McNutt Urges Latin Trade Boost For New Orleans Port
Paul V. McNutt told the Association of Commerce in New Orleans that U S trade with Latin America could rise 500 percent, forecasting New Orleans as the greatest port in the western world. He urged a two way trade with South America and warned against overreliance on wartime exports.
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Louisiana City
New Orleans
United States
Latin America
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
the Association of Commerce
McNutt
South America
Court to Sit Only 3 Days in Monroe
Effective Monday June 3 Monroe city court will sit to hear cases only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 00 pm. The order lasts until June 21. Judge W M Harper away. B D Allbritton will act for him. State cases get priority to avoid delaying the assistant district attorney.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Harper
B. D. Allbritton
Frank W. Hawthorne
Chief Reitzell
George W. Lester
West Monroe Adopts 30 Minute Sound Truck Limit
An adjourned meeting of the West Monroe city council passed a new ordinance restricting sound trucks to 12 noon to 12 30 PM within city limits. The council also adjusted the city fire district by removing a small section. Other business was routine.
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West Monroe
Churchill vows no separate peace with Germany
In London on May 23 Prime Minister Churchill confirmed repeating Neville Chamberlain’s pledge that Britain would never make a separate peace with Germany. He answered Yes when asked if the pledge now includes no peace except in agreement with France.
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London
Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
France
Wind Rips Corpus Christi Area Causing Widespread Damage
A 68 mile per hour wind wrecked oil derricks and yachts while disrupting utilities in Corpus Christi. Beach cottages collapsed and nine derricks fell in the White Point field with further damage in Nueces bay. two ships drifted loose but no serious injuries reported.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Robstown
Miraldo
Barbro
White Point
Nueces Bay
Saxet
Germans cross Scheldt at Audenarde as Britons report drive
British expeditionary force says Germans crossed the Scheldt near Audenarde in Belgium west of Brussels. Berlin claims Dover and Dunkerque harbor facilities bombed. London notes heavy gunfire along the southeast coast near Calais Dunkerque. NBC CBS and MBS plan empire day broadcast of King George.
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London
Scheldt
Audenarde
Belgium
Brussels
English
Calais
Dunkerque
France
New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
King George of
Great Britain
Britain backs seven day week for arms factories in war effort
London reports British arms factories move to a seven day week under emergency powers. Churchill gains sweeping command of resources as Britain readies labor conscription and industry to crush Germany. Allied gains and battlefield stamina buoy public morale amid intensified fighting north of the Somme.
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Associated Press
London
Arras
Channel
France
Douai
Somme
Air Ministry
Alfred Duff Cooper
Nsee
Britain
Ite
Italy
Mussolini
Red Cross Fund Reaches 1725 in Ouachita Parish
With three days left in the drive, Ouachita parish totals show 1725 in contributions led by E C Gibson local chairman. Thursday’s take was 321.95, adding to 1404.90 collected earlier, as Norman H Davis cites urgent needs for Belgian and French relief and calls for continued, larger gifts.
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Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
E. C. Gibson
Gibson
Norman H. Davis
France
American Red Cross
German armored unit headquarters bombed by British air force
London May 23 The air ministry said British Blenheim aircraft bombed the headquarters of a German armored unit and attacked tanks vehicles and troop concentrations forming the vanguard of the advance toward the French channel ports for more than six hours yesterday.
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London
Air Ministry
French Channel
Louisiana House Bid to End Huey Long Dictatorship Powers
Baton Rouge May 23 The Louisiana House received five bills to end remnants of Huey Long era authority over local government. Proposed measures include barring state police from supplanting sheriffs, repealing New Orleans restrictions, and dissolving the state bond and tax board over local borrowing. The bills, led by Frank Stich, seek to restore or clarify city powers and regulate taxes and markets under state oversight.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Frank Stich
Stich
Theo F. Cangelosi
New LSU Board Planned By Governor Jones In Louisiana
Governor Jones said he will name a new LSU board of supervisors and back a constitutional amendment to prevent gubernatorial control. He also outlined long terms for members and the end of the current appointment system. Temporary aides Owens and Funderburg were named. He discussed Social Security and pension funding with Paul McNutt at dinner.
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana State University
Paul M. Hebert
G. T. Owens
Marie Funderburg
President Roosevelt to Speak on Defense in Fireside Radio Chat
President Roosevelt will address defense conditions and government policy in a 9 30 pm fireside radio chat Sunday. Stephen Early said it would be a straight forward report touching on commodities materials for war prices wages and agricultural issues. The half hour program will be carried by three major networks and may be relayed abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
United States
Early
League of American Nations to coordinate hemisphere defense
Senator Gillette of Iowa proposed a League of American Nations to coordinate defenses in the western hemisphere. He criticized the Roosevelt good neighbor policy as too loose to yield military benefit. Senator Austin of Vermont favored temporary, not permanent, alliances and said consultations may be insufficient for immediate defense.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
League of American Nations
Roosevelt
Austin
Vermont
Hemisphere
Lake Charles Man Leaps From Post Office Window Injuries Reported
EA Thorpe once a district maintenance clerk for the state highway department at Lake Charles leaped from a third story window of the U S Probation office at noon. He suffered a crushed chest and other injuries and was taken to St Francis hospital for treatment described as demented by a probation clerk.
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EA Thorpe
State Highway Department
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Ed Thorpe
United States Probation Officer
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. W. Cummings
D. E. Goodlett
Miss Goodlett
Thorpe
Oswald Mosley Arrested in London by Police
Sir Oswald Mosley leader of the British Union is taken into custody by police outside his London flat. Five officers waited outside as detectives raided the group in a hunt for fifth columnists resulting in a man and a woman being arrested.
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London
Oswald Mosley
British Union
Scotland Yard
Pope Pius Receives Roosevelt Envoy Myron Teyler
Vatican City May 23 reports Pope Pius receiving Myron Co. Teyler, Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican, during a May audience.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Myron Co. Teyler
President Roosevelt
Vatican
House Member Arrested in London Amid Fifth Column Roundup
Captain Archibald H M Ramsay conservative MP was arrested by direction of the home secretary and held in Brixton prison. The speaker read the notice to the house as police guarded the British Union HQ led by Sir Oswald Mosley. Ramsay, a World War I veteran from a prominent military family, had long been viewed as a fascist opponent.
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London
Archibald H M. Ramsay
Hare
House of Commons
Ramsay
Brixton
British Union
Oswald Mosley
Home Secretary
EB. A. Fitaroy
Home
John Anderson
Defenders Await Parachutists in Puget Sound Drills
Defenders at Fort Worden Casey and Flagler plan coast artillery navy maneuvers with simulated blitzkrieg. An enemy force including a destroyer and coast guard ships will be joined by imaginary warships airplanes and parachutists in land and seaborne actions.
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Fort Worden
Wash
Puget Sound
Forta Worden
Casey
Flagler
Coast Guard
Senate rushes to pass navy bill amid rapid defense drive
The Senate moved swiftly to approve the Navy portion of the $3.297 billion peace time defense program, with debate set for a quick decision just after yesterday’s Army measure passed 74 to 0. The package aims to push air power toward a 50,000 plane goal, allocating hundreds of millions for aviation, air defenses, and related needs.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Pittman
Erat
Nevada
Roosevelt
German blitzkrieg recaptures Abbeville amid Belgium pocket
Germany reports recapture of Abbeville as 40,000 to 1,000,000 troops push into Belgium and northern France. Churchill warns of heavy fighting to seize the pocket from Abbeville to Ostend, while Boulogne may fall and Allied fears rise. Mussolini intensifies war prep on WWI anniversary.
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Associated Presa
Belgium
France
Abbeville
English Channel
Boulogne
Straits of Dover
Folkestone
England
Agennet
Ostend
Sid Dnb
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Electric wire kills driver in Monroe storm
Early morning rain and wind in Monroe left L. C. Thomas a dead truck driver after his bicycle entangled in a fallen high tension wire on Elysian Fields street. Thomas lived at 208 South 2th street and was employed by Darrett Hardware and Furnitures. Witnesses noted a facial burn and investigators could not confirm if the wire touched his body or the bicycle. Rain totaled 3.36 inches in 74 hours with localized flooding and shingles loosened citywide. A lightning strike damaged the Kersh hotel roof.
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Monroe
L. C. Thomas
Darrett Hardware and Furniturs Come Pany
Elysian Fields Street
DeSfeld
Manassas Ab
Cone Ted
South 2Th Street
Kersh
Thomas
Paris Ministers Decide to Stay Based in City
French government will keep its administrative base in Paris after a war cabinet meeting. The communique says functions will not be moved from the capital and civilian population movements from the city are restricted. Ministers have stayed in Paris and no list of departing services is issued.
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Paris
Eee
War Cabinet
France
Maxime Weygand
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Jones Plan
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Archibald Ramsay
Flanders
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