Trial will hear hot oil testimony in Leche case plan
In Alexandria Louisiana May 28 a federal mail fraud trial against former Governor Richard W Leche heard the government intend to introduce testimony about another indictment accusing him and Seymour Weiss of sharing 134000 in an alleged hot oil deal The highway department paid 39733205 for 233 trucks from Younger Motor Co despite expected discounts Co-defendants Younger and Abernathy have pleaded guilty with sentences pending the Leche outcome
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Alexandria
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Seymour Weiss
O. John Rogge
United States
State Highway Commission
Younger Motor Car Company
Highway Department
George Younger
L. P. Abernathy
The
Highway Commission
Rogge
J. St. Clair Adams
Foster Convillion
Louisiana bills require alien fingerprint registration
Louisiana lawmakers introduced bills taxing communications and energy while proposing fingerprint registration for all alien residents. Rep Alvin B. Crais calls for a state bureau system and fingerprinting, with funds supporting old age pensions. Another measure would bar retired judges from private practice and allow temporary state Supreme Court service.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Alvin B. Crais
Sheldon Broussard
Vermilion Parish
State Supreme Court
Husband of Visitor in America Killed
In Atchison Kansas a British air force commander reportedly killed in action three weeks ago is identified as the husband of a visitor from America. The American wife, Mrs. King, had lived in England for 16 years before visiting relatives in the United States.
Two Texas mayors clash over ballot at Democratic convention
In Waco Texas May 28 Mayor Maury Maverick of San Antonio fought with Mayor Tom Miller of Austin outside the hall where delegates to the Texas Democratic convention debated pledging the state's 44 delegates to John Nance Garner or to Franklin D Roosevelt keeping order amid tensions over the party's ballot.
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Waco
Tex
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Roosevelt
Tom Miller
Austin
Texas
John Nance Garner
Changes Sought In Traffic Code By Civic Group
A new Monroe traffic code prepared by the Chamber of Commerce traffic committee will be presented for adoption by the city commission. Lee Hodges said the code follows the national safety council model and 500 copies were distributed for client review. Briscoe Trousdale announced an educational program to accompany adoption.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Hodges
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
National Safety Council
Hodges
Briscoe Trousdale
Building Code Faces Change in Monroe
Walter H. Grant city engineer says enforcing a standard building code would lower fire insurance rates in Monroe. Lee Hodges, Chamber of Commerce civic affairs chair, notes the 1912 code is inadequate, and a new code would improve building standards.
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Walter H. Grant
Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau
Monroe
Lee Hodges
Chamber of Commerce Committee of Civic Affairs
Sam Awl
Grant
Hodges
Boats Remove Troops Under Heavy Shellfire
A naval eyewitness recounts the British retreat from Boulogne under constant bombardment by German troops. Destroyers ferried sailors and engineers across the channel to demolish bridges and key harbor facilities as German forces closed in with tanks and field guns.
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London
Boulogne
Royal Marines
Royal Engineers
Ousting of Louisiana banking commissioner Brock approved
The Louisiana senate voted 31 to 6 to oust Jasper S. Brock, state banking commissioner, by a concurrent resolution after the house passed it 79 to 17. Earlier the legislature charged him with gross misconduct for alleged looting, excessive fees, and undervalued sales of liquidated banks and homesteads amid Governor Sam Jones's push to reform bank liquidations. Brock had refused to resign.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jasper S. Brock
Senate
Brock
House
J. S. Brock
Sam Jones
Dionne Quintuplets Mark Sixth Birthday in Ontario
The Dionne quintuplets turn six in Callander Ontario as they begin religious instruction and enter primary schooling. The five sisters Marie Emilie Cecile Annette and Yvonne receive birthday cake with color coded candles. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe celebrates his 57th birthday while family and siblings join in.
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Callander
Dionne
Ontario
Marie
Emilie
Cecile
Annette
Yvonne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Immediate rise in taxes talk in Washington
Washington reports a proposal to raise 3 billion dollars in new taxes over five years to cover national defense costs. The plan, approved by President Roosevelt, involves selling 3 billion in national defense obligations and annual tax receipts of 600 to 700 million dollars to retire debt and pay interest.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Fifth Column Measure Voted in Senate
Washington May 2. The senate approved measures to bar all Communists and Nazi band members from interstate commerce and prohibit more than 10 percent alien workers in interstate industry. No citizenship applicants exemption is provided. Senator Reynolds sponsored the amendments to anti op legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Inter
House
Reynolds
North Carolina
Wooten Quits House Over Controversy
Baton Rouge May 3. Representative Chester Wooten of Plaquemines parish resigns from the Louisiana House amid a resolution to declare his seat vacant. He says the resolution would cause open controversy on the floor and hinder the legislative program.
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Wooten
HOUSE
Baton Rouge
Chester Wooten
Plaquemines Parish
House of Representatives
Belgium Surrenders As Leopold III Declares Capitulation
Britain and France lose about 250 600 troops as Belgium capitulates under King Leopold III. A German radio broadcast claimed the king will remain in a Belgian castle while British and French forces brace for a harder fight toward the Channel. Premier Reynaud denounces the act as unprecedented but vows continued resistance.
Italy Watchdog Diplomats See Shift in War Entry
Rome reports a Belgian army surrender anticipated to push Italy into war alongside Germany. French citizens in Italy faced exit visa restrictions. university militiamen ordered to arms for a 16th anniversary ceremony. Marshal Badoglio pledges council scientists' obedience. Maps of German bombings in Britain circulate amid public caution.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Ing
Belgium Capitulation Sparks Allied Offensive Rumors
War bulletins report Belgium’s sudden capitulation under a king’s disowned rule as Allied forces mass on the Aisne for a decisive push. Alfred Duff-Cooper says judgment on Belgium should wait while noting Belgian troops fought bravely against heavy odds. The Daily Standard denounces Leopold II’s move as a savage blow to the allied war effort.
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London
Alfred Duff-Cooper
Belgium
Dufford
Lord Beaverbrook
King Leopold
Germany
King Quisting
Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
Norway
State Department Delays Comment on Paris Developments
Officials withheld comment on Premier Reynaud's belated announcement of Belgian capitulation until analyses of Paris embassy reports. Secretary Hull not awakened. coastal buildings rattled for 15 minutes as three explosions triggered reid warnings and rapid street clearance. Continued on next page.
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Washington
State Department
Reynaud
Paris
Hull
Reid
War at a Glance: Belgian Surrender and Allied Shifts
AP report briefs Belgium’s unconditional surrender order by King Leopold and government repudiation, French troopers crushed on the border, Britain hints at withdrawal while calling 600000 more to colors, Rome sees Belgian capitulation as Italy’s prompt toward entry, and Berlin notes continued French pressure on the western wall amid allied combat.
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Associated Press
Paris
Leopold
Flanders
Basel
Germany
Churchill Cheered By Commons Amid Belgian Crisis
Churchill told the Commons Britain and France would press on despite Belgian king Leopold III's surrender order. Premier Pierlot said Belgian forces would continue fighting with the Allies while the refugee government reorganzed in Paris, amid reports of mass capitulation in Belgium.
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Leopold
Churchill
House of Command
Allied Generale
Perix
Hubert Pierlot
Germany
France
Mirccaedt
Paris
Hill
Commons
Albert
Six Die in Mojave Plane Crash Near Riverside
A Mojave California crash killed six service members and injure one, Sergeant John B. Stewart of Midway Alabama survived seriously hurt and was airlifted to a San Francisco hospital. Deceased are Second Lieutenants Jess A. Smith and Charles A. Nisbett both from Riverside, Calif, and Sergeants Thurman Owens and others. Private Wayne Kaufman from Burlington Iowa Private Doyle Bean Kirbyville Texas and Private Eugene Inke are also listed among the dead.
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Mojave
Calif
John B. Stewart
Midway
Ala
General Hospital
San Francisco
Jess A. Smith
Charles A. Nisbett
Thurman
Owens
Riverside
Wayne G. Kaufman
Rita Kaufman
Burelington
Doyle H Bean
Kirbyville
Tex
Eugene Inke
Mojave Desert
Lindbergh Honorary Status Withdrawn by Lafayette Escadrille Group
Paris reports the Lafayette Escadrille association withdraws Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's honorary membership due to his recent speech. The move cites the 1927 Atlantic crossing and states the act reflects opposition to the spirit of the volunteers who defended France.
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Lafayette
Foreign Legion
France
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