Roosevelt urges unity as economy shows strength across nation
President roosevelt told 1000 merchants that america is in an excellent position to move forward with higher production and employment. He defended current policies, rejected cuts to the budget, and urged business leaders to cooperate on national problems without relying on welfare. He noted critics over the profits tax and suggested repeal if revenues remain low.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation Today
America
Dole
Queen Mary’s Auto Hits Truck And Turns Over
In Philadelphia a dispatcher rushed aid after a female caller begged to hurry. Fire engine and police arrived to find a mix up as Mrs. Smarkola asked for a taxicab, confirming the strange scene at the door. Nearby, a mother goose hatched seven young and swam away with four CCC enrollees helping care for the orphans. In North Stonington a cat saved $150 for Harold McLaughlin by rescuing three abandoned young from a mink farm.
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Joseph Smarkola
Kemmerer
Wye
CCC
North Stoningham, Conn
Harold McLaughlin
Mink
Clean-up Week in Monroe and West Monroe Progresses
Clean-up week continues through Saturday in Monroe and West Monroe under orders of C R Tidwell and Mayor H M Williams Jr. City crews remove debris while residents are urged to pile litter in alleys or neutral ground after properties. Citizens are warned about stagnant water breeding mosquitoes and should oil water surfaces if removal is not possible.
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Monroe
West Monroe
C. R. Tidwell
H. M. Willams, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
McGuire Park Golf Club to Host Twin City Tournament
The McGuire Park Golf Club will hold its third annual Twin City Golf tournament on June 3 and 4. The Monroe Morning World’s sports section next Sunday will feature abundant pictures and stories about the event. The McGuire clubhouse has been enlarged and greens enhanced, with the course’s lakes and trees presenting a picturesque view.
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McGuire Park
McGuire Club
McGuire
Queen Mother Mary Involved in London Car Accident
Queen Mother Mary escaped serious harm after a London suburb car overturn. Reports say she was bruised and badly shaken but unhurt, then driven to Marlborough House. Arrangements were made to inform King George VI and Queen Elizabeth aboard the transcontinental train reaching Jackfish Ontario at 1 4.
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King George VI
Canada
London
Queen Mother
Mary
Putney
Marlborough House
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Jackfish
Ont
Fugitives Killed After Prison Stockade Collapse
Two escapees from an Arkansas prison were killed in a hand to hand fight with trusted guards near the Cummins prison farm after a stockade collapse during a storm. Warden R I Martin reported that Archie Goodwin and James Patterson died, with Willie Rayford captured. A broader manhunt for other fugitives continued as officials noted no white guards were involved.
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Archie Goodwin
Ouachita County
James Patterson
Columbia County
R. I. Martin
Martin
Goodwin
Patterson
Trusty
Cummins
Gould
Willie Rayford
Republic Steel files $7.5 million suit over 1937 strike actions
Republic Steel in Cleveland sues John L. Lewis Philip Murray and unions for alleged 1937 strike acts. The suit claims blockades missiles arrests and armed mobs disrupted mills across Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland Illinois New York and other states, causing losses and protection costs during a strike that idled up to 100000 workers.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Little Steel
Republic
John L. Lewis
C. LO
Philip Murray
C. I
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mistaken Identity Fatal Shooting in Loreaúville Case
Deputy says Joseph Ausley shot and killed Loreauville woman thinking she was his wife after returning from Mississippi. He then injured himself and fired on Angelle and Sloane near a restaurant before misidentifying a houseboat.
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Loreauville
Robert Vaughn
Olivier Courville
Joseph Ausley
Ausley
Greenville
Miss
Louis Angelle
Angelle
Gaston Sloane
New Iberia
Sloane
Dauterive Landing
Courville
Mrs McMurray Admits Stealing 300 Automobiles
Deputy Sheriff I M Kriegbaum said Mrs Charles R McMurray age 35 confessed she and her husband stole 300 automobiles in three years. She was held for federal agents who arrested her husband in Salt Lake City on over act charges. Mrs McMurray had license plates from 13 states and altered motor numbers.
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Los Angeles
I. M. Kriegbaum
Charles R. McMurray
Salt Lake City
Kriegbaum
Submarine Squalus Reported Down Off New England Coast
The navy said the submarine Squalus lies at 240 feet about five miles off the New England coast, likely off New Hampshire. Rescue vessels head from New London and Lt Comdr C B Monsen with eight divers from Washington Navy Yard travel by air from Anacostia. Navy offices assemble crew list at White Island.
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Washington
Navy Department
New England
Navy
New Hampshire
New London
Conn
C. B. Monsen
Washington Navy Yard
Anacostia
White Island
Poland Opens Door to British Moscow Pact Amid Cabinet Doubts
London May 23 Poland told Britain she had no objection to a three power mutual aid pact with Soviet Russia and France. Colonel Joseph Beck discussed Polish views with Sir Howard Kennard who then relayed them to Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax in Geneva. A cabinet meeting was expected to hear Polish and Romanian positions before Halifax's recommendations.
