Louisiana candidates resume campaign after Thanksgiving break
In Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long James Morrison and Vincent Moseley hit the campaign trail despite the holiday. Morrison accused Long aides of deception while Moseley called opponents machine figures and urged voters to end what he called carpetbagger influence. Long rallied in multiple towns and presented his running team.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
James H. Morrison
Vincent Moseley
Morrison
Mooringsport
Lafayette
Public Service Commission
St. Francisville
Jay
Long
Oak Grove
Converse
Pleasant Hill
Pelican
Harvey Peltier
Earle Christenberry
Francis Burns
L. B. Baynard
Long Party
Homer
Haynesville
Shreveport
Winnsboro
Sam Jones
Slush Fund Machine
Bob Maestris Earl Long
J. Y Sanders
Golden Angel Flays Kuhn in Testimony at Trial
Florence Camp called as rebuttal witness in Kuhn grand larceny case. She disputes Kuhn motive and denies giving $565.76 for furniture transport. Camp recalls a ring gift in August 1938 and challenges Kuhn’s shipboard love note.
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New York
Florence Camp
Golden Angel
Fritz Kuhn
Bhundfuehrer
Kuhn
Camp
Charles
Los Angeles
Tenth Anniversary Edition of Monroe Morning World
The tenth anniversary edition of The Monroe Morning World is in preparation and will be published Sunday to mark the paper's establishment in 1929. Advertisers statewide and in northeast Louisiana are urged to reserve space by contacting the advertising department at 4800.
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Monroe
Lawyer Says Campaign Aimed At Abe Shushan
In New Orleans attorney Hugh Wilkinson charged in federal court that a systematic campaign against Abe L. Shushan and four co-defendants exists amid their mail fraud case. He sought a continuance of the December 4 trial, citing pervasive newspaper publicity as impairing defendants’ right to a fair trial in the half million dollar Orleans levee refunding scheme.
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New Orleans
Hugh Wilkinson
Abe L. Shushan
Wilkinson
Shushan
Norvin Trent Harris
Herbert W. Waguespack
Robert J Newman
Henry J. Miller
Orleans
James H. Morrison
Vandenberg Attacks New Deal Economy Promise
Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan derides the New Deal seventh annual promise of federal economy and rebukes reports of a $1 billion cut in next year’s spending. He calls it death bed repentance amid 1940 retribution and says he will ignore promises that fail.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Retention of trade pacts to be sought
Washington reports that the Roosevelt administration will push to renew the reciprocal trade program after the European conflict. Democratic senators fear intra party fights before the 1940 election and note most existing agreements run only one to three years. George S. Messersmith urged restoring non discriminatory trade relations after the war ends.
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Congress
George S. Messersmith
New England
Boston
Holdover Grand Jury Resumes Louisiana Probe
A holdover federal grand jury in New Orleans, already indicted in major political scandals, resumes its investigation of other phases of the Louisiana probe. It is not expected to issue immediate indictments as it reviews evidence today. The new grand jury, sworn in last week, is in recess but ready to be called.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Activi
Thanksgiving road toll rises with 84 dead across 25 states
The Associated Press notes a grim Thursday as at least 84 people die in Thanksgiving travel crashes and related incidents across 25 states. Ohio reports nine fatalities including eight traffic deaths and one hunting death. The piece details numerous regional losses and tragic events from Cleveland to Wisconsin and Maryland.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ida O’laughin
Roger Krull
Wisconsin
Maryland
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Mississippi
Utah
Illinois
West Virginia
Indiana
Connecticut
Virginia
California
Iowa
Massachusetts
Vermont
Texas
Georgia
Oregon
North Carolina
New Jersey
Missouri
Rhode Island
Montana
Railroad Crossing Deaths Dip to Textbook Low in August
The Association of American Railroads reports 78 highway railroad crossing fatalities in August, the lowest monthly toll since August 1932. Through eight months in 1939, total deaths reach 852, down 48 from the same period a year earlier.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Association
Roosevelt weighs possible special defense tax
President Roosevelt indicated a special tax to finance national defense may be considered. He said defense expenditures could rise to between two and 2.3 billion dollars next year, with total defense outlays exceeding 2 billion. He noted distinctions between appropriations and expenditures and urged budget cuts while tax revenues rise to shrink the current deficit.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Japanese report Nanning captured in China drive
Domei reported Japanese forces seized Nanning the capital of Kwangsi province as part of a south China offensive to sever Chongqing lifelines to French Indo China and Britain. The city of about 68 000 lies 80 miles north of a coastal landing site and the Pearl River area saw Chinese resistance amid bomb and pamphlet drops.
