Southern leaders propose federal aid to end school inequality
At the Southern Conference for Human Welfare in Birmingham, Dr. Frank Graham urged federal aid to guarantee equal educational opportunity for southern children. The plan calls for $199 million in federal funds for education, with $140 million for schools and the rest for adult and teacher education, rural libraries, and related programs. Hugo L. Black was listed to appear Wednesday night as the conference runs through the week.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Frank P. Graham
University of North Caro
Graham
Ala- 2
Hugo L. Black
Jusof
United States Supreme
Ile
Rail Smokers Set for Monroe Railroads Event
A railroad smoker hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and three railroads serving Monroe will convene at Hotel Virginia on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. W E Lamb head of the Missouri Pacific Southern Division will speak. The event aims to stress railroad importance to local industry and taxes with Lamb a former Monroe resident and former Chamber and Rotary leader.
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Chamber of Combree
Monroe
Virginia
W. E. Lamb
Southern Division
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Twin Cities
Louisiana
Lamb
Chamber of Commerce of
West
Confusion Blamed in Allen Death Report
Bob Allen, 51 year old commissioner of public utilities, died of a pistol wound at his home on Saturday night. Coroner Willis P. Butler ruled death by own action caused by nervousness and confusion from injuries in a previous car accident. His funeral was held today with a widow, a son Thomas, his mother and sister in mourning.
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Rt B
Bob? Allen
Public Utilities
Willis P. Butler
Oab
Allen
Thomas
Englandminds on building up standing army during Daladier talks
Paris reports indicate Britain may refuse to train a large army to aid French forces if war comes, prioritizing its fleet and air power. Chamberlain and Halifax head to talks with Daladier focusing on defense against Italy and Germany, amid tensions over colonial plans and Nazi aggression.
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Robert B. Parker
Paris
Great Britain
Daladier
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Italy
Germany
Hitler
Fire Ravages Changsha as Three Executed Amid Chaos
November dispatches report a five day blaze that destroyed Changsha, killing an estimated 2000 people and leading to the execution of General Feng Ti the city police chief and the local guards commander. Chinese authorities cite accidental fires and premature zeal in scorched earth efforts as causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hai
Changsha
Hunan
Chungking
China
Feng Ti
Yochow- Changsha
Roosevelt visits Chickamauga dam on TVA tour Chattanooga
President Roosevelt arrives in Chattanooga to inspect the Chickamauga dam as part of a TVA tour. He is welcomed by state leaders including Governors Gordon Browning and E. D. Rivers and Senators McKellar and Stewart. He plans a two week stay at Warm Springs and a Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge visit.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Chickamauga Tva Dam
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tom Stewart
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
New Deal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pine Mountain
Warm Springs
Chickamauga
Tennessee
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Senate
House
Congress
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
Keith Morgan
Washington
Former F B I Man Found Dead
John M. Keith aged 43, former head of the Washington field office of the F B I, was found shot in his suburban Philadelphia home. Mrs Keith heard a muffled blast and found him in bed. he died later at Chestnut Hill Hospital. The coroner ruled self inflicted death due to ill health. Keith served 18 years with the agency and later worked for Philo Radio and Television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John M. Keith
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Keith
Cheltenham Township
Chestnut Hospital
Montgomery County
W. J. Rushong
F. B
Gaston B. Means
Norman Whitaker
Philo Radio and Television Corporation
Pro-British Arab Leader Khatib Dies After Shooting in Jerusalem
Sheik Abdul Rahman El Khatib, prominent Arab defender of pro-British stance and Palestine defense party member, died after being shot last Thursday. His death follows a memorandum from the Palestine defense party opposing Haj Amin El Husseini, the grand mufti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Sheik Abdul Rahman el Khatib
Palestine Defense Party
Grand Mufti
Holy Land
Beld Palestine Defense Party
Haj Amin el Hsseini
Fatal Bomber Crash Near LaGrange Probed by Army
Army investigators in LaGrange Georgia study a bombing plane crash that killed seven airmen Friday night. Major Aubrey Hornsby of Maxwell Field says heavy rain may have driven the twin engine ship into a pine forest. Second Lieutenant John D Madre, the sole survivor, is improving after severe head injuries and burns.
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Lagrange
Aubrey Hornsby
Maxwell Field
John D. Madre
Mitchell Field
New York
Montgomery
Ala
Louisiana Farm Meet Planned at Central Grammar School
A state wide farmers meeting is set for Wednesday at 10 am in Central Grammar school auditorium. Attendees include R M Evans national AAA administrator and I W Duggan AAA southern region director from Washington. Speakers also include J W Bateman F W Spencer Harry Chalkey and others from Farm Bureau and extension services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
R. M. Evans
Washington, D. C
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
I. W. Duggan
Washington
AAA
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
J. W Bateman
Rockaway Baby in Backseat Saves Sleepy Infant
In Yonkers a youth truck thief crashes and flees leaving Marguerite Oliver in a rear basket asleep as parents and police approach. A Mars farmer posts hunting welcome signs while in Ammon Idaho a sixman team explains football huddle origins.