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London
Poland
Britain
Russia
France
Joseph Beck
Howard Kennard
Warsaw
Howard
Viscount Halifax
Geneva
Moscow
Rumania
Halifax
Ivan Maisky
League of Nations Council
Georges Bonnet
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
The
Times
Viscount Runciman
Germany
Runciman
Canada
the Times
Man Disappears in New Orleans After Hat Found
Police probe disappearance of R. K. Stewart 35 former chain store manager from McComb Mississippi after a blood stained hat and two gasoline card identifiers are found on Poydras street wharf. His wife says he left McComb to borrow money in New Orleans and would arrive noon tomorrow. No trace of car or man. Stewart active in civic athletic and church affairs.
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New Orleans
R. K. Stewart
McComb
Miss
Poydras Street
Stewart
Fred Williams
Pendergast to Begin 15 Month Prison Term Before 1940 Elections
Kansas City boss Tom Pendergast will report to Leavenworth to start a 15 month sentence for income tax evasion, planning to be released in a year for the August primaries and November polls. Missouri faces a governor and federal races as Stark and Truman loom, with Pendergast’s machine long guiding the state’s Democratic successes.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Tottering Democratic Organization
Pendergast
Leavenworth
Kas
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
United States
Harry S. Truman
Stark
Maurice Milligan
Truman
Supreme Court
Jackson County
Jim
Tom
New York
Escapees From Shreveport Jail Return After Capture
Jack Neal, 28, who escaped from a Shreveport skyscraper jail with two others, was recaptured in Lufkin Texas. Neal had 45 days left on a one year forgery sentence. Kennedy and Johnson fled using a blanket rope. A $50 reward was set for Neal. An abandoned stolen car linked to Kennedy and Johnson was found in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Shreveport
Jack Neal
Lufkin
Tex
Neal
W.C. Kennedy
J. A
Jimmie” Johnson
T. R. Hughes
Ray Smithhart
Bob Goss
Kennedy
Johnson
Hot Springs
Ark
Quints Pleased At Visit With Royal Couple
Aboard the royal pilot train en route to Winnipeg the five quints met King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Toronto. The royal visit provided the high spot of the royal tour while the children’s family and staff, including Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, rested after the trip.
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Dionne
Alan Roy DaFoe
Toronto
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Winnipeg
Lake Superior
Callander
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe
National Cotton Week Observed and Economic Impact
May 22 to May 27 is designated National Cotton Week underscoring cotton as America's key industry. Louisiana yields 711000 bales annually valued at 37000000 with 500000 tied to cotton livelihoods, while markets shrink amid foreign demand loss prompting new uses. Governor Lewhe helped launch the National Cotton Council of America to address stability.
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America
Louisiana
South
Richard W. Lewhe
National Cotton Council of America
Girl 16 Drowns West of Hammond
Oleta Melton aged 16 drowned in the Natalbany River seven miles west of Hammond while helping her sister Joe Ruth 9 who stepped into a hole. Curtis Stafford 17 dived in and saved Joe Ruth. All lived near Albany.
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Hammond
Oleta Melton
Natalbany
Here
Joe Ruth
Oleta
Curtis Stafford
Albany
Spellman Installed as Sixth Archbishop of New York
Francis Spellman was installed as the sixth archbishop of New York at St. Patrick's Cathedral after rising from a former grocery wagon job. The ceremony drew about 50 bishops and hundreds of clergy, with a large police presence and a formal pontifical procession through the cathedral.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Ravenello
Francis Joseph Spellman
Cathedral
Fifth and
Madison Avenues
List Streets
Spellman
Whitman
Mass
St. Patrick's
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Cardinal Hayes
Pius XII
Madison Avenue
Monroe Pythians Receive Praise at State Convention
New Orleans May 23 The 57th annual Knights of Pythias Louisiana state convention elected B Carstarphen of Shreveport grand chancellor succeeding P H Griffith Baton Rouge Other officers named include William Erikson grand vice chancellor and A W Trotter Monroe grand master at arms Shreveport chosen as 1940 convention city Grants plaques awarded to Stonewall lodge Monroe and Balfour lodge Rayville for best membership gains.
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New Orleans
B. Carstarphen
Shreveport
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Algiers
Carstarphen
P. H. Griffith
Baton Rouge
William Erikson
Walter E. Adolph
Daniel J. Leingang
Louis M
Storm Leaves Five Dead And Over Million In Damages
A spring storm tore through central Arkansas near the Arkansas river valley, causing heavy property damage estimated over 1 million dollars and five known deaths. Prison disturbances at Cummins state prison farm left prisoners missing and two escaped men shot nearby.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Cummins State Prison Farm
Here
Cummins Priso On
Tom Hackett
Toltec
England
Annie Adams
James W. Lee
Benton Farmer
Pine Bluff
Louise Gary
Wabebaseka
Samuel Sorin Wins at Piano Competition in Baltimore
May 23. Samuel Sorin, a year-old Detroit beggar turned pianist, won the National Federation of Music Clubs prize of 1000 dollars and the Schubert Memorial award to perform as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York and Philadelphia. Martha Lipton of New York won 1000 dollars and an extra 500 for a radio performance, following her rise in the federation contests and recent Opera House appearances.
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Detroit
National Federation of Music Clubs
Samuel Sorin
Philadelphia Orchestra
New York
Philadelphia
Sorin
Martha Lipton
Federation
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