Rogge Traces Truck Deal Tied to Leche Trial
U S attorney general official Rogge laid out witnesses and bank payments in the Louisiana highway commission truck deal linked to ex governor Leche. The case alleges $31,000 in illegal commissions and $116,571.88 in wasteful state spending with Huey Long allies implicated.
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Alexandria
O. John Rogge
United States
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana Highway Commission
Leche
Rogge
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
James Thomas
Baton Rouge
N. C. McGowen
Shreveport
United Gas Company
William Feazel
Monroe
Burford
Freeman W. Burford
Dallas
East Texas Refining Company
Seymour Weiss
New Orleans
Monroe Chamber legislative group to meet Governor Jones
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce legislative committee will meet with other state chamber committees Friday at 2 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Chamber office to confer with Governor Sam H. Jones on legislative matters affecting Louisiana business and industry. The board meeting this week is postponed to Thursday with Joe Marx Sr., committee chairman, announcing the change.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Baton Rouge
Allies Capture Norwegian Ore Port Narvik
A joint admiralty war office communique announced Narvik in northern Norway fell to Allied forces last night. Norwegian, British, and French troops also took Fagernes and Forseneset, gaining a sea and air base on the Arctic coast. Berlin reported Britain entered Narvik from the north with ships and claimed damage to British battleship and several cruisers.
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London
Admiralty-War Office
Narvik
Fagernes
Forseneset
Norway
Norwegian
Arctic Circle
British Isles
Trondheim
Germany
Berlin
High Command
Holland Speaker At Rayville Senior Luncheon
George D. Holland secretary of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce spoke at an anonymous Kiwanis club luncheon for Rayville High seniors. His address titled Unexplored Frontiers encouraged graduates to pursue future opportunities.
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George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
Rayville High School
Kiwanis Club
Holland
Army Air Corps Personnel On West Coast Is Doubled
Uncle Sam doubled army air corps personnel on the west coast and boosted the ninth corps area by 40 percent since the European war began. Enlisted strength in the ninth corps area rose to 33 573 authorized from 23 566, with actual strength about 31 000. The west coast includes Oregon Washington California Montana Idaho Utah Nevada Wyoming and Alaska and 5 500 planes authorized for the corps were about half in use.
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San Francisco
Sam
Army Air Corps
Ninth Corps
Navy At & E
Federal Bureau of
Espion
Hamilton- Motte
March
Oregon
Washington
California
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
Alaska
12Th Naval District
Colorado
Begnaud Named Interim Louisiana Bank Commissioner
Governor Sam Jones appointed Wilfred J. Begnaud of Lafayette as temporary bank commissioner to replace J. S. Brock, with Fontenot expected to gain the post later. Begnaud has banking and liquidation experience and will return to revenue work once a permanent appointee is named. Brock declined comment on any contest and said he is "standing put."
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones Lay
Wilfred J. Begnaud
Lafayette
J. S. Brock
Begnaud
Rufus Fontenot
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
New Orleans
W. A. Cooper
Jones
Revenue Department
Fontenot
Congress
Regnaud
Avoyelles Parish
Cleveland Dear
Brock
Monroe Post Office to Close Thursday
The Monroe post office will be closed Thursday May 30 for Memorial Day. Residents are urged to buy stamps today. In Shreveport Louisiana on May 2 Chief Deputy U S Marshal John T Jeter resigned and will be succeeded by Joseph W Keene.
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Monroe
Shreveport
U. S
John T. Jeter
United States
L. E. LeBlanc
Jeter
Joseph W. Keene
Threats of Out of Office Action Target Judge Platt
Hale Boggs arrives in Baton Rouge with a proposed resolution to oust Criminal District Judge George P. Platt of New Orleans from office. The Peoples League backing clean government warns Platt that legislative ouster proceedings will follow if he does not resign, and a letter from the league states proceedings would be started by Representative Deles.