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Yonkers
Marguerite Oliver
Ammon
Idaho
Famous Music Group to Appear Tuesday at Neville High
Bohumir Kryl, famed conductor and virtuoso, will lead his orchestra at Neville High School auditorium. The multi talented artist, famed painter and former bank president, travels with daughters Marie and Josephine and a strong supporting cast, including soprano Dorothy Dickerson and baritone Burtis Preston.
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Bohumir Kryl
Neville High School
Kryl
Winter Gardens
Berlin
America
Chicago
Kryt
Josephine
Paul Taylor White
Rochester, N. Y
Civic Symphony Orchestra
Marie
Europe
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Dorothy Dickerson
Burtis Preston
Louisiana Girl Wonder Scheduled For Broadcast
Alice Belle Kirby aged 13, famed psychic of near Jonesville Louisiana, flies to New York with her mother and school superintendent H W Wright to appear on a Columbia network radio broadcast Tuesday at 8 p.m. The trip marks her first long flight, funded by Sanka Coffee Company, and she plans no powers demonstration, only answering questions about her abilities.
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Alice Belle Kirby
Jonesville
New York
Columbia Network
Leon Kirby
H. W. Wright
Catahoula Parish
Wrights Siter
Laird Parks
Alice Belie
Sanka Coffee Company
Alice Belle
Alice Belleziome
Louisiana Methodist pastors reassigned at 93rd conference
The 93rd annual Louisiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South announced reassignments. Rev H L Johns moves from Monroe district to Lake Charles, and Rev W L Doas Jr becomes local presiding elder. Others retain posts, with F M Freeman and Bill Byrd receiving notable transfers.
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Twin City
Louisiana Methodist Episcopal Church
South
New Orleans
Monroe
H. L. Johns
Lake Charles
W. L. Doas, Jr
Noel Memorial
Shreveport
Bill Byrd
Methodist Conference
Bonita
Louisiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
F. M. Freeman
West Texas
C. M. Hughes
Memphis
W. F. Howes
North Mississippi
Oakley
Mexican Governor Opposes Jewish Refugee Colony
Gov Rodolfo S. Taboada of Baja California asserts Mexico will not cede any territory for a Jewish refugee settlement. He warns no sale of Lower California and vows to defend national integrity, despite interest from American Jewish groups in Mexicali for persecuted European minorities.
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Mexicali
Lower Cab
Mexico
Lower California
Rodolfio S. Taboada
Ife
Los Angeles
Beja California
Europe
Queen Maud of Norway Dies in London at 81
London reports reveal Queen Maud of Norway died in a London nursing home from a heart attack following an abdominal operation. King Haakon rushed from Oslo to Buckingham Palace as Crown Prince Olaf boarded a flight to join his father. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ordered a month of court mourning starting December 4.
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London
Norway
Britain
Queen Maud
King George VI of
Edward VI
Alexandre
Victoria
Louie
Duke of Connaught
Beatrice
Norwey
Haakon
Olaf
George
Elizabeth
Hertlordanke
Oslo
United States
Student killed by blow of golf club at academy
Chester Toledano a postgraduate student at Castle Heights Military Academy died in a Lebanon hospital after being struck on the temple by a golf club swung by fellow student John Dillon during lesson. Injury occurred yesterday and he died five hours later from a fatal hemorrhage.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Chester Toledano
Castle Heights Military Academy
Colonet H. L. Armstrong
Academy
Toledano
D. M. Toledano
Panama City
John Dillon
New Orleans
Dillon
British Plan to Lease Guiana Land for Jewish Refugees
Prime Minister Chamberlain proposed leasing at least 10 000 square miles in British Guiana to house German Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. He said Tanganyika and other African territories could also be used for settlement under generous terms, with surveys to determine suitability for large scale resettlement.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commone
Brita
Guiana
Tanganyika
Europe
Pritidh Guiana
South America
Chamberlan
Hos
British Guiana
Dr Berry’s Wife Testifies in Kidnap Case Trial
In Olympia Washington on November 2 the second week of the kidnap incident trial for Dr Kent W Beery and three co defendants begins with Mrs Berry still under cross examination She testified Baker had assaulted her in an automobile on July 19 and she had approved plans to keep their spouses apart The witness stood firm denying suggestions she invented the incident and claiming she had made advances to Baker Although Baker denied the idea of divorce the proceedings continue with Prosecutor J W Graham seeking further admissions
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Olympia
Wash
Kent W. Beery
de Berry
William K. McAloon
James Reddick
Robert H. Smith
Tetal
Irving Baker
Cowat Guard
Berry
Baker
J. W. Graham
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Coast Guard
Kent W. Berry
Society
Hotel
England
TVA
Louisiana Farm Meet
National
Associated Pree
Mars
Famous Music Group
Kryl Symphony Orchestra
Neville Auditorium
Girl Wonder
Om Fitts
Capital Club
Civic Patriots
W. L. Doss
Haakon of
Buckingham Palace
DR. Berry
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