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Tokyo
Domei
South China
Chungking
Nanning
Kwangsi
Indo-China
Great Britain
China
Hongkong
Pearl
West River
Robbery Targeted Boston Store After Tip From Owner
In Boston Mrs. Sarah Lipson notified police after overhearing a plan to rob her variety store. Ten minutes after officers left, two gunmen struck, taking $15. Lipson called again to report the crime.
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Boston
Sarah Lipson
Prisoners refuse juice led to tense guard action
In Santa Ana California five county jail inmates reported to have held out prune and peach juices from fellow prisoners sparking a tense incident.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Lost Legion Fate Soon to Be Disclosed
WPA expects January results on 780000 long term relief clients dismissed Sept 1. Assistant commissioner Carrington Gill said a federal survey will show how many found private jobs or returned to relief. Most dismissed were unskilled. recertification and local job gaps limited reemployment possibilities.
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Washington
Works Projects Administration
Carrington Gill
WPA
Gill
Army
Navy
Miss Graham Price Elected President of Louisiana Nurses
Miss Graham Price of Shreveport was elected president of the Louisiana Nurses association for the coming year at the closing meeting in Shreveport. Other officers include Miss Anna Barr first vice president and Miss Lois Zear second vice president, with several state leaders named to the board and nursing education league posts. A 1940 convention city will be chosen by directors.
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Shreveport
Graham Price
Louisiana Nurses’ Association
Anna M. Barr
New Orleans
Lois Zear
Jane Martin
Baton Rouge
Lora Golden
Adrienne Mouton
Lafayette
W. W. Hood
Celestine
Harriet Mather
Nursing Education League
Latex
Leche to Testify in Dr. Dillon Trial Here
Former Governor Richard W. Leche is expected to testify next week in the Dr. Harvey Dillon embezzlement trial. The defense has summoned high officials including Albert A. Fredericks of Louisiana State Normal College and Senator Coleman Lindsey of Webber Parish, with the case noting Institute properties valued at $1,140.70.
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Richard W. Leche
Harvey Dillon
Louisiana Training Institute
Dillon
Albert A. Fredericks
Louisiana State Normal College
Natchitoches Parish
Coleman Lindsey
Web
Long ticket to speak on northwest Louisiana radio night
Governor Earl K Long and Senators John H Overton and Allen J Ellender along with the Long ticket will address voters in a 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. radio broadcast from Shreveport tonight. The event marks the campaign opening in northwest Louisiana with subsequent town visits planned for tomorrow.
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Earl K. Long
United States
John H. Overton
Allen J. Ellender
Long
Shreveport
Louisiana
Body of Hessmer Youth Identified
The body of Purdy Juneau, 18, of Hessmer, found near Campti, was identified by his father P. T. Juneau from clothing. A bullet wound in the back of the head indicated death around November 2, with a probable murder, a .38 caliber pistol cited by Sheriff Payne. Funeral services were held in Hessmer.
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Alexandria
Campti
Purdy Juneau
Hessmer
P. T. Juneau
Young Juneau
W. M. Payne
Natchitoches Parish
War ends hoped by Roosevelt at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt, speaking at a Thanksgiving dinner in Warm Springs Georgia, said he hopes the world is rid of war by next spring though he gave no guarantee. He wants Europe’s conflict to end so he can spend more time at the Warm Springs Infantile Paralysis Foundation. He recalled warning he might return in the fall if there was no war and noted that a war had occurred, yet he still visited this year.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Europe
Warm Springs Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Foundation
Mur
Boy Wins Fight to Save His Leg on Thanksgiving
Alfred Leon Miller Jr a seven year old farm boy injured by a turkey feed grinder faced possible amputation. After weeks of operations and his brave mood surgeons decided to spare the limb and forego amputation.
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Dicky” Trust, Jr
Richard Trust
Los Angeles
Boy
Kansas City
Alfred Leon Miller, Jr
Alfred
Albert
Claim 22 Nazi Planes Downed in Last 3 Days
London reports claim 22 German aircraft were shot down over three days as Allied air operations intensify. Mangalore sunk by mines off England. Sliedrecht torpedoed a week earlier with 26 missing. RAF Hawker Hurricanes equip with multiple machine guns.
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London
England
Mangalore
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Netherlands
Sliedrecht
Paris
Germany
Berlin
France
Royal Air Force
Lost Arizona boys found after days in desert and forest
Four year old Dale Smith, missing in sparse Arizona country, was found unharmed ten hours after wandering into the desert. Seven year old Bruce Crozier, missing for seven days in a northern Arizona forest, arrived safely with his family and received a hero’s welcome from Phoenix banker W. Roy Wayland. He enjoyed the cowboy hat and toy pistol given by his host.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dale Smith
Arizona
Kermit C. Smith
WPA
Dale
Bruce Crozier
Bruce
R. E. Crozier
Bobby
W. Roy Wayland
Wayland
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