Bergdoll says United States has his love
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the wartime draft dodger, proclaims love for the United States from his Governor’s Island cell. He says he would repay punishment gladly to prove himself a worthy part of the country and notes his voluntary return to face a five year sentence.
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Bergdoll
United States
New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Governor's Island
Harry Weinberger
Achontage
Europe
Ouachita Parish High School Baccalaureate Speaker Rev C K Smith
Baccalaureate exercises for Ouachita Parish High School drew 300 plus attendees in the school auditorium. Rev C K Smith delivered a sermon from So Near To Success, urging graduates to balance achievement with humility as they enter the world beyond graduation.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Audie W. Moffett
Georgia Bell Goza
Frances Smith
Irvie Lee Humble
C. K. Smith
First Methodist Church
West Monroe
Jesus
Japanese say 2.3 million Chinese casualties in war
Tokyo reports Imperial Japanese headquarters tallies 2,300,000 Chinese casualties from July 7, 1937, to April 1939 with 936,345 bodies counted on battlefields. Japanese deaths at 59,588 and losses since December exceed 12,000, signaling rising casualty rate.
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Tokyo
Imperial Japanese
Ils
Frank Murphy to Speak in Baton Rouge Tonight
United States Attorney General Frank Murphy arrived in Baton Rouge to deliver the Louisiana State University commencement address. He was accompanied by J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson, while remarks on an Eastern Louisiana federal judgeship lingered without firm decisions.
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New Orleans
Frank Murphy
United States
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Shushan Airport
Richard W Leche
Houston
Tex
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clyde Tolson
Hoover
Matthew McGuire
Louisiana
Murphy
Leche
Robbery at motor vehicle bureau on North Second Street
A noon holdup at the motor vehicle bureau at 212 North Second Street left Tony Marsala, the sole clerk, robbed of cash and checks. The masked stranger, about 33 years old, five eight and 150 pounds, fled with the loot after demanding money. Police search for the unmasked suspect who wore khaki pants and a light brown hat.
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Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Second Street
Tony Marsala
Marsala
Mr. Marsala
Posters back Earl K Long for governor appear in New Orleans
Posters showing Lieutenant Governor Earl K Long and the caption Earl K Long Next Governor appeared in New Orleans. The bannered campaign art circulated citywide as speculation mounted over the gubernatorial race.
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New Orleans
Earl K
Long
Joking Miner Rescued From Tomb In Earth
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania Robert Galligan a 38 year old anthracite miner was rescued after 65 hours trapped beneath rock and dirt. He was lifted from a 75 foot shaft and taken to hospital where doctors reported slight shock. His father Patrick Galligan and fellow miners watched as rescue crews endured danger from further slides.
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Shenandoah
Robert Galligan
Galligan
Pennsylvania
Patrick
Galligan's
Tom Pendergast Goes to Prison at Leavenworth
Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast began a 15 month sentence for income tax evasion after pleading guilty to taxes on 443 550 in 1935 and 1936. His aide R Emmett O Malley also was jailed for a year and a day.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Missouri
R. Emmett O'Malley
Pendergast
Robert P. Lyons
T. J. Pendergast, Jr
United States
New Dealers Hope to Bring 1940 Prosperity
Washington May 29. Tax revision is seen by many in the administration as key to reviving business before 1940 elections. A Democratic party armistice eases intra party friction as President Roosevelt names a Virginia judge after opposition from two Virginia senators. The dispute over the undistributed profits tax figures prominently in recent talks.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Virginia
Senate
White House
Harrison
Mississippi
Garner
Squalus Survivors Report On Fatal Dive Details
Portsmouth New Hampshire May 29 divers press to salvage the sunken submarine Squalus as 33 survivors and relatives prepare for Decoration day services. Lt Cmdr Longstaff says written survivor statements are collected to fix a permanent record of the disaster and the commanding officer prepares an official report.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Squalus
Navy
Bell
John B. Longstaff
Navy Department
Longstaff
Navy Yard
Snite's Lourdes Visit Draws Global Sympathy and Attention
The 28 year old Fred Snite Jr suffers infantile paralysis and has traveled from New York to Lourdes in gratitude for life. French schoolchildren spearhead a prayer crusade for his recovery as crowds watch the drama of his illness and miraculous-seeming hopes unfold.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Fred Snite, Jr
Chicago
Lourdes
France
Fred
China
Pyrenees
Gave du Pas
Strange Tales Found in News at International Oddities
A humorous roundup reports bizarre animal feats from last week’s event. A Mississippi cow weathered a tornado and kept chewing, shrimp emerged in New Orleans, a Wyoming goose nested in a hawk’s nest, a Connecticut cat nursed minks, and a Nebraska cat claimed a turkey’s brood. A Philadelphia zoo welcomed a duck and ducklings, with a bloodhound from Idaho noted in the mix.
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New York
Animal World
New Orleans
Wyoming
Connecticut
Elmer
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Idaho
Memorial Day Observed Across Twin Cities
National Memorial Day activities took place in the Twin Cities with services at First Presbyterian and First Baptist churches led by Rev. Holloway and Rev. Hastings. A new ceremony on the Ouachita river bridge honored seamen, followed by a Veterans of Foreign Wars service at Riverview Burial Park with Dr. C Karles Smith speaking. Graves were decorated with flags and flowers.
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Twin Cities
L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest D. Holloway
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
Ouachita River
Louisville Avenue
United Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
Riverview
C. Karles Smith
West Monroe First
Bus Safety Sign Blamed in Death
In Baton Rouge on May 29 Keith Keowen 11 blamed a school bus safety sign for a fatal crash that killed his brother Carroll Keowen 20. He testified at a coroner's inquest that he drove a car with five youths aboard and that Carroll and another boy rode the front fenders. Keith said the sign obscured a gravel truck at an intersection and Carroll died hours after a leg amputation following the collision.
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Baton Rouge
Keith Keowen
Carroll Keowen
Harry Johnston
Keith
Carroll
Northeast Junior college holds seventh commencement
The seventh annual commencement of Northeast Junior College was held in the college auditorium Monday at 10 a.m. with over 100 graduates receiving diplomas. Dr. Walter Crosby Eells of the American Association of Junior Colleges delivered the address on “Education Travel and Slavery,” drawing parallels between ancient Greece and modern democracy and noting the role of “mechanical slaves” in today’s society.
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Northeast Junior College
Walter Crosby Eells
American Association of Junior Colleges
Junior College Journal
Washington, D. C
Greece
Pericles
Athens
Massachusetts
California
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Novelist Steinbeck Receives Threats in Calif
Sheriff deputies disclosed that John Steinbeck received a letter from Reno demanding $400 signed Maurey B Campbell and a telegram signed Melancholy Black with no sum specified. Reno police and postal inspectors cooperate in the investigation.
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San Jose
Calif
John Steinbeck
Reno
Nev
Jack Gibbons
Eugene Denton
Maurey B. Campbell
Sheriff's Office
Steinbeck
Planes Sighted Off Ireland Scotland and England
Reports say a small high flying plane possibly Thomas H. Smiths Baby Clipper was seen over Londonderry and Wigtownshire then near Saint Bees England. Observers note it may be following Amelia Earharts Atlantic route in 1932 as crowds watch the sky.
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London
British Press Association
Thomas H. Smith
Saint Bees
Cumberland County
England
Greenwich
Wigtownshire
Scotland
Ireland
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Engand
Atlantic
Engeland
Amelia Earhart
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Smith
Old Orchard Beach
Sune
Neville High School Class of 1939 Baccalaureate
The Neville High School baccalaureate for the class of 1939 was held at the First Methodist Church on Sunday at 11 a m. Rev W C Scott preached the sermon with Dr Verne Kelsey at the organ. The 100-member class wore dark gowns for the men and white gowns for the women as the ceremony concluded.
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St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Father Broussard
Germany
Russia
Spain
Neville High School
W. C. Scott
Verne Kelsey
Kingdom of Heaven
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Ocean Hop
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