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Baton Rouge
Hale Boggs
New Orleans
People’s League
George P. Platt
Long Machine
Sam Jones
Peoples’ League
Criminal District Court
Platt
League
Deles
Solons Tackle Raise in Taxes Defense Plans
On Capitol Hill the defense program moves to the brass tacks stage with a plan to raise 683 million dollars in new taxes and borrow 3 billion for preparedness. Congress approves bills to speed shipbuilding and expand the navy air force. Native Marcantonio is lone vote against them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate & Brace
Marcantonio
New York
German legions ready for kill in Flanders-Artois trap
German high command announced a push to crush Allied lines as Lille and Ostend fell to German advances. Berlin touted 100000 Allied counterattacks beaten and reported the Belgian army’s capitulation under King Leopold VI boosting their position with dawn victories on Ypres and Kemmel near the channel coast.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lille
Ostend
Flanders-Artois
Leopold VI
Ypres
Dunkerque
Kemmel
Loss Of Army In Flanders Won't Mean End Of Battle
DeWitt MacKenzie assesses the Flanders crisis where up to half a million Allied soldiers are trapped. He notes the battle has become a chaotic whirlpool as Nazi forces press toward Dunkerque, with Weygand massing roughly half a million French troops to close the gap.
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Flanders
DeWitt MacKenzie
Dunkerque
Abbeville
Somme
Maginot
Ostend
War at a Glance: Front News Across Europe
Berlin reports key captures at Outend and Lille with Dunkirk fighting. Narvik falls to Allies while Flanders strands troops near coast. Paris says encircled north forces in critical battle. Bremen bombed. London doubts, Dublin unites for defense. Rome heightens war mood as Italy eyed. Washington moves on high taxes to fund preparedness.
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Berlin
High Command
Outend
Lille
Dunkerque
Noar
Flanders
London
Admiralty
Narvik
Arctic
Norwey
B. EB. F
Paris
Somme
Aisne
Bremenburg
Britain
Duff-Cooper
Rome
Italy
Dublin
Defense Council
de Valera
Tax Collection Delay Options Granted Jur ies
The Louisiana legislature allowed police juries to postpone ad valorem tax collection until October 15 if an emergency justifying delay exists. Orleans parish exempt. Debate cited no current emergency in some districts, while others warned of near emergencies for agricultural areas. The House sent regards to Chester A. Wooten who resigned as Plaquemines parish representative.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Orleans Parish
G. P. Bullis
Concordia Parish
W. T. McCain
Grant
C. O. Webb
Red River
J. R. Fernandez
St. John Parishes
Chester A. Wooten
Plaquemines Parish
War Bullets From Across Fronts May Show Struggles
Reuters reports Belgium’s army, once 900000 strong, had only 390000 effectives at surrender, underscoring stubborn resistance. Dutch radio in London says Seyss-Llquart has taken supreme civil authority in the Netherlands. A Timisoara nitro-cellulose plant, German equipped, burned for a loss of about 2080000 dollars after an explosion. Britain plans to buy all sugar exports from Australia, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, and the British West Indies with Canada and New Zealand to follow.
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London
Reuters
Arthur Seyss-Lnquart
Netherlands
Timisoara
Romania
Great Britain
Australia
Union of South Africa
Mauritius
Fiji
British West Indies
Food Ministry
Robert John Graham Boothby
House of Commons
Canada
New Zealand
Line And Ostend Fall To Germans Dispatches Describe Big Push
German forces storm Ypre Lille and Ostend as British troops retreat toward the coast. Reports say Allied forces are in a fighting rear guard action to cover withdrawal and destroy matériel to prevent capture.
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Line
Ostend
Soy
Coast Line
Irish Defend Nation as Unity Drive Gathers Support
In Dublin on May 29 a defense council of government and opposition representatives formed to defend the country. Premier Eamon de Valera urged unity. William T. Cosgrave of the opposition Pine Gaal and labor leaders backed the move. The council will be brought up to full strength immediately with all factions represented.
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Dublin
National Defense Council of
Ope
Eamon Valera
William T. Cosgrave
Pine Gaal
Labor
de Valera
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French Channel
Miteler
Maxi
Yprea
Warrender
National Council
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Boulogn
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