S. C
May Walker Burleson
Galveston
Tex
United States Army
Richard C. Burleson
Texas
A. Fletcher Spigner
Jones awards 178 commissions at LSU military graduation
Governor Sam H. Jones told LSU cadets and lawmakers that war hope remains for peace but urged readiness. He presented 178 cadet officers with commissions as second lieutenants in the army reserve corps during the annual ceremony attended by ~2,000 cadets and state legislators.
Don't Be Little Man Who Wasn't There Sign Census Call
Monroe and West Monroe face an undercount with about ten percent of residents not enumerated. A Chamber of Commerce survey of 500-plus downtown workers found 458 counted, 51 not, totaling 134 uncounted persons in those families. Officials urge civic-minded residents to report with name, address, household size, and prior residence to the Bureau of the Census to avoid duplication.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Heath
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Census
Ouachita National Bank
Desperate Move Made to Reach War Strength
Washington May 21 The government pledges full credit backing to American industry in the defense drive as Congress advances a vast peace time army plan. Jesse Jones says RFC could cover up to 75 percent of defense loans while banks supply the rest. Indications point to a possible debt limit increase and tax questions springing from the upcoming session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Jesse Jones
RFC
West Point Professor Charles Echols Found Murdered in Manhattan
Colonel Charles P. Echols 12 a former mathematics professor at the United States Military Academy West Point died after being found unconscious near the New York Public Library Bryant Park. He likely was robbed and pushed down stairs. police questioned 15 men as the search continued.
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New York
Charles P. Echols
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
New York Public Library
Bryant Park
Sixth Avenue
42Nd Street
Bellevue Hospital
Echols
Weasley Mann
Mann
Englewood
N. J
Roosevelt Hotel
Colonel Echols
Huntsville
Ale
Beaumont salesman found murdered in ditch near Abbeville
Coroner Dr. Robert J. Young stated J. E. Miller a Beaumont Texas slot machine salesman was killed. Autopsy found a left ear high skull wound about half an inch wide with no bullet. Body likely in ditch four days. currency and jewelry untouched. car missing.
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Abbeville
Robert J. Young
J. E. Miller
Beaumont
Tex
Miller
Intense anti aircraft fire near southeast England and balloon barrage appeal
Reports from London describe two bursts of heavy anti aircraft fire off the southeast coast with engines overhead. The air ministry called for middle aged volunteers for balloon barrage duties amid warnings to seek cover. Swiss Red Cross details show 92 French nationals and 65 Germans transferred in a civilian prisoner exchange via Geneva and Schaffhausen.
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London
England
Seacoast
Air Ministry
Britain
Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Swiss Red Cross
Geneva
Schaffhausen
Warsaw
Oslo Exchange Reopens After German Occupation
Oslo reopened its exchange today for the first time since the German occupation began six weeks ago. Bonds and bank shares fell about 10 percent while industrial shares dropped 15 percent and shipping shares 25 percent on the resumed trading day.
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Oslo
Oslo Exchange
Norway
British Troops Hold Positions After Repelling Attacks
NBC reports a BBC London shortwave broadcast heard in New York states British troops are holding firmly their positions and have repulsed all attacks within the past 24 hours, as of shortly after noon today.
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New York
BBC London
NBC
Loss of Princess Victoria and Effingham Reported
The Admiralty announces the sinking of the British minelayer Princess Victoria after a German mine strike with four officers and 31 sailors missing. Earlier, the 9,550 ton cruiser Effingham was lost after hitting a rock off Norway, but all aboard were saved.
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London
Admiralty
Effingham
Cocke Plans to Take Over Office in Baton Rouge
J Bernard Cocke was appointed New Orleans district attorney by Gov Sam Jones and planned to assume the Baton Rouge post today from Niels Hertz who resigned. Hertz had served since Oct 6 1939 after succeeding Charles Byrne amid the grand jury scandal. Cocke said he would pattern his conduct after Attorney General Stanley.
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Baton Rouge, la
J. Bernard Cocke
New Orleans
Sam Jones
Niels Hertz
Hertz
Jones
Cocke
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
Huey P. Long
Earl K. Long
Charles Byrne
Didn't Get a Bite She Got the Bite on False River
Mrs. R. H. Daudling of Arcola Mississippi confessed she lacked a fishing license yet presented a bizarre catch to Conservation Agent J. W. Wascom. The ten foot deep False River water yielded a set of lower false teeth, mistaken for a trout, prompting amused officials to record the odd incident.
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New Roads
R. H. Daudling
Arcola
Miss
J. W. Wascom
German airships bomb Bard Przemys on May 21 1915
Twenty five years ago today on May 21 1915 the Associated Press reports German airships bombed Bard Przemys. The despatch notes aerial bombardment as part of World War I hostilities and outlines early Allied reactions.
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Przemys
Red Cross Urges Fast Fund Drive In Ouachita Parish
National Red Cross official Richard F. Allen urged the Ouachita Parish chapter to speed its $4,900 quota toward the national $10,000,000 war chest as Belgian refugees flood France. A May 21 telegram quoted Paris official Wayne Chatfield Taylor praising timely Red Cross cash. tag day set for May 18 was moved to Saturday with workers to report progress to the local office.
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Richard F. Allen
Red Cross
EB. C. Gibson
France
Allen
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
American Red Cross
Paris
Ouachita Parish
Red Cros
Gibson
Gib
Jones speaks to legislature in Baton Rouge
Governor Sam Jones addresses a joint legislature meeting promising to curb Huey P Long’s dictatorial influence. He proposes reducing 170 state departments, tightening election laws, expanding education funding, and creating a crime commission. Agents file more reform pills as the session opens.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P
Special Crime Commission
Jones
Im- Jones
Parachute Armies Fly Cavalry In Modern Battles
Bridgeport, Conn May 2 The parachute armies of today will become the flying cavalrymen of tomorrow each soldier equipped with a vertical lift device. Igor Sikorsky demonstrated America's first windmill plane with a compact canopy rotor powering flight. The helicopter hovered and moved as a practical low-cost craft for private ownership and military use.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Igor 1 Sikorsky
Vought-Sikorsky
United Aircraft Corporation
America
Imperial Rustia
Swift Movement Confuses Allies Near English Channel
German forces surged toward the English Channel with armored cars and motorcycle detachments reaching Amiens and Abbeville. Paris reported rapid gains as Reynaud blamed high command for missed Meuse bridges while warning France must act.
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Paris
English Channel
Amiens
Pranai Adolf
Bitkrieg Leghama
Eiffel Tower
Paria
Artes
English
Abbeville
Heyneud
France
Reynaud
Meuse
Nowe Demme
Arras
Alae
Ite
Belegium
London
French War Ministry
England
Wilhelm
Sedan
Namur
Speculation on Allied Front Near Abbeville
A wartime column notes confusion over Allied progress near Abbeville and the channel. The piece urges prudence, stresses the need for more information before judgment, and confines speculation to private discussion.
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Abbeville
Monroe business climbs in April over March
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce reports April gains across sectors led by building permits up a seasonal margin, postal receipts rising 147 percent, and utilities and banking activity up modestly while motor vehicle registrations fall 26 percent from March and bank debits drop 9.8 percent.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
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