Rebellion Looms in San Luis Potosi Area Near Mexico City
May 24. A neutral observer says Lazaro Cardenas government not taking Cedillo uprising seriously as defense ministry shows little interest. Regulars move into the war zone while Cedillo reportedly heads toward wilder country near the Morelos Viejos area on the highway to Laredo.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Saturnino Cedillo
San Luis Potosi
Defense Ministry
Cardenas
Genoveve Rivas Guillen
Las Tablas
Canoas
Cedillo
Montebello
Las Palomas
Morelos Viejos
Mexico-Laredo
Carranza
Rutilio Alamillo Valdes
Disabled Vets Name State Commander Nomination Shreveport
J W Angers of New Iberia is slated for nomination as state commander of the Louisiana department of Disabled American Veterans at the closing session in Shreveport. The nominating committee led by William F Surgi also proposed Edgar H Des Bordes and others for senior and junior roles. floor nomination status unclear. A resolution to bar officers from other veterans posts failed, and another granting the commander power to appoint four district commanders was defeated. The convention approved a resolution thanking hosts.
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Shreveport
J. W. Angers
New Iberia
Louisiana Department of Disabled American Veterans
William F. Surgi
Angers
Edgar H. Des Bordes
New Orleans
Valsin Fournet
St. Martinsville
J. B. Dugas
Lafayette
John A. Devron
Robert E. Robinson
Frank P. Barbier
R. S. McLeod
State Department
D. C
Pershings Begin Honeymoon Tour From Manila
The newlyweds Warren Pershing and his spouse arrived in Manila aboard the Hawaii clipper for their honeymoon. They plan to fly to a destination then travel by boat to Singapore, Bali, and other ports, continuing their itinerary.
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Pershings
Manila
Warren Pershings
Hawaii
Singapore
Bali
Chamberlain Autographed Photo Sent to Ouachita Parish Class
Mrs Henry Littlepage sponsors an Ouachita Parish High School European history class which received an autographed Bassano photograph of Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of Great Britain, on Monday. A letter from Chamberlains private secretary accompanied the gift. The photo, by Bassano, is on display at Griffin's studio for viewing.
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Ouachita Parish
Henry Littlepage
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Mr. Chamberlain
Downing, Street
Whitehall
Lodi Cann
C. M. Campbell
Bassano
Chamberlain
Griffin
Farmers roads rally in Louisiana legislature for aid
In Baton Rouge on May 24, representatives Kilpatrick Norton and Starns urged action to fund farmers gravel roads. A concurrent resolution defending welfare administration was introduced, while a bill to tax chain stores aimed to raise funds for roads and equalize local taxation.
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Baton Rouge
L. Kilpatrick
Jackson Parish
Capitol
George T. Norton
Claiborne Parish
Henry Starns
Livingston
Norton
North Louisiana
House
J. A. McCurnin
Lowry B. Eastland
East Baton Rouge Parish
Department of Public Welfare
A. R. Johnson
Robert Angelle
St. Martin
State Industrial School For Girls
Alexandria
John J. Peters
Winn Parish
Peters
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Insurgent Planes Raid Valencia and Port Bou
Insurgent war planes raided Valencia early today causing casualties and damage as Barcelona also faced a high altitude attack. Five planes bombed Port Bou near the French border dropping twenty bombs with damage details not yet disclosed.
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Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Mediterranean
Spain
Port Bou
Two Children Die In Bus Truck Collision
Two school children were killed and three injured when a school bus and a log truck collided on a narrow bridge near Atlanta Texas on May 23. Police said the crash occurred on the one lane span sending several people to area hospitals. The victims and wounded were students from local schools. Authorities continued to investigate the cause of the accident.
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Atlanta
Tex
Old Soldiers Pass Torch To Younger Generations At Gettysburg
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania on Memorial Day 75 year veterans pass graves duties to sons and grandsons while still joining the parade and hearing Lincoln's address as Judge Sheely and Senator Vandenburg speak. The piece notes aging guardianship of graves and ongoing memorial rituals.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Liberty
W. C. Sheely
Common Pleas Court
Adams
Fulton Counties
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Modification of Wage-Hour Bill Crushed by Coalition
In Washington on May 4 a coalition of Republicans and northern Democrats defeated a southern bid to add flexibility to the wage hour bill. Ramspeck's substitute proposing regional wage differentials and a board to grant exemptions failed 139 to 70, while the house plan would set a universal graduated minimum wage from 25 to 40 cents over three years.
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Washington
Ramspeck
Georgia
Wold
Banquet and Dance For St Matthew’s Alumni Class
St Matthew’s P T A hosted a banquet at Hotel Frances for the 1938 graduates and juniors, with Monsignor Planche and Fathers Vandegaer Walsh Aycock in attendance. Father Aycock served as toastmaster as 69 guests heard the motto Be True To Yourself and urged students to live up to it.
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St. Matthew's P.T. A
St. Matthew’s High School
Hotel Frances
St. Matthew's Parochial School Alumni Association
Hotel Frances Cherokee Terrace
JV Planche
St. Francis Sanitarium
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
M. F. Walsh
Leon R. Aycock
Father Aycock
Monsignor
Planche
Hitler Not Eager To Start World War
DeWitt MacKenzie says Hitler’s plans toward Czechoslovakia suggest indirect action rather than a full invasion. He may avoid general war despite European tensions as Britain and France push for peace while Czechoslovakia amasses troops. The border standoff heightens risk, but a major war remains uncertain.
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Hitler
DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Hier Hitler
Germany
Republic
France
Britain
Fatherland
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Berlin
Praha
England
Hitler pressure moves to dominate Czechs
The article suggests Hitler aims to frighten Czechoslovakia with troop moves while pressing a quiet squeeze from abroad. It notes Nazi allies inside Czechoslovakia work as part of the strategy and warns against assuming bluffing, given his history and the risk of wider conflict.
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Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Workmen Find Dried Toad in 1921 Concrete Post
In Vincennes Indiana workmen tearing down concrete fence posts on Paul Fry?s farm, former state excise director, found a dark object sealed inside a post poured in 1921. They removed a flattened toad that revived after being doused with water and hopped away.
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Vincennes
Ind
Paul Fry
State Excise
Fry
Photographer Clark Names Black and White Bull Pup Tripod
Richmond photographer Arthur Clark showcases a three legged Boston bulldog named Tripod. The quirky pet draws attention at local events and Clark plans to feature the dog in future exhibitions.
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Richmond
Arthur Clark
Rochester Twins Selah and Leona Day Graduate
Identical twins Selah and Leona Day will graduate from Rochester High School this spring. Both have kept perfect attendance with no tardies in 12 years and share nearly identical scholastic averages. Each is left handed.
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Seattle
Selah
Leona Day
Rochester High School
Sacramento school year opened after state fair delay
Sacramento officials postponed the first week of school due to irregular attendance, pushing the opening to after the state fair to improve attendance and smooth start.
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Sacramento
Calif
Firemen Rush to Grass Lake Hotel Fire
Antioch Illinois dispatch from Fox Lake where Lake County Firemen’s association attendees learned a Grass Lake hotel was burning. Two engines could not stop the blaze before visiting squads arrived led by a senior official.
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Antioch
Ill
Lake County Firemen’s Association
Fox Lake
Grass Lake
Secretary Ickes Weds in Ireland
Washington May 24 The interior secretary Harold Ickes aged 64 wed Miss Jane Dahlman 25 of Milwaukee in Dublin Ireland The ceremony at Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church was performed by Rev R K Hanna The couple cabled Washington friends to announce the wedding The bride is the daughter of Louis A Dahlman a Milwaukee lawyer She graduated from Smith College and had been a White House visitor Ickes former wife died in a 1935 automobile accident at Santa Fe New Mexico
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Jane Dehlman
Milwaukee
Dublin
Ireland
Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church
R. K. Hanna
Ickes
Louis A. Dahlman
Smith College
White House
Friends
Michael W. Straus
Interior Department
John Cudahy
United States
Santa Fe
N. M
Sudeten border tensions rise as German troops increase
Reports from Praha indicate renewed German troop concentrations on the Czechoslovak Austrian frontier while Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein quits Praha, suspending peace talks with Premier Milan Hodza. Officials caution that Czechoslovak mobilizations may be hard to withdraw.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Central Europe
Saxony
Austria
Konrad Henlein
Milan Hodza
Sudeten
Henlein
Asch
Conversa
Boy on Trial for Death of Girl He Loved
Mary Elizabeth Plummer reports a New York case where 11 year old Donald Carroll faces possible death penalty for the slaying of his pregnant sweetheart Charlotte Matthiesen. Prosecutor Loscalzo described a death pact born from poverty and youth, with defense likely to argue temporary insanity or emotional distress. The courtroom echoes Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray as spectators gaze on the teen defendant.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Donald Carroll
Charlotte Matthiesen
Joseph V. Loscalzo
Donald
Loscalzo
Loscelzo
Charlotte
Sydney Rosenthal
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Don Carroll
Louisiana bill seeks Lake Charles junior college division
Legislation to create a junior college division of Louisiana State University at Lake Charles was introduced and dropped in the house hopper. Calcasieu Parish would finance a suitable physical plant and offer the first two years of the LSU arts and sciences college program.
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Horace
Dodge Motor Company
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Miss Dodge
Isabelle Dodge Sloan
Kilpatrick
Bruce Palmer
First Cavalry
Fort Knox
Palmer
Alcatrazin
Tacial Officer Criti- Gettysburg
Cally
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary
Thomas R. Limerick
Rufus Franklin
Alabama
R. C. Cline
Marine Hospital
James C. Lucas
Scarface
al Capone
James A. Johnston
Cline
Warden Johnston
P.T. A. and
St. Matthew's
Harold Lloyd
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Hollywood
Mary Lou Lender
Delmar Davies
Miss Lender
Charles Franklin Lender
Toad Tale
Ckes